The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-03 00:00:00

. ti ig; 2 72r7) , ' t;.l SACRED tURAIONIC SOCIETY, EXETER - - • HALL: On FRIDAY P.V7..NEXT, Nolvct 1845, will be perfonnad HANDE RiIkT9RICOI L IN EGYPT. PripcipalNcl i t Voir' nen; Visa' ltsin rth, Miss Messent, Miss M. R. Hawes, Arttia473lr.a.elller,fttlT3lf. H. Phillips The Baud an Clitlit 4 l4 fre lli consiAt eitaUsCe Five Hundred Performers. Tickets 3s. each. etigutirris., may be had of the principal Musicsellers ; if Mr. 31 c 39, Charing-cross ; and of Mr. Reis, 102, Strand, opposite Exeter-hall. THOS. BREWER, Hon. See Subiwriptions for the ensuing season will be received at Eteter: ball during the Rehearsal, To-moutow (Tuesday) Evening, from Eight till Ten o'clock, or at any other time, by Mr. Rowley, a, Charing-cross. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. 'Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Svo., T HE ATTRACTIVE MAN. A NOVEL. BY MRS. TROLLOPE. Authoress of " The Vicar of Wrexhill," "The Widow Burnaby," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENnZG Will be performed LA SONNAMBULA. Count Rodolpho, Mr. Stretton ; Elvino, Mr. Allen ; Amine, Miss Romer ; Lisa, Miss Poole. After which will be produced a New Fairy Burlesque, entitled THE PRINCESS WHO WAS CHANGED INTO A DEER. THEATitt ROYAL, HA. I MA-Lila...KT THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. Anderson ; Mons. Desehappelles, Mr. James Bland; Pauline Dr.. , sehappelies, Miss Helen Faucit. To he followed by WHO'S THE COMPOSER ? The Marquis di Pompolo, Mr. 'Tilbury; ~qicrior Cafarir.i. Mr. Buckstone; Mr. 'lnchon ; Carina, Mls , Julia Bennett. To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. Tal:ATki.k, ROYAL, TRIS 'EVENYNG Will be repotted 'THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. In iv cl Mzssr4. U. smith, Selby, Stuker ; Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Ceinte, &c, will perform. To conclude with SE.EI.NG WRIGHT. • THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. THIS P.VENING Will be performed (by particular desire) OUR NEW GOVERNESS, After which, a New Fare, called NEXT DOOR. To conclude with ALADDIN and the WONDERFUL LAMP. PRLNCESWS THEATI:I4:, OXFORD-STr.E.ET. THIS EVENING Will be performed OTHELLO. Othello. Mr. Macreacly ; lago, Mr. Wallach ; Desdemoua, Mrs. Stirling ; Emilia, Mrs. Ternan. To conclude wit!, a New Farce, entitled JACK O'BOTU SIDES. John Tweddale, Mr. Ox berry. FRENCH PLAYS. ST. JAMES'S '1 HEATRE, KING-STREET. First appearance of Mons. Latent and Mdlle. Ensenic St. Marc. Mr. Mitchell begs respectfully to announce that the above Theatre will be RE-OPENED THIS (MONDAY) EVENING, Nor. 3, 1845, when will be produced the favourite Comedie Vrudeville, entitled LA SOMNA3IBULE, par MM. Scribe et G. Delavigne. Frederic do Luzy. M. Lafout; Cecile, Mdlle. St. Mere. During the Evening, the National Anthem, Queen," will be sung by the entire company. To conclude with the Comedy of LA PARTIE DE CFIASSE DE HENRI IV. Henri IV., Itol de France, M. Lafont God Save the ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE THIS EVENING Will he performca THE WEDDING DAY. In which Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lacy will perform. After which, TIER IZAILW &V KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild ; Sally slop. 3liss Kate Howard. To conelude with THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Loy Bacchus, Miss Kate Howard ; Mon:us, Mr. 0. Wild. NEW STRAND THEATRE. OPEN EVERY EVENLNG.-BRILLIANT SUCCESS. M. PIIILLIPPE will repeat all his most popular and pecuPar TOURS DE PHYSIQUE, and introduce several new and novel ex periment=, including the GRAND DISTRIBUTION. To cunelude with a NIGHT IN PEKIN, in which M. Phißippe will execute Several Chinese and Indian c:Lperiments, universally ac knowledged to be the most astounding Feats ever attempted by any European. Poore open at a Quarter past Seven ; to commence at a Quarter to Eight. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL. SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed EL HYDEP, THE LION KING. El Ilyder, Mr. Hughes. After which, Mons. PLEGE and FAMILY'S extraordinary per formance on the Tight Rope. r. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled POPPING IN AND OUT. Rooney Maefln, Mr. Hamilton. To conclude witb THE ROVER'S SECRET; or, The Bridge of St. Martin's. M. Martial, Mr. N. T. nicks; William, Mr. li. Hughes; Ciarisse, Mrs. Henry Yining. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3IPPIITHFATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, and The Lily of Memphis and The Horse of the Pyramids, in which the whole Company will appear. To which will be added, an entire change of, the Arena novelties, embracing the united talents of the French and English Equestrians. To conclude with A DAY AFTER THE FAIR. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, THIS EVENING Will be performed GUY FAWKES; or, The Gunpowder Plot and The Prophetess of Ordeal]. Guido Fawkes, Mr. E. F. Saville. After which, THE LOTTERY TICKE T. To conclude with ALEXANDER SELKIRK. Alexander Selkirk, Mr. E. F. Saville. TO CORRESPONDENTS. It is not true that " Members of Parliament sitting in Corn mi' tee on Private Bills, say Railways, &c.," are paid. We regr, :It that we cannot oblige our fair correspondent who has sent us some verses on the secession of Dlr. Newman from the English Church. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, NOT. 1. TIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 51; Noon, 47. BAROMETER, 30.2. WIND E.; fine sunshiny weather. 111(111 WATER AT LONDON-ISRIDGE THIS DAY. 40 minutes after 3 Evening .. 0 minutes after 4. lf orning - 1' • , &It • CZ • • litorrting Am* e 114' LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1845. In the evening edition of the Sun ou Saturday it was an nounced that a second Cabinet Council was held on the after noon of that day at the residence of Sir ROBERT PEEL, which was attended by all the Ministers in town. Twelve memberent least were ,present, comprising nearly the whole of the Cabinet, and all those whose opinions on the important question which now agitates the public mind may be re garded as of any weight. The necessity for summoning a second racking looks ill, for it shows that opinions are di vided, and leads the anxious expectants to fear that some compromise may be submitted to, and that the oat-and-out supporters of the corn-laws will not yield till defeated by the voices of the nation. We can therefore expect no Gazette Extraordinary for throwing open the ports, or for any other resolution of the Privy Council during some days. Perhaps Ministers may not have adopted any definite plan on Saturday, and even if they have, a Privy Council must be summoned, due time be given for its assembling, and several formalities take their regular course, before the country knows its fate. In the mean time, while WELLINGTON and STANLEY are haggling with PEEL—while the monopolists and the free traders are disputing about a few shillings of duty, and the interests, falsely so-called, of the landowners, are allowed to balance the scales against the virtual interests of the com munity, much valuable time is lost, foreign corn is held back, and gambling to an enormous extent is carried on in every principal port and city of the United Kingdom. Speculators in foreigh grain will not open the doors of their granaries— they have too much at stake, and too happy a prospect, to dispose of an article which to a certainty will become mere valuable either from the rise of prices abroad, or the abolition of the duty here. Out of charity, we should imagine that the delay is not caused by the advocates for high prices; these are, in fact, sufficient to satisfy every landowner, and the prospect of any material reduction for six months is beyond the most sanguine hopes of the best friends of the poor. The lest average for wheat struck on the 25th of October was 595. sd. the quarter, making the duty 135., but even this price, high as it is, cannot be taken as any fair criterion of the price of wheat fit for human food. Good wheat cannot be had for less than 70e, and a large proportion of this must be used in making bread) for the greater part of this year's crop will not be fit for the purpose till Christmas. The public are, therefore, paying at present to the landed interest fully 10s. the quarter above what they said would satisfy them when the last abortion of a corn-law was under discussion. They must be kept to their word ; but unless PEEL and the other free traders in the Cabinet are firmly and enthusiastically supported by the towns, trading communities, and press cf the country, we fear either their defeat or some shameful comproMise. Not one solid argument can be urged against the only remedy for the impending danger. All well-informed personsknow that the effect of throwing open the ports, under present circumstances, would be of the most trifling description. The price of grain is rising in every European State. At Dantzic, according to the last accounts, wheat had reached 575. the quarter, or one shilling below the price that was to satisfy the monopolists; at Stettin, Rostock, and Hamburgb, wheat was high in proportion, and would speedily rise ranch more should the Cabinet Council come to a right decision. Odessa will soon be frozen up.' The St. Lawrence is dazed by this time, and all direct supply from Canada, therefore, suspended for six months. We can reckon upon no supply from Continental States but at a high price, and a high price may give rise to some royal or imperial or dominance establishing strict prohibition of every article of f ee d lit for man ana Leese We have only the United States of America to look to, and event hat extensive country affords but a gloomy prospect. According to late intelligence, the crop , in the Carolinas had been m uc h b e l ow the average. The popnlation of the country now exceeds twenty millions, who inuet •be provided for first ; and, what with freight, port dues, land caeriage, &c., and the rise of prices in the whole of Europe, it heccenes an undeniable fact that in one month we could trot hove good American wheat, even free of duty, brought to this country at less than the landlords' favourite price, fie:. the quarter. And while the chiefs are quarrelling the people are suaring; nay, more, a system of gambling is carried on, which, in a ten-fold de gree, surpasses all the ills of gambling put down by the vir tuous and paternal Legislature. And gambling in what? In the food necessary for human subsistence. The wants, the very miseries of the poorer classes, are elements in the game. Even the most humane sect in her Kelesres dominions are prominent players, and, forgetting their usually mild and Christian principles, think more of ss. the quarter than the sufferings and death of thousands. We blame not them; we blame the atrocious law which forces on, which holds out a premium, and amply rewards the most pitiless of all gam. biers. The people, if they expect