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

LOSS of the TWEED CONFIRMED. SOUTHAMPTON - , THURSDAY MORNING. The Avon Royal mail stew:::-ship, Captain .Norton, arrived in Cowes Roads last night at ten o'clock, and it is lamentable to announce that she brings con firmatory intelligence of the total loss of the Tweed on the reef of Alacranes, as previously announced in The Sun. It appears that there are seventy-two passengers and crew lost, and seventy-nine saved, a list of both of which will be found below. After the vessel struck, which, it appears, was on the 12th of February, at half-past three A.M., the survivors, by various means, got on to the reef. They remained there 'for some hours, and at five o'clock P.M., on the first day, one of the boats having been got ready, the first officer, Mr. Ellison, with eleven of the survivors, got into it, with ti Intention of reaching the Campeachy shore, if possil,!e. They were, however, fortunate enough to fall in with the Spanish brig Emilio, fifty-one miles from Sisal roads. After landing them the brig again returne d, and, amidst much difficulty, succeeded in taking off several others, with whom she departed for Perez. On the following day the remainder left the reef in two boats, brought by the Emilio, and got in safety to Perez. The brig then put off to Sisal, and, after remaining there seven days, she was chartered for Ravannah, where she arrived on the 3d of March. On the 11th the Avon, being at Havannah, left for England, and, as previously stated, arrived in Cowes Roads last night. The ill-fated Tweed, after she struck on the Ala cranes, went to pieces in the course of half-an-hour. The survivors, who had contrived to reach the reef, soon managed to collect sufficient timber to construct a raft, upon which they remained up to their middles in water the first night, after the tide had made, in a most painful state of anxiety. Fortunately, sufficient provisions and wine were saved to sustain the unfortunate creatures from perish ing by h unger ; th e y were, as a matter of course, used in a very sparing manner. The pas s engers saved speak in the highest terms of admiration and praise of the conduct of Captain Parsons throughout the whole of the trying scene. He did everything it was possible to do to save those unfortunates who have so untimely perished ; never allowing his own share of the scanty provisions to exceed that of his companions in wretchedness— never flagging for one moment in his endeavour to render his valuable services available. It appears there were only three female passengers, all of whom were drowned. The last five men on the wreck lashed themselves together on a spar, and ultimately three of them reached the shore in safety. _ The Avon brings home seventy passengers, inde pendently of the survivors of the Tweed. There was nothing stirring in particular in the West Indies. The prospects of the crops are en couraging in the extreme. The latest dates brought by the Avon are, Havan nab, March 11 ; Cbagres, Feb. 26 ; Honduras, Feb. 20 ; Carthagena, Feb. 28 ; Jamaica, March 11; St. Jago de Cuba, March 8 ; Demerara, March 6 ; Bar badoes, March 12 ; Grenada, March 13 ; Porto Rico, March 16 ; St. Thomas's, March 17 ; and Bermuda, March 24. The Avon has a quarter of million of dollars on board from Parana. She has also 135 cases of cigars, 13 serons of indigo, 50 live turtles, &c. Our usual papers have not come to hand. LIST OF PASSENGERS AND CREW LOST FROM THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET TWEED. PASSENGERS. Mr. Yurchanote Mr. Serbran Mr. Fontnha Mr. Guxruga General Chaulier Mr. Vivinga .. 1 4 . .r. Escudeno Mr. Fo x ars. Escudeno, child, and Mr. Portillo servant Mr. Santo Mr. Barrimeria Mr. Cuvill Mr. Robinson Mr. Gonzales Mr. Meruende Mr. Ladira Mr. Seidurbergh Mr. Cofer Mr. Boom Mr. Mathias Mr. Gartman Mr. Fuentes Mr. Larado Mr. Topete Dir. Rermante Mrs. Jones and son. Mr. Maspule CREW /Ir. W. Croke, fourth officer T. Kenny P. A. Spence, midshipman J. Glossop R. Varndale, ditto J. Newman, coal-trimmer S. Rogers, carpenter J. Alcock, ditto _I . V. Shotter, carpenter's mate J. Moody, ditto . r...., ll `Cullam, quartermaster H. Phillpot, engineer's boy w. Turl, A.B. H. Bluett, waiter J. Slade, ditto G. Adams, ditto J. Furze, ditto T. Finlay, barman. J. Cove, ditto H. Hawkins, boots P. Moore, ditto Wm. Ellis, bed-room steward R. Horrebow, ditto J. Payne, saloon cook Egbert Moon, apprentice J. Benson, baker F. Warren W. Lees, butcher J. Eager Walter Dyne, Admiralty S. Le Gallais, engineer's ap. agent's servant J. Dixon, captain's servant D. Martin, A.B. W. Hair, third engineer Henry Burton, cook's mate W. Ambrose, fifth engineer Mrs. Grundy, stewardess W. Wiltahead, boiler maker TOTAL LOST. Thos. Stone, fireman Passengers ..... 3l Wm. Bishop Crew Wm. Hutchings J. Haddon 73 LIST OF PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED FROM THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET TWEED. --- CABIN PASSENGERS. WM. Ellice, Esq., English J. F. Knox, English L. R. Price, English J. M. Espano, Mexican B. G. Farias, English S. Fernandez, Canary Isles C. 0. Steward, English Juan Lobo, Spain T. Jones, English Antonio Miranda, Spain T. Probst, German Jose Bollet, Spain F. M. Dimond, America. A. Palacio, Spain F. Castro, Spanish M. Banuel, Spain A. Pierrun, French DECK PA.kiNGERS. A. Gutuerrez, Spain J. M. Ortez J. T. Piria, Spain J. Bursa° J. Luengas, Spain M. M. Echavurni J. Blanco, Spain, N. B%rraza V. G. Rendueles, Spain D. Dyr.rrabal F. L. Peria CREW. Captain G. Parsons G. Lowe E. Ellison, Ist officer J. Wallace C. H. Onslow, 2d ditto J. Cox, fireman E. Knott, 3d ditto S. Harris, ditto T. Rowlett, midshipman T. Hannay, ditto S. B. Rowland, surgeon L. Moyes, ditto T. Bullard, purser 0. Hill, ditto T. B. Cameron D. Wallace. ditto T. Broad, boatswain G. Allan], ditto T. Smith, quartermaster T. Gurnett, ditto G. Flemings, do. C. Parker, ditto W. York, A.B. T. Merton, ditto W. Bunday, do. C. Stewart, storekeeper T. Briscoe, do. G. Looney, apprentice J. Marcy, do. C. P. M•Cabe, captain's W. Green, do. steward G. Turl, do. C. Hancock, servant J. Laver, do. G. Marlow, waiter T. Harris, do. J. Dawson, storekeeper T. Barwick, do. T. Ivatts, cook T. Sully, do. M. Cushman, officers' boy* T. Phillips, do. W. Cooper, surgeon's boy* M. Muckrell, do. J. Davis, Lieutenant R.N., G. Deal, do. Admiralty Agent A. M•Kenzie, Ist Engineer TOTAL SAVED. T. Morrison, 2d do. Passengers 29 D. Blair, 4th do. Crew S. Forster, fireman R. Johnston, do. 81 A. Burt * These two not on board the ship when she was wrecked, having been left behind at Jamaica. n 7 TOR Pr -1 F SUN. Six,—lt is indeed too true that the rumoured loss of this fine steam-ship has now been confirmed. I have this moment (ten o'clock, Thursday) rt-ceived from my brother, who was to have come home by the Tweed, and for whose safety since the intelligence was received great fears were apprehended, a letter written yesterday, of which the follovirig is an extract:— " Royal Mail Steamer Avon, off Plymouth, 2 P.M., 7th April, 1047." "I left Barbadoes 0 . 1 the 13th ult., on board the man of-war Persian, and piled the steamer at Antigua, on the 16th ult., since whichT have been on passage. After a most pleasant run throu Zki. the West India islands, and stopping one day at St. Thwas', and two at Bermuda, we are now approaching the lestinatien of the ship, and shall, some time to-night, beon shore at Southampton. We are ignorant whether tt melancholy loss of the Royal Mail steatoer Tweed, tilt s hi p which should have brought us from Bermuda, is yt known in England or not. She was wrecked on the aacarnes reef; in the ry. ssengers. Seventy- The Gulf of Mexico, on the 12th Feb, four a pa lives were lost, thirty of w hom wer, survivors, seventy-six in number, are 's board of us." aauthentic, and I This informatiorr may be relied on 'uthentic, transmit it for early publica ti o n to relies in some mea. sure, the great anxiety e xistin g as to ti fate of this unfortunate vessel, and , as first rumoured, t, loss e e o fs alle on board, the latter portio n of which will icy b not to be correct.—l am y our obedient servant, J. C. WHITEFI LD. 23, Upper North-place, .Gray's Inn, Thursday, Bth April, 1847. PANAMA, FEBRUARY 21.—The Pacific Stearl, Navigation Company's steam-ship New Grenada, from Callao, arrived here Febr uar y 21st, bringing i , n addition t? her usual passengers and cargo, the mails in continua tion with the Company 's steamer Chili, which left Val paraiso 28th January, from the undermentioned ports in Chili, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and New Grenada, of the respective dates as undernoted:—Valparaiso, Jan. 28; Coquimbo, Jan. 29; Huasco, Jan. 30; Copiapo, Jan. 30; Bobija, Feb. 1; Iquique, Feb. 2; Arica, Feb. 3; Islay, Feb. 4; Pisco, Feb. 6; Callao, Feb. 7; Payta, Feb. 14; Guayaquil, Feb. 16; Buenaventura, Feb. 19. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1847. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. A 4111 A V CN J.'ZJI!)A '1 NTGUi The confusion that arose from the departure of the crowd immediately after the race for the Newmarket Handicap, prevented our obtaining particulars of the running in time to forward them with the result. We now subjoin them:— NEWMARKET HANDICAP.