The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-04 00:00:00

• . l' : . pANIEs' STOCK. I Tii P. , gyl 14 . ~ 1 ....„,....,,,,. M AGAZINES, - aLINES-( CONTINUED.) ELECTIVE PEERS OF SCOTLAND. ! LA' I 4 .:ST PRICES OF SHA.RES, ~ temT b h e o r m a 7',.1 / T the Rod of Dandonald, whose restoration to the IIN BANYCS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM r asde 9uincey contributes to Toit for Sep- honours of the Bsth we had lately the plea-aire to re- I vr Y of the seeantitter, the. criticism upon " Scnlosser's Literary His- . : . ar ,i, h as addressed the following letter to the Elective ruR Prom tite Official List, LASHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. Eighteenth Century." As a piece of Peers of Scotland :- article is incomparably clever. Every LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. i , . My Lords impossibility of adopting the schieon,cseo_has a . relisb. . For I the ig"rance evinced b • rn° ,4 respectful course, that of addressing your Lord- .-...- lOINT-STOCIL BANES. rin his disquisitions on English literaturt" :hips individually in writing, with a view more clearly i , di n g itsvrer,r t e he last century he receives a castigation, Such, to explain my motives in offering myself as a candi- Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price 1 . li e _.,1: surne he never obtained before, and which date for the honour of obtaining one of the vacancies Annum. Share. e w ct i a l t i assuredly wince under. Speaking of the in the representation of the peerage, forces me again -- -- --- x 1. d. Z s. d. abilities or' Mr. De Quincey does justice to the to resort to the press. I have now, however, less Australasia • ... ••• • • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 - t to our thi°_nfkSipirgßichard Steele-an essayist who is not, i3 ,, ritshNoTth American 51. per Cent. 50 0 0 50 . 0 4SS t ~., o nurtercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 appreciated . deserves. . as he Mr. De - hesitation in pursuing that course, by reason of the , Quinceycolonial...... .••. • • • ...... 51. per cent. 100 0025 0 0 - known, or ' very kind letters I have received from those peers to . Point.„ makes one significant observation upon this whim I have the honour to be personally , ~ lionda and Westminstr Si. per cent. too 0 o 20 0 0 _- Generally," • ..,ondon Joint-Stock .•• 61. per cent. 50 00 10 0 • Shakspe (in he says, "if you see a line from who feel that conduct free from political bias may r ' iletropolitan ...• •.• • • - 25 0 0 710 0 bet lax: re the papers of the Spectator), it is safe to merit the favour of their suffrages. Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - de ge y that the paper is Steele's ; sometimes, in _T3T Lords, the honour of becoming a representative, „ Ditto, New.......... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 2010 0 n 0 - 1, - 0 I shall ..at' nal of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 0 deed, of casual contributors ; but, almost to a cer- under the peculiar circumstances of my case, Nat. Provticlal of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 , :35 0 0 - 51 taillt , I not a paper of Addison's." About Addison'. not attempt to undervalue ; nevertheless, I feel that if Ditto, New......... 5/. per cent. 20 001io 0 0 It remark upon Milton's " [Triton of Australia.... , 61. per cent. 25 0 01 25 0 0 - Laat it i ci Paradise Lost"-namely, such personal consideration could justify my offering Union of London. .... 1 Si. per cent. t5O 0 0i 10 0 0 - a __, 5 a Grecian palace as to amplitude, symmetry, myselCto the notice of your Lordships, 4 urther perse- A 0 ' Li architectural skill ; but, being in the English verance, under the circumstances of secret electoral lan g u age is to be - C.A.N.A.I.S• 4 , regarded as if built in brick ; arrangements unfavourable to me, must demand ex - had it been so happy as to be written in planation. 1 , i , Dividend a Irian Nantes of f f.. , , , Dlvldenel Price. Names of e, _. per Price. i b Greek, then it would have been a palace built in I may, my Lords, without presumption, infer from uompanies. IA 1 per 1 Companies. - Annum. spirit . Annu. --t_ - 1 e 2 if marble"-the critic e.;claims, in a delightful the habits of my whole life, that (however deficient 4of indignation-" Indeed! that's smart-that's I am in various acquirements familiar to your Lord- £ ; £ handsome ' Ashtn& 01.111 97'5/.55. 70 Alonmouthsh 100 10/. - I calculate !" But the most exquisite ships) I possess a professional knowledge with which , ‘sliby-la-Z 113 41. P e l - Mntgoinrysh 100 51. - burstof wrath-for which we do avouch ourselves your Lordships are unacquainted-for instance, that Ilanisley •• • .1160 121. 1 . 80 Macclesfield. 100 - 15 Positively Ilasingstoke..lloo - - Neath .•• . • . 100 201. 340 grateful to Mr. De Quineey-is that lam aware of causes which diminish the efficiency of Brlilt&Abrg , lso 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - it Where he corrects Schlosser's blunder about Cato. the naval service, and the means more effectually to I:romford..•. ,100 141. 1 - Peak Forest. 78 3t. 4 2 0 0 11 i'..'ulosser represents the English People as hay - increase and direct its energies. That such know- Dudley...." 1100 4/. 33 11. 4s. i Zg a " extravagantly applauded" that wretched ledge may be rendered useful in a national point of I,? , it: b a 3 :re • s:c • Lis 1 1 1 0 3.3 0 41. 51 Shropshire ••125 1 Si. - -7 i ß to eg c t e l l d it ai g e . ... :: 85 4/. 54 4 . lna on its first representation, and he expresses view I hope will not be denied by those acquainted '4 himself as E:ewash ... 100 321. - Somrset C0a . 11150 7/. 10.. 130 Forth &Clyd 100 I - Do.Lk FdSt 12 61. p. c. - 0 c hange . amazed that they should so thoroughly with the importance of the subject, or who shall take C-andlunctirloo 6?. SO Stffrd & Wore , 140 28/. 275 0 'Lige their nature and for , et Shakspere. Mr. De the trouble to inform themselves of the truth of facts :;and . Unionlloo 11. lOs 21 Shrewsbury.. l l2 s 1 51. - Quinceysays denies the first part of this statement, and lam about to state-or rather to repeat, after a lapse ga Y s " f -hat man must have forgotten Shakspere, in- of nearly 40 years. deed, and from ramolissement of the brain, who could My Lords, serious provocations to hostilities is pro- Li ' lamorgnsh.ll72,. 1390.. i - Stourbridge..ll4s 201. 305 listr&Brklyl. s oo o l :;rantliatn •• ;1 l/ 10 - , 1 - 21. -..... s s t e r y t e tr r d s o a n nd Avi 79 . s. 0 , ad m ire thiddersfield. 57 -, - wye hail. 126 1/. Bs. - 0 4) t . its e C a t o ." After explaining that the enthusiasm bably more near than, on a superficial view of foreign Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 51ii Trnt. & Mr-1 Lancaster .•• 47 1/. 10s. - sey ••.. j 50 301. - 1$ , proceeds au dience was so lely of a political kind, he affairs, the public may imagine. Twenty years of Leeds&Livrp 100 341. 505 -, sey 19 - - Your e h flS-" Now, Mr. Schlosser, I have mended ill conducted wasteful war originated liabilitieswhich Leicester .... 140 101. 75 Worcstr & - 't - 4 i. , 21. 41% . harness : all rioht ahead ;so drive on once 30 years of peace have failed materially to diminish. Leiestr &Ntli 83 41. 36 firming. j Loughborogh,l42 701. 530 tWilts & Brks 67 IL 11 ELECT EVE PEERS OF SCOTLAND. the Earl of Damlonald, whose restoration to the honours of the Bith we had lately the pleasure to re .,3rd, has addressed the following letter to the Elective Peers of Scotland : My Lords,— Die impossibility of' adoption - the -no,t, respectful course, that of addressing your 'Lord ships individually in writing, with a view more clearly to explain my motives in offering myself as a candi date for the honour of obtaining one of the vacancies in the representation of the peerage. forces me again to resort to the press. I have now, however, less hesitation in pursuing that course, by reason of the very kind letters I have received from those peers to ,ch )m I have the honour to be personally known, or who feel that conduct free from political bias may merit the favour of their suffrages. My Lords, the honour of becoming a representative, under the peculiar circumstances of my case, I shall not attempt to undervalue ; nevertheless, I feel that if such personal consideration could justify my offering myselCto the notice of your Lordships, further perse verance, under the circumstances of secret electoral arrangements unfavourable to me, must demand ex planation. I may, my Lords, without presumption, infer from the habits of my whole life, that (however deficient I am in various acquirements familiar to your Lord ships) 1 possess a professional knowledge with which your Lordships are unacquainted—for instance, that I am aware of causes which diminish the efficiency of the naval service, and the means more effectually to increase and direct its energies. That such know ledge may be rendered useful in a national point of view I hope will not be denied by those acquainted with the importance of the subject, or who shall take the trouble to inform themselves of the truth of facts I am about to state—or rather to repeat, after a lapse of nearly 40 years. My Lords, serious provocations to hostilities is pro bably more near than, on a superficial view of foreign affairs, the public may imagine. Twenty years of ill conducted wasteful war originated liabilities which 30 years of peace have failed materially to diminish. Such a contest, even of one-fourth the duration, would add some hundreds of millions to the incum brances on fixed property, the consequences of which, I apprehend, your Lordships cannot contemplate without painful anticipations. It