The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

MA GAZINES --(CONTINUED.) TAIT. Before Mr. Tait resigned the proprietorship of this Magazine it arrived with all possible punctuality, and enabled us to give an early criticism upon its contents a mong the leading . monthly periodicals. Since the ret irement of its original publisher Tait has so loitered Upon the road that we are compelled to afford each number a less careful perusal and a more hurried con sideration. We hi n t th us muc h t h at t h e transm ission ma y be speedier henceforth. From his first appear ance we have 'welcomed the compositions of Mr. Gil fillan we have always read them with a gusto, and thuaener generally_ . _ found them on a parity with their c 8• Besides his volume of " Literary Portraits," c has occasionally sketched the ideal likeness of con temporaryid;_syn bookmen in the pages of Tait. The crasies and writings of Sir E. L. B. Lytton, of Thomas Hood, and of James Montgomery have been commented upon with much that is subtle and more that is earnest and passionate in his style of subject— Alfred Here he seizes a most fruitful subject— ' 'Tennyson, the master of the young poets— nosy confessand we ourselves utterly and un utteray pacitydisappointed. Mr. Gilfillan shows no ,ca jisyson wh atever fur appreciating the genius of len read one We doubt very much whether he have ever little as that of what 'Tennyson has written-- . at unfortunately is. That Alfred Tenny son is a more remarkable poet than Mr. Gilfillan t is akes him t o b e i s proved by one s i gn ificant fact, that _P°ems have risen in little more that a dozen years to a distinguished celebrity unaided and unpuffed. A young man, the son of a Lincolnshire clergyman, __llScarcely emancipated from the scholastic bonds of E.mbridge, publishes, in 1831, a little book of poems. 1 : 11 . e book is unparaded; it creeps quietly enough ' v n e to existence; but it has the true spirit, the true .roc—the divine afflatus. It seizes upon the ima ginations and hearts of Englishmen ; ita verses have the g o ld en r i ng about them ; t h e num b ers are i n every mouth; they become a part of our household memories. A fe-.v years float over and a second vo lume is added to the first : coupled together they are on bookshelves in odd corners all about England, side 1 2y with Keats and Coleridge. The name of Alfred Tennyson becom es as f a mili a r a s th e mos t e minent o f modern classic s t o every l over o f rea l poetry , an d Government ultimately confirms the plaudits of the people by a pension of two hundred pounds per an num. Mr. Gilfillan, t o our thi n ki ng, thereforesho s but little discrimin a tio n i n th e manner of this' w straggling and indifferent article. M any o f t h e fi gurative sentences are, of course, inimitable—it would be diffi cult for Mr. Gilfillan to write anything, however carelessly, with ou t casua l g l eams of beauty, both in thought and expression. There is truth, no doubt, in these brilliant sentences. Speaking of the verses of Tennyson, "It is the voice and lute of Ariel ; but heard not in a solitary and enchanted island, but in a modern drawing-room, with beautiful women bending round, and moss-roses breathing, in their faint fragrance, through the half opened windows." • . . . " From the sublime to the snug, and vice versa, is with him but a single step. We may liken him to the sea-shell, which, sitting complacently and undistinguished among the commonplace ornaments of the mantelpiece, has only to he lifted to give forth from its smooth ear the far-rugged boom of the ocean breakers." . . . . "By sobs of sound, by half hints of meaning, by light, hurrying strokes on the ruddy chords of the heart, by a ringing of changes on certain words and phrases, he sways us as if with th e united powers of music and poetry." . . . . "He paints vivid and complete pictures in a few lively touches, and by a few airy words, as if caught in dropping from the sky." So far there is accuracy in these delineations of the peculiarites of the intel lect of Tennyson—but no farther. Mr. Gilfillan views that intellect only from one point. He cannot turn it on a pivot, like those whirligig poetasters who show you all the phases and sides of their mental character at once ; and he won't take the trouble to make a circuit round it himself. hence the paper is crammed full of inconsistencies. He likens Tenny son's verse, for 'example, to Ariel ; but Ariel, be it observed, in a drawing-room among moss-roses and beautiful women. The " Two Voices" are marvel lously like the voice of Ariel ! The "vision of Sin" IA wonderfully suggestive of a modern drawing-room ! Th e lamentations of " St. Simeon Stylites" are exces sively like the breathings of moss-roses ! Absurd, literally absurd, as these metaphors are when employed not as illustrative of a single cha racteristic, but .as indicating the entire grasp and indisposition of the poet; they are endur able when compared with the self-sufficiency of the notices of the separate poems. " Mariana at the Aloated Grange," the " Talking Oak," the "May Queen," and " Oriana," are dismissed with their mere enumeration. The " Lotos Eaters," a piece brim m i ng w ith th e very dew of the " land of drowsy head" is slurred over with an impertinent kind of half complaint. "Dora" is summarily dismissed, after being likened to a "deep quiet pool." And " Godiva" is considered in just fifteen lines. While the whole of the latter part of the articles is de voted to an extravagant panegyric upon the author of " Festus," as if the talent of the author of " restos" had anything to do with Alfred Tennyson I Why, the little poems we have named are worth fifty " Fes tuses," with their "buttered thunders 1' The paper is apparently intended as a dispassionate and complete survey of the capacity of Tennyson, and yet nothing is said about the exquisite poem of "The Sleeping Beauty ;" nothing is said of the impassioned wailings of " St. Simeon Stylites ;" nothing is said of the chaste and perfect ballad of "The Miller's Daughter;" no thing is said of the " Lord of Burghley," of the " Walk to the Mail," of the "Gardener's Child," of " Lady Clara Veve de Vere," of the "Lad ; T of Chalott," of the fragment Morte d'Arthur, or o f " Elianora." As we enumerate these solely from recollection, it will be manifest that the over sights of Mr. Gilfillan are extraordinary, when he professes in one part to mention the more remarkable of Tennyson's writings. Several of those we have have just mentioned as altogether unnoticed by him are among the niost remar kable of Tennyson's poems. It is some compensation, however, to find that the writer can appreciate the sentiment of " Locksley Hall," and that he is so far incited to enthusiasm by the refrain about " the golden prime of good Ha roum Alraschid," as to speak of the " Arabian Nights Entertainments " in this wise :—" The Thousand and•one Nights' is one enchantment—more powerful than the lamp of Alladin, or the open sesame of Ali Baba. The author, were he one—not many—is a magician—a—geni- - -greater than Scott, than Cer vantes, equal to Shakspere himself. What poetry, passion, pathos, beauty of sentiment, elegance of costume, ingenuity of contrivance, wit, humour, farce, interest, variety, tact in transition, sunniness of spirit, dream-like wealth of imagination, incidental but pre cious light cast upon customs, manners, history, re ligion—everything, in short, that can amuse or amaze, instruct or delight the human spirit !" If we could sympathise in no other particular with Mr. Gilfillan we could to the uttermost in his admiration for those glorious beards of poetry and treasuries of fiction. After a pithy but dry essay upon " Success in Life," the readers of Tait are presented with a condensed continuation and completion of " Mrs. Thornton's Truth and Falsehood,' a tale that was suddenly interrupted by the publication in the ma gazine of Mrs. Gore's very feeble and very unworthy novel of " Temptation and Atonement." Thomas de Quincey is very nearly bereft of what Bardolph would call his " seven sentences," when speaking of Wordsworth. It is well paganism is exploded, other wise we should be in danger of seeing the Opium eater one of these fine days offering a kid and let tuces before the shrine of the Poet Laureate, or pour ing a libation of the decoction of poppies upon Itydal Mount. The paper by De Quincey, headed "Milton versus Southey and Lander," is a clever but bewil dering rhapsody. Mr. Burton's "Lives of Lord Lovat and Forbes, of Culloden," forming an excellent supplement to Mrs. Thomson's "History of the Jacobites," are reviewed, and a biography of the late James Calder, one of the old school of reformers, is contained among the miscellaneous contributions. Besides a temperate article upon " Government Education" there arc minor criticisms, and the usual Political Register. Alluding to the aid received by Lord George Bentinck from the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Shrewsbury, Tait caustically observes— " His Lordship's sting is in his tail, and it is pitiful that the tail of a very medium person should be of such rare and sterling genius!' It is the genius, the slave of the Lamp. CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. By Albert Smith, Part VIII. The 25th chapter, which commences the present number, jumps over a space of six years : " And you must allow your author to carry you t o another land. You must imagine a strange and noise less city, with silent highways of water for countless boats, instead of rattling thoroughfares for cabs and carts, looking for all the world like rows of ruined Re form Club-houses built on the banks of the Serpentine. Strange black