The Sun. — London, England, 1847-12-02 00:00:00

THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD. The most agreeable contribution in the December Instalment of Blackwood is assuredly, to our think ing, the elegant paper which commences a series called "Paeans of the Athenian Navy." It reminds one that th e system o f nava l tact i cs w hi c h j us tifi es th e 1 7) 3 l eaking of an enemy's line of battle dates back many centuries before the days of Nelson or Rodney, namely to the age when Pericles roused the Athe nians by his oratory and Themistocles by his valour and generalship. The prose portion of the article is Merely introductory to a clever and impassioned poem written in the metre which the writer describes as "the spl en did measure i nvente d b y M r . Mit c h e ll f or the rendering of the Aristophanic Tetrameter Ana- P est . " It is entitled " Phormio's Victory in the Co rinthian Gulf," and depicts one of those terrible actions with the triremes, manned by three banks of rowers, which tended so considerably to raise the Power of Athens and to depreciate that of Laced(e ninn• " The 'Widow of Glencoe," suggested by that same deplorable catastrophe which inspired Sergeant Talfourd with his eloquent and historic tragedy, is another piece of versification which enhances the character of Maga. It is penned in an exquisite 3 : t r .ain -- --a measure more splendid than that of l tehell, because more adapted to the supreme pathos o f a domestic incident, There is a prolonged frag ment, half-critical, half-social, half-moral, and half romantic, headed " An Unpublished French Novel." Those who ' can enjoy a piece of natural de scription will relish this contribution as tid-bit of literary pirating, not unworthy of old racy Ebony. Ralph Waldo Emerson receives due weed of approbation from the first of the , m agazines of England, and finds a welcome fitted for a descendant of the Anglo-Saxons. As one of t he most eloquent and profound of the thinkers of America, Emerson well deserves the panegyric here P r onounced upon him by Blackwood, as a man of most original genius; and his writings justify in a irreat measure the analogy which is attempted to be drawn between his essays and the writings of Mon• taig ne, and the " Religio Medici" of Sir Thomas Brown. Baron Vaerst's narrative of his peregrina tions in the Pyrenees gives rise to a capital paper in Maga, descriptive of the peculiarities, domestic, geographi ca l, soc i a l, an d mun i c ip a l, o f that moun tainous region. " Judaism in the Legislature" is, as might be anticipated, a violent diatribe against those ,who would conn i ve a t th e a d m i ss i on o f I srae lit es i n t o Parliament ; and the concluding article—" Our Cur rency, our Tr a d e , an d our Tariff "—is imbued with all the political prejudices and predilections of the magazine. Th e num b er f or D ece mber is varied and intelligent, and has precisely that combination of the grave, the gay, the lively, and the severe, which is most acceptable to readers at this season of the fireside. FRAZER. The most valuable article of, perhaps, all the ma tiines for the month is the opening article of Frazer, rtY - five Unpublished Letters of Oliver Cromwell, ceromunicated by Thomas Carlyle. The history of t he manner in which these letters came into the hands of Ur. Carlyle is as strange as it is interesting. He styll--- Sores eight or ten months ago there reached me, as "'an) had already done on the like subject, a letter from Ito u nknown correspondent in the distance; setting forth, Bi raPie, rugged and trustworthy, though rather pe tlliar dialect, that he, my unknown correspondent — Who seemed to have been a little astonished to find that Oliver Cromwell was actually not a miscreant, hypo trite, &c. as heretofore represented—had in his hands 11 stock of strange old papers relating to Oliver: much consumed by damp, and other injury of time; in parti "tar, much eaten into by a vermin ' (as my corre spondent ph rase d i t )— some moth, or body of moths, R ho had boarded there in past years. The papers, he s aid, describing them rather vaguely, contained some thi ngs of Cromwell's own, but appeared to have been postly written by one Samuel Squire, a subaltern in the : tu ned regiment of Ironsides, who belonged to the Stil •011 Troop,' and had served with Oliver from the first mount' of that indomitable corps, as Cornet , and then .. `Auditor'—of which