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THE MAGAZINES, &c. eon ,er r satory, Aaoth e BLACKWOOD. Penned by tne e.oet industrious, the ors, s e 4 t " and the most accomplished of living title see. E and Bulwer Lytton, is commenced 'Ptetnber number of i3lackwood. No more IL. attraction could be added to the iwerest al ale i'l'ounding this chief of the monthly period "oder e r , • lea se e y c ircumstances this would have been lace but esPecially now, after the recent appear ofsieto Month to month in the pages of Msga Teffee•Calt'ms,” perhaps the mast exquisite of all i s ' it)l3B from the - genius of our poet-novelist. L l 'ltt th e t. t n, ethiog propitious, therefore, in the fact m 4 11, fiction just coinmenced by the same master thtl 3 B°lne immediate connexion with . that . love s ly lin tilete Bu, „lea' Masterpiece. It is entited simply, 4tigliaigt:l,lrel V, "My Novel; or, Varieties in m t(l ; freet f ife. By Pisistratus Caxton"—and promises i• 4)1. the present age what was accom- I or a t i c e i .diu ß Past age by the graphic powers of . hrd to tits indeed to be the intention of Sir of ,gire in the course of these pictured " Va -4311411 aglish Life' a portraiture of the characters ult dise ttriettit over able within his own memory among illklera -ural districts of this kingdom—such Its the • cha- L a ge, th e squire of the village, the parson of the tKe, 1 , 11 1 : village tinker, the village labourer, &c., 4ltopiaPle narrative arises out of the suggestion t sistratus by his father that he should redeem ' l nwo• Ne!iesf, rtUtles, if possible, and dissipate his own turning novelist. In this performance, "t„ e gstine...„ ale . Cab • dPYOtr. g l re US the country squire, as you remember 144opetirl Youth: it is specimen of a race worth pre . et a : the i diosyncrasies of which are rapidly 0, 14 ei tB ,, ue railways bring Norfolk and Yorkshire na th e ' r each of the manners of London. You can ot 'Yet b °"'-fashioned parson, as in all essentials he eUI - th e foe a p Tl '"-but before you bad to drag him out e t i ibink u4ayite sectarian bog; and, for the rest, I Pet tit ore a t ,, h • l4 while, as I am . told, in many popular Pity littr9g their best, especially France, and tltyever little England, to set class against class, an t otit s toot , Y stone in the kennel to shy at a gentleman e 44, 14 .4 fe: at on his back, something useful might he -41 s i t l• Pod-humoured sketches of those innocent 1 14, 1 4 ,, we pie better off than their neighbours, whom, rltita,to sedu ce them, I take it for granted we shall heir t , i4t •e In one shape or another, as long as civ.i tlitetkketeets;Ltiod they seem, on the whole, as good in " X Of 8 B , a pe as we are likely to get, shake the qtyoeiety how we I 'l4 fc u i n t l bl 7 these suggestions are carried out b Y a perusal of the nine chapters of ?ttledeatiee constituting its first instalment. Suire 41 414 D a le' t he beau ideal of an English landlord. forte es t B Weet a 3 a, delicious contrast by the beau llOPeirfiele and gentleness of his disposition. ef e idi the son of a po ir widow living in t 4 of si ilaxledean is charmingly sketched as a krelbe..ll,, working among the haymakers. le e ' le bri ght le, the wife of the clergyman, is pebn rOtiee colours in this opening portion of . . t e to 4 ni 'ier 14 " with the good parson giving dekttrreset,...°,'-4acetious dissertation on words of en- Whether it be," says Sir Edward, " the 14 e 4 10r ° r the dear superba ; the dear pallida, leribis the dear umbrosa, florens, or spicata ; ! t ithe -4bl ; er the dear horrida." The first in.ci -4,4l4ogeett.tle is capitally told. The Squire is in tG oerteaust its appearance as being disreputable. toe; lipe et it could not have been very gratifying 4 try to the eyes of a justice of the peace and a walielltienian • for, as the author says— Zkelt rie4e,l74,esegrUwn? worm-eaten; it was itl, ae t . tle middle; lt through yl its four . socketl t e_ss e Cheteu hY the nettle, peered the thistle.— h . . 0 11 of thistlesl—and, to complete the de bt, ,1 04 4 .„ Whole, those thistles had attracted the N' 4 th e ,'"ltierant tinker ; and the irreverent animal h. 44 (1j, i 'rY act of taking his luncheon out of the Oti e t's of---The Parish Stocks." 14 at th f3ll I,"""key with his cane, the Squire ofb:l:est hieluitllself, and falls, neck and heels, head I toel l tetli e " es in ung the thistles. The disagreeables 1 1 1 4 1 4)e .. t tet lt illay be guessed on learning that he tie tb e : L e i ne a thin pair of nankeens ! Getting t ort 4 , 4ll ci," li et,les to rub himself, the Squire calls 1 % 141 4 a be ast' Meanwhile the Person di - 14 )' t 3 Betti. e Poor animal is tormented by a swarm 41 Ica e tb e • Pan a sore on the shoulder. Having itteiehitsilaects off with a green bough torn P ‘O (ele ureiring chesnut, Mr. Dale utters a word bddtbl4l,llliseration, almoet in soliloquy. 1 44 .4 otic - " t he Parson put his hand into his pocket, , t its iLahe a PPIe• It was a fine large rose-cheeked ti la te lt t, tie °per's'oe,,l.saat winter's store, from the celebrated ittier garden, and he was taking it as a t 4i 7j 4tve `' the village h w o h o o . had notably die -1 Nay, in cora kti4tati tV'ennY Fairf In field S ld unday- M, 4, 4 e p arso _ e should sc have the preference,' ild beee je _ u. The ass pricked up one of its ears, ast tu 14 head timidly. But Lenny Fairfield 1,14 -44 tle t,,eh,Pleased with twopence; and what could 41 0 . Talc - t . u ee?' The ass's nose now touched the . Sa e lt in the name of Charity,' quoth 114 took the is accustomed to be served last.' And "T 4 No aPPIe. How had you the heart,' said !he 'Poinii t h "g to the Squire's cane. leV r e• -I Peci munching, and looked askant at e e h i 111 14; 1 01( 1 i: 4 an; he'll not beat thee now!'" t t spo, ale v eh rit !en in an exquisite tone of sensi letd'aole. tne best passages of Sterne are alone i t , Later On, the donkey is again intro ettna ow it at, being ah o hY with its master, the itinerant a jolly fellow in his way, '4e guard ef etv e as he flourished his staff, and e4oft-Ittters 0t e 1 refrain down came the staff on 4• 44 donkey," The arrangement of the 771;atisnrroed up in the most comic manner, e ''tt t t'are (pi er went behind and sung, the donkey tlit• i: 4 4t 4: 4 'eels thwacked." Dr. Ricceboeca and bultaeothe are other characters not yet 11 4 4° 41;". who nevertheless promise to figure thi h l • t it is",„ l `l the narrative . :From our remarks „ " f "indented clear that we augur "splen e rea l le -slu s h th e ne.w novel begun by Sir Bulwer Pre Mit to woud. Our observations upon this kloiti,4ltektylltribution to the number for September t;; te licied so far as to preclude us from Ai Nelt: h 4 eipm `44 merely allude to the other articles-- d p„. 41 , 'mg Which, the last, is an estimate of 4 1 44 e%, the evidently from the hand of Archibald Otte, i s 8 Orion. A paper on " Foreign Lolttt.esand tl,ot inappropriately preceded by 7 1 4 _4: 2 ; 11 ,•'' .e4Pitsodes of a Campaign in Schleswig -41,1;' 6;reen Hand" reaches its twelfth p 4 th e teilt ag ai n The " Proposed Exhibition of 1 14 e, tiobie,;.jiitlir.brought under consideration ; and h 14 44 3 tUp I"i3 chapters, one on " The Night ri ttaf 3 Y ar k - % .and another ' on " The Mysteries of for s kitnirahle number of Blackwood is corn ePtehltier. ih t li he pr tt lele t lIENTLEY month all the readers of Bentley, for th 'tt )le tiltYB c r, will first turn is the one entitled t 4 stiq at a Royal Exile," by Adolphe d'Hou- Nq e h tt hti tt ,:' bY Leon 13esson. It is a history of uary f Louis Philippe during the last week 41 04 i s cl ilik l e n l y B ., 4B . from the - Moment he left Paris, , t ,'") as Cm3ar would say, to that in 41 t tvicte toMßrothers Brough have said— iuls island' in the name of Smith." tha eBB on w i t i it t tight, aS the compan i on of Lou i s Ph i l i ppe Ot t4 i l y s ti this a rt i c l e may be considered as etith 19,,n account of his journey. It is illus. Nh iire 'like portrait of Louis Philippe. We If, O f f til "rid hlir bl P f 4' great a e portrait in this month's Bentley, Por e' , and glorious Lablache, in the charac tf I • . 4) . It is by Alfred Crowquill, and tr I N ) spirit ,' A . . Ah. st int ers third illustration is to Robert stinz story, ." The Ladder of Gold," /le . tli ht t the kh - th,,. conclusion of the fifth and the :lerlee srpi,i c ° sixth book in the present number. i t lY t4:, 1) , at the beginning of the end. Lord listilgrtstory of as discovered some portion . of the .h h; t p tg 4 Whiletßavvlings, and threatens him with hii t4t h et i hes - Winston, who, in an interview with L:4l ho ascertained that the memorable le . tter sti'h addressed to her before her marriage eol4.ttoot'prssed, endeavours to excite Lord I v,ei hi blo oded an ger, failing in which he strikes . Z 4 c 4 t, „ 4 °. L 'ord, and throwing his card athim, t lipsk, consequence of this attack will no ate Bet s .t in the next number. • Mr. Baillie INstoetlitttgti‘oB44.‘well..deserved castigation for his revieweltaly;r tae , also says, "we close this h h ."A d. With ' urn s somewh a t di sgus t e d w i t h K ing tZlis: 141 13141 1 eSlight nausea for Pio Nono, and N °` Young England," of which last t i a l it vou tt hitiv e Itill4l Cochrane may be considered the th bd The reactionaries have always en ittim'sBsi eat t he opprobrium of the assassina- Pk ttr " the Republicans ; the evidence of !tf' syh ° this the 0 w review of Mr. Baillie Cochrane's qt 104 resident 4211%, this at Rome at the time, is a 7,4 t i t ° ven . 