looking craft, like floating hearses, glide about the streets, giving you the idea . that one half o f the population is burying the other halt ; and every now and then you come upon a view, which you appear to be already well acquainted with, from a perforated card, water-coloured drawing in an album, or a print in an annual, or some dining room picture, associated with an agreeab:e party, heat-frosted claret jugs and early asparagus. " You will see no trees—a Bloomsbury-square lilac would be a grove by comparison. And you will meet no horses—the most wretched cab-hack in London might be kept for a show, and create a great sensation. The thoroughfares are all alleys, and the alleys are nothing but back-doors leading to narrow bridges crossing small stagnant canals making you think every instant that you are coming to some docks. But you are not, nevertheless. And you may soon miss your way if you lose sight of any of the landmarks, resembling square parish churches, with cheap obelisks on their summits, which rice i n so many directions, The boats are called gon doles ; the square towers are called cainpai.ites ; and the name of aleta place itself is Venice. " You cannot get there by land. The city lies out away from the shore, high and dry, like the Goodwin sands at low water. So you go in boats—first along rows of extensive Puddle-docks, and then over what might be taken for A, huge flooded race course, the post and rails of which just appear above the water, so that there is no great fear of drowning ; the whole tract re minding intelligent travellers of the Essex marshes out at sea. And before getting there you must not be quite led away by the poets, who are from time to time taken so poorly respecting its beauties ; because the approach thereto from Mestre—which is to Venice what Twicken ham is to Eel Pie Island—is not exactly like the dio ramas and descriptions you have formed your notions from. In fact, in common-place minds, it may suggest unfavourable comparisons with Wapping, until the pas sage boat emerges into the great water-street of this amphibious city of human beavers." This description of Venice, though less poetical, is infinitely more correct than the descriptions to be found in the note-books of sentimental travellers. Gudge, his wife, and Mrs. Hamper, whom they have picked up at Boulogne, arrive at an hotel at Venice, and there they find Christopher officiating as the English waiter. Gudge attempts to bully him, but it will not do ; Christopher is a man now, and knows that there is a mystery attached to his birth. He has been shipped off from Southampton to Leghorn, and from thence has been transferred to Vienna. He sets Gudge at defiance, end appeals to Sir Frederick Arden , a nd when in formed that Sir Frederick Arden is dead, he bates nothing of his courage, but avows his intention to proceed to England and discover the mystery of his his birth. Mrs. Hamper, who has palmed herself upon the Gudges meets with some high friends who are going to Florence, and determines to palm herself upon them. She therefore leaves Venice for Florence, via Bologna, but on her journey is attacked by bri gands, and taken up into the stronghold, where she is detained as a prisoner for the sake of the ransom which they expect to receive for her. Sprouts has succeeded to the library, and is on the eve of mar riage with Betsy Payne. The Jolyman has been long married to Miss Twits, and Sprouts and the party go down to Greenwich Fair, where they meet with Skittle and the Taglioni Ginger Beer Cart, who introduces them to Hickory and to Luddy's daughter, en interesting girl of fifteen (poor Luddy is dead),', and in the course of conversation Hickory relates the early history of Christopher, and Sprouts announces his intention of filling up the clue which Hickory has furnished in order to he revenged on Gudge. It will be seen that this part 8 leaves all the parties concerned in an interesting imbroglio, and we await with curiosity the appearance of part 9. VA I n N t / h T e Y o p F e n A i n / g T? . Part 11 7 . By W. M. Thackeray' find ourselves again the e the se r e e y s s e na and ( It number w r ne e s in Russell -square. Poor Amelia loves George Osborne with her whole heart, but we are afraid that George Osborne will turn out a worldling after all, and not worthy the affection of poor Amelia. We are also introduced to old Osborne, the very beau ideal of a vulgar purse-proud parvenu, who would fain cut old Sedley, the founder of his fortunes, because the world has not gone well with him of late and who, more than insinuates to George that it would be well that he should violate his engagement with Amelia. Miss Rebecca Sharpe is domiciled in the house of Miss Crawley, in Park-lane, having ejected all Miss Crawley's toady's, and Rebecca is visited there daily by Rawdon Crawley, who has become acquainted with George Osborne, and plucked him gloriously at billiards. Rebecca calls on Amelia, and invites her to dine at Miss Crawley's in Park-lane. George Os borne and Rztwdon Crawley are also invited, when the following admirable scene takes place:— " How's little Miss Sharp, by-the-bye," Osborne in quired of his friend over their wine, with a dandified air. " Good-natured little girl that. Does she suit you well at Queen's Crawley? Miss Sedley liked her a good deal last year." Captain Crawley looked savagely at the Lieutenant out of his little blue eyes, and watched him when he went up to resume his acquaintance with the fair gover ness. Her conduct must have relieved Crawley if there was any jealousy in the bosom of that life-guardsman. When the young men went up stairs, and after Os borne's introduction to Miss Crawley, he walked up to Rebecca with a patronising, easy swagger. He was going to be kind to her and protect her. He would even shake hands with her, as a friend of Amelia's ; and saying, " Ah, Miss Sharp ! how-dy-doo ?" held out his left hand towards her, expecting that she would be quite confounded at the honour. Miss Sharp put out her right fore-finger—And gave him a little nod, so cool and killing, that Rawdon Craw ley, watching the operations from the other room, could hardly restrain his laughter as he saw the Lieutenant's entire discomfiture ; the start he gave, the pause, and the perfect clumsiness with which he at length conde scended to take the finger which was offered for his embrace. " She 'd beat the devil, by Jove !" the Captain said, in a rapture ; and the Lieutenant, by way of beginning the conversation, agreeably asked Rebecca how she liked her new place. " My place?" said Miss Sharp, coolly, " how kind of you to remind me of it ! It's a tolerably good place : the wages are pretty good—not so good as Miss Wirt's. I believe, with your sisters in Russell Sluare. How are those young ladies?—not that I ought to ask." " Why not?" Mr. Osborne said, amazed. W hy, they never condescended to speak to me, or to ask me into their house, whilst I was staying with Amelia ; but we poor governesses, you know, are used to slights o! this sort." " My dear Miss Sharp !" Osborne ejaculated. "At least in some families," Rebecca continued. , " You can't think what a difference there is though. We are not so wealthy in Hampshire as you lucky folks of the city. But th-n lamin a gentleman's family—good old Engish stock. I suppose you know Sir Pitt's father refuscql a peerage. And you see how lam treated. I am pretty co mfortable. Indeed, it is rather a good place. But - how very good of you to inquire !" Osborne was quite ~avNge. The little governess pa tronised him and persiified him until this young British Lion felt quite uneasy ; nor could he muster sufficient presence of mind to find a pretext for backing out of this most delectable conversation. " I thought you liked the City families pretty well," he said haughtily. " Last year you mean, when I was fresh from that horrid vulgar school ? Of course I did. Doesn't ever) girl like to come home for the holidays? And how was Ito know any better? But It, Mr. Osborne, what a difference eighteen months' experience makes'.—eighteen months spent, pardon me for saying so, with gentlemen. As fie- dear Amelia, she, I grant you, is a pearl, and would be charming anywhere. There now, I see you are beginning to he in a good humour ; but oh, these (Fleur odd City people ! And Mr. Jos.