latter office my correspondent c ctild not, nor could I when questioned , quite specificate l' meaning, but guessed that it might be something ," that of adjutan in modern regiments. This Audit or inquire had k e pt s ome Journal, or Diary of proceed tx.ll,gB, fro m the first mount,' or earlier, from about 1642 d the latter end of 1645, as I could dimly gather; but tic it was spoken of as Journals,' as Old Papers,' ~ 4aan useripts,' in the plural number, and one knew not "finitely'what to expect: moth-eaten, dusty, dreary o l d t u p brown papers; bewildered and bewildering; dread 'Y difficult to decipher, as appeared, and indeed al. post a pain to th e e y e — an d t oo probably to the mind. '"" 1 ",k into whi c h, never th e l ess , my unknown corre k,,-nuent professed to have discovered various things. ad venture s , unknow n as pects of affairs, moving accidents, such as the fortune of war in the obscure ,7etern A ssoc i a ti on ( o f Lincoln, Norfolk, &c.), i n th e arl Y obscur e p ar t of Oliver's career, hitherto en ti re l y i ft cant and dark in all histories, had disclosed themselves my Unknown correspondent, painfully spelling in the rea r of that destructive vermin: onslaughts, seizures, 'Prises; endless activity, audacity, rapidity, on the Lart of Oliver; strict general integrity too, nay rhada neanthine justice, and traits of implacable severity con revriesetesdtrtohnerr b i u th t , which had rather shocked the other spondent.modern, nerves of ray unknown cor respondent. certain Interspersed, Icould dimly gather, as ' Letters,' from Oliver and others (known, or h itherto unk nown, was no t sa id) ; k e pt, presumably, ' 3 3? Auditor Squire, the Ironside Subaltern, as narrative docu ments, or out o f p r i va t e fondness. As proof what e ., ri ° ll 3. and t o me i nterest i ng matters , l a y i n th ose old l tl papers, j ournals or journal, as my unknown correspon ont i ndiscriminately named them, he gave me the fol "wing small E xcerp t ; ill um i na ting compl e t e ly a point ~ ..! t hich I had otherwise sought light in vain. See, in Cromwell's Letters and Speeches,' Letter sth eY , 1644 ; which gives account of Marston-Moor and contains an allusion to Oliver's own late loss, aii r '. You know my own trials this way '—touching wi n s' s To as it now proves; d ar k hith er t o f or a ll rea d ers . just tines Colonel C r o mwe ll a g ain after s om e a b se n ce , " en the edge of Marston Battle (it is Auditor Squire 11 .2 t hat writes), I thought he looked sad and wearied; for rl Z t nad hat a sa d loss; young Oli ver got kill e d to d eath and l t log before, I heard: it was near Knaresborough, f i rtY More got killed.' f "l nteresti ng papers beyond doubt, my'nnknown cor °l BP°odent thought. On one most essential point, how !' he prof esse d hi mse lf a t a p a i n f u l p ause: h ow f ar , ,atellether at all, these papers ought to be communi aorr u to th e public, or even to myself ? Part of my li,d,Pondent's old kindred had been Roundhevls, part sent ell Royalists; of' both which sorts plentiful repro obii:;tives yet remained, at present all united in kindly pb ie l e4 of those old sorrows and animosities; but ca into _ Yet, as my correspon d en t f eare d, o f blazin g u p quest u.ne kn ew not what f i erce contrad i ct i ons, s h ou ld t h e I N 1 9 4 be renew e d. Th a t was hi s persuasion, that 3 his a m i a bl e fear. " Will ev __ it be c r e dit e d t h at t hi s f ear t r i ump h e d over th Eri other f ee li ng , an d th at b ay i ng cop i e d th ese JrY•five l e tt ers, an d transm i tted t h em to M r. Car osrnthe corr es p on d en t comm i tte d t h e or i g i na l s, th e th e a l , and all the other Cromwell documents, to o il flames. Under thes e c i rcums t ances one mi g ht ost feel inclined to doubt the authenticity of these t ' e c rs• They, however, bear internal evidence of genuineness, and Mr. Carlyle expresses himselftru truly perfectly satisfied that they are really and IY What they profess to be. Every one, of course, n ‘ 0 . takes any i nterest in historical or antiquarian s ubjects, s, or in the c h arac t er o f t h e greatest man that perhaps the wor ld, h as ever produced, ellon Highness the Lord P ro t ector Ol i ver, will of urae peruse these letters, and we therefore shall not dilate upon th e i r contents, but merely observe, that among the scraps in Squire's handwriting, appended to them i s w h at i s i n all