—It is almost superfluous to say that the horses were got together without, and precisely at the time fixed were started at the first signal. The first running was made by Devil me- Care, followed by Lynceus, Vampyre, Free Lance, Best Bower, and a few others, the heavy weight laying well up with them, in a cluster; all, in fact, were in good positions except Clermont (the Eu clid colt), who blundered just after starting, and lost a little ground, fortunately for him, the pace was not great, and he reached his horses befor they had run a quarter of a mile. At the bushes, Lynceus, who had been, and still was, pulling double, took the lead from Devil- me-care, and with Vampyre, Devil-me-care, Palma, and Queen of Tyne, at his heels, carried on the running to the turn of the lands, Cler mont here took the second place, and getting clear of his horses, followed about two lengths in the wake of Lynceus, who was still pulling hard. Vanish next showed with the leading horses, then Sting, and Vampyre dropping back, the race, about half way be tween the turn and the Duke's Stan d, was l e ft to four. Clermont now ran up to Lynceus, had no difficulty in depriving him of his lead, kept in front to the chair, and won cleverly by a length. Vanish and Sting passed Lyn ceus about 50 yards from home, and made % sporting race, for the second money,which the horse won for his owner by a head. Lynceus a good fourth, Vampyre fifth, and Palma sixth; run in 3 mm. 9 sec. Mr. Gregory is said to have netted 4,0001., in addition to the stake, which, free from deductions, amounted to 1,1251. Some of his friends also came off good winners. As is ever the case when favourites win, the round betters are losers. BETTING UP TO TWELVE O'CLOCK. COLUMN STAKES. 6 to 5 agst Red Hart (taken and afterwards offered). SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. t Clermont. GUINEAS STAKES. 4 to 1 agst The Liberator 'AN STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Wolfdog—t. 6 to 4 ags TWO THOUSAND 7 to 4 agst Planet METROPOLT 3 to 1 agst Clermont l 2 to 1 agst Rufus CHEST] 20 to 1 agst Dulcet (t) :R CUP. 40 to 1 agst Sting (t) .BY. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Martin 40 to 1 agst War Eagle (t) 40 to 1 agst Mathematician 40 to 1 agat Bingham 1,000 to 15 agst Good Coin t 1,000 ( to ) 10 agst Notting ham (t) 1 1,000 to 10 agat Halo (t) 7 to 2 9 to 1 4 to 1 agst Kent's lot (t) agst Scott's lot (t) agst Forth's lot (t) 15 to 2 agst Van Tromp (t) 8i to 1 agst Planet 17 to 1 agst Epirote 22 to 1 agst Liberator (t) 20 to 1 agst Glentilt (t) 25 to 1 agst Red Hart— taken freely WEDNESDAY. Again a shy list, but containing a race of great in terest in the Column, for which two nags that have made some figure in the Derby betting, and have been laid against to an amount that must have wofully shaken the confidence of their friends, made their appearance. On Tuesday night it was not at all clear that Epirote would show, and in consequence Red Hart was backed at a fraction less than evens ; 25 to 1 was also taken freely about him for the Derby, for which event Epirote receded to 17 to 1 ,• he suffered a further decline this morning, notwithstanding the arrival of Mr. Bowes removed all doubt about his starting, as much as 25 to I, in hundreds, having been taken against him ! From the description of the race it will be gathered that Red Hart cut up badly, and that Epirote achieved an easy victory, a moderate animal of Col. Peel's ob taining the second place. 1,000 to 10 was offered against Red Hart after race, and 1,000 even laid between The Liberator and Epirote. A dead heat prolonged a day's sport that, apart from the Column, excited little interest. The weather was favourable and the attendance select. Subscription Plate 50/.; for 3 yrs old, ist; 4 yrs, Bst 71b; 5 yrs, 9st; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 21b; T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, 5 yrs (Mann) 0 1 Mr. Mostyn's Wilderness, 4 yrs ... (Nat) 0 2 Mr. Robert's Mogulistau , 3 yrs A Mr. Ford's Shahzadee, 3 yrs Lord Orford's Tarella, 3 yrs Betting 3tol on Wilderness. Shahzadee made the running followed by Wood Pigeon, Tarella, and Wilder ness lying off. They went without change to the cords, where Wilderness joined company, and the lot ran in a cluster for a few strides; Wilderness awd Wood Pigeon then quitted their horses, ran home head and head, and finished with a dead heat. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. Deciding Heat-2 to lon Wilderness. The horse made all the running, and won by a length. Time 1 min. 12 secs. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for 3 yrs old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b. D.M. (8 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Halo (Nat) 1 Colonel Anson's Lazarillo Lord Lonsdale's Ibrahim Pacha 3 Betting-2 to lon Halo, who made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths. Time 1 minute 44 seconds. The Column Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 3 yrs-old R.M. (31 Subs,) Mr. Bowes's Epirote, 3st 81b (F. Butler) 1 Colonel Peel's Palma, Bst llb 2 Duke of Richmond's Red Hart, Bst 71b Lord Exeter's Veronetz, Bst 21b Betting-2 to lon Epirote. Red Hart made running at a bad pace for a quarter of a mile, and was then dis placed by Palma, who carried it on to the bushes, where Epirote took it up at an improved pace, was never after wards caught, and won cleverly by a length, Palma beatiag Red Hart as far. Varonetz nowhere. Time 1 min. 49 secs. Match. D.M., 300, h. ft. Mr. Gully's Mendicant, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 1 Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Bst (Nat) 2 7 to 4 on Mendicant, who waited until half way up the cords, and won by a neck. Run in 1 rain. 43 sec. Match ; 200, h. ft., T.Y.C. Mr. Byng's Garry Owen, Tat 101 b, received from Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence, 7st 81b, T.Y.C., 200, h. ft. Match ; Duke of Bedford's Captain Phebus agst Ms. Bowes's Ukraine. Off by consent. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING-1847. Match ; Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp agst Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator, Bst 71b each ; last miles, and 3 qrs. if T.M.M., 5001., p.p. An offer to match the Liberator agst The Planet for 1,000 sovs, and give 51b, was declined in consequence of Planet's numerous engagements this year. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, TEN O'CLOCK. LATEST BETTING. THE PORT STAKES (FRIDAY.) Even on Sting. THE METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Clermont (t) I 13 to 1 agst W olfdog 10 to 1 agst Jenny Wren (t) 1 13 to 1 agst Rufus 12 to 1 agst Sheraton TWO THOUSAND 7 to 4 agst Planet IIIINEA.S STAKES. I 7 to 2 agst The Liberator(t) :R CUP. 33 to 1 agst Sting (t) 40 to 1 agst Intrepid 40 to 1 agst Clermont (t) 50 to 1 agst Sylvanus RBY. 1,000 to 10 agst Red Hart 1,000 even Planet ags . Liberator CHEST] 17 to 1 agst Dulcet 20 to 1 agst Mendicant (t) 25 to 1 agst The Lamb (t) 25 to 1 agst Camera Obscure DE to 1 agst Van Tromp (t) to 1 agst Planet to 1 agst The Liberator to I agst Conyngham Entry for the D. Id Captain Phebus, 5 yrs Colleen Bawn, 5 yrs Free Lance, 4 yrs Vert-Vert, 3 yrs Don emir, 3 yrs One Hundred Sovs. Sweepstakes. The following are scratched :—Lazarillo, f out of Moun tain Sylph's dam, Old Port, Villiers, Mistress Jean Marpessa c, Bridle, and Brother to Stitch. The King of Naples does not start for the 200 sovs. Sweeepstakes. Port Stakes (Friday).—Binnacle, Traverser, Playful, Tugnet, and Joy, are scratched. 8 8 15 25 Plate (Thursday). Tuft Hunter, 3 y rs Redwing, 3 yrs The Positive Young Man, 3 yrs DEURT-LANE THEATRE.—The new spectacle of the Desert is attracting all play-goers ; the house last night, on its third representation, being a complete over flow. It is certainly the most splendid entertainment which has, perhaps, ever been seen on the English, or ..., V4l/C1 a... E „,. [ADVERTISEMENT]. —MR. CAREW'S NOVEL, " THE POACHER'S WIFE," maintains its onward course of popularity. It is, indeed, universally pronounced to be one of the most attractive works of fiction of the time! On this marked success, much comment has been made; but the surprise might have been more natural had the volumes failed, than now when they have so signally succeeded; inasmuch as apathy towards the great sub ject (the Game-laws), illustrated in the novel, would be an imputation to public feeling. The Atlas says, " the style of the rural demons who occupy a portion of the story is preserved with extraordinary power and bold ness. There is no mincing of the phraseology—no false delicacy. Mr. Carew's diction is everywhere original, sometimes wild and uncouth, as if his subject had conjured up a strange language to give its terrors fitting expression." The Constitutionnel says, " The dysentery raged among the crews of the French vessels stationed at the Antilles and at Otaheite. The first-named station has lost more than forty men, and the ether more than four teen." ASHBURTON, APRIL 6. Our esteemed repre sentative, James Matheson, Esq., accompanied by his amiable lady, arrived at Bates's Golden Lion Hotel, from London, on Saturday afternoon last. The bells from St. Andrew's tower sent forth many a merry peal, and the union jack floated on the top of the church tower; the band also paraded the streets in the evening. The worthy gentleman spent from Saturday until Tues day afternoon in this borough, during which time he has visited as many of his friends and constituents as line would allow. Ashburton may well be proud of uch a gentleman for their representative as Mr. Mathe , as we !believe that political parties of all grades gr ope his arrival in this borough as one to whom the Mat o respect and esteem is due. Mr. and Mrs. Hill, xi intend to sojourn for a few days at Castle THE %Devon, the residence of Earl Fortescue. —W e a r e HT HON. THOS. MILNER GIBSON, M.P. Vice-Presida to learn that our representative, the under severe 1 the Board of Trade, is labouring his medical advlPosition, and has been ordered by change of air.