relief, must bestir them selves. Neither PEEL nor the press can do much without theta for whatever influence a newspaper way pow, thou rnE SuiN, LoxiDoN*, MONDAY ManNiXer, NrOVEMBER 3 1845. best acquainted with its powers know that it can do little without the aid of public opinion and public demonstration. Now is the time to be up and doing. Such an opportunity may not occur for ten or twenty years; and all who allow it to pass, without seizing the precious moments, and striking in time, must be reckoned participators in the crimes of those who would starve the people for " a marriage settlement," and destroy our commerce and manufactures for the epheme ral profits of a small and selfish faction. The opening of the new hall and buildings of the Honour able Society of Lincoln's Inn was a ceremony which, whether considered in relation to the objects of their consecration, or the distinguished honour of her MAJESTY'S personal attend. ance at the ceremony, was well worthy of being minutely recorded to posterity. The munificence of the Society had amply seconded the genius of the architect, and nothing was wanting of the wealth and liberality proper to so distinguished an association that could develop in their full symmetry and effect the very beautiful and appropriate designs of Mr. Ilannwicx. The fabric altogether has an appearance of having been pro duced by one of the hest architects of the best age of the Tudor sdiool. These are facts thatare apparent, and have been f9r some time past, to every casual passenger or visitor. But for any any account in detail of this remarkable cere monial itself, or of the deportment or observations of the illustrious persons who assisted at it, the public and posterity will look in vain. The Benchers of Lincoln's Inn, anxious enough to have their doings and the particulars of the whole transaction accurately recorded, had 'issued a circular invi tation to all the metropolitan r 'ewspapers with that view ; and the gentlemen by whor4 those newspapers were re presented attended as vSual, in order to discharge their arduous and impo'fi,ant duty. They found, however, not merely that none of the ordinary accommodations indispensable to its performance were provided for them, but that they were treated with a studied and contemptuous negligence, which 'added insult to neglect. They were placed in a position from whence it was impossible either to see or hear what was passing, and jostled among waiters, serving men, and lawyers' clerks and door-keepers. Of course they very properly re sented this impe:etinence on the part of the Benchers, or those by whom arrtrogements, such as they were, had been made, and retired in a body from the hall. To what cause this absurd proceeding should be attributed we cannot undertake to say. Whether, as one of our Con temporaries supposes, it was a further manifestation of that hostility which a few foolish fellows at bar-messes have lately thought proper to manifest against the press in the persons of the reporters; or whether this pro ceeding be simply the result of that ill-breeding and ascetic ignorance of the tone and wants and feeling of that great world actually existing beyond the limits of the four Inns of Court, which are by no means uncommon among the narrow. minded and drowsy occupants of prescriptive seats at the dais, and other privileges pertaining to the majesty of Benchers, we do not know, and truly care not a single rush. Some of them, we dare say, are sufficiently credulous to confide in the mysteries of Mesmerism, and perhaps imagine, that in order to accomplish with so much general accuracy their task of daily communications to the public, reporters themselves are magnetized beings who cars read through the solid bulk of Mr. HArinvvicx's masonry what may be passing on the other side of it, and hear speeches delivered at the extremity of intervening corridors and closed, chambers beyond them. But it is really proper that the Benchers of Lin coln's Inn should understand that they confer no favour, but ask one, when they issue invitations to the newspapers to send reporters to give an account of proceedings which, however they may interest the Society of Lincoln's Inn, have no more immediate or specific interest for editors and proprietors or newspapers than the circular of the Court newsman or the list of prices at Smithfield Market. It is the public which demands to be informed on these and all other subjects, and the Benchers of Lincoln's Inn no more enjoy an exemption from the duty of gra tifying this wish on the part of the public, than the bar in our times could maintain its own existence without that publicity, for all legal pleadings and judicial decisions which have rendered it what it is, through the direct instru mentality of those very individuals on whom some silly gen tlemen of the long robe, in the contemplation of arriving at bencherships themselves, by affecting these airs of superior caste, would have the world believe that they look down upon as of inferior station. Risum teneatis? They might as well imagine that as a body they could compete with the Press in general ability, or information, or usefulness. Between professional exhibitions of contumacy to public opinion, in the matter of Puseyism, and personal exhibition of mean and degrading vices and unchristian deportment, the clergy of the Established Church, through very many of i their members, appear to be of late sedulously engaged ire earning for themselves a singular amount of odium and di &- reputable notoriety. Not a month passes over, in th eee times, without producing its flagrant exemplification, of clerical delinquency in some shape or other. These are evil signs for the Church. It is not by such conduct that she will re-establish her shaken influence over the hearts and minds and affections of the people. It is not by such courses that her clergymen will accredit their own mission to the laity at large as the meek and lowly-mil:tiled and pious ministers of a religion of beneficence, purity, and peace. On the present occasion, fortunately, we are not called on to de nounce any startling or revolting crime against the laws of GOD and of human institutions. But we have to animadvert on a manifestation, in a beneficed clergyman of the Church. of England, of uncharitable, irritable spitefulness —such a s we cannot peruse without mingled emotions of astonishment and contempt. On the 28th instant, at the Central Cri minal Court, a poor servant-girl, named Arys CRAFT (to whose good character and moral deportment very respectabl a testimony at the close of the trial was produced), was trie on a charge of having robbed her master, the Revere ad FREDERICK JOHN REEVE, incumbent of Mortlake, Sun :e y-, of sundry valuable articles—according to his own accow at— sheets, towels, bits of carpets, &c. The case, as stated by the Reverend Prosecutor, was of the most trumpery de/sc r ip_ tion that can be imagined. " The family," preceded ley the prisoner, who had been dispatched the day before to Brighton , to get their house at that place ready, left town in August last. The prisoner's luggage was packed in two boxes, the larger one being removed with her, the smaller being c' me Tided to the care of a neighbour. " The family" had in structed" the servants," a few days previously, to move in light marching order ; that is, they were " to take only rade things of their own as were absolutely necessary." At Brighton, the Reverend Mrs. REEVES (for, like Jr.eut , er e ne' s Mrs. Caudle, this lady appears to be the !ff.ajor Domo), taxed the girl CRAFT, in consequence. of some information, in such severe terms, tha t the girl quitted her service, and went to reside for • some days at a neighbouring inn. The Reverend 'Gentleman (whose spiritual activity in discharging the duties of his incumbency we would fain hope is as untiring as his 7 aalous energy in She character of a travelling prosecutor), Cr ane up to Mortlake—went to the custos of the poor girl's smaller box (a Mrs. NEuvR), asked for it, got possession of it, and, with a more than Apostoli c i nsens ibili ty to hi s own fatigue,' returned with it to Brighton. There he called on CA :Ayr at the inn ; and having caused this Pandora-like car , k , it—this fatal box—to be broken open in her presence befo•:e he paid her her wag es —(for the merciful pastor and his lady had considerately allowed the young woman to go to the inn, after quitting their rod, without giving her what.was her due)—the reverend runner found two books, his pro perty—the one a school-book, the other an o volume of the "Heiress of Bruges," and "other artic' le e not went ioned in the indictment." Among these otl ter articles v 'ere a pair of silk socks, of which the Rover , nnd prosecutor, intending to exhibit with effect to the horro r of the jury, the judge, and the Court, involuntarily du' eon strated flee holiness and antiquity, by putting his ti agera through, iinstead of into, the heel! The whole of the pro perty purloined from " the family " does not appear t a have been of s aefficient value to find a ready purchaser ite Holy well-street or Rag fair; and its exposition, illustrated by Mr. CL tx nsox's cross- examination of this benevolent clergy man, len ionstrated what our reporter mildly terms the " ridice lotas" exaggeration of the value the prosecutor had put up( al them, at the very moment he was taking credit to himself (good man I) for his reluctance to do the work he had begun, and the low figure of his appraisement. All the authority of the respected Recorder could not suppress, we are told., She laughter and ridicule elicited by this exposure of the I me:lefty—and of the prosecutor.; Now,. we do not feel it necessary to press on the reader's attend( ,n the extreme probability that the fact of the articles being i n the young woman's box at all may be fairly at tributal ale to the haste and confusion, under the "marching orders "' we speak of, of a hasty removal, without any sort of dishone st intention on her part—" the family " being by no means rem arkable, we infer, for the Christian virtues of pa tience or g tntleness. The things might have been thus put away, vat t a good-natured purpose of easing the mistress of " the fail illy" of some part of her removal cares: for non com/at that there was any concealment, on the girl's part, of the place and particulars of the box's deposit. But not haring her defence before us, we cannot argue on any p ar ticular presu caption of this kind. We limit ourselves, there fore, to'cont Sending for the general hypothesis of her inno cence as dk ucible from all the facts. The Reverend Gentle man's some three or four servants had been discharged in the course of t , eelve months ; but the reverend lady, with a degree of et indour which mistresses of the Caudle school ex hibit only in the witness-box, we apprehend, admitted — under cross. examination—that not three or four only - , but at least twelve servants bad been dismissed by "the ft in twelve n lona's. What a pattern of Nonce's " do% lug