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n, Tor' Hughe s C o bb, HenrY Rogers , : ; Can. [lce F'd.. Lai2c lol3 ' contact n eSO—, Of ved. railway, On t he <Tian rive. 9 the • Tebe• seer] in gale 3 in the :here vised to ibralts! Ll).oci Flour. 1,610 .kw and b6O d, to 0 4 4 1. 0 5 j 10 4 I ° 6 0 18 ( 5 FICS• 300 es wu'"„„ d , to 3 lo 8 4 0 10 4 1 6 4 10 00rO irl , „nrOl e 51 is bf loi suo se-t ' wa I" cs Iles and °„', liiGu t ; of Co' Y l'cl‘ P a. , i n g le V3e°l vg ree 1" ow d h ,a a"' 1 0 ft, )Ild lc) LITERATURE. T HE GREATEST PLAGUE OF LIFE ; or the Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant. VI. Edited by the Brothers Mayhew. This is the concluding number of this entertaining /.°l'k, and it would be well that all those who have b een amused by the fun should attend to the moral of the tale. It is to be found in the concluding address cd . :Mr. Edward to his As I was saying, then, Madam, we put ourselves to rill kinds of' unnecessary expense to gain the good opinion of mere acquaintances and comparative strangers, who t u,o . n't car e -a s n ap o f the fingers for us; and in order to do ' 1 ", and " make both ends meet," as we call it, we stint 9urselves, and those about us, of a thousand little luxuries which would make home dear and happy, Wholly regardless of either the feelings or the esteem of tll° '-e who live under the same roof with ourselves, and those affection can add so much to our comfort.' " ` Oh, yes, certainly,' I added; I'm perfectly of Your opinion, —let the servants do just as they please,— 411 ,1 11 deal of comfort at hom e we s hould have then.' Your fault, and the fault of many other ladies I ;"uld eama, is, that you have your servants—like your fur niture--for sh —though—unlike your furniture 3°u don't think you can spoil them, however much yon use them. And then you wonder that they don't treat Kith respect, but take every advantage they can of zi tut; You carry out your c ontract to the mere dry letter them, and yet are continually grumbling because don't carry out theirs to the spirit with you. Only 4 Mistress es b e ki n d—y e t firm with their servants, end the truth o f t h em, to one anot h er, an d d epen d upon i t , th e laws of mere human nature are such, that servants — n il few exceptions—will be willing, obedient, and Nted to them.' " eII nISTOPIIE.R TADPOLE. By Albert Smith. Part XIII In this num b er th e au th or i s ev id en tl y pre p ar i ng 1,.0r his catastrophe, and " corning events" cast before them strong shadows. Christopher sallies forth as i4lae itinerant lecturer on the " sports and pastimes of people of England,' having previously had i a ;I • or ious rehearsal of his lecture in Mr. Chirpey s loft.l In the course of his journeyings he meets with 44 r. Barnes, and a host of medical students, botanizing, attended by their professor. Into the good graces of this latter gentleman he manages to ingratiate him self, and procures from him a letter of introduction to Our old friend, Dr. Aston. The Doctor is still residing in the same village in Cheshire, and in the la me "red-brick, scarlatina-looking house," and surrounded by the same curiosities, including Mrs. Grittles, the only alteration he has made in his es tablishment being the starting an assistant hight, kr• Mole, to take some of the heavy work off • hands. A railway is in the course of construction in „'„_ e neighbourhood, and the Doctor is called in to attend a " navvy," who has met Nlith a serious acei trit• That navvy is Rockey, who dies shortly after joethari,iosetoes arrival, and concealed in whose neck ban found a small diamond buckle, which is -eu , over to the Doctor for safe custody. The f--mw lng extract will show the situation of the Arden family and of their "Evil spirit" : f art In one of the southern counties of England—some .Y miles away from London—and situated upon a ; r t e en headland, where the rich pastures of the valley of bitriver make their first undulating break, before they i;,: r ge into the short verdure of the downs—whose sun,- -43 may be seen and taken as laud-marks from the sea -- ther e is an old Elizabethan house. aG " It is built of grey stone, from a quarry which has been worked for many years, but which may be still -,e n • In one of the shows upon the estate, if you have :, - ,, r ae to e en the dense thicket of brambles, o ,l"ngs and fern that encompass it. It was once a ir t en did . mansion ; but at the period of our tale it was t t e eared for. The ivy that climbed along its many led front, had, in some places forced the discoloured 4 ls from its frame, and twisted ' round the mullions to b (l * inside th e rooms ; l arge t rees h a d u ph eave d th e W eary of th e t e rr ace -wall in like manner, throwing it, ;): the force of their roots, in huge blocks upon the turf: , 4 , 11 .. cl sturdy creepers, reddening in the autumn, had '"" a nted to the very summits of the clustered chimneys some few of which the smoke curled as of yore Viand grown over their tops. eat There h a d once b een h er d s o f d eer i n th e fi n e park . it zl t surround e d th e h ouse ; b u t th e y h a d been sold, or i 4 1 or had strayed away ; for the palings around re e te broken down, and their absence had been poorly 4, lll , e died, h ere an d th ere by h ur dl es , and old gates in • "•wined with furze. And one or two stately chestnut hr . marked the course of a noble avenue that had once kt , up to the principal door of the house, the smooth f or mes of the others still forming weather-beaten plat •en mogt the grass. There were large gardens too, I,,ii.•sed will' high walls, but nothing was cared for n e t , ui a- They were perfect wildernesses ; and the walks t m ; i l Choked up—below with grass and self sown vege h, es and ab o v e by the long sprangs of the vines and or t of the st a nd ar d fruit trees, which no hand trained 11 0 ;; 1r amed into order. And the pleasaunce behind the tr ees was equally uncared for. Suckers from the large surrounding it, grew up all about the lawn ; and p nn u °P and wilicconvolvulus, having once got an occu th:Y, overran the en ti re enclosure, and strangled all ~,;other fl owers t h at tr i e d to lif t t h e i r h ea d s a b ove t h e , us, This old house was not less desolate within. Every iettng was falling to decay from want of care and occu shi„,e).• The wind roared and howled down the huge tio o — r tl eys, and wailed strangely through the ill fitting 11 00 *! , even when all was tranquil without. The rude Iti t , c r i lf lg, patched and repaired with half-a-dczen different 1 00 „ 3 ,4 wood, creaked and groaned beneath the lightest e r ,, 411 ; and old unexplained noises sounded from the s li ' d Wainscot constantly, There were, besides, closets ap se e upboards i n ever y ava il a bl e corner, some of which stted, from th e i r o b scur ity, to b e perfectly unlathom ' Ar( v - ; and others resounded hollowly, when knocked, h a s i ° that there were still recesses beyond them which le ever been opened. There were long ghastly lofts, kokindition, immediately under the patched and heavily eial:tared imly lighted through the dull green- Nt?,, 44 ernentsat e either end ; and staircases in all di kor,,'ll3, Communicating with so many different damp .fledi a and leading to so many different mouldy passages the at a "ings, that but for the dread of meeting the real Prank. h e sham apparition might have played whatever tho us l 'e Pleased, and got away as easily after them, as 1144,1.3" nn had possessed the power of pervading oak 0 4 as glibly as his spiritual prototypes. te ßar n e apartment only of this house was fitted up with N th .(1 tO female occupation ; sad that was a parlour ba y l evel Window, which commanded a fine sweep of foli, W oodland, dotted with villages and clumps of ros e amidst which, here and there, a church spire to n. ; and bounded by a chain of blue hills on the hori autu this ro om , one afternoon towards the close of ladthere w ere t wo p ersons . O n e of them was a a bout forty y ears o f age i n rea lity, a lthough she loc,the ed older, for her features were worn and lined, and thoperal expression of her face indicated anxious 1 5 1% c ,„g r i l t• She was sitting at a table, on which was ( If c e , box ; and from this had been taken the quantity ) vit t i -64 ' Papers by which it was surrounded. At the m iddl e was seated her companion—a man under the Which a stature who had a small table before him on so t " "fas some wine, and on a chair at his side were 44 filberts (which he was crac ki ng w ith . his mouth).; Some more papers. The lady was the widow of Sir Q.