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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. -- - - h, pe you will not fail at an early period of again 'ending the aid of your powerful pen (always devoted to the Public good), in ca lling the attention of Government and the Members of both Houses of Parliament, to the great ne er!aasity of car r yi ng ou t the recomniendaion of the Admiralty C ommissioner s , by voting the supplies during the present s ession of Parliament, for commencing the intermediate breakwater in Seaford Bay, a few miles eastward of this Populous, but sadly unfortified town of Brighton. An annual grant for this great national work is highly desirable, as a aheiter f or b ot h G overnment steamers a nd mer c h a nt an d tra ding tl vessels, so many thousands passing yearly through e Channel, and frequently detained during the easterly 'tends. Th e cons t ruct i on o f the proposed breakwater at a so commanding and magnificent, and lying midway be tween Dover and Portsmouth, is not merely of local, but of national interest, and besides creating employment fir a vast number of labourers, would offer refuge and protection for m(((ina s of property, often endangered on the southern coast, 44 '1 would prevent frequent wrecks, and save the lives of many a e rthy seamen. A breakwater at Seaford would be of immense :Trice to the British Government in the event of an unfortu nate war, affording a central refuge for ships of every class ri aild size. Th e p rox imity of the Brighton and South Coast also, is an important feature, as troops and =mu -.on could be conveyed from London to the breakwater in t a ut two hours ; and the improving port of Newhaven, near a ford, is likely to become, in the ensuing spring, a packet i tattoo for passengers to and from France. Newhaven beii.g e nearest port from London, that route ultimately is expected 50 have a preference. At a very healthy spot, _East Match plgtoo, between Newhaven arid Seaford, there is an eligible „,eee of barrack- ground, used last war, and belonging to ue vernment, and which, in connexion with the Brighton L41 ( 1 . South Co a st Railway, suggests important considerations n facilities to her Majesty's Ministers, too invaluable to be Znger delayed, consistent with the defence of the southern w h _ e et• A few thousands annually cannot be more profitably. bestowed than in the formation of this grand national pro- Jett, both as a means of defence and protection of maritime interests. The seaport town of Brighton, with its fifty thou 7nO souls, remains in a defenceless state. You have so often and so strongly reviewed this important matter, Sir, L il t you will pardon this intrusion on your time and „7,,W,fons; and I hope that your continued advocacy of this ,:`4lect will not be without its proper influence upon the Ad u"'lraity during the present session of Parliament.—l am, Sir, Jour obedient servant, A READER. Brighton, March 8. ------- - - S OYER'S FOOD FOR THE POOR. Receipt No. 5. NOURISHING MEAGRE FOOD FOR LENT. ut two ounces of butter or oil into a two gallon and a "alf stewp an , peel two ounces of onions, cut thin, put them a 4 the fire till lightly brown (stirring it now and then), and rt - 1 pound of vegetables, as turnips, leeks, celery, carrots, j do not peel them or throw away anything except that "? Which may be decayed, but wash them well, cut them in :"lantin direction, .put them in the stewpan, and fry ten ratesl longer; put in a pound and a quarter of peas, fill up jit two gallons of water ; ldt it simmer for three hours, or tau the peas are in a pulp ; mix half a pound of oatmeal with Japan, of water, make it into a liquid paste, pour it into the ialfrpan, s ti rr i ng it with a spoon ; add three ounces of salt, an ounce of brown sugar, boil it ten minutes, and it is u3' for use; a little mint, bay leaf, thyme, marjoram, mter savoury, in small quantities, is an improvement, rid also soaking the peas in soft water. Although this entirely deprived of animal substance, yet the fari ;'coo.... us ingredients will act generously on the digestive 'Wins. particularly to a stomach which has suffered from * int of food. Receipt No. 6. THE FISHERMAN'S FOOD FOR THE COAST. ) ,..eut four pounds of fresh fiel of any kind in large pieces; Zt it into your pan, with three ounces of salt, half-an ee of sugar, a little pepper, two bay leaves, a little ;Yule, one quart of water, and let it stew gently ; mix it „ e Pound of oatmeal with seven quarts of lukewarm t c ;'''er, and pour it over the fish; stir it gently, so as not break it too much ; let it boil twenty minutes and it is 'tone, red herring or dried salt fish, previously soaked, is ex nik ugly good to make this food; but omit the salt if al l salt u is used. SAVORY RICE FOOD. Kadin saved the bones of the previous day, a very good may be made as follows :—Take six pounds of bones, ..t break into small pieces, and boil in ten quarts of gter, for four hours; having added three ounces of salt, ; e ntail bunch of thyme, bay, leaf, and savory. Pat into a ` e -pan two onions cut thin, half a pound of vegetables, as r " .B, turnips, celery, 4c., cut very thin ; half an ounce of tsar ; put it on the fire for fifteen minutes, stirring it oc !atonally ; add half pound of oatmeal, and mix well ; noisten with two gallons of the stock from the bones ; one and a quarter pounds of rice, previously soaked : wit till tender, and serve. CUR FIH. Put into a stew-p an one ß oni Y S on, a small bunch of bay-leaf, t hyme, and savory ; two apples, if convenient, with a quarter pound of fat, three ounces of salt, and quarter ounce of sugar, and fry for fifteen minutes. Put one pound of rice, and four quarts of water, and boil till tender ; add o ne ounce of cur r y powder, mixed in a little water. Cut up Six pounds of cheap fish into pieces the size of an egg ; add to the above, and boil for twenty or thirty minutes, according to the kind of fish. Salt and dried fish, pre viously soaked, cooked in this way, is excellent, omitting the salt. TREASURERS APPOINTED UNDER THE SMALL DEBTS ACT. The following appointments of Treasurers of Local Courts the various districts under the Small Debts Act have now been finally settled : NORTHERN DISTRICTS. Anthony Lambert, Esq., Alnwick, Northumberland. Robert Bendle, Esq., of Carlisle. Johnson Atkinson Busfield, Esq., of Bradford. John Peele Clapham, Esq., of Burley, near Way. George Croft, Esq., of Richmond. George Park, Esq., of Liverpool. ' 2 ' l,ll Trever, Esq., of Chester. EASTERN AND MIDLAND DISTRICTS. w illiain Edmund Ferrers, Esq. Jonathan Townley, Esq., of Norwich. T homas Sharp, Esq., of Northampton. Th• omas Ebenezer Foster, Esq., of Cambridge. Heath, Esq., of Warwick. Jonathan Elliott Gough, Esq , of Hereford. WALES. Richard Harrison, Esq., of Holywell, Flintshire. Ro• bert Ki ngsco t e , Esq , . 14, -u uTHERN AND DIETROPOLITAN DISTRICTS. T homas Gripper, Esq., of Hertford. Frederick Mangles, Esq., of Guildford. „William Frederick Augustus Delane, Esq. "aloes Hoskins, Esq., of Portsmouth. WESTERN DISTRICTS. Edwin Nicholetts, Esq., of Bridport. Harman Visger, Esq., of Bristol. 1 1 , 41 1111 es Terrell, EfKiy of Exeter. et '7 believe the salaries of the respective treasurers are not settled; and whatsoever amount may be proposed, tell., be on the understanding that the whole arrangement tib:!!e districts, and the duties and emoluments of the .rates shall be subject to revision, after a sufficient has elapsed to of the means of ludging of the -tog of the Act passed in the last session of Parliament WASTE LAND IMPROVE- On o MENT SOCIETY. Saturday the half-yearly general meeting of t he Irish 117.; . Land Improvement Society was held at the King's a t * :‘`" Tavern, Poultry, for the purpose of recei v i n g a re p ort Ear ,, t he condition of its affairs and future prospects. The of n . . C o , evon in the chair. appea r RomNsox, R.E., read the report, from which it Ccii, -ar ed that, in the month of March last, the Gallant *st; t 4 el went on a tour of inspection over the Society's fe a ," in Ireland, with a view of ascertaining the system of Ti i „ -a gernfnt pursued and the future prospects of the Society. k a ;ltewards had been requested to induce the tenants, if po l ,;, is `le, to abandon the sowing of potatoes, as it was int 44;ur to distinguish between the good and bad . eed. The lie k ;;' , in some instances, was successful, but the Connaught kt 4 ,7 n trY could not be induced to give up their favourite and hence, compared with others, they had suffered tra"` l4ll Y. Some lost a fifth, and others the whole of their class, The society employed 200 able.bodied men, ex aoestatt." of women and children, and the population of the fates numbered 3,000, not one of whom had been inmate of a workhouse or gaol. In Balliyakeei the q new tenants lost the principal portion of their crops , 4t a trtainder 25 per cent., and the average loss upon the th, a te was 75 per cent. It would require 750 1 . to make up r ,"enciency. On the Glencaske estate the average loss was ker Cent., and it required 1,96 01 . to supply it. On the i ti erron estate the loss averaged between 80 and 90 per Of f> Which required 8001. to supply it. In Galway the price Of s t 'disn. meal rose from 9 /. to 17 /. a ton during the months til e ',Kelliher and December. There was 1,784/. due upon smaearesof the societv,thebalance in cash 7as 691/. 18s. Id., ti v • t he liabilities figured 12,4611. 18s. Id. The . report, atter a vivid and painful picture of the `: misery and deso ia?°,4 now existing in the sister kingdom,' and after express k'il,:ears that the worst was not arrived at, stated that the Wi en t 3' tenants would be remunerated for their improl,e -::::;t:evould not be charged their rents, and would have It k , l given them of all kinds on loan ; and also that •there danger of their being visited by the unparalleled pri bit4-13a which were inflicting and destroying the other i n ha- T of Ireland. and L'ts Xoble CHAIRMAN, after commenting on the report , Of ti;: a ,ting that, if possible, the society would borrow mon e y aatisf Government to carry out their object, said that it was fep our ge forily proved that Ireland bad within itself ample (y e cos for its wants, if they were properly developed. — aed aear) If those resources had the benefit of capital, *ta l i d ue personal superintendence of its own landlords, they ke t ii Convert the present horrors existing in Ireland into a 4 111ei o n i f9r the future advancement of that country and the T he ration of her people.—an(llear, hear.) Of k r report was adopted unanimously, and on the motion pass e ,; Maude, seconded by Mr. Smith, a vote . of thanks was e,r o tn Col. Robinson for his able and useful information. tre Bs , a t 'el Ronissos, in acknowledging the compliment, ex -4(1 his belief that although the public works in Ireland te/Ilesn'idticed the people from tillage, with proper superin- Inee tu e , Ireland would be enabled to recover herself, and Th e b e awful calamity with which she had been visited. 1. 004, f ,;','eV• William Harness was elected a director in the pas t `, S ir. Handel deceased • and the other officers for the 'llairi;;: r having been re-elect ' ed, thanks were voted to the and the meeting separated. 1/ R. O'CONNELL' Mr. Morgan S HEALTH. Coo_ e following letter has been addressed by . "nanell to the editor of the Freeman's Journal .