The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-07 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) MEAT MARILETS. SOUTHALL, OCT. 16.—We had a fair demand for the tow really prime Beasts here to-day. In other kinds of stock, comparatively little business was transacted. Beef, from 3s 6d to 48 4d; Mutton, 4s to 58.2 d ; VeaY 4s to 41 6:1; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per Blbs, to sink the oral. 140111 FORD, OCT. 6.—The general demand was far from active, and last week's prices were with difficulty sup- Ported. Beef, from is 6d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4 d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 11i132 ; Suckling Calves, 18s to 2Ss; Quarter - old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 171105 each. LEWES, OCT. s.—Beef from 3s Bcl to 4s 6cl; Mutton, 45 4d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 4s 2d to Bcl per 81bs. A moderate supply and a steady demand. NEINVGATE AND ZELB.DERTELfiIa.. The general demand was in a very sluggish state, and prices were with difficulty supported. Beef from 2a to as 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 48 6d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. HAT MILIMETS. &arm:ln:max—Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 12s; New ditto, 218 s to 31 8s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 18s ; New ditto, 3/ 12s to 4/ Ss ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 13s per load. Supply but moderate, trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 313 s to 31 15s ; New ditto, 2/ 8s to 3/ 8s ; Old Clover, 41 to 4/ 16s ; New ditto, 3/10s to 41 7s; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 13s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHIPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 13s ; New, ditto, 21 8s to 3/ 7s; Old Clover, 4/ to 51; New ditto, 3/ 12s to 41 los ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s per load. Trade rather dull, at the above quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN Eor the Week ended Oct. 7, 1847, made up from the Returns of the InsPectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wahl/ Per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BAILEY.' OATS. I RTE. I I BEANS. PEAS. " ' I CE •• 1 56s 9d 22s Od 23s Od 33s 3d 438 7d 448 2d The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended. BANKRUPTCY. —(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) IN R E BRADSHAW. This insolvent, who had carried on business as a warehouseman in Basinghall-street, came up for his final order. Mr. STURGEON opposed on several grounds, and asked the insolvent if he had not been .twice bank rupt, and whether he had on the last occasion paid 15s. in the pound. The insolvent said he had been twice bankrupt ; the first time he was _in partnership, the second he had not paid l ss. in the pound, but a composition of 145., which had been offered and refused. Mr. STURGEON submitted that the non-payment of a dividend of 15s. under the second bankruptcy precluded the bankrupt receiving protection as an insolvent. His HONOUR held that such was the case, and the petition was dismissed. GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) Sergeant White, previous to the other business of the Court, informed the Court that he had attended to the instructions he had received on Friday last, and had made the necessary inquiries relative to the disease in sheep which had been observed in Smith field. He had reported the appearances and details of the disease, which had received the name of " small E,"," to the auth or iti es o f th e V e t er i n ary College. xhe attention of these gentlemen had already been directed to it, and they had made experiments, which 'were again repeated. In order to ascertain whether the disease was contagious they had a healthy South down sheep put in the same place with some of those that were infected. The complaint was thereby com municated to the sound sheep, which died in nine days. They also found that the disease could be communicated by innoculation. Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE, in consequence of this rePort from the Veterinary College, ordered White Positively to prohibit the entrance of any of the in fected sheep into the market ; and in case of any being found there contrary to these orders, to have them immediately driven away and killed. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) At the opening of the court this morning, Mr. John Stolle, an extensive vinegar manufacturer, •iirrying on business at Christian-street, St. George -19 -the-East, made an application to the sitting ma gistrate, Mr. Yardley, under the following circum stances It appeared that a short time since a German, named August Hartmann, obtained from the appli cant, as he alleged, by false pretences, goods amount ing to the sum of 3001., with which he absconded. The applicant offered a reward of 201. for his appre hension. He had had reason to suppose that the man Was in Liverpool endeavouring to procure a passage to America. Applicant went there, but the superin tendent of the Liverpool police (Mr. Dowling) re fused to undertake the responsibility of arresting him without a warrant from the magistrate of the district In which the offence was committed, and also required that the signature of such magistrate should be sworn to. I have since, continued Mr. Stolle, traced him to Portsmouth, and fearful of encountering the same difficulties, I applied to your Worship yesterday morning for a warrant, which you refused, and re ferred me to the pike. I have been to the Commis sioners at Scotland-yard, and they tell me I ought to have your warrant ; so what am I to do. Mr. YARDLEY—I do not derive my judgment from Scotland-yard. I tell you my warrant would be Perfectly useless. If the case is as strong as you represent it, give him into the custody of the police wherever you find him. Mr. Stolle—But the police will not take him with out your warrant, which if I had, a policeman could go down with me and apprehend him. The Commis sioners tell me so. Mr. YARDLEY—I tell you once more I differ from the Commissioners. My warrant is useless ; and if you cannot understand me, or will not understand me, at any rate you will understand I will not grant you a warrant. The applicant retired in great dudgeon, expressing his opinion of the great difficulty of any plain man of common and not legal sense understanding how to proceed, where there were such very conflicting and contradictory opinions. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Romantic Widow was revived here last even ing for the re-appearance of Mr. Ranger, who ap peared in his original character of the Marquis. It Is some years since Mr. Ranger appeared in London, but time has dealt gently with him, and he appears as young and as vivacious as ever. performance last night was admirable, and he is far and away the best representative of the French gentleman on the stage. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Miss Emmeline Montague made her first appear ance at this theatre last evening in the character of Desdemona. This young lady appeared as Juliet at Drury-lane in the season 1839-40, during the short management of Hammond, and was very successful. Since that period she has been practising assiduously in the provinces, and she returns to us a finished actress. Her voice is deliciously sweet, and her de clamation beautiful exceedingly. She reads better than any artiste, male or female, at present on the stage, and it would greatly improve many who ag= sume to themselves the highest rank in the profes sion if they would mark, and study, and imitate, the declamation of Mi ss E mme li ne Montague. Her style of acting, albeit not deficient in energy and pathos, is quiet ; she und ers t an d s th e secret o f repose ; everything she does is not only well done, but fairly and legitimately done. There is no mannerism, no point making, no striving after effect. This very absence of trick and mannerism only makes her act ing the more impressive. We rejoice to find at last la legitimate artiste of the good school on the stage again, and trust that Miss Emmeli n e M on t ague w ill baVe ihe firmness to resist all attempts which may be made either to coerce or to coax her into the adoption of the bad recitative (neither singing nor saying) which has during the last ten years on the English stage usurped the place of eloquent declamation. Macready acted Othello according to his wont, and Miss Cushman, who was the Emilia, was very effective. S HAKS PERE'S HOUSE. Yesterday a report was made by the united committees of the Stratford Shaks perian Club, and that of London formed in conjunction therewith, that , having purchased Shakspere's house and the adjoining property for 3,8231., the public sub scriptions received are deficient of that amount by 1,4001., leaving the committee liable for that amount. POOR-RATES IN PRESTON.