„3 l 'llek Arden, and her present associate was Mr. 17 4 3,, ~, ,r ry FAIR. B y W . M. Thackeray. No. IX. sett "al this part we hav e a grap hi c d escr i p ti on o f th e i n t o g forth o f t h e various regiments from Brussels thr N aterloo, a n d o f t h e thoughts and feelings of (I se who were left behind. Rebecca, of course, was eal tU a.t,' ing the am oun t o f rea d y cash of wh i ch s h e 1/401ild become possessed should Rawdon fall, and the Irl i llt nees there were of i mprov i ng her position by a (,_() re eligible match should such an event take place. tong o thers the figure ofJos Sedley pr esen t e d itself to her imagination, and she called at Amelia's l odgings to revive the acquaintance, and at the same t ime to secure a seat in his barouche, in the event cf 1 1 11 ,,e approach of the French rendering flight necessary. n hire - there of course she could not do less th an go Ittlel comfort Amelia. Rebecca's appearance struck Amelia with terror, ana Made her shrink back. It recalled her to the world i q In the overpower the, L remembrance of yesterday. rememoran iete e ' l l'a about to-morrow shehadfr husband wasorgottetiß Rebecca,_ and sad w ea Y --- everything except.i that he la ttrejt i n danger. Until this dauntless worldling came forbor bin the spell, and lifted the latch, we too have that 41 eater into that sad ch,am,hheitr.hnlnlroswnfloanpgceheand. le ss r e r girl been on her knees. speech- The and bitter prestrationv‘ishsetnprakssaedofthfiegri€ll e nd t'Ar.ar c hroniclers who write brilliant lese. These are too , Meet, trier scarcely tell us of these. don't hear widows cr ies e l l ttr ts of the pageant; and iehilai." mothers' sobs in the m 3 i ' d o s li t of tl A ie nd sh 3 o ,e u t t %s s .h an en d ti i i o n in the great chorus of victory.. _ "tok e t 'ule, that such have not cried t o h u n t4 r h na e r ar n ti the t 1 . 1 . humble Protestants, unheard in „ r i n.traph! 11:Pii ' l 'fter the first movement of terror in Amelia's mind en Rebecca's green eves lighted upon her, and t _ e Isi ter in g in her fresh silks and brilliant ornaments, the r cioi • ,„ t's'en up with extended arms to embrace e 4 6 4 ' anger succeeded, and from being deadly pale ll e c°. her face flushed up red, and she returned 1 44 11 7 4 'a look after a moment with a steadiness which ,f-"&ed mid somewhat abashed her rival. s aid , ""arest Amelia, you are very unwell,' the visitor la oPtittin g f orth her hand to take Amelia's. What " A I could rest until I knew how y since her life 1 *4. - ' "ad that gentl e sou l re f use d t o b e li eve or to an-sSe t d" e Y dem onstration of good-will or affection. rew back h er h and and trembled all over. But Why ore 04 here, Rebee ei c' s h e sa id, st ill looking at her ~iaitow her l ar g e eyes . Th ese g l ances troubled c , )411,, the Must h ave seen him give me the letter at the 4s, t l4lt b ecca thought. Don't be agitated, dear i s c he said, looking down. I came but to see if " You were well.' say are, v ire You well?' said Amelia. I d are youif her e do . don't lo ve your husband. You would not be Itt lYth• 3°ll d ut id. Tell me, Rebecca, did I ever do you b kindness?' a °Wu , Amelia, no' the other said, still hanging head. , tti end a uert 3'nu were quite poor, who was it that bea -411 ie L e ' Y°11? Was noi a - sister . to_you? You saw th e " l3 Pier days before he married me. I was all in di d f im 4 ; h in) ;or would he have given up his fortune, "id Ll' as he nobly did to make me happy? Why " 4:1120 be tvreeu my love and mo? Who sent yott T toiUN, to separate those who God joined, and take m' darling's heart from me—my own husband? Do you think you could love him as I did? Ilis love was every thirg to me. You knew it, and wanted to rub me of it. For shame, Rebecca; bad and wicked woman—false friend, and false wife.' " Amelia, I protest before God, I have done my husband no wrong,' Rebecca said, turning from her. " Have you done me no wrong, Rebecca? You did not succeed, but you tried. AO:your heart if you did not?' _ _ " She knows nothing, Rebecca thought. " He came back to me. I knew he would. I knew that no falsehood, no flattery could keep him from me long. I knew he would come. I prayed so that he should.' " The poor girl spoke these words with a spirit and volubility which Rebecca had never before seen in her, and before which the latter was quite dumb. But what have I done to you,' she continued in a more pitiful tone, that you should try and take him from me? I had him but for six weeks. You might have spared me those, Rebecca. And yet, from the first day of our wedding you came and blighted it. Now he is gone, are you come to eee how unhappy I am?' She continued, • You ;mule me wre' ched enough for the past fortnight; you iniOtt have spared me to day.' " • I—l never came here,' interposed Rebecca,' with unlucky truth.' " No. You didn't come. You took him away. Are you come to fetch him from me?' she continued in a wilder tone. He was here but he is gone now. There on that very sofa he sate.. Don't touch it. We sato and talked there. I was on his knee, and my arms were round his neck, and we said, " Our Father." Yes, he was here; and they came and took him away, but he promised me to come back.' " • Ile will come back, my dear,' said Rebecca, touched in spite of herself. " Look,' said Amelia, this is his sash—isn't it a pretty colour?' and she took up the fringe and kissed it. She had tied it round her waist at some part of the day. She had forgotten her anger, her jealousy, the very pre sence of her rival seemingly. For she walked silently and almost with a smile on her face, towards the bed, and began to smooth down George's pillow. " Rebecca walked, too, silently away. How is Amelia?' asked Jos, who still held his position in the chair. " "fhere should be somebody with her,' said Rebecca. I think she is very unwell;' and she went away with a very grave face, refusing Mr. Sedlcy's entreaties that she would stay and partake of the early dinner which he had ordered." The flight of Jos -Sedley for Brussels, leaving his sister to the chances of war, on the ever-memorable 18th of June, 1815, is meat humourously told. Amelia, the trusting Amelia, refuses to accompany him ; she will remain with Mrs. O'Dowd, at Brussels, until she hears tidings of George. At last — No more firing was heard at Brussels—the pursuit rolled miles away. The darkness came down on the field and city, and Amelia was praying for George, who was lying on his face dead, with a bullet through his heart." THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Gilbot Abbott A' Beckett. Part XV. The History of the Gunpowder Plot is gloriously told in this Number, and Leech gives us a most characteristic portrait of the " Original Guy." The " lark " of Prince Charles and Buckingham in Spain is " larkishly " narrated, and the events of the reign of James I. which are really worthy of record are summed up after the following amusing fashion : " Though the sovereign himself was not calculated to inspire respect, there were► many events in his reign which rendered it useful if not glorious. Sir Hugh Mid dleton commenced at Amwell that now venerable New River, by dabbling in which he swamped himself and secured a stream of health and prosperity to those who came after him. The immortal Hicks finished his memorable Hall; Lord Napier invented logarithms, to the extreme disgust of the school• boys of every generation; and Dr. Harvey made the magnificent discovery that the blood is a periodical enjoy ing the most unlimited circulation. Two Dutch navigators contrived to double Cape Horn; which the reader must not imagine was twice its present size before that operation was performed, for Cape Horn, like any other cape, is not larger when doubled. Bill Baffin, an Englishman (you all know Bill Baffin) disco- vered Baffin's Bay in the year 1616, and a patent for the fire engine, granted two years afterwards, has been stated as a proof that steam power was first known in Engtind in 1618, though upon inquiry we are inclined to think there was. more of smoke than steam in the invention spoken of. " The wealth and extravagance of the nobles, among whom corruption and bribery were practised wholesale, retail, and for exportation," may be imagined from the statement, that on ►he marriage of the French king, the horse of the English ambassador wore silver shoes so loosely fastened on, that they fell off, and were instantly replaced, for distribution among the populace. We can scarcely believe that any English horse could have walked in these silver shoes or slippers in the time of James, however skilfully they could have substituted sliding for walking, since the Wood Demon, coming to London, caused the introduction of wooden pavements." THE COMMITTEE OF THE LIVER POOL STOCK-EXCHANGE AND THE RAIL WAY COMPANIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Liverpool Sharebrokers' Association, Royal Bank-buildings, Sept. 16, 1847. Sia,—l beg to forward to you resolutions passed by the Committee of the Liverpool Stock-Exchange, together with a copy of Mr. Glyn's letter on the sub ject, and I am also directed to add, that replies have been received from the Chairmen of many of the lead ing Railway Companies, expressing themselves in favour of the views of this Committee.