et placens ?cm '" is here How delicious an example foe • the whole livin g of Mortlake of the Christian spirit and the amiable cos amunity of feeling that should pervade the horn es of all the Reverend prosecutor'. parishioners. One servant hired and d ischargod per mensem—twelve per annum —seems to be the rule of this gentle pastor's household. TAYLOR, another lint,ale servant, who proved that she had carried the little bo:t to NEEVR'S house by the prisoner's desire, ad mitted, again —on cross-examination —that "in the nine ; months in which she was engaged by the family,' no less thai nine serrants had been discharged." The Recorder, passing g, perhaps,. the most lenient sentence he could de on the verdi ct of guilty, remitted .the prisoner, not to another gaol, b ut I simply to fourteen days' longer confineme _,t" in Newga to Whilst that able and humane judge was passing seater the Reverend Gentleman, in obedience to some "dr e ,' show wegraphiDg" from his lady, with great pod trite , exquisite hUmanity rushed to the witnsss•box, just as the Recorder was putting some circumstances of extenuation to the jury. But though the Reverend Mr. REEVE emulated the submissive Mr. Caudle in the alacrity of his obedience, he was emphatically repulsed, and compelled to retire, with no other or higher satisfaction to his paternal and pastoral humanity than what might be derived from contemplating the convulsive sobs, the struggles, the swoonings of the un happy woman whom he had placed in the felon's dock on this trumpery and disgraceful indictment; or the knowledge that to the public blasting of her hitherto unspotted charac ter, and her humble but virtuous prospects, a sentence of fourteen days' imprisonment in Newgate had affixed the seal of extinction ! Poor, unhappy girl! Most amiable, most Christian-like of pastors! Let this world judge be tween you. In the next-but we forbear. Madrid journals of the 24th have been received, but they contain no intelligence of interest, though abundance of rumours. The Espanol says it is the opinion of many well informed persons that the Cortes will not be assembled this year, but gives little credit to the report. The brother of Munoz had received another appointment, that of Intendant of the Queen's palace. Ile previously held the office of Administrator of Property to the Qaeen's sister. Some private business was dune in Spanish Stock on the 23d, when the Three per Cents. were done at 34 for the Account, and 33% for Cash. We are glad to learn from Paris that a considerable im provement had taken place both in French Stock and Shares. The Three per Cents. had risen 30c. and the Fives 15c. The fluctuation in the Share Market was inconsiderable ; wherevc r a change occurred it was for the better, and the fear of further depression seems to have disappeared. " The fifth anniversary of the Ministry of October 29," says the Con stituticninel, " was celebrated on Wednesday, at St. Cloud, by a grand dinner, to which the Knon , had invited all the mem bers of the Cabinet. Each year this anniversary is marked by a new advancement in the Legion of Honour, accorded to the Ministers who have not yet arrived at the highest grade. As there was nothing more to do in this respect for Marshal SOULT, the promotion was granted to his son, the Marquis DE DALMATIE." The skill, firmness, and success of M. Gutzon leaves the organ of M. THIERS no opportunity fur finding fault. He has been more fortunate than any previous Minister, not only in keeping his Cabinet to gether so long as five years, but in preserving the peace of Europe, and at the same time increasing the number of his supporters in the Chamber of Representatives. Nearly all the late elections went in favour of the Government, and France rarely has been so quiet as at the present time. Algiers, it is true, is an unfortunate affair, but that was a legacy from the old Bourbons, which:the new dynasty can not with honour throw up. According to one of the journals the National, the latest accounts from that quarter are any thing but favourable. " The Government," it says, " has received from Africa a fresh dispatch which it has not judged proper to publish. This dispatch announces that, after the affair of Ain Kebira, AED-EL-KADER, in place of withdraw ing with his cavalry to the Moorish territory, proceeded to the middle of our possessions, and reached Sidi - Del Abbes, between Mascara and Tlemcen. There he has continued propagating insurrection among the tribes, and it appears that he has succeeded to such a point that nearly all the natives of the west of Algeria are in revolt, attacking our posi tions considered most safe from their insults, or withdrawing en masse either to the territory of Morocco, or to what is called the desert." According to a letter from Toulon, in the Courrier I Francais, General LAmoncrEnE had made a successful razzia on the two tribes implicated in the surprise of Djemm Ghazaouat and destroyed a part of the army OfABD-EL-KADER, and cut off the heads of a thousand Arabs. The story, how ever, is utterly improbable, and none of the journals give credit to it. The Sentinelle says, "If the reports which have reached us are correct, the insurrection of the Arabs has greatly extended in the province of Oran. General LAMORI CIERE is said to have arrived in time to raise the blockade of Tlemcen, which was hard. pressed by the enemy. It is added that he routed and o' erthrew several Arab corps." A tele graphic dispatch from Port Vendres, dated Oct. 28, had been received by the French Government from General Count DE CASTELLANE, Commandant of the 21st military division, an nouncing that all the troops who were to be embarked at Port Vendres for Oran had left. The number embarked at Port Vendres, Marseilles, and Toulon is 9,290, and 987 horses. The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers : Th , e currency of corn," according to the Journal des Debats, " during the last nine months was much less than during the corresponding period of the years 1844 and 1843, which demon strated the confidence of the public in the agricultural resources of France, the only country in Europe at present which is not uneasy respecting her means of feeding her population. The quantity of corn in store in France at present is considerably more 'than that existing last year (256,000 metrical quintals, in place of. 98,000)." A recent account has been taken at the Corn-market of Paris, at the public granaries, and at the stores of the 601 bakers of the capital, of all the Sour in band. It appears that they contain together a sufficient provision for four months. The Moniteur publishes the official returns of the French im. ports for the present year up to the end of September. The duties received exceed those of the corresponding period of the last year, which were much higher than those of ie43. The month of September, however, taken by itself, is less favourable, the duties having amounted to only 12 millions of francs, whereas, In September, 1844, they were 12 millions and a half. " We have already stated," says the Conetitutionnel, " that the Minister of ForeignAfFairs had just sent offto Tangiers M. Hamm it, one: of the gentlemen belonging to his department. This envoy is ch arced to hand to our Colima-General a note addressed to the F.niperor of Morocco. The French Government in this note in. 'forms Abderrhaman that it has come to the determination to pursue Abd.el-Kader on the Moorish territory. The terms of the treaty concluded with France are called to his mind, and the late events are adduced as a proof that it has not been executed. The in ference is, that the Emperor had failed in his engagements through want of ability to fulfil them, and France, in consequence, is au. thorised to do herself justice " A letter from Florence of the 22d says:—" The emigrations from Romagna continue. They are already •ery numerous, and will still increase, for the prosecutions of the court-martial installed at Rimini are incessant. It has sequestrated the property of the emigrants. Amongst estates thus taken is that of Count Beltrami, one of the richest inhabitants of Bagnacavallo. The five chiefs of the last insurrection are still imprisoned here, but they are treated with kindness. They are placed together in an apartment of fort Belvidere.", On the Paris Bourse the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 60c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,193 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,015 f.; Havre, 800 f. ; Avig non, 990 f. • Vierzon, 735 f. ; Bordeaux, 638 f., 75c. ; Bou logne, 572 f: 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 502 f. 50c. ;: Basle, 268 f. 75c. ; Northern, 776 f. 25c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 37%; Passives, 6 1 4. The following are the quotations for other lines:- Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 517 f. 50c. ; ditto (Ca- Ion), 504 f. ; ditto (Ganneron), 505 f. ; ditto (La Pinson niere), 5025 50e. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 570 f.; ditto (kosamel), 535 f. ; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 527 f.; ditto (Decan Lebeuf), 527 f.; Paris and Strasburg (Hinguerlot), 5121.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), s`2of. ; ditto (Drouil lard), 504. f. ; ditto (O'Neill). 511 f. 25c. ; ditto (Lefevre), 505 E ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 526 f. • ditto (Lecointe), 5101. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 506 k ; Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 512 f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Ca rafe), 511 f. ; ditto (Colbert), 5011. 75c. Maasana.Es. Ocr 25.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,015 E • Boulogne, 605 f. ; Vierzon, 740 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 665 f: BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, °cr. 31. Anglo-Belgian Madrid and Valentia... -- Boulogne and Amiens.e 11 Namur and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterran - North Jamaica Bordeaux and Toulouse - Orleans and Vierzon - Do. & Cette (Espeleta) - Orleans and Borderafx 12 Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. Over Yssel Central of Spain .. - Paris& Lyons ( Laffitte) 2 1 / 2 Demerara - Ditto (Gartneron's). 314 Dendre Valley ...... ... Ditto (Calon's).... _ Dutch Rhenish . 94 2 Paris and 0r1ean5...... Dieppe & Paris Janet. Paris and Rouen . — Dijon and Mulhouse ... Paris and Strasburg East Indian ...... . 3 3 /4 (Ganneron's) Grt Northern of France _ Do_.....(Aymar . d) . _ 214 (Laffitte's) Ditto (Rosamel'a) Paris and St. Qugmtin. Do. (Le Boeuf) — Rouen and Havre__ Do. Pepin le Halleur — Royal North of Spain. 1% treat Paris and Lyons — Sambre and Meuse .... Great Western Bongal % Strasburg and Basle ... Jamaica S Mid. Junction Tournay,Jurbise, Lan- Do. dent, ,and Hasselt... Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe.. 3% Do. (Letebvre's) :,yons and Avignon.... Verona and Ancona— — Luxembourg ... West Flanders COURT CIRCULAR. IVI - IDsMt, nUitt AY..