—how is that wonderful Mr. Joseph?" " It seems to me you didn't dislike that wonderful Mr. Joseph last year," Osborne said kindly. " llow severe of you! Well, entre nous,l didn't break my heart about him ; yet it he had asked me to do what. you mean by your looks (and very expressive and kind they are, too), I wouldn't have said no." Mr. Osborne gave a look as much as to say," Indeed, how very obliging!" " What an honour to have had you for a brother-in law, you are thinking? To be sister-in-law to George Os borne, Esquire, son 3f John Osborne, Esquire, son of— what was your grandpapa, Mr. Osborne? Well, don't be angry. You can't help your pedigree, and I quite agree with you that I would have married Mr. Joe Medley; for could a poor penniless girl do better? Now you know the whole secret. I'm frank and open ; and, considering all things, it was very kind of you to allude to the circumstance—very kind and polite. Amelia, dear, Mr. Osborne and I were talking about your poor brother Joseph. How is he?" Thus was George utterly routed. Not that Rebecca was in the right; but she had managed most successfully to put him in the wrong. And he now shamefully fled, feeling if he stayed another minute, that he would have been made to look foolish in the presence of Amelia. Poor Rebecca, however, is caught in her own trap. Lady Crawley dies, and the Baronet himself comes to London to induce Rebecca to return to Queen's Crawley : " I wawnt you back at Queen's Crawley, Miss," the baronet said, fixing his eyes upon her, and taking off his black gloves and his hat with its great crape hat band. His eyes had such a strange look, and fixed upon her so steadfastly, that Rebecca Sharp began almost to tremble. " I hope to come soon," she said in a low voice, " as soon as Miss Crawley is better—and return to—to the dear children." " You've said so these three months, Becky," replied Sir Pitt, " and still you go hanging on to my sister, who'll fling you off like an old shoe, when she's wore you out. I tell you I want you. I'm going hack to the Vuneral. Will you come back? Yes or ne?" " I daren't—l don't think—it would be right—to be alone—with you, Sir," Becky said, seemingly in great agitation. " I say agin, I want you," Sir Pitt said, thumping the table. " I can't git on without you. I didn't see what it was till you went away. The house all goes wrong. It's not the same place. All my accounts has got mud dlcd agin. You must come back. Do come back, Dear Becky, do come." " Come—as what, Sir?" Rebecca gasped out. " Come as Lady Crawley, if you like," the baronet said, grasping his crape bat "There! will that aatusfy you? Come back and be my wife. Your vit vort. Birth be hanged. You're as good a ludy as ever I see. You've got more brains in your little vinger than any baronet's wife in the county. Will you come? Yes or no?" " Oh, Sir Pitt," Rebecca said, very much moved_ " Say yes, Becky," Sir Pitt cr,ntiuued. " I'm an old man, but a good'n. I'm good for twenty years. I'll make you happy, zee if I don't. You shall do what you like ; spend what you like ; and 'av it all your own way. I'll make you a zettlement. I'll do everything reglar. Look y'ear !" and the old man fell down on his knees and leered at her like a satyr. Rebecca started buck a picture of conzternation. In the course of this history we ha►e never seen her lose her presence of mind ; but she did now, and wept some of the most genuine tears that ever fell from her eyes. " Oh, Sir Pitt!" she said. " Oh, Sir—l--I'm mar ried already." The execution of Catherino Foster, for poisoning her husband, is axed for Saturday, April 17. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LATEST BETTING. COLumN STAKES.—AII that are talked of as starters are Epirote. Red Hart, Bingham, and probably Shawn Buidhe or Palma. 6 to 5 agst Red Hart (taken and aftvrwards offilred). SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Clermont. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7 to 4 agst Planet I 4 to 1 agst The Liberator METROPOLITAN STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Clermont 112 to 1 agst Wolfdog—t. 12 to 1 ag6t Rufus 1,000 to 500 on Claremo: dog—taken CHEST 20 to 1 agst Dulcet (t) )ilt (Euclid colt) apt Wolf• DER 7 to 2 agst Kent's lot (t) 9 to 1 agst Scott's lot (t) 14 to 1 agst Forth's lot (t) 15 to 2 agst Van Tromp (t) to 1 agst Planet i 7 to 1 agst Epirote „ . 22 to 1 agst L iberator (t) 20 to I agst Glentilt (t) 25 to 1 agst Red Ham— taken freely BETTING AT MAN( NEWMARKE' at Cup. 40 to 1 agst Sting (t) .11Y. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Martin 40 to 1 agq War Eagle (t) 40 to I agst Mathematician 40 to I agst Bingham 1,000 to 15 agst Good Coin (t) 1,000 to 10 agst Notting. ham (t) 1,000 to 10 agst Halo (t) RESTER. -TUESDAY. T HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Sting (t) 8 to 1 agst Euclid colt (t) 5 to 1 agst Vanish (t) 10 to 1 ngst Campanile (t) to 1 agst Footstool (t) 12 to 1 agst Kesheng. The confusion that arose from the departure of the crowd immediately after the race for the Newmarket Handicap, prevented our obtaining particulars of the running in time to forward them with the result. We now subjoin them:— NEWMARKET HANDICAP.—It iS almost superfluous to say that the horses were got together without, and precisely at the time fixed were started at the first signal. Th? fiat running was made by Devil rne Care, followed by Lynceus, Vampyre, Free Lance, Best Bower, and a few others, the heavy weight laying well up with them, in a cluster; all, in fact, were in good positions except Clermont (the Eu clid colt), who blundered just after starting, and lost a little ground, fortunately for him, the pace was not great, and he reached his horses befor they had run a quarter of a mile. At the bushes, Lynceus, who had been, and still was, pulling double, took the lead from Devil-me-care, and with Vampyre, Devil-me-care, Palma, and Queen of Tyne, at his heels, carried on the runt ing to the turn of the lands, Cler mont here took the second place, and getting clear of his horses, followed about two lengths in the wake of Lynceus, who was still pulling hard. Vanish next showed with the leading horses, then Sting, and Vampyre dropping back, the race, about half way be- tween the turn and the Duke's Stand, was left to four. Clermont now ran up to Lynceus, had no difficulty in depriving him of his lead, kept in front to the chair, and won cleverly by a length. Vanish and Sting passed Lyn ceus about 50 yards from home, and made a sporting race, for the second money, which the horse won for his owner by a head. Lynceus a good fourth, Vampyre fifth, and Palma sixth; run in 3 min. 9 sec. Mr. Gregory is said to have netted 4,0001., in addition to the stake, which, free from deductions, amounted to 1,125/. Some of his friends also came off good winners. As is ever the case when favourites win, the round betters are losers. WEDNESDAY. Again a shy list, but containing a race of great in terest in the Column, for which two nags that have made some figure in the Derby betting, and have been laid against to an amount that must have wofully shaken the confidence of their friends, made their appearance. On Tuesday night it was not at all clear that Epirote would show, and in consequence Itvd Hart was backed at a fraction less than evens ; 25 to 1 was also taken frely about him for the Derby, for which event Epirote receded to 17 to 1 ; he suffered a further decline this morning, notwithstanding the arrival of Mr. Bowes removed all doubt about his starting, as much as 25 to 1, in hundreds, having been taken against him ! From the description of the race it will be gathered that Red Hart cut up badly, and that Epirote achieved an easy victory, a moderate animal of Col. Peel's ob taining the second place. 1,000 to 10 was offered against Red Hart after race, and 1,000 even laid between The Liberator and Epirote. A dead heat prolonged a day's sport that, apart from the Column, excited little interest. The weather was favourable and the attendance select. Subscription Plate 501.; for 3 yrs old, 7st; 4 yrs, Bst 71b; 5 yrs, 9st; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 21b; T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's IVood Pigeon, 5 yrs Mr. Mostyn's Wildernes4, 4 yrs Mr. Robert's Mogulistan, 3 yrs Mr. Ford's Shahzadee, 3 yrs Lord Orford's 'l'arella, 3 yrs Betting 3tol on Wilderness. Shahzadee made the running followed by Wood Pigeon, Tarells, and Wilder ne.s lying off. They went without change to the cords, where Wilderness joined company, and the lot ran in a cluster for a few strides; Wilderness and Wood Pigeon then quitted their horses, ran home head and head, and finished with a dead heat. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. Deciding Heat-2 to lon Wilderness. The horse made all the running, and won by a length. Time 1 min. 12 secs. Sweepstakes or 5o sovs. each, for 3 yrs old; colts, Sst 71b, and fillios,B;t lib. D.M. (8 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Halo (Nat) 1 C,lonel Anson's Lazirillo Lord Lonsdale's Ibrahim Pacha Betting-2 to lon llalo, who made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths. Time 1 minute 44 suconi.=. Lie Colum Stakes, of 50 30V3. each, h ft, for 3 yrs-cld R.M. (31 Subs,) Mr. Bowes's Epirote, 3st 21h. . (F. Butler) 1 Colonel Peel's Palma, Bst llb 2 Duke of Richmond's Red Hart, Bst 71b Lord Exeter's Veronetz, Bst 21b Bettinz-2 to lon Epirote. Red Hurt made running at a bad pace for a quarter of a mile, and was then dis placed by Palma, who carried it on to the bushes, where Epirote took it ui) at an improved pace, was never after wards caught, and won cleverly by a length, Palma beating Red hart as far. Varouetz nowhere. Time 1 min. 49 secs. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1847. Match. D.Nr., 300, h. ft. Mr. Gully's Mendicant, Bst 71b (F. Butler) I Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Bst (Nat) 2 7 to 4 on Mendicant, who waited until half way up the cords, and won by a neck. Run in I pin. 43 sec. Match ; 200, h. ft., T.Y.C. Mr. Byng's Garry Owen, 7st 101 b, received from Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence, ist 81b, T.y.c., 200, h. ft. Mach ; Duke of Bedford's Captain Phebus agst Mr. Bowes's Ukraine. Off by consent. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING-1847. Match ; Lord Eglinton's Van Trump agst Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator, Bst 7ib each ; last miles, and 3 gri. if T.M.M., 5001., p.p. An offer to match the Liberator agst The Planet for 1,000 sous, and give 51b, was declined in consequence ut Planet's numerous engagements this year. THE WINDSOR GRAND MILITARY AND AN NUAL S IEEPLE CHASES.