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. SCRIVENER, 'Secretary. Committee-room, Stock-Exchange, Liverpool, Sept. 11, 18477 . _ At a meeting of the Committee of the Liverpool Stock-Exchange, held this day, in accordance with an unanimously expressed wish of the entire body, to take into consideration the present state of railway property, and to adopt such measures as might be deemed desirable ; It was resolved--." That in the opinion of this Com mittee the depression of railway property, caused by the extraordinary events of the last two years, has been seriously aggravated by the enormous sums which the railway companies have obtained, and are still attempting simultaneously to raise from their proprietors and the public, and that a perseverance in the same course will perpetuate the embarrassments which exist, not only in the railway interest, but in every branch of the industry and commerce of the coun try. " It also appears to this Committee that it is in the power of the several railway companies, by a cordial union amongst themselves, to devise some measure which shall afford prompt and effective relief ; and for the attainment of this end, the Committee very respectfully suggests that deputations from the various boards of direction should be invited to meet in Lon don, at the earliest practicable period, and take the subject into consideration." It was further resolved—" That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the Chairmen of the leading railway companies." D. NEILSON, Chairman. London, Sept. 13, 1847. Sir,—l shall be perfectly willing to meet the de putation whenever it may come to London. As the organ of the board of the London and North 'Western Railway Company, I have already announced tlle intention of the directors to delay, as far as prac ticable, the commencement of new works on their lines. With regard to the suggestion of a cordial union among railway companies, allow me to assure you and the Committee of our earnest desire to co-operate in any plan by which the desirable end can be ob tained.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) GEO. CARR GLYN. D. Neilson, Esq. TII E MOST EXTRAORDINARY PROPHECY EVER KNOWN.---TO SPORTING AND BETTING GENTLEMEN. — A prophecy in the Era newspaper of last Saturday and Sunday placed correctly the first, second, and third horses. The only paper that named the winner, and the only prophecy ever penned, that pla r c a ed idl the ris t i h ag ree fam fir d s y t horses correctly. Order the above Satur day, it will contain more than , and sporting journal of your n e e T w er sm w a a n p a , k f y o b r ow n a ex e t f S p at e u e r: caster Races. Uncle Sam expres sively, and will bark _ ia ideas of racing in print. 0 •5 , s f e o ffi r D e t e o h g efirs e t a t t i i m ie e r i n h e a . Catherine-street, Strand, London. belief now appears to prevail that the By advices from Paris receivedoiyreeesttoerrsda7)f, Bank or France have reconsidered the question of a re duction in their rate of discount, upon which they had the almost positively decided, and that for the present, at all events, no change will be made. The state of the London market is the presumed cause of this decision. Meanwhile the Minister of Finance is in a position of great embarrassment. lie has an authorisation to issue 25,000,000 f. in Bonds, at 4i per cent. interest,.to meet immediate wants ; but a better rate can be obtained by the discount of good banking bills, and no reliance, therefore, in cases of emergency, could be placed on this means.peete; affairs Still e i \ t is , i,yeffort believed will ll thatunder be mad h made to t et avert presentthe a e s- ne gotiation of the loan as long as possible. It seems that the holders of railway shares are the parties most alarmed at the possibility of a continuance of the present pressure in London. A new station-house is to be established in Leman street, Goodman's-fields. It will accommodate 56 men, with superintendent and four inspectors. HER MAJESTY'S TOUR TO THE HIGHLANDS. (From the Court Circular.) ARDVERIKIE, SEPT. 14.—Yesterday afternoon her Majesty and the Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and attended by the Duchess of Norfolk and Major-General Wemyss, drove to Cluny Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness walked in the grounds at an early hour this morning. (From the Special Correspondent of the North British Mail.) LOCH LAGGAN, MONDAY NOON.—The storm lasted during the whole of yesterday, and a consider able part of last night. This morning the wind is moderate, but thick showers of rain fall at intervals, accompanied with a cold piercing breeze, which smells strongly of winter. As the period named for the departure of the - royal party approaches, without bringing any prospect of settled weather, the natives are getting naturally alarmed lest the Queen may go away with such a bad opinion of their climate as will prevent any future royal visits to Loch Laggan. But Ido not suppose that her Majesty is so very , easily frightened. There is something even in a High land storm worth seeing; and amid all the blustering vicissitudes of wind and rain which have occurred since the arrival of the royal party at Ardverikie, her Ma jesty has never lost her usual buoyancy and gaiety of spirits. Mists and tempests, in short, are charac teristics of the country, just as much as its invigo rating sports and romantic scenery; and if the latter would be enjoyed the former must be borne. I learn that considerable damage has been done to the crops throughout Inverness-shire. Much of the standing corn has been lodged ; and the ricks of hay, a great quantity of which is still out, have been scat tered in all directions. One would think that such disasters might teach the farmers to use the utmost expedition in cutting and carrying in their crops ; but this is a lesson which a variable climate seems to have failed in impressing upon their minds. Corn is allowed to stand long after it is ripe ; and when reaping is commenced, it proceeds with very slow and languid steps. If the people basked under the steady warmth of an Italian sky they could not be more dilatory in their harvest operations. On making inquiries into the cause of this apparent apathy, I have found, in several instances, that it arises from a positive want of people. The population, thinned by the policy of the lairds, becomes still more spare at this season of the year, when great numbers flock to the harvest in the lowlands, attracted by the higher remuneration which is there given for their labour. The result is, that hands cannot be got by the farmers in this quarter, and they are obliged to cut down the grain in small parcels by their own hired servants, till the return of the reapers from the south enables them to secure the remainder of their weather beaten crops. The loss occasioned by this system is immense. The corn is scattered, mildewed, and destroyed by the wind, rain, and frost, with which so elevated a region is almost always visited towards the middle and end of September. When the oats are taken to the mill, the produce in meal, of course, is meagre in the extreme; and then nothing is heard but excla mations against the badness of the soil and climate, which would be much more just if directed against the mismanagement of the owners and cultivators of the land themselves. The same complaints are made in spring. Sowing is retarded by the wetness of the soil, for which the climate is also blamed. But if the fie!ds were well drained, and the cold wet mosses reclaimed, not only would the climate itself become more favourable, but the land would be ready much earlier, even in the worst seasons, for the reception of the seed. The wetness of the climate there can be no denying. But this fact should only induce a man to exert him self the more, to arm himself at all points, and to put in operation those artificial resources by which he can adapt himself to the vicissitudes, and even conquer the greatest difficulties of nature. The draining of the soil, the planting of trees, and the increase of popula tion, would tend infallibly to chasten the climate ; and when by these means it has been brought to its highest point of perfection, let the industry of the country as sume the form for which its natural qualities render it best adapted. My own opinion is, that these high grounds would be found better fitted for green than for white crops. The present system of cultivation is marked by two opposite extremes. You have either large sheep farms, in which the fertile straths and barren mountains are thrown into one general and indiscri minate range of pasture, or you have small crofts, which are covered with an almost unintermitting suc cession of white crops. Fill the bottom of the valleys with a greater profusion of green crops, with which to fatten the sheep and cattle reared on the moun tains, and you will have a system more consonant with nature, and much more likely to develop the immense resources of the Highlands than either of these extremes. if I am at all right in this opinion, it is to the High land people—such people as occupy the townships which I described in my letter of Friday last—that we must look for a thorough and profitable occupa tion of the Highlands. The large graziers are gene rally men who have arable farms in the south, to which they convey their flocks to be fat tened ; or, if not south country farmers, their frequent i absence at markets in all parts of the kingdom rende r then? n capable of giving that close attention to their farms which the cultivation of crops renders indispen sable. They are consequently opposed to the culture of the Highland soil, and are always lou d in their exclamations against the impracticability of the climate. It is different with the small native farmers. They have been accustomed from their infancy to combine a pastoral with an agricultural life. The necessities of their families demand the cultivation of every arable spot of the soil; and all their hopes and interests are centered in the complete development of the capabilities of the Highlands. Let them be more perfectly instructed in the art of agriculture, teach them how to fatten their own sheep and cattle, open up communication between their secluded valleys and the great seats of population, and I venture to pre dict that a tide of prosperity will flow over the High lands, which is altogether unattainable through the agency of any other class of men. Fort William offers a splendid outlet for stock fat tened in Glen Spean and its neighbouring valley? ; end it is not unworthy of notice that a steamer sails on Wednesday from Loch Eil to the Mersey for the first time. I understand that Prince Albert intends to visit Inverness on Wednesday, and that it is probable his Royal I lighness will sail down the Caledonian Canal on Friday, in the Fairy, and join her Majesty at Fort William, whence the royal party will sail homeward on Saturday morning. Captain Robertson, of the Shearwater, Mr. Mac kenzie, innkeeper at Adiemore, and others, have ar rived to-day to receive instructions respecting the departure. ITER MAJESTY'S RETURN. Her Majesty will leave Ardverikie on Friday forenoon, and embark at Fort William in the after noon. On Saturday morning the royal party will proceed to Crinan, where the handsome barge which Messrs. J. and G. Burns of this city had fitted up for royalty, will be in readiness to convey them through the canal. The above information may be relied upon as correct. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke de Broglie, French Ambassador, had rn interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Ilatherton had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Commissioner of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Colonel Maberly had also an interview yesterday with the Right lion. Baronet, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Earl of Auckland has arrived in town. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office for the Governors of the 'West India Colonies. A Constant Reader has sent us the following :—As an illustration of the sentiments entertained by educated and intellectual persons in France towards the existing Government, the following incident, reported by an in dividual who was present at the time of its occurrence, appears so much to the point, that the fact is worthy a place in your columns " OPINION OF THE EDUCATED CLASSES IN FRANCE RESPECTING LOUIS PHILIPPE'S GOVERNMENT. — The Scientific Congress of France—a body similar to our Association for the Advancement of Science—held its fifteenth session, during the last week at Tours, on which occasion nearly one thousand persons, some of whom were well known to science, art, and literature, enrolled themselves as members. At a very full meeting of this learned society, held on Thursday, the 9th inst., in the great hall of the Palace of Justice, at Tours, Monseigneur the Archbishop being present, with many of the notabilities of the city and neighbourhood, as also a phalanx of the fair sex, with the lady of the Prefect of the Department at their head, one of the orators, whilst discussing the solitary system now pursued in the Penitentiary of Tours, said incidentally, ' Le Gouverne ment sous lequel nous avons, a present, le bonheur de vivre.' Immediately he had uttered this expression, which, not long ago, would have passed as only complimentary verbiage, the speaker was interrupted by such an ex plosion of derisive laughter, from apparently almost the entire audience, that he was unable to finish his sen tence, and forced to pause for a short time before tran quillity was sufficiently restored to allow him to continue his speech, and for some of those occupying high places in this crowded aisemblage properly to arrange their features, so suddenly discomposed by this sudden out burst of genuine public opinion." SHIPWRECKS IN ORKNEY.—From an estimate made by a farmer in the Island of Sanday, who has kept a note of the loss of property by shipwrecks for the last twenty years, it appears that not less than a quarter of a million of pounds sterling has been sacrificed in this manner during that period on that island alone.— % Scasnian, ‘pco v EN a. t'r 1 4 11iB l7, 144 /. FRIDAY 14,0NDt) LIGHT DIVISION BANQUET TO SIR HARRY SMITH. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY. Last evening the officers of the 523 and 43d Light Infantry and the 60th Royal Rifle Regiments gave a sumptuous ban. luet, at the George Hotel, as a parting tribute of re spect to Sir Harry Smith. Upwards of sixty officers of the above regiments sat down in full uniform, Major Fraser, of the 411, in the chair, having Sir Harry on his right, and Major Davies, of the 52d, on the right of Sir Harry. The banquet was most e l egan t, an d reflected much credit upon the hostess of the George. After the removal of the cloth, Major FRASER gave the usual loyal toasts ; after which came the toast of the occasion. Major FRASER said—Gentlemen, I propose the health of the Gallant Officer who has honoured us with his company this evening—the gallant com rade, I may justly call him, for whose honour we are now met. It Sir Harry Smith will allow me, will relate a circumstance - which took place on the day the dispatches announcing the achievements of Aliwal arrived in England. Colonel Macdonald and another gallant officer were engaged, in my pre ; sence, in looking over a map of the tract over which Sir harry had marched, and after intently marking off the line, arose from its contemplation, simul taneously exclaiming, " What a magnificent victory !" I now propose to you the hero of that victory, with three times three, and one cheer more. The cheering having subsided, Sir H. SMITH rose, and thus addressed his gallant entertainers :—My gallant comrades and soldiers, I thank you sincerely. Scarcely had I returned to Eng land, received as 1 was by my Queen and country, when all the members of the Light Division assembled together, and paid me one of the highest compliments ever paid to an elder soldier, by giving me a public dinner in London. The scene of their enthusiastic greetings is now made alive in my ears by the method which you h ave a d opte d t hi s night to cheer me.—(Cheers.) You, sir, have paid me a far higher compliment by calling me a comrade of the Light Division than any encomium that has been passed on me.—(Cheers.) lt is true I was trained in the same school as yourselves; and, having been trained in this school, my gallant comrades, every action that you see recorded upon these immortal colours (the 52d) I am happy to say that I participated in.— (Cheers.) The glory which attaches to ancient deeds is felt more by those who have contributed to them than by others—(Cheers)—but when I see that en• thusiasm with which you revert to the seasons of ancient glory, then do I feel satisfied that the same spirit which animated your forefathers operates in the gallant Light Division now filling the heart of every one of yen noble looking fellows.—(Tremendous cheering.) It was always said by his Grace the Duke of Wellington of the old immortal Light Division—and when I mention it I beg the officers of the 60th Regiment to consider that I mean them equally, for they pertain to the same service in every respect, they have equally distinguished themselves " When I have set the Light Di vision to do anything which was difficult and dangerous, requiring enterprise, the next day I found that division, with scarcely any loss, ready again to fight."—(Cheers.) My comrades, believe me, the first duty of a soldier is to destroy his enemy while he saves himself.—(Cheers.) I glory not in that stupid courage which smites down men, and makes what we call a "butcher's bill." He is the best officer who does the most with the least loss of human life.— (Cheers.) Having alluded to those memorable words of his Grace the Duke of 'Wellington, do not suppose that I wish to detract from the other division of that immortal army in the Peninsula. It was equally the fortune of that other division to distinguish them selves; and, although we Light Division men con sider ourselves an example for fashion and neatness in the army, believe me, every British soldier, no matter what the number of his regiment is, and joyfully do I say it, is covered at this moment with the same glory. —(Cheers.) The appearance of my old comrades and friends of the Light Division yesterday on parade re joiced every feeling of my heart. I there saw the same regiment, whether of the present day or the old soldiers, they were made of the same stuff, the same spirit in the officers, and the same obedience in the men ; and although we look back to deeds of glory of the ancient Light Division, I do believe the present Light Division to be as glorious, in a moral point of view, for there is no punishment in it now, as there used to be.—(Cheers.) Believe me, the tone of courage is taken from the officers ; whatever the con duct of officers is, such will be the soldiers.—(Cheers.) And, gentlemen, if you knew the f ee li ng o f t h e B r i t i s h soldier in the field, if you viewed as often as I have the triumphant bayonet marching equally triumphant over the enemy, then would your devoted service be for the comterts and happiness of your men.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Do not let it be supposed, gentlemen, because I talk of the comforts and hap piness of the men, that I am one of those officers who, I regret to say, exist in the present day, who have a kind of twaddle in talking about " the poor soldier." In the country I am going to, I regret to hear it is said " the poor soldier" sleeps here and sleeps there, " the poor soldier" wants this and wants that. It is the duty of every officer to provide to the utmost for the comfort of his men, and when comforts are not to be had, " bad luck to the shilling."