--Yesterday !lie - Queert and Prince Albert took an early promenade in t i de afiiacent to the Castle. In the afternoon her Majesty and hi 4 Highness rode out in a pony phaeton, the Prince driving, followed in a landau and four by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady in Waiting, and the Hon. Miss Dawson, Maid of Honour in Waiting. Lord Charles Wellesley, Clerk Marshal, and Lieutenant-Col. Wylde, Equerry in Waiting on the Prince, attended on horseback. . . The Royal Family were all taken their usual airings yesterday. The Earl of Lincoln and Captain Vyner arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to the Queen. Lord Charles Wellesley, Clerk Marshal, arrived at the Castle yesterday, and has relieved Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to the Queen ; and Lieut.-Colonel Wylde has relieved Colonel Bouverie in the duties of Equerry in waiting to Prince Albert. The royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, mad Mr. George Edward and the Hun. Mrs. Anson. The band of the 2d Life Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and per Formed the remainder of the evening. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk before church. The royal children were all taken for their riding and walking exercise. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, with the domestic household, attended . Divine service this morning in the pri vate chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, walked front Frogmore House and back to attend the morning service in the private chapel of the Castle. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Whitehall-gardens. The ➢linisters present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Vharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Lincoln, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The Council sat four hours and a half. After attending the Council the Earl of Lincoln left town for Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Queen. A deputation from the Trinidad, Great Eastern, and South- Western Railway Company, including the Hon. Percy Evans Freke and Sir George Rich, and accompanied by Mr. Edward Lewis, the solicitor to the Company, had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial•office. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of the West India Colonies. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. ➢faddy. The luke of Beaufort, the Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, and Lord Norreys, were among the nobility attending the daily service in the Chapel Royal. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Repton, the lessons by the Rev. Mr. Povah, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Maddy. The anthem was, " Why do the heathen" (Kent). Ladv Jane Peel left Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Saturday, for Brighton. THE ISLAND OF CHUSAN. (From the Friend of India.) The island of Chusan is seven miles from the mainland, and forty miles distant from the city of Nirgpo, and lies in the vicinity of all the great and valuable marts of commerce on the eastern coast. It is 150 miles in circumference. The chief bay, that of Tinghae, is capable of accommodating, in perfect security, a hundred sail of square-rigged vessels, and possesses the most admirable facilities for the establishment of docks. Good way abounds, not only at the capital, but throughout the island. Chusan consists of a succession of hills and dales, which present one unbroken scene of rich cultivation, and exhibit the most lovely scenery. Wheat, rice, tea, grass cloth, sweet potatoes, cotton, tobacco, and other articles grow in great luxuriance. The island is inter sected with roads—not intended for wheeled conveyances— from five to seven feet broad, and paved and flagged through out, and it is thickly studded with villages. Those who have the best opportunity of forming an opinion on the subject, believe that a hundred well-populated towns and superior villages would be found on it, containing from one to 5,000 inhabitants. The whole population is estimated at 270,000. The people are industrious and comfortable, and appear to have no want unsupplied; scarcely a beggar is to be seen, and there is a comparative absence of crime, which reflects no small credit on the Chinese character. Not a single ho micide has occurred during the three years in which it has been in our occupation; and the inmates of the gaol, contri buted by the whale island, have rarely exceeded twenty, and of those the majority have consisted of those who were confined for the illegal sale of its indigenous whisky, the sh am shoo. The climate vies with that of the most favoured regions in the world. It is the Montpe'lier of China. There are but three months which can be called hot—June, July, and August. In this latter month the thermometer stands on an average at 83 degrees, but sinks at night to 73 degrees. The next month it subsides to 74 degrees in the day. Then comes winter, with its bracing, vivifying, exhilirating influences, and the ground is covered with hoar frost, and the ice lies half an inch thick. In January and February the thermo meter stands at '2O degrees of Fahrenheit. In March it rises to 28 degrees, hut the hills continue to be capped with snow, and the cheerful fire is kept up till the commencement of June, so that it is only during three months of the year that woollen clothing is unnecessary. All the other places in China where we have commercial stations are hot, sultry, and unhealthy, and it is to Chusan that invalids have generally resorted for the restoration of health and vigour. The island furnishes provisions of every description, of the best quality, at a very moderate price. Beef, pork, and poultry may be obtained in the greatest abundance. Of geese, as large as those in England, there is no lack. Ducks are hatched by steam by thousands, and eggs are less than a halfpenny a piece. Game of ry variety is easily procured. Bread of English quality is readily prepared by the Chinese. All kinds of vegetables may be obi ained, and English vege tables and fruit grow with great luxuriance. Potatoes have now been introduced, and will probably became an article of great consumption throughout China. Indeed, all kinds of provisions may be obtained at-one half the sum they cost at Hong-Kong. It is only for a European want to be known, to be immediately supplied from the island or the continent. Fish is obtained in the greatest abundance. Fishing is universal around the island, and it is calculated that not fewer than 70,000 vessels come from the continent, and remain for three months off Chusan employed in fishing. They are attended by boats filled with ice, in which the fish are packed, and then dispatched to the neighbouring coast. CLERGYMEN RAILWAY DIREC- TORS. (From the Church and State Gazette.) Opinions of Mr. E. L. Richards, on a Case submitted to him on the Ogmores and Garw Vales and Port of Cardiff Junc tion Railway Company. "I am of opinion that spiritual persons, holding any ca thedral preferment, benefice, curacy, or lectureship, or who should be licensed, or allowed to perform the duties of any ecclesiastical office, may be brought under the penal pro visions of the 1 and 2 Vic., c. 106, if they act as director, provisional director, or members of the provisional com mittees of a railway company, orin any way personally in tefere in the management of the affairs of the said company; but I do not think that their acting in such capacity will invalidate the Parliamentary contract, or subscribers' agree ments, executed by the subscribers to the company. "The early enactment upon this subject, is in the sth sect. of 21st Hen. VIII., c. 13, which states that no spiritual person, secular or registrar, of what estate or degree soever they may be, shall, from henceforth, by himself, nor by any other to him or to his use, bargain and buy to sell again for any lucre,' &e., with certain penalties thereto attached. "Then came the 57 Geo: 111. c. 99. which wa.s an act 'to consolidate and amend the laws relative to spiritual persons holding of farms,' &c., upon which arose the question, whether all contracts entered into by bankers, where any one of the firm was a spiritual person, were void. "The Ist and 2d Vic., c. 106, appears to permit spiritual persons to be in partnership when there are more than six shareholders, and in cases where any trade or dealing de volves upon them, under any devise, bequest, inheritance, intestary settlement, marriage, bankruptcy, or insolvency ; but it seems imperative that they shall not act as directors, or managing partners, or carry on such trade or dealing in person.—(See sec. 29.) " The mode of punishment for infringing this enactment is laid down in the 31st sec., and imposes suspension for a time from office, with sequestration of benefice, &c., and for a third offence deprivation ab officio et beneficio ; but to this section there is appended a very important proviso, namely, that no contract shall be deemed to be void, by reason of the same having been entered into by spiritual persons, trading or dealing, either solely or jointly with any other person or per sons contrary to the provisions of this Act ; but every such contract may be enforeed by or against such spiritual per sons, either solely Or jointly with any other person or per sons, as the ease may be, in the same way as if no spiritual person had been party to such contract.' "Since the above became law, the Act of 4th and sth Vic., c. 14, was passed, and as its enactments are very int rJrtant, and bear upon the questions submitted to me, I nave extracted them fully, It is entituled An Act to make good certain contracts which have been, and may be entered into, by certain banking and other copartnerships,' and was passed on the 18th May, 1841. "Its preamble states, 'That whereas divers associa tions and copartnerships, consisting of more than six mem bers or shareholders, have, from time to time, been formed for the purpose of being engaged in and carrying on the business of banking and divers other teades and dealings for gPiu and profit, and have, ac cordingly, for some time past been, and are now engaged in, craving on the same by means of boards of directors, or managing committees, or other officers, acting on behalf of all the members, or shareholders, or persons otherwise interested in such associations or copartnerships; and whereas it is ex pedient to render legal and valid all contracts entered into by such associations and copartnerships, although the same may be now void by reason ofsuch spiritual persons being or hav ing been such members or shareholders, or otherwise inter ested as aforesaid. "' Be it therefore enacted—That no such association or copartnership already formed, or which may be hereafter formed, nor any contract, either as between the members, partners, or shareho ders composing such association or co partnership, for the purposes thereof, or as between such association or copartnership, and other persons, heretofore entered into, or which shall be entered into by any such association or copartnership already formed, or hereafter to be formed, shall be deemed or taken to be illegal or void, or to occasion any forfeiture whatsoever by reason of any such spiri tual person as aforesid being, or having been a member, partner, or shareholder of or otherwise interested in the same; but all such associations and copartnerships shall have the same validity, and all such contracts shall and may be enforced in the same manner to all intents and purposes as if no such spiritual person had been, or was a member or shareholder of or interested in such association or copartnership. " Provided always, That it shall not be lawful for any spiritual person holding any cathedral preferment, benefice, curacy, or lectureship, or who shall be licensed or allowed to perform the duties of any ecclesiastical office, to act as a director or manager, or to carry on such trade or dealing as aforesaid in person.' " EDWARD LEWIS RICHARDS. " 4, Essex-court, Temple, Oct. 25, 1845." " 1 am also of opinion that spiritual persons merely licensed to perform the duties of any ecclesiastical office are amenable to these latter Acts of Parliament; but if they possess no benefices, curacies, or lectureship,&c. , the punish ment appears to be suspension, and upon a third offence deprivation of office only. "E. L. B." GREAT WESTERN .RAILWAY.