411111 1hy SO complete, that we doubt 0141, 4 ; eriaal mendacity will again venture to 1 4 p, 4 , s _ o Bays__ 10e~e05 s!iit'Pw 414:tient took place on the 16th of Sep hcttlet " duona d 1 • ' o months. t h to ast this 40f ,z st, h , uo we remember than this unna.urt,l 4, Ned: Yhcf modern Rome. The man had not 4t t t tl hPadt a i i l -1 ; he Jesuits hated •him as an infidol, t t 4 43,110teid aloof -from him, the nobility i qet tia4 oro cardinals out of the fifty had ever Nttrowla. parteominun civility with him, and t.) the qt l il cif i(tich h Ile was in utter abomination. Fits l ';" been haughty enough when merely eaeell l4 'N k °eaale uhiliPPe, and agent ot the doctrinaire th o Per ven q'rlY unbearable as prime miuister. 1 1 . 1 Rhs st 13 1 4 Pride in keeping Prince Barberini, Ilt:vit:tilaAt;ttat)tlfrtechiturulot)ri. Rome, for hours waiting audi llis had become so over -1'1144,174a iti s e ,T te ly ci e young n ' nobles of /tome, t h a t, -4 • at. - but of . aag refusint, to fight, his tathf•r had ! l th t qt 4 thi s to kt, 41t 41 , for t wn, and he went off for service in a ; -.14 0r, Cochrane talks of Rossi's en -1441:11 fre4-31 'independence devoting his child on 4 1 4 , 1 - " ton, -1 um ! The wan' would laugh at the C6 - '4lt n ° R so OI do t- W e b r eela as that. fie had long out- O'Cl. Cgs h tve before us a letter from him to 441 which he says—J'ado/e le sea ,lscr due dePuis long tents je n'en ai Om! SUN, " Order and :.ecurity for life and property had never I cased to prevail since the accession of the. new Pope. tipp,intment wee the signal f •r murder and rob • bony to recommence th:-ou;;h. , ut the P. pal States. We lire 1 in the c.ty and 11,-stal with al irra every morning the night's dL.sterf. Now it was an oil advocate who had been murdered, and his house robhed: next, it was Macbean, the English banker, who bringing 4,000 dol lars to Rome ha'l been waylaid outside the gate to Civita Vecchia. Then it was Mr. Maepherstn, the well-known artist, whose apartments, in the densest part of the city, had been entered and cleared of 2001. worth of valuables. People dreaded an application to Rassi fur redress or friendly int:rierence ai an aueico d- Rossi,' but, in the language of insurance companies, a life doubly haz urchins. The parliament of laymen created by I'io Nono, such as it was, having been prorogued, the public voice could find no other exponent. The premier, who wrote news paper articles himself, would not tolerate other jour nalists in reply. He wanted to suppress Punch' (Don Pirlone) for caricaturing him, but when he viewed him self depicted with desperate charcoal' on every stable gate he saw it was useless, and braved unpopularity with unblushing front. " One of the most exasperating of his bravadoes against the Romans, and which more than all his accu mulated sins in the estimation of these who marked at the time the beating of the public pulse, and watched the current of the town feeling, sealed his doom, was an ar ticle from his pen against Carlo Alberto, whom, under the insulting term of 11 Re Sabando or Le Roi Savoyard, he attempted to denigrate in the most odious colours. We marked the furious eye and gesture of the Univer sity students engaged in groups in its perusal. If Rossi had ventured but on that single act we felt at the time that he had done quite enough in the prevalent excite ment. He had ' snuffed himself out by an article.' " But the chamber of lay deputies, such as it was, had to be met on the 16th of November. Not a single sup porter could be count on in the Senate House, though composed exclusively of men chosen forproperty, loyalty to the Pope, and freedom from merely popular tendencies. He called in, heaven knows why, from various country barracks, seven hundred Carabineers, a force like the mounted gendarmerie of FIaLICQ. These men he actu ally harangued in person the night before his death, calling on them to act against the people in the event of any disturbance. The ten thousand National Guards heard in the morning that the city was not considerei by Rossi in sufficiently safe keeping without a garniture of regular troops. Every shopkeeper who shouldered a &block took this as a personal insult. The frantic fury with which in Juvenal, Tacitus, and Suetonius we find this same Roman people gloating over the strangled body of Sejanus is merely proof that human nature is not changed, and if the same causes produce the same effects atter the lapse of centuries, it is sheer folly to lay the blame on Republican principles." Alison's fallacies anent the fall of ancient Rome, which he attributes to the free importation of corn, are exposed in a most complete manner—not only his politico-economical fallacies exposed, but also his pre. tensions to classical scholarship. The writer thus concludes : Perhaps we have been wasting space in disproving Mr. Alison's scholarship. There are blunders of such a nature, that one of them instantly betrays the mere superficial reader of the classics. At page 45 of this volume we find the following specimen of Mr. Alison's Latinity, which, in a re-edited essay cannot be set down as an error of the press. Mr. Alison's words are: When the Mantuan bard wrote • Smpe magma mus Sub terram posuit domes atque horrea fecit.' " The writer who can foist such a hideous false quan• tity upon Virgil, needs no elaborate refutation, when ha dabbles dogmatically with classical literature." The " Inedited Letters" of IVlrs. Piozzi are continued. The present batch relates to the publication of her anecdotes of Dr. Johnson. Mr. W. Cooper gives us an interesting paper on the " Snakes and Serpent Charmers at the Zoological Gardens," and in the course of it states that he was informed by the elder of the snake-charmers, that the reptiles used by them in their exhibitions are deprived of their poison fangs before they are exhibited. This at once explains the whole mystery of snake-charming. The other ar ticles in this month's Bentley are above the usual average. It is an excellent number. THE NEW MONTHLY. Besides additional chapters of " Hester Somerset" and of "Anatole de Salis," the New Monthly is en livened by more of the comical adventures of " Soapey Sponge." A delightful paper on " The Empress Josephine's First Court" contains some most entertaining anecdotes in relation both to her Im perial Majesty and to the Emperor Napoleon. In his latest " Song of the Months," J. E. Carpenter, one of the most graceful of living lyrists, tells us wby he loves September. All sorts of amusing gossip are, as usual, crammed into the " Note-book of the Habitue." Those who delight in travelling without the trouble of leaving their arm-chair, may do so in imagination readily by scanning the con tributions on " China, Tartary, and Thibet," on "Kreuznach Spa," and on " The Boundary Commis sions in Canada." A review of the remarkable work lately produced by Dr. Knox is entitled " The War of It ices." Of genuine magazine articles, light sparkling papers capable of being perused with an evanescent pleasure, there are three, The Magic Maze," "The Great Little," and " The Ringing Saddle." These, with a sagacious article by Dr. Hamilton, of Plymouth, on the " Advantages and Practicability of Forming a Junction between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans," and some miscellaneous notices of literature, make up the contributions to the current number of the New Monthly. AINSWORTH S. Three additional chapters of Mr. Harrison Ains worth's romance of Pendle Forest, " The Lancashire Witches," introduces the reader t ) the Executioner, to Wiswell Hall, and to the Holehouses. Other divided novels of a romantic character are continued, such as " Valdarno," " The Confederates," and " Jacob Van der Neess." Besides which we have a " Romance of Reality," a sailor's yarn called " R ittlin the Reefer 'a Dream," and a love story entitled" Isabella Burton." Duncan Craig contributes a " Legend of the Timo nel," and E. P. Rowsell an essay on " Bullies and Hypocrites." These, with other minor contents, render Ainsworth even more than usually attractive. TAIT ' S. Every one may remember that among the literary proteges of Sir Robert Perl was the blind poetess, Frances Brown. Under the title of "Rosemary for Remembrance," the September number of Tait's con tains a short poem, offered as a tribute to the memory of Sir Robi.