—(Tremen dous cheering, long continued.) And, my gallant officers, believe me, our soldiers are equally gallant men ; and, where these comforts are not to be had, they don't call themselves " poor soldiers," they call themselves the glorious soldiers in the service of her Majesty—(Cheers)—meeting the hardships and toils of English military life, such 28 exist on the frontiers of the land I am going to, with that degree of moral courage with which they encounter the enemies of their country, and with the glorious shout of victory.— (Cheers.) I speak from experience. I never yet saw the British soldier fail either before his enemy or in enduring the hardships of a campaign; and it is because he knows his officers endeavour to procure everything they can for him. The starving popu lation of Ireland do not complain, and say that it was the rich people's fault that they were in that con dition ; no more do the soldiers that they cannot obtain this or cannot have that. I mean to say that due exertions and due precautions ought to be taken that every re source of the country is applied to the soldiers en gaged in the war. Wh ere t hi s i s not t h e case we have all a right to say it might have been done better. The British soldier is a man of indomitable courage ; he requires, perhaps, to be restrained in his impe tuosity in the discharge of his duty, to be honoured by his Queen and his country.—(Cheers.) I do assure you, my gallant comrades, on this, which is probably the last night I may be upon the land of my forefathers, that I feel towards you, with every ex pression I am able to give, w h a t I was designated by your gallant president —y our comra d e —(Che e rs)— and whether I am successf u l or w h e th e r I fall, the glory shall be to the soldier—the blame to me.— (Cheers.) to say " F And now, my gallant comrades, it is hard arewell ;"but in th e most difficult cases of farewell, hope cheers us on ; an d I t rus t I ma y again return to my native land, to be welcomed by my country, but above all, by the old and present Light Division. Long continued cheering followed this inspiriting and soldierly address, which was re.echoed outside the house by some hundreds of the inhabitants, who gave three-times-three, as the cheers inside subsided. Major FRASER then proposed " The health of Lady Smith," to which Sir Hassey replied—" My Noble comrades of the Light Division, it is difficult to express ourselves when the heart overflows. I thank you for the honour you have conferred on my wife—a wife of many years, and tried in many circumstances—a wife who has participated in the hardships of almost every one of those gallant actions recorded on your colours; she who was three times besieged in her native city ; she who was rescued on that occasion, and has fol lowed me through the four quarters of the globe.— (Cheers.) And as she has been honoured by every s one of my fellow comrades whom I have led to glory, has she been respected by those of her own sex. — (Cheers.) My friends, lam aware you will give me credit for all I desire to express; and if I do not sufficiently return thanks for the honour done me, or fail in expressing what my wife desires as I should, you will receive as an apology my incapability of doing so." The gallant Sir Harry resumed his seat amidst the most enthusiastic cheering. Major FRASER then proposed " The better health of the general officer under whom we have the honour of serving," and said they all regretted his absence from the field on the previous day, and his inability to visit the festive board that evening. Lord F. Fitzclarence's health was then drank with tumultuous applause. Sir H. SMITH acknowledged the compliment paid to Lord Frederick, and said he believed there never was a red coat with a more gallant heart beating under it, and mentioned the gratifying compliment paid him by his Lordship on his landing at South ampton, when, it will be recollected, his Lordship sent over a guard of honour to receive him, com manded by the only officer left (as he himself stated last night on his health being drank) of the old Light Division—Quartermaster Rands, of the 43d. " The gallant Light Division," " Captain Knight, d " Major Fraser," "Major Gur woo , Major Smith," drank, and at half past other healths were afterwards and retired, sayin g, Sir Harry " Now formerly of the 16th Lancers," " Sir Charles Ogle," 11 o'clock gen d must part ; may God bless and protect you all." tl e men, the best of frien s A YELLOW IhnE.—On Wednesday Mr. James Adams, of Woodson, went out shooting with a party of friends, shot, on his own estate, a fine young yellow hare. The eyes of pussy wore rather peculiar, being of a kind of pink, but which, we believe, changed to a darker colour in a day or two. We unierstand Mr. Adams has forwarded the quadruped to Worcester to be stuffed.— Worcester Chronicle. THE GREAT BRITAIN. TO CAPTAIN CLAXTON, R.N. We, the undersigned, certify that we have, at your request this day been on board the steamer Great Britain, now lying on the gridiron in the Prince's Dock Basin; and both inside and out have examined the means adopted by the foreman boiler maker, Mr. John Crew, for stopping the leaks in the bottom of the vessel whilst lying in Dundrum Bay. We find the principal holes to have been six in number, vary ing in dimensions from 2 ft. 12 in. to 5 ft. 9 in. ',••1 16 in.; and there are other formidable holes and cracks of smaller dimensions. From their size and position, under the keel of the ship, we_ are of opinion that it must have been a work of extreme difficulty to make them in any degree water-tight. We are informed that, besides the water in which the ship lay, there was never less than 2f or 3 feet of water and sand in her hold after the damage she sustained from the gales in the early part of the winter; and taking this fact into consideration, with the other difficulties that had to be encountered, we are of opinion that the greatest ingenuity and perseverance must have been exercised to stop the holes in such a manner as to enable the vessel to float. The method adopted by Mr. Crew for this purpose was as follows : —A plate of sufficient size was passed edgeways through each hole from the inside, having a screwed bolt attached to it as nearly in the centre as possible. This plate was then adapted to cover the hole on the outside, and was drawn tight up by a screwed nut and crossbar from the inside, being packed with felt to prevent leakage as much as possible. On the whole, as boiler-makers' or iron-ship builders' work, we consider it to be a most extraordi nary performance, which, regarded from before hand, must have appeared of almost hopeless execution, and must have been one of the greatest amongst the numerous difficulties over which the energy and de termination of the rescuers of this vessel have ulti mately triumphed. We do not conceive that it would have been pos sible, under similar circumstances, to stop holes of the size mentioned in the bottom of a wooden vessel ; and we may further remark, that the iron of which the frames and plates are made must have been of most excellent quality. FAWCETT, PRESTON, and Co. EDWARD Boss, Engineer. THOMAS BAKER, Engineer. EDWARD PARGETER, Foreman Boiler-maker. NICHOLAS FURLONG, Engineer. W. B. M'ALLISTER, Foreman Boiler-maker. Liverpool, Sept. 2, 1847. ANOTHER CASE OF POISONING. TIVERTON, THURSDAY.—For several days the magistrates and Mr. Leigh, the coroner, have been engaged in investigating a charge of murder against a young married woman, named Ann Fisher, who is suspected of being concerned in causing the death of her husband, Richard Fisher, by administering arsenic. It appears that the deceased was a farmer's labourer, and had been employed by a lady of the name of Par tridge, at Woodford. He thet e became acquainted with Ann Lee, the sister of a publican's wife at Washford Pyne, and was married to her three months since. They went to live at Stubborn Farm, near the village of Morchard, five miles distant. They apparently lived happily together until the latter end of last month, when, from some cause or other, she left him, taking with her some papers, which bore the amount he had saved, and which he had left in charge of Miss Partridge. On the 27th ult. he called on the parish clerk, to solicit his assistance in obtaining the documents she had gain ,d possession of, she having, as it was proved by Miss Partridge, endeavoured to obtain the wages he had saved. The deceased then was in good health. The next morning he was a corpse. At the coroner's inquiry it was shown that the prisoner had returned to the deceased. She slept with him the night previous to his death, and at four o'clock in the morning she sent for her sister, Mary Hodge, as her husband had been taken unwell, and then left to go to the surgeon at Woodford. Very soon afterwards he died. Mr. Wood, a druggist, residing at Tiverton, de posed to two females coming to his shop some weeks since to purchase arzenic. They asked for poison for rats, and he sold them half-an-ounce. He believed that the widow of the deceased was the party to whom he sold it. On hearing what he intended to state to the jury as to what she had purchased at his shop, she denied ever being there, and added, " You are come to swear away my life." Mr. Haley detailed the result of the po►t•mortem examination. The presence of white arsenic was clearly indicated, and he believed the quantity to have been sufficient to have caused death. _ _ The jury, however, found " that the deceased died of poison taken in his stomach and bowels, but by whom administered there is no evidence to show." The widow being apprehended on a charge of hav ing poisoned the deceased, was examined yesterday and remanded. DEATH FROM AN OVER DOSE OF OPIUM.