probability a list of the names of the original Ir ons id e captains. The political ar ticle of this month, en ti t l e d " What will the Minister do is nothing more than a comment ar y Punch's clever p enc illi ng o f " Lord John in a f u o p g e ; n " the article on " Curr enc y an d B anking " is a profession of faith in, rather than a defence of, " Peel's Bills ;" and the " Manchester Bishop ric" furnishes the key to the meaning of the cry of " More churches." This High Church has a d m it s th a t th e party which it repr esen t s nes for years past been clamouring for more bishops, but What they wanted really was more political power for the Church, and they now candidly confess that ' th ey would much prefer that Manchester and every other large town should be without the benefit (what ever it may be) of episcopal superintendence than t hat the new bi s h o p s should be without seats in the '""use of Lords. We take note of this confession, Z n d shall use it, should any attempt be again made s) r get up the cry of "More churches." The stor y " The Guerilla" is continued, and promises to be of intense interest; and Sam Slick furnishes us with z n admi ra bl e d escr i pt i on o f a ball at Government ou se• The other articles are all of more than ave rage'-t Merit. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. The present number forms a fitting conclusion to the 30th volume of this talented periodical, f II already Maintaining and adding to the high itreputation u ba Y s acquired. The first paper is well suited .ri stto the present season. Fireside Horrors for Uh Maa" accords well with the gloomy chill of December. are cordially concur with the author when he says that " horrors belong as naturally to the fireside, as the fireside belongs to Christmas. The cold of the season does not more cravingly demand the genial blaze than the heat of the blaze demands that agree able chill which a churchyard reminiscence will send vith elect r i c sw i ftness through the blood. The pass ing shiver that runs over you, as you listen to some chimney corner legend, of wan women with their throats cut that sit down opposite solitary students at midnight, or of hands thrust out of unhallowed grave s to point to the murderer as he goes by, is as if!ratefully refrigerant and bracing to the nerves as a Supernatural will have a rich treat in the wonders here related. „urally " The Eloquence of' the Camp" na attBgeats " Napoleon," that mighty genius, whose eloquence of the geld no ex- LONDON, THURSD A Y l4.]lrE NING, DECEMBER 2, 1847. T 11 E SUN, PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.- BALANCE-SHEET. 1. An Account of the Net Public Income of the United Ki ng d om o f G rea t B r it a i n an d I re l an d i n th e y ear ended the 10th day of October, 1847 (after abating the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several Revenue Departments), and of the actual Issues o r P a y men t s w ithi n th e same P er i o d, exc l us i ve o f th e su ms applied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and Repayments for Local Works, &c. INCOME OR RETENUE, Total. EXPENDITURE. ------- --- —_ , s s. d, Funded Debt.n—lnterest . .t.h...,..T....7...7.7.t..!).e!„t................. 2 3: 809 785 5 7 902,939 3. 8 (1 9 .£ s. d. ORDINARY REVENUE AND RECEIPTS. 20,535,817 5 6 Customs ;13,284,493 2 10 TootualiC)ohnaartgioenosfachide B F e u l n u d e e s d ts l . k . bt, exclusive of 9,853/. Bs. 10d., the Interest Excise ......................... . ............................. 97,712,724 14 4 7,710,080 2 9 Stamps ..... .. 5'8 4Z1!) 0(1 Unfunded Debt.—lnterest on Exchequer-bills Property-tax Post Office 435,867 0 0 ............................................................................. 67 , 0 00 0 0 Crown Lands ---- 28 148 591 14 4 16. and 6d. and 4s. in the Xon Pensions and Salaries o 4,476 611 Civil List ................................................................................... 393,682 10 0 ' ' Small Branches of the Hereditary Revenues of the(' WA 24,070 7 7 Annuities and Pensions for Civil, Naval, Military, and Judicial Services, &c., charged by various Acts of Parliament on the Consolidated Fund—. 530412 10 3 Surplus Fees of Regulated Public Offices ............................................................... .. 108,809 15 8 Salariesand Allowances ............................................................. 262,951 8 4 52,416,877 1 1 Diplomatic Sal ar i es and Pensions ... 