-- ... " Merrion-square, Thursday, Ma rch a Icotta i,.:Tpir,"'-Having seen in your paper of this morning London, gi ,,. ,ation from your private correspondent in , , 15,, oe,i t t3 a most alarming account of my. Ireland all in lather's state of el l th ' , and knowing the great anxiety felt by that l a ubject, I feel bound to intorin you and the public, l, am Ipe letters which I constantly receive from my brot , irs . f ° l o r. MileY are of a much more cheering nature. Ilic Witc.ng extracts from Dr. Miler's last letter will be read th a t .I:qerest :---‘ My dear Sir,-1t delights me to inform y(u . totioll!1,e rapidity with which your illustrious father's consti aftoraLsaaa rallitd since our arrival in this place (Hastings) the ) ,'', 3 . a proof the most decisive and cheering, that w en titlce;,"Blcialis promised such great things as to his speedy We re : rect recovery from change of scene and climate, they he p a ,: e 3 rd question, right.'_ Speaking afterwards as , to hond aila plat• the night, he mentions his having enjoyed a soun a% li r d ' l eeP, from which he arose so much refreshed, that apa r k i rcetl our delightful drawing room, looking out on the the sanl n g waters of the sea, you would hardly believe him Il ls spi r , n 'li. lie breakfasteil well, and eat a heal ty dinner ; coir,,eits. too, were cheerful. The doctors hem entirely to h i " sq with the London physicians and Sir P. Crampton, as e,),i,et„, u ndness of constitution, ands the certainty of his re ' I am, Sir, your obedient ant, " MOUGAN 'O'CONNELL.- LITERATURE. MURRAY'S HOME and COLONIAL LIBRARY. No. XL 11. Sketches of German Life. Translated by Sir A. Gordon, Bart. Part I. A more compact, cheap, portable, and generally ex cellent serial publication is not issued than this Library of Literature for all classes. Frcm what has already appeared, we may perceive that the prospectus origi nally issued from Albemarle-street is in a fair way of being realised. In the forty-one numbers which had been produced before the present one had passed through the printing press, we have selections from the writings of many distinguished authors ; among others may be mentioned Washington Irving, Heber, Southey, Barrow, Borrow, Drinkwater, and Darwin. And several of the most accomplished aristocrats have embellished its pages with their abilities : in proof whereof we may enumerate Lady Duff Gordon, Lord Mahon, Sir Francis Head, Sir John Malcolm, and the Earl of Ellesmere. Nor have the monthly volumes ht en restricted to works whose merit had been long acknow ledged Others have appeared in the Home and Colonial Library. whose powers of thought, and picturesqueness of description w. re previously unknown : ex. gr. the inimitable Hermann Melville's Visit to the Marquesas Islands. With scarcely a single exception, we have found the utmost discrimination apparent in the selection of the various compositions comprised in the perio dical. For almost the first time since that pe riodical was undertaken, we have found a total absence of discrimination in the work now lying under consideration, translated from the German original by the facile and accurate pen of Sir A. Gordon. We re gret this the more, as it is calculated to warp the minds of those readers who are so far unfamiliar with the more truthful narratives of the events therein recorded, as to be liable to be the victims of a bold and shameless decep tion. These "Sketches of German Life" purport to -afford glimpses of the war of liberation in Germany. They are, however, glimpses as unreal, but not quite as fraught with a mystic wisdom, as the phantasms and tableau ?limns beheld on Christmas Eve in the orgies of the subterranean goblins by Gabriel Grub, of whom most readers wot in the Posthu mous Papers of the Pickwick Club. " Scenes" they are called " from the war of liberation in Germany." It is needless to ask the translator if he has corrected the statements contained in his descriptions by the ac counts given by lomini in his •"fraites de Grandes 014 rations Militaires ;" by Bignon, in his " Histoire de Franco ;" by Bow tourlin, in his " Campagnes de 1812 et 1813 ;" by Capefigue, by Mstthieu Dumas, by Baron Fain, by Lebaume, and a multitude of other his torians. It is needless, we repeat it, to ask whe ther this emendation has ever been attempted, for the wcrk possesses internal evidence that the neces sity of such an emendation has probably never crossed the imagination of Sir A. Gordon. As nothing of the kind is visible in the production before us, so very naturally is it replete with misstatements and misrepre sentations enough to render Colonel Mitchell happy for the rest of his valuable de) s. Nevertheless the Sketches are sparkling enough in their manner, and on topics in which the writer's patriotic prejudices are not concerned, he affords us much interesting information. At one time he tells us how the people of Dusseldorf " tore their hair, and scratched their faces, and called down execrations on the murderers," when the in telligence arrived of the execution of Louis XVI. At another moment he gives us a very lively description of the conflagration at the Prince Schwart zenburgh's, immediately after the marriage of the Em peror Napoleon and Marie Louise. Although a thousand accounts of this appalling catastrophe have already been published in histories, memoirs, journals, autobio graphies, and so forth, the present narrative is not with out an interest of its own, as the writer was among the eye-witnesses, and as his account differs considerably from the accounts previously given. Judging from the general inaccuracy of the book, however, we are dis posed to place but little reliance upon the altera tions introduced. '4l hat shall we think of a man who can have the folly, not to say the turpitude to garble history like this? Speaking of the dead Caesar of France, he observes:--"The impression left by his memory on the present generation is far stronger than that which he made on his own. It sounds strange, but it is nevertheless true, that neither the lower nor the upper classes in Paris—not even his own imme diate adherents—had any real reverence for him, it or cori sidered him a man of the highest order." Wasi so, n truth? Why, if the descriptions of this scribe be correct, must we not rate the Czar Alexander as little above an idiot to swear eternal friendship for such an one at Erfurt and Tilsit; must we not regard Pius the Seventh as a n imbecile in viewing him with affection; must we not look upon Francis of Austria with unmitigated contempt when w e ca ll t o mind his interview in the highway? Was it so, we ask? Was this great warrior despised by " his own adherents?" Answer it shades of Duroc, of Lavalette, of Ney, of Murat, of Labedoyerel Answer it Gourgaud, Rovigo, Las Casas, Bertrand, Antommarchi, Montholon, Cipriani ! Was he contemned by the " upper classes?" when the ancient aristocrats numbered them se l ves among hi s most obsequious parasites , es, when M. de C o bl entze l sa id to hi m after the victories of Lutzen and Bautzen, "Sire, some say that you are an angel, others that you are a devil ; but all confess that you are more than a man !" Was he scorned by the " lower classes?" Answer it, the millions who welcomed his banners in his triumphal march from Cannes upon the capital. Answer it, the peasants who made pilgrimages (as Thackeray tells us in his account of the exhumation) to the Seine, to fall down on their knees and pray, while they gazed on the sarcophagus as it floated on towards Paris. Answer it, citizens of Paris, who hang garlands on the rails round the column in the Place Vendome. Answer it, Pierre Jean de Beranger, the poet of the people —or, as this writer loves to term them, of the lower classes. " On parlera de sa gloire Sous le chaume Lien longtemps L'hunitle toit dans cinguante ens 21 7 e eonnaitra plus d'autre histoire ; Ld viendront les villageois Dire alors a guelque : Par des recitsd'autrefois, Mere, abregez notre voile. Bien dit-on qu' it nous ait nui Le people encore le revere, OUL LE REVERE !" Whatever may be the merits of this enthusiasm, there it is, attesting its existence in a thousand eloquent voices. idiotism. And gainsay it would be madness or downright And yet Colonel Mitchell would gainsay it, and the author of these Sketches of German Life does gain say I HISTORY OF ROME. By Miss Corncr. Among the numerous volumes written by this lady for the instruction of children—arid she has written his tories of this character embracing almost all times and _ _ _ a most all nations—this is one of the most beautiful and xcellent. The purity of the composition throughout the writings of Miss Corner is singular and fascinating; she loves the old Saxon tongue " which Shakspeare spake," and not the mongrel diction which has been long tending to the degeneration of the language. But this is not the only advantage in the school histories produced by Miss Corner—admirable as that advantage is in tutoring the mind of childhood in a phraseology the most elegant and chaste—it is, per haps, the least meritin the volumes. It is in the ar rangement and classification of her materials, in the simplification of occurrences that would otherwise be complicated and embarrassing ; in the explication of ceremonies and creeds that would, but for that explication, remain abstruse and impenetrable mys teries to children ; and in the preservation of a direct chain of sequence in the events of each particular history, that the excellences of Miss Corner's writings are most conspicuous. In these particulars she is unrivalled. From the skill with which she has combined all these advantages, Miss Corner has entitled herself to a consideration not inferior to that with which the memory of Madame Chapone is re garded. Beyond all this, there is a delicacy in the man ner in which she treats subjects that in other works are repulsive. She adapts herself to the pure and immacu late sentience of the infant race. Thus in recounting how the first barbarian citizens of Rome obtained wives she heads it "7 he fabulous account cf the Sabine maidens;" in mentioning the supposed parentage of Romulus, she remarks that his father was "the god Mars, who, it is said, had secretly espoused the princess ;" and even in recording how the infant twins were suckled by the wolf near the Palatine-hill, she says that " the wolf gave them nourishment, as though they had been her own offspring." For simplicity of style, lucidity o f arrangement, accuracy of narrative, and clearness of thought, this volume is deserving of all praise. A TREATISE on the LAW RELATING to PATENT PhIVILEGES for the dole Use of IN VENTIONS, and the Practice of obtaining Lettere Patent for Inventions : with an Appendix of Statutes. Rules, Forms, 6-c. By W. M. Hindmarsh, Esq., Bar- ri.4er:at Law. '1 he want of a treatise on the law of patents, which should present a complete summary of the present state of that law has been long felt. This want has been ad mirably supplied by Mr. Ilindmarsh, who has produced a work which, embodying, as it does, all that is valuable in the works of his predecessors with much new and original matter, and containing all the latest decisions, must supersede all other books on this subject. In pre. paring those parts of the work which relate to practice, Mr. llindmarsh has obtained the assistance of the offi cers by whom the various proceedings are conducted