--SECOND DAY. WINDSOR, TUESDAY EvENING. The " great card" of this annual gathering, the han dicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each (17 acceptances, and 6 payers of :51. forkit), the prize being of the value of upwards of 5001., with the 1001. given, attracted to the course to-day a fir more numerous assemblage than yesterday. The races commenced with a Sweepstakes (Handicap) of 25 soya. each, 13 ft, with 100 sovs. added. The second horse to cave his stake, and the winner to pay 251. towards the expenses. After the weights are declared, any gentleman riding, quali fied to ride in the first race of the first day, allowed 51b. About tour miles. Captain Barnet's ch g Marengo, lOst Slb (Bradley) 1 Mr. Preston's in Brunette, 12st 31b (A. M'Donnough) '2 Mr. T. Wesley's Gayhurst, 9st 121 b (Rackley) 3 E it.h,,sii, h s ch g i Cooper's c br g Sir Fretful, lOst I llb Mr. g L Star tit o a r t :, l l o o 3 s t t i l i l ib lb .. ( . s . !r . ...H (O ol w m n a e n r) Holman) 5 Be 6 Capt. Aj . D . A lkiie r ra c r e ri sch g Cul :du . sbb gg Christopher i v s e ot r or t pp l io hhea r r p n e 1 ,N, lost b th ,7 2 11 1 b0 s( ( ,0 0 1 : 1 I n be e .r r) 0 Mr. ). 00 Captain Gambier's ch m Canary, lost 51b (Balchin) o Mr. G. Lambden's The Tyrant, lust 41b.. ...(Oliver) 0 Mr. Anderson's Grenade, lOst 91b (J. Marson) 0 Mr. Rogers's ch g The Page dr Mr. Preston's b h Frederick Mr. N. Mason's Laurel Mr. Vever's Little Tommy dr Mr Vever's b by Tom Brown .r. . ever g by The following paid 5 aovs. forfeit, having declared before the 29th of March:—Durham, Vanguard, Grey Freize, Dick Thornton, Lady Jane, and Tramp. Won by only half a neck. The Aristocratic Steeple Chase of 10 sous. each, 5 ft., with 20 added ; 1 Ist 71bs each. 'Die winner of the Brigade Stakes to carry 121 b extra ; and a winner of any steeple chase of the value of 100/., including his own stake, 71bs ; of two, 101bs extra. The second horse to save his stake. Horses to be the property of members, or sons of members, of either Brooks's, Boodle's, White's, Arthur's, Army and Navy, Eglin toun Park, Cruxton Park, Bilbury, Oakley, Leaming ton, or Rests' Clubs, or officers ou full pay in the army or navy, and to be ridden by the same. Any horse having won a steeple chase of 3001. not to be allowed to start. Distance, about four miles. Captain W. Pe l's br h Chandler (Owner) 1 Mr. J. Leslie's Charon (Lord Strathmore) 2 mr. H. Sutton's b g Durham (Owner) 3 Mr. H. Clifton's b g Mahomet ...(Lord Drumlanrig) 0 Mr. Bromley nd ch g The Hare (Owner) 0 Mr. Mitton na b h Tory (Owner) 0 . . EDUCATION IN ROME. THE EVENING SCHOOLS. (From the Roman Advertiser.) There are many elementary schools for the benefit of the children of the people, diffused throughout the regions of Rome, and collecting so large a num ber of the young as to be able to stand in competi tion with those of Paris, London, and other capitals. We shall here limit ourselves to giving some account of the nocturnal schools, which, coining to the aid of the diurnal ones, complete the system of popular education, in supplying instruction for those children who are obliged to work during the day, and have no time to pass in school except the early hours of the evening. The nocturnal schools of Rome had their origin in 1819, by means of Giacomo Casoglio, a carver in wood, who, from love towards his fellow artizans, conceived the design of collecting their children in the evening, in a large chamber in the Via Guila, where, besides the catechism, he taught them reading and a little writing, attracting his young pupils by presents. This labour, so much of love, but so imperfect in the hand of an artizan, was assisted the very same year by the Nocturnal Oratory, which Monsignor Giannoli opened near the school, in the Church of St. Nicola degli Incoronati. The oratory asssisted the school during the life of Casoglio, and afterwards the good priests continued the work commenced by the artizan. But this seed soon bore much greater fruit, when the Advocate Gigli, full of benevolence towards the people, opened, in 1830, a school at his own expense, in St. Maria de Marche giani' which locale being too small, it was afterwards transferred to St. Simone e Guida. He founded an other in Borgo, in 1833, and desiring to extend these benefits over the whole city, transferred that of St. Simone e Giuda to a more suitable place at the Mar chers d'Oro, so appointing it that it might be taken as a model for all the rest. But, whilst bent on these charitable designs, death cut him off in the time of general mourning, 1837, when, having converted his school into a house of relief, and going every day with the others who recruited in the task of nursing, to the houses of cholera patients, he was seized by the disease, and perished the victim of his singular charity. But though he was dead, his work did not die with him, as the two schools, although interrupted by this calamity, and deprived of their ordinary succours, passed into the hands of the Abate Palotta, a model of benevolence, who not only re stored them to their pristine state, but remitted the funds in the amount of the deficit sustained in the interval, exerted himself so much that the aids augmented, and prevailed upon his parishioners, who were subsidiaries of the Cassa di benejleenza, to contribute two scudi a month in those places where the schools had been opened. By such pious industry, he increased the revenue to 500 smdi, with which he was enabled to open a new school in the Via dell'Arancio. When he was obliged to leave Rome on account of his health, the Cardinal della Porta, then vicar, percei v i ng t h e ut ili ty of these schools, took their interest greatly to heart, and confirmed the pious society by the decree, " Delle scuole notturng di religione,' under the in vocation of the Vergine Addolorato, some being de sired to contribute by money, others by labour. In order to increase the benefits resulting, he desired to place them under the guidance of a man who might be their voluntary director and promoter, as was found in Monsignor Morichini, who having already assumed the direction on the instance of Pallotta, retained it with hearty willingness, accord ing to the wish of the Cardinal. It was not possible that the choice could have fallen better than on this individual, in respect for whose genuine modesty we shall only say, that his ability of mind and benevolence of heart are known to all. If the uni versal interests of the Church, and the recompense of merit in such a prelate, ought not to be paramount to particular advantages, the loss that Rome has sustained in so energetic an ecclesiastic would be too severe. [lie has been elevated to the dignity of Nuncio at the Court of Bavaria.] It was then that an established order was given to this institution, the administrati on set on a firm basis, the regulations compiled, and the instruction determined. Then (1829) its course became continually more progres asinv,e; dains:linigtsuishbeednefits gradually extended over the principal centres of th e c ity, The truly apostolic zeal of the good p r i es t s, an d t h e ass i s t a nce of charitable pious w or k, and sin p c e e rs l. o B n 4i tre v r e incrementegulationsin r ta ega t r he d to the institution the worship, and instruction, have been in print. In respect of the first, all is confided to a directive council, composed of president, vice president, directors of the schools, secretary, and accomptant. The president is chosen by the council, and the members of this by the general session of the society, this last being composed of associates, some exercitants, some contributors. The council meets once a month, the society on the occasion of the annual balancing of accounts, and for the election of the members of the council, who are in office two years. The evenings of vigils and festivals are dedi cnastterducttoion, a religious assemble in th e i r respect i ve orator ies, for catechetical instruction, and dp exercises, rayersar w e given, all the schools and two feasts especially celebrated, those of the Mater dolorosa and St. Luiga Gonzalo. On the afternoons of festivals, the pupils are conducted to some gardens, where they pass their time in amusements till the evening. The schools are opened at the hour of 24, and the in struction begins at a half an hour later, lasting till 1 o'clock, and three-quarters of the night (24 is now 6 o'clock, the fi rs t h our o f the night 7). Every school is divided into three classes, in which are suc cessively taught, reading, writing, and arithmetic, and catechism for the last quarter of an hour. In the third class are taught the elements of linear design, and of geometry applied to the arts. Choral music is also taught to some extent, enabling the children to sing at their devotions, and on returning home at night. It certainly awakens pculiar emo tions when, at the second hour of the night (8 o'clock), one meets bands of these children, or hear them as they pass under our windows, singing the praises of Mary, and going to the homes where their mothers receive them with blessings, whilst they bless also the pious care of those who thus train their children in the paths of virtue. MEIGANCINOLY DEATII.-On Monday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, at the Rose and Crown, Queen-street, Upper East Smithfield, on view of the body of Christopher M'Geary, aged forty-six years, who died on Friday morning last under very melancholy circumstances. It appeared in evidence that the deceased was formerly in very affluent circumstances, and carried exteencsaive business i n J ersey as a woollen e very much re d uce d i n hi s a ff a i rs, odannradpaaebrvo.eur:H'e became three months since he left Jersey with his wife and two children. Ile arrived in London and obtained a se lling rags to several Irish brokers. He suf fered in Queen -street for 2s, Gd. per week. He was in great distress, and could scarcely procure any food for great privations, and his health was much his family. He subsuptently obtained a scanty subsis tence for his breakfast he laid himself down upon a miserable disease& heart. Verdict, " Natural i t r h bfer e d'o o lnd n u ly ril a lg rt t ic h l e o la.osfltfufreld u a r y e s in the room, where he bed, shortly afterwards expired. Mr. Brown, a surgeon,' made a post mortem examination of the body, and attri buted DISTRE SUICIDE Tnaou ss.