175,146 14 5 Courts of Justice ........................................................................ 1 , 02 4,497 1 5 OTHER RF.CICIPTS. Miscellaneous Charges on the Consolidated Fund 37 8 ,164 0 11 Army 6,840,404 15 0 ••• Navy 7,618,293 8 4 Imprest and other Monies . 102,624 110 Ordnance .................................................................................... '",77569 0 Money received from the Ea s t India Company 60,000 0 0 Miscellaneous, ch a r gea bl e on the Annua l G rants o f P ar li ament Unclaimed Dividends (more than paid) ... ... Distress in Ireland - 52,579,501 2 11 21,933,508 15 0 ---- 52,846,954 14 8 Excess of Expenditure over Income . ~ 826,608 .. 8 0 Unclaimed Di v id en d s more t h an rece i ve d ." ". 59,154 16 3 .--...... _________ 1 82,906,109 10 11 52,906,109 10 11 2. An Account of the Balances of the Public Money remaining in the Excl ended the 10th day of October, 1847 ; the Money applied towards the Works, Scc., with the Difference accruing thereon; and the Balances i lequer on the 10th d a y o f October, 1846; the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the Year Redemption of th e Funded o r paying off Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and Repayments on Account of Local En the Exchequer, on the 10th day of October, 1847. 4 I. d. 4 5. d. ISSUED. A s. d. .0 s. d. BALANCES in the ExcliEvan on the 10th day of October, 1846 elle "II 8,359,190 15 41 To the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, to be applied to the redemption of the Public Debt : By issues, per Act 10 George IV., c. 27 By interest on donations and bequests MONEY RAISED IN TYR YEAR ENDED TIE 1 OTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1847, BY 2,563,261 3 4 TEE CREATION OF FUNDED OE UNFUNDED DEBT . Deduct sum applied not in re d em pti on o f F un d e d D e b t, b ut of Con solidated Fund Deficiency Bills 693,261 3 4 To the Paymasters of Exchequer-bills for payment of U n f un d e d D e b t : FUNDED DEBT. Money out of the Consolidated Fund in payment of Public Works Bills 2,700 0 0 Contribution to the Loan of 8,000,0001., per Act 10 Viet., c. 9 ••• ••• 7,387,800 0 0 Money out of Ways and Means, Grants applied to payment of Sup ply Exchequer Bills 219,300 0 0 Exchequer-bills for payment o f S upply Bills UNFUNDED DEBT. Advances for Local Works &c. under various Acts of Parliament 914,496 6 10 Exchequer-bills, 18,38 0 , 2001 ., per Act 9 Victoria, C. 15, charged on Special , , Advances ► for Lo ca l W orks, &c., in Ireland, under Act 9 Supplies Total amount of Advances f or L ocal Works, &c 6,652,496 6 10 Exchequer-bills, 18,310,7001 . , per Act 10 Victoria, c. 19 , charged on Supplies 18,009,500 0 0 Excess of Exp en dit ure over I ncome 32,0 ••• •.• Balances in the Exchequer on the 10 t h day of October, 1847 ....- 1 •.• 33,756,490 15 41 33,756,490 15 41 _ ____ Wkitehall, Treasury Chambers, November 24, 1847. J. PARKER. ample in ancient or modern times," whose words " were not the words of a mortal," but rather " the announcement of an oracle." Many of those spirit-stirring addresses are given, approaching to true sublimity, which excited his soldiers even to delirium, and made them rather worship him as a demi-god than obey him as a mere mortal com mander. In the " Lays of Many Lands," J. C. M. }gain gives us his exquisite translations from " the gifted" of other climes. " The Gallery of Illustrious Irishmen" contains the account of John Fitzgibbon, first Earl of Clare, " a remarkable man, who lived in eventful times." The character of the bar in these days is well described. " Often (says the writer) has a jeu d'esprit decided the cause which legal maxims were vainly employed to elucidate, and a stroke of wit, or a strain of humour, when happily adapted to the temper of the judge, or the weakness and prejudices of the jury, have not unfrequently put to flight a host of authorities, which in the more staid and sober English courts of law would have been regarded as quite decisive. Nor will the reports of this period be fully collected or understood until we have incorporated with them the reports of the pistol, to the arbitrement of which many difficult cases were referred. The law was in Ireland, at that period, eminently a profession militant. The lawyer was always ready to fight as well as to speak for his client. The Roman maxim was directly reversed ; it was no longer Cedont armatogm,' but