—lhte repair to the sea coast for hater Guardian. MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED.) hr doles t,rna ; m t e h o e f s t q h u a a p r l e ac t e ow it e se rs lf a is re ve c n al i l c e e d . campaniles ; and TAI T. • I b • 'awl The city lies out B€Jore Mr. Tait resigned the pi oprietorshir of t 0- away from the %h ere, high and dry, like the Goodwin magazine it arrived with all possible punctua lit y , and , sands at low water. So you go in buta b—first al, ag enabled us to give an early criticism upon its cont ents rows of extensive Puddle-docks and then over what among the leadin g monthly periodicals. Since the mi g ht b e t a k en f or a h uge flooded race course, the post. retirement of its original publisher T a it h as so loitered and rails of which just appear above the water, so that upon the road that we are compelled to afford each there is no great fear of drowning • the whole tract re number a less careful perusal and a more hurried con- minding intelli gen t t rave ll ers o f the Essex marshes out sideration. We hint thus much that the transmission at sea. And before getting there you must not be quite may be speedier henceforth. From his first appear - led away by the po e t s , w h o are f ro m time to time taken ante we have welcomed the compositions of Mr. Gil - so poorly respecting its b e a u ti e s ; because the fillan ; we have always read them with a gusto, and thereto from Mestre—whi c h i s t o Venice what Twicken ham is to Eel Pie Island—i s no t exactly like the dio have generally found' them on a parity with their ramas and descriptio ns y ou h ave formed your notions themes. Besides his volume of " Literary Portraits," from. In fact, in common-place minds, it may suggest he has occasionally sketched the ideal likeness of con- unfavourable comparisons with Wappi ng, until the pas temporary bookmen in the pages of Tait. The sage b oa t emerges i nto the great t er -street of this idiosyncrasies and writings of Sir E. L. B. Lytton, amphibious city of human beavers." of Thomas Hood, and of James Montgomery have This description of Venice, though less poetical, is been commented upon with much that is subtle and infinitely more correct than the descriptions to be more that is earnest and passionate in his style of found in the note-books of sentimental travellers. criticism. Here he seizes a most fruitful subject— Gudge, his wife, and Mrs. Hamper, whom they Alfred Tennyson—the master of the young poets have picked up at Boulogne, arrive at an hotel at now living—and we confess ourselves utterly and un- Venice, and there they find Christopher officiating as utterably disappointed. Mr. Gilfillan shows no ca- the English waiter. Gudge attempts to bully pacity whatever for appreciating the genius of Ten- him, but it will not do ; Christopher is a nyson. We doubt very much whether he have ever man now, and knows that there is a mystery read one quarter of what Tennyson has written— attached to his birth. He has been shipped off from little as that unfortunately is. That Alfred Tenny- Southampton to Leghorn, and from thence has been son is a more remarkable poet than Mr. Gilfillan takes transferred to Vienna. le sets Gudge at defiance, him to be is proved by one significant fact, namely, that and appeals to Sir Frederick Arden, and when in his poems have risen in little more that a dozen years formed that Sir Frederick Arden is dead, he bates to a distinguished celebrity,unaided and unpuffed. A- nothing of his courage, but avows his intention to young man, the son of a Lincolnshire clergyman, proceed to England and discover the mystery of his scarcely emancipated from the scholastic bonds of his birth. Mrs. Hamper, who has palmed herself upon Cambridge, publishes, in 1831, a little book of poems. the Gudges meets with some high friends who are The book is unparaded; it creeps quietly enough going to Florence, and determines to palm herself into existence; but it has the true spirit, the true upon them. She therefore leaves Venice for Florence, verve—the divine a . filatus. It seizes upon the ima- via Bologna, but on her journey is attacked by bri ginations and hearts of Englishmen ; its verses have gands, and taken up into the stronghold, where she is the golden ring about them ; their numbers are in detained as a prisoner for the sake of the ransom every mouth ; they become a part of our household which they expect to receive for her. Sprouts has memories. A few years float over and a second vo- succeeded to the library, and is on the eve of mar lume is added to the first : coupled together they are riage with Bessy Payne. The jolly man has been on bookshelves in odd corners all about England, side long married to Miss Twits, and Sprouts and the byside with Keats and Coleridge. The name of Alfred party go down to Greenwich Fair, where they meet Tennyson becomes al familiar as the most eminent of with Skittle and the Taglioni Ginger Beer Cart, who modern classics to every lover of real poetry, and introduces them to Hickory and to Luddy's daughter, Government ultimately confirms the plaudits of the an interesting girl of fifteen (poor Luddy is dead), people by a pension of two hundred pounds per an- and in the course of conversation Hickory relates the num. Mr. Gilfillan, to our thinking, therefore, shows early history of Christopher, and Sprouts announces but little discrimination in the manner of this strag- his intention of following up the clue which gling and indifferent article. Many of the figurative Hickory has furnished in order to be revenged on sentences are, of course, inimitable—it would be diffi- Gudge. It will be seen that this part 8 leaves all cult for Mr. Gilfillan to write anything, however the parties concerned in an interesting imbroglio, carelessly, without casual gleams of beauty, both in and we await with curiosity the appearance of part 9. thought and expression. There is truth, no doubt, in these brilliant sentences :—Speaking of the verses of Tennyson, "It is the voice and lute of Ariel ; but heard not in a solitary and enchanted island, but in a modern drawing-room, with beautiful women bending round, and moss-roses breathing, in their faint fragrance, through the half- opened windows." •. " From the sublime to the snug, and vice versa, is with him but a single step. We may liken him to the sea-shell, which, sitting complacently and undistinguished among the commonplace ornaments of the mantelpiece, has only to be lifted to give forth from its smooth ear the far-rugged boom of the ocean breakers." . • • . "By sobs of sound, by half hints of meaning, by light, hurrying strokes on the ruddy chords of the heart, by a ringing of changes on certain words and phrases, he sways us as if with the united powers of music and poetry." "He paints vivid and complete pictures in a few lively touches, and by a few airy words, as if caught in dropping from the sky." So far there is accuracy in these delineations of the peculiarites of the intel lect of Tennyson—but no farther. Mr. Gilfillan views that intellect only from one point. He cannot turn it on a pivot, like those whirligig poetasters who show you all the pha'ses and sides of their mental character at once ; and he won't take the trouble to make a circuit round it himself. Hence the paper is crammed full of inconsistencies. He likens Tenny son's verse, for example, to Ariel ; but Ariel, be it observed, in a drawing-room among moss-roses and beautiful women. The " Two Voices" are marvel lously like the voice of Ariel ! The " Vision of Sin" is wonderfully suggestive of a modern drawing-room I The lamentations of " St. Simeon Stylites" are exces sively like the breathings of moss-roses I Absurd, literally absurd, as these metaphors are when employed not as illustrative of a single cha racteristic, but as indicating the entire grasp and disposition of the poet; they are endur able when compared with the self-sufficiency of the notices of the separate poems. " Mariana at the Moated Grange, " the "Talking Oak," the " Ma y Queen," and "Ori'ana " are dismissed with their m ere enumeration. T he " Lotos Eaters," a piece brimming with the very dew of the "land of drowsy head" is slurred over with an impertinent kind of half compliment. "Dora" is summarily dismissed, after being likened to a "deep quiet pool." And " Godiva" is considered in just fifteen lines. While the whole of the latter part of the article is de voted to an extravagant panegyric upon the author of " Festus," as if the talent of the author of " Festus" had anything to do with Alfred Tennyson ! Why, the little poems we have named are worth fifty " Fes tuses," with their "buttered thunders r The paper is apparently intended as a dispassionate and complete survey of the capacity of Tennyson, and yet nothing is said about the exquisite poem of "The Sleeping Beauty ;" nothing is said of the impassioned wailings of " St. Simeon Stylites ;" nothing is said of the chaste and perfect ballad of "The Miller's Daughter ;" no thing is said of