—Such is the pressure up,in the:office for relief, in consequence:of the short time, or no , time, at many of the mills, that the next six month,:e poor-rate is expected to be two shillings in the pound. This is a great increase from sixpence or eight pence, as I;_mmorly.—Preston Guardian. Richard Cobden, Esq., will arrive in London on Friday morning, Meet from Hamburgh, by the steam ship Countess of Loasdale. Above fifty miles of drains have been cut on the Duke of Hamilton's estates in this neighbourhood, within the last twelvemonths.—Lancaster Guardian. ACCIDENT.—At Glasgow, on Wednesday morning, as the judges, the Lord Justice-Clerk and Lord Wood, were proceeding from Carrick's Hotel, in George-square, to the Justiciary Court, the horse of one of the dragoons escorting their lordships became restive, and at the corner of Glassford-street plunged so ♦iolently that the rider was thrown to the ground, and before the carriage could be stopped the wheels passed over his arm, which, though not broken was severely bruised. Beyond the injury to his arm, the soldier was not much hurt, being able to walk back to the barracks.—North British Mail. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN PORTADowN.—We deeply regret to learn, by accounts from Portadown, that an awful and destructive fire occurred in that town on the night of Saturday, or rather early on the morning of Sunday last. We expect to be enabled to give full and authentic particulars thereof in our next_—Newry Tele graph. THE SUN, TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. MY LORD,-It is impossible not to suppose but that your Lordship must regard with anxiety, not unmixed with consternation, the dreadful and un exampled pressure which at present exists in the commercial world. The aspect of affairs in the City becomes daily more alarming ; and while I can sympathise in the dilemma in which your Lordship is placed between adherence to the Currency Bill of 1844 on the one hand, and the stern necessity of giving relief to the commerce of the country, by the relaxation of its re strictive clauses, on the other, I believe that the time has now arrived when your Lordship can no longer hesitate as to the course to be pursued. Nothing, my Lord, can stay the panic which now exists, and enable the Bank to afford the relief abso lutely required in the present emergency, unless that institution is at once authorised to issue to the extent of three millions on securities beyond its present limits. If you adopt this course, my Lord, you will be readily indemnified by a grateful Parliament, and you will save the credit of the country, which is now tottering to its foundation. I have the honour to be, your Lordship's obedient, humble servant, Oct. 6, 1847. A COUNTRY BANKER. THE CRISIS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your correspondent, " A Merchant," of Hull, proposes the most extraordinary process for curing a formidable disease which I ever heard of. He justly censures, for not repealing Peers monstrous Currency Bill, the present Ministers, and then suggests restoring the author of all our sufferings to power ! __ _ A quack, A., administers to 8., as medicine, a deadly poison ; C. is called in ; the friends of B. deem his practice not sufficiently vigorous, and, therefore, one of them vehemently urges that they should send for A., the poisoner ! Instead of such absurdities (almost as monstrous as Peel's Bill), let a meeting of merchants, bankers, and (emphatically) tradesmen, be called immediately, and an address to Ministers, signed by ten or fifteen thousand persons, requiring the instant suspension and early repeal of the giant trade destroyer, be pre sented by deputation.—Always yours, BEIRNIARD. MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED.) TAI T. An important argument.on " Direct Taxation and the Suffrage," is the suitable commencement of the October number of our liberal Edinburgh contem porary. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder continues with an incomparable industry, and with a very agreeable enthusiasm, his Papers upon the river Tweed ; and De Quincey, besides completing his flagellation of Schlosser by an extra dozen, gives an additional dis sertation upon " Secret Societies." Mr. Percy B. St. John contributes the first instalment of a story of the French Revolution, entitled " Miranda." As a spe cimen of natural versification, the lines addressed to Paul Delaroche, the great French painter, being a series of thoughts suggested by his noble sketch of the Emperor Napoleon at Fontainbleau, March 31, 1814, are good. The painting was exhibited during the season of the present year at the Royal Academy. There are several other political and literary articles in this number of Tait, but few demanding any especial praise, and none admitting of any lengthened quota tion. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. Another excellent number of the Dublin University greets us, containing the usual varied assortment suited to all tastes and to all classes of readers. " The Comic Alpenstock " is really what it professes to be, a right merry guide to the Alpine regions. The re commendations, if strictly attended to, will make the journey a delightful one. You are to travel laughing* in good humour, which we are assured is the lightest and easiest travelling carriage, and to take with you health, spirits, and a strong pair of shoes. The " Comic Alpenstock," and the three M's, viz., Mur ray, Mackintosh, and Money—the latter quite indis pensable, the old proverb, " Point d'argent, point de Suisse," really meaning "No money, no Switzer land." The money should also be your own, for if you take that of any one else, it may probably delay your journey for seven years, although you may have an opportunity during the period of seeing Australia, and if you miss the chamois, you will have the pleasure of making the acquaintance of the kangaroo. The present chapter treats of " Passports," " Swiss Currency," " Luggage," and " The Suite." On the first we shall let the author speak for himself as to the real value of the system : " For my part, without passports, custom-house regu lations, and railway tickets, affording as they do such unlimited scope for blunders and cross purposes, I do not know in what the amusement of travelling would consist. I am thankful for everything that promotes anarchy and confusion, and their legitimate issue,—fun and frolic. The grand diversion on the Belgian and German rail roads consists in the guards continally asking for the passengers' tickets. lam satisfied it is done for mere pastime, and a most agreeable and exciting one it cer tainly is. The directors deserve all praise for invent ing it— " Votre billet, monsieur!' " The following scene took place in my presence last year on one of the Belgian lines:— "' Votre billet, monsieur!' " The guard was addressing the cockney father of a family, who knew little more French than I do of Japanese. He thought the officer alluded to one of his children, whose familiar appellation happened to be Billy, and he pushed the boy towards the window to answer for himself. • t " Votre billet,' repettiied the guard, laughing; the Belgians are the best-humoured people in the world. " This is mon Billy.' " Non, non,' said the good-humoured guard. "' I say, yes, yes,' said the father, and his wife corro borated the statement, putting her hand on Master Billy's shoulder, shaking her head, and repeating— ' Notre Billy notre Billy half•price—demi-prix notre Billy—under ten—dix annees,' pronouncing the dix honestly, every letter of it. " It was excellent fun, and all owing to the ticket system on the Belgian railways. I fell in with the same worthy family frequently afterwards, and used to call the father Cockneius Magnus, for he was certainly the finest bird of his species that famous London town' ever produced." At the conclusion we have a programme of our bill of fare for the ensuing month. " When we start again, we shall speak of language and costume, of the characteristics of Switzerland, physical, moral, and political; we shall instruct the pedestrian how to walk, and the climber how to climb; we shall be zoological, geological, gastronomical, and economical; we shall run some of the Alps up, and run others down—exhibit their passes, their lasses, and their asses; not forgetting the two-footed variety of the donkey race—the Asinus Johannis, or common jackass of the British islands." " Leaves from the Life of Prince Talleyrand " con cludes the history of this extraordinary man; it relates from the time of his appointment to the British Em bassy, in 1830, to that of his death. The interest of the former parts is fully maintained. As usual there are many admirable notices of new works • the pre sent number contains four, viz., " Leigh Ilunea Men, Women, and Books," " Eastlake's History of Oil Painting," " Touching Father Prout's last book," by Morgan Rattler, and " Sir George Simpson's Overland