--On Tuesday a man named Christopher Siddons, a boot and shoemaker, lodging at No. 8, Broadway, Westminster, terminated death." SUICIDE death to a his existence by suicide. The deceased had for a length of time suffered great privations for the want of employ, a paper which had contained about but had never been heard to threaten self-destruction.. " , l f th exalic acid, as also an empty cup, in On Tuesday afternoon, on his wife's return home, after a short absence she found deceased lying totally insensible small portion of the same deadly poison. was applied, but in a few moments he ohwllnaheliftcwhallenaswOflaucognoocnrae'veyed to the Westminster Hospital, where n Tuesd a y ROIII3ERT.—.,n afternoon a young man, of genteel appearances and .apparently about 27 years of ceded in obtaining 15s. for a counterfeit sove reign, under the pretence of hiring apartments from ee th a e s s e t d om to a e c x h i l t rp Mrs. Haller, of No. 9, Ernest street, Kennington, and lea v ing a deposit of ss. During the momentary absence of Mrs. Haller. to procure the materials for him to write down the address of his reference, he contrived to ab stract from a table-drawer five silver teaspoons, a silver sugar ton2s, and a gol d watch, getting clear off with his booty. The sam e p art y has also succeeded in robbing h several oed, other people in the same way i n t h at neighbour- Capt. Gambier's ch g Forester (Capt. Broadley) 0 lion. G. Noel's bg Lopez (ti b) (Owner) 0 Mr. A. Ricardo's. The Captain (Owner) 0 Lord B. Cecil's Mortgage Lord I)rumlanrig's Victor Major Martin nd Advance Viscowat Nevill'a The Pearl The nine horses passed the grand stand the first time nearly together, Durham making the running on to the first brook. After passing Bone-lane Charon took the le%td, but was passed by Chandler within half a mile of the winning post. Lord Drumlanrig was thrown and slightly injured in the face at the turn in Captain Bulke -I.ey's pork. Won by about six lengths. Chandler was the favourite at 3 to 1, 5 to 1 eget Dur ham, 5 to 4 on Chandler and Durham, and 5 to 1 agst Mahomet. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 15 addEd ; the second horse to save his stake. Catch weights not under 10st. The winner to be sold for 60/., if demanded ; the right of claiming as in the second race of the first day. The 1 winner to pay 54 towards the expenses. About three I IRELAND. miles. DUBLIN, APRIL s.—Fever still continues to increase Mr. Martin's b g Negro (ItAckley) l i to an alarm . ng extent in Cora, Sligo, Mayo, and various " Mr. it. Clifto n ' s be. Cornelius (Mr. Bromley) 2 other counties, and, indeed, the v.stil e nce ex i s ts t o a Captain Phillip' s b g Horace (Owner) 3 I greater or less degree genrally throughout the country. Mr. Little's Carlow (Oliver) 0I In the union workia,uses, especially, the malady pre- Captain Price's b m Mrs. Lea Mr. J. S. Irwin's g g Waterloo (Owner) 0 derable. As yet Dublin and the surrounding metropo- Mr. Mitchell's b g Banjoe (Burrows) 0 litan districts have escaped, but there is reason to ap- Lord B. Cecil's h Jack (Owner) 0 prehend that with th e a p proac h o f warm weat h er the Mr. D. Baillie's b m Mi r ifi a Sweepstakes of 2 soya. each, with 10 added: the second In some few counties—for instance, in Cork and horse to save his stake, for horses that never won a Sligo—famine is still at work, but generally there ap steeple-chase. llst each. The winner to be sold for pears to be a decrease of destitution. The new relief 601; the right of claiming as in the second race of the measures, it is to be hoped, will produce a decided im first day. Three miles. provement, as well in regard to the sustenance of the Mr. Philpott's Shamro c k (Mason) 1 p o or as th e ravages o f di sease. Mr. J. Darby's gby Robin Hood (Seifert) 2 The provincial journals mention the names of many Mr. Harris's ch g Wildboyre landlords who are suaplying seed to the small Mr. Simmond's b m Jenny Lindoccupiers on their estates. There are, however, bitter Lord Drumlanrig's Victor (Owner) 0 crmplaints of the total indifference of several extensive Mr. J. Coulsiock's b g Hainault (ltackley) 0 proprietors, who have as yet taken no steps to promote Mr. Stapleford's Jack (Oliver) (Sadler) Oliv et ) 36 dr , tue cultivation of the land. Mr. Thompson nd Villager Mr. T. Cannon's b g Fox Won by about ten l engt h s. T he w i nner was c l a imed g may be anticipated. Most of the principal landed pro by the owner of the second horse. prietors, including the Earl of Courtown, Lord Carew, Betting—Shamrock was the favourite at 2t01,5 to 1 the Houourable S. Maxwell, Sir W. Cox, Messrs. against Jenny Li n d, an d 6to 1 aga i nst R o bi n H oo d. G vvyan, Morgan, Doyne, Walker, Sze., are members of The Scurry Stakes of I soy, each, with 5 added, did the association, which held a meeting at Ennisworthy on not come off, there being only two entries at the post, Thursday last, Lord Courtown presiding. Resolutions Mr. El wes's No Mistake, and Sir E. Poore's Shuffle. were adopted with a view of establishing safety harbours The stewards for next year will be Prince George of for f i s hi ng b oats, an d o f o b ta i ning information on all Cambridge, Sir E. Poore, and Captain W. Peel. matters calculated to employ the labouring poor in a useful and profitable manner, as the best means of lessen ing taxation on the land. An address to the landowners was adopted with the same object, earnestly calling for their co-operation in setting the surplus labourers of the county at work, and urging them " to unite while there is still time to prevent the degradation and final ruin which threaten this country." We extract one important paragraph from the address : " Ile evil of out-door relief, when grappled with sys tematically, will not be found unmanageable. On the 20th of February, when more than 20,000 persons were employed on public relief works in this county, the pro portion was one person so employed to 25 arable acres in .he county." STATE OF THE PROVINCES. The Sligo Champion contains the following reports of the miserable condition of affairs in that county : SLIGO, APRIL 3.—Notwithstanding the reduction which has taken Owe in the price of Indian corn, our agricultural labourers are still enduring the most dread ful sufferings. The deaths from starvation are multiply ing every hour; and notwithstanding all that has been done by the Government, and the generous people of the British nation, thousands upon thousands will be swept away by absolute hunger during the present spring and the ensuing summer. The people have given themselves up to despair. In the remote districts there is nothing whatever doing; the only soil turned up by the spade is the rank earth of the graveyards. There is not a burial place in the county that is not at present overstocked with dead; and we do really believe that the mortality is greater now than it was when the cholera raged. At present—it is right the fact should be known—no in quests are held upon the bodies of those who die of star vation. The grand jury, at the last assizes, desired the coroners not to hold inquests in such cases. FEVER IN SLIGO.—We deeply regret to say, that fever is rapidly on the increase, and the disease is now turning out ebeof a very malignant character. A new fever hos[ital was established in this town within the last fortnight, capable of holding ninety-six patients. It was filled in three days. In the country districts typhus fever is raging to a fearful extent. The following is an extract from a letter we received from a correspondent residing in Ballinahill :—" Fever is greatly on the in crease here—average, of deaths weekly, twenty." In Gurteen, Alaaralish, and Tireragh this awful scourge is equally general and fatal. It has spread to the highs ranks, and those who were secure from death by famine now find that they are exposed to it by pestilence. Mr. Lawlor, the agent of Mr. Cooper, died a few days ago of fever. Mr. William Ormsby and Mr. Luke Hester, both pay clerk., are ill of the same disease. STATE OF KILFREE.—Nothing can be more deplor able than the condition of this parish ; the following ex• tract from the letter of an esteemed correspondent will serve to show the miserable state to which the wretched people are reduced :—" Since my last we have had awful times here. On last Sunday there were eleven people dead in this parish. Of this number, John Fahy, of Mulroe, Andrew Ferrall, of Drunbushand, and John Grady, of Amaghmore (the father of the boy whom you some time since stated was carried in a basket from the public works, and who died the same night), died of absolute starvation. Were it not for the timely donation of 101. from our venerated Bishop, Dr. M.Niclic,las, aided by the liberal subscription of a charitable commercial friend in Sligo, many more would have shared a similar fate."i LONGFORD WORKUOUSE.—The number of deaths in our workhouse, and the fever hospital attached, from the Ist to the 31st March ;inclusive, were 174 ; in February, 176 ; in January, 116—making a total of 466 for the quarter, exclusive of the many deaths throughout the union, and this town and neighbourhood, from fever mad destitutioa.—Longfurd Journal. LONDONDERRY UNION —DUI - 111g last week, 80 patients are reported to be ill in fever, and 80 convalescent ; in hospital from other diseases, 108 ; making in all 268 patients under medical treatment. The clerk and four of the resident officers have been attacked with fever, and are at present incapacitated from performing their duty.