-rt Peel by the grateful poetess. The veraes are not so remarkable for themselves as from the circumstances which occasioned them, and for this reason the concluding lines are the most in teresting : " Not only where Her chiefs take counsel, or by board and hearth Will Le be missed and mourned for as few are That walk the world's high plmes; but on earth lie was the muse's friend in dimness and in dearth; Therefore her glory on his grave will rest. a a And one whose laden memory reckons this Among the blessings missrd in lfifs cater, Taut niggard time or fortune ltft NO space To speak deep thanks and wishes, offers here A tribute to the tomb the isles may hold so dear." '\Vordsworth's "Prelude," and Leigh Hunt's "Auto biography" form the subjects of two very delightiul critical articles. Frances Brown has contributed another of her half-amusing, half-instructive " Le gends of Ulster"—" O'Reilly's Improvements." " The Orig'n of Epping Hunt" is a ridiculous tale, written in that atrocious style which endeavours to convert the sublime into the ridiculous. Imagine Richard Caesar de Lion talking the slang dialect of 1850, and singing a song commencing— " When I'm rich I rides in bosses', When I'm po. I walks and cusses, &c." The bad taste of such a composition needs no com ment. Among the most excellent articles in Tait are those on the "Close of the Session" and " Scottish Drunkenness." The latter contains some severe com ments upon the depraved and drunken habits which abound in many parts of Scotland, as contrasted with the outward religion manifested by the stoppage of railway trains on Sunday. How much better, argues the writer, would it be for the clergy, and other 'godly men, to endeavour to amend the morals of their fellow-townsmen instead of confining themselves to a useless interference with their external concerns. They are bound to consider, wisely remarks the re viewer, " that those professedly for whose sake they denounce vanities are already sunk in vices, and that those whom they affect to fear may by railway trips be led away from the house of God, at present frequent only the house of Bacchus." THE CATHOLIC MAGAZINE. Additional recollections are given of Bishop Baines, one of the most eminent men among the Roman Ca tholics of England. Our editor himself pens what he calls x " Sunday Chit-chat," tull of huMour, learning, and intelligence. The •' Diary of Martha Ballot" is continued, and the number of the Catholic Magazine and Register for September is wound up with a well condensed summary of recent 4ic..urrences THE RAMBLER. Similar in character to the f,regoing periodical, the Rumbler is equally deserving of considera tion. While the first contrinution, by the very nature of its theme, " Religion and Modern Philosophy," as:Alines to a general im portance, the second being a notice of " Celebrated Sanctuaries of the Madonna," is important only to the believers in Catholicism. " Brief Notices of some Writers of the English Franciscan Province since the era of the Reformation," form the prelude to the theological reviews contained in the September instal ment of the Rditabier, from one of which, a criticism on the recent writings of the Abbe Game and Dr. Miley, we extract the following remarkable introduc tory passage : " When the glorious tempt. of King Solomon arose in all its splendour upon Mount Sion, neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron was heard within the sacred precincts dui ing the building. La fitting though humble emulation of Cha works of the God of nature, its PaISIVO walls and airy roof sprang upwards in silence. Though the weakness of E 3 au was unab'e to copy the perf,et stillness with which the planets may° along► their spheres, with which the tides ebb and flow, the trees and plants bud and boss am; still, so far as human ingenuity could aid huinan weakness, the cal thly &le:ling-place of the Divine glary was disturbed by no harsh and ear piercing clamours; no mighty sound awoke the ochres of its courts until the voice of praise and thanksgiving came forth from the throng of worshipping Israelites." "Such," says the writer, " was the rise of the tem• poral power of the Vicar of Jesus Christ." The comprehensive " Ecclesiastical Register," at the con clusion of the magazine, contains allusions to the mi racle at Rimini, to the imprisonment of Monsignor Franzoni, and to the elevation of Bishop Wiseman to the Cardinalate. different kind, of extraordinary cheapness, is that of the Penny Maps, published by Messrs. Chapman and Hal', and engraved by Mr. Joseph F.R.G.S. The second part, just i$ sued, comprises maps of Eng land, Ireland, and Scotland. LONDO N, TUESDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1850. SIR CHARLES NAPIER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—lt is now well known that Sir Charles apier bas tendered the resignation of his command in India, but it is not known why; and in that country and in England inaccurate tales are rife as to the causes of his quitting an office to which he was called by the united voices of Sovereign and people when India was thought to be reeling, and he the fittest man to pre vent it falling. Some of the causes assigned are idle attempts of Indian editors and correspondents to account for what they do not understand, but others have been con - cocted with a yiew to repetition in this country, with foul additions and arguments, to effect the dishonest purpose of prejudicing the public mind against a Ge neral whose faults are that he has gained great battles, governed a large province with ability, and vigour ously commenced a military reform, admitted by all to be needed, but which f ew would have had the judgment and courage to attempt. All this has given offence, to conceited power and private interest. It has been said that a difference has arisen be tween him and Lord Dalhousie, because of some bar rack building—because of his disbanding the 66th Regiment without reference to the Governor- General —because he desired war, it is not said with whom, and that Lord Dalhousie desired peace—because the Commander-in-Chief attempted to usurp the power of Government, and when mildly corrected replied with intemperate language, and resigned. These mixtures of a little truth with great false hood have been commented upon with all paid-for malignancy in certain journals whose vulgar enmity to Sir Charles Napier on former occasions has been exposed and rebuked. Wherefore, knowing how true the Chinese proverb is, that though lies have no legs to stand upon, they have wings, and fly a great way, I, in defence of an absent brother, beg, through the medium of your universal journal, to state 1. That it i 3 true Sir Charles Napier has tendered his resignation on account of a difference between him and Lord Dalhousie; but it is not true that this difference arose about barrack building—or from any desire to make war—or because he disbanded the 66th Regiment —or that his language was intemperate and unbecoming—or that he resigned peevishly. The real cause of that step was a diff rence between him and the Governor-General on a vital point of public interest, accompanied by circumstances which rendered it imperative upon Sir Charles Napier to re sign the high office conferred on him by his Sove reign; and he is prepared to justify his conduct to that gracious Sovereign and to the public, proudly confident that he has served both well, and would have served them better, if be had been permitted to combine such service with that self-respect which no man can relinquish without dishonour. W. NAFIER, Major-General. IRELAND. HARVEST PROSPECTS. DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING.—Again is it the pleasing task to announce that all the last reports are highly favourable, end that it is not presuming too much to anticipate the certainty of an abundant har • vest. The accounts of the potato blight every day are becoming more rare, and, although there is no doubt that a portion of the crop is unfit for use, the quantity that will remain for consumption far ex ceeds the expectations of all who, but a few weeks since, entertained such dreary views with regard to the prospects of the ensuing year. North and south pauperism is rapidly diminishing, and other symptoms of improvement among all classes are gradually mani festing themselves. A moderate Conservative journal (the Dotenpatrich Recorder) has the following re marks upon the subject : "It is gratifying to consider that,:at present, there is much g' neral comfort, even among the lower classes, arising from the improving state of several branches of trade, and the moderate priers of the necessaries of life. Pauperism is on the decrease. It appeared from the usual return of the state of our own work house last week that it contained then but 450 paupers, (hough it was built to accommodate I,ooo—that is t.) say, it is not half full. It is the same with re spect to other workhouses; their inmates are diminish ing in numbers. This diminution does not arise solely from the employment required at the harvest, as it was going on gradually for several months past. Now, if pauperism be on the decrease, it is not only a blessing to those who were paupers themselves, but it indirectly— almost directly—benefits both farmers and the whole ratepaying community; far it diminishes poor-rates, and consequently strikes off a part of the heavy burden with which the upper and middle classes are chiefly saddled. The diminution of pauperism is also attended with ano ther consequential advantage, namely, the decrease of crime, which is alike an annoyance and a source of loss and expense to the honest portion of the community. But while prices are reasonable to the consuming classes, they are at the same time such as to encourage the farmer. The prices of new grain in our markets aro surely calculated to give him confidence. We see that new oats have opened at from se. to 6s. per cwt.; wheat, from Bs. to Bs. 10d.; while an advance in barley has lately taken place. Why, we remember oats 4s. to is 6d per cwt. at the com mencement of the season, in corn-law times too, and the crop not better than it is at present. If 4s. per cwt. was the occasional price, under such circumstances, surely the present prices, from ss. to 65., with oats an abundant crop and trade free, are not to be despised. We are strongly of opinion that the advantages of