—The increase of traffic for the last week over that of the corresponding week of last year amounts to 2,9861. The receipts for the week ending October 19th, 1844, were 17,1511., and those of last wee% 20,1371. A large portion of the increase is in the goods traffic. The returns last week on account of this traffic amounted to 4,5 0/., while for the corre sponding week of last year they were 3,4761. only; the weekly to crew* being, lierefere, 1,0241. on the goods traffic alone. It is t , be recollected that this increase has taken place upon a considerabbe re• ductiou in the rates of carriage. We perceive that the Great West. 44.11 Company ammo their intention to rim as additional geode gtiOnTING INTELLIGENC E. NEWMARKVD.-FRIDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. The Houghton Handicap of 15 sous. each. T.Y.C. lair Charlotte, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Boarding School Miss, 4 yrs, Bst—Sectandtii, 4 yrs, Bst—Nawortb, aged, _7st 121b—Celia, 6 yrs, 7st 101b—Mintte, 4 yrs Est 91b—Vaudeville, 3 yrs, 6st 91b—Stoker, 3 yrs, Est t3ll;—Clumsy, 3 yrs, Est 81b—Ca roline, 5 yrs, Est 121 b. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. T.Y.C. Dean Swift, 8 yrs—Terrier, 2 yrs—Buttress, 2 yrs—Bene volence, 2 yrs—Ohio, 2 yrs—Titbit, 2 yrs. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. The winner to be sold for 25 Dr. Hill, 4yrs--Little John, 4 yrs—Eleazer, 3 yrs—Prairie, 3 yrs—Little Finch, 3 yrs—Malvoisie, 2 yrs—Pawnbroker, 2 yrs—Subscription, 2 yrs. Matches—Oakley receives 60 sovs. from Nix-my-Dolly— Secundus receives from Prologue—Alamode receives from Colleen Bawn. NE WMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.—(CONCLUDED.) SATURDAY.—A meeting that, in the extent, variety, and quality of the sport, has no equal in the records of the turf, closed brilliantly with a " supplemental " sheet list; weather, if possible, finer than ever, and with no other drawbacks to complete success than the equivocal proceedings with regard to The Baron, and the unusual shortness of money in the ring; owing not more, perhaps, to a long run of ill-luck on the great betting races, than to the effect of the merit panic in the share market; assuredly, such indifferent "settlings" (qv.) have never been known at Newmarket. The first out of the eleven events standing for decision came off at half past eleven o'clock, as follows : Match, 50, h ft. T.Y.C.—Sir W. W. Wynn's Stoker, ist 101 b (Mann), agst Mr. Langridge's Jessie Hammond, 7st (Crouch).-2 to lon Stoker. Won by half a length. Match, 50, 1i ft. Frst half of Ab. Exeter's Cocoa Nut, Bst (Mann), beat Col. Peel's Caen, Bst 21b (Nat). -2 to 1 on Caen. Won by a length. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C.—Mr. W. S. Stanley's Paultons, Bst 81b (Robinson), beat Lord Miltown's Duc an Durres, Bst 21b (Nat).-7 to 4on Paultons. Won in a canter by a length. Match, 100, h ft.. T.Y.C.—Lord Glasgow's Physalis, Bst 51b (Holmes), beat Mr. Greville's Sir Francis, Bst (Nat).- 3tol on Sir Francis. Won by a length. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Exeter's c by Col nick, out of Mecca, Bst 71b (Mann), beat Lord Glasgow's f by Retriever, out of Emilia, Bst 21b (Holmes), by a length. The Houghton Handicap of 15 sovs. each, and five only if declared, for three years old, &c. T.Y.C. (17 Subs, 7 of whom paid.) Lord Stradhroke's Boarding-School Miss, 4yrs Bst (Ch apple) 1 Mr. Meeson's Fair Charlotte, 4 yrs. Bst 21b Lord Exeter's Celia, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b The following also atartc.i :-.-Mr. Carr's Secundus, 4 yrs, Bst; Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, aged, 7st 121 b; Mr. I. Day's Minus, 3 yrs, 6st 91b; Mr. Moore's Vaudeville, 3 yrs, 6st 91b; Sir W. W. Wynn's Stoker, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (carried fist. 101 b); Lord G. Bentinck's Clumsy, 3 yrs, Est 81b; and Mr. Steer's Caroline, 3 yrs 6st 21b. Betting-7 to 4 agst Celia, sto 2 agst Secundus, Bto 1 agst the winner, and 10 to 1 agst Stoker. Secundus and Caroline cut out the work almost abreast to the cords, where they were passed by Celia and Fair Charlotte, Boarding-School Miss waiting. The latter, came with a rush at the last, and won by a length. A dead heat for second between Fair Charlotte and Celia. Caroline a bad fourth. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each ; for two yrs old, Est 71b ; three yrs. Bst 71b; four yrs, 9st; five yrs and upwards, 9st 41b. 't.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs., &c. (6 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's Terrier, 2 yrs (J. Sharpe) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Ohio, 2 yrs The following also ran :—Mr. Mostvn's Dean Swift, 3 yrs— Mr. Hook's Buttress, 2 yrs—Mr. Pedley s Benevolence, 2 yrs—and Mr. Shelley's Tit Bit. 5 to 1 agst Buttress. Dean Swift opened at 3 to 1, owing to an unaccountable pauic went back to 20 to 1; it turned out that he had only thrown a plate, and this, after a considerable delay, having been replaced, he went to the post, and at start ing was backed at 7to 2. Terrier made all the running, won by a length, and was claimed. Sweestakes of 5 sovs. each ; for two yrs old, Est 71b ; three, Bst 51b; four, Bst 10lb ; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. The winner to be sold for 25 sous., &c. First half of Ab. M. (8 Subs.) Lord George Bentinck's Malvoisie, 2 yrs ......(J. Sharpe) 1 Mr. Marson's Pawnbroker, 2 yrs Lord Chesterfield's Subscription, 2 yrs The following also ran :—Lord Exeter's Dr. Hill, 4 yrs ; Mr. R. Clifton's Little John, 4 yrs; Lord Sandwich's Prairie, 3 yrs; Mr. Cooper's Little Finch, 3 yrs; and Duke of Bed ford's Eleazer, 3 yrs, broke down. Betting-7 to 4 agat Malvoisie, 3to 1 agst Little John, 5 to 1 agst Subscription. Malvoisie made all the running, and won by two lengths, a length separating second and third. Nothing else up. The winner was claimed. SirJ. Hawley's Alamode,Bst 101 b (F. Butler), beat Mr. Ver non's Hartshorn, 7st 6lb (Nat). T.Y.C. 50.-2 to 1 on Ala mode. Won by a length. Duke of Bedford's Leopard, Bst 111 b (Robinson), beat Lord Exeter's f by Velocipede, out of Amaryllis, 6st 111 b (Pettit). R.M. 100, b ft.-7 to 4on Leopard. Won by a length. Mr. R. Clifton's Pedlar (Daley) beat Mr. Vernon's Harts horn, Bst each. T.Y.C. 25 —7 to 4on Hartshorn. Won by a length. Mr. Pratt's Secundus received from the Duke of Bedford's Prologue, Bst 71b each. Ab. M. 150, h ft. Sir J. Hawley's Alamode, Bst 71b, received forfeit from Lord Miltown's Celleen Bawn, 7st 71b. A.F. 50, h ft. Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst 101 b, revived 60 soya. forfeit from Mr. Giffard's Nix m - Dolly, 7st 101 b. T.M. M. 200, h ft. A match has been made for the Newmarket First Spring Meeting between Mr. Greville's Alarm, Bst 71b, and Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser. A.F. 500, 200 ft.-3,000 to 1,500 was laid on Alarm. The following new stake has been opened at Newmarket : The First Newmarket Triennial Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for the produce of mares covered in 1845. To run on Thursday in the First October Meeting, 1843 ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. To run on Thursday in the First October Meeting, 1849; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b, AF., for 10 sow. each. And on Thursday, in the First October Meeting, 1850 , at the same weight. DJ. If more than 60 subs, the second horse each year to receive 10 per cent., and the third 5 per cent. out of the stakes. To close and name, on the Ist of January, 1846, and the produce to be declared in the July Meeting, 1846. No pro. ' duce, no forfeit. ' Mr. St. Paul has sold Mentor for 1,000 guineas. The name .of the purchaser has not been made public. Mr. W. Scott has sold Malt to Mr. Ford; the price is said to be a " stiff one." HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Sinnington Hds.,Tues.,Catterick Bridge; Fri., Hovingham. York and Ainsty hds., Mon., Naburn ; Tues., Acaster ; Thurs., Pill Moor; Sat. Sutton-on-the-Forest-10 1 %. Earl of Harewood's hds., Mon.,Bilton Banks ; Thurs., Hare wood; Sat., Collingham Bar-12. Hurworth hds., 'rues., Crathorne ; Thurs., Croft Bridge; Sat., Neasham-10 1 /. Lieut.-Col. Hildyard's harrs., Monday, Westernhope Burn ; Wednes., Unthank ; Fri., Broadwood Bridge-10. Sir T. Sykes's lids., Mon., Settrington House; Wednes., Castle Howard Inn ; Fri., Pluckhatn-10 1 ,,. Heythorp hds., Mon., Boulter's Barn; Wed., Longborough gate ; Fri., Borton Bridge ; Sat., Ditchley House-10 1 . Warwickshire hds., Mon , Kennels, Kineton ; Tues., Wrox ton Abbey; Thurs., Milford Bridge; Fri., Stoneleigh Abbey ; Sat., Fenny Compton Wharf-10%. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon., Cherry Orton; Wed., Ash ton Wold ; Thurs., Kennels-10. Suffolk hds, Tues., East Wood-10 1 1 . Burton hunt, Mon., South t-earle ; Tues., Branston Wood; Wed., Bardney; Thurs., Kettlethorpe ; Sat., Hackthorm —ll. Lord Elcho's hds., Mon., Bowsden ; Tues., West Mains ; Wed., Cornhill ; Fri., Doddington ; Sat., Paxton-10%. Lord Galway's hds., Mon., Barnby Moor; Thur., Kennels. Bedale hds., Mon , Tunstal-village ; Wed., Butcher house- bar ; Fri. , Pepper-hall-10. Cleveland hds., Mon., Cattersty ; Thur., Marton—lol. Badsworth hds., Mon., Wentbridge ; Tues., Borne; Thur., Red-house; Sat., Ackworth-Moor-top-10. Boroughbridge harrs., Tues., Leckby Carr; Fri., Milby -10),. Devon hds., Mon., Powderham ; Thur., New Inn-11. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Charlton' village ; Thur., Charn don-common ; Sat., Fenny Compton-wharf-1%. Durham County hds., Mon., Elemore ; Wed., Chester-bar; Fri., Witton Gilbert- 1 % F. B. H., Mon., Trenoweth-wood ; Wed., Bishop's-wood; Fri., Pelyro cross-10. Somerset Subscription hds., Tues., Cocker Combe; Sat., Dunster-park-101. Mr. Lownde's hds., Mon., Linford-wood ; Wed., Salden. Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Shotover-house ; Fri., Ipsden heath-10. Mr. Roe's has., Wed., Bigbury-court ; Sat., Lambside cross-10. Raby hds., Mon., Wakerfield ; Wed., Hamsterley ; Sat., Middleton Fyas-10. Aikton harrs., Mon., Crofton Toll-bar; Wed., Thursley ; Fri., Pow-8%. Brushfvrd hares., Mon., Combe House; Fri., Kingsbromp ton Farmeelo. South Wold, Mon. Tothill ; Toes., Horsington Mill; Thurs., Hainton ; Sat., Harrington Hall-10%. Norfolk harrs., Fri., Bintry Half Moon. Whitecross harrs., Tues., Puttenham Church; Sat., Stoke Church-10. Glyndbourne harrs., Mon., Alfriston Race-course ; Fri., Broyle-11. Carlisle harrs., Mon., Mr. Biggine's,Hornsley Gate; Wed., Lingey Close Head ; Fri., Brighton Flat, Scaleby-8. East Devon harrs., Mon., Marlepit Gate; Thurs., Monte ton-10. Eastbourne harrs., Mon., Paradise Hill ; Thurs., Friston Mill-10%. Mr Fane's harrs., Mon., Berrick ; Wed., Little Haseley ; Sat., Nuffield Common. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Knapwell Grove; Fri., Haley Wood-10%. Cottismore Hunt, Mon., the Bull, Witham Common ; Tues., Exton; Thurs., Holywell Hall; Sat.. Tilton Wood. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—There is to he a grand gala here this evening. consisting of the first performance of a spectacle of no ordinary pretensions. It is founded on a piece called La Biche aux bois, which has already been played in Paris upwards of 215 consecutive nights. There are no less than 14 grand tableaux in it, and we are led to understand that the transformations and mechanical changes exceed those of any pantomime. So great is the variety of costume, of so costly a character are all the decorations, and so splendid is the whole preparation, that we are not at all surprised at learning that the expense incurred in the pro duction of this far famed extravaganza will exceed 1,5001. HORNCASTLE FAlR.—This large horse fair com menced on Tuesday last with one of the finest shows of horses of all descriptions ever offered for sale. This fair has acquired the greatest fame for blood and carriage horses, and is considered the principal h , ,rse-market in the county. The fair was numerously attended by gentlemen connected with the turf and field, and nearly all the job masters and horse dealers in London. Blood stock of good pedigree went off quickly at prices varying from 120 guineas to 2001. ; thorough bred brood m,.res, stinted to good horses, made from 60 to 89guineas ; yearlings from 30 to 80 guineas ; hunters of reputation made prices ranging from 100 guineas to 200 and 250 guineas each ; aged hunters, fit fir heavy country and hounds, 40 to 80 guineas ; mares (in foal), from 301. to 501. There was an admirable show of five-year-old car riage -horses, which were bought up rapid) y, and destined for London; the prices obtained were from 40 guineas to 60 guineas ; and several pairs of well-matched horses made as high as 160 guineas ; unbroke horses sold at 30 and 40 guineas ; and colt* from 251. to 351. ; prime young cart-herses made from 16 to 24 pan eas. The sheep-pens did not extend wide, but business was trensac tell at good prices ; Lin coins (good wethers) making 4s. ad. per stone ; and ewes (early lambing), from 325. to 38s. u head ; and good lambs made one guinea. A Berne journal, Oet. 23, has the following from Lucerne The Director of Police, M. Siegwart, published a few days since a confidential circular to the public functionaries, of which the following is the tenor : The. examination Into the affair of the murder of M. Lett proves that that most eminent men in the liberal party will be implicated, and the it their arrest will speedily take place. But as it is to bee eared that these arrests may cause some disturbances in the city erything should be prepared for as sembling the Landsturm ; if the signal is given by a re or by the tocsin, this levy, en masse, should hasten into the city, " GRAyTHam.—ltis'rumotlred in this neighbourhood that the turnip crops are infected similarly to the potatoes ; but as they go not contain so much starch, the disease is not so quick in its progress, and consequently not so easily perceptible,—Leicester Mornay , THE MAGAZINES. COL BURN'S ] .EW MONTHLY. The best article in the present number of the New Mont'Jy is a ballad by Charles flooton, entitled " The Exploits of Moreno, the Texan." It is a spirit-stirring composition, and is such a ballad as Scott might hare written on the subject of a border foray. Moreno is the Sheriff of Texas, and having heard . of a celebrated robber and murderer named Van Clein, who, by his atrocities, wasl the terror of the district—he obtains admission to the monster's haunts in disguise, and hav ing reconnoitred his hiding-place, retires unmolested. As seen as he has fled Van Clein suspects the true state of the case, and prepares for defence. Moreno soon arrives at the head of a pity of Lynchers ; and the cata,trophe we give in the words of the ballad itself : Not many days were overpass'd, ere, in the dark of morn, T: e tramp of many horsemen on the desert air was borne. Van Clein look'd out, and through the mist of mingled night and cloud. He behtld that hated stranger upon his courser proud; While nn his left six mounted men, and cis upon his right, Prancedj oyfully and eagerly to aid him in the flight. - Van Clein rush'd out with fury, calling loudly on his sons, To follow him like heroes, and to handle well their guns. Now Satin guide my bullets true, and take my soul in pay.— I've cheaply held my life before—l'll sell it dear to• day ! And a hard and bitter bargain will he have who deals with me, As very soon this traitor and his companyshall see!" Van Cl- in crouch'd earthwards cat-like, and his rifle levell'd well.— A craek,—a blaze,—a smoke,—a groan, and brave Morenofell. But three belted balls in answer took the robber by the head. Yet be fired again in falling, and when he fell was dead V' The sons threw down their weapons, and in vain essay'd to fly, The mounted Lynchers caught them both, and both adjudged to die. So they took a rope and lash'd them—those two brothers— face to face. And :n one noose they hang'd them on a tree before the place. After that they held a revel on what they found within;— To feast on robbers' provender, these judges deem 'd no sin. They also found Moreno's gold, with not a doubloon spent. So back into the saddle-bags from whence it came it went. To recruit the wounded sheriff,—for 'twas not a mortal wound,— Tb ree good days and nights they tarried upon that fatal ground. Thou burn'd the buildings through and through till nothing cou!d be seen, Save hot and blacken'd dust to tell the story of Van Clein! * Literally true. This sto;T gives us a more fa.vourable idea of Lynch aw then we had previously entertained. It is in the unsettled districts of America what border law was in the unsettled districts of the border between England aid Sc.,tland before the union of the two Crowns—an efficient substitute for an inefficient executive. Mr. .Justice Lynch is only a transatlantic " Belted Will Howard." Peter Priegins gives us an amusing illus tration of the fable of the wolf in sheep's clothing—the wolf in this instance being a certain Mr. Worthington, alias Slinking Tom, who, by a judicious display of pro perty and piety, manages to victimise the Ebenezerites of the village of Brackenhury to a considerable extent ; he is, however, caught at last, and becomes an involun tary emigrant to Van Diemen's Land. We have to re iterate our complaint against the abominable system of continuations, which diverts a magazine from its legiti mate purpose, and converts it into a federalism of serials. In the present number we have no less than six continuations—James's "Beauchamp," Captain Maryatt's " Privateersmen," " The Adven tures of Mr. Jolly Green," Mrs. Trallope's " Ro -1 erts's on their travels," " Maxwell's Lights and Shades of a Gentleman on. Half-pay," and " Mariotti's Organ boys' progress." The latter promises to be a valuable work. The account of the sufferings entailed on the poor Italian organ-boys by the well-meant but injudicious efforts which have been made to convert them to Protestantism, is a sad illustration of the mischief that may be done, and the misery that may be inflicted in the name of humanity and religion, by most philanthropic and xcellent persons when they suffer their zeal to out run their discretion. PERVERTS TO POPERY. We gave in our last number a list of twent,y-fohr fellows and ot her members o? colleges in the liniverst4 of Oxford who 11 ad . sceeded from the Establishment. To t:hese must now be ae.ded, to complete the list -25. - Rev. W. F. - Wingfield, M.A., student,C:hrist Church. 26. Rev. Frederick R. Neve, M.A., Oriel. 27. ' rhoirias M.A.;scholtir, Corpus Christi. 28. P;ev. Charles H. Collyns, MA., student, Christ Church, e licensed curate of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford. 29. I to v. Frederick Oakeley, M.A., Chaplain Fellow of Balliol Z.V.lege, and late of Margaret-street Chapel. M x. Collyns resigned his studentship at Clarist Church on ig_rit lay last, and proceeded to Prior-park, Bath. to join the wish communion, on Monday last. Mr. Collyns is the sty .dent, and the sixth member of Christ C'Aurch, who has th as been conducted by the Regius Profes' Ar o f H e b rew i nto tl le a rms of Rome. Alas! how maul; more are there who 3 re i t a position in which they may n'it remain with honour, 4dvai ice without sacrifice, or retreat , without shame ! 314 . Collyns has acted under the license of the recently rem 0. ved bishop of the dioces`.: all but up to the period of sec(g sion ; and it is credibly 'asserted that a majority at least oft ,h e parochial clergyoftb.e University metropolis entertain SiP f il a r sentiments. Trul.y Bishop Wilberforce will have an AT Avan stable to clear,se.—We hear from Oxford that a' } other secession, and another among the same class, may t ait aked for.—Church and State Gazette, PUBLIC Nursl.scas.—Wednesday a Court Leet was "held at the Mitre, Broadwall, kept by Mr. Gamble, before - , Lethbridge, Esq., tbn steward of the manor, and the aocustonred ( authorities. After the jury had been duly empannelled, they peram bulated the bo , Andaries of the manor, and on their return, presented the bounden' ditch, situate in the Boundary-row, Blackfriars-road, and Marlbo rough-street, New-cut, as being not only in a most deplo rable and unprotected state, the fence being wholly intuftleient for the proyer prevention of accidents; and the jury further presented, that the ditch referred to is one of a most disgusting and obnoa ious character, and injurious to the health of the inhabitants, from the constant stench arising from the frequent deposit of putrid animals of all descriptions, and that they were unanimously of opi ulon that it ought immediately to be covered up to prevent con tagion. The jury also stated, that a place called Mary gold passage, in Upper Ground-street, formerly used as a plying I dace, and known as Marygold-stairs, from its disuse had becor ne a Inuisance, from its being resorted to by thieves and other prof! agate persons, and a petition had been presented to them by several ( if the inhabitants to abate the nuisance. The steward stated the que stiou of the removal of the abuse complained of rested with the p Ace, and Mr. Meek, the fireman of the jury, undertooK to forwan I the petition to the Commissioners of Police. The steward intimated the representations of the jury 'Would receive attention, and, after the zeneral minor business of the Conn had been disposed of, it was d. 