--Lonclondeiry Sentinel. TILLAGE OF THE LAND. WEXFORD, APRIL 3.—lt is cheerful to behold several of our resident gentry acting in accordance with the principles of humanity and sound policy. A few days since the agent of Lord Kiltnaine applied to a corn merchant inEnniscorthy for 200 barrels of seed oats, to give his Lordship's tenants in this county, to seed their land; but this order could oily be partially complied with, in CffilsCyler;Ce of Mr. Farmer having previously engaged 1,200 barrels of seed oats sod barley, for the tenantry of the Rev. 13. 11. Bridges, Mr. Blacker, and Lord Carew, 800 barrels being for his I,ordship's tenants. His Lordship's agricultural steward is visiting the tenantry in this county, bestowing to them quantities of various kinds of turnip seeds, and giving every en couragement of sowing green crops as extensively as possible. Mr. Glascott has also contracted for two huedred barrels of seed corn fur the same benevolent purpose of seeding the land for his people. Mr.Grogan Morgan is supplying every tenant on his property that ' seeks aid in that way with seed oats, barley, and the necessary seeds for green cropping, so that not an acre of his extensive estates will be permitted to remain un productive this year.— Wexford Independent. CADIRCIvEEN, MARCH 30.—The Centaur steamer is in harbour with seed oats and some potatoes. The Marquis of Lansdowne has sent some barley seed for his tenantry, and also Mrs. Moberly, of Casthquin.— Tralee Chronicle. THE NEW RELIEF MEASURES. Generally the relief committees are making arrange minas to commence operations. In Dublin the commit tees will be at work in a few days. As a specimen of what is doing in the provinces, in those places where the gentry have taken the matter earnestly in hand, we select the following: — KILLARNEY.—The Killarney Union contains twelve ettooral divisions; but for the Temporary Relief Act it is divided into nine relief districts. Captain Stewart, R.N., a most active and zealous .fficer, has been appointed Government inspector of re lief committees for the union. The finance committee consists of Henry A. Herbert, D L., Christopher Gal. way. Daniel Cronin, Jas. O'Connell, and the Government officers. The Earl of Kenmare has cnrsented to act as chairman of the Killarney relief committee. Every committee in the union is working with zeal for the general good. The following orders have been issued by Captain Stewart in referents to employment on public works:— " Every overseer is to report to me (Captain Stewart) any labourer on the public works who has any land, who is not taking the proper measures to get it tilled, that an inquiry may be made as to whether or not it be ad visable to discharge such person from the public works. Every check clerk, overseer, and gangsman should make himself thoroughly acquainted with all the particulars respecting labourers under his charge on the public works, so as to be able to give such information to the committee or to any authorised person, as to how many in each labourer's family are employed on either privita or public works, the number of cows, and the quantity of land, or other means of living, as in many cases la bourers on the public works have been known to have concealed, and in the bank, sums of money, also other property. I trust that all such persons will so conduct themselves in this important service as to afford me an opportunity of recommending the most deserving to the consideration of the Board of Works. The overseers are to see that when men or women of one family are employed on the public works, they are to be on the same road." order to assuret hem elves that Soyer's plan was, or was not a project only. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant having expressed his intention of being present, the at traction wh:ch the Noble Earl and his interesting family never fails of creating amongst the citizens of Dublin contributed to swell the number and the elegance of the persons who attended. At three o'clock a grand military salute from a guard of honour which had been stationed on the ground announced the arrival of his Excellency and the vice-regal party, amongst whom we perceived the Ladies Emily and Kathleen Ponsonby, Mrs. Captain Williams, the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby, Mr. Corry Con nellan, Captains Henry Ponsonby and Williams. On the ground we perceived the Earls of Charlemont, Roden, and Meath, Lord Brabazon, the Lord Chancellor, Lieu tenant-General Sir Edward Blakeney, the Hon. Frede rick Ponsorby, &c. &c. On alirting from his carriage, his Excellency and the vice-regal party were conducted to the tent where the cooking apparatus had been in operation. They led the way, and were speedily fol lowed by a numerous train of visitors, who accommodated themselves as best they could, standing at the outside of a range of tables which extended along the square of the tent, Soups of various kinds were then served, and the company having discussed the merits of each decoction as it had been presented, the signal bell to retire was tolled, and the great people gave way to an equal number of paupers, in order th a t they might regale themselves upon M. Soyer's soup. The contrast was sudden and bold. A moment before and a great number of lovely faces smiled their approval of everything they saw, and a moment after decrepid age, upon whose faces it would be hard to say whether time or hunger had made the most havoc, were ranged at the same table. Ladies Emily and Kathleen Ponsonby, Mrs. Williams, the Afisses Brady, Mr. Gerald Ponsonby, Mr. C. Connellan, the Lord Chancellor, the Dean of the Chapel Royal, and several others, remained inside the square formed by the range of tables whilst the poor people were enjoying their meal, and the pleasure which those benevolent per sonages derived from seeing the poor people give every token of their approval of the " steam-engine-soup," was visible upon every countenance, the ladies seeming to take the deepest interest in the subject. REPEAL'ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the association was held this day. Mr. M. Murphy in the chair. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, in reference to a letter from the Rev. Mr. Campbell, Clogher Head, Drogheda, inclosing rent, adverted to 'the attempt which had been recently made by the landlords to impose the entire payment of poor rates on the tenants solely, and observed that if any thing were wanted to fill to overflowing the cup of landlord oppression, it was that attempt. He expressed his apprehension that the felon attempt would again be made in the House of Lords, and would in all probability be successful. It would be advisable that some plan should be adopted to make their Lordships aware of the ruin that would inevitably fall on the tenant-farmers of Ireland if the clause sought to be introduced by Lord George Bentinek were suffered to become law. That base attempt of the Irish landlords entirely removed from his (Mr. O'Connell's) mind—and he thought it ought to remove from the mind of every man of common sense— any lingering feeling of sympathy for the proprietors of those lands which were threatened with confiscation. He would, therefore, welcome the accession of English capi talists to the possession of those estates, if they would only take care of the people—if they would only be humane to the people—it they would only preserve the lives of the people ; and if they acted so they would be heartily received.—(Cheers.) The letter of the reverend gentleman, to which Mr. O'Connell alluded, contained the following passages " Here we have not joined in the foolish yell that has been raised against Roebuck and some other English Members, for their attacks upon the Irish landlords. A harsh and disgusting picture of them he has given, but I fear there was little creative power engaged in perfecting it. Take a glance at the original, and judge. The relief committee of Clogheran, Walshestown, applied to the landlords of the district for contributions to the relief fund established in the parish. The letter of application stated that great distress existed in the neighbourhood, and that great exertions would be re quired to meet it. The landlords of the parish are Sir Patrick Bellew, having acres, 1,135; Smith Barry, ditto, 1,864; E. H. Byrne, ditto, 869; A. Newcomen, ditto, 852; J. Godley, ditto, 366; Major Bonner, ditto, 217; George Ball, ditto, 213; Brabazon, ditto, 186. " Amount of subscriptions received from the above, 201.