corn-laws were over-estimated, and that too great a panic was ex cited by free trade. Both landlords and tenants have suffered by what was called protection. War prices, and subsequently protection prices —for when the stimulus of war was removed the stimulus of corn-laws was substi tuted—led to high rents; high rents led to improvidence and extravagance, the consequences of which have been partially seen, and only partially, in the Encumbered Estates Court." The Drogheda Conservative states that the wages of labourers in that district average Is. 6d. a day, and that harvest operations have produced their effect on the pauper population, which is vastly de creased in the union workhouses. Oat and in-door relief is not one-half of what it was this time twelve month. DEATH OF A FLAG OFFICER. The morning papers announce the death of Ad miral Robert Dudley Oliver, for a number of years resident of Dublin, and an active member of the Bible and other religious societies established in this city. His demise, which was occasioned by a severe attack of paralysis, took place yesterday, at his country re sidence, Barnhill, Dalkey. The gallant officer had reached the mature age of 83 years. SERIOUS AFFRAY NEAR EALLINASLOE. The Western Star contains the following state ment : " On Wednesday last Mr. John Kelly, poor-rate col lector, proceeded with three assistants, named Murray, Gavan, and Kenny, to distrain for poor-rates due by a man named Turley—the amount 11/. 3s. After going on the lands of Ballymana, and seizing eleven head of cattle, several people collected and succeeded in rescuing the cattle, with the exception of one cow. Some blows were given at both sides, when Mr. Kelly and his men were attacked with stones. Murray was struck by a stone on the forehead, which forced the blood through his ears and nose; and Mr. Kelly was hit on the back of the head and some other parts of his body. He had a double-barrelled pistol in his hand, and when knocked down two or three of the rescuers' held him, wrested the pistol from his hand, searched his side pocket for another pistol, which they got, and when taking it out also took 501. in notes, either through mistake or de sign. So &fr. Kelly states. Mr. Kelly and his party, however, got away, and came into town, when Murray, who received such dreadful injuries, was put into the hospital. He is the only support of a widowed mother. We understand that the lands on which the seizure was made were waste, and the cattle found there belonged to a number of poor farmers living in the neighbour hood." THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. Apart from the religious controversy raised in the Eclectic in reference to Foxton, Froude, and New man," apart even from the purely geographical papers, such as the review on Aubrey de Vere's " Sketches of Greece and Turkey," and another on Byam's " Western Republics of America," there are subjects of peculiar interest brought under discussion in the present distinguished periodical. A concluding no tice of the recent edition of " Pepys's Diary and Correspondence," edited by Richard Lord Bray brooke, will be read of course with undiminished curiosity, and being read, will be relished. Scarcely justice is done to the elegant and classic drama of " Tne Virgin Widow," by Henry Taylor; but full and ample praise is awarded to that .xquisite volume, "In Memoriam," to which we have already ourselves given the meed of our admiration. The critic id the Eclectic is evidently one competent to appre ciate poetry of that pure and elevated character. A memoir of Dr. Hugh Heugh is commented upon with evident predilection. Together with a capital paper on " Building Societies," we have also in the Eclectic Review an article on the punishment of death, and a summary of the last session of Parliament. DAVID COPPERFIELD. No. XVII. By Charles Dickens. Two extraordinary incidents in the career of David Copperfield are recorded in this portion of his auto biography. We allude to the explosion of the mine under the feet of the villanous Uriah Heep, and the premature death of poor little Dora. The former occurrence is described with remarkable skill—every circumstance by which it is introduced tending to heighten the curiosity of all those who were interested in the humane machinations of Mr. Micawber at Canterbury. That gentleman " comes out" in great strength on the occasion, and the partner of his bosom reveals yet more conspicuously than ever the exceeding simplicity, we might almost say im becile stupidity, of her character. Once, when she replies to the inquiry of Aunt Betsey, if those around her were all her family—" There are no more at present ;" and again when, immediately there is a prospect of Mr. Micawber's proceeding to Australia, she asks if in the new country there would be a chance of his rising in the social scale—" I will not say, at present," she observes, "might he aspire to be Governor, or anything of that sort; but would there be a reasonable opening for his talents to develope themselves ?" Poor Mr. Dick's delight at Mr. Mi cawber's calling him "Mr. Dixon," is capital. "Mr. Dixon," says David, " was so pleased with his new name, and appeared to think it so very obliging in Mr. Micawber to confer it upon him, that he shook hands with him again, and laughed rather childishly." The arrangements are that Mr. Peggotty will emi grate to Australia with Emily, leaving Ham in the old country to be taken care of by Mrs. Berkis. One of the most touching passages in the number is where Mrs. Gummidge entreats to be taken out too with Emily —her agony at the thoughts of being left behind is de scribed with a beautiful and natural eloquence. Oa visiting Yarmouth with Mr. Peggotty for the purpose of aiding him in settling his affairs before sailing from England, David calls in upon Mr. Omer, more unwieldly and plethoric, but at the same time more good humoured and humane than ever. On going down to Canterbury to assist in the explosion, Cop perfield observes his old enemy, the butcher, amongst its inhabitants—by this "advanced to top•boots and a baby"—what a notion the phrase gives of his having attained the years of manhood ! Uriah Heep proves to be a greater villain even than might have been conjec tured, but fortunately, with the aid of Mr. Micawber's honesty and Traddles s unexpected coolness and intel ligence, all his damnable plans are frustrated. The way in which he gets rapped violently over the knuckles by the office-ruler wielded by Mr. Micawber is quite delicious, the latter having previously worn that instrument in his waistcoat with two or three inches of it sticking out like a new description of shirt frill. The way, moreover, in which "my aunt" suddenly rushes upon Uriah Heep, and collars him with both hands, accusing him of having got her property, and calling upon Tret to " come and take it from him," just as if for the moment she " supposed that he kept her property in his neckerchief," is de lightful. Prior to the journey down to Canter bury there has been a most touching and exquisite intimation given of the danger of little Dora's illness. After using many argu ments to persuade Aunt Betsey and Doady to be true to their appointment with Mr. Micawber, and to never mind leaving her for a while, she exclaims, " putting back her hair, and looking wonderingly at my aunt and me, ! Besides, why shouldn't you both go ? I am not very ill indeed ? Am I?' Why, what a question cried my aunt. What a fancy !' said I." ['he cheerful tone assumed by the two speakers, coupled with the knowledge of the fact that their hearts are almost breakiug with the thought, is in expressibly and in the highest degree pathetic. The passage in which her death is directly recorded, is no less of an affecting character. David having uncon sciously pressed his last kiss to her lips, leaves Agnes with her at night, descending by himself to the par lour of his little cottage : How the time wears, I know not; until I am re called by my child-wife's old companion. More restless than he was, he crawls out of big house, and looks at me, and wanders to the door, and whines to go up-stairs. "' Not to-night, Jip! Not to-night!' " He comes very slowly back to me, licks my band, and lifts his dim eyes to my face. " 0, Jip! It may be, never again!' " He lies down at my feet, stretches himself out as if to seep, and with a plaintive cry is dead. '" 0 Agnes! Look, look, here!' " —That face, so full of pity and of grief, that rain of tears, that awful mute appeal to me, that solemn hand upraised towards Heaven! Agnes?' "It is over. Darkness comes before my oyes; and, for a time, all things are blotted out of my remem brance." So ends the seventeenth number of " David Copper field." THE PARLOUR LIBRARY. Another volume of this cheap periodical contains a reprint of Mr. G. P. R. James's favourita historical romance called " Darnley ; or, the Field of the Cloth of Gold." From the wide popularity already ob tained by this splendid fiction, we doubt not that in its present accessible form of republication it will be eagerly welcomed by the multitude. CHAMBERS'S PAPERS for the PEOPLE. A fourth volume of the Papers for the People illustrates the continued capacity of the Messrs. Chambers to cater for the public entertainment in instructive literature. The present portio❑ of the weekly miscellany before us contains a tale called the " Black Pocket Book," an autobiography