the "Lord of Burghley," of the " Walk to the Mail," of the "Gardener's Child," of "Lady Clara Veve de Vere " of the "Lady of Chalott," of the fragment "Morte d'Arthur,' or of " Elianore." As we enumerate these solely from recollection, it will be manifest that the over sights of Mr. Gilfillan are extraordinary, when he professes in one part to mention the more remarkable of Tennyson's writings. Several of those we have have just mentioned as altogether unnoticed by him are among the most remarkable of Tennyson's poems. It is some compensation, however, to find that the writer can appreciate the sentiment of " Locksley Hall," and that he is so far incited to enthusiasm by the refrain about " the golden prime of good Ha roun Alraschid," as to speak of the " Arabian Nights Entertainments" in this wise :—" The Thousand - and. one Nights' is one enchantment—more powerfel than the lamp of Alladin, or the open sesame of AXi Baba. The author, were he one—not many—is a magician—a genii--greater than Scott, than Cer vantes, equal to Shakspere himself. What poetry, passion, pathos, beauty of sentiment, elegance of costume, ingenuity of contrivance, wit, humour, farce, interest, variety, tact in transition, sunniness of spirit, dream-like wealth of imagination, incidental but pre cious light cast upon customs, manners, history, re ligion—everything, in short, that can amuse or amaze, instruct or delight, the human spirit 1" If we could sympathise in no other particular with Mr. Gilfillan we could to the uttermost in his admiration for those glorious hoards of poetry and treasuries of fiction. After a pithy but dry essay upon " Success in Life," the readers of Tait are presented with a condensed continuation and completion of " Mrs. Thornton's Truth and Falsehood," a tale that was suddenly interrupted by the publication in the ma gazine of Mrs. Gore's very feeble and very unworthy novel of " Temptation and Atonement." Thomas de Quincey is nearly bereft of what Bardolph would call his " seven sentences," when speaking of Wordsworth. It is well paganism is exploded, other wise we should be in danger of seeing the Opium Eater one of these fine days offering a kid and let tuces before the shrine of the Poet Laureate, or pour ing a libation of the decoction of poppies upon Rydal Mount. The paper by De Quincey, headed "Milton versus Southey and Landor," is a clever but bewil dering rhapsody. Mr. Burton's "Lives of Lord Lovat and Forbes of Culloden," forming an excellent su ppl e ment to ilrs. Thomson's "History of the J....mins,” are epeipteed, and a biography of the late James Calder, one of the o l d school of reformers, is contained among the miscellaneous contributions. Besides a temperate article upon " Government Education" there are minor criticisms, and the usual Political Register. Alluding to the aid received by Lord George Bentinck from the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Shrewsbury, Tait caustically observes— " His Lordship's sting is in his tail, and it is pitful that the tail of a very medium person should be of such rare and sterling genius 1" It is the genius, the slave of the Lamp. VANITY FAIR. Part IV. By W. M. Thackeray. In the opening chapter of the present number we find ourselves again with the Sedleys and Osbornes in Russell-square. Poor Amelia loves George Osborne with her whole heart, but we are afraid that George Osborne will turn out a worldling after all, and not worthy the affection of poor Amelia. We are also introduced to old Osborne, the very beau ideal of a vulgar purse-proud parvenu, who would fain cut old Sedley, the founder of his fortunes, because the world has not gone well with him of late and who, more than insinuates to George that it would be well that he should violate his engagement with Amelia. Miss Rebecca Sharpe is domiciled in the house of Miss Crawley, in Park-lane, having ejected all Miss Crawley's toadys, and Rebecca is visited there daily by Rawdon Crawley, who has become acquainted with George Osborne, and plucked him gloriously at billiards. Rebecca calls on Amelia, and invites her to dine at Miss Crawley's in Park-lane. George Os borne and Rawdon Crawley are also invited, when the following admirable scene takes place : " How's little Miss Sharp, by-the-bye," Osborne in quired of his friend over their wine, with a dandified air. " Good-natured little girl that. Does she suit you well at Queen's Crawley? Miss Sedley liked her a good deal last year." Captain Crawley looked savagely at the Lieutenant out of his little blue eyes, and watched him when he went up to resume his acquaintance with the fair gover ness. Her conduct must have relieved Crawley if there was any jealousy in the bosom of that life-guardsman. When the young men went up stairs, and after Os borne's introduction to Miss Cra w l ey, h e walked up to Rebecca with a patronising, easy swagger. He was going to be kind to her and protect her. He would even shake hands with her, as a friend of Amelia's ; and saying, " Ah, Miss Sharp ! how-dy-doo ?" held out his left hand towards her, expecting that she would be quite confounded at the honour. Miss Sharp put out her right fore-finger —And gave him a little nod, so cool and killing, that Rawdon Craw ley, watching the operations from the other room, could hardly restrain his laughter as he saw the Lieutenant's entire discomfiture ; the start he gave, the pause, and the perfect clumsiness with which he at length conde scended to take the finger which was offered for his embrace. " She'd beat the devil, by Jove 1" the Captain said, in a rapture ; and the Lieutenant, by way of beginning the conversation, agreeably asked Rebecca how she liked her new place. " My place?" said Miss Sharp, coolly, " how kind of you to remind me of it ! It's a tolerably good place : the wages are pretty good—not so good as Miss Wirt's, I believe, with your sisters in Russell Square. How are those young ladies?—not that I ought to ask." " Why not?" Mr. Osborne said, amazed. W hy, they never condescended to speak to me, or to ask me into their house, whilst I was staying with Amelia ; but we poor governesses, you know, are used to slights of this sort." " My dear Miss Sharp !" Osborne ejaculated. "At least in some families," Rebecca continued. " You can't think what a difference there is though. We are not so wealthy in Hampshire as you lucky folks of the city. But then lamin a ge ntleman's family—good old English sto c k. I suppose you know Sir Pitt's father refused a peerage. A n d you see how lam treated. I am pretty comfortable. Indeed, it is rathe r a good place. But how very good of you to inquire 1" Osborne was quite savage. The little governess pa. tronised him and persiffied him until this young British Lion felt quite uneasy ;_ nor could he mu s t er sufficient presence of mind t o find a pretext for backing out of this most delectable conversation. " I thought you liked the City families pretty well," he said haughtily. " Last ye ar you mean, w h en I was fresh from that horrid vulgar sch oo l ? Of cour se I did. Doesn't every girl lik e t o come h ome for the ho lid a ys? And how was Ito kno w any b etter? But oh, Mr. Osborne, what a difference eighte en mon th s ' ex perience makes! — eighteen months spent, par d on me for say i n g so, with gentlemen. As for d ear Amelia, she, I gra nt you, is a pearl, and would be charming anywhere. There now, I see you are beginning to be in a good humour ; but oh, these queer odd Ci ty people 1 And Mr. Jos.—how is that wonderful Mr. Joseph?" " It seems to me you didn't dislike that wonderful Mr. Joseph last year," Osborne said kindly. " How severe of you! Well, entre nous, I didn't break my heart about him ; yet if he had asked me to do what you mean by your looks (and very exp , ressive and kind they are, too), I wouldn't have said no.' Mr. Osborne gave a look as much as to say," Indeed, how very obliging!" " What an honour to have bad you for a brother-in law, you are thinking? To be sister-in-law to George Os borne, Esquire, son :)f John Osborne, Esquire, son of— what was your grandpapa, Mr. Osborne? Well, don't be angry. You can't help your pedigree, and I quite agree with you that I would have married Mr. Joe Sedley; for could a poor penniless girl do better? Now you know the whole secret. I'm frank and open ; and, considering all things, it was very kind of you to allude to the circumstance —very kind and polite. Amelia, dear, Mr. Osborne and I were talking about your poor brother Joseph. How is he?" Thus was George utterly routed. Not that Rebecca was in the right; but she had managed most successfully to put him in the wrong. And he now shamefully fled, feeling if he stayed another minute, that he would have been made to look foolish in the presence of Amelia. Poor Rebecca, however, is caught in her own trap. Lady Crawley dies, and the Baronet himself comes to London to induce Rebecca to return to Queen's Crawley:— I wawnt you back at Queen's Crawley, Miss," the baronet said, fixing his eyes upon her, and taking off his black gloves and his hat with its great crape hat- Dand. Ills eyes bad na. h a strange look, mud fixed upon her so steadfastly, that Rebecca Sharp began almost to tremble. " I hope to come soon," she said in a low voice, " as soon as Miss Crawley is better —and return to—to the dear children." " You've said so these three months, Becky," replied Sir Pitt, " and still you go hanging on to my sister, who'll fling you off like an old shoe, when