Journey Round the World." " The Lays of Many Lands" give us translations from the Ger man, French, Irish, and Romaic. We regret much that we are unable, from the length of the pieces, to transfer any of them to our columns. The first, " Love after Death," is that upon which Lewis founded his romance of the " Bleeding Nun," which has so often thrilled with horror the youthful readers. The second, " Napoleon," is from the French of, M. Lamartine. We greatly prefer, however, the third, " Moreen a Love Lament," from the Irish of Charles Boy it'Quillan, to any. It contains some exquisitely beautiful and pathetic sentiments. The fourth, " Alexander Ypsilanti," is much shorter than any of the others, and, we confess, not so much to our taste, The only other article in rhyme in the number, " The Marvellous Bell," might have very properly been joined with the others under the former head, for it is a translation from the Bohemian, and by the same author, each bearing the now well-known initials " J. C. M.," which every reader of the Dub lin University is so delighted to see attached to the poetical contributions, " Narayun Bawa " gives an account of that extraordinary child, " the pseudo- Messiah of the Mahrattas," who, during the brief space he, was before the public, attracted so much attention by the singular faculty of catching and controlling the most venemous serpents, and his pretended power of working miracles, which led to his being worshipped as a god, and to the belief that he was a new incarnation of " Indrajit," who, according to the prophecy of the poet Toolsee Das, was to re-appear about the year 1832 or 183, to over throw the British rule in the Deccan, and _to reign at Delhi for 80 years—a golden age of uninterrupted prosperity and happiness. These hopes, however, which induced ten thousand pilgrims—many of them men of wealth and rank—to prostrate themselves at hisll frustrated by his feet, in the course sudden o f two an d o u r n e threexpeet unexpected months,death from were a the bite of a venemous serp ent, the first he was unable to manage and control. It wa s for some time im plicitly believed that he would rea pp ear, but the pro mised resurrection not h avin g taken p lace, his name and history are now almo s t for g otten, within the brief space of seventeen year s. " Erotion ; a Tale of Ancient Greece," is really a beautiful stor y . The heroine, ' a priestess of t he Tem p le of Diana at Taurica, is the offspring of a stranger and a former priestess, who had been punished by death for the breach of her vows, while her child had been brought up from her earliest infancy in the Temple. The lot falls to her, in her fourteenth year, to keep the awful vigil, after which she is to be received as a priestess, or else banished and never more seen by human eye. The goddess visits her and she is wafted past the ocean of death to the land of immortality, where, in a sort of Elysium, amongst those who have erred, suffered, and repented on earth, she sees her mother who, although happy, cannot be perfectly so, until every sorrow which her error caused to others on earth shall have passed away. After the trial night, Erotion is looked upon as the chosen of Diana. " She was not sad, but none ever heard from her lips the lighthearted laughter of girl hood. Her eyes were of a dreamy depth, and had a strange mysterious look as if her soul saw without the aid of mere bodily organs." She wanders on the green plains and in the woody recesses, but still more by the sea-shore. There, after a fearful storm, con cealed in a cave, she discovers a shipwrecked stranger, a greyhaired man, in whom she finds her father. She brings him food, is found with him, and but for the interposition of the high priestess " Iphiginia," would have been sentenced to death. The father is doomed, but Erotion wins from the fears of King Thoas the pardon which would not be accorded to her prayers and entreaties, and her father is to be placed in a boat and committed to the mercy of the waves. She hoy)ever learns from the Prince, who has fallen deeply in love with her, that poison is to be administered before he is set at liberty, and, as the guards are sworn not to restore him to freedom until the cup is drained, Erotion, as the only means of saving him, drinks it, and dies in the boat in which she had embarked with him, in his presence and that of Alcinous, who, unable to bear her absence, had plunged into the sea in pursuit of their little vessel. The political article, the last in the number, is " Irish Landlords and the Land Com mission Report." On many, very many points, we differ from the writer, but we admit the ability with which he urges what we conceive to be his erroneous views. He attempts to show that "the freedom of the north from agrarian outrage," which is in the digest (as we believe correctly) mainly ascribed to the acknowledgment of " the tenant right in Ulster," is owing to far different causes, and that the custom is rather a proof than a cause of the tranquillity which it is unable to disturb. On the whole, we worthy of p e r usa l. can truly r ecommen d the present number as well TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sri,—Considering that correctness on the follow ing query is the foundation-stone of our prosperity, I beg leave to submit it to the reflection of the public : The Query—Why or wherefore, for what causes or reasons, on what basis or bases, ground or founda tion, did the Bullion Committee, in 1810, fix our standard of value at 3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce of gold at 22 carats pure and 2 carats of alloy ? I am, Sir, yours respectfully, EDMUND TAUNTON, An old Manchester Man of 1802 ; An old Foreign Merchant of 1807 ; An Ardent Lover of Old England. Oct. 6, 1847. RESPONSIBILITY OF SHIPOWN ERS AND COMPANIES FOR PASSENGERS' PROPERTY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The great loss of life and property which has occurred within the past few years demands attention to a subject of much importance to the public, and to whom sufficient protection has not yet been afforded. I allude to the owners of ships, and more particularly to the Steam Navigation Company's, and their re sponsibility or non-responsibility for property be longing to passengers. Trace back the frightful sacrifice of life and pro perty involved in the loss of many of the finest steam ships in the world; then let us inquire bow they were lost. The most partial advocate for the interest of the companies will not venture to reply, " that they were all lost by the acts of God." There does not exist a doubt in the minds of men that several were lost through want of knowledge or inattention on the part of those in command. I am travelling by coach, and through the igno rance or carelessness of the driver it is upset. lam injured, and my luggage lost; I come upon the pro prietor for the damage done ; they make it good. I have embarked on board the William, bound for Spain ; we are run down by the John, which vessel, at the time of collision, through the ignorance or carelessness of the captain, lay on her wrong tack. I come upon the owners for damages, and recover the full value of all the property lost which belonged to me ; but I embark on board a company's " great" steamer, navigated by naval officers, men of ex perience, who have passed through the Gut, and have crossed the Atlantic "I don't know how many times ;" well, I am on board one of these great steamers, and we have a fine time of it. No impediment in the eyes of the captain appears at all likely . to prevent our making the haven of our wishes in "an extraordinary quick passage." The passengers are all happy in this anticipation. No contrary winds, no treacherous calm, no furious gale, to depress our hopes, or raise our fears. Ability and attention on the part of the captain and the crew is alone requisite to bring us to' our port, when, lo and behold, it is discovered, that well-known rocks on the Spanish coast—or the little island of Ireland, obstructs our further progress ! The ship is lost, and my property follows. I represent my case to the directors of the company, and I call upon them to makelood my loss ; but directors are " boards," and their hearts are turned to wood. In dividual responsibility for opinions, acts, or perse cutioni; is unknown, and the collective wisdom of the " tour," backed by the wealth and influence of the compdhy, becomes a powerful instrument to resist an individual appeal, or to crush a public claim when only advocated by a single sufferer: Insurance is, doubtless, an advisable protection, but this is',not the question. There are thousands of poor men who with their little all rely upon the contract they make with owners of ships (and steamers in particular) or their servants, being fulfilled, calcu lating upon no loss other than that arising from " God's acts." Few out of the thousands possess the knowledge, and many lack the ability to insure. Should these