called " Lady Margery St. Just," a biography of Fenelon, and a biography of Sir Robert Peel, an article on " The Every-day Life of the Greeks," and another on "California," a charming paper on the "Science of the Sunbeam," and a masterly historical summary respecting the Bourbon family. Each of these con tributions is of very superior excellence. MISCELLANEOUS. Among the periodical light literature of the day, there are so many as to render a detailed criticism of each impossible, but very few of such inferiority as to deserve no mention whatever. It is, therefore, only practicable to evade the difficulty which must obviously arise from these two facts by a sort of monthly omnium gatherum. Almost each profession and nearly every class of the community has its se parate organ, and to each and all these respective organs must be especially interesting. The maritime reader, for instance, may always derive instruction from the pages of the Nautical Magazine, and ladies receive the . most useful and delightful hints in regard to the toilet from the elegant designs of Le Follet. The lover of religion must ever find hi s tastes gratified by the contents of the Church of England Magazine, and these who are solicitous in regard to the dependencies of England obtain all re quired information from the Colonial Magazine. The tiarieuituript will of course turn immediately to the Farmer's Magazine for his facts and figures ; while the frequenter of Inc turf will linger longest over the lucubrations of the Sportsman. In the cur rent number of the last-wentioned publica tion, we observed some excellent contribu tions by Craven, Castor, Venator, Druid, Saran, Foxglove, Itamrod, Oxonian, Gelert, and, " last but not least," by Harry Hieover. Among those periodi cals which appeal to no particular section of the com munity, to all alike, we must refer of course espe cially to our old favourite, Cha be • Edinburgh Journal, to the amusing and bountifully m2s' supplied cßaelllfed Assembles , e em P bl e e o e p t People's another elegant addition to L t a h ° d e w ie l t .t a t. h i le t a h i e la do l uily popular miscellany he of the most estimable of theNacheCa Jo urnal, o o f t boudoir or the drawing-room, the pub lications is the Household paper u condensingoos which have pomppsiainodioinoa. l One rrative of Current a E ll v t e h n e ts' o a ccurr month just concluded. Another n se a ri n al a , rrow compass transpired during the though of a MR. BUNN AT YORK. We copy the following from a Yorkshire paper of Saturday last . __ "THEATRE ROYAL, YORIC.—The Shaksperian en thusiast, the lover of the drama, and the student of our literature, have had a treat of no ordinary nature within the last day or two, by the appearance of one of the most celebrated gentlemen and scholars of our day, Mr. Bunn, who has given us the entertainment which his varied talents have rendered so popular, alike in the metropolis and the provinces. Mr Bunn's object is to remove the ambiguity, and to confirm the truth which the learned and the unlearned have thrown around the history and the genius of England's great poet—to connect him not merely with the very existence of the stage itself, but with its very creation—to uphold the importance, and lay bare the impurities of that stage ; and by tracing its rise, its progress, and its fall, endeavour to lay the foundation-stone of its restoration. In doing this, Mr. Bunn evinces deep research and thorough. knowledge of his highly interesting subject; im parting much new matter, and clearing up much doubt hanging about the old ; and, conveying his observations in an easy and colloquial manner, the monologue becomes one of the most agreeable entertainments we have ever been present at. Mr. Bunn adds considerable value to his popular lecture by an exposition of that meretricious style of acting which has so disgraced, and still disgraces our na tional stage—and in the execution of this task he displays so masterly a manner of elocution, that the student for the bar, for the pulpit, and the theatre, may derive the utmost advantage from witnessing his performance. It is impossible, in the columns of a weekly journal, to do that justice to so eminent an artiste as Mr. Bunn has proved himself to be, that we could wish; but we should be wanting in our critical remarks, if we omitted to say that in the reading of the second interview with the " Weird Sisters," in Macbeth, Mr. Bunn contrasted the ludicrous manner in which the low comedian invariably delivers this sublime language, with the solemn and energetic way in which it ought to be delivered—in the highest style of a consummate actor, and elicited a perfect explosion of applause. Indeed, the lecture through.. out, if such it might be called, was welcomed with intermittent laughter and approbation—a gratifying proof of this distinguished dramatic character, that the city of York, which has furnished his theatres of Druiy-Lane and Covent-Garden with so mu c h hi g h talent, can likewise appreciate the eminence of his own. AQUATICS. SIIADWELL AND RATCLIFF REGATTA. The very old-established contest amongst the water men belonging to Paul's, Shadwell, and the hamlet of Rstcliff, came off yesterday, and was most numerously and respectably attended. The award of victory was a new boat for the first man, to which was added various liberal money prizes. The race was with six scullers in five heats, and was extremely well contested. First Heat—William .?dannF, New Crane-stairs (green), 1; Robert Skinner, King James's-stairs (yel low), 0; John Wade, Stone-stairs (pink), 0. The dis tance was from New Crane to the Regent's-canal buoy, twice round each heat. Green got the start, kept the lead all the way, and won by six lengths. Second Heat—John Yeomans, Stone stairs (red), 1; John Robertson, ditto (blue), 0; and Charles Fenwick, Shad well-dock (white), 0. Red took the lead pressed by blue, white well up, in which order, after some capital rowing, they continued to the finish. Third Heat—John Robertson (blue),: 1; Robert Skin ner (yellow), 2; Charles Fenwick (white), 0; and John Ward (pink), 0. It was a capital start, all being away togtther. Blue took the lead, closely followed by yel low, the other two shortly after becoming tailed, but rowing a hard race against each other. Fourth Heat—William Manna (green), 1; John Ro bertson (blue), 2; John Yeomans (red), 0; and Robert Skinner (yellow), 0. It was a severe race for a short distacce, then green, who shortly a ft er th e start had taken the lead, paired off with blue, who made some stir ring efforts throughout, the winner going considerably in advance at the finish. Final Heat—William Manus (green), 1; and John Robertson (blue), 0. A good start, and a few strokes scull and scull, was succeeded by the winner taking the had and keeping it, winning by several lengths. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. EIGHTEEN OF MANCHESTER, The finale of this match exhibits All England triumphant over their local opponents; the second in nings of Eleven exceeding both of Eighteen by seven runs:-- TIIE ELEVEN. First Innings. Second Innings. J. Wisden, run out W. llillyer, c Cooke, b Jas Rowley 3 b Lillywhite ... 2 Parr, c Cranshaw, b Buttery 16 b Buttery C. H. Hoare, E•q., c J. Row ley, b Earl, sen. ...... ..... 0 b Buttery F. Pilch, sTinley, b Earl, sen. 1 b Lillywhite J. Guy, b Buttery . T. Box, run out N. Felix, Esq., run out W. Martingell, c Wright, b Earl, sen A. Mynn, Esq., b Earl, sen 3 b Lillywhite W. Clarke, not out Byes Total B6 Total 119 MANCIIESTER. First Innings. E. Wright, Esq., c Guy, b Clarke J. Earl, Esq., c Hoare, b Clarke 3 b Clarke 6 E. Pagden, Esq., b Clarke.... 2 a Box, b Cl ar ke 0 Buttery, c Parr, b Clarke ... 6 run out R. Crankshaw, Esq., c Felix, b Wisden R. T. Bell how e, Esq., b Clarke 1 c Parr, b Clarke ... G. F. Cooke, Esq., b Wisden 1 b Wisden S. Birch, E.g., e Hoare, b Clarke J. H. Earl, Esq., run out 8 d Clarke.... 1 V. Tinley, b Wisden ... l4 b Clarke.. T. T. Bellhouse, Esq., c Box, b Clarke .. ..... ... 0 b Wisden S, H. Braybrooke, Esq., c and b Wisden ... ... 1 c Pilch, b Wisden 1 P. Birch, Esq.. b Clarke 0 b Clarke Jas. Rowley, Esq., st Box, b Clarke .. 1 run out .............. T. G. Blain, Esq., c Felix, b Second Innings. Wisden ... 0 b Hillyer ......... ........ 9 Jos. Rowley. Lsq., b Clarke 1 b Hillyer .......... 0 W. Lillywbite, not out ...... 4 b SVisden ........ 0 R. A. Barlow, Esq., b Wisden 0 no t ou t Byes Tot al 42 T0ta1......... 69 ARGYLL-ROOMS.—This popular salon de clause hts aglin opened its doors for the season, having been closed for a few days, to be entirely re-decorated. Last night the ex citement in the neighbourhood consequent on its re-opening, was intense, some four or five hundred persons waiting around the doors to see the company enter. The coup (rail, on entering the ball-room, is beyond description, so elegantly and so tastefully is the salon arranged., The decorations are pearl white, emerald green, gold and, tinsel crimson. The whole of the embellishments were pronounced to be, by all present, sausfaute. The addition of a third magnifi cent chandelier is a beautiful improvement. The rooms were crowded. AYRSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.