—An in quest was held yesterday by Mr. Bedford, at the West minster hospital, on the body of Elizabeth Tolley. The deceased was the wife of a hawker, and for some years had suffered much from rheumatism, and was in the habit of taking small quantities of opium to make her sleep. On Saturday last she purchased a penny worth of opium at the shop of Mr. Saxeby, chemist,- in Tothill street, who gave her twenty grains, which she took on the following morning. Deceased was very sleepy, and she was allowed to remain so all the day until nine o'clock at night, when Mr. Pierce, surgeon, was called in, who applied the stomach-pump, but without any effect. She was conveyed to the above hospital, where she died on the following evening. Verdict—" Died from swallowing opium, but there was no evidence to show that it was taken with suicidal intent." ALARMING FIRE ON THE DUKE OF SUTHER• LAND'S ESTATE.—TWENTY-FIVE STACKS OF GRAIN CONSIIMED.—SHIFFNALL, TUESDAY..--An awfully de structive fire broke out on Saturday on the estate of the Duke of Sutherland, at Burlington, near this town. It originated abaut eleven o'clock in the forenoon, in the rickyard of his grace's homestead, tenanted by Mr. Bellis, where some labourers were engaged in thrashing wheat. A lad, it appears, had occasion to light a lucifer match, which he incautiously threw down, igniting in stantaneously a quantity of straw that was strewn over the ground. The flames speedily communicated to an adjacent wheat stack, and the labourers exerted them selves in a very vigorous manner to stay the progress of the destructive element. All their efforts, however, were of little avail, for in a short time no fewer than five ranges of corn stacks, numbering twenty-five, of this year's produce, and occupying the entire side of one portion of the farm, were in one general blaze. The engines belonging to the Duke and the Earl of Bradford were promptly brought to the spot, as also two from Shiffnall. These were got into active operation, and, being well directed, the many farm buildings, which at one time had caught, were preserved. The conflagra tion raged the entire night, and attracted thousands to the scene. The amount of grain destroyed is estimated at between 2,0001. and 3,0001. FRACAS BETWEEN A CORONER AND A JUROR. — Last night, in the course of an inquest held by Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, at the Sun and Anchor, St. Dunstan's-hill, Thames street, on the body of Morris Sheen, aged nine years, who was accidentally drowned, in consequence of the Coroner having to dispatch a messenger for a witness to give additional evidence, the jury were unavoidably kept waiting for a short period, when a Mr. rlemmingfield, on the panel, by his insolence to the Coroner, gave rise to much confusion, and the following fracas took place :—After several observations directed to the Coroner, expressive of his dissatisfaction in having to wait, the juror said—l think this a most unnecessary waste of time, and I cannot understand why we are kept in this way. The Coroner—Because the officer was not aware this evidence would be required, and, besides, he had no time to procure it. Juror — Well, then, things ought not to be done in such a hurry, and the body was only discovered this morning, and here we are called together to-night, and before the evidence is half got up—the inquest ought to have been fixed for to. morrow. Coroner--The body has been in the water six days, and it would have been in an unfit state for the jury to view to morrow night. Juror (with much warmth)—l say the inquest ought to have been held to morrow instead of keeping us in this way; besides re collect we are not paid for our services, and the coroner is, therefore it does not matter to him. Coroner—lt you don't be quiet I shall fine and commit you, sir. Juror— I don't care for that; you can do so if you please; I am right to maintain my own opinion. Coroner—These ob servations are very indecent, and I say again, if you do not behave yourself, I shall fine and commit you. No man studies the convenience of the jurors more than I do, and, therefore, the least they can do is to treat me with respect. Juror (much excited)—Well, then, if you commence again, I must say something, for I wont give in to any body. Coroner—l am surprised you should persist in those indecent remarks, sir. Juror—Well, don't know that lam wrong. Coroner—l tell you, sir, you are wrong. This ended the dispute, and the addi tional evidence having been brought forward, a verdict of " Accidental death" was recorded. Advices from Germany mention that the railroad between Berlin and the Rhine is almost entirely com pleted, and that the whole line will be thrown open on the 15th of October, the anniversary of the King o Preasia's birthday. On that da y a meeting will be held of delegates_ from the railways of the various German states and of Belgium, to arrange co-operative plans by which a harmonious working may be adopted, so as to book passengers and goods for the entire route from Trieste to Ostend, one payment at either end sufficing for the whole. Mr. Waghorn, who has taken an active interest in the matter, is to be present at the proposed meeting. The members of the Westminster Literary and Scientific Institution were much gratified last night by a discourse by Mr. Field, on the creation and attributes of man, accompanied by musical selections from the great masters of the sacred drama. Mr. Field's execution of the recitative " And God created man," and the air, " In native worth," from the Creation, justly elicited warm applause for the manly, earnest tone in which it was given ; while his " Deeper and deeper Still,"- from Jephtha, if it did not remind us of Braham, for Mr. Field's style is his own, proved that we possess a vocalist of considerable power, who has an intellectual appreciation of Handel's finest compositions, and the capability of rendering them with the purity and finish of an artist. The lecture and illustrations were received • with many tokens ofapprobation, COUIIT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of business. PRIVILEGE OF EXEMPTION FROM ARREST fOR DEBT. Mr. ANDERTON gave notice of a motion, " That the Court petition the Home of Commons that the Mem bers of that House shall not, by virtue of their being so, be privileged from arrest upon writs of execution issued against them by their creditors, for enforcing the payment of their judgment debts."—(flear.) The Chairman of the Markets Committee brought up a report recommending the approval of the bye laws, rules, orders, and regulations for the control of Billingsgate-market, the same having been approved by the Committee of her Majesty's Privy Council for Managing the Affairs of Trade. Agreed to, and ordered to be carried into effect. TRH OFFICE 01' UNDER-SHERIFF. Mr. R. TAYLOR brought up the report of the Secondaries' and City Courts Committ e p, to v‘l - rich the subject of the last app o i n t ment o f the clerk of the county of Middlesex was referred. The report stated that tre committee, upon pro ceeding to the inquiry into certain statements, to the effect that a judicial appointment had been dispozed of for a sum of money, by one of the under-sheriffs, who had served in the office some years ago, were led to believe there were grounds for the imputation, by the remarkable fact that the gentleman alluded to as the principal in such transaction had refused to answer the question put to him by the members. That how ever, upon further investigation, and upon the solemn assurance of the suspected official that the situation had not been sold, and additional testimony in proof of the incorrectness of the charge, the gentleman sup posed to have been a party to the sale of the place was completely exonerated from reproach or insinua tion. Mr. TAYLOR said he had been induced by his sense of duty to the Court, which he considered to be mo rally as well as legally responsible for the conduct of the shrievalty, and to be empowerQd to exercise a control over the execution of the office, to go into the inquiry.—(Hear, hear.) He was convinced that the court would be of opinion that, as under-sheriffs were in the habit of requiring the sheriffs to sign bonds, giving up to their deputies the whole of the profits which might accrue in virtue of the shrievalty, it was necessary to look with jealousy to the course pursued by the former, and that the question should undergo due consideration at a futnre time.