have no protection against loss arising from the ignorance or carelessness of servants em ployed by the owners or companies ? Take the case of the Cricket. A party embarked on board that boat, and had upon his person apparel, &c., value 401., which in the explosion was destroyed. The igno rance or carelessness—or, as the great companies would term it, the error in judgment on the part of the servant causing the accident, is clearly recog nised. Are not the owners of the Cricket injustice bound to make good the loss of 401., and all expenses entailed upon the party personally, in consequence of the accident ? If companies in these cases are to shelter themselves behind the " usages" of insurance, let the public look to it. So that the ship and her stores are fully insured, the talent and ability of the officers are a secondary consideration to the directors. The pas sengers, the crew, and property may go to the bottom, but the ship is insured, and the loss to the company trivial. But put it the other way. The company shall be responsible for all losses under the circum stances alluded to. What zeal would be evinced by the directors in selecting efficient officers, and what care and attention would be displayed by those ser vants in navigating their ships; and, oh! what a saving of life and property would be effected I But this will not be until the law gives such protection and redress to the public which it is justly entitled to.—l am, Sir, yours very obediently, JUSTITIA. [We believe that tie • proprietors in every case of crassa negligentia are responsible for all da mages ; and it would be a question for the jury to say, whether the damages were occasioned by the act of God, or through the default and negligence of their servants. If the jury found the latter, there should (as we conceive) be a verdict for the plain tiff.—ED. Sun.] H TO THE T E E DI C TO H R O O L F ER TH A E . SUN. your able remarks on this awful Subject a few days ago, you noticed the purifying qualities of "the disinfecting liquid." Maybeg I know, for the information of numerous parties here, wha liquid you refer to, whose make it is, if it can be purchased or made, and how used ? You can put your reply at t he fo ot of this letter in your very valuable paper.—Yours, &c., A CONSTANT READER. Liverpool, Oct. 5, 1847. [Our reference was to the "Disinfecting Fluid" of Sir William Burnett, upon the efficacy, uses, and application of which a Parliamentary Pa p er (No:703) has just been published. The paper is a copy of re ports upon the employment of Dr. Burnett "Dis infecting Fluid," calle d for by the Secretary to the Admiralty, and ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, on the 20 t h of July, 1847. These reports comprise communications from many eminent medical inspectors, assistant-surgeons, officers in the Royal Navy, &c., &c., each of whom testifies to the advantage of this inestimable liquid.—ED. Sun.] COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE. This number opens with an animated and very in teresting narrative of " Six Weeks on the Coast of Borneo, during the operations against the Sultan of LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1847. Brune, in the summer of 1846 ; by an Officer of the Squadron." The dispatches of Sir Thomas Cochrane already published in this periodical gave the official statement of the proceedings of the expedition under his command. An account, however, by an intelligent eye-witness of the events cannot fail to be gratifying, more particularly since the public attention has been directed so much to the proceedings of the enterprising and philanthropic Raja of Sarawak, who has just returned to his native land fora brief period, and by whose zeal and energy a new field has been opened for the commercial enterprise of our mer chants in the East. " Twelve Months on Norfolk Island" contains not a very flattering description of the state of the ultra-penal settlement, the recep tacle of doubly-convicted felons; indeed, although richly endowed by nature, and possessing all the choicest gifts of climate, scenery, and vegetable pro ductions, it might be made almost a paradise, it is changed by the crimes and atrocities of its wretched inmates, who are expiating and suffering the punish ment due to their former offences, into a hell upon earth, disfigured by crime, rice, and misery. " Re collections of Waterloo," by a St a ff Officer, is con tinued; the present part contains the account of the great day, up to the meeting of the English and Prussian Generals, Wellington and Blucher, after the victory had been gained. " Justice for the Navy Progressive," continues the list of the cases in which naval officers are not placed on an equal footingwith those of a corresponding rank in the sister service. " A Tale of the Sea" is concluded ; the heroine, who boldly visits her father in her widowhood and distress is received to his home and heart, despite the oppo sition of her vulgar stepmother. A few weeks after the mate, who by the death of a relative, is placed in an independent position, being in possession of WU per annum, declares his love, which is favourably re ceived, and they are married with the full consent and approbation of her father, who settles upon her a fortune equal to that of her husband. At his death which occurs shortly after the birth of his first grand child, it is found that he has bequeathed his entire fortune to his once deeply afflicted child, while his unamiable relict discovers too late that her vexatious conduct has been properly felt, and that 1,0001. is all that she is ever to receive out of his ample fortune. " Guard-room Stories" are also brought to a conclu sion ; the bombardiers escaping with a very slight re primand. " The Autobiography of Sir John Barrow" is also finished; "Hints for the Military Stu dent," and " The present War in Kafirland" are continued; and "The Old Six-pounder" relates his Dublin reminiscences, while a Medical Staff Officer offers his suggestions for the improvement of the ser vice. A new story is commenced by Mr. Curling, the talented author of " John of England," which promises to possess a great deal of interest ; it is termed " Attack and Defence," to a knowledge of which, embodied in an amusing tale, it professes to be a sort of introduction. It is, theref or e, pr o p e rly ad missible into a periodical chiefly devoted to profes sional subjects, and will suit both the military and the general reader. The time of action is laid in the year 1645, shortly after the battle of Naseby, so fatal to the fortunes of the first Charles. Sir Hilde brand Oldcourt, a fine old English gentleman and a staunch cavalier, is, with his beautiful daughter and a servant, attempting to gain the shelter of his family mansion, Oldcourt House, a vast, irregularly-built, thick-ribbed old manor house in Derbyshire, which he hopes to defend against any force that can be brought against it ; they are, however, closely pursued by four of the Roundheads, who have outstripped their companions, and gained so far, that escape had become impossible without a contest. The veteran fearlessly risks the encounter, but while he is engaging two of the pursuers, one of whom he has felled to the ground, and his servant is in fierce contest with another, his daughter is placed in the greatest danger, but is happily rescued by a young stranger, who, taking the weaker side, speedily finishes the combat, and the fugitives make their escape, leaving their four assailants dead on the field. They have, however, but a brief respite, for their place of refuge is closely beleaguered, so that there is but little prospect of escape. The stranger gallantly abides by those to whom his former services were so valuable, and it is manifest that he will be the lover of the fair Blanche. In the third chapter we are introduced to a body of the Puritan soldiers, to whom an order comes to do summary execution on the malignant Oldcourt, with all his followers, sparing neither man, woman, nor child, of the establishment, in the event of his refusing to surrender. We augur most favourably of this tale ; indeed were it the produc tion of an unknown author, the part already pro duced would afford the strongest evidence of its future success. In Mr. C ur li ng ' s h an d s we d ou bt no t that it will more than fulfil our expectations. We can truly recommend the present number, which main tains the well-established character of the United Service Magazine. DOMBEY AND SON : Nn. XIII. By Charles Dickens. The number opens with a narrative of the farther ad ventures of Captain Edward Cuttle, mariner. Honest Captain Cuttle bethinks himself of opening the sealed packet left in his keeping by Sol Gills, seeing that the sti pulated time (a year) has elapsed. " The Captain, in his honour, would as soon have thought of opening the parcel one hour before the expiration of the time, as he would have thought of opening himself, to study his own anatomy." Previously, however, to