is, my Lords, from former oversight, and mis management in regard to naval affairs, that wars in which this country has engaged have been protracted to an injurious length. From a recurrence of this evil I am low as desirous to preserve my country as when, with that view, I brought forward proofs of the most injurious abuses, which party spirit at that pe riod unfortunately defended. Naval power, my Lords, may be compared to an almost irresistible ma chine, which, if deficient of a pin (or key) to connect its energy with the work to be performed, unprofitably wastes its force. Assuredly, my Lords, had Members of your Right Hon. House, or Hon. Members of the other House of Parliament, then, or since, reflected on the conse quences of permitting the proceeds of captures (so wisely decreed by their predecessors as a provision to stimulate and reward the energy of the navy) to be wholly absorbed, during the last three-fourths of the late war, by the rapacity of the Courts of Admiralty, they would have perceived, not only the directly in jurious effect, but the suppressed discontent and dis gust manifested by those who feared to complain of being duped and plundered. The consequence of this was, my Lords, that when the sea had been swept of large vessels, whose proceeds paid amply for their condemnation, the commerce of the coast carried on in numerous small vessels, each comparatively of little value, was left unmolested, being far better p rotected by the exorbitant and all-absorbing charges of the Courts of Admiralty than by all the forts, batteries, and ports on the shores of the enemy. My Lords, the increase of the navy to thrice its number between 1802 and 1806 was an unnecessary and heavy pecuniary expense ; yet that expense was insignificant when compared with the injurious con sequences of its continued inactivity. Judging from the past, I may sincerely assure your Lordships that if measures shall not be taken prospectively in peace to give effect to enactments awarding recompense for risk and activity in war, millions on millions will again be spent without adequate results. The total disregard of this important truth was further mani fested by the determination not to relax the prohi bitory duties on captured wine, or even to purchase it at the price of beer, and serve it as an antiscorbutic to the navy. Hence originated the practice to start the captured liquors on entering the ports of England, to get free of the expense of Custom-house officers on board, or the cost of storehouses on shore during the tardy and expensive process of condemnatio n. In the late war, my Lords, the enemy's coasting com merce was injurious to this country only as it proved beneficial to them ; now to that commerce is to be added the carrying trade in coal, for the use of steam ships, to promote the destruction of our trade, foreign and domestic. My Lords, I trace the expenditure of more than the portion of the public debt which renders it im portant to landowners to desire a tax on corn, to the then asserted, and blindly supported, "vested rights " of the Court of Admiralty. If such rights remain, my Lords, the captors of vessels carrying continental coal must be indemnified somewhat after the manner that the captors of slave ships are rewarded. Any of your Lordships may investigate these facts, and take up this subject with great advantage to the pub lic and to yourselves. There is, however, an important question, only in ferior to the national benefits to be derived from re storing to the naval service the rewards of valour and exertion, namely, the preventing the funds that might and ought to be applied to improve the naval depart ment from being diverted to comparatively useless purposes, under the mistaken impression that in war our coasts and commerce can be protected by forts and ports of refuge ; I assert, my Lords, after the most deliberate professional consideration, that one fourth of the sum necessary for such passive modes of defence would suffice to enable the navy to annihi late every ship of war in the ports of Europe or else where. I repeat, that the most effectual means of defence is to deprive an enemy of the power of ag gression. Your Lordships may perhaps hear from sceptical persons, or may yourselves suspect, that my opinions are visionary ; but, my Lords, the secret plans which I presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent in 1811 have again been fully investigated, and, after six months' deliberation, were officially reported on in January last ; thus I fearlessly assert that these plans can set at nought not only all ordinary modes of defence, but the novel means of destruction pre paring in foreign countries for use, both on shore and afloat, namely, the projecting horizontal shells, car casses, and incendiary missiles, to blow up or burn our ships of war—to which means a recent device has been added, as yet essayed only on the brute creation, placed in vessels, fired at experimentally, to prove its destructive power. As an officer, I gratuitously gave my secret war plans to my Sovereign and country ; my plans of de fence, as a substitute for forts and ports of refuge in war, I am desirous, in my character as an amateur e ngineer, to render useful, if I can obtain attention and dispassionate consideration. These, my Lords, were the prominent objects that induced me to in trude on your Lordships' notice, and I trust their `mportance will be deemed a sufficient justification. I have the honour to be, my Lords, Your faithful servant, London, Aug. 25 . DUNDONALD. 7',.1 Thomas d e T Quincey contributes to Tait for Sep tember a criticism upon " Schlosser's Literary His - taZte t h e the Eighteenth Century." As a piece of se ntence has a article is ineompArahly clever. Ever relish. For *he ignorance evinced b; during in his diquisitions on English literaturt• the last century he receives a castigation, such, 7e Presume he never obtained before, and which "' will assuredly wince under. Speaking of the SPectator, Mr. De Quincey does justice to the abilities of Sir Richard Steele—an essayist who is not, to our thinking, appreciated as he deserves. Mr. De Quincey makes one significant observation upon this P° l Ls ``Generally," ho says, " if you see a line from Shakspere (in the pap ers o f th e Sp ec t a t or ), it is safe to betl of largely that the paper is Steele's ; sometimes, in deed,casual contributors; but, almost to a cer tainty, not a paper of Addison's." About Addison's r tl e , n t l t al .it upon Milton' s " P ara di s e Lost"—namely, t " a Grecian palace as to amplitude, symmetry, and architectural skill; but, being in the English re , languag e , i s to be regarded as i f b u il t i n b ric k ; 1 had it b een so h a ppy as to be written in ' Greek,raea s then it wou ld h ave b e en a palace built in p n marble"—the critic exclaims, in a delightful spirit of indignation—" Indeed! that's smart—that's !landsome, I calculate !" But the most exquisite b urst of wrath—for which we do avouch ourselves Positiv e l y grate f ul to M r. D e Q u i nce y—i s that wh ere he corrects Schlosser's blunder about Cato. Schlosser represents the English people as hay " extravagantly applauded" that wretched jama on it s fi rs t re p resen t a tion, and he expresses h imself as amazed that they should so thoroughly c hange th e i r nature an d f orge t Sh a k s pere. Mr. De Quincey denies the first part of' this statement, and ! Ps " that man must have forgotten Shakspere, in 'teed, and from ramolissetnent of the brain, who could admire Cato." After explaining that the enthusiasm of its first audience was solely of a political kind, he proceeds —" Now, Mr. Schlosser, I have mended 'L ell r harness; all right ahead; so drive on once I re ' • . . But, oh, Castor and Pollux, whither -- p o i iv what direction is it that the man is driving us ? Ivel Y S chlosser , you must stop and let me get eyaChZ . ll .1111 "o no furt her with such a drunken He (Schlosser) actually describes Addison aa_a dull pr osa i st, an d t h e patron o f p e d an try ! __ the man of all that ever lived the most hostile even . r w d h at was g oo d i n pedantry, to its tendencies to- A V the p ro f oun d i n eru di t i on an d th e non-popular; sun LOn, the champion of all that is easy, natural , d o r ' e ial, a pedant and a master of pedantry ! Get A wn, Schlosser, this moment ; or let ins get 41.nd A lo ends the first half of this criticism : again, j a v ; '' are grateful to Mr. De Quincey for his wrath and C s e nthusiasm. Ever thus let Englishmen be I n d earnest when speaking of Joseph Addison! i s a dY Georgiana Fullerton 's " Grantley Manor ' r eviewed w i t h e l a b ora t e ex tracts. Our own opinion II P " this beautiful tale has already appeared in the bitoa.rutrnehunasf The Sun. A long story, called "Pauline retails to us the circumstances of a V)itevin tradition. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder con -41141111es his a d m i ra bl e p a p e rs upon " Scottish Rivers," discoursing still about the Tweed, tells us again, Li c h t he exquisite verse of Sir Walter Scott— "lf thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight." p Geo rge Gilfillan, in the second of his " Sketches of o;rnale Authors," discriminates the peculiar merits h,,,, l ‘irs• Elizabeth Barrett Browning. He describes O f . as " perhaps the most imaginative and intellectual tt British females"—he might have called her one of tbe most i mag i na ti ve an d intellectual women that ve ever lived, and not exaggerated. The opening of e Paper i s r i g ht ga ll an t in tone, and will be not un pleasant reading to the gentler sex. Mr. Gilfillan w rites as nervously and as eloquently as ever, and shoutsits so much of that Thomsonian turgescence t r . e n marred the fervour of his " Literary Por ieft.', He lavishes more graceful imageries upon a file Contribution than could be culled from any Y effusions of the ordinary magazine writers. One r ss ,„ a ge we must quote, not so much from its excel - • M this particular as from its spontaneous energy a n eulogium. He is writing of one of Mrs. ° Y...ning's poems : dy Geraldine's Courtsbip,' as a transcript from s et , ted-leaved tablets of the heare—as a tale of love, the richest music—as a picture of the subtle work Rio the Stern reasonings, and the terrible bursts of pas ' p oe " t " - is above praise. How like tr volcano does the . beenheart at length explode! How first ail power is th e 1 :' 134 11 in the dreadful trance of silence, and then in l ' ln gened tempest of s peeeh! What a wild, fierce 'lows forth from his lips, in which, as in that of madness, the foundations of society seem to t "er o like reeds, and every mount of conventionalism is th lo nger found; and in the lull of that tempest, and in su e rsturning sunshine, how beautiful, how almost t e lshilmitn, seem the figures of the two lovers , seen , .and magnified through the mist of the reader's fast tt,„rg tears. It i s a tale of sucussful love, and yet it ,ti You like a tragedy, and most melts you in the crisis st ar triumph. On Geraldine we had gazed as on a th at , dry-eyed and distant admiration; hut when to star dissolves in showers at the feet of her poet beautiful e wep for very joy. Truly a tear is a sad yet thi e ng ; it constitutes a link connecting us with G re ttll ,t countries, nay, connecting us with distant worlds. au ch "tiion has, amid all her immensity, w rought no lovely w or k as when she rounded a tear:, g oo A d ill "g the miscellaneous articles in Tait some ar e th e - * The Political Register is a fair summary of election, and the " Song of the Locomo- Nied.". oco-motive, , the 1 o-motive as poor Tom Hood lyre 't—would have been better but for the previous e of Tilbury Tramp. DOCKS. 1 Dividend Amount Name of Company. 1 per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- £ s. d. X e. d. ..!ornmercial .. •• ..... 31. per cent. Stock. , - - East and West India... 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 126 East Country - - I )ndon • • • • • ••••• • • • W. pr cent. Stock. - 103 SLR atharine • • • • .... 5 per cent. Stock. - , 84 Southampton • • - • . . . 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 , 0 0 0 - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 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Co. of Scathed • • Si. per cent. I 10 0 0 All paid. i 9 /North British Insur.•. 5% 1. pr cent.l2oo 0 0 10 0 0 26 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 1100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin.&Glasg. Railway 1/.105. pers. i 50 0 0 50 0 0 61 Ditto, 4 Shares.• - 7s. 61. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 15 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 19% "41asov & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 61 !•4 'llitsgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18% Gls,-.ov &Garnkirk Itail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 Standard LifeAssmrnce.l Si. per cent. 1 50 0 0 1 2 10 0 9 A DOLMAN. li ttni rcultar interest will be found in the September fro itr of Dolman by its metropolitan subscri bers, th 41 1 . e biographical notice of the late Roman Ca -4.1e 13ishop of London. It is penned by the Rev. Pe t :,. t9r, and has a certain degree of importance, ap tier;lng as it does so soon after the honourable men the Ri g h t R ev. D r . G r iffiths in the House of be s l n °os by th e p r e s ent Prime Minister. The editor, te r l l- „,. es ,, i t b is eontribution,gives us three additional chapz hi animated account of the "Gordon Riots. Ch ar ' Paley writes a paper upon the "Anglican Whif -", System as exhibited in the Universities," which b ers e ' i t will b e p ar ti cu larly unpalatable to the mem by th o ' , s the Church herself, will be peculiarly relished the e t uissenters. There is a frivolous essay upon eh a e naracte r of Oliver Cromwell, in which the bes r i a d e ,, ter of that great man is absurdly depreciated. e..str an 't this, the writer makes no mention of anLexd rret—rilioary vindication of his Highness the or Cr eet°r, Published a few months ago—a paper on flop in in September, 1847, without any mlen °N%looked°' Thomas Carlyle, is rather an anoma ous 11 0 1 w er dn, l e ed'Aubigne might have been over :, u but Carlyle ! " The Lay of the Bea con, is a spirited translation from the the ; 'a the styl e o f M acau l a y—but with the former Irish -881° n of the verse is more of a pretence. Most th e readers will examine with curiosity and pleasure graphic sketch of O'Gorman Mahon. ,ZUE EGLEC7 IC REVIEW. Urtib;" °ll 3' the most important disquisition . in this tinsrnrteis the one on the " Electoral Policy of the . i v , rB- --What are its Results ?" It will emi 4nd ' e NY perusal. The notice of Hans Christian in ao e to -se e 4 .: 3 Autobiography is genial.. A critical and, 4rCo a hypercritical article " Dublin 4 noth e rPoration; deserve attention, as also does _ Gr eeee r notic e of Mr. Grote's learned History f b i „.er c *trilVe h ave inadvertently taken the Septem ;llehrr-41 - s . " b ut ,l°oß inthe left-handed manner of a ""ivar7l s 7 l , ° Lar, but read either way, backwards or they are sensible and well-timed. TR- COURT CIRCULAR. ARDVEREKIE, AUG. 31. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Lei ningen, and attended ,by the Marquis of Abercorn , the Hon. Captain Gordon, Viscount Jocelyn, and Mr. Anson, enjoyed the sport of shooting. Her Majesty, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, rode out in the forenoon. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, at tended by Miss Ilillyard, rode out on their ponies. In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal High ness, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Wait ing, went on a fishing expedition on Lake Laggan. The Marquis of Abercorn and Viscount Jocelyn will join the royal circle at dinner this day. SEPT. I.—Earl Grey left Ardverekie for Howick. OSBORNE, SEPT. 2.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince Alfred and the Princesses Alice and Helena took their usual early rides in the grounds at Osborne this morning. The state of the tides has prevented Prince Alfred and Princess Alice from taking their accustomed sea baths for the last two mornings. str.eieetrr,,ag's ' •E SPORT/AG REVIEW. " High-mettled Racer" has reachted‘‘ Thera i 8 a d i ; a nd in a sorry plight too, poor fellow . ` cokel) Moral in this truthful series of engravings.his sl i ,„:. t d for a Brace" is a capital vignette for t field 11 . 1 4 season, from the original of C. Josi. It is a av e P ie ce as f res h and exhilirating in tone as _a stroll 15011 th • r t he stubbl e or the meadow " w h en the dew ti e° , e grass." Craven, Castor, Saron, and Harry `cracker are in rare spirits this month—ready.i theto .44 43 , t nany jokes as Mantons or Eggs. A 13 Y cc 4 "vis himself to be in excellent condition At . 4.t is pleasant epitome of the yachting sea. : lietienther times of the year The Sportin g With t `' may be devoured as a hearty supper, sin gin the "ging andslippers on the fender and the grog only b steaming in the tumbler—now it can gallop NV_ ithtakue: call hi s e in snatches —what a nabob would w rite .._ .iitiffin." The writers are aware of this, and usual smartness ; so that even those who I' 'nay read. 9 1 ,114311 3ER5'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL . mile slate-coloured complexion of our old favourite to ways welcom e to art us, for he is ever glib, wen- t. el. ed, sage and conversational —never garrul o us. 4 4 as many lively and instructive contributions. Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and also from the Governor of the Mauritius, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor-General of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North Ame rican Provinces. tr Z,114; -4 " THEAT RE TIIE BOSJESMANS.—These ex deli -na rY beings are: nightly attracting crowded and theigruted audiences at this snug little cabinet, to witness were wonderful performances and really we must say we Their4tonished at many of the attics of the . Bushmen. tar", m od e of attack and defence is very curious; their th o , t in t iy a ge is also Peculiar, nearly every word they utter, it) the dressing the audience, being accompanied by a click e , which, to an Diglishman, sounds very oate ri r g— 'lr. Pox Cooper deserves every success in thus no doubt 10 for the amusement of the public, and we have d Mat b he Will obtain it, judging from the crowded " °I the h - a taste fhouselast night . To all those who have 74atre. or •the wonderful, we say—visit the Strand l' a con t „... t SA.RAII SANDs.—One of our morning _shi 11.11oraries of. Thursday stated that the steam-ship York i ,rirNstvh Sands had sailed from Liverpool for New 44 h . edue4 daY• lip to a late hour on Thursday night 41 —ad not left the port, owing to adverse winds, nor 92 1 'nisei for foreign ports gone out for two clays' --- Sir Robert Peel has purchased from a party in Edinburgh the full-length portrait of Dr. Chalmers, painted by John Watson Gordon. As a painting it is a work of great excellence. The late Walter Long, Esq., has bequeathed to his father, the Member for North Wilts, the whole of hit estates, stated to be worth 40,0001. per annum. A petition for the pardon of Lieut. Munro, having some 200 names attached to it, has been forwarded to the Home Secretary from Ross-shire, of which county the Lieutenant it a native. Mr. J. W. Sutherland, and Mr. Mark Boyd, had an interview yesterday with the Commissioners of Emigration. An engineer from the Board of Works is at present laying out a new pier at Duncannon, county Wexford, for fishery and steam accommodation, which will greatly iraproY9 the WegOr(l Oarbol4r. 1 , 1 IP' St, '~. V ; WATER-wO7Eif.S5. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. --- .£ s. d. E iSt L0nd0n...... •• •. 8/. 100 0 0 195 :rand Junction .... —3/. 10s. 41 13 4 1 90 31. 100 0 0 84x.d Vauxhall ....„ „ 100 0 0 West Middlesex . . • 51.15a.prent. 63 12 9 ' 120 MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of Sept. 3.) SUGAR.—To-day leis desire was shown to operate in Raw Sugar for home consumption, whilst former rates could not be generally obtained, and holders were more inclined to sell. The business transacted in all sorts of West India Muscovado was upon a small scale only, the purchases not exc. tiding 460 hhdi and tierces, whilst the rates taken were 6d per cwt under those of Friday last. The total sales for the week are 1.880 hhds and tierces. REFINED.—To-day the market was quiet for Refined goods, and prices are not so firm, Brown grocery lumps selling at 54s 6d to 553, and standard lumps at 55, 6d. Bonded Crushed Sugar sells slowly at 31s 6d to 32s for the best. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was less desire shown to operate in Mauritius Sugar, and 8,645 bags 317 casks 164 trcs at auction went 6tl to is per cwt under former rates, excepting the chrystalised sorts, which fetched stiffer rates. EAST INDIA—This afternoon of Bengal Sugar 983 bags were offered at public sale, and sold 6d under former rates: fine white Benares went at 48e, good mid 45s Gd to 465, fine soft yellow 44s to 44s 6d, damp . a . .id washed 40s 6d to 47s 6d. Madras is not much required, and 1,755 bags sold Gd to is per cwt decline, good damp and washed yellow went at 33s to 345, middling 32s to 32s 6d, low 31s 6d to 325, good brown 31s to 31s 6d, ordinary 30s to 30s Gd, and very low 29s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of fo reign Sugar, but privately a fair business was done, 2,500 bags of brown Pernambuco selling at 20s to 20s 6d, and 600 chests of white Parabia at 26s 9d per cw:. COFTEE.—This afternoon at public sale 2,319 bags of Padang were all taken in at 28s Gd to 29s 6d for ordi nary and good ordinary, being above the value ; 364 bags Costa Rica only in part sold at 32s to 33s 6d for ordinary and good ordinary, which is rather cheaper. Plantation Ceylon was only in limited demand, and 1,547 bags went upon rather lower terms—middling culoury at 56s to 58s 61, low middling 52s to 54s 6d, fine fine ordinary 49s to 51s, fine ordinary 46s to 48s, good ordinary 455, pea berry 55s to 64a Gd, damaged 30s to 475, and sound triage 33s 6d to 35s 6d per cwt ; for auction 1,400 hags are declared. TEA.—Since this day week there has been no arriva. whilst none has been submitteo to public competition, but the deliveries continue as large as ever. Prices are still low, contrasted with those of last year at this time. An increased disinclination is manifested on the part of the town and country trade to operate, whilst the export orders do not in crease; still in the value we have little variation to make known in any kind this week. The small amount of business transacted privately was at rather lower rates for green, but black is generally held for the former currency. The quantity on offer of all sorts has been larger than of late. The value of common sound Congou for cash is 9d, good ordinary • 90, Twankay, low yellowish leaf 7(1 to Sd, and Hyson common Is 21 to ls 4d per lb. Merchants are still complaining of the losses they are sustaining upon the importation of tea. SPlCES.—Although there are sellers of Malabar Pep per rather under previous rates, still exporters and the home trade operate with caution, and of 315 bags 2,440 pockets offered at public sate , a part only sold. Privately Sumatra met with a dull sale at 2id to 2id, and Penang at 211 to 2d per lb. White sells slowly. Jamaica Ginger continues in god supply, and not being much required can be obtained upon turther reduced terms. At public sale 10& barrels were sold. Pimento is held with firmness, and none has been offered at auction this week ; but privately a fair amount of busi ness has been concluded, and at stiff rates. In Cinna mon there has been little ;passing, but there are not sellers under the rates of the last quarterly auctions. Nutmegs have met with attention ; purchases to a fair extent have been concluded privately, at rather higher rates. Mace is in short supply, and being wanted prices tend upward. Cloves are not much required, but holders are firm, and supply the market sparingly. SPlRlTS.—Jamaica has been extensively dealt in for home consumption, whilst the export demand has been good, indeed the market has been nearly cleared of all sorts, and the prices paid have been Id per 4allon above those that existed previously. The purchases have amounted to 500 puns at 3s 8d to 4s, for middling to good quality 32 to 31 per cent over proof ; small parcels of fine at 4s 4d to 4a 9d, and of choice quality at 4s 10d to 5s per gallon. Leeward Island, how ever, is little required, and can be obtained upon further reduced terms. The amount of business transacted in East India has been small, although at is lld to 2s there are sellers of proof st ren g th. Demerara is not much re quired, whilst t he limited ' business concluded in stron g 3. 3d to 3 s yferl 31 m former q 3 u B o p ta e t r i c on en 4' t over proof. The arrivals of Rum have been small since th is day week, but several parc els are near at hand. Bran dy is s a t h s a h vi a n s g b b e e e e n n a a c t c e b p a t7d l little required by exporters or the home trade, whilst there are free sellers upou previous terms. Geneva, is EVENING, SMPTEMBER 4, .047, ./ tiATITROAY in brisk ropiest for exporthtion at 2s Id to 2s 10i, arid for fine for home use at 3s 2d to 3s 6d. The price of British Corn Spirits is 11s for English, and lOs lid to _ . lts for Scotch and IrLh. RICE —To-day there was only a limited demand for East India Rice, but full rates were asked. None was offered at public sale. 4.r COCHlNEAL.—Privately only a limited demand existed for black and silvers, and 67 bags Mexican at auction were only in part sold at rather lower rates ; middling black went at 5s 2d to 5s 3J, and low to middling silvers _ _ 4s - 9d to 4s 11d per lb. INDIGO.—The demand has been more active for East India this week from the home trade, and purchases to a fair extent have been made in all descriptions, whilst the export demand has been rather better, but the contracts concluded at present have been chiefly for the Russian markets. There are few parcels of any kind on offer, and the demand it is ex pected will continue to improve, as the importation is less than it was last year, whilst the home and export deliveries are greater, prices are lower, and the stock smaller. There is but a small quantity pressing for sale. Spanish does not improve in value, but there has been rather more business transacted. We quote Cortes at Is 10d to 2s 9d, Sobres 23 10d to 33 63, and Flores at 3s 8d to 45 8d per lb. OILS.—The arrivals of Fish Oils have been of little moment this week, whilst on the part of holders there has been firmness, and they have refrained from i,tf,r ing uny at public sale. Seal has been in excellent request by private treaty, and the tendency of prices is upwards. For Cod the prices asked are 27/ Ls to 27/ lt)i, but buyers operate with caution,' as the importetions will be large this season. Southern met with attention , and of all descriptions several parcels have been sold at f ir m rates. The market is in a quiet state for Sperm, whilst the supply continues good, and the trade operate with caution. In Rape Seed Oil business has been much operated against, by the crushers asking the ad vanced rates of 38s to 38s 6d for pale, and 37s to 37s 6d for brown, but the amount of busi ness transacted has been of little moment. The Rare Seed crop is likely to be small this season. Olive has not met with much attention from exporters or the home trade. Linseed Oil met with less attention, both for home consumption and exportation, and there being a better supply prices have assumed a downward ten dency. For forward delivery there are sellers at 26s 6d to 26s 9d, but few contracts have been concluded. The market will be well supplied ere long, as prices are much above those of last year at this time, and are highly re munerating to the crushers. Although the stock of Palm is not large, still prices continue on the decline, as the home trade and export demand is lialited. TALLOW.—lmporters of Russian are anxious sellers, and submitted to further reduced rates on the spot, still fineall p n a e re wtigsuoalpietyractd eau bwithe obtained a t although 4636d P to. Y. 4 ' 7s C of . r fhue e ri r tr s hpe as rr e e declining. it n l wi n : ng s t. se,Thaahsne there e ue r rs sei business l se y vee purchase i cwt.ps ue pros pect e f Sn p °t r a i l c o es s atk for the last three months of the year has been upon a small scale, although there are sellers at 45s 6d to 46 s. Town made is not much required and can be obtained at 47s to 47s 6d net cash. Other sorts are heavy of dis posal, and offered upon rather lower terms. The stock has been further increased, still prices are much above those of this time last year. That the importation will this be greater than in the past season there can be no doubt. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 3.—The Bonetta brigantine, Commander Brock, arrived this morning from the bg o p employedrsfr Williamo n Parker, Mediterranean. She is 43 d ays from Malta, and has, cons equently, brought no news. She did not call at Lisbon, nor has she seen anything of Sir Charles Na pier's fromier 's p s eh q eeukw last.andorolis Mediterranean She Bonetta hha brought s h b m e e a a has esn t ew i invalidsnSun day d under sTshisighted h squadronrou Cape underbeen surveying up the Archipelago. Having been three years and upwards in commission, she will now be paid off. The Belvidera provision depot, Captain H. Layton, was towed into harbour to-day by the Echo. She will be followed by other of the " relief" squadron, which is to be disbanded, and the respective vessels put out of commission. The Ajax steam-guard-ship is receiving her steam machinery preparatory to trial. In Harbour—The Victory, 104, Captain Pasco, flag of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander in-Chief; the Excellent gunnery ship, Captain Chads, C.B. ; the Cambrian, 40, Captain Plumridge, fitting for foreign service ; the Trincomalee, 26, Captain Warren, fitting for sea.; the Amphitrite, 26, Captain R. Eden, fitting for sea ; the Belvidere store ship, Captain Layton, to be dismantled; the Seaflower cutter, Commander Dumaresque, to refit; the Fury steam sloop, Commander Willcox, fitting for foreign service ; the Myrtle, Lightning, Echo, and Swallow steamers. In Dock—The Prince Regent, 92, nearly ready for floating out after being razeed from an 120 ; the Leander, 50, building; the Orestes, 18 ; Frolic, 16 ; Sappho, 16 ; and the Rifleman steam - sc rew gun-boat, fitting for commission. In the Basin—The Ajax steam guard ship, the Re tribution steam-frigate, the Geyser steam-sloop, Com mander W. L. Browne, fitting for foreign service, and the Rocket tug. At Spithead—The Bonetta brigantine. CHATHAM, SEPT. 3.—The Elk and Heron, 12-gun brigs, building, will be completed and put out of dock the end of this month, when the keel of a steam vessel, to be named the Tiger, of 1,220 tons burden, will be immediately laid down in the seine dock. The Arab, 16 guns, which was commissioned on the 30th ult. by Commander Willia . n Morris, is pro gressing with her rigging very fast ; she will be com pleted in a few days. The Antelope steam-packet, Lieutenant and Com mander F. Smythe, for the lonian Isles, will sail from this port to-morrow (Saturday). Dr. H. Peacock, assistant-surgeon of this dockyard, has been appointed staff-surgeon of the Royal Dock yard Battalion. A number of the dockyard apprentices have by subscription presented to Mr. l‘PGarahan, the dock yard schoolmaster, a very handsome silver snuff-box, as a small token of their e steem for the kindness which he has shown in forwarding their education. DEVONPORT, SEPT. 2.—This morning, at ten o'clock, Lord Auckland, and the other Noble Lords and Hon. Members of the Board of Admiralty, em barked at the dockyard, on board the barge of Port- Admiral Sir John West, and proceeded down Hamoaze to the basin steps of the Royal William Victualling yard, at Stonehouse Point. Their Lordships were received on landing by Superintendent Admiral Sir Thomas Fellowes, his successor, Captain Toup Nicholas, the officers of the yard, and a guard of honour from the brigade of the establishment, commanded by Captain Jameson (secretary to the superin tendent). They were also complimented by a salute of 19 guns from the field-pieces belonging to the battalions. Their Lordships examined the mills and bakehouses and the stores of the yard, which contain at present more than 20,000 quarters of Indian corn, 30,000 bags of rye meal, besides large quantities of Indian corn meal and biscuit, purchased entirely for the relief of the Irish. The Royal William Victualling-yard Battalion went through the manual and platoon exercise, and the field-train of four 9-pounders and battery of four 32-pounder' were also drilled by . Major Armstrong (Master -Attendant), under the inspection of their Lordships. The next establishment visited was the Royal Naval Hospital at Stonehouse, throu g h the wards and surgeries of which their Lordships were F con ucted by Superintendent Admiral Sir Thomas ductedand Captain Toup Nicholas. Thence the Board proceeded to the Royal Marine Barracks, which at the present moment contain 879 rank and file, besides commissioned and noncommissioned offi cers ; of these about 200 belong to the Ports mouth and Woolwich divisions, having recently ar rived here from Ireland.ln addition to the above, about 40 are in the harbour on board her Majesty's ship San Josef, and 120 on board her Majesty s ski 's AAbout 400 men, under command of Colonel Mercer, fell in at half past eleven, but their Lordships did not arrive until one o'clock. General Murray, Commander of the Forcws for the Western District, was on the groun d, with Colonel Mercer an d the officers of the corps, in full dress, to receive their Lordships, who entered by the southern main gate. The men, who pre sented a very sol north and dierlike appearuth - an ce, were drawn u p ne, so, arms to their distinguished when they pre sented visitors. Prece ded b y their band, they subsequently marched by in open columns, slow time, quick time, &c. Lord Auckland, escorted by Colonel Mercer, and Admiral Dundas, with General Murray, then proceeded, with the other members of the Board, to inspect the men, the barracks, infirmary, and build ings ; after which their Lordships went to the three gun battery at Devirs"point, also under the marine establishment, where the men were exercised at the guns. Their Lordships dine to-day, with a distinguished party, at the mess of the Royal Marines, attending the orphans' ball in the evening. In all probability, they will to-morrow visit the Breakwater and the coast fortifications at the Plymouth Citadel, Bovisand, Mount EdgcumbeLand Drake's Island. Mr. Ward, DIP., the Hon. Secretary, left this morning for town, and will be foll owe d t o - morrow by Admiral Dundas and Admiral Prescott. Lord Auckland and his remaining coadjutors proceed hence to Ireland. THE LATE .A TT EMyTED ASSASSINATI ON IN THE CITT.—Upon ma king inquiry last evening at St. Tho mas's Hospital, the reporter was informed that Mr. Crawley would most probably leave the institution this morning (Saturday), as his medical attendant (Mr. Solly) considers him sufliciently recovered. An elderly man was on Monday l e a v i n g the Bank of France, where he had just received 14 notes of I,ooof. an hi i s ndividual suddenly each,taiiiipocketbook con came up, gave him a violent blow in the breast, at,d. and gth e w m a s in his imprudently hand,holdingwh en snatching the pocket-book from his hands, got clear off by the Place des Vietoires. He has not yet been sr restqd.—Galignani. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS DE PRASLIN. We take from Galignani's Messenger the following translation of documents connected with the prosecution of the Duke de Praslin, which have been printed and distributed by order of the Court of Peers : The first document is the proces-verbal of the ex amining magistrate, M. Broussais, and other officers of justice, immediately after the murder of the Duchess. After describing the position of the body, the state of the room, the marks of blood in different places, and on the bell-pall, the finding of a loaded horse-pis tol belonging to the Duke, and other circumstances which have already been fully and correctly related to the public, the proces-verbal goes on to state that having discovered traces of blood from the chamber of the Duchess to that of the D uke, and on his dress,the officers of justice felt it to be their duty to question him on that point. The Duke explained these marks by stating that he had got blood upon them and upon his hands by touching the body when he rushed into the room on the alarm that was raised. A frock coat, on which there were marks of blood, and to which water had been applied to efface them having been noticed, the Duke said he had attempted to wash out the marks, and had thrown the water, in which he ha I also washed his hands, out of the window into the garden, but no appearance of such water having been thrown out was found. The trousers worn by the Duke being also spotted with blood, he was requested to change them and give them up, which he did. There was also marks of blood on the breast and on the sleeve of his shirt, which he had attempted to wash out, as it was still wet, but the Duke said that the wet was the result of per spiration.. A pair of slippers, also spotted with blood, were found. On searching the Duke's room there were found three napkins, more or loss wet, and stained with blood, a cambric handkerchief in the same state, and a shirt, which the Duke said he had changed the night before at half-past eleven, with two drops of blood on it. Lastly, there were found a waiscoat, a cap, and a ceinture stained with blood. All these articles were seized, and placed under seal. In the fireplace of this room were found the ashes of papers, and articles of woollen or linen which had recently been burnt, for the remains were still warm. Amongst the ashes were the remains of a silk pocket handkerchief, which the Duke acknow ledged to be his, and which he said had taken fire by accident when he threw a lighted match which he had been using into the fireplace. On the chimney piece was a paper containing a small quantity of gun powder, and a knife with several blades, on the back of which was a drop of blood ; in a cartonnier, over a chest. of