or prepared, and the forms given in the appendix, have the greater number of them been used in actual practice. MUSIC. lIANDEL'S MESSIAH, in Vocal Score, with an Accompaniment for the Organ and l'ianoforte. Arranged by Vincent Aovello. Pa, t VIII. nis edition of the Messiah is now more than half completed, and it is a marvel of cheapness and correct. ness. To use Mr. Novello's own words, "It is the cheapest musical publication ever offered to the public." It will, when completei, be the standard edition of the Mes.siah. HAYDN'S ORATORIO, THE MESSIAH, in Vocal Score, with a separate Accompanimext for th• Organ or Pianoforte. Arranged by Vincent iYovello. Part V. Encouraged by the success of his edition of liandel's Messiah, Mr. Novell() has undertaken to publish * similar edition of Haydn's Creation, of which the pre sent is the fifth part. The name of Mr. N.vello is a sufficient guarantee of the high character of any musi cal publication produced under his auspices. MY FATHER'S PORTRAIT. Ballad, sung by Miss Emma Stanley. Words by W. A. Ghislin, Esq. The music composed by Wellington Guernsey. This is a sweet and plaintive melody, requiring no greet compass of voice for i ts execution. The accom• THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH l5, 1847. paniment is easy and graceful. It will no doubt be a favourite with young ladies in the drawing-room. ALARMING CONFLAGRATION AT BATTERSEA. _ _ THE MUSIC BOOK. Part 5. About one o'clock yesterday morning the inhabitants of the other end of Nine Elms, about a quarter of a mile beyond the terminus of the South-Western Railway, and its vici nity, were thrown into great alarm by a violent explosion, which, upon inquiry, was found to have been caused by the outburst of a fire in the kyanizing premises of Mr. Bettell, on the banks of the Thames. At that hour all the inhabi tants were fast asleep; and therefore, upon being aroused by the cause named, it is easy to conceive the state of consterna tion into which they were hurried. It is not very often that anything else than praise can be bestowed on the Fire Bri gade; but in the present instance, according to the statement of some of the nearest residents to the spot at which the fire commenced, for upwards of an hour that body remained alto gether inactive, declaring, when urged to take steps in order to bring their engines into play, that it was utterly impossible for them to do so. Several engines were driven home, not withstanding the fire was raging in all its fury, and in spite of the entreaties of Mr. Hutton, the proprietor of some large corn-mills, and Mr. Came, an extensive timber-dealer, both of whose premises were threatened with extreme danger. The only replies Mr. Hutton has infori - ned our reporter he could get, even after he had upon several occasions pointed out to the brigade the way by which they could get their engines down to the shore, and so arrest the progress if the flames towards the timber-yard and hia own mills, were that there was no water, that the tide was too low, and that they did not choose to run the risk of breaking their engines in getting them down to the water's edge. Mr. Hutton sug gested that the horses should be taken out, and that he had an abundance of power, with the assistance of his own and his neighbours' men, to draw the engines down the bank by means of planks on to the beach. The entreaties were of no avail, and therefore several of the engines drove off. There was, however, oce engine which arrived at the scene of desolation later than the others, and to the men attached to it Mr. Hutton was enabled to bring home conviction as to the feasibility of his sugges:ion. The horses were taken out, all hands went to • work, and in a few minutes the engine was, without the slightest injury, drawn to the water's edge, and was at work. This ex ample induced two others of the four engines still remaining to accede to Mr. Hutton's request, so that within half an hour there were three engines playing with all their force upon the threatening body. And a providential circumstance it was that this step was taken : for at the moment the first of these machines was brought into operation the flakes of fire by the aid of the wind were being carried over to Carne's timber-stacks, and soon towards Mr. Hutton's mills. Had these places ignited, no act but the interposition of a superior Power could have prevented the devouring element from laying in ruins the whole of the factories and houses be tween Battersea-fields and the railway terminus. The latter, doubtless, would have fallen a sacrifice. From Mr. Hutton's mills to the terminus there is scarcely a yard's length of ground along the bank of the river which is not occupied by whiting-factories, lime-burners, timber merchants, ship - breakers, malt-houses, anti old wooden-buildings. Indeed, as is well known, the whiting-factories are wooden erections, which, from their peculiarity of construction, are more than usually favourable to the prejudicial reception of fire, whilst the other purposes to which the intermediate spices are ap plied are, as will be observed, of an inflammable character. The complaint of Mr. Hutton is, that there appeared to be no one who was in command of the brigade, and that, had it not been for the subsequent steps, and the wind had con tinued to blow as forcibly as it did at the period when the first engine was taken down, so far as that corps was concerned, the whole range of buildings and timber-stacks between the spot where the fire originated and the railway terminus must have been destroyed. That the accomplishment of the proposition made by that gentleman was to be gained, and that, if adopted, it was calculated to prove of benefit, were established by the result of the operations when it was ultimately carried out, and therefore there is the less excuse for that portion of the brigade which abandoned the place. There was an increased exertion made by the police under the directions of Superintendent Bicknell. But for their arrangements, the destruction of property, large as it was, must have been much greater, for we never saw such a collection of thieves as had congregated on the occasion, and as the length of the fire, perhaps 100 yards, was so extensive, numerous opportunities were offered for the exercise of their peculating vocation. There is, however, reason to believe that in the end the visitants were disappointed. The fire, it appears, broke out at Mr. Bethell's. Upon that gentleman's premises were numerous casks of tar, pitch, and some Persons also said of naphtha, from a com bination of which be obtained a certain solution, which had been found to be a preserver of wood by the process of saturation. There were too, when we walked round the place, between one and two o'clock, several large tanks filled with this inflammable solution, and it was the explosion of one of them that it is imagined gave warning to the neighbourhood of what was going on. The banks and yards of these premises were covered with railway sleepers piled up to a considerable height, some of which had undergone the process of saturation, whilst others, which had been but recently landed from barges, had not been submitted as yet to the treatment. Every stick of these which had been stacked between the boiling-house, or whatever it may be called, and Mr. Hutton's mills, was at one and the same time, and for hours, in one general blaze, the brilliancy of the picture been frequently enhanced by the ig nition of a stray barrel of pitch, of tar, or of the kyanizing combination. Shortly after the outbreak the flames com municated themselves to the limeworks of Mr. Pass, and from them to some barges which were aground off the wharf. A density of fire was now arrived at, which time alone, and the natural consumption of the materials, could put a stop to. Had the engines been on the beach prior to this, the probability is, from the peculiarity of the position of the yard, that a very large quantity of the property might have been saved. In a few minutes there were two extensive lengths of wharfs and four or six barges in a blaze, and it was against the two end barges, and the burning mass at the eastern end of Mr. Pass's wharf, that the engines which Mr. Hutton had got down upon the water's edge directed their at tacks. This proceeding, accompanied by a temporary lulling of the wind, was attended with the happiest effects; for when we left the spot, at five o'clock, all danger of a further extension was at an end. The smoke, froat the nature of the combustible materials, was so dense, that we were unable to make out the names of any of the engines on the water's edge but that of the County. One of them, however, be ;onged to that company to which the younger Campbell and Howell, both of Westminster-bridge stairs, are attached. All the men connected with these engines displayed extra ordinary activity and diligence. The extent of the loss will not be ascertained for some days, but it must be very considerable. Great anxiety was felt lest the flames should make their way to the dock at the back of Mr. Pass's limeworks, wherein lay several steam boats, of which the locomotive Richmond and Hampton boats were two. The measures taken by the police and by the firemen referred to fortunately eventually set the minds of those interested at ease. This part fully maintains that high character which The Music Book has already acquired. It contains a ballad by Crouch, and a waltz and a song by Mrs. Gilbert A Beckett. The words of the latter are from the pen of Barry Cornwall. The sky was illuminated over the whole of the western part of the metropolis, whilst the opposite side of the river, along ➢iilbank and Cheyne•walk, Chelsea, and Vauxhall and Battersea-bridges, were crowded by spectators. The river, too, was thronged with boats filled with spectators, and such had been the arrival of company, that by 3 o'clock there was a double row of cabs reaching for upwards of a quarter of a mile along Battersea-flelds. A singular spec tacle was presented by the flocks of skylarks—for which Battersea is celebrated—which hovered for hours over the fire.— Tunes. We regret to addd that Mr. Bethell is entirely uninsured. The nature of his business was considered so hazardous that no office would undertake his risk for less than a treble rate of premium, and he, therefore preferred a close system of watching. His loss must be enormous; independently of the buildings and stock of naphtha, he has lost fourteen thou sand railway sleepers, 'the present contract price of which is ss. 10d. each. The following is a copy of the official report of the damage : •' Mr. J. Bethell, creosote and naphtha distiller and saw mills, Battersea-fields.—Engine-house, rectifying-house, saw mill, about 14,000 railway sleepers, and a large quantity of pitch, tar, &c. destroyed. Still-house nearly destroyed. " Mr. Robins, timber dealer, ditto.—Furniture-shed and contents destroyed ; stock in open yard damaged by fire, and furniture by removal. " Widow Pass and Son, lime-burners.—?1 large shed, with contents, and two lug-boats destroyed ; a sailing barge and two other craft nearly destroyed. " Two barges, respectively belonging to Mr. Hetherington, of Lambeth, and Mr. Lee, of Rotherhithe." THE PUBLIC FAST. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a form of prayer " to be used in all Churches and Chapels throughout the United Kingdom of England and Ire land. on Wednesday, the 24th inst., being the day ap pointed by proclamation for a General Fast and Humi liation before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and that we may, in the most devout and solemn manner, send up our prayers and supplications to the Divine Majesty for the removal of those heavy judgments which our manifold sins and provocations have most justly deserved, and with which Almighty God is pleased to visit the iniquities of this land, by a grievous scarcity and dearth of divers articles of suste nance and necessaries of life." The service appointed to be used commences with certain sentences adapted to the occasion; then follow the usual prayers for holy days; after which, instead of the " Venite exultemus," a form peculiarly appropriate to the occasion is substituted. The proper psalms are the 32d, 39th, and 86th; the first lesson is the Bth chapter of the Ist Book of Kings, verse 22 to 24. Then follows the "Te Deum;" the second lesson is St. Ma thew vi. to verse 22, after which " The Benedictus;" and, instead of the first collect, will be said the two collects expressly set forth. Then will follow the collect for Ash Wednesday, and the second and third collects at morning prayer, .and the Litany. After the Litany will be said one of the prayers appointed to be used in the time of dearth and famine, which prayers may be said continually at morning and evening prayer during the time of the present visitation. Then will follow the three collects next appointed; then the prayer for the Parliament, and the general thanksgiving, &c., to the end of the morning prayer, as usual. In the communion service, after the prayer for the Queen, instead of the collect for the day, shall be used that which is set forth. The epistle is Joel ii., 12; the Gospel of St. Luke xiii , 1; then will follow the Nicene Creed, and after the sermon. In the offertory there are special sentences; and after the prayer for the whole Church of Christ there are six final prayers appointed to bdsaid. The order for evening prayer is then appointed, which contains all the prayers adapted to the morning service. The proper.psalm , are the lxxxviii., xc., cxxx.; the first lesson Jonah iii.; the second 2 Cor. ix. _ . The above form of prayer, printed by her Majesty's command, may be obtained at all booksellers and other shop for three•halfpence. A form of prayer will shortly be issued by the Kirk of Scotland. DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION.—LIMERICK,T HURS • DA Y.—This morning Askeaton corn-milli were accidentally burned down ; the chapel next to the mills was also con sumed. One man killed. The mills were insured only for 4,0001. They were most extensive, and their worthy pro prietors, N. N. Russell and Sons, afforded by them vast em ployment to the neighbourhood. EFFECT OF A MA N D AMUS. — FauIkner, who was committed at the Macclesfield County Police-office, on a capital charge of cutting and maiming the gamekeepers at Astle, he having been engaged with others iu night poach ing, and who was bailed out some weeks ago, on a mandamus from the Court of Queen's Bench, has just set out for America. His family intend to follow him in the course of a week. Macclesfield Courier, THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.--The Lords of the Admiralty have at length directed the extension of the South • Western Railway subterranean electric telegraph to the Ad miralty at Whitehall. It will branch off in the Strand near the company's present offices. MADAME ANNA BISHOP IN EDINBURGH. This lady having completed her engagement at Dublin, where, says the critic of the Pilot," we do not recollect for years a star who has so completely won the good-will and sympathy of a public," appeared on Tuesday evening for the first time before an Edinburgh audience. A first appearance in Edinburgh is a trying ordeal for any artiste for the Edin burgh audience has the character of being the most learned and at the same time the most critical in the kingdom. To an inferior artiste this would prove a source of failure—to an accomplished artiste like Madame Bishop, it is, on the con trary, a harbinger of success; for an accomplished artiste a critical and a learned audience. The character chosen for her deldit was Amina, in the Sonnambula, The Caledonian Mercury, speaking of her performance, says—" The beauti ful rnorceau, Oh, love, for me thy power,' was given with the most brilliant finish and execution, and elicited the most rapturous applause. But the greatest triumph of the even ing was the concluding solo, " Oh, don't mingle," which she gave in the original language. Such a furore did the singing of this rine composition create, that notwithstanding its re petition, the cheering and waving of hats and hat:dkercbiefs did not subside until the curtain again rose, and it was given a third time." The notice thus concludes —J . This lady is now decidedly the first English singer of the day ; and we are glad the Edinburgh public have the opportunity of lis tening to such a splendid voice, and with all the acces=orie of the musical art—full orchestra, chorus, and tfliciet operatic support. MORE THEATRICAL LITIGATION (From the Opera-Glass.) THE RENTERS OF COVENT GARDEN THEATRE AT WAR WITH THE HOUSE. No sooner has the legal question been mooted of the closing of Covent Garden Theatre against the performance of itslian opera, than, pendente lite, and during the abeyance of that important point, a hundred matters of public prerogative spring forth and grow into greatness, from among the diqjecta rnembra of vi o l ate d contracts and broken fa i t h . 11' title, with a morality a s b a d as the i r law, and a want of principle as desperate as th e i r un d ertak i ng, t h e a d venturers o f C oven t Garden seem t o h ave encouraged the d e l us i on , t h a t ti me can cels honour,—th a t i n t egr i ty i s b an i s h e d b y A c t of l'adta ment,—that the value of a deed vanishes with its infract ion,— and the terms of a lease lose themselves among the years which roll it on to its finality,—the public—holding very dif ferent and more constitutional views—determined after the truth, deeming honesty sacred, and quickly jealous of its pri vileges, begins to make the gates of the new Babel . quake under a thunder of its own, and is proclaiming a will and purpose which defy, and will assuredly crush, inroad after inroad upon its rights. Our article of last week—copied in full into the public journals, and iterated by the country press—has not only told its tale of terror to the Covent Garden contractors fbr the " pig in the poke," but has set the holders of other vested interests to see how far the infringers of one right will be the despoilers of another. A description appears in the papers of the alterations and desecrations which have been made architecturally within the house ; the renters read it, and exclaim, " Why, this new management is laying the foundation of another spoliation ; our money consideration for the renters' shares will be abrogated, as the money consideration for Mr. Lumley's ex clusive right to the performance of Italian opera would have been abrogated, but for a warning from justice, and the in stepping of the law." At once the renters are in arms; and the result of their resolution is, that they will, in the event of the opening of the theatre under the projected scheme, so legaly enforce their statutable privileges, that the subscribers will be quite as ready as the Chancellor to close the house. We have received a Number of letters from this class of property-holders of Covent Garden Theatre. One of them, a gentleman of position, who has authenticated his statement to us, has also forwarded extracts from the statute by which the rights of the renters are secured. One of these is a provi sion that _ . " Each renter or his nominee shall be entitled to be pre sent at and see gratis, in ANY PART of COVENT GARDE:4 TNRATRE, or place to be used in lien thereof, except the stage and behind the scenes, and except the boxes reserved" Lmeaning the private boxes previous to the present altera tions], " every theatrical or other performance which shall be puolicly exhibited at the above theatre," Zee. This is as unmistakeable as the deed quoted in our last. Our correspondent very properly argues, that the manage- . ment can have no legal right to convert those public boxes, in all of which the renters have saleable shares, into private boxes, from which they are to be excluded. No; the ren ters will be legally free of the private boxes, as well as (by matter of course) of the stalls; " unless," as it is playfully remarked, " the lessee can make out in a court of law that a stall is a reserved box !" With much moderation, our correspondent suggestively hints, that " he (the lessee) should not attempt to infringe their indisputable rights, and thereby provoke hostility and litigation, to which he must eventually succumb." Well, this is a very pretty quarrel as it stands; but oye gods, to what a consummation does it lead ! There are hun dreds of renters; and all of them are not, like our correspon dent, of the genes gentkman. Mar! a man of them will have " that as is his 'n " at any sacrifice of courtesy or good taste. Many of the renters' shares are in the hands of those who bought them for a guinea , and are now premiumising them among the multitude upon the, temptation of a possible contact with fine company. In the Times they are advertised from day to day, and the right of entree into stalls and private boxes is the democratic impetus which sends them up. The right of inconvenienc ing the aristocracy is something, and hundreds would pay for it with brutal pleasure. Imagine Lady a sub scriber, rapt in the luxury of some divine performance, sud deßly started out of propriety by the appearance of the market-gar dener who supplies her ladyship's greenhouse, in the distinguished society of her ladyship's cook I Con ceive another Jeames, of B er k e l e y S quare , th e nonc h a l ant occupier of the crimson-cushioned sitting of his lordship's private box ! Fancy a true connoisseur, arrived a little late in the pit, and finding an unrelenting renter in his fancy stall. And again, bow exquisitely the project of a lady's omnibus box, par eretnple (and we have heard that such an absurdity is on the tapis), would assimilate with the notion of some fair frail renter—from one of the resorts which the theatre—presented with a lean share by the hard-ex torted liberality of some stockbroker's Newman Noggs, claiming her right of entrée among the polished coterie ; stud afterwards setting the fashions of Ilart-street, from a Caretßl imitation of the glories of the emigrants from the West We confess, however, that while thus alluding to the abomination of those precincts of the theatre, which defile it by immediate contact, there is, nevertheless, one ad vantage of locality, which stands out in fine relief, and es pecially for the quelling of the renters' rows. 