she's wore you out. I tell you I want you. I'm going back to the Vuneral. Will you come back? Yes or no?" daren't—l don't think—it would be right —to be agin, I want you,'' Sir Pitt sa id , thumping the b alone—with you , Sir," Beck y s aid , seemingly in great git on without you. I did n ' t see what it was till you went awa y . The house all goes wrong. It's not the same p lace. All m y accounts has got mud dled agin. You,must come back. D o come back, Dear Becky, do come. " Come—as wh at, agitation.ta e I . sa7 I can't Sir?" Rebecca gasped out. Come as Lady Crawley, if you like," the baronet said, grasping his crape hat " There! will that zatusfy you? Come back and be my wife. Your vit vort. Birth be hanged. You're as good a lady as ever I see. You've got more brains in your little vinger than any baronet's wife in the county. Will you come? Yes or no?" Oh, Sir Pitt," Rebecca said, very much moved. zee if I don't. You shall do what what you like ; and 'av it all your own Say yes, Becky," Sir Pitt continued. " I'm an old man, but a good n. rni good for twenty years. I'll sp h e a n p d py wa y. I'll make you , a zettlement. I'll do everything region Look year !" and the old man fell down on his her like knees and leered at e . a satyr. ycu mak e like 'o ; u Rebecca started back a picture of consternation. In the course of this history we have never seen her lose her presence of mind ; but sh e did now, and wept some of the most genuine tears that ever fell from her CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. By Albert Smith. Part VIII. The 25th chapter, which commences the present number, jumps over a space of six years : " And you must allow your author to carry you to another land. You must imagine a strange and noise less city, with silent highways of water for countless boats, instead of rattling thoroughfares for cabs and carts, looking for all the world like rows of ruined Re form Club-houses built on the banks of the Serpentine. Strange black looking craft, like floating hearses, glide about the streets, giving you the idea that one half of the population is burying the other half ; and every now and then you come upon a view, which you appear to be already well acquainted with, from a perforated card, water-coloured drawing in an album, or a print in an annual, or some dining-room picture, associated with an agreeable party, heat-frosted claret jugs and early asparagus. " You will see no trees—a Bloomsbury-square lilac would be a grove by comparison. And you will meet no horses—the most wretched cab-hack in London might be kept for a show, and create a great sensation. The thoroughfares are all alleys, and the alleys are nothing but back-doors leading to narrow bridges crossing small stagnant canals making you think every instant that you are coming to some docks. But you are not, nevertheless. And you may soon miss your way if you lose sight of any of the landmarks, resembling square parish churches, with cheap obelisks on their summits, which rise in so many directions. The boats are called gon eyes. oh, Sir, Pitt!" she said. " Oh, Sir—l—l'm mar ried already." CHEAP STEAM THAVELL lNG. — yesterday steam vessels were conveying passengers from the river Thames to Ipswich for 2s. each. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. In answer to a Shareholder, the CHAIRMAN stated A special general meeting of this company was held that the Dover Company would still h o ld amp]e neconi -1 ye,tel day, at the :4 - liees of the Gll'at Western Railwa:,, tr,,,i3tioL. for the:n,els a:•,1 Bill Ras prop‘,:,cd to ab'ebe to meet any requiretuen ts that might occur in :dinQton station, for the purpose of taking ',nto c-u -sithration ha' drafts of the undermentioned 11h,', a •- •- , nt of no Company. rai ge::,t , nt being come to with the for in the present session, viz.:— Souta-Eastern Company. He, quite as much as A Bill for making certain new lines of railway in con- shareholder, was opposed to this large outlay of money flexion with the South Wales Railway, and certain alter- until it was absolutely necessary, and he was happy to ations in the line of the said railway, and for other pur- say that Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Stephenson, the engineer poses ; and also certain propositions proposed to be in- of the Dover :line, were now in communication for the serted in such Bill enabling the South Wales Railway improvement of the principal station at London-bridge, Company to subscribe towards the undertakings of the with a view to the greater accommodation of both corn- Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin, and the panics, should the extensive amalgamation which has Cork and Waterford Railway Companies ; been proposed not take place. A Bill for making a railway from Abercrave Farm, in To Mr. FLOOD a director replied that it was quite Mr. the parish of Ystradgunlais, in the county of Brecon, Cubitt's impression, that even should the two companies to Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, with branches, be amalgamated, it would still be advisable to carry on to be called the Swansea Valley Railway; the business in separate stations. A Bill for enabling the Vale of Neath Railway to Mr. BROWN expressed his determination to oppose it, construct certain new lines of railway in connexion with both as a South-Eastern and a Brighton proprietor. the Vale of Neath Railway, and for other purposes ; To an inquiry as to the cause of the great amount of A Bill to enable the Llynvi Valley Railway Company the estimate, to make an extension of their railway to Newcastle, in The CHAIRMAN replied that it was the value of the the county of Glamorgan, and to amend the Act re- property to be taken for the purpose. A friend of his lacing to their said railway , to be called the Llynvi in Liverpool was absolutely s e lli ng hi s la n d by the inch. Valley Railway E x t ens i on ; " To further inquiry, Mr. WILKINSON explained that A Bill to authorise the Gloucester and Dean Forest the station at London bridge was built conjointly by Railway Company to construct a dock or basin at Glou- the South-Eastern, the Croydon, and the Brighton Corn cester, in connexion with the said railway; panies, each of whom had the right to go to any part of A Bill to authorise certain alterations in the line of the station they pleased. The two latter of these corn the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Rail- panies were now incorporated, so that two-thirds of the way, and to amend the Act relating thereto, and also ground was absolutely the property of the Brighton certain provisions proposed to be inserted in the said Company, and this Bill was to obtain a right to divide last-mentioned Bill, enabling the South Wales Railway the ground in the event of the South Eastern Company Company to subscribe to the undertaking of the Water- not coming to any accommodation. ford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway Company. The Bill was then passed with Mr. Brown only dis- CHARLES RUSSELL, Esq., took the chair, and, after senting. the usual preliminaries, said he supposed the small at- The third and fourth Bills were merely alternative tendance must be accounted for by the Easter holidays. Bills, to obtain powers to make a station, not only for The directors did not usually like to make their state- themselves, but for the South-Eastern also. The second ment to a thin meeting ; but, indeed, that had been done of these two Bills calculated an outlay of 770,0001., but so fully at the last half-yearly meeting both in their that comprised all the objects of the three previous Bills, report, which was then presented, and the comments and it was not at all contemplated that there would be which accompanied it, that nothing more remained for any necessity for spending the whole of the money. The them to say than that various new projects which the Bill was then passed with Mr. Brown again only dissen company meant to apply for to Parliament this session tient. would be presented to them for their approval. That On putting the Bill for the line to Maidstone, Canter was the object of their meeting, which had been bury, and Tunbridge, with branches, Mr. Brown again specially called in obedience to Lord Wharn- opposed; and in reply to the observations of another cliffe's resolutions, and the standing orders proprietor, stating that he conceived that as a matter of of the House of Lords. The directors had hoped to self-defence this Bill ought to be adopted, the Chair have made some progress with these Bills; but, in con- man said that he must altogether protest against its sequence of some financial returns having had to be being supposed that this was a measure of defence, for made up, the Railway Committees had been postponed, he believed that the line was a very good one, and such and they were yet before the House of Commons. The as the shareholders ought to make from a proper regard object of the Bills which would be laid before them for to their own interest. their formal approval that day was fully explained at The Bill was then passed, with three or four dis the last general meeting, when it received the sanction sentients. of the assembled shareholders. The first Bill, which On the Bill for the amalgamation of the Portsmouth was to effect certain alterations and deviations, in ,the Atmospheric Company being put, South Wales line, proposed to take powers for a variation Mr. COHEN inquired what the terms