—being 10/. from Sir P. Bellew, and 10/. from E. H. Byrne. The other honourable gentlemen (for they are all—all, honourable gentlemen) did not even condescend to reply. Thus the entire burden of the support of the poor has been thrown upon the unfortunate occupiers, and well and nobly have they borne it. It would be uninteresting to detail their exertions, though perhaps their contributions might excite shame, if such a quality be an attribute of an Irish landlord. And is it to the tender charge of this merciless class the Premier of England would consign the Irish poor? A Poor Relief Bill in the hands of the Irish aristocracy! Out upon the hideous mockery—the ugly delusion. What effect, think you, will the proverbial hard heartedness of the class, excited by fear of confiscation, give to the law? Well informed persons believe, and I think prove, that out door relief amongst us must work confiscation. And what of that? Place the London banker, the Yorkshire manufacturer, or the Liverpool trader in the position of landlord—would he be deaf to the mi. s of hunger and destitution and death? Would he, when the wail of famine and pestilence is borne on every breeze, clutch closer his money-bags, and pull tighter their strings? No; he has sympathy with his kind; he has not been schooled in inhumanity; he has not exacted his pound of flesh; the widow's tear and orphan's blood have not swelled his cup of revel. But perhaps the Premier in tended this grim-faced grace to execute vengeance on the landlords, by making them the instruments of their own annihilation—complacency in the thought would be cruel. I would rather punishment less circuitous, though not so bitter—direct deprivation of property where the owners leave its duties unfulfilled. Ah! spoliation, robbery. Not more so than disarming an insane man, or the depriving a child of a dangerous plaything. And a dangerous and destructive plaything Irish property has been in the hands of its owners." The reverend writer suggests, by way of postcript, that If some Member of Parliament were to move for a return of the relief committees in Ireland, and of the applications made by them for relief to the landlords, of the number of acres held by these landlords in such districts, and of the sums received from them, this would unmask the hypocritical exertions of several of the Irish party!" Mr. JOHN O'CortNELL subsequently addressed the meeting at considerable length. In compliance with his recommendation, the committee of the association had determined to request of the Catholic clergy to furnish' as far as they could possibly do it, an abstract of the number of deaths which had occurred since the com mencement of the famine. Having spoken at consider able length on a variety of topics, the honourable gentle man concludt d by reading the address of the association to the people of England, thanking them for their pri vate subscriptions in aid of their fellow countrymen in Ireland. The rent for the week was announced to be 251. Is. sd. The meeting then adjourned. TIIE IRISH CORN MARKETS. CORK, APRIL 3.—Supplies of grain to our market continue to be very limited. The same dulness and de pres,ion which we had occasion to report so frequently of late, continue to characterise the trade in every de partnit nt. For Indian corn we have had a heavy draging trade, at gradually declining rates, say 20s. to to 30s. per ton on the week; cargoes on the spot have been sold as low as 121.. to 12/. 55., and in small parcels at 121. 10s. to 131. per ton; a better feeling, however, has been manitested in this article for the last couple of days. owing to the improved tone of the English markets. BALLINASLOE, APRIL 3.—The corn market was very plentifully supplied; the prices were lower than last mar ket. There was a large quantity of potatoes offered for sale. Wheat, 455. to 495.; oats, 16s. to 19s. per barrel. Potatoes, 2d. to 10d. per stone. TIIALEE, APRIL 3.—lndian meal, which not long since sold so high as 2s. Bd. per stone, fell on Thursday last down to 2s. 3d., and is now selling at 2s. 2d. Other bread-stuffs exhibit a tendency downwards. In the several markets of our county, too, the potatoes, which so long lay perdu, are rolling in in unexpected es abun dance. To-day the supply has been enormous , and p rices averaged from 14s. to 15s. per half quarter of 10 stone for minions; white, 7s. to 9s. per ditto: black bulls, for seed, 85..t0 10s. GALWAY, APRIL 3.—Our corn market to-day was but moderately supplied. Farmers were demanding prices. irrespective of the recent considerable decline, and few sales were made until an advanced hour of the day. There is more than the usual show of potatoes. CORK.—MOST IMPORTANT.—At the advanced hour at which the subjoined reached us, it would be impossible to do more than place it before the public. We may add that a finance committee has been, we are told, appointed, viz.:—the Mayor, the High Sheriff, Mr. Sarsfield, and Captain Broughton:— HARVEST PROSPECTS. Conic, APRU. 3.—Considerable progress has been " Cork, Ist April, 1847. made iu out-door work; vegetatian is said to be a good " Gentlemen—l am instructed to make known to your deal retarded, and the young wheats are reported as committee, that the reduction of 20 per cent., which h as looking parched and sickly in many places, but with a been made upon the public works will be shortly followed little rain there is no doubt but everything would re- by . a further reduction, and that great distress and con sume a healthful and promising aspect. —The Potato— fusion will necessarily arise unless prompt and energetic measures are taken by the relief committees for giving There was left at our office this morning a sample of effectual relief to destitute persens in their distracts. potatoes, the size and soundness of which rather surprised us and tend to encoura The relief commissioners are prepared to advance money , ge the hope that the root ma y where it is necessary to the finance committees, when yet, with care and attention, be cultivated with success. The potatoes, which, we believe, are of the description the required preliminary steps shall have been taken theby the relief committee. the finance committees, and called White Quarries, were planted in March, 1845, and Battersea cabbage was sown in the same ground in 1846. board of guardians, but the commissionteerkseea.relwthheorelly. On digging the ground this morning a considerable un able to act until these steps ha l v e e se be e e e n time in calling quantity of fine sound potatoes was found there, without f o re earnestly request t y ou er will h and complying with the any symptom of the disease heretofore so destructive to your comm i ttee . to g_, e . ' - re that esculent . They were found on the land of Mr. John quuntions containeu , in t h e instructions.—l have the Sadleir, Gaol-road.—Cork Reporter. honour to be, gen t ,:ew me . n i. y .D o E u L r v o E b s ed ß ie n n o t u s G er u v T a o n N t , TRALEE, APRIL 3.—While we would be far from en- " Capt. Royal Engineers, Gov. Inspector. couraging the sowing of potatoes to the extent of former "To the Chairman or Secretary of the City years, it is gratifying to us to be able to announce that, of Cork Relief Committee." AMERICAN SYMPATHY FUR to a gentle- in various parts of this county, where an early crop of Y The following letter has been add ressed IRELAN D, this esculent has been tried, every promise of a health man in the neighbourhood of Londond e rry : officer, " Charleston, South Caro l ina, Ma Y tc - 1 - 7 2, 1847. growth is exhibited. We have conversed with a public " As a committee, instituted fur the relief of Ireland, officer, who has been through the entire of the county, of fe the Soviet w oc i i t e h t in tohfe Friendslast month, remitted to a committee and he assures us that not only are the early potato crolis giving token of all absence of disease, but that a greater . in Dublin, viz:—Joseph quantity has been sown than was apparent this time Bewley, Jame s Perry, and Thomas Pim, jun., the sum twelve months. He also adds, that the spread of oats of 1,3001., in two remittances, one of 1,0001., and another is far beyond that of 1846 at this period. Notwith standing this prospect, there are thousands of small of * L e now herr to hand you the first of a bill for 5001. occupiers who are totally unable to sow their farms.— Tralee Chronicle. SOYER'S MODEL KITCHEN. DUBLIN, APRIL s.—This day M. Soyer exhibited an experimental trial of his cooking apparatus, in the Es planade at the Royal Barracks, and the subject of his model kitchen for the poor having excited a considerable degree of interest iu this country, an immense concourse of persons of the first respectability, to whom tickets of repaired to the ground, in drawn in your &our by the Bank of Charleston, upon the Bank of Liverpool, which we desire you to distribute at your discretion amongst the suffering poor of Ireland. The only condition we desire to impose upon you is, that you distribute the money where it is most needed, and where it can do most good—all else we leave to yourself. " In imposing this duty upon you, we are quite aware that we are calling upon you to take upon 3 ourself no esdnussion had been Wilted, small degree of labour and trouble ; but from the known benevolence of your character, we doubt not the trouble ' - will be considered a pleasure, and that you will derive , as much heartfelt satisfaction from administering to the wants of the needy and afflictet -4 , as we can possibly do in being made the instruments of forwarding so pure and holy a purpose. We haVe the honour to be, with great respect, yours, "JAMES ADGER, Committee of H. W. CONNER, the Hiber- ALEX. ROBINSON, nian Society. " To William Ogilby, Esq., Kilcatten, Claudy, County of Londonderry." EMIGRTIN. If the tid e o f emigration A conti O nues to flow with the same rapidity which it has for the last month, the country will soon become desolate indeed. Every sea port in Ireland is full to overflowing. We have been in- ' formed that one noble Lord in the province of Connaught is about to ship not less than thirteen hundred families(!) eff his estate, paying htlf their expenses. If things pro- - gress in this way, there will be very little use for the bailiff, and " Gerrardism" will vanish from the laud.— Thant Herald. From every part of Ulster the middling and small class of farmers are leaving in hundreds for the purpose of seeking a future home cn the other side of the At lantic. The English and Scotch steamers carry out with them, weekly, immense numbers for Liverpool ard Glasgow, the impatience to quit Ireland being so great, that should a vessel rot be ready to sail i mme d iately from Derry for America, they set out with all possible speed for the above ports. We have been informed that within the last three weeks fully fifteen hundred persona have embarked at Portrush, the steamers on .arriving there being scarcely able to take all the -passengers offering.