'l 'he police station is the reso r t i n esse , for all practical purposes, and now there had better be established an electric telegraph between Bow-street and the boxes, the station and the stalls I Or should legal assistance be required in an emergency, the aristo c ra cy of the theatre will be c onven i ent f or the opinion of the learned Baron of the Jude e and Jury Club! There is no doubt now t h at the renters will have their rows, if they d . o not have th e i r rights; and as what has already been done in the way o f alteration demonstrates that the rights at least are to be defied, it is as well to be in the neighbourhood of the police-office, for the rows that follow. Lovers of chstuil,- ance, too, may take a round dozen of nightly brawls into their account of the evening's entertainments; and we sh,lll have the critics o f the morning papers writing eurrente calamo, "Box 49 interrupted this beautiful aria with an &acute in alto, in which it was completely lost ; ' or ".t lie obstreperous behaviour of stall 86 led to an exc h ange of cards, by which a noble lord found himself in pros; •it of a duel with his cheesemorrer." The eld U.P. and I'. S. riots —which really were riots in their way — w i ll revive their formidable character —not like a " giant refreshed with wine," but" like a re vo l ut i on re f res hed with renters;" and while parvenu fashionable do their pugilism in the pit, there will be ladies in the boxes in an hysteria of consternation at the determined presence of " those odious renters or their abominable nominees.' BURNING OF THE THEATRE AT CARLSRUH E. The Gazette de C ar l sru h e o f th e 4th oMa fMarch gives an account of the inter men t o f th e unhappy v ictims of the late awful fire. The whole city wore an air of dee p mournin g. The shops and warehouses were closed. The funeral cortege, accompanied by a crowd of the relatives and friends of the deceased, followed by the greater part of the inhabitants of the city, left the Hotel de Ville for the cemetery, which is beyond the city. This procession presented a most heart-rending spectacle. Almost every individual was in tears, and the death-like silence which prevailed was only interrupted by the sighs of the mourners. Eight coffins enclosed the remains and the fragments dug out of the ruins. The mutilated remains of those who were involved in one common catastrophe are now laid in one grave. The Roman Catholic priest who accompanied the proces sion, with a Protestant clergyman and Jewish Rabbi, blessed the ground in which they were about to be deposited. The three ministers of the three different faiths, each in his turn, said a last prayer over the grave, which was fre quently interrupted by the great grief of the attendants. ' . According to the official list of the victims of this terrible disaster, infancy and youth have been the principal suf ferers ; of 62 names Which are known, 29 young persons from the age of 10 to 20, 22 from 20 to 30 years, aud only 4 per.. sons of from 40 to 50, have perished. THE WELLINGTON STATUE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Su ,—ln the pending controversy respecting the position of the Wellington Statue,l beg very respectfully to suggest to the gentlemen forming the committee of management of the same the propriety of exchanging the res p ectiv e sites of that and the statue of Achilles—a pedestal to be forn:ied on th e spot o f t h e latter of corresponding size and proportion to the colossal di mensions of the former.--I am, Sir, &c., W. A. Furnival's Inn, March 11, 1847. " RUFF'S GUIDE TO THE TURF" for the ensuing season made its appearance on Thursday last, and from the mass and variety of information it offers in a cheap and pocketable shape, is likely to have a good run. Its chief con tents are a calendar of all the races in Great Britain in 1846, the entire English and Irish nomin a ti ons for 1847, all the great racing 4. lots," a list of nearly four hundred trainers and jockeys, laws of racing, colours of the r id ers, lengths of courses, &c. &c. BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, MARCH 12.--A fair amount of business has been done in our sugar -market this week, and prices are rather dearer, particularly for Mauri tius, of which the assortment offering has been good. The refined market is very quiet.—Bristol Mercury. The statement of a dissolution of Parliament in June is not at all likely to prove correct. Whatever may have been the desire to bring the labours of the session to an early termination, and to obtain the assistance of a new par liament before the harvest, we believe that th e state of public business affords no probability of such an arrangement.— Observer. MARRIAGE IN HIGH Viscount Ebrington, eldest son of the Earl of Fortescue, was on Friday married at Carne, in Dorsetshire, to Miss Darner, eldest daughter of the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Dawson Darner. After the cere mony, which was attended by a large circle of relatives of both the noble and distinguished families, the noble pair left for Dropmore. CROCKFORD'S CLUB HOUSE. --On Saturday, at the Special Sessions for granting new licenses, held in the board room of the workhouse, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, ap plication was made for a license for the St. James's Assembly Rooms and Club House, late Crockford's, in St. -James's street. Mr. C. Clarkson read the petition of the applicant, which was to the effect that he had taken the premises for many years, which he had refitted at a great expense. It had been constructed for public balls and concerts, for the amusement of the upper classes, from whom he had received very extensive patronage. The applicant said that it veca'd be his constant endeavour to maintain order. He, therefore, trusted that he should receive the countenance and support of the bench. The chairman said, after some considaation, that as it was intended to have public balls and concerts, they mutt refuse the license, which they did uminlousiy. THE LOVER'S TEXT. The lover has no conscience in his dealings! lie gets his due, and asks for it again He is never paid I Something remains, or the coin is hardly to his mind 1 He accepts it at one moment, and rejects it at another—weighs it, to the frac tion of a grain, and, still, doubts whether it may not yet be light I—rings it with such an ear, as never tuner of an instru ment applied to a string! scrutinizes the mintage, with an eye that magnifies, a thousand fold! and, after all, suspects, from sheer inability to trust his own jealous senses, or for the pleasure of imagining default, where he knows that none exists, that he may enjoy the reiteration of sweet, thon4h uncalled for warranty! Our hero felt convinced that Pla:Oe loved him ! The frank lips of the maiden had avowed it; " a world," not only " of sighs," but of tears had attested it ; at sundry times had her changing cheek revealed the flint' mood ! and yet he wanted more! more, even though it cost a pang ! a pang, but questionably commiserated, from the knowledge, not only, that it was without a cause; but that it was certain of being superseded by transport " Defend us," some of our fair readers may exclaim " from such a lover I" Nu lover, that is not like him, is worth a sigh. The thorn is property of the rose, as much as its blush and breath ! They never lived, asunder.— Sheridan Knowles's Xew Work ql" George Lovell." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, took a drive to Newport on Friday afternoon, in a carriage and four. On Saturday her Majesty and her Royal Consort drove out in an open carriage, the Prince driving. The Royal Children took their usual airings on Saturday, and yesterday morning went to the sea beach. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gen tlemen of the Royal suite, attended divine service yesterday morning in Whippingham church. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the'Rev. Mr. Helmore, the lessons by the Rev. G. Repton, and the communion service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Bangor. The anthem was " Wherewithal shall a Young Man" (Boyce). Mr. Turle presided at the Organ. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on the Duchess of Kent. Among the nobility present were the Marquis of Anglesea, Lords St. Germans, Devon, Listowell, Colville, and Castlereagh. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited Christ's Hospital School yesterday afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Sir George Couper, and Lord James Murray, honoured the Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Earl of pinto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Pal merston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl Auckland, Lord Campbell, Viscount alorpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council sat an hour and a half. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P., Mr. Coward, Mr. Akerman, and Mr. Grey, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt on Saturday, at the office of the Comn issionera of Railways, in Great George-street. Mr. Plumptre, M.P., and Mr. Rodwell, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Pattison, M.P., Mr. Lyall, M.P., Mr. Atcheson, Mr. Jones, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Williams, Mr. Saunders, and the City Re membrancer, had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Lord Lansdowne had an interview with the Earl of Claren don on Saturday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Masterman, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. William Evans, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with the Right Hon. E. Strutt. On Saturday, Lord Campbell gave a dinner at Stratheden House, to Lord John Russell. the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Granville, Lord Stanley, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Brougham, Sir James Graham, General Fox, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Twiss, and Mr. Danvers. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yester day, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. The Lord Chief Justice Wilde, and Lady Wilde, have ar rived at Farrance's Hotel, Upper Belgrave •street, from Chelmsford. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Lucia di Lammermoor was repeatedio7. time this season on Saturday, and never has this chef d'aiurre of Donizetti been so perfectly represented, as a whole, in this country. To equal the performance of Saturday evening would be exceedingly difficult—to surpass it would be impossible. Madame Castellan was in excel. lent voice, and acted exquisitely. She is the very Lucia of the author—pathetic, gentle, guileless. Her persona tion of this character is so true to nature that she sur passes all her predecessors, simply because she makes no apparent effort to do so. She trusts to the impulse of her own heart, and she is perfect. Fraschini has secured to himself his position as the first of modern tenors. In the scene of the malediction he is unapproachable (the scene was, of course, encored), and the " Tu the a Din" was given with a tenderness and pathos that left nothing t , ) be desired. Coletti, as Enrico, was very tine. His voice possesses, in a marvellous degree, that power which is vouchsafed to but few baritone voices—the power of expression. Never, until this season, did we fully appreciate the choruses of this opera. They are now acted as well as sung, and this adds greatly to the vraisemblanse of the scene. The new ballet of Coralia followed. with Mademoiselle Carolina Rosati as the heroine. Mademoiselle Rosati is a great acquisition. She is now what Fanny Elssler was fifteen years ago, and never in the zenith of her powers did the delightful Fanny surpass the performance of Caroline Rosati in this ballet. The youthful Marie Taglioni, too, is worthy of the name she bears. In her pas in Coralia she is the impersonation of gracefulness. The house was filled in every part. WILSON IN PARIS. (From Galignani's Mes!enger.). Mr. Wilson, who has long been distinguished among his vocal brethren of the other side of the Channel, for the admirable manner in which he gives expression to Scottish song, whether serious, pathetic, or comic, has commenced in Paris a series of musical soi. e'er, intended to illustrate the beauties and peculiarities of the musical compositions of his native country. The first of these entertainments was given on Monday evening, in Sax's Rooms, Rue Neuve St. Georges, when the vocalist fu'ly supported the high reputation he has long enjoyed in Great Britain. Mr. Wilson is an accomplished musician, possessing a tenor.voice of the finest quality and great range; his style, which is the simplest and least ornate perhaps of any public singer of the day, is evidently fashioned on the simple ballads of Scotland, and confers on these beauteous gems of song a pathos and sweetness which would in vain be sought in the more elaborate kinds of vocalisation now generally indulged in. But what more particularly distinguishes Mr. Wilson from his brothers in Apollo is, that he is equally at home in the serious and the comic, the sad and the gay, the grand and the ridiculous ; so that on Monday evening, after melting his audience to tears by the touchingly pathetic " Land o' the Leal" and " The Flowers of the Forest," he exhibited such a fund of native humour in his " Home cam our Gudeman at E'en" and " Get up and bar the Door," as absolutely to keep his brethren of the North, of whom we noticed a tolerable sprinkling present, in a roar from beginning to end. It was something new in this classic laud of song to witness an individual do the honours of an entire soirée unaided and alone ; and what was not the least novelty on the occasion was his prefacing the various specimens of his "native wood notes wild" by a variety of anecdotes and explanatory observations, which largely aided in rendering the antique specimens of Scottish song intelligible to modern English ears. The impression created by Mr. Wilson's debut before a mixed Parisian and British audience was highly flattering for that gentleman ; and it is scarcely to bo doubted that he will gain in public estimation the more generally his taste and talent us a vocalist become known. HER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE.— Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by the Baroness de Speth,Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Mary Howard, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lord James Murray, and Sir George Couper, honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening with her presence, and occupied her Ma jesty's box. In the Queen Adelaide's box were the Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Lady Mary Lindsay and party. There were also present the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis of Aylesbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Sligo, his Excellency the Rii sign Minister, the Baroness B r un o w, a n d Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner ; his Excellency the French Ambassador, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Aboyne, Viscount Maidstone, Lord and Lady Mac donald, the Viscount Cantilupe, his Excellency the Hano verian Minister, the Count Kensinffsky, Lord A. Fitz clarence, Lady Augusta Wentworth, Lady Charles Wellesley, Lord Warde, Lady Woodford, Hon. G. Byng, Sir G. and Lady Carroll, Sir P. Brooke ' Sir H. Webb, Sir T. Hare, Sir DRURY-LANE ne,lr• Herbert TfiE D A e T B R u E r Burgh, &c. ve 1 W. and Lady Freemantle, Sir G. Wombwell, Bart., Major Baring, Colonel Wild man, Mr., Mrs . , and Miss Brenton Tre are happy to find that every prospect presents itself of this theatre being com pletely crammed tonight, in compliment to Mr. Bunn, the lessee, for whose benefit the entertainments are given. In addition to all former exertions, it must never be forgotten that Mr. Bunn is the author of three highly successful operas, produced within the short space of five months, this season. JENNY LIND.—The director of the theatre Ander- Wien, at Vienna, has had a medal struck in honour of " The Swedish Nightingale." It contains on the one side her por trait, and on the other a star, with the motto "Nescit occa sum." (It knows no setting.) The medal is to be presented to Mdlle. Lind with an address, signed by the elite of the society of Vienna. There is a lady residing not a thousand miles from Brighton, well connected and in independent circumstances, who purchases at a time four or five pounds' worth of m en ' s shirts, collars, and other articles of the kind, which she gives to a poor woman to sel l, and, in order to assist the s a l e , signed she gives the woman a lett er with her own n ame , which she is instructed to take t o various persons. The letter begins thus :—" In the name of Jesus," and it then goes on to state that the bearer is a person in humble life in distress, and that any person purchasing the collars which she (the lady) " has made herself," they will confer a favour upon her (the said lady.) Thus armed and instructed, the poor ' woman commences her trading and charitable operations, The collars, &c., which the lady bought at 6d., Bd., or is. each, she marks a price on herself. The sixpenny ones are to be sold for 25., the eightpenny ones at 2s. 6d., and so on. If the woman sell above 30s. worth in a day, she is paid Is. by her patroness for her day's work; if she sell a less num ber she is paid only sixpence a day, and she complains that she is not sufficiently remunerated; and this is how these facts became known. In this lady's character there is a mystery which ought to be cleared up. Are, the profits given to eorcie chuitabl4inititution?..Brighton Merald, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. (From the South African Commercial Advertiser, Jan. 2.) The latest news from the frontier are to the effect that a division of the forces, commanded by the governor in person, has marched for Kreili's country, for the purpose of seizing, in the territories of that chief, 20,000 head of cattle due to the colony, either as cattle actually carried off by the hostile chiefs during the war, or equivalents for such cattle known to have been placed there for safety. The troops selected for this exredition are said to be well equipped, and supplied with everything required in such a service. The highest expectations were entertained of their success. The distri bution of 20,000 head of cattle among the suffering borderers will be a seasonable relief. (From the South African Comma cial Advertiser, Jan. 7.) The state of the country within the ancient border, now delivered in a great measure from the inroads or marauding parties of the enemy is at present very little understood, at least at this distance. Private letters throw scarcely any light upon it, and Government is entirely silent. There can not but be much suffering and distress, not so much amongst the " poor," who readily find employment at good wages, nor amongst traders of any description, as business is becoming every day mote active, and certainly less lucra tive than in former times of peace, nor amongst mechanics; nor, in short, amongst any class accustomed to live by serv ing the community by the distribution of the necessaries and luxuries of life; the distress must be chiefly amongst the producers, the farmers on whose herds and flocks and crops and houses, the whole force of the enemy's destructive peers fell iu the first instance. Thes3, by their position in a new country, the most respectable class of the community, may be at this moment, in hundreds, at the very bottom of the scale, distressed and helpless. The boards of relief, the liberality of Government, and the noble sympathy of their fellow colonists, have carried the " poor" safely, even com fortAhly, over the dark season of invasion. Merchants, traders, and dealers of all sorts, carriers, mechanics, and the like, have t a k en , an d w il l continue to take, good care of themselves. They have not been outwitted by the commis sariat. The former class would feel it the greatest of all misfortunes to be compelled to approach the Board of Cha rity; bat, with the spirit and position of independent men, they are for the time in the least favourable of all imagin able situations. The instruments and means of production have been swept off or destroyed. They have neither sheep, cattle, horses, nor seed. corn. The least unfortunate are crippled in all these respects, and many are wholly disarmed. To the restoration of this class, in the first place, should the whole energy of Government be directed ; to their resto rat ion, that is, to make good to them the direct losses sus tained by the presence of a foreign enemy within the colony. This compensation, as far as it is practicable, is to be taken out of Kafirland. The Kafirs are in the same position as the Chinese were in the recent war. They provoked hostilities, they destroyed or seized private property, and they must, as far as they are able, pay for both. The charges of the war, on the part of Government, form one claim; the private pro perty seized or destroyed forms another. Private claims, however, must first be satisfied, as the public, through its representative, the Government, have the charge of private property within its territory, or under its flag, as against foreign enemies. Government is the grand insurance office of the people, to which every individual pays an annual pre mium under the name of taxes. This may not appear in any printed form ; it may not be set forth in any Act of Parlia ment; but it is in the spirit of the common law of England, and it forms the first article in the code of political common sense. That such is the opinion of her Majesty's Ministers may be inferred from the appointment of Sir Henry Pottin ger to be Governor and High Commissioner for winding up the war. He did this very thing in China. He made them pay for the private property they had seized and destroyed, and then presented a bill of costs incurred for conducting the easel() judgment and execution. In the present case the bill of cost, which is understood to be rather heavy, will probably be laid aside for a time, or at least till the private claims are satisfied. It is with this view, amongst others, that Sir Peregrine Maitland has now stepped over the Kei. He wants back 20,000 head of cattle for the farmers, or more, but certainly not less. About this number, or more, may have been al ready recovered, or rather taken from the Kafirs and Tam bookiea, in the course of the war, some of which. are distri buted amongst the sufferers. By the way, where are the Kafir horses? They were said to have exhibited a formid able cavalry at the commencement of this quarrel. Very few of them have been killed or captured, yet of late nothing is heard of them. A great number of colonial horses were also carried off during the war. These will not, of course, be lost sight of. Besides their value to the colonists, they are instruments of war in the hands of the Kafirs, who can not be considered as disarmed as long as they are mounted. The commissariat is said to be now in a most efficient state on the frontier. The mules and horses, but especially the mules sent from this end of the colony, have been of signal service, not only for draught and carriage, but for offensive operations in the field. This monster, it seems, was unknown to the Kafirs; and upon one occasion, when a strong body of them were rushing down upon a train of waggons, one of the mules of the party, by accident or instinct, opened his mouth and uttered that peculiar voice, which the poet Cowper supposes may form one of the puni s hmentsi of wicked souls in the next world. The enemy turned and fled as if five hundred lions had been at their heels. This service has not yet been acknowledged in any official dispatch, but it rests on a pretty broad bottom of private intelligence. If true. it illustrates the credibility of Herodo tus, who relates how an army of Scythian was put to flight by the braying of an ass. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH SUNDAY.—By letters from the Herald, dated Panama, Ja n . 20 and 21, 1847, we are informed that while the ship was at Siquatanejo, a circumstance occurred which had nearly proved of fatal consequence. Captain Kellett (the master), Mr. Hill (the purser), Mr. Thomas Woodward (the surgeon), Mr. Goodridge, and thirteeen men in two boats, went ashore to collect objects of natural history; and shortly after landing, the whole party were seized by a large body of Mexicans (half Indian, half Spaniards), armed to the teeth. It was with much difficulty they were restrained from using their long knives before the arrival of the com mandant, who declared them to be Americans, and took them all prisoners. Notwithstanding all remonstrance, they were hurried up to a rising ground, and imprisoned in a filthy shed. The Commandant would not credit their de claration of being Englishmen, although Captain Kellett offered to take him on board his ship and convince him. At last, he (the Commandant) was prevailed upon to allow Lieutenant Wood, of the Pandora, tender to the Herald, to go down to Acapulco (about 100 miles off), where there was a superior officer, for instructions. The Herald, meanwhite, had anchored in the port, and the seamen came forward in a body on hearing what had taken place, to request the First Lieutenant, Mr. Maguire, to allow them to man the boats and make the attempt to rescue their captain, officers, and messmates, which he most prudently declined. as likely to lead to much bloodshed without accomplishing their object, as 200 troops had been. brought up to the spot by the Com mandant, who informed them that the moment any one at tempted to escape, or a boat left the ship's• side, he would break up the two boats which they had hauled on the beach, and the troops should fire upon them. Having no arms, the prisoners were obliged to put up with these insults, and re mained in their wretched prison six days, on the last of which one of the party was taken into the bushes and show)" a large hole, which their captors had been digging and was told that on the morrow they would all be hanged and buried in that hole. On the following morning, how ever, Lieutenant Wood fortunately arrived in the boat, bring ing a letter from the Governor of Acapulco, ordering the liberation of the party, which took place in the afternoon, when they returned to their ship, right glad to be once more on her deck. " A narrow escape we have had of it," says our letter, "as any indiscretion on our part, or attempt to rescue ourselves, would have cost us all our lives." The Herald will remain at Panama until after April, when it is expected she will proceed to the northward to endeavour to gain some intelligence respecting Captain Sir John Franklin's expedition. A court-martial, comprising Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., President; Captain Pascoe, of the Victory; Captain Chads, C. 8.. of the Excellent; Captain Henderson, C. 8., of the Sidon; Commander Goold, of the Victory; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, as:ern bled to try John Savage, able seaman of the St. Vincent, 120, on the following charges, preferred by Captain Milne : "For that he, the said John Savage, when an able seaman of her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, was, on the 6th of March, 1847, absent from the said ship and from his duty without leave, he having on the same day, at about eleven o'clock in the morning, been found concealed in a locker on board the schooner Alert, of Youghal, lying in Portsmouth harbour." Mr. Charles Wiletts, Master-at-Arms of the St. Vincent. was the first witness called, who stated that on the evening of the sth inst., between five and six o'clock, the prisoner went on shore on leave until seven o'clock on the following morning; that he did not return on the expiration of his leave, and witness reported him absent to the commanding officer; and having received information from James Rey nolds, ship's corporal of the St. Vincent, that it was believed the prisoner was on board a schooner in the harbour, called the Alert, witness acquainted the commanding officer with the information he had received from the ship's corporal, and the latter was thereupon directed to go immediately, with Mr. Bins, midshipman, to search for the prisoner on board the said schooner. James Reynolds, the ship's corporal of the St. Vincent, stated that on the Gth inst. he was informed on the Common Hard, Portsea, that one of the St. Vincent's crew had de serted, and that his name was Savage, an "A. 8.," who was likely to be found on board an Irish schooner lying off Gos port, called the Alert. On reporting this fact to the master at-arms, on going on board the St. Vincent's hulk, he (wit • ness) was sent with Mr. Biggs to board the said schooner, and search for the deserter. The mate of the vessel denied having any such person on board, but on searching the wit ness found the prisoner concealed in a locker in the fore peak of the vessel, which sailed immediately afterwards. The prisoner is an Irishman, and entered on the St. Vin cent's books in June last, the first man-of-war he ever served in. He made no defence, and received a good character from Captain Milne and the master-at-arms. After mature deliberation, the Court decided that the charge had been fully proved, and adjudged the prisoner to receive fifty lashes on his bare back with a cat-o'-nine-tails on board the hulk of her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, at such time or times, and in such manner and proportions, as the Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels for the time being at Portsmouth aforesaid shall direct; to be mulcted of and to forfeit all pay due to him for his services done in the Royal Navy ; and to be imprisoned in Winches ter gaol for the space of twelve calendar months from the date of the sentence, and during the whole of that term to be kept to hard labour. A great number of men have " run " from the St. Vin cent since her return from the squadron. The master of the schooner will be prosecuted for harbouring a deserter from her Majesty's fleet. By the Poictiers Indiaman, Captain Denny we have re ceived advicea from the C a p e o f G oo d H ope s t a tion to the 10th of January. The V ernon , 50 , C ap t a i n Fitzgerald, flag take of Rear-Admiral I ng l e fi e ld, sa il e d on t h e sth to command of the East I n di a an d Chi na s tation, to relieve the _ Agincourt, 74, Rear-Admi ra l Si r Thomas Cochrane, orderedt home. The Dido, 20, Captain Maxwell, left the Cape for China on the 26th of December. The Nimrod, 20, Commander Dacres , s ailed from Table Bay for Algoa Bay on the 28th of December. the Hound, 10, Commander ?oe e , ntlielith She spoke W,of November, bound for the west coast of • Africa. s tau l ev , flag of Rear-Ad m i ra l The President, 50, Captileil, a Dacres, Commander-in-Chief, the Acorn, 16, Commander Bingham, bound for the Eas_t , lndr3. also the Thunderbolt ia , and China station, were at the Cape on the 10 th of January; steam-sloop, Commander Boyle. The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Wyvill, left Si mon ' s Bay for England on the sth of January. Tha Kingfisher, 12, Commander Horton, sailed from St. Helena for the west coast of Africa on the 21st January. The Bloodhound steam-vessel, Lieutenant -Commander Phillips, came into harbour yesterday, to coal, &c. Lieutenant Hire, late of the Hecla, is appointed First Lieutenant to the Rattler. Lieutenant F. Beckett (1805), who was mate of the Lon don, 98, and commanded her launch at Copenhagen, 1801, and was senior mate of the Spartiate, 74, at Trafalgar, has bad the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital conferred upon him. He has deserved it. The Wolverine, 16, Commander Hay, left Penang on the 1 0 t14 of January for England. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 12.—8 y advice from Antigua, date4ll/ 12th February, it is reported that her Majesty's ship Vindie.-. dye, 50, Captain Michael Seymour, bearing the flag of Sir. Francis W. Austen, K.C.8., and her Majesty's sloop Persian, 16, Commander Henry Coryton, arrived there on the 3 1rst of' January, and her Majesty's surveying vessel Thunder, Captain Edward Barnett, on the 3d ult. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Salamander, Captain Ham.. mond, which put into Antigua in January, damaged, fr om Otaheite, has by orders from the Admiral, undergone a tho— rough survey. She is fitted with a new mainmast, top_ gallanttnast, and bowsprit, and notwithstanding the straining which the boilers had undergone by the large body of water previously kept in them, they were reported by the e . ngineera in a fit state to steam the vessel across the Atlant ic. The Salamander was ready for sea on the 12th ult., and would probably leave on the 13th. On her arrival more than one court of inquiry is expected. Her Majesty's steamer Bloodhound, Commander R. Phil. lips, came in yesterday from Oporto and Lisbon. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. The following is a letter, addressed by Commander Catlin to the Rev. G. Stoddart:— " Her Majesty's ship Scourge, Behnullet, Co. of Mayo, March 10, 1847. " My dearhave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and its enclosure with many- thanks, for really the de mands upon my own purse were so many and ,great, that I s.iould soon be a beggar, or have to steel my heart. against the misery and woe around me. To do this would indeed be a work of difficulty, and my only desire is, that all who are rolling in riches and affluence in our land might be a participator with me in those aceitcs which I feel it my duty to witness and represent; nay , I will say more, it would in deed be well for their souls' good to see what poor human nature can be reduced to, and must thrust the inquiry upon. all, Who maketh me to differ?' I much regret that I could not have furnished you with tlte state of things in this barony before ; but really my time is so much occupied in. attending to duty, that it gives me little to devote to my-. self. I must plead this, too, as an excuse at this moment, fearing I shall be able only to give you a hurried and short note, as I leave for Westport, Newport, and Clifden, to-mor row morning, delivering the remainder of the cargo of the Society of Friends. "In the barony of Erris, about Bellmullet, the wretchedness is very great, and the cases of death from starvation of fre quent occurrence, although the greater number are carried off by dysentery caused by insufficiency, change, and unwholesomeness of food. On both sides of Blacksod Bay they are very badly off, and nothing but gratuitous issue of meal in the extreme cases can do any good. This too often comes too late, and the poor sufferer is carried off without be nefiting by it. On the west side of the bay, throughout the whole length of what is called " within the Mullet," is wretchedness and woe. At the extreme south point is a Nil.