were to the east of Newport, in order to avoid the churchyard. on which this amalgamation was to take place; there, which the railway ran close to, if it did not cross for he believed that out of the 7,000 proprietors it ; and variations near the towns f Cardiff and Car- there were very few who really understood what the marthen, the effect of the latter being to bring the line terms were. He wished also to know whether the through the town of Bridge-end. These variations Reading, Dorking, and Reigate Company would use the would increase the traffic and the accommodation of the Brighton line from Gomshall to Dorking, for he under line, while they would diminish the cost rather than stood that they intended not to do so ? increase it. Another provision of the Bill was a branch Mr. WILKINSON stated that according to the Act o which would bring the line down to the neighbourhood the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company they were of the Breton ferry ; and a third proposed an eaten- compelled to use the line of the Brighton Company, sion which would effect a better entrance to the though it was true that they had now a Bill in Parlia river Severn, and sanctioned for that purpose ment to repeal the clause which compelled them to do the purchase of the Forest of Deanßailway. The Bill also so. With respect to the Portsmouth Company, he might sanctioned the arrangement which must be very agree- say that it was agreed that the South-Western Company able to the proprietors, and was announced at last half- should provide a portion of the funds for making the line yearly meeting, to advance by agreement with the_Great and were to share in the proceeds. Western Company, the interest from four to five per The Bill was then passed. cent. The Bill further was framed to enable the South The CHAIRMAN said the last Bill was one authorising Wales Company to give their assistance to certain Irish the sale of the Bri g hton and Chichester line to the' lines. It was thought to be for the interest of the corn- London, Brighton, and South-Coast and London and pany to keep the Bills obtained for these Irish lines alive, South-Western Companies. and as the companies had determined to proceed with them Mr. WILKINSON seconded the motion for the ap but to proceed very slowly, the directors thought it their proval of the duty to subscribe for a certain number of shares, with It was carried unanimously. the intention, as soon as they had given effect to their The CHAIRMAN said he had now to move a resolution, Bills, to divest themselves of them. which did not appear in the advertisement. It had A SHAREHOLDER interposing—But how were they referrence to the establishment of a Steam-packet Com pany. The directors, upon their own responsibility, purchased. At what price? There must be a loss. The CHAIRMAN said they of course took the shares at had ordered a number of efficient steam-vessels for the par; and that was at a time when the market was in a Brighton Station Company, and the resolution he had different condition, now to move was, to authorise the company to take A SHAREHOLDER — I object to this; it brings on the powers in their Act to advance 100,000/. for carrying ccmpany only the risk of loss and no profit. Why does out the object he had mentioned. not the Great Western Company take up these projects? The motion was unanimously agreed to. What interest has the South Wales in them? A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman and di 'the CHAIRMAN said the interest was very evident. rectors, and the meeting terminated. The South Wales were guaranteed by the Great West ern five per cent. and half the surplus profits. Now the Irish schemes might just be those which would create the surplus profit. Where, then, was the risk of loss? A SHAREHOLDER—We are guaranteed only to a certain amount, I believe 4,000,000/. ; is there not risk beyond that ? The CHAIRMAN said the Great Western were, no doubt, confined to that amount in connexion with the South Wales project itself, but in relation to others, they guaranteed 5 per cent. on every extra advance so made. There could not, therefore, be any risk. A good deal of conversation followed, in which some two gentlemen objected to the subscription to the Irish schemes, on account of the difficulties existing at present in the money market. The CHAIRMAN informed them that the arrangement had been already entered into with these railways, under the sanction of the proprietors. He said he had already spoken of the Bill which concerned the South Wales line ; the next Bill was for the Swan sea Valley line. Some time since a company was con stituted called the Swansea Valley Company, who made a short railway in the neighbourhood of Swansea; ano ther company was formed who extended that line up the Vale, and connected it with all the works. Last year when this company was threatened with the Welsh Mid land Bill, some doubt existed whether that project would not pass through in connexion with the great works of the neighbourhood. This company, therefore, had thought proper to purchase the Swansea Valley line, for which 70,0001. had been already advanced, and which, when all the works were completed, would cost in all about 220,000/.; but that had already been before the proprietors and received their sanction, nor would it have been again submitted to them except in obedience to the standing orders of the House of Lords. Surely it must appear to them a worthy object to connect all the works and the mineral resources of the valley with their main Rae. Why, they were only looking to their own interests when they sought to augment the feeders of their general traffic. The next Bill was for the Vale of Neath Railway. The directors, considering the pro priety of associating that scheme with the main system, had been in negotiation with the Vale of Neath Cora - 13any, and though they had not purchased, they had taken an interest in it to the amount of 125,0001. The Bill therefore which they were to apply for was to render the Vale of Neath Railway more effective. The next Bill which they had to present to them the was the Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railway, and the last was for the two Irish Bills, which they hoped at some future time would be most beneficial to them. It would not be prudent to regard a temporary difficulty when there was so much prospective good. The SECRETARY then read the Bills. Mr. SAMPSON said he was quite satisfied with the promise of the chairman, that the Great Western Rail way Company should guarantee them all the capital ne cessary. Resolutions adopting the Bills were then read, and unanimously carried. The meeting then resolved itself into a special and extraordinary meeting, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of purchasig the Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railway. The following resolution was accordingly put and unanimously agreed to That the directors of the South Wales Railway Com pany be, and they are hereby authorised to purchase and take a transfer from the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Company of such portion of the undertaking authorised by the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Act, 1846, as consists of the railway extending from or near from the Grenge, otherwise Grenge-court, in the parish of Westbury-upon-Severn, in the county of Glou cester, to or near Hagloa Farm, in the parish of Aure, in the same county, and all the rights, powers and privi leges, conferred by the said Act on the said last-men tioned company in respect thereto, on such terms and conditions as to them may seem expedient, and also to execute all necessary and proper deeds, and to do all ne cessary and proper acts for effecting such sale and transfer." The meeting then adjourned. NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY COM-. PANv.—lt is said that the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Company are trying to negotiate with this company for its purchase, so that they may be enabled to connect themselves independently with the east coast of England, which to the Glasgow, Dum fries, and Carlisle Company would doubtless prove a most valuable acquisition. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 7.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Achilles, Captain Wilson, arrived at the Motherbank this morning. Her mails, in charge of the Admiralty, were forwarded in sufficient time for the eleven o'clock train. She had been dis charging her cargo the whole of the day at the Lazaretto, and is expected to arrive in the docks this evening, or early to-morrow. PARISH OF KENSINGTON.—Last evening, at six o'clock, the poll for the election of churchwardens finally closed, and at seven o'clock the numbers were declared as follows:—Chancellor, 677; Sape, 628; majority for Chancellor, 56. The result was received by the Vestry in silence. A protest against the proceedings was handed in, on the ground that although the written de mand of a poll did not specify under what statute it should be taken, the votes had been entered under - ------ -- . Sturges Bourne's Act, which admits of plurality — oi votes. CORNWALL AND DEVON WRESTLlNG.