'lssolved. There are at present nearly 140 vessels neaped and jou . 1-boue4 fa Maryport harbour.—Cumbertand ?argue, . , • BENTLEY'S AIIr,ELLANY. The best thing that Albert Smith has yet written is decidedly his description of the flight of the Marchioness of Brimvilliers from Paris to Liege, which appear a in tile present number of " Bentley." It is one of the most exciting descriptions ever penned, and is late equal to the celebrated " Turpin's Ride to York," " Rookwood." She is escaping from the pursuit or" Desgrais the Exempt, who is charged to arrest her as a prisoner. For-two days and nights she has kept in ad vance of her pursuers, and she is at length within sight of Liege : "At last they entered Liege, and the pursuit now became doubly exciting from the cries of the postilions, as they traversed the glooming streets at a fearful pace, cracking their whips as they whirled them above thrir heats, and shouting in an unearthly manner to warn the passengers of their advent. A charette in the road offered a temporary check to Marie's carriage, and Desgrais the next instant was close up to her. But nearer he could not come; for the width of the thoroughfare would not allow the two vehicles to go abreast. They were, however, coming to a broader street, and then Marie knew he would pass her. To avoid this, and gain a minute of time,—for every second now was worth the price of her life.—she collected some straw from the in terior of her coach, and tied it into a bundle with her hand kerchief; then lighting it at the lamp of the carriage, she leaned oat of window, and thr ew it, blazing, directly in front of the leaders of the other voitule. The horse on which the postilion was riding reared up in fright, and directly threw him ; his fellow backed as well, and the wheelers coming over them, they were all thrown together in a terrible con fusion before the carriage, which by its own impetus came partly on them. In an instant Desgrais leaped upon his feet,—for the shock had also thrown him upon the ground,— and clearing the rider from the stirrups, he cut the traces with his poinard, and getting the horse upon his legs, vaulted into the saddle, leaving the rest of his equipage to the care of the arehers who were inside. The carriage of the Marchioness was net fifty yards a-head as it turned towards the convent she had indicated to the drivers. Once more everything depended on a few seconds; and Desgrais goaded the poor animal with the point of his weapon to spur it onwards; as the horses of his intended prisoner, equally urged, kept tear ing on towards the goal. At last they stopped at the door of the convent; and, as its heavy bell sounded with a loud and violent peal, the Exempt came up to the carriage. "He sprang from his horse, and tore down, rather than opened, the door nearest the road, and seized the Marchioness by her mantle. At that instant the gate of the convent opened, as she jumped from the carriage, and entered the lodge, leaving the garment in the hand of the Exempt. Desgrais rushed through ale vehicle, and was about to follow her, when she seized a eroso from the porch, and held it to wards him with a smile of triumph, that threw an expression of demoniac beauty over her features. " You dare not touch me I" site cried; or you are lost, body and soul " With an oath, Desgrais fell hack before the sacred emblem. Marie had throwd herself up on the Church, and claimed a sanctuary. An impassable upon the Church, and claimed a sanctuary. An impassable bairier was between them, and the whole of his toil to arrest her had gone for nothing. The chance had been lost, in a pursuit of nearly one hundred leagues, by half a minute." Desgrais, however, subsequently induces her sy a stratagem to leave the sanctuary ; she is instant. l l arrested, and is on her road to Paris in the custody of Desgrais at the conclusion of the last chapter of the novel in the present number. The out pourings of D. Canter are still most amusing ; the present libation containe much pleasant gossip anent the artists, actors, and literatcurs who flourished sonic fifteen years since. We are glad to see the writer does justice to the memory of poor Nugent: he wts indeed a choice spirit, witty yet kind-hearted. Peace to his manes. " The Case of Conscience" is a Food story well told, and "Dick Sparrow's Evening Out' is an admirable drol lery. Maxwell gives us the commencement of an Irish tale, " Brian O'Linn, or Luck is Everything," which pro mises well, and " The Gaol Chvplain" continues his se ries of dark pages from life's volusne. The present Num b•-r of " Bentley" fully maintains the reputation of the Magazine. TAIT'S MAGAZYNE. In the review of the " Dispatches and Le4ers of Lord Nelson," the writer treats the hero of the Nile and Tra falgar with very little ceremony, and he seems fully as desirous to point out his foibles and faults as his splen did deeds. It cannot be denied that Nelson by his con duct at Naples, by his unmitigated and unreasonable hatred of the French, and by some defects in his moral character, as well as his small claims to merit as a states man or negotiator, laid himself open to serious charges; but his services to his country were so great, and the simplicity and candour of his nature so conspicuous, that most writers have been rather blind to his faults, and Southey. among the rest, (whose Life of Nelson will long continue a standard work) has dwelt on his faults or his crimes as briefly as possible, and thrown all his other defects into the shade. He has not, however, perverted facts, and expresses as much indignation ' even as the more lukewarm admirers of Nelson, at the breach of the Ruffo capitulation and the execution of the unfortunate Caraccioli. Indeed no writer can excuse or palliate Nelson's conduct on this occasion, though it seemed to take its rise from fa tality, and was tp contrary to his usual dispo sition. The writer attributes it to Nelson's weakness, to his hatred of Republicans, and to the insidieus and cruel schemes of two worthless women " The greatest of captsins," says he, " was but a sorry statesman, and as much the dupe of the Queen and her confidante, Lady Hamilton, as ever was sailor just paid off, and with full pockets, to the Molls and Sues of Portsmouth or Wapping." There is great truth in the remarks, and Nelson must, therefore, undergo the reproach of having sacrificed his own humane feelings, and disregarded the dictates of justice and policy during nearly the whole time that he was on the Neapolitan coast, and remained under the influence of a corrupt and un principled Court. Besides this, there are two articles in the number that will be read with interest. " The Life of Mozart," and " Notes of Gilfillan's Gallery of Literary Portraits," by Thomas de Quincey. The poli tical article, or at all events the one which occupies its place, is entitled, " Are we to have a Crash ?" and con tains sound remarks on the strong disposition evinced by the country for the extension of the railway system. Of that the writer highly approves,.andlives sound reasons for his opinions. He thus concludes : " If these views are correct, there is no ground whatever to dread that the present state of things will be succeeded by what is known as a crisis • or that, except as effected by par tial fluctuatiens—high and low beats of the pulse—its course will be unsteadfast. Its term, considering it as a time of unusual effort, is manifestly its assumption of the whole capital which.recently could find no vent in production along the common channels, or was employed there at inadequate pro fits; and its progress towards that term will be surely indi cated by the gradual rise of the value of money, and the ac companying stringency of the banks ; unless, indeed, this gradual progress is interfered with by unexpected abstrac tionS of capital in obedience to other exigencies. The com mercial world, at the present moment, menaces no such ab straction, for at no period in recent times have its operations been more healthful and less dependent on casualty; but we fear it is not now to be concealed that a demand, by no means inconsiderable, and which therefore must impede our movements, is about to be made:for the supply of a partially deficient harvest, and the serious destruction through disease of that crop on which the food of so large a portion of our population Is dependent. But GM by this, the atipsrabund- ance or surplus fund will suffer 12ss than in other circum stances; for that which, on the occurrence of such evils at previous periods, was expended in charities, will at present reach the operative in the far more beneficial form of the wages of productive labour. • " The cessation of the speculation, or, which is the same thing. the unusual (fort, will not be the cessation of the con struction of railways; which, on the contrary, will then simply take its part and share in the usual industry of -the country; subject always to renewed and sudden expansion, the instant that profits in other employments mzsin diminish through superabundarce. Doubtless, men will ask here, where and when is it all to stop? for surely t: is, like all things else, must have an end. That end is yet tar away : so far. that we believe even the least likely of existing pro posals will :soon become realities in our country, with their lines of arms and feeders, and be thought of as no marvels: nor will it belie our expectations, founded not on dreams or hopes, but on the fullest knowledge of what art can do, it the chief existing lines early undergo an entire remodelling; so that they exchange their present second-rate character, for ilia swiftness and competency then considered imperative in the main trunks of the internal communication of this country." . FRISE .16 MAGAZINE. In the fourth article on C nteuiporary Orators," there is a well written and impartial character of Lord Stanley, 4 perhaps the best sketch that has yet appeared, of the abilities, eloquence, daring, and success in debate of this able senator. There is a little flattery in the outline, but the character is fairly delineated, and the whole tone I, of the article is that which might be expected from an impartial spectator, who had often been present at Par- ei liamentary debates, and noted