drawers, a box containing gunpowder and three balls ; and in a secretary in the study a poniard and its sheath, and a pair of loaded pocket-pistols. All these articles were seized, and placed under seal. The officers of justice having called upon the Duke to give a circumstantial account of the affair, he said : " Madame de Praslin and myself arrived at Paris at a quarter past eight o'clock in the evening, by the Corbeil Railway. Madame de Praslin entered a hack ney cab with my sons and their tutor, and I entered another with my daughters and youngest son, and we arrived at my hotel at a quarter past ten, after having both of us made visits in Paris ; Madame de Praslin must have made several. I went with my daughter to see their former governess, Madame de Luzy, residing in the Rue du Harley, No. 9, au Marais. I did not see the Duchess on arriving at my hotel; she had already entered her apartments. I, on my part, immediately entered my bedroom, after having conducted my daughters to their apartment, situated on the second story of the hotel. I went to bed, and immediately atter fell asleep, without having required the assistance of. a valet de chambre, which lam not accustomed to employ. This morn ing, at an hour I cannot indicate, but when the "day was beginning to break, I was awakened by confused cries ; but, as cries are often heard in the Champs Elysees, I was not frightened, and I even did not get up immediately. A moment after I heard steps of going and coming in the garden. I then left my bed, put on my dressing gown, and went towards the chamber of Madame de Preslin. On arriving at the third door of my chamber, which is at the bottom of the steps of the little corridor which precedes it, I heard confused cries ; I believe there was a cry of ' Murder;' and without going further I re-ascended to my chamber; I entered my study, and took from my table a loaded pistol. I then descended to the chamber of Madame de Praslin, into which I entered after traversing her dressing-room. Obscurity and profound silence prevailed. I called her by the name of Fanny, but she did not answer me. I. then left the dressing-room, and lighted a wax candle with lucifer matches, which, as usual, were under the clock in that room. I then entered the chamber of the Duchess alone, and I found her seated on the ground, her head supported on a sofa placed between the fireplace and the window. I went to her ; her face was covered with blood, which flowed abundantly from wounds on the head and on the neck. The idea of calling my domestics did not occur to me ; besides, I had not time to do it, for I had hardly tried to raise the head of the Duchess, and to render her some assistance, before I heard knocking at the door of her chamber, which communicates with the saloon. I went to open the lock which fastened the door of it on the in terior, and I there found the persons whom I have just designated to you. It was whilst endeavouring to render assistance to the Duchess that I became stained with blood. After the entrance of these per sons, I talked with them for about twenty minutes or half an hour. I several times touched the body of Madame de Praslin, and at last, as I was distracted, I re-entered my chamber, where I first washed my hands, and it was not until lately that I endeavoured to remove with water the blood which I had on the breast, on the left side of my dressing-gown, in order not to frighten my children, to whom I was about to go to communicate to them the misfortune which had Just deprived them of their mother. The courage to tell them failed me. Very shortly . after, General Sebastiani, uncle of the Duchess, arrived, and he was 1 with me when M. Bruzelin, Commissary of Police, came. My first care had been to recommend that the Commissary of Police and a doctor should be sent for." "We (says the proces-verbal) asked the Duke de Praslin what use he had made of the pistol with which he was armed ?—He answered us, that at the time at which he had endeavoured to render assist ance to the Duchess, he had thrown it on the floor, that he did not know exactly where, but it was very close to him and the Duchess ; that he had taken it again, and by a nervous movement had struck the floor with the barrel, and also with the butt-end, and that he had definitively abandoned it at a place which he could not determine. "We asked the Duke de Praslin if the window of the Duchess's chamber was open ?-a-He replied in the negative. "We asked him if he had remarked that other doors opening into that chamber, besides that of the Duchess's dressing-room, were open ?-1-1e answered that the door of the large saloon was closed ; that he was certain of it, since he had been obliged to , go and open it; but that he could not say if the 1 door of the boudoir was locked ; that those were the only doors, with those of the dressing-room and two little rooms which have no other issue, which open into that chamber. " We asked the Duke how it happened that the re mains of a pocket handkerchief, which had served him as a nightcap, and which had been consumed, were found in his fireplace ?—He answered, ' Yester day evening I took this pocket handkerchief from one of my drawers to cover my head to sleep in. At the moment of entering my bed, I found this handker chief to be in a very bad state, and I threw it in the fireplace, in which was a large quantity of paper. It was this morning that these objects took fire at the moment at which I threw a match which I had lighted, for I know not what purpose, into the fireplace. "We caused it to be observed to the Duke, that at the moment at which he re-entered the chamber, after having passed at least half an hour in that of the Duchess, he could have no need of a light to find his way to his chamber, and to wash himself ; that, moreover, there was a handkerchief on the night table prepared, and which did not seem to have been used since it had been washed, and we asked him to give us explanations on those two circumstances ? The Duke replied, that he could not explain how it happened that he had desired to have a light, or for what use he had the light ; that he felt that this want of explanation might give rise to a grave charge in presence of the burnt paper and handkerchief thrown by him in the fireplace the previous evening; that the second handkerchief found on the night table, and which had not been used, had been pre pared in advance, either by his valet de chambre, or by the wife of the porter , or some other woman of th e house ; that he did not per ceive it when he was thatabout to go to bed, and that it was on that accounthe had taken the torn and burnt handkerchief from a drawer; that he had not taken another, and had slep . t, . accor ding to his usual custom , without a fichu du mat, that as to the movement which led him to throw the handkerchief which was in a bad state into the fire place, and not to take another, it could be explained to those who knew him by his character, but that it was impossible for him to give more precise explanations. " We asked the Duke de Praslin to what cause he could attribute the assassination of the Duchess, and if that lady had, either in the house or elsewhere, enmities of a nature to cause the commission of so great a crime ?—The Duke de Praslin replied, that he did not know any enemies of the Duchess, and that he could only explain the horrible crime com mitted on her person by the circumstance that it was desired to commit a robbery in the hotel, that the malefactors were perhaps ignorant of the return of Madame de Praslin and himself from the country, where they bad been for a mouth, that they were consequently surprised to find the Duchess in her chamber, and had 7ben assassinated her. " We asked the Duke whence came the green cord which was found passed through his braces when he undressed, and for what cause he had that cord ? He replied that the cord was that of a powder-flask or a shot-bag, but that he could not say how it hap pened that the cord was found on him when h . e undressed. We seized this cord and put seals on it. " - We afterwards asked the Duke whence came five pieces of cord, of which three were untwined, and a piece of white cord of about 10 centimetres long and stained with blood, which were found in the pocket of the dressing-gown which he wore that morning ? lie replied that these pieces of cord were found in his dressing -gown, but that he knew not how they came there; and that if the piece of white cord were stained with blood, it was because he had put his bloody hand into his pocket. " We also observed to the Duke de Praslin that, in entering the chamber of M a d ame d e Praslin' we remarked a pistol primed on a ta bl e before the window ; that there were several spots of blood on the barrel and the ramrod, that at the butt-end some hair adhered to the blood, and that there was also a little piece of skin or flesh; that that must have been the pistol which he took on quitting his chamber, and we requested him to give explanations to these circum stances, which appeared to us to raise the gravest charges against him as the author of the assassination committed on the person of the Duchess de Praslin ? The Duke de Piaslin bent down his head and held it in his hands, whilst the Procureur de Roi addressed him in strong terms, enjoining him to explain him-, self with the sincerity which became his position and his name. Tie at length said, If my attention had not been distracted by the exhortation of the Procu reur du Roi, I should have replied to you that I deny that the pistol found in the chamber of Madame de Praslin is that with which I armed myself this morn ing to go to her assistance ; but I deny formally to have struck her with this arm, or with any other arm ; as to the adhesion of the hair and skin to the butt-end of the pistol, if that circumstance really exists, it is impossible for me to explain it. "PRASLIN. "FELIX BOUCLY. " A. BROUSSAIS. " BRUZELIN. " A. COLLERY." An addition to the preceding prates-rerbal sets forth that there had also been seized a yataghan sabre, ornamented with silver which was found in a chest of drawers in the bed-chamber of the Duke de Praslin ; there had likewise been seized a hunting-knife, mounted in, copper, which was behind the cushion of a sofa situated between the fireplace and a cheffonier ; and there was next seized a book published by Chaix, called " Guide Officiel des Voyageurs," found on the chimney-piece of the bedroom, on the cover of which was a spot of blood.