—Yesterday the wrestling at the Brecknock Arms was resumed and concluded. At four o'clock the umpires proceeded to couple the standards, and some admirably contested bouts came off. That between Snell and Ellicombe being the great feature in the day's play, they contested for nearly an hour, victory seeming inclined to one no more than the other. Ellicombe showed play first, and threw his opponent frequently by the cross-buttock, but never a fair back-fall. Snell at length got his favourite hold, and threw Ellicombe a fall wliich, — atter much dis cussion, was pronounced by the referee to be a fair one. The wrestling between Jenkins (Cornwall) and Hut chins (Devonshire) was much applauded, and, after a long and scientific struggle, Jenkins threw the latter by the back heave. Jenkins also faced Snell, and struggled long and skilfully, though unsuccessfully, against - Very superior weight. In the third time over, Kemp (D.) threw Byrom; Clarke (D.) backtripped Gager (C.); Snell (D.) buttucked Jenkins (C.); Ball (C.) odd man. Fourth time, Clarke (D.) grassed Kemp (D.); Snell (D.) threw Ball (C.) G. Snell thus obtained the first, and Clarke the second prize. Ball and Kemp now con tended for the third prize, which Kemp (D.) won by throwing Ball quickly and cleanly. The winners are all from Devonshire. - THE FINE ARTS.—Yesterday afternoon a prelimi nary meeting of gentlemen connected with literary and scientific pursuits, and interested in the promotion of the fine arts, was held at the saloon of the Adelaide Gallery, Strand, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of establishing an annual exhibition of pic tures, sculpture, and drawing, intended for the Royal Academy, but which the committee of that body are compelled, from want of space, to refuse. William Car penter, Esq., was unanimously called on to preside. After a discussion, in which the Rev. J. Richardson, LL.D., Captain Brander, Robert Soutar, Esq., Bertie Ambrose, Esq., W. Carpenter, Esq., H. Justms, Esq., and other gentlemen took part, the following resolution was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Richardson, seconded by Mr. Soutar, and carried unanimously :—" That a com mittee be now formed, with power to add to their num ber, for the purpose of carrying out the object of this meeting." SUDDEN DEATH IN TAVISTOCK-SQUARE.—Yester day afterroon, shortly after three o'clock, as a respect able man, named Benjamin Somers, residing . at No. 9, Sandwich-street, Burton-crescent, was passing along Tavistock-square, he was observed by the passengers suddenly to stagger and fall with great violence on the pavement, whilst at the same moment an immense stream of blood was observed to pour from his mouth. He was conveyed with all possible speed to a surgeon's in the neighbourhood, but death, it appeared, had been almost instantaneous, caused, it was believed, by the sudd( n breaking of a blood-vessel of the heart. The de ceased, being at the time unknown, was conveyed to St. Pancras workhouse, where he has been since identified by his friends. LONDON AND BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. A general meeting of the shareholders of this com pany was held yesterday, at one o'clock, at the London bridge terminus, for the purpose of giving the sanction required by the late Act to the several Bills now before Parliament. C. P. Grenfell, Esq., in the chair. The Bills were as follow: A Bill to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, to enlarge their Terminal Sta tion at London-bridge, and to divide such station perma nently from that of the South-Eastern Railway Company. A Bill for Enlarging the present Station ;of the ,Lon don, :Brighton, and South Coast, and of the South- Eastern, and of the London and Greenwich Railway Companies, at or near London-bridge; and for the di vision of such present and such enlarged station between the London, Brighton, and South Coast and the South- Eastern Railway Companies, for the separate accommo dation of the traffic of such two railway companies. A Bill to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to make a railway between London, Maidstone, Canterbury, and Tunbridge, with branches. A Bill to enable the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company to make an approach to the town of Dorking, and Deviation in the Line and certain Altera tions in the levels of their Railway, and in the Croydon and Epsom Railway. A Bill to Unite and Consolidate the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company ; and A Bill for authorising the Sale of part of the Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Railway to the London and South-Western and the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Companies, and the use by the last-mentioned Company of part (Wandsworth to Lon don) of the London and South-Western Railway. On the first Bill being put to the meeting, The CHAIRMAN stated that its only object was to in crease the opportunity for traffic now passing upon the line, the cost of which is calculatedat 180,0001. The Bill was then passed unanimously. The next Bill was for enlarging and permanently separating the station from that of the South Eastern company. The cost is estimated at. 475,0001., and the Ch a i rman explained, that in addition to the portion which the company possesses, it was requisite to take other accommodation. ACCIDENT TO LORD BROWNLOW CECIL.—LOVI Brownlow Cecil, the second son of the Marquis of Exeter, who was thrown from his horse Jack, while riding for the Five Sovereigns Sweepstakes, at the Windsor Steeple Chases, on Tuesday, met with more severe injuries than was at first anticipated. His horse, which had cleared the last brook beautifully, and had got the lead by several lengths, fell at the second fence after the brook, throwing its rider, and partially rolling over him. Before he could be dragged away by the bystanders, his Lordship was struck by the next horse, which was over the brook, and rendered for a time insensible. Upon being taken to the infantry barracks, and placed- under the care of Mr. Richardson, the regimental su rgeon to the Scots Fusilier Guards, in which regiment h smoulder Lord ship holds a commission, it was found that his was dislocated, in addition to a severe wrist a s t p t r e i : in i , 3e a i ng n d bruises on various parts of the body—the within occasioned, as it is supposed, by hisahnorrourrollai 'fitger overe him. The shoulder was set evenin .rday g his Lordship wa accident,goi g o n very an fa vourably. SOUTH upavtoourYaebsltye SOUTH DEVON. —The apple-trees in the orchards in this county present a fine app earance of bu d ; som e trees are already in ful l bloom. T here is every prospect at present of a large quantity of cider being made. The weather is very mild, and fine showers of rain have fallen ; vegetation is growing rapidly. The h edge-rows are decked with numerous sorts of wild floc vers ; the woods and groves resound with the joyous melodies of the feathered songsters. All nature looks; beautiful and gay in this part of Devon's fair county. THE GENERAL ELECTION.__ ye believe. we may confidently announce that every effort will be made by the Government to bring the business of the session of Parliament to a speedy termination, with a view to a general election. We hear that it is considered not un likely that the prorogation will take place sot ne time in June, and the dissolution will immediately fo) low. The Legislature must, of course, assemble soon aft , ex the elec tion has terminated, but it is very doubtful whether any other than the necessary business, such as the election of a Speaker, &c., will be entered upon.—%Martehester Guardian. THE LATE MYSTERIO TN IVELLING TON-ST.I:E ET, liesterday au itty.tiry ot tour buurs' Cs STR FIRES In was 1it,1,1 ‘.l , u.sday morning last on the premises Mr. M. J. Pitt, hatter and tc baeconist, carrying on busi ness at No. 10, Wellington-street, North, Strand. The inquiry excited considerable interest in the neighbour 7 hood, from the fact of the present fire having been the third that has broken out in the same shop since November, 1845. Mr. Joseph Burton, a clerk in the Phcenix Fire-office, stated that on the loth of last March gr. Pitt effected tWrtenos was an insuranc e i n t h at office for 5001. When he applied t h he e d same had owffioce ires piveisulto be in sure d he said that he had a brother insured in not The t premium henaare charged t ge h d e was double hazardous, because their was a flutemaker's upstairs. Witness did not consider that hats of them selves were at all hazardous, but a hat manufactory de cidedly was. William Cooper, police-constable F. 58, said that he was on duty in Tavistock-street on Sunday morning last, and at half past five, whilst passing Mr. Pitt's premises, he discovered smoke issuing from the shop front. He immediately raised an alarm, and in the course of a few minutes he saw some one throw a fire-escape out of the top window. The party was undressed. Sergeant Montgomery, of the F division, said that on hearing the alarm he went to the premises and ascended the escape, and got in at the first floor. He met Mr. and Mrs. Pitt, a boy, and another female. He ran down stairs and saw fire burning in the hat shop. Mr. Pitt followed, and he asked him to open the street-door three times before he did so. At last the door was opened, and the fire was extinguished with buckets of water. Charles Mills said that he was in the employ of Messrs. Rudall and Rose, who occupied the first floor, and that he slept in the house on the night of Saturday, and was awoke by hearing a cry of fire raised. The fire-escape had been fixed about three weeks. He could not tell how the fire originated. He was