—(Hear, hear.) . , The report was ordered to be entered upon the minutes of the court. THE PURCHASE OF SHAIESPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. THOMAS WHITS brought forward his motion, "That the Court subscribe a sum of money in aid of the subscription for the purchase of Shakspere's house." Other public bodies had, he said, come forward to contribute to the purchase of the house, which was well known to have been once the residence of the immortal poet, and which was an object of such powerful interest to the nation, and he trusted that the Corporation of London would not hesitate to join in the attempt to prevent the destruction of that national monument,—(Hear, hear, and some murmurs.) Mr. R. TAYLOR seconded the motion. He thought that every means should be adopted to render honour to the greatest name in this or any other country. The Court had expended a large sum in the purchase of a single signature of Shakspere, and they could not consistently refuse to join with a number of other_bodies in saving from destruction the house in which the greatest genius the world ever produced was born. Mr. ANDERTON.—No, no ; he was not born in it.—(Laughter.) Mr. TAILOR said it was well known that his friend Mr. Anderton did not like to follow what other men begun, and that his opposition might of course have been calculated upon. The Court would not, how ever, be jeered out of its good feelinu, nor prevented from adding moderately to a subscription to which were affixed the names of the Sovereign and her Consort, and of the highest nobility in the land, by the comments of that gentleman. It was the fashion of an individual who was once a member of the Court of Common Council, and who had also become a Member of the Legislature, to accuse the Corporation in the House of Commons of being an ignorant as semblage of persons, to whom intellectual imnrove ment was matter of great indifference. It happened that the gentleman to whom he alluded had had no education at all himself; and the speeches in which he abused his brethren afforded abundant proof of his deficiency. It was to be hoped that the Court would not be induced, by the opposition of Mr. Anderton, to give colour to the charge.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It was to be hoped that they would, by adopting the motion, do honour to a genius which raised the name of England above that of any other country in the world.—(Hear, and murmurs.) Mr. ANDERTON said he had as much respect for the genius of Shakspere, and for the character of the country and of the Court of Common Council, as any man ' • and, impressed with that feeling, he was convinced that the honour and dignity of all would be best consulted by an acquiescence in the amend ment, that the question be not put.—(Hear, and a laugh.) It was said as argument in favour of the motion, that the money was to be paid for a house in which Shakspere lived. It was not the only house in which that great man had lived, and if they were to join in the purchase of that house it might be reason ably expected that they would subscribe to buy up every house in which he had resided, and every theatre in which his masterly performances had been repre sented. It was true the Corporation had purchased the autograph of Shakspere, but that signature related to property within the city of London, and was a literary curiosity connected with the transactions of the corporation itself.—(Hear, hear.) Very different, indeed, was the subject of the present discussion. It would reflect but little honour upon Shakspere to put a large sum of money into the pockets of the present owners of the house in which he was stated to have resided, and which, in all probability, was so com pletely transmogrified that, if he could start up from the grave like one of his own wondrous creations, he would not be able to speak to its identity.—(Hear.) There was not even the argument of a fixed sum to be pleaded in excuse for the motion. The auctioneer was to go to work to raise the biddings to the highest amount, and all for the advantage of the present pro prieters; so that the money of the Corporation would be merely instrumental to the pleasant occupation of adding to their inordinate demands.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted that the Court would not acquiesce in the proposition. If they subscribed to buy the house of Shakspere, what excuse could they have for not buy iug the houses of Milton, Newton, and Wellington ? Such a mode of testifying admiration for extraordi nary powers of mind would certainly have the cha racter of originality about it, but it would, at the same time, be attended with inconvenience and ex pense greatly disproportioned to the honour it Could confer.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BLAKE was decidedly in favour of the motion. He wished to know whether it would be consistent that in one page of the Corporation record' it was set down that, in the year 1844, the sum of 1401. was given for the autograph of Shakspere, and that, in 1847, the same Corporation refused to aid in pre venting the destruction of the house which had been always recognised as the favourite residence of the poet.—(Hear, hear.) Whatever the Court might think proper to do, the purchase would certainly be made, and he hoped they would participate in the honour.—(Hear, hear.) Here a voice cried out, " Nobody has seconded the amendment of Mr. Anderton, "Ihat the question be not put.' " Deputy PEACOCK—Indeed you are greatly mis taken. I seconded the amendment. Mr. WHITE replied. He hoped the Corporation would not be influenced by the objections which had been raised to the proposition to do honour to them selves, but would at once aid the subscription. The question was then put, and The LORD MAYOR declared the amendment to be carried. Mr. WHITE demanded a division. The RECORDER, on informing the Court that a division was to take place, said—The Lord Mayor says those who are for the amendment must go to the right, those who are for Shakspere's house to the left.—(Loud -laughter.) The Court then divided, when there appeared to be—For the amendment :-62 commoners, 5 alder men, 2 tellers. For Shakspere's house :-36 com moners, 2 tellers. Majority against Shakspere's house, 31. MONTTPdENT TO SHAKSPERE. Sir PETERLAUWE, who entered the Court at the conclusion of the last discussion, rose to give notice of a motion that a sum of money be subscribed by the court towards the erection of a suitable monu ment in the metropolis in honour of 'William Shalis pere.—(Hear, hear.) He had lately returned from Scotland, where he had seen with admiration a great monument to the memory of Sir Walter Scott. From that monument he determined to submit a motion to the corporation on the subject of raising a monument to the greatest man that ever lived, and he knew that he should obtain the eager assistance of every man who knew anything at all about the poet of England. ELECTIONS Mr. JAMES SCOTT, one of the sons of the late highly respected chief clerk of the chamber, was elected clerk and registrar of the coal market by a large majority over three other candidates, and Mr. Jupp was electe d without a conte s t c hi e f clerk under the London (City) Small Debts Act.—Adjourned. Mr. Leigh Hunt was entertained on Wednesday at dinner by the members of the Museum Club, W. Fox, Esq., M.P., in the chair. In a company of rustics, the other day, at a coun try alehouse, a man was saying that the Italians haft no win their language. " How then," demanded a countryman, with a mingled air of triumph and con tempt, "do such chaps as them spell wagon ?" This WAS I poser. CITY of LONDON REG ISTILA TION. The registration and revisiqn of the list of voters for the City of Londot, commencer'. at ten yesterday morning, before T. Y. .11.1‘Christie, Esq., in the Court of Comni, , n Pleas, Gui!dhsP. Thp L:heral party were re.pres‘-nted by Mr. Sidpey Stni.. , and Mr. Ledger, and the Conservative - by S. 13, own. The entire morning was occupied in receiving and veri;- fying the lists of voters. It will appear from the annexed statement that no less than 9,782 votes will have to be inquired into. Names which have been omitted from the overseers' and livery lists, 1,853 ; new names which have been placed on the lists (politics un. known), 3,890; Conservative objections, 2,279 ; Conservative claims, 76; Radical objections, 1,181 ; Radical claims, 503 ; total, 9,782. In the above list of objections, 409 have been taken by both parties, which will reduce the number for inquiry to 9,414. The frst case decided was that of Mr. Francis, of the Apothecaries' Company. This voter was described on the printed list of his company as being of " Lea Park," and the'deseription was objected to on the ground of insufficiency. It was further alleged that, in fact, Mr. Francis lived more than seven miles from the City, and it was attempted to be shown that he re sided at Ramsgate. On behalf of Mr. Francis it was proved that he lived at Lea Park, Blackheath, and that the only ground for assuming that he resided at Ramsgate was that he occasionally visited his daughters there. A similar oljection having been taken ineffectually last year, the Revising Barrister told Mr. Brown that he must pay 20s. and costs. When asked to state the ground of his decision, the Learned Gentleman said it was that the objection was a groundless one, and had been repeated after being overruled. Mr. Brown said that if he were unable to obtain: - a case for the Court of Common Pleas he should pre sent a petition to the House of Commons complaining