- lage, seldom visited by anybody, called Surgeview; it has about 150 or 200 inhabitants; at this place they had been living upon horseflesh for three weeks past. I rode there in order that I might be able to bear testimony to this extreme state of destitution. It was the fact, and on entering one of the cabins, and being shown a piece of horse, my heart sickened, but a moment's reflection led me to commend these poor people to bring themselves to this rather than allow themselves and their large families to die; some, how ever, preferred death, or a miserable existence upon limpets and sea-weed, which may be said to have kept them in a state of existence during the winter, together with a little fish which they catch when the weather permits them to venture out in their frail boats, which are only made of open basket work, covered with horse hides or canvass. In, one cottage they had a quantity of the horse flesh salted, and some of it smoked. I asked them how they obtained this meat? They said that the horses died of starvation, the owners of them skinned them, and then allowed the flesh to be taken ; in some cases taking a portion for their own use. In this village lived an old lady with her two daughters—in fact the village belongs to her. She says she cannot get the rents paid, and the people impose upon her sadly. The poor creature, with tears rolling down her cheeks, told me she went to bed last night supperless, and cannot tell how one. meal in advance of the other is to be obtained. She is the. only Protestant in this wretched village, and appears well prepared for that end which must shortly overtake her. Her manners and those of her daughters are quite ladylike, whilst their dwelling is more wretched than you can con ceive—a mere hovel, clean as far as it could be. There- was no sickness in this village, and the looks of the people bespoke a better state of things than we found. On our. return we visited other villages; at Fallmore we found them eating horse flesh, as in Surgeview. Everywhere the poor creatures, with their children barely clad, were to be seen searching for potatoes ; and ground which had not been cultivated for two years, on account of the failure, they were now turning and returning, and had done this three and four times over, still looking for some ; those that they got were no larger than marbles. Their principal support during the winter, as throughout this narrow neck of land, was seaweed and limpets. With few exceptions the middle• aged and young people were healthy looking, with all their distress; but the old people and children mostly objects of starvation, and I should fear they were neglected, being unable to provide for themselves. Some of these poor creatures were in bed exposing their limbs in order to show us their emaciated state, and many children positively skeletons, and without clothing. I need hardly tell you that it is very heart-breaking this spectacle, and one which can never be effaced from my memory. "It is impossible to convey the melancholy aspect of the whole country lying fallow—not a patch of it touched—and the groups of poor creatures only looking for and hoping that employment may be found for them. Their spirits are sadly depressed. Their cry is for seed, and Ido think if they saw any chance of this coming they would rouse them selves, believing that their poor country might yet be saved ; but no provision has been made for the ground to do its part ; and the state of things next year must be ten times worse than this. The 12th of next month is considered here the end of seed time, and no ground has as yet been pre pared. If seed, however, was to be brought without delay, I do think the people would rouse themselves and prepare the ground, and things might yet heighten upon them. Green crops, too, such as turnips and mangle- wurtzel, would do well they say in this soil. "It is uu use my entering in detail into the actual starva tion cases, or to tell you of the particular distress which pre vails in any one locality ; for th-y are all alike, getting worse as ou travel south, and at Srhull and its or ighbour heed the very climax of misery finds its resting-place. " I have no doubt ultimate g.. .d a i•I result from all this misery, when lie alone who br,mg:it it to pass shall speak tine word, and say, "It is enough." A stranger coining among these people is at once struck with the filth and wretchedness of their habitations and persons, but little indeed removed from tie very beasts who herd among them. He is at first inclined to thihk this is cons,qm lit upon the present distress ; but it is not so. They have thus lived from the earliest period till now. No care las been shown to improve their condition, and they are little inclined to do it themselves. I think, however, the time has come when it might be done effectually; and I think ycur society should, in granting any gratuitous relief, require that some labour be performed fur it, such as paving their cabins with slabs of stones, which are to he found in abundance about them, putting their cabins in order, building chimneys to them, and in endeavouring to raiae them to a degree of comfort which they are at present ignorant ot ; this would not stop short of improving their minos too. I have written more than I thought my time would allow—it has been written at random ; but I will convey to you any further information should I feel I can interest you, or forward the object of your society. You, of course, are at liberty to make use of this letter, or any parts of it, as you may think fit; and refer any one for particulars to the simple truths which I stated with reference to Schull for detail, which will answer quite as well here as there, starvation, in all its stages, is to be found. " Believe me, my dear Sir, very truly yours, " CRAWFORD CAFFIN. "To the Rey. George H. Stoddart, Hon. Secretary, United Relief Association, 40, Leicester-square. ROWLAND lIILL, THE PENNY- POST REFORMER. And is there to be no statue to You, Rowland Hill ? Do marble and bronze on every band anticipate, with impa tient honours, the rewards of posterity for a hero, who, through the sinews of a hundred thousand warriors, and, with the aid of captainship, hardly inferior to his own, on every side of him, has won a host of fields ; and is there no mould or chisel for you ? You who have filled up the perni cious gulph, which poverty and distance interpose between man, and the best cherisher of his affections and virtues--his home! Poor artisans! by whose fast wasting and dispro portionably rewarded vigour, the manufacturer grows fat and sleek—enlarges his little lawn into a domain of and his country-box into a palace—h ee d no t, now, t h ough you should be obliged to send your children from you—far —far—to seek for better fortune at less toil! Without stinting a meal, you can talk to them when you please; learn how it fares with them • counsel them, encourage th em ; comfort them when they need it; keep them still upon their guard—beset if they should be with knavery or lust—almost as though they were still within the range of the paternal eye! Abstracted from the millions of the land, what a sorry remainder would you leave ! What were the land without you? If you are the base of the society, how broad is that base I of what moment that it should be sound !—Rowland Hill has found out the secret for rendering it so, and for pre serving it so. The Revenue ! Pounds, shillings, and pence ? Dross! Set a sum upon the domestic tie! And there is no monument for you, Rowland Hill? They wished you a kind good morning at the General Post-office —Justice !—but it was politely done. There is nothing for you, or next to nothing—a mighty spirit of gratitude I—a sprinkle of a few thousands of pounds ! when the tithe of a million might have been raised for you, in mere penny beads, and not the pocket of a contributing errand-boy perceptibly , the lighted But there was nothing flashy, Rowland Hilt, about your achievement ! It cost neither treasure, nor blood and sweat I It was announced by no brawling of gazettes —it was celebrated by no public rejoicings—the blustering of cannon, fireworks, illuminations I t shook not theor ages worldit will do what it with the struggle scame of its mighty birth ! thou gli f upon us as softly as a sheet of Frenc h letter-paper falls to, the ground, not making any noise atall t ! e epithet public testimonial botched and bungled, earnes t— ne ver was Never, clear Rowland Hill—we use h in hearty ed themselves upon your friends, aa, so lamentably, as yours! Thoughtlessness, apathy and stu pidity, must have feasted been arranged a l k to you, in • Itaneous demonstration o f t .an s simultaneous the promoters of it. There ou g ht to have t ow n, village and hamlet throug hout t h e United Kingdom! If we have heard arig ht the com p limen t cost something short of twenty thousand. Why, London alone might have paid the shot, for the rest of the empire, without doi ng any . thing to wag its head for, after all! But, Rowland Hill, we fear you want the knack. You may have the talent, the be nevolence, the patriotism to plan and s uggest a benefit—per haps one of the most important that a country ever received from the services of a single man ; b ut, we suspect, you lack the cunning, to know, that patriotism, benevolence, and talents, must, either directly or indirectly, bestir themselves —and thoroughly too, to secure their due reward—or be con eelndtotmo g if o e w ve i without outit. discharged The o, t.f a t l t ,s h;f ll t . Irg i t d, e to ,n K the l m ow a le re e New Work of " George Lovell." AWFUL SHIPWRE CK , IGO PERSONS DROWNED.--• Intelligence was received yesterday in the City, announcing the awful loss of an emigrant ship belonging to Hamburgh, in the (;all' stream, while on her passage to Canada, by which upward s of 160 emigrants perished. The vessel is re ported to be the barque Stephani, Captain Bruger, master, which sailed from the port of Hamburg!' on the 28th of Oc-' tober last. The calamity is stated to have occurred during the heavy gales on the 18111 of December. The master and four of the crew are reported to have been picked up in an open boat by a schooner from New Orleans. Further ac counts are anxiously looked for by the agents in London and Hamburgh.—Sunday paper. REPRESENTATION OF DUNGANNON.—We under stand that Alexander M. Shaw, Esq., of Belfast, has com municated to the electors of Dungannon his intention of being a candidate for the next election.—North ern ESCAPE FROM JAIL.—On Friday morning it was discovered that Charles P 3 e, who had been convicted the , evening previously at the assizes of bur :glary., had effected his escape from the jail at Chelmsford. ide has npt , yet, been retaken.