— Londonden y Sentinel. ROBBERY OF TILE BALLINASLOE COACH.—The day coach, running between Ballinasloe and Dublin, was robbed on Tuesday evening last of 3001., money sent by the Board of Works for the payment of labourers, &c. It seems that the perpetrator was an acting guard em ployed during th e s i c k ness o f the permanent guard . . He broke open the box an d t oo k three bags of silver to the above amount. There was a large sum in notes which be did not touch. He has absconded.—Gabray Vindicator. The Board of Works have considerately appointed . Mr. Abraham P r i m , p a y- c l er k, county Kilk enn y, in room of his murdered cousin. There were forty appli cations.— Waterford Freeman. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. CoRK, APRIL 2.—James Buchanun, a corporal in the 73d Regiment, was indicted for the murder of Corporal Thomas Frisby, of the same regiment, at Cork barracks, on the night of the 2d September, 1845. It appeared that the prisoner, in a fit of intoxication, fired the shot which deprived the deceased of life. The jury, after a long delay, returned a verdict of guilty. GALWAY, APRIL I.—Several persons have been tried and convicted of stealing cattle and sheep. POOR-LA W FOR IRELAND. The following is a copy of the petition adopted on Friday last, at a meeting of the Parochial Board of the city parish of Glasgow, in favour of the Ministerial Poor-law for Ireland:— " UNTO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " The petition of the Parochial Board of the city parish of Glasgow, " Showeth,—That your petitioners, as the represen tatives of the ratepayers of this populous city parish, have, in the discharge of the arduous and responsible duties imposed upon them as managers of the poor's fund, exp..r.enced much difficulty and annoyance, as well as an unprecedented increase of expenditure, arising almost entirely from the extraordinary influx of impo tent, infantine, and diseased Irish paupers into this parish. " That your petitioners, while deeply sympathising with their distressed Irish fellow subjects in the calamity that has overtaken them upon the failure of the potato crop, cannot but express their surprise that so little should have been done by the wealthy classes in that country to ameliorate this distress—a distress as yet that has had to rely for its relief upon British chat ity and the taxation raised from British industry. " That, in the opinion of y our petitioners, an absolute necessity exists for the introduction of a sufficient Poor law into Ireland, whereby an adequate provision shall be made for the relief and support of the impotent, infan tine, diseased and aged poor of that country, and that the fund for this purpose should be raised by an assess ment upon all incomes, whether arising from real or personal property. " That your petitioners feel persuaded, bad such a law as this existed in Ireland, they would not have had to complain of the present influx ;of Irish paupers, who, from their wretchedness, destitution, and disease have not only absorbed and are absorbing a large proportion of the rate levied for the poor properly belonging to this pariah, and s p rea di ng contagion among them, but are also setting a most pernicious examp le to the low er classes of thi s c ity, b y accustoming andinstructin instructing to look to pa roc hi a l a id f or support, instead of depend ing, as Scotchmen here wont to do, upon their own in dustrious exertions. " That your petitioners fear, unless your Hon. House interfere and prevent this fearful ingress of Irish pau-_ perism and disease, all the efforts that may be made, whether by private or public benevolence, to ameliorate the condition of our native poor, or to raise the condi tion of the lower orders in this city, either temporally or spiritually, will be rendered abortive. "'That your petitioners have s een w i t h alarm that her Majesty's Ministers, in the Irish Poor-law Bill which they have introduced to your Hon. House, have ad mitted the principle of granting out-door relief to the able-bodied poor—a principle your petitioners hold to be opposed to sound political economy, as well as inde pendent feeling and sound morals among the lower orders ; and, should your Hon. Rouse sanction such a principle, your petitioners do not hesitate to aver that it will lead many to trust entirely to the poor fund for their support who but for this enactment, would assur edly trust to their own exertions ; while it will also de stroy all feeling of gratitude on the part of the receiver of that aid—a feeling which ought ever to exist, at.d which your petitioners earnestly desire to foster and encourage, rather than destroy, and which they pray your lion. House to carefully watch over and protect, and not supersede. " That your petitioners, as the representatives of this populous parish, feel themselves especially called upon to give utterance to their opinions on this question, as they have to provide not only for the maintenance of their own destitute poor, but also, under the recent Poor law Act for Scotl an d, they are compelled to provide temporary aid for an overwhelming number of their im potent, infsntine, and diseased fellow -subjects, having no settlement in this parish, and for the relief granted to whom they have no resource whatever. " May it therefore please your Hon. House to pass a measure for establishing an efficient Poor-law, by which adequate relief shall be provided for the impotent, in funtne, diseased, and aged poor i❑ Ireland, and other wise adopt such measures as shall relieve your peti tioners from the intolerable and oppressive burden to which, from the causes aet forth above, they are at pre sent subjected. _ "And your p'titioners shall ev er pray. • "Sipped and sealvd in the name and by appointment of the . Parochial Board of the city parish of Glasgow, at Glasgow, this 27th day of MArch, 1547." MUSICAL MEMORANDA. Mr. Braham has kindly consented to sing at the festi val of the Royal Society of Musicians, on the 19th inst., L'rd Saltoun in the chair. Miss Rainforth, the Misses Williams, Mits Maria B. Hawt , s, Signor F. Lablache, and a host of other eminent vocalists have promised to attend on the occasion. ANCIENT CONCERTS.—FieId Marshal the Duke of Wellington will give a grand banquet on the 21st instant to the directors of the Ancient Concerts and a select party, previous to the performance. Mdlle. Lutzer, the celebrated German cantatrice, will make her debut at these concerts on the occasion. Jullien gives a concert this evening at Manchester, at which Herr Pischek will sing. Ile will also sing at several places in the provinces previous to his appear ance in London, which will be at the concert of ancient music. Mr. John Wilson, accompanied by Mr. Land, has given his Scottish entertainments at Aberdeen, and several other places, with his wonted success ; he will resume his performances at the Music Hall, in Store street, next Monday. AMATEUR SOCIETY.—The programme for next Fri day's performance by the Amateur Society in Store street, will consist of the overture to Rossini's L'ltaliami: Haydn's symphony, the Letter Q; selection of Donizetti's Lucretia; a symphony by Rousselot, and Beethoven's overture to Fidelio.—Conductor, Mr. Rafe. The Western Madrigal Society will celebrate its eighth anniversary on Thursday next, at the Freemasons' Ta vern, when several fine compositions by the old English and Italian writers will be performed by nearly a hun dred voices. Mendelssohn will arrive in London on the 13w di i r ll ec b t e io lerformed at Exeter Vieuxtenips will arrive in London on the 19th inst. lla,n ond his t e oratorio, iGtb x t e h i r ns l t i 9 a from St. Petersburgh, where he has been sojourning for under E iijahhi 9 s some time, an d creating quite a furore b y hi s v i olin playing. There is a doubt about y oung J oachim ', paying - us a visit this season; nor is Parish Al vers li kely t o come; but Godefroid, the eminent h arp i st, will be here shortly, Th e o f l o e r e the Clubwilt lmeet on Saturday next at the Crown and Anchor Tavern; and the rehearsal of the ing ltofis th c e on sa fi m de e n d tl a. y y third Philharmonic C oncert w ill ta k e p l ace in the m orn. of reported that the installation of his Royal Highness Prince Albert will take place at Cam bridge early in July. According to ancient custom, the begins coaft h e l f f esti v a l, o s n Saturday, toi aeo bnu t he h aes the 6yteh t. nothing d A J usual,uhlya ca t Fe d' : n e t he nece willl perf o rmancebil a i a w m i Il u been definitively settled. THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE AT THE CAMDEN STATION OF TM.' LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAT.—On Tuesday forenoon Mr. Mills held an inquest at the University College Hospital, on the body of Wil liam Edwards, a carpenter, aged 30, another of the un fortunate men who was buried beneath the arches which recently fell on the premises of Messrs. Pickford and Co., the carriers, at the Camden station of the London and North-Western Railway. The evidence adduced was a recapitulation of that which has already appeared in the columns of this journal ; and Mr. Alfred Wil liams, the house surgeon to the hospital, having deposed to the nature of the Injuries of which the deceased died on Saturday, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." SEED POTATOES FOR THE HIGIILANDS.--A Con siderable quantity of very healthy seed potatoes and oats, with oth er necessar i es, f or f arm i ng were shipped at Beauly last week fvr the Highlands. Invernot Journal