carrying his researches into the mysteries of the packet into execution he has an interview with Mr. Toots, who reveals his love for Florence in this wise : —"lf I could be dyed black," said Mr. Toots, " and made Miss Dombey's slave, I should consider it a com pliment. If at the sacrifice of all my property I could get transmigrated into Miss Dombey's dog—l —I really think I should never leave off wagging my tail." Captain Cuttle can hardly credit an assertion of such extravagant affection. "' Pm in such a state of mind,' cried Mr. Toots, and am so dreadfully in earnest, that I could swear to it on a hot piece of iron, or a live coal, or melted lead, or burning sealing wax, or anything of that sort ; I should be glad to hurt myself as a relief to my feelings.' And Mr. Toots looked hurriedly about the room, as if for some suffi ciently painful means of accomplishing his dread purpose." Shortly afterwards Rob the Grinder gives the Captain war n i ng , an d goes hi s way, having previously tweaked th e midshipman's nose as a parting indignity. Th en d oes Captain Cuttle, in a solitude like that of a second Crusoe, bestir himself as to the sealed parcel. It is opened in the presence of the oracular Captain Bunsby, and proves to be old Solomon Gills' will—leaving the property to Wal'r, or, in the event of his non-retur n , to Ned Cuttle. On entering the„i‘ Ever y nstrura letter,'ent-m said the c arlo a u p r ta , imßunsby is assured of the fulfilment o f his prediction about Walter. Aye, aye ?' growled Bunsby. " 'For why?' growled Bunsby, looking at his friend for the first time. ' Which way ? If so, why not ? Therefore." And now the citadel is stormed by the fell Mac Stinger : " She came so he had been m e di tat i n V air from the neighswbiftl ourhood of the East India Docks , that Captain Cuttle g, eh a e a n d ge so d s t il o en o t n ly e , o li f ke ho a r r r u or sh a in n g d her found himself in the very act of sitting looki ng at er, before the calm face with which y u't the moment Captain Cuttle understood the full opened from the d ex is ; m4 e ß n a t of his misfortune, self-preservation dictated an attempt at flight. Darting at the little door which parlour on the steep little range of who only sou g g s i i t l cellar-steps, the Captain made a rush, head-foremost, at the latter, lik e a man indifferent to bruises and contu sions,to hide himself in the bowels of succeeded, but for the p the earth. In this n or t t o he ea w c o h u — ld el p a r i o m b e a d bl h y im hav a e s pinning dispositions of Juliana hial that and Chowley, who him by the legs—one of those dear children hol a d a n n i ni tn ga ge be ff l e c n r te ies. In the mean time, their friend, with lame Mrs. Mac Stinger, who never entered red upon any action of importance without previouslyinverting Alexander Mac Stinger, to bring him within the range of a brisk battery to cool as the reader down sol a fi f r first a li p e a he a l beheld and then Furies; rite, as if on this occasion it were a sacrifice to the de posited the victim on the floor, made ri a e t s t ; h and having _ e Captain with him, h performed si sitting a strength of purpose that appeared t o threaten scratches to the interposing Bunsby." By Bursby's intervention the Captain ho would kw e otherwise have been a lost m an) issaved, Mrs. Mac Stinger is decoyed awa y , an d even _ , t e h conveyed safely to t Midshipman he Little .e traps are the terrible locality of Brig. p the from lac e , I n fol lowing chapter Mr. Dombey, st i ll so starched in his pride that a slightly condescending bend of his head " rustles and crackle s his stiff cravat," has a quarrel with his second w e. The differ ence between them is told with wonderful 1 and effect. Cleopatra , moreove r , is gradually power . sinking from the results of h er p aral y t ic seizure, In i is re moved with her daugh ter and Florence to Brighton for change of air. At Brighton the rich mother and daughter encounter a poor mother and daughter, in the persons of good Mrs. Brown, and Carker's former mistress. Chapter the for t y -firs t is beautifully headed "New Voices on the Waves," and recounts the death of Cleopatra. Besides t his, it nar rates a visit paid to the old school where little Paul Dombey toiled of yore at his studies, by Florence and Mr. Toots. We are of course introduced again to Dr. Blimber with his learned legs (a sort of clerical pianoforte says our author, further on), to Mrs. Blirnber, to Cornelia, to Mr. Feeder, 8.A., who has his Ilerodotus stop on, and in full play, to Briggs, and Tozer, and Johnson, and the rest, all of whom are "still grinding in the mill of knowledge," to Bitherstone (no longer Master Bitherstone of Mrs. Pipchin's), and even to the weak -eyed young man " whose im becility of grin at sight of Mr. Toots is feebleness of character personified." After leaving Dr. Blimber's, Mr. Toots—valorous Mr. Toots—actu a lly—pops the question. Florence, of course, though in the kindest manner, will not understand his words as a proposal , for her hand ; whereupon Mr. Toots breaks away in despair, wishing her good bye, and assuring her "it's of no consequence, thank you ; it's not the least con sequence in the world." Mrs. Skewton's death is the principal event, however, in the number, and is described with a truth that is horrible. HO WITT'S JOURNAL. The second volume of this popular miscellany pro ceeds swimmingly, though, with all submission to the taste of the editors, we could wish its pages were cleared of the fag-ends of personal quarrels and con tentions. A glimpse of John Barnard's great picture of the Mississippi is afforded in the first engraving. Redgrave's admirable painting of The Deserter is scarcely done justice to in the second; a portrait of Thomas Bewick, the reviver of wood engraving, is given (though not after the most complimentary manner), in the third ; and a sketch of the Primrose Gatherer is the fourth. The last mentioned is de cidedly the most agreeable ; but the letter-press has immeasurably the advantage this month over the il lustrations ; and this principally owing to the graceful and appropriate contributions of William and Mary Howitt themselves. Thomas Miller has some dainty lines, telling us how " May was first made," and certainly, with him, we admire the ma nufacture. lis corroborated by the Art-Union Journal. The pic ture represented a carouse of Flemish peasants, and was stated to be a veritable Rubens. It will perhaps be remembered by our readers that several weeks since we doubted whether the painting ever came from the easel of Sir Peter Paul. In accordance with this opinion, the Art- Union terms the picture " a coarse, ill-painted repetition of the scene by a painter of very mediocre ability as a copyist." There is also a clever critical synopsis of the private collection of the Marquis of Lansdowne, in Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square. The miscellaneous critiques and paragraphs are plentiful and judicious. THE REGISTRATIONS. MARYLEBONE. (Before Mr. F. BALLET.) Yesterday Mr. BAILEY held a Court in the vestry room, Gordon-square, for the revision of the list of voters in the parish of St. Pancras. In consequence of some misunderstanding, notice had, on the previous evening, been given to all the parties interested, that the revision would take place at the vestry-rooms recently erected at the work house, St. Pancras-road, and the result was, that when the revising barrister was about to commence the proceedings in Gordon-square, only two persons, in addition to those officially employed, were present ; one claiming to be enrolled on the Conservative inte rest, and the other to correct an error in the list as to his residence. In the meantime a considerable num ber of claimants and others had assembled at the new vestry-rooms in St. Pancras-road. Mr. M.Gahey, ♦estry-clerk, after adverting to the mistake which had been committed, craved a post ponement of the proceedings. He stated that in formation had been sent to the returning officer that the premises in which the Court was now met had been disposed of, and a new building taken possession of as a vestry-room at the workhouse. It had also been intimated to the parish that the revision would take place in the new premises, and, accordingly, almost all the parties concerned would attend there; but, finding no one present, they would probably , leave again. He believed that many questions of im portance were likely to arise in the course of the pro ceedings, and it would not be right that these should be decided in the absence of the persons interested. Mr. Green wood (who attended for the Conserva tives) had no objection to a postponement so far; but he suggested that the general business, such as the correction of the lists, should in the mean time be proceeded with. - Mr. BAILEY thought they might go on with the correction of the lists, and at the same time the cases of any claimants who might come forward could be