—The directors recommend a dividend for the half-year, ending 31st July last, at the rate of 2Q per cent. per annum, THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN. The present being the age of wonders, it will ex cite no surprise to learn that his mightiness the sea serpant has been sporting his dimensions in the peace able waters bounding the west coast of C )rk. Let those who may b 3 incredulous of the fact read the following letter, addressed to the Cork Constitution, by a gentleman, who, sailing in his own yacht, had the apocryphal pleasure of seeing the monster so lacing his idle moinants by a comfortable scratch against a neighbouring lighthouse, with a view, it would seem, of ridding itself of its old and useless scales. But 1e: Mr. Travers tell his ow❑ story : " Courtrnasherry, Aug. 29. " Sir,—The following particulars, the accuracy Of which need not be quostioned, will, I doubt not, interest many of your rcad,rs " The different fishing establishments on the shore of this extensive bay, extending from the Old Head of Kinsale to the Seven Heals, have been within the last few days abundantly supplied with fish of every de scription, and the greatest activity prevails to profit by the bounty which has teen thus sent to us literally in shoals. It his been noticed, too, that some description of fish, hank for instance, have been captured further within the limits of the inner harbour than was ever known before. In fact, as I heard it observed, the fish was literally leaping ashore. " These novel Appearances, however, it was my lot to see fully accounted for yesterday. At about one o'clock A.M., when sailing in my yacht, with a slight breeze off shore, about two miles to the south of the beacon erected on the Barrel rocks, on of the party cf four gentlemen on board (Mr. 8., of Bandon) drew attention towards the structure mentioned, with the interrogatory of ' Do yeu see anything queer about the Barrels?' In an in stant the attention of all on board was rivetted on an object which at first struck me as like the up-heaved thick end of a large mast, but which, as it was made out plainer, proved to be the head of some huge fish or monster. On bearing down towards the objtct we could distinctly see, with the naked eye, what I can best describe as an enormous serpent without mane or fur or any like appendage. The portion of the body above water, and which appeared to be rubbing or scratching itself against'the beacon, was fully 30 feet long, and in diameter I should say about a fathom. With the aid of a glass it was observed that the eyes were of immense size., about nine inches across the ball, and the upper part of the back appeared covered wiih a furrowed shell-like substance. We were now within rifle-shot of the animal, and, although some on board exhibited Pardonable nervousness at the suggestion, it was resolved to fire a ball at the under portion of the holy whenever the creature's unweildly evolutions would expose its vuluereble part. The instant the piece was discharged the monster rose as if impelled by a painful impulse to a height which msy appear incredible,—say at least thirty fathoms,—and culminating with the most rapid motion dived or dashed itself under water with a splash that almost stopped our breaths with amazement. In a few moments all disturbance of the water subsided, and the strange visitor evidently pursued its course to sea ward. On coming up to the beacon we were gratified to find adhering to the supports numerous connected scaly masses, such as one would think would be rubbed from a creature coating,' or changing its old skin for a new one. These interesting objects can be seen at the Horse Rock Coast Guard station, and will repay a visit. ar able,t cul a a n r ds if l others,have manner Th" l e am p nut so gocd an opportunity of seeing the entire appear ance of the animal as those in my boat had, should send you a more readable account of it, I pledge myself none will more strictly adhere to the real facts. I am, sir, your very obedient servant, " ROGER W. TRAVERS." BEARS FROM CALIFORNIA.—Among the passengers brought by the West India mail-packet Avon, which arrived at Southampton on Sunday, were three grisly bears from California. They were caught in the following manner : At one of the gold diggings the carcase of a bullock had been hung up in an open place. Its magnitude was reduced con siderably one night, and the owners suspecting that a human thief was in the vicinity, set a watch, when an enormous grisly bear was seen approaching the carcase. Bruin was caught violating the laws of Ineum and tuum, and, of course, was killed by the watchers. It proved to be a she bear giving suck. Her den was tracked, and three very young cubs were found. They were purchased in California by one of the passengers on board the Avon, who brought them to England. They were very docile on board, and were allowed to run loose about the deck. One of them particularly was so tame that it would play and roll about the ship with the boys on board. They grew amazingly after they left Chagres. The passenger who brought them home brought to Southampton 25,000 dollars' worth of gold-dust in skins, after paying his passage for himself and bears, which coat. him about 800 dollars. PROPOSED FORTIFICATIONS IN MILFORD HAVEN. —The contemplated fortifications and defences for the More efficient protection of the important naval station and esta blishment at Pembroke-dock, will shortly be commenced. During the week Lieutenant-Colonel Victor, of the Royal Engineers, with the other officers of that corps, have been busily engaged in examining and inspecting all the com manding situations, with the view of selecting the best sites for the erection of the proposed works. The Stack Rock, Thorn Island, Dale Point, &c., have bee n severa lly exa mined ; and it is now understood that on the Stack Rock, situate at the entrance of the harbour, a fort will be erected. and marten° towers be constructed on other commanding positions. These will be mounted with guns of heavy calibre, fixed on traversing carriages. The works will entail the erection of additional barracks for the accommodation of the men necessary for their defence. On Thursday last a dreadful accident, occasioned by fire-damp, occurred at the works of Messrs. Kenworthys, Heys Colliery, Ashton-under-Lyne, by which three persons came to their d ea th s . At t h e i nquest th e j ur y returned a verdict that there was no evidence to satisfy them how and by whit means the sulphur was ignited. • IN 3IEMORIAIIi--- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: SIII,—A correspondent in your paper of Saturday draws the attention of your readers to what he con ceives an error in the title of Mr. Tennyson's work, saying that it ought to be " In Memoriii," as " In, except in a few instances, governs the ablative case." This, however, is one of those instances. In, with an ablative case, signifies rest or position, with an accu sative motion or direction, bodily or mental. klere the object to which the poetry is directed is the me mory of some one, therefore " In Memoriam" is right. I would refer your correspondent to the titles of several of Horace's Odes and Epodes—" I❑ cani diam veneficam," Epod. iv. " On or to Canidia the Witch." "In Mcevium poetam," Epod. x. "On or to the Poet Moevius." To this I may Add that monu ments to the deceased are inscribed " In Memoriam," and not " In Memorift.." . I am, Su., your obedient servant, Sept. 2, 1850. CANTAB. -.---/NOMMa• 13UIIIALS IN L D UN , TO 7 'HEEDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--I again intrude upon the columns of your parer a de scr ip t i on of the state of the graveyards . of the metropolis. "Th e Ci ty Bunbill Burial-ground," better known as the Gold , - n-land graveyard from th e notoriety given t o it b y M r. G. A. Walker in his lec tures, is again open for the interment of the dead. This graveyard is situated in one of the most thickly populated districts in London, in the midst of a poor and impoverished neighbourhood, which, during the prevalence of cholera and the annual epidemics, was visited by the fatal consequences attendant on the poisoned air produced from the burial of the dead in crowded localities. It has been proved that the bodies were taken from their graves and disposed of by burn ing or by some other means, and the coffin wood, saturated as it must be by the liquid from the decom posed and decomposing corpses, caused a stench which was felt for several hours after all through the neigh bourhooi. The pariah of St. Luke's will be found on reference to the Registrar-General's returns to be most unhealthy, and it may be argued that the local graveyard system of burial is the cause of that evil. The Act passed in the last session of Parliament, and which was considered by Ministers of sufficient importance for the public benefit to call for encomiums from the Sovereign in her speech, would seem to be a nullity, when the Commissioners appointed, under the provisions of the Metropolitan Interments Act, allow the graveyards of crowded, impoverished, and sickly localities to be opened for interments, in defiance of the law ; and as the Act provides for land in the present suburban cemeteries, pointing thereto as a remedy for the ex isting evils in the parishes of the cities of London and Westminster. The powers of the Metropolitan In terments Act extend so far as to prevent all inter ments in the city, and to compel the interment in the present cemeteries, where there is sufficient ground undisposed of, until a cemetery of adequate