of the decision. The REVISING BARRISTER—You may do as you please about that. Mr. Brown complained of the hardship of compell ing the payment of costs when Mr. Francis had not been at the trouble of attending the court. The %WISING BARRISTER said he should adhere to the decision he had pronounced ; the voter had employed another person to defend his right, and was fairly entitled to costs. In a somewhat similar case to the above, that of a Mr. Hoard, of the Baker's Company, and for many years a common councilman, the Court allowed the vote, which was objected to by the Conservatives, and gave costs, notwithstanding an inaccuracy in the de scription of the residence. The Revising Barrister founded his decision on the doctrine laid down by the Court of Common Pleas that residence forms no part of the qualification, and said he could not admit that the principle was inapplicable in the case of livery men. He agreed with Mr. Arnold as to the necessity of discouraging speculative ottjections where the quali ficatiGn was evidently good in substance. It was then arranged that the business for to-morrow should commence at the Barbers' and end at the Fruiterers' Company. The Court adjourned at half-past five o'clock. WESTMINSTER REGISTRATION. Yesterday a notice was issued by Francis Smedle;, Esq., the High Bailiff of the city and liberty of West minster, stating that Francis Bailey, Esq , the bar rister appointed to revise the list of voters for that city, would hold his first court on Tuesday, the 28th instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, in the Vice- Chancellor's Court, Westminster Hall. The number of claims and objections are very great. The Liberals will be represented by Mr. Huggett, and the Conser vatives by Mr. Score. On concluding the NVesttnin ster registration, the same Learned Gentleman , A ill revise the lists of the boroughs of Marylebone, Fins bury, and the Tower Hamlets. A SECOND " BOY JoNEs."—A man named Michael Homes, who appeared to be labouring under a fit of in sanit), and who is a stonemason by trade, was on Satur day lust charged before the magistrates with scaling the outer - walls of Baker's Bazaar, in Dudley-street, at five o'clock that morning. The case was proved—but it appeared that since the unfortunate man had become insane he had shown a climbing propensity, which no precaution on the part of those who were connected with him could by any possibility control. In consideration of the mental hallucination under which the prisoner laboured, he was discharged.—Birmingham Adverti,er. FATAL ACCIDENT AT Sea JOHN ‘VEllt HOGG'S.— An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Bedrk.,rd, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of William Bidnell, a carpenter. On the morning of the 14th instant the de ceased and others were at work at the residerce of Sir John Weir Hogg, No. 16, Grosvenor-square. He and a man named Bailey were standing on a temporary scaf fold, about eleven feet high, when the part on which de ceased was standing gave way,.and he fell and received a fracture of the skull, which caused his death the same afternoon. Verdict, " Accidental death." TIIE CONVICT LEITH.—We understand a com munication was receive.) on Saturday by the acting chief magistrate of Dundee, intimating the decision of _ _ the authorities in the case of Leith, to the effect thut— " The law must take its course." The information was intimated to the unfortunate man, who heard it without manifesting any emotion. He still professes innocence of the crime for which he is condemned to suffer. A pi , tition for his pardon was on St.turday night trans mitted to the proper quarter, signed by from four to five thousand individuals.—Dundee Advertiser. - NAVIGATION or THE TAY.—Captain Denham has arrived at Dundee for the purpose 01 maki; g an inves tigation into the way in which the Tay is lighted. One fact justifies, we think, the present investigation—the great loss annually sutf; red by vessels being wrecked at the mouth of the river. We have endeavoured more than once to get a list of the losses which have been sustained during the last ten years, but we know of no regular reeord having been kept, nor of any way by which one could be supplied.--Dundce Advertiser. JENNY LlND.—This fair vocalist was literally be sieged in the New Royal hotel yesterday forenoon, and Mademoiselle could only get an airing by the ruse of sending her coach round to the back door in Register street.—Caledonian Mercury. HEROIC CONDUCT.—Ott Saturday week the mate of one of the steamers fell into the river, when Mr. Ebenezer Bates, of 62, Seacombe-street, plunged into the water, and after a struggle of a quarter of an hour suc ceeded in rescuing him. He was insensible when brought t r shore, but after being at the Northern }respite' for a day or two recovered. On the following Monday Mr. Bates was the instrument of saving another life. On this oecasion a man, named William Westby, fell from the Sarah Davison, to which vessel he belongs, with a tar barrel and a bucket in his hands. Had it not been for the truly heroic exertions of Mr. Bates, poor Westby would, in a few minutes, have been a corpse.—Livervool Standai d. During the gale which prevailed on the night of the 3d inst. several accidents occurred among the ship ping on our coast. The ofJoseplirli:ckiliexteonodkerhe,r crew this port, was run into by the Hope, w board, and she was brought in here a derelict, having been picked up the following morning by the Commer cial, of Newcastle. She had a valuable cargo on board, and proved a fine prize. The sloop Joseph and Mary Anne, of Goole, was also run into by the brig Beevor, of Sunderland, by which the crew were brought to Yarmouth the following day. She went ashore at Has borough, and it is feared will become a wreck. The brig Violet, of Newcastle, was also run into by a large brig, and was deserted by her crew, except the master and mate, who succeeded in bringing her into Yarmouth, though with loss of bowsprit and other damage.--Yar mouth Advertiser. com pletely DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT RUTHERGLEN. —Yesterda y (Sabbath) morning, Newfield Mill, tto pro perty of Mr. M'Naughtan, co destroyed by fire. About one o ' clock the fire was first discovered, when a mesbenger,a.s dispatched to Glasgow for the fire engines. T he Glasgow fire-bri g ade n i :s u p tl ifi e n rg er ie , n ; a t hes and the West of England fire-engine were soon upon the 'spot, but, by the time of their arrival, they in found it im possible fury. Two adjoining tire raged with uncont " h had caught fire were saved by the to save any portion of the mill,_ which the buildings which exertions of the firemen. In a stable close to the mill one or two horses were so seriously burnt that they bad to be destroyed, while the others were rescued with considerable difficulty. The value of the progpienratytedeohna sumed we have not learned, but it must be very consider able. We understand, however, that the loss will be partly covered by insurance. By this event a number of — ber G or la e sg A o l w r. P C a o p r e r r y . , o n people will be thrown out of employment in this th dullest season of the year. How the fire ori • a the body of MANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERIOOL.— kn • hneoltdbeoenn Wednesdaya s c e ascertained.—Glasgow inquest was John Towers. From the evidence of Taylor, it appeared that deceased a witness named an to gether with a man named George d the witness, drinking at a p u bli c house Smith, had been i wrestling together. D e in Hood -st ree t, an d were Deceased, who was very much in toxicated, afterwards threatened Smith, and expressed a struck desire to fight, w h en Smith , a blow in the face which f e ll e d hi m to the ground. him Witness picked him up, and took him home to his wife, and assisted him to bed. About half-past three the same morning de ceased's wife called witness, saying that he was dying. In the course of the morning he got worse, and died at half-past eight o'clock. Other witnesses were called, and corroborated the main facts of the case, one of them only stating a blow was struck by prisoner. —Mr. Han nah, surgeon, who was called in, said he found deceased in a state of insensibility, with symptoms of depression of the brain. There was a small wound over and be hind the left year. He had since made a post modem examination. Death was caused by contact with some hard substance, which caused effusion upon the brain by rupturing the blood vessel. It was possible that effects like those seen might have been produced by the man falling from intoxication. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter " against the prisoner, who was com• mitted for trial. ANIMAL SAGACITY.—The West Briton gives an affecting anecdote of a crow who had built a nest in a. Wesleyan Chapel, but finding a cat occasionally looking in, took measures tor self-defence. This is all vary well. and very pretty, but it i 3 nothing to an old female sparrow of our acquaintance, who, having hopped the twig—that is to say, flown away from the hetiges—re tired to a sacred edifice to build her nest; but, with a beautiful instinct of preservation from feline enemies, took her departure on ascertaining that she had got into a Mosey ite church.—Punch. ,i. a al y ;or ri g eoo Y ht) 1/ 15 16 ecofici 0) 0 •• o •• o ;e ll ' ) 113 the 0'