not able to go into Mr. Pitt's shop when he liked, as Mr. Pitt had for bidden him, on account of having missed a spoon some time back. Inspector Logan corroborated the evidence of Sergeant Montgomery. Mr. George Colf, the foreman of th e London Engine Establishment, said that he arrived at the house a little after six o'clock on the morning in question. He ex amined the shop, and it occurred to him that a number of hat boxes had been burned on the floor where the fire had begun. The flooring was charred, and the partition between the two shops was burned a great deal. There was a hole in the floor which had been caused by the draught coming through the cracks in the wood. It had drawn the fire in. It was not burned underneath, and there certainly was no grease round the hole. There was a small trap in the partition of the two shops, which was open on this and the pre vious occasion. He had examined the place very mi nutely, but was unable to tell how the fire began. It did not seem likely that it had been smouldering all night, as there was nothing to resist it. Mr. Pitt was not insured when the first fire occurred, but when the second took place, he was insured in the Sun. Mr. Superintendent Braidwood, who was present during the whole of the inquiry, said that he had nothing to add to the last witness's . statement. He had not examined the premises at the t ime of the fire. It was the foreman's duty to do so, and report the result to him, which had been done on the present occasion. Mary Ann Bishop, a servant in the employ of Mr. Pitt, proved that her master and mistress went to bed at twenty minutes before one on Sunday morning. Wit ness slept in the kitchen. She was awoke by hearing the bell ringing violently. She went u p stairs, and saw smoke coming from the hat shop ; she then ran to her mistress's bedroom, and told her that the shop was on fire. Mr. and Mrs. Pitt both appeared greatly alarrniad. She heard noise during the night. Air. M. J. Pitt was then called in. He said—l was not out of my house during the night of Saturday last. I went to bed between twelve and one on Sunday morn ing, and was aroused from my sleep by a cry of " Fire," and the ringing of my bell. I got out of bed, and found that the place was on fire. The shop door was locked before I went to bed, and the key taken up stairs with me. As soon as I found there was a fire I threw the escape out of window, so that there was a direct com munication for the firemen and police to enter. The CORONER—Can you inform the jury how the fire originated? Witness—l cannot; but lam sure it could not have been accidental. The CORONER—Then how was it? Witness—My im pression is that it must have be en d one ma li c i ously by some one; it is quite clear that three fires could not have occurred in so short a time accidentally. Several other witnesses were examined, and the Learned Coroner summed up very succinctly, when the jury returned a verdict—" That how and by what means the fire occurred on the 4th of April there was not suf ficient evidence to prove." ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—The nineteenth anni versary festival of this charity will take place on some day between the 23d May and the 14th June. Benja min Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P., will preside on the occasion. DISCOVERY OF DEAD BODlES.—Yesterday morning the body of a gentleman was found floating in the Thames, off Limehouse-hole. He is apparently forty-six years of age, dressed in black; a half-sovereign and one shilling in silver were found on his person. The body now lies at the Cherry Tree public-house, Bombay-street, Lime house, for an inquest. BLOOMSBURY DisrExs&RY.—Last night the annual general meeting of the governors of this charitable in stitution, established in the year 1805, was held at the Dispensary, 62, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, when the chair was occupied by Mr. Griffith. The minutes of the last quarterly meeting having been read and con armed, Mr. Soames, the secretary, brought forward the financial statement, from which it appeared that the , total_ amount of recepts during the past year was 8381. 17s. 4d., whilst the expenditure amounted to 692/. 6s. 4d., thus leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 1461. Ils. The total amount of stock stand- ing in the names of the trustees was 7,1831. 3s. 2d. Three under per Cent. Consols. The next business was the appoint mentuntdioenr of , Mr. under h Cooper, un a e ootper, medical committee. Since the last general annual meeting there bad b een a d m itt e d i n to the insti ecasr3elo_f mDariißngowalantodt,al2,oo6f62p;t2i9 ; patients whom were cured and relieved, 2,366, whilst 63 had died and 470 remained under cure. 481 patients had been visited at their own habitations. The medical 'report was then read at length, and approved, after which a gratuity of one hundred guineas was respectively awarded to Dr. Rowland and Mr. Cooper, the medical officers, for the care and attention shown by them to wards patients ; and some further business having been dispatched, the usual courtesy was paid to the chairman, and the meeting separated. ESCAPE OF A CONVlCT.—Yesterday information of the escape of a man named William Durant, from the house of Correction at Kingston-on• Thames was exten sively circulated throughout the police-force. He was convicted at the recent Surrey Assizes of a burglary, at the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and sen tenced to ten years' transportation. OVER-FED LEACHES.—The police have just made a seizure of 6,000 leeches at the shop of a dealer in the Passage de Venise, for being what are called gorgies. Leeches are sold by size, and in order to make them large certain dealers allow them to suck the blood of animals. They thus obtain a larger price than they otherwise would ; but the leeches, when: gorged, bite either very feebly or not at all.—Galignanr. LOLA MONTEZ.— The following letter, says Galig nani of Monday, has reached us from Munich ; we do not answer for its authenticity:--" In consequence of the numerous reports circulated ire various papers re garding myself and family, utterly void of foundation or truth, I beg of you, through the medium of your widely circulated journal, to insert the following:—l was born at Seville, in the year 1823. My father was a Sp anish officer in the service of Don Carlos; my mother, a lady of Irish extraction, born at the Havannah, and married for the second time to an Irish gentleman, which I ," &c., &c. I sup pose is the cause of my beingca lled Irish, and sometimes English, " Betsy Watson, Mrs. James beg leave to say that my name is 3Maria Dolores Porn!' Montes, and I never have changed that name. As for my theatrical qualifications, I never had the presump tion to think I had any; circumstances obliged me at a, more advanced age than usual, in consequence of the misfortune of my family, to adopt the stage as a profes sion—which profession I have now renounced for ever, having become a naturalised Bavarian, and intending in future making Munich my residence. Trusting that you will give this insertion, I have the honour to remain, &c., Lola Montez. Munich, March 31." DEATH OF WILLIAM MORRIS READE, ESQ.—At Rosinara, Kilmoganny, William Morris Reade, Esq., once (for a while) M.P. for this city. He caught fever by over-exertion, whilst endeavouring to bring the mur derers of Mr. Prim into the power of the law.— Water ford Chronicle. of the Creil and Saint the contract for the f usi on A royal ordonnance wasi signed on the Ist, approv ing Quentin Northern Railroads. T R ADE WITII 'r ANY.—A communication has b e en received by the Commissioners Mr. Trevelyan ' o ne of the secretaries to the Lord s Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury, stating that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs having signified to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade that the Tuscan Government has issued a notifi cation admitting all British and lonian vessels into the ports of Tuscany upon the footing of national vessel?, without awaiting the ratification of the commercial treaty in course of negotiation ; the Lords of the Com mittee have recommended that corresponding privileges should be conceded to all the vessels of Tuscany which may touch at the British ports, and that the Lords of the Treasury therefore desire that the Commissioners will take the necessary steps for giving effect to the recom mendation of the Board of Trade. In pursuance of this order of their Lordships, the Commissioners have issued the necessary instructions to the principal officers of the Customs revenue throughout the United Kingdom to carry the same forthwith into effect. A MAN KILLED ON THE TAW VALLEY RAIL.. WAY.—On Thursday morning last, John Mitchell, a labourer, was with one of the waggons on that part of the railway which is near Penhill, and, as another waggon was coming against him, his duty was to un hooa the horses and turn off, which he neglected to do in time; consequently he was caught between the two waggons, and crushed to death. The deceased was 28 years old, and has left a widow and child to deplore the melancholy event. PRESENT FROM THE KING or PRUSSIA TO TER PRINCE OF W ALES.—It is stated in a Berlin letter, WI M. A. de Humboldt has been charged by the King_to convey to London the magnificent shield which his Ma jesty has caused to be executed for his royal godson, the Prince of Wales.