—This document also states that the Duke de Praslin was asked if he would accompany the ma gistrates to the bedchamber of the Duchess, where the corpse was then lying ; but he begged to be ex cused from the cruel visit, and this request was com plied with. The following is a continuation of the correspond ence of the late Duchess : " April 23. " It is long since I have written, and my position has since become more and more painful. You seem to have changed and put aside all external appear ances. Mademoiselle D— reigns absolute. Never was a governess seen to assume so scandalous a posi tion. Believe me that it is a great misfortune—a great evil, for all the intimate and familiar conduct with you, this authority over the whole household, shows that she is a person who believes that she has a right to put herself above -all propriety With her all this is vanity, love of rule, domination, and plea. sure. Reflect that a fraternal intimacy between you and her, looking at. your age and her position, is out of all consistency. What an example to give to young persons, to give to them, as a thing of course, a woman aged only twenty-eight, going and coming at all hours, and in any state of costume, to and from the chamber of a man no more than thirty seven, receiving him in her own chamber, being tele-a tete with him for whole evenings, ordering fur niture, directing journeys, parties of pleasure, &c. She has broken with her female friends in order to bring herself into greater relief, and thus engross you entirely to herself ; always finding means to get rid of the children. Has she not had the effrontery to say to me—' I regret, Madame, that it is not possible for me to act as mediator between you and M. de Praslin ; but for your own interest I recommend you to pay attention to your manner of conducting yourself to wards me. I conceive that it would be painful for you to be separated from your children ; but, after the positive resolution come to by M. de Praslin in this respect, I am sensible that he has reasons too well founded for coming to such a decision, for me not to feel it to be an important duty to conform to it.' Is it possible that your wife, who has ever been so pure, who has never loved but your children and yourself above all things, shall be constrained to hear herself thus insulted by her whom you intrust to bring up our children, whom you have known only a few months, and of whom you spoke ill to me in the first part of that time ? You are afraid that I should cor rupt your children, and yet you abandon them to a person who makes a mockery of all the decencies of life, trampling them under her feet, who regards as superstitious all the exercises of religion ! You despise me so much that I dare not repeat the expres sions you made use of in telling me so, because I . blamed her Manners and her arrogance. It would be better for me to approve of that which is blame able, in order to obtain her permission for you to treat me better. Then, indeed, should I render my self despicable, when I submitted to purchase pleasure—even happiness by baseness so vile. You are in such a state of irritation that you will not listen to me, and cannot comprehend me. Ido not mean, as you always seem to conceive, that Made moiselle D— is:your mistress in the full force of the expression. 'lbis supposition, on account of your children, is revolting to you, and you do not perceive that, in the eyes of all, her familiar relations with you, her absolute empire over the house, my isolation, are as fully established as if she were so openly. You have often concluded from appearances much less de cisive that there were criminal relations between others. Cannot you, therefore, conceive my grief at seeing my children torn from their mother, to be abandoned completely to a person who has no concep tion that good conduct and virtue have their own external forms, and ought never to adopt those of vice ? How can I help being afflicted when I see them in the hands of a person who has avowed her contempt for me by what I have repeated to you above, and who establishes her empire by making you hate arid despise me ? You have always said to me, When there are suspicions. they should always be cleared up.' But do you not find that she daily en grosses your time, and abuses her power over you by using it to aggravate our differences and alienate us more and more from each other ? Mademoiselle D might be a Very good governess, but it is necessary she should be guided and controlled ; but not by a ' young man, because she is too light and inconsi derate, coquettish, and imperious. 'My son, when you enter into the service of the Lord, prepare your soul against temptation and against trials ; remain firm in justice, and in the fear of the Lord; keep your soul humbly and wait in patience ; lend thine ear to the m w en o t rd o s f p o r f oo w f is ; d s o n m ffer a w nd ith lo p s a e tie n n o o t e c th ou e r e a x g p e ne a t t at t i h on e and the delays of God. R ema i n un i te d to G od, and mo be not weary of waiting. Accept with a good heart whatever may happen to you; rest in peace in your grief, and in the time of your humiliation have patience; for gold and silver are purified by fire, but the men whom God is willing to receive into the number of His own He tries in the crucible of humi liation and grief. Have, therefore, confidence in God, and he will deliver you out of all your trouble; hope in Him, preserve His fear, and grow old in His love."--(Chap. 11 of Ecclesiastes.) To preserve si lence under the pains of life , to suffer and hold thy peace, is the manner to profit by the wise counsels o ar f e th fo e r se ad co o n p s ti o n l y w m h e o n t v a p e e a t k h i e bo r g e da lt H is o s w o r m ar a e n , the sore! and not silence, we are g ing the w in or ! envenom with the heart full, not to say too ranch, and there y with mankind, though we may not ameliorate sure to please God, and not aggravate our posi tion wi it. All these calculations, even the human, ought therefore to make us decide upon adopting this determination. But this empire over ourselves can come only from God. Let us, therefore, pray for it with the confidence that he will one day yield to our prayers. He who has said, Learn of me, for I am meek and humble of heart,' will nol refuse to grant the means of following this precept. Absolute silence under circumstances which o th ers bursts ttshnoeoft dignity, a t s h s i e u r n e .f of f r elt,than is easierine F e e , n b d e u t do t know to be grievous to us is as impeaching a s re proaches. It p c m e o r u w s eoahnr coward p t b h r e a o t n t a e c r v il i e m o s l ' a e be silent than to say wh a t oug ht t o b e s 'd, ai and no more. Happiness in this world • consists in the affec tions we are able to ins • pire.Let us then remember who it was that said, Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth,' and let us take courage by recollecting that it was he also who said, Knock and it shall be opened unto you. Ask, and it shall be given to you. Blessed are those who weep, for they shall be comforted.' These reflections, which I wrote yesterday upon a fly-leaf, are curious for me to have copied, and prove my maladresse to the full ex tent of its excess. The best weapon, if I take it into my hand, is sure to turn upon and wound me. To day, feeling disgust at seeing you come from a tete-a-tete with Mademoiselle I thought I was making a master-stroke by flying without saying a word; thinking by this to avoid a scene, and mark my disapprobation mildly and without risk. Good \ God! I vv - as fair from expecting the into which my unfortunate mildness Certainly no violence I could have uses excited you further than to pursue in case with abusive language, uttered w and insulting gestures ; and then, after few minutes into your own room, com' and breaking my - Saxon - vase, my silver-gilt ewer (aiguiere), or rather that of Horace, and taking away two presents to which I was Much attached, for you gave them me when I thought you loved so much my little rose plateau, and my small gilt vases. I trust you have not given them to her or to another. the other day, to punish me for having forced my self into your room, which she can enter whenever she pleases, you came and broke all my ombrelles. To-day. because I fled in silence to avoid a scene, ou destroyed things most precious to me, and rob me of the memorials of a love which has been my entire happiness. You have already burnt those letters which were the sole remaining testioaonies cf that tenderness ; you have torn from me my children, you have condemned me to all the miseries of life for the present, without leaving any hope of happins?ss for the future, and now you deprive me of the metoorial of the past. Oh, my