attended to. This arrangement was accordingly agreed to. The Court proceeded to examine and correct the overseers' lists ; and occasionally, as a claimant came in, his case was taken up and disposed of. All other claims and the objections to parties remaining on the roll was postponed till Friday. The only claim which possessed the slightest inte rest was the following : Mr. C. Le Blanc claimed to be enrolled as a voter, as occupier of the premises, 50, Tavistock-square, for the preceding twelve months, in consequence of having married the then occupant in the month of February last. Mr. BAILEY said there was no clause in the Act which gave the right claimed in this case. Mr. Greenwood—No such right could be claimed under the Act. It was not possible that Mrs. Le Blanc could convey to her husband a right which she did not herself possess—the right of voting. Mr. Le Blanc—The same might be said with re gard to freehold property, which, if acquired through a wife, conferred the right to vote. Mr. BAILEY—The 18th clause in the Act, which referred to 40s. freeholds, applied only to counties. As to cities (not counties in themselves) and boroughs it was laid down in the 35th section that all rights acquired since 1831 were excluded. Mr. Le Blanc claimed a right to vote in virtue of the occupancy of the lady he had married. This was not recognised by the Act, and he must, therefore, disallow the claim. The claim was accordingly rejected. On the overseers' lists being revised, the Court adjourned till Friday, at eleven o'clock, then to meet in the new vestry-room, Old St. Pancras-road. This day the Court sits in the court-house, Marylebone lane, to take up the lists, Scc., from the parish of Paddington. The number of persons who have given notice in St. Pancras of their intention to claim are—in the east division, 10 ; south division, 7; west division, 6 ; north division, 27; in all, 50. _ _ _ The objections lodged are—in the east division, 56; south division, 41 , west division, 102 , north division, 70; in all, 269. The whole of these objections have been made by the Conservatives. Yesterday no agent was in attendance on the part of the Liberals. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FIMM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 2, 1647. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 317 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ... .., 150 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 169 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... ... ... ... ... 227 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 29 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... ... ... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. ..• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ... Old Age, or Natural Decay ... ... ... ••• 35 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ... 110 Causes not specified ... ... ... . ... ... 3 ... 4 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,143 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1842-6. in the __ . 1841. Five Summers. Week. West Districts... 301,326 . . 137 ... 153 North Districts.. 376,396 ... 175 ... 194 Central Districts 374,759 ... 173 ... 207 East Districts ... 393,247 ... 212 ... 273 South Districts .. 502,483 ... 244 ... 316 Totals... ..... 1,948,211 ... 940 ... 1,143 Males • • • Females ~. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... Females ... ... Total . 589 554 .. 1,454 MONKLAND AND KIRKINTILLOCH, BALLOCHNEY, AND SLAMANNAN RAILWAY COMPANY. - The half yearly meeting of this company was held at Glasgow, on Monday; T.! Hill, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that there was a balance over the expenditure for the half-year, ending the 31st of July last, of 10,4401. 10s. 3d. An increased expense of working had been caused by the increased wages and cost of fuel, and the large amount of interest. The free balance was equal to a dividend at the rate of nearly seven per cent. on the capital of the companies, as fixed for the amalgamation , with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company. The di rectors much regretted that the continued withholding of funds by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, and the non•arrangement of various matters, rendered it impracticable for them to declare the payment of a divi dend. The directors had felt called upon to institute proceedings for the recovery of the first instalment of the Slamannan and Borrowstowness Extension line. The dispute with the Edinburgh and Glasgow could not be settled until the sitting of the courts on the 2d of November. _ _ _ _ _ WHO ' s GOT ALL THE MONEY ?—lt is very eviden that some avaricious fools are playing the same game with the gold that was played a little while ago with the corn, and that people are holding, and holding, and holding their cash, even at its present high value, in the hope that it will become more valuable still by the in crease of the panic. We give them notice that they will burn their fingers ; for, some fine morning, the panic will begin to subside, and money will become as plentiful as it now is scarce, when they will turn round and say what fools they have been not to part with th e i r money at a good profit wh e n they had the opportunity. The tact is, that people are frightening each other out of their wits by a mutual want of confidence, and th e ,s shock rebounds to the quarter in which it origina te s . Punch is disgusted at seeing all the peoplebausse a there trembling, and screaming round him our pit ti o n f le a ; happens a s e s a te l a it d t i l n e bit ess a o n f d a n e pressure, re quires w t h h i lo h ug o h nl i y t a ytheeryate:" smoo t hly;Tak e a ) s • o t u h r ey time, s ay a g t e gentlemen, 1 e r m us e h n , t t o a k s t e h y our ydu won't get on any better try i ng a f s or weli ali to squeeze q o u n e eze togethereaeh other to death, so you may firmly and quietly."—Punch. A CHILD ATTACKED , BY A Lioiv.—On Monday last, a little before t en o clock, a very fierce attack was made by the lion Nero, in Mr. Hilton' s menager i e, at Nottingham fair, upon a child, three years of age, the daughter of Mr. Chittock, the owner of a caravan, attend ing the fair. The aunt of the c hild , Miss MTherson, the lion's queen, was in the act of wa lki ng i n front of the den ofthe animal, carrying her niece, when the lion sent forth his paws through an open i ng at the lower part of the caravan, and seizing the child's head, tore it fright fully both behind a n d on i ts f orehead and face, and be foreit . could be liberat e d, w hi c h was d one b y ma i n f orce , one of its arms was d rea df u ll y l acerate d, an d it s r i g ht ear literally torn off, as it only hung by a little skin. A cry was raised that the lion had got at liberty, and the women shrieked and ran over each other towards the door for safety. At length the keepers succeeded in calming all apprehension on this head, and the real cause of alarm became understood. The child was conveyed to its mother in the caravan, and surgical aid was obtained. While in London, Mr. Hylton removed the lion from his own caravan, and there were no locking bars on the den in which Nero was exhibited, which was, in fact, the cause of this mischief. The lion's queen and a man who assisted her to drag the child from the lion's claws, both had wounds inflicted upon their hands by the animal, as he struck at everything within his reach. The child lies - with little hope of recovery. DOLMAN. The striking and, in many parts, powerful narra tive of the Riots of 1779 and 1780 by the Rev. Editor, are in this number brought to a conclusion. They have possessed for us and, we doubt not, for a large portion of the readers of Dolman, an interest quite apart from the enthralling character of those religious broils and brutalities. We have been curious throughout to see how a Roman Catholic priest would narrate scenes such as might naturally be ex pected to excite feelings of acerbity towards the Church which was so miserably misrepresented in the persons of Lord George Gordon and his gang of cut throats. From first to last, however, of these chapters on the penal laws and the riots we have not been able to detect a single sentence which could have been dictated in other than a spirit of charity and tolerance. This we are compelled in all fairness to acknowledge. The rest of the magazine is of its usual ability. THE BELLE ASSEMBLEE. Instead of with a translated criticism upon a living English poet, the Belle Assemblee opens with a some what acrid, if not actually impertinent review of Lady Georgina Fullerton's novel, " Grantley Manor." The duty of a critic is not, we conceive, to stand judge over the conscience of any individual, but simply to decide upon the merits or demerits of a literary production. Hence it is that we regard this notice of " Grantley Manor" as a very indecorous impertinence. The fair editress must have been asleep when she