dimensions is prepared for the interment of the dead of this great city. Something ought to be done to compel the Commissioners to do their duty, if they are unwil ling ; and the farce of advertising for 100 acres of ground, within twenty miles of St. Paul's, with the perfect knowledge that such a quantity of land in one eligible spot is not to be had, will be no excuse for the fearful results of the neglect of the duties imposed upon the Board of Health, as Christians, and as servants of the Crown, to whom they are answerable for the neglect. It has been re marked by an observer of the present plan of inter ment, that he knows not "how the repulsive system of burying the dead in intramural nooks and corner!, in such grave-holes and charnel-dens as abound in London, could ever ha v e come in t o prac tice, or been thus long perpetuat e d, an d sa y s it i s explainableupon no prin c ipl e e ith er o f en li g h tene d Christianity or rational humanity. There is, on the contrary, something grand and religiously consoling in the idea that the civic generations, who in life have dwelt together, should not in death be divided. Community of sepulture would be a powerful stimu lus to a higher standard of religious and moral ex cellence than as yet exists ; for, when the ashes of the deceased rich and poor, of the deceased good and bad, repose within the wall encircling one vast mausoleum church, the living rich and poor and the living good and bad will be desirous of hastening the day when time shall more and more be regarded as a prepa ratory stage to eternity—the day when death and the grave shall more and more be looked to as the gate and entrance to immortality." The burial-ground of a vast Christian metropolis should occupy a great space in the public eyeond fill a large place in the public heart, and I would impress on the minds of the Commissioners, and the public at large, the necessity there is for having a stop put to burials in London, and also the benefit to be derived from the interments being made at a distance from any inhabited locality, and in a space of ground ap propriated to cemeterial purposes, of vast and, exten sive dimensions, so as to prevent useless outlay of the public money by keeping up separate establishments for dill . ..rent cemeteries. Let, then, a space of several hundreds of acres be enclosed for one grand cemetery at a great distance from, but within a short time of, London ; this will remedy the evil of disseminating . from different points or cemeteries the mephitic gas which produces so much disease in the locality of every graveyard, and, above all, to hasten the closing of those graveyards and charnel-dens in populous localities. Hoping that the authorities will b! called upon to inquire into the fearful miseries entailed by the spread of sickness and destitution brought on by their neglect, I remain, Sir, your obliged servant, London, Sept. 2. W. H. COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Jones, Mr. Perfect, and Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitberoe, and West Yorkshire Railway Company, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial•office from the Governor of Canada, and from the Governors of the other North American Colonies. Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Governors of the West India Colonies. SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY.—An occur rence took place on Saturday morning at Colchester, which, besides the destruction of much valuable property, nearly re sulted in the sacrifice of human life. The scene of the catas trophe was on the farm of Mr. Garrad, veterinary surgeon, through which runs the Eastern Counties Railway. It ap pears that there is a road-way from the above gentleman's farm over the line to his fields on the other side, and that since his occupation the company have erected a high en gine -shed just below the crossing, so that an up-train could not be seen coming till it was close at hand. A waggon with three horses and driver were engaged carting barley, and were in the act of crossing' over for another load when at the same moment the eight A.m. passenger-up train dashed into them smashing the waggon to pieces, and dreadfully mutila'- ing the horses. Most providentially the driver, who was riding at the time, just before the engine struck the team, had the presence of mind to spring to the ground, but in so doing, barely escaped with his the engine in his perilous descent, catching the flaps of his coat and completely sever ing them from the garment; one of the horses was found under the engine, -and the others lay helpless on the ground. The passengers in the train were alarmed, and rushed shriek ing to the windows, but it does not appear that any were injured.—Essex PROPOSAL TO CONVERT THE THAMES TUNNEL INTO A SEWER FOR DRAINING TILE MIDDLESEX SIDE 01 TILE METROPOLIS.—A proposal has been forwarded to Lord Ebrington, as cbairman of the Metropolitan Sewers Com mission, by Mr. James Graham Harding, a gentleman of independent property, although a practical man, residing in Albany-street, Regent's-park, for the conversion of the Thames Tunnel into a means of draining the whole of the Middlesex side of the metropolis, and carrying the sewage into the main sewer of the Ravensbourne, on the Surrey side, as proposed by the engineer of the Sewers' Commission for the drainage of the whole south site of the river. Mr. Har• ding's proposal is as follows:—Let a sewer be formed along the side of the river so as to receive all the present sewers and drains into it which are above and below the Thames Tunnel ; next make two sewers along the bottom of the Thames Tunnel to the Surrey s de, emptying themselves into the intended main sewer proposed to be made, according to the plan of Mr. Frank Forster. By adopting this plan it would be making a valuable use of pat t of the Thames Tunnel, and a ready way to get rid of the vast amount of filth which at present pollutes the river Thames, to the great injury of the health of the inhabitants of London . The proposal is considered by several scientific men to be exceedingly advantageous, and it remains to be seen what decision the Commissioners of Sewers will come to on the subject. THE LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOLM. KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. —Yesterday evening a meeting of subscribers and the committee of management of thf above institution, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern for genera 1 business. The report of the society's progress was very satis factory. During the past half-year the committee has been enabled to add upwards of 2001., thereby making their capital stock in the hands of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt now to consist of 2,4491. The balance sheet for the past year showed the receipts from all sources to be 4171. The expenditure left only a trifling balance. The report concluded with an earnest appeal to the members of both branches of the trade to extend the society's use fulness. SECESSION FROM TEE CAURCIL—The Rev. Er re Stewart Bathurst, rector of Kibworth, Beauchamp, Leices tershire, and formerly fellow of Merton College, Oxford, liar resigned his living, value 1,5001. per annum, and was received into the Roman Catholic Church, on Thursday last, by the Very Rev. Dr. Newman, at the Oratory, in Alcester-street, in this town.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette. SINGULAR, VERDICT.—On Tuesday T. Lee, Esq., coroner, held an inquest on the body of a child er a et t hp ll e: o : d sin sw tteo e ni r dg t e h eydt . near Barnshi V. It appears that a young unmarried woman, named Stones, had been delivered of a still-born child, and made no one acquainted with it for several hours the alter hn teo child, circulation,ht i h l d e , circumstan ce , a n d halth o ugh made oa du ge, nhoi shecl secret ei c ci a art u edhlt s lop e : d reere s iptl e hra t er • e e se r : ni a mi l ca ltot circumstances,. TB,ll wee: a 3,. jury returned t a i t i rnheodl holding nverdictinquest,n f ".iN . o u ll n i ci ° e . r " no use.—Halifax Guardian. NATURAL CURIOSITY.—During the present week a pigeon belonging to Mr. Jonas Jennings, of Horton, has batched a hen's egg, and produced a live chicken ; and what makes the 'circumstance more strange is the fact of the pigeon being of the masculine gender, its mate being ben% shot $OlllO time ago.— Leeds Mercury. TE E RAILWAY PROPERTY. The following circular has been issued by Messrs. John liiilton and Sons, Stock and Sharebrokers : On the 26th of April last we took the liberty of suggesting such reorganisation of your railway con cerns as appeared to be necessary to protect the shat tered state of your unguaranteed capital from further violation. The long-continued misapplication of it to personal and other objects entirely astray from the original intention,— as s h own by the i nvest i g ations you set on foot independent of your directors, —ended in the great capital drawn to railways becoming pa ralysed and almost unheeded, with the exception of professional jobb'ng ; and a very diminished confidence was caused in guaranteed, preferential, and other new stock. We lately tested the value of the unguaranteed capital by supposing a person to purchase one share in each of twenty-three unguaranteed lines, the most attended to, at the date of our last circular, on the 26th of April, by an outlay of 7331. 