God ! I have loved him too much —you have struck true. I could have lost all with courage, with resignation, with joy, so long as his affection and that of his children had been left - ------- to me. Now I have no longer 114 esteem. In the bit terness o f my grief I feel a proof of thy lov e f or me b y the nugriitude of the trial. I feel in the bottom of my heart that each new grief is a new promise, oh, my . God, of being again one day reunited to them in thy bosom. Strike ! strike ! God, and deign to grant my prayer ; give me strength in this world to support all that thou art pleased to inflict. Often do I ask myself whether he loves me still ; whether he is attracted by her or whether simply by the children, and whether, under false ideas, he has placed himself upon such an improper footing with her. I cannot help believing that, at the bottom, there is much of the spirit of teazing and townenting in all this that he does. What were his _ _ habits and connexions ? Of what nature have they been for years past? Is it for her that he has re nounced them ? Frequently; and at this very mo ment (half-past one o'clock in the morning), I cannot help figuring to myself that she is perhaps with him in his chamber, gossipping with him, in defiance of propriety, without being what is called his mistress. How is it that he does not comprehend there are many things wounding to the affections ? All is not concen trated in one animal action, as regards the pains of the heart. lam convinced that if we were separated he would soon feel the necessity of observing strictly the proprieties of society with the governess of his • . daughters. Can it be true, my God, that he despises me ; that he loves me no longer ! Sometimes 1 en tertain doubts, and fancy that it is only a plan to correct me. But, on reflection, I cannot but re- member that for five years he has daily broken more and more with me, that I am no longer anything to him, that he has deprived me of my rights as a mother, as mistress of his house; that, on all occa sions, my place is assigned to me by him. Is it a lure he has held out tame, intimating that if I sup port all the severe privations he imposes upon me, without uttering a complaint, he will restore to me all my desires ? Does he imagine that he can if he wishes to do so ? Does he desire it? I often think he does. Could he then ? This I very much doubt. Mademoiselle D— would bring forward the bargain between them, and he would not dare decide in my favour. And I well conceive that she has real ad vantages as a governess, but he thinks her superior to what she really is. He would see me submissive, and believe me content ; he woul.i think that the change would not be worth while, and in truth it is too certain that he has had a very bad opinion of me. I hbvee ignorantga t faults, of I suffer too much from them to but I am convinced he be arelftst, hem ; be lieves I have vices that lam not guilty of. This morning, in conversing, Madame de Dolonieu, before this frightful scene, said to me, ' Your husband has an entire and tender devotion to you, has he not ?' I avoided, the question, for I could not take it upon myself to say a thing I did not think, which I knew too well I could no longer boast of. He loves me no more? But, my God, to whom I have said, ' De prive me, if so it must be, of his love, that only joy of my life—that life of my heart—but let him be saved, that we may one day be re-united with our children in Thy bosom as the reward of this sacrifice' —0 tell me, my God, that he will love me again when he knows this—that he will not curse my me mory, and my prayer will be granted. It is so new to me to see him give himself up to these violent fits of passion, and to which mine have never approached, that I frequently cannot help thinking that this vio lence is feigned, inasmuch as in general, he does not break things to pieces until after he has reflected. God grant that this may be so ! for if he be so anxious to correct me as to purchase my cure at tLe price of extravagance, with an air almost of sang frcid, then he still loves me ; and yet, what horrible ex pressions of disgust! They cannot come from a feigned anger ! But did he not say to me the other day, in the presence of 13erthe, and throwing to me all he had broken in my absence, that h would do the same every time that I broke something in his apartment? This is a singular idea, since I never intentionally broke anything belonging to him. I only wished to force open the door of his chamber, at the moment he was bolting it. He afterwards told me coolly that he would do the same whenever I happened to repeat the breaking. This, then, is a plan, a calculated resolution come to in ad vance. Why then should I take it for a real fit of passion ? To day, however, I have neither said nor broken anything. Truly, this is paying dear for a silent mark of dissatisfaction. I cannot help thinking that it must cost Theobald dear to commit such follies as to break, like an untoward boy, things which be long to me. It is so little his characn-r. He thinks he punishes me severely, and I confess that I do suffer much at seeing him give way to a conduct so ridicu lous, if it be not admirable from a design to correct me. He knows not, however, to what point material objects are in themselves indifferent to me since I have lost his affection, and the hope of bringing him back to my apartment, for I have never regarded my most precious objects other than as ornaments of the place to receive him. He has no conception of the love I bear him. At the bottom of my heart I feel that, were he but to return to me, I should love him as much, perhaps more, than ever. I suffer so much from my isolation. I should be so happy to see it brought to an end. But the will of God be done. I cannot conceive how matters will be ar ranged. I know not how to help thinking that a and more envenomed. I wish to promote his separation would be best. Things are becoming more r wt e h t ho e eu n tt c h e ehr o a f vhi sea-bathing, b mr a e e t a h l liaynsg more, his s wife, : fae, would happi ness; but, as his life is now arranged, instead of con tributing to it, I destroy it. lam suffering a thou sand martyrdoms. If I were to go quite alone to o h u e l h d as:r e T t a n n o g r e e dwhlqae t tr o ro i r l s it el n le t l o ) co p m py . together with me. a m hP n ar e d ve n et e th e tti e m a u e e n n h e d i t l e w o d r r . e l l te i n h f a e , ern vk p ' whether it life agreeable or T t h oi re l e ve m a o l n o t in h myself with t h e greater facility may be sufficient f or thi s experiment, and I could re sign down there, th an t o rema i n here in the position n which I find myself. I know that as things are now my absence would be rather a relief than a privation. Remember, most holy Virgin Mary, that it has never been heard that any of those who have had re course to thy protection, who have implored thy suc cour, and demanded thy intercession, have been aban doned. Animated with this confidence, 0 Virgin of Virgins ! I fly to thee, and, groaning under the weight of my sins, I prostrate myself at thy feet 0 Mother of the Word, despise not my prayers, hearken unto my, petition, and deign to grant it: --St. Bernard.' " Ma g‘ It is evident that Theobald ma y 1, 1842, kes towards me what is for him great advances ; he has ever shown me real tenderness, and a sincere desire to change our manner of life. But does he truly wish, as he tells me, to adopt, if I lend myself to it (these are his ex pressions), a life of intimacy, and to restore to me my natural position as a wife and mother ? Do we com prehend each other in this respect ? Does he clearly understand that I cannot be happy unless I possess his unlimited confidence, nor content myself unless I ant restored to the possession of my position as mistress of the house, and particularly to the surveillance and direction of my children ? Will he ever admit that.? Will he ever dare to signify sue a thing to Mdlle. D---- ? I doubt it ; for she will put the case to him, ' Choose between her and me ;' and she will carry her point. My defects and the qualities of Mdlle. D--- he regards at the same time through the same m agn ifyi ng g lass. I fear that he will cause himself a complete illusion ; that he will imagine that, whilst I shall be mild, his affection and his re conciliation will suffice for me , and that I my relinquish with a good grace all . rights as a wife an d a m i mother but he deceive s himself ; for it iit is for me a ° serious and positi ve dut y: l as s sweet and my rights to tuhendeenrjoyt-hmeesne um t circumstances rights stances ar e duties, and of th e most sacred. kind. He has, unfortunately, ideas the m os t f a l se a nd the most dangerous in th e re l at i ons which he towards desirab l e 'm t y o children. re turn ought to have with governesses, and on their position in a house. He forgets that nothing in the relations, the position, and the conduct of a governess should. be capable of giving rise to unpleasant interpreta tion ; he trusts too much to the purity ot his inten tions. Faults consist in bad actions, but scandal arises from appearances; for one can only judge by what one sees, and scandal is a great evil, particularly one a question so delicate for a man of his age, with. ao young a governess, and whose natural character is frivolous, inconsistent, familiar, impertinent, coquet tish, without tact, without a solid religions frainda ' tion, and overruling. He treats governesses as certain l persons treat nurses ; they spoil them unt4 they bel 41,1 A' Adt f -• 5 ed r. 7 ". 3 r et ling into , ~'+~ ~, ~ ..•