admitted such a contribution to the pages of her miscellany. Otherwise the Belle Assemblee is of average ability, and the curious in such matters will be entertained with a goblin paper about a skeleton. The engraving of the Empress Josephine is a terrible caricature. THE TRAVELLERS' MISCELLANY. This cheap and compact little periodical has entered upon a second volume. It deserves the attention of all travellers as an useful and amusing companion. CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL. The cheapest of the cheap publications, if its lite rary excellence be duly considered, the present Oc tober instalment sustains its reputation. SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. We are by no means surprised that Sharpe's London Magazine has conquered for itself a place among the different weekly and monthly periodicals, when we examine the letter-press and observe the number of eminent artists who are engaged as its illustrators. One or two of the selected pieces might, however, have been omitted with advantage, especially some in the poetical corner. THE FARMERS' MAGAZINE. Three excellent papers will be found in this Octo ber number, in reference to the cultivation of the turnip—one on its double culture between peas, another on its growth by artificial manures, and another on the condition of its growth generally. The opening paper, moreover, demands the especial attention of farmers particularly after the late scarcity—being an argument as to the " Reduced Amounts of Seed," by Cuthbert Johnson. THE METROPOLITAN. Besides the usual quantum of light magazine arti cles, the number for October contains a clever notice of Mr. Porter's " Progress of the Nation," and a well natured " Plea for Associated Homes," by the Editor. The latter is imagined in the same spirit •f brotherhood which suggested to the mind 0f Douglas Jerrold the uution of the Whittington Club. ECLECTIC REVIEW. A sober intelligence is the usual characteristic of the Eclectic, and its articles for October sustain its reputation. The last contribution will in all likeli hood be the one most generally perused, coloured as it is by an immediate interest. It comments upon Dissenting Agitation, and especially refers to the Manchester Controversy. " Prison Reform Abroad " is a chapter which forms a fitting accompaniment to the recently published reports of the Congres Peni tentiares at Brussels. SPORTING REVIEW. Scarcely any merit is visible in the embellishments for October, though there is a certain spice of the season in the plate by Scott, entitled " Hard Hit." Cecil, Oxonian, Castor, Gelert, Saron, Scribble, and Hawthorn, with the other contributors under the odd noms de guerre, are industrious, and generally lively. SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. Though poor Charles Hooton no longer animates the Colonial with his vivid sketches of North Ameri can scenery, the magazine, under its spirited editorship, sustains its character as an intelligent organ of the colonial interests. Sierra Leone—the white man's grave—and Malacca, are severally mentioned in sepa rate contributions ; and there is a minute description of Gutta Percha, a commodity which is gradually effecting a revolutioa in the trade of the bootmaker. FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. Among the most generally interesting portions of the Freemasons' Quarterly for the present October, is the part devoted to a commemoration of " the late Brother Daniel O'Connell." It must be remembered, however, that that great man was no longer a Free mason at the period of his decease at Genoa. The quarterly organ of the mystic order prints a letter from a person who declares that in his opinion the expulsion of O'Connell " was among the great faults committed by the Grand Lodge of Ireland." We presume that is published as a sort of reparation to the manes of the departed Liberator. LOWE'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. The first and most popular paper in the present month will, we are satisfied, be the one respecting the " Restoration of the Jews." It has doubtless been suggested by the enterprise: of Sir Moses Montefiore, and the return of the Baron Lionel de Rothschild as representative for the city of London. QUARTERLY JOURNAL of AGRICULTURE. Among not the least important of the various pub lications of the Messrs. Blackwood is this Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, and the transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. And important as it has hitherto been during the time when the agricultural interests of Great Britain were stunted by the baleful principles of the system commonly called Protectien, it becomes doubly and trebly a matter of interest now that the farmers of England, Ireland, and Scotland, are brought into wholesome competition with those of foreign countries. Ever since the passing of the great measure of commercial emancipation, intro duced to Parliament by Sir Robert Peel, the welfare of our farmers and landowners has become doubly a matter of consideration with the multitude. The invidious barriers heretofore raised between them and the popular affections have been demolished. Industry in all its branches has been placed upon an equality, and henceforth the lucubrations of the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture—one of the most distinguished agricultural organs in the country—will command more general and more serious consideration. The very best paper for the present quarter is that upon the condition of the agricultural as compared with the manufacturing population. FINE ARTS. THE ART-UNION JOURNAL. Two exquisite engravings—one by Wildblood, the other by Hall—are the principal embellishments in the October number of the Art- Union. The first is from the graceful picture of Pollack, called " The Mother's Welcome," beautiful in outline, beautiful in finish, and beautiful in sentiment. The second is from Baily's celebrated composition, " The Sleeping Nymph ;"—it —it is of infinite delicacy; worthy of the , genius of the sculptor of " Eve at the Fountain. Mrs. S. C. Hall's fairy tale of " Midsummer Eve" is continued without either any diminution of fanciful ness on the part of the writer or her illustrators. The woodcuts scattered through the tenth part of this imaginative series are characterised by their usual refinement. Among the most valuable contributions, both in a literary and pictorial sense, in the present part of the Art- Union, " The Exposition of Indus trial Art at Brussels, in 1847," is conspicuous. It merits more than a cursory perusal, as showing the progress of industrial art on the continent, and as forming a fresh elucidation of how artistic ability may be applied without degradation to domestic decora tions. An interesting account of an exhibition of modern pictures at Amsterdam is furnished by a cor respondent. In an admirably toned paper on "Picture Dealing," we are glad to perceive that our estimate of a painting recently exhibited in St. James's-street SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHANTILLY RACES. The St. Leger, 6,000 E, given by the King; foiithree yrs ..;=•"::.` old colts and fillies, foaled in France; entry, 400 f.; weights—colts, 1101 b; fillies, 107 lb ; the winner of - the Jockey Club Stakes to carry slb extra; and a horse. ; which may have run three times during the , year - without winning 41b less. Distance, once and a hklf • round—about 2,940 metres. The winner to pay 15 naps. to the Racing Funds the second horse to have his entry. (21 Subs.) Baron N. de Rothschild's Glands :\l". de Pontalba's Tronquette ••• Baron N. de Rothschild's Admiral Sir Charles Baron N. de Rothschild's Laura ... ••• Prince de Beauvau's Micareme ••• ••• Prince de Beauvau's La Reine Margot . . 0 Duke de Nemours' (Count de Cambis) Bataclan 0 Duke de Nemours' Preface 0 M. Fasquel's Colonel Peel 0 Very few words will suffice for the description of this great race, which is alyvays an object of extraordinary interest to the constant frequenters of the French turf. The start was not very good. La Reine Margot went away with the lead, and kept it to the bill, when she was overtaken by Laura. For a few moments the latter got the lead, but, on passing the stands, La Reine Mar got was again in front. On passing the stables, how ever, she was caught by Tronquette and Glands, which had been lying in the rear. From thence up the hill all three lay close together. At the last turning Glands went ahead, and kept that position to the winning-post, at which he arrived easily by about a length and's, half in advance of Tronquette, Admiral Sir Charles being third. Colonel Peel stopped long before the race was terminated. The race was a very fair one. Among the members of the Jockey Club, there was no betting on any of the preceding races, nor on any of those which took place on Saturday. Some surprise was expressed at no bets being risked on the St. Leger. The English frequenters of the course, however, staked some little cash on the last-mentioned race; and, as far as we could gather from the contradictory statements that were made, they considered Bataclan the favourite.