163. 31., and keeping them over the 26th of July—three very dull months in the share market—and without any ap parent improvement in confidence to attract particular observation. The result, on the 26th July, showed no variation in value upon one line—a loss upon seven lines, and a gain upon fiFteen lines—leaving a balance of profit amounting to 31. 7i. 3d. per cent. at the end of the three months—or at the rate of 13/. 93. per annum. During those three months the share market was chiefly supported by jobbers. It may perhaps be re marked that the season of the year, when the obser vation was made, was favourable rather than other wise to a rise, on account of the approaching divi dends; but it may also be said, on the other hand, that there never was a time when such hope had less in fluence in that respect. All changes proper to be made in the constitution of a new railway board should be commenced by balloting out of a previously proper selection from the body of unbiassed and independent shareholders of double the number required to form the first half of a new board, and which half should, by selection— and not by ballot—make up the other half to complete the new board from the old board ; otherwise it will be rarely if ever possible to make up a board that would work harmoniously and efficiently together. If so many as are required cannot be selected satisfatority from the old board, the number then wanted may be taken out of those remaining after the first ballot. Boards will in course be numerically formed, as occasions may really require. It is of the most leading consequence to get an in telligent and proper board of directors, that will con fine themselves rigidly to the duties to be performed. They will hare to choose a competent general ma nager, to whom the manager of each working de partment must be accountable. The directors should not personally interfere in the practical working of the concern, but through the general manager, who will be in constant communication with the board ; otherwise all will move under disorderly confusion as heretofore. None in the concern below the directors should have any personal interest in the capital of the company, otherwise they may devote more atten tion to jobbing than to the duties they have to perform. The directors might be allowed to invest, but not habitually job in their own company's concerns, nei ther should they be permitted to derive any benefit through any contracts or business the company may have on foot, under a heavy forfeiture and removal from their official appointments, without the power of return at any after period. Until a railway work is completed for traffic, its real value cannot of course be ascertained ;—it will at that period be solely governed by the income from traffic which it can secure and retain, coupled with the management it is famed for, and by a comparison with other securities according to their relative cir cumstancesp If it be of high national impDrtance to continue the statement, weekly, of the position of the Bank of England for regulating the operations of commercial affairs, it is surely not less so as regards a necessity for a truthful statement, to be put forth at less inter vening periods than at half-yearly meetings, of the enor • mous and increasing amount of capital absorbed by railways, always quickly transferable and available to every occasion required. It is a fact difficult to reconcile, after all the wide spread misery that railway mismanagement, deceits, and fraud have given rise to, that shareholders should sit down in any case satisfied without the most scru tinising search into the actual state of their railway affairs, apart from the statements put forth under the separate and sole care or authority of directors alone —no matter how much they may otherwise be con fided in—and it is more extraordinary still that such men should suffer any taint of suspicion to hang over them in their administration of railway affairs, until they have encouraged every effort that can be made to perfect' the confidence of both the present share holders and the public. . All refl cting persons may easily conceive the degree in which Governmental interference may con fuse and harass the economy of a railway concern, however slightly the attempt be made—but none can forget the practical injury done to railway interests when Government looked tamely on while Parliament in 1845 let loose its unguarded power to create an excess of new railway schemes, chiefly unrequired, inducing a necessity for new capital impossible to raise ; and which, in very numerous instances, have been wisely withdrawn under the Abandonment Act, after creating disputes to be settled in Chancery of the most shuffling and disgraceful nature—alike humiliating to the dignity of Parliament and the fully of impetuous gamblers. For Government to let loose a new set of officials in any form to fasten on railway affairs, would be as fatal to the interests of shareholders as are the fol lowers of an army on the heels of retreating troops, who kill the wounded and carry off the spoil. Surely such madness will not again be attempted, or shareholders, suffer the disgrace fur its absolute ne cessity ! Every man must now hold by his case ; and surely no present director will flinch from his impe rative duty until it is faithfully and honourably per formed. With well organized management, well-framed, and well-audited accounts, many railway concerns can hardly fail to do well for their proprietors, or to at tract that portion of the great unemployed and accu mulating loose capital now sinking in value. An alternative of this may b e , t h at too great an amount of that capital will be f orce d into channels detrimen tal to the manufacturing interests of the country, at the imminent rink of doing worse, eventually, than railways up to a late period have done. Exchange-arcade, Manchester, Aug. 27. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SarT. 2. STOCK EXCHANOL—The market to-day was firm, and prices are rather improved. Great Westerns were done at ex div. 60 3 4 ex div.—Midland, 331,5 LI VEItPOOI,, ,_ SErr. 2. STOCK ETCRANGIL-I'he share market was not so fi rm ,o-day, and little business doing. The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 42k — Ditto, Fifths, 9 .dis.—London and North-Western, 109q.i c. —Ditto, New Quarters, 15-16 p.--Midland, 33%—Ditto, Halves. 25 146 dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, 16 1 1 1 — York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original N. and 13.), 15— Newcastle and Carlisle, 82L 4 . MANCHESTER, SEPT. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The shire market was better to-day 031410 in and North- dis.—Ditto, 5 pe than for some time past, and prices fi rm , especially for Great Northerns and Dovers. The transacti ons were as follow : Est l i% Northern, _ i,d i n Western, New Quarters, 1 p.—Ditto, Manchest er and ar c e nt,Lancashire, Preference, B—Great Bir mingham, Quarters (C), 1 1.16 11—Man chester, Sheffield, Scrip, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 8 1-16—Newcastle and Car lisle, 81; 1 4—North Staffordshire, 10 13-16 di*.— South-Eastern and Dover, 164—Ditto, Consol. (No. 3), 16A—Ditto (No. 4), 5 7-16 YORK, AUG. 31. 60: Y4—York and STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 14/. 16s. 30.—Ditto G 7l42 rea . t Western, North (GN. lll E id P la u n r d c , h P as r e eler 4 e Preference, POST-OFFICE NOTICE. The following notice to the public, and instructions to all postmasters, sub-postmasters, and letter receivers, has been issued by command of the postmaste r -G eneral . • 46 G e neral Post-office, August, 1850. " Henceforward all letters addressed to the United States, and not directed to be otherwise sent, will be transmitted by the first packet, whether B r i t i s h or United States, which is dispatched aner they are posted. " Letters specially dire cted 6 by British Packet,' by United States racket,' or by any particular vessel named, will be forwarded in accordance with the desire thu r s it e is x- 11 - pressed by the writers. " The postage upon let ters and news p a p ers is pre coirs e b l y y u th i e lit s e a d m selawtehse,tphae,rkethise.y are convoyed b y B " Postmasters will bear in mind that all letters to be transmitted by the packets clinch start from Southamp ton must be torwardud to London, end not to Liverpool." FAILURE IN MANCHFSTER.--Wu regret to have to announce the failure of a large cotton-spinning tirm in Man chester, that of Messrs. William and David Morris and Co., of Salford and Chorlton. The liabilities are variously stated at from 40,0001. to 60, 0001 .. but we believe the y will be a fo l d u e u r d rn%n not in the to o exceed crp Ist,in of Salford,and sento 0 00/ .Mr . in his resignation. TIIE:BRADYORD MILL-HANDS AND THE FACTORY At,T.—During the last week disputes and di , :sati*faction, und, in some places, turns out have been the result of the recent Factory Act coming into operation, extending the period of working two hours a week. The hands have demanded a proportionate advance in their wages, and such demand has, in many instances, been acceded to.—Leeds illereury. An hydropathic establishment is about to be opened by an English surgeon at Alexandria, on the Graefenburr , system. It is expected to derive its main support from in- Valid 4 griyipg (r 9 It i