down the striking features • of the prilicipul speakers. Lord Stanley has not been successful; or, to use other words, has not given general satisfsction in any office which he has filled. As Chief Secretary for Ireland he was extremely unpopular with the Irish Members, and, though he might be justified at ; times in resenting their attacks, it cannot be denied that on the whole he rather did injury to the Cabinet of which he was a member. He is now Secretary for the Colonies a second time, and in that office cannot boast of much better success. He has the character of being haughty, imperious, and obstinate, not wil ling to yield, and but little inclined to humour the various temperaments of parties with whom he must necessarily come in contact. He, too, is bigoted, or. as some say, selfish in his opinions regarding the Church Establishment, and, what is singular for a man of his great abilities, has grievously offended the advocates for Church Reform, without in the slightest degree bene fiting the Church, or meeting with approbation from the support. rs of the Establishment. it would be difficult to point out a mere unpopular minister, yet his talents are of the highest order, his integrity is undisputed, and he is always master of his subject. He commenced public life at rather an early age. He was returned for Preston in 1826, when he was in his twenty-seventh year, and has ever since been a prominent Member o Parliament. Born to a large . fortune Ad an ancient; title of much renown, he has not, like many of his class, wasted his time in idleness, in gambling, or frivo lous amusements, but by hard study and careful application fitted himself for almost every office in the State. That he has not succeeded, as many wouldi have anticipated, his peculi r temper, perhaps, more thane any other cause, is to blame, for it would hardly be pos-• slide to find a public man with more varied and useful. acquirements, more qualified to shine in debate, or less fearful of consequences. , The writer of the article gives several instances of the powerful effect produced on the House of Commons by his oratory, if a natural flow of the mind without ostentation or forethought, or any studied net of eloquence, can be called oratory ; and, among others, the great effect produced on the House by his attack on what had been called the Lichfield House Compact, and the happy mode in which he introduced from Shakespere the words of Hotspur to his uncles-- to illustrate the return which Mr. O'Connell made to the " base and bloody Whigs" for courting and accepting his alliance. But many instances of the kind might be quoted. O'Connell and he were ever at war, and seldom ' could the Irishman boast of a victory. The defeat was sometimes so decisive that all the skill and wonderful ingenuity of the lawyer could not screen his fall even from his most ardent supporters. One of the most memorable was in the session of 1833 or 1834 ; an Irish question of some importance stood for discussion in ale Commons. On previous occasions Mr. O'Connell had adduced as a proof of the apathy with which English Members viewed the affairs of Ireland the small attend.. ance of Members on every great question relating to the sister island. On the night in question the House was; very thin; Mr. O'Connell, on finding this, was more vio lent than prudent, repeated in strong terms his old griev ance. end triumphantly asked the Government if Ireland could have any chance of justice from an Imperial Par liament; but he reckoned without his host. If we mis take net, there were at least six Members of the House of the name of O'Connell ' - Stanley seized the opportunity in a moment, and said he would not reply to the fervid vituperations of the Hon. and Learned Member, and glancing his eye rapidly round the House, said "Of six Members who bear the name of O'Coh lull, I find only one present." No reply wall made to a matter of fact which could not be disputed. • We might say a great deal more on this topic, but we will rather refer our readers to - the article itself. Among the light articles in this number we may men' Lion the brief history of " Charles Bannister," .. The Zoology' of the English Poets corrected by the Writings of Modern Naturalists," " Old Homer," and " Sea-sid° Reading." There is one also of a different description. which possesses interest, entitled " The Defenceless Slate of the Country." To those who have read the debates in Parliament on the subject perhaps there is little new, except that the writer expresses greater jealousy of the French, and inveighs more stronglY against the apathy of the Government than even 51r Charles Napier. He takes care, however, to record hi l allegiance to Sir Robert Peel ; and as this is the mill political remark that has caught our eye we may be jus' tified in taking for granted that Fraser does not despair of seeing him the saviour of the Conservative party. We have room for only the concluding panegyric " Sir Robert Peel is one of the ablest finance Ministers that ever presided over the affairs of this country. T.lto change which his policy has effected in the condition of ;1 1 ' classes of the community is marvellous. What we cannot but be afraid of is, that he shall suffer his thoughts to be 30 engrossed by the operations of peace as to forget that the peace itself may be broken, and thus expose his cuuntrff rich, but in a military point of view feeble, to be insulted, teed wronged, and perhaps overrun, by an ungenerous enenl9 4 We hope not, however ; and it is because our belief leans 126 in the same direction with our wishes, that we have taken the liberty to read to him and to all whom it may conceal this lecture on the defensible state of the country." HOOD'S MAGAZINE. "The Bushranger of Van Diemais Land," "The Bar of England," and " The Chronicle of the Fleet," o re continued in the present number, but we find nothing in them requiring any additional remarks to those which we have already made. The verses on the death 4 . g Mrs. Fry possess merit, both for their truth and feel ing, though, perhaps, deficient in spirit, but it is °, subject difficult to deal with. There is nothing in it ?' that stirring character which affords themes of praise 03 honour of warriors and conquerors. We select 0 11. verse :-- "Thou was't not of the world, and yet there came King's footsteps to thy door all reverently; And Pru..,sia's Monarch did not think it shame To leave thy presence with a weeping eye." The third number of the article on "Currency and:Rai l .. ways," comes appropriately at the present time. .IL, well written, shows out the vast fluct u ati on s i n the of property, and. the cause of ruin to thousands, in e . brief history of the operations of state-doctors on t 1 37, currency. "During the period between 1797 and 181 5 f says this writer, "money wlts rightly used as a 13 30 . 6 symbol of value, and not as value itself ; but now money, 0 mane by law a commodity of v a l ue , name ly, go ld. 111 , 8 consequence is that as gold is a scarce metal, Ma t a limited quantity bf it i s t o b e p rocu red 11 , any time ; and as it is a very valuab le ,' metal, the quantity procured must be dearly paid for. He attributes the distress of 1816 not to a change till war to peace, but to a diminution of the currency, wh ic e restricted the industry of the country. The sa me eau 9 l , operated in the four years ending with 1823, the cras l , of 1825 was the result of measures adopted by the 1 303 , in unison with Peel's Metallic Currency Bill, and t e, failures of 1819.-22-34-39 are traced to the same s oure p , We must refer th e re a d e r t o th e art i c le itself, mere i t , giving the following fact s , ab ou t which there can be 1, dispute whatever.' In reference to Pitt's measure of he says, " The effect was instantaneous and au-11 011 7 p The country instantly recovered, us if by magic, fr?,l l the difficulties under which it was labouring, and Wt o , threatened to weigh it down ; an d for e i g hteen yesi.. while Mr. Pitt's system was in force, the IlitiOn vanced iu a wonderful degree in riches and prospe7, and laid the foundatio ns o f t h at i ncrease d we al creating power which all the financial blunders 6111 have been unable entirely to neutralise." GENERAL CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR.—The foll° v ; ing statistics relative to sugar appear in the Courtier to Nantes, compiled from an elaborate table, which is t i t e r, the patient and indefatigable researches of Mr. Fred. Se a gentleman whose connexion with the sugar-producing c°l; flies has enabled him to procure the most authentic detal The Zollverein, with a population of 29,066,000 souls, a in i sumes annually 70,000 tons of cane, and 10,500 of bee n , Lubeck, Hanover, and Mecklenburgh, with a gros s sugar. Belgium, Holland, Oldenburg, Hamburgh, Brewetottiof population of 10,349,000, consume altogether 51,000 t° 1 : 11 ,- cane, and 5,000 of beetroot sugar. Russia, with a PTP, 0 00 tion of 56,778,000, consumes 62,400 tons of cane, an d " of tons of 35 , 400,000, be consumes g B etroot suar 000 tons o 9 ~ France, f French co with a poloni pulat l ion sue 11,000 tuns of foreign colonial sugar, and 20,00 0 ton s a:. of hee l ; co rout sugar. Portugal, with a population of 3,41 2 , 000, sumes 10,000 tom of sugar,. Spain, with a' , population , a r 13,786,000, consumes 36,000 tons (36,100 tons .if Cuba sog_ in 1844). Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, with a lation of 6,509,000, consume altogether 12,000 tons of sugoO, Great Britain and Ireland, with a population of 28,3 23 !d 5 , consume 240,000 tons of sugar per year. The lonian is' but Gibraltar, Cracow, and Switzerland. consume altogether 4 46,000 tons of sugar. Tarkey and Greece, with appulat iosunoci 10,700,000, consume only 4,000 tons of sugar. Carts" it. total poP:r. other colonies, with a population of 4,544, 000 consumes, 1. wits. is estimated, about 15,000 tons; and the United States,o sr. a population of 18,700,000; consume 150,000 tons of 9 f•_, The gross total population of the above sugar an countries amounts to 278,033,000 sou's, and the total ,:r7".. consumption of sugar to 845,900 tons. In t he Zultc r the pro portion of sugar consumed by each individual P er nom amounts to 6 1-Bth lb. ;in the German states, not tr:: included, to 12 1-16th lb.: in Russia, to 1 1-16th lb France,. to 8 2.loths lb. ; in Portugal, to 6 6-10th in Spain, to 5 8 -Ioths lb. ;in Scandinavia, to 4 1-10th 1D.l.„_"" Great Britain. to 19 lb.: and, in the United States of Mle P IA " to 18 lb. " selected from the most opular American airs an d arc Ales a 1 Tin; BANJO QUADRILLES: —These . a t the well arranged for the piano-forte. They h ave been Pi e ; ow ; different theatres, and by t he military bands , w ith li p , eaxedcoodlog and we have little doubt but they will be the favoi lt ites PS ." e Do room this evason.—Saundas's Roes Letter. r .h. F tion hiss met and feet} thei bane man hon not 1 tisfei term pro)! thei alth( narn posit the c most D. L • 'V. Da Lod del) 41 1 Ri re