—Galig nani of Monday. The splendid stud 'of M. Aumont, w.,ch comprises some of the most renowned horses on tarench turf, is advertised for sale. His Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale is causing permanent stands, similar to those on the best race courses in England, to be constructed. (Flatman) 1 ... 2 ... 3 • COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAT.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk in the Slopes. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, enjoyed walking and pony exercise, this morning, in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. The Princess Helena was also taken for an airing. Prince Albert rode out on horseback, attended by Colonel Seymour, Equerry in waiting to his Royal Highness. In the afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert rode out in a pony phaeton and pair, his Royal Highness driving. The Equerries in waiting attended on horseback. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in waiting of the Duchess of Kent, and the Baroness de Speth. The band Of the Grenadier Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. Her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, accompanied by the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, took an airing yesterday, in an open barouche and four. Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, had an inter view with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Right Hon. F. T. Baring has arrived in town. His Excellency the Duke de Broglie, accompanied by Count and Countess d'Haussonville, left the French embassy yesterday to visit Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, at Broadlands, near Romsey, -Hants. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge left St James's Palace on Tuesday, to resume his duties as Major-General commanding the Dublin district. The Prince will pay a few visits en route to the Irish capital. The Duke of Wellington is expected to return to Apsley House the week after next from Walmer Castle. The Earl and Countess of Wilton arrived in Grosvenor square on Tuesday, from a visit to the Noble and Gal lant Duke. The Marquis of Douro left town on Wed nesday for Walmer Castle. The newly-appointed Governor-General of India, the Earl of Dalhousie, has arrived in town from Dal housie Castle, en route to Calcutta. The customary banquet to the Noble Earl by the Directors of the East India Company, will be shortly given to his Lordship, Tho Countess of Dalhousie has arrived at Ellis's Hotel from Deal Castle. The Duke of Victory (General Espartero) leaves Abbey•lodge, Regent's-park, to visit Manchester and Liverpool, whence the Duchess and Madlle. Espartero have returned to town. A letter from Vienna states that a crime, having great analogy to the murder of the Duchess de Praslin, has been committed in the environs of Agram. In an excess of rage, caused by the jealousy of his wife, a Hungarian baron murdered, under circumstances of great atrocity, his wife and his young son, and then committed suicide. THE REPORTED MARRIAGE OP THE DUBS Or WELLINGTON AND MISS BURDETT COUTTL—It is now stated, upon the authority of an inmate of the Palace, that the idea of the marriage of the " Hero of a Hundred Fights" to Miss Burdett Coutts originated in the do mestic circle of royalty. The great Duke, having re ceived a royal command to dine with the Queen, the conversation, amongst other topics, incidentally turned upon the rich heiress, in the course of which her Ma jesty, struck by a sudden thought, jocularly suggested that Miss Burdett Coutts and the Duke of Wellington would make a good match. This singular notion caused a hearty laugh, and is =foundation of the reports relative to the anticipa riage of these well known personages. FIRE NEAR FINSBURY - SQUARE.--*Yesterday MOM. ing, shortly before five o'clock, the police on duty in Chiswell-street discovered a dense body of smoke issuing over the roofs of the houses near Finsbury-square. They raised an immediate alarm, and after some time• they found that a fire had broken out in the cabinet maker's workshops belonging to Mr. W. Atkins, situate' at No. 1, Finsbury-street. How the fire originated is unknown, but it must have been smouldering for some considerable period before perceived, forin a few minutes after its existence was known the entire building was completely covered with flames. Engines soon arrived, and no time was lost in setting them to work; but the firemen were unable to get the mastery over the fire until the workshops were burned out, and the whole or the stock in trade consumed. Fortunately Mr. W. Atkins was insured in the Sun Fire-office. SHOCKING DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.—BRISTOL", WEDNESDAY.—We have to communicate the death, by a frightful accident to a young lady named Martha Welch, aged 19 years, who is represented as having been highly connected, and very accomplished. She was a stranger in Bristol, on a visit to a Mrs. Bird, living at; Cotham. Yesterday morning she walking on the Down:s at Clifton, and was observed to be close to the edge e f St. Vincent's Rocks, and she was admonished of he; danger by a constable on duty there. She stepped back a few yards, but in a short time afterwards she fell ovQe the rocks to the depth of nearly 300 feet. A youth vv . tio saw her in the act of falling, states that she endeavouxed to take hold of some bushes, but without avail. Her remains, as may be supposed, were shockingly mangled. An inquest was held upon her remains last night, when a verdict of " accidental death " was returned. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-011 Wednesday forenoon a stone mason, named Moore, was accidentallykilled on the Garnkirk railway. It appears ths.t the unfortunate man had been engaged, along with °thee's, in building a stone wall, about a mile and a half from ',he Glasgow terminus. While thus employed the 11f tr,vtin from Glasgow passed, and Moore incautiously stepieed when I & across the rails to get a light for his pipe f rom a bu.rnang cinder that had fallen from the engine, bu t act of recrossing the rails the 11 o'c l oc k r. the train ' from Deceased and mangled in a shocking ma nn ? * was [Lot h . wan three- eluldret Coatbridge coming up at the time , he was knocked d own. a. 50 years of age, and has le f t a wido w and t 1 —North British Mail. the Earl of Lek estcr Hon. E. K. Coke. M-P-, bagged at Warhana four hum dredartridges from • and sixtr oneP their owh. guns in the On Tuesday last understand a great many birds • k d day. W e were pic e Iry next day.—Bury Post. the M r. J. Brooke has returned to Mivart's hotel, anil was yesterday joined by Mr. Johnson, his nephew. tea Monday Mr. Brooke transacted business at the Col ni al office, the Admiralty, an d the Board of Trade. ° A very unpleasant and somewhat alar • ming acc ti dent occurred on the terrace of Windsor Castle yest( (r -day morning. One of her Majesty's horses, engaged in drawing ice from one of the ice-houses on the not .01 terrace to another on the south-terrace, having be pen carelessly left to itself for a moment, and becomi Jag alarmed,suddenly started off, and galloping furiously ali mg the eastern—or, as it is generally called, the Quee a's terrace, and without turning either to the right or die left, actually leaped the rampart under the window • of the Victoria-terrace, and the shafts breaking with his weight, he fell into the park below,dislocating his r A eck, and died instantly. DROUGHT IN THE NORTH.—The North of Sc' alga Gazette (Tuesday) cites, as an instance of the • x t r onse drought of the season, that the Tay, which pee jrs m ore water into the sea than any other river ie. Scotlar4 is just now lower than it was ever known tro bc before. THE IRON TRADE OF SOUTH ST' A FFOILDSHIREi -- The iron masters, at their private vlelimintiry 'needing, held at Wolver hampton, have T -tr,olved to maintain the prices of last quarter. THE HARVEST, &C. IN RO,SS. gmaE.—Since our last have had the most brilliant iv( ,other, and the harv( ist is all but concluded. Potato lift% , e g has been procee di ng extensively during the week, arid except in a verve f ew localities the crop is excellent ;, and we believe tb r p r i ce will hardly exceed 15s. per b' 111. This high price is mot occasioned by any defeat the crop, but from, a, less quantity having been plant° d this year. Th --( j e,ornerops have been got in, in first-rai to condition, a n d 4 in a e quality and weight certainly above ••an average, w 'O. have heard some complaints as to t yield of wiles t. In some T places there is smut, m and the yield w as in others right. he price of country ea l was d ! est er ay ' 20s. in pecks, •at the Cross of Dingw a n, andwe behew 3 18s. in bolls imperial.—Ross-shire A oittertiser. r 2 1