Cedat toga armis.'i The blood and breeding of an eccentric and dissolute gentry blended largely with the habits of a race who were quite as much distinguished by their love ofl pleasure as by their addiction to business, and never, so happy as IN hen they could combine their practice, in the courts with the indulgence of their peculiar, humours. " " The Petty Sessions of Carrignacroe," as its name imports, contains a graphic account of one of those scenes peculiar to Ireland which none can con ceive who have not been sojourners for a time in the Green Island—the administration of justice by a bench of Irish magistrates, with Irish attorneys, Irish witnesses, and above all, cases essentially Irish, whe ther consisting of a " resky and assault," a " house burning," or a quarrel bekween rival neighbours of the softer sex. The ratter must indeed be of saturnine and gloomy temperament from whom it will not extract a smile. We heartily welcome our 91d friend Kishoge, who had too long absented him self, but who returns to us with unabated strength. " Mick Mulloy and the Blessed Lateerin" is in every respect worthy of the " Irish Ingoldsby." Gladly would we extract the whole legend if our space per mitted, but we cannot refrain from giving a specimen of the rich humour and poetical power of our favourite : DOLMAN. A Trinity Man continues to reveal " the secrets of the prison house" in his " Reminiscence of Cam bridge," and a Convert pursues the account of his adventures as a schoolboy, with as much earnestness as though their adventures and reminiscences were the most thrilling and attractive studies in the Queen's dominions. The Rev. Editor resumes, with an ac cession of vigour, his interesting serial of " Sick Calls"--the present chapter being the memento of a dying shirt maker. A Traveller recounts to us several strange " Anecdotes of Russia," and an American gives some additional gleanings from Ireland. With the customary monthly intelligence and literary notices the number for December is completed, and makes a tolerable appearance. The re-issue has now proceeded to the eighth volume inclusively, and fulfils all the anticip at i ons which were raised by the prospective advertisement. As a compact and yet detailed copy of the writings of William Cowper, including an extra ordinary number of his most beautiful letters, this edition has no su perior, and would prove a valuable decoration to any bookshelf. THE REPRESENTATION OF TAM WORTH. _ The Right Hon. W. Yates Peel has issued the follow ing address to the electors : " Gentlemen,—ln the situation in which I am now so unhappily placed, by the heavy affliction which has befallen me and my family, I am unable to give to the business of the House of Commons the time and at tention which the importance of that business demands. From a sense of public duty, therefore, as well as from the influence of private feelings, I am anxious to vacate my seat in Parliament at an early period. "In resigning the honour of representing you, I as sure you that my gratitude for the confidence you re posed in me, and for all the kindness I have experienced at your hands, is unabated, and will endure to the latest moment of my existence. " I remain, Gentlemen, your very faithful friend, "London, Nor. 29." " W. Y. PEEL. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE . The cheap republication of the Europ ean Hi story of Ar volume chibald inclusively. Alison As the has proceeded as far as th e twelfth volum es multiply in number the beauty of their arrangement becomes more conspicuous. The illustrative atlas has either not been transmitted to ourselves, or has ;ceased making its usually punctual appearance. SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. Better and better in point of illustration, and more and more select in regard to literary contributions, Sharpe's London Magazine bids fair to realise the pro mises contained in the recent prospectus issued by the publisher. Hablot Browne's sketch of the " Merry Gipsies" is a capital bit of woodland limning—it is not unworthy of the comical and picturesque pencil of " Phiz." The other artists emulate each other in excellence. -- - REPRESENTATION OF SUNDER LAND. SUNDERLAND, TUESDAY EV ENlNG.—Considerable stir has been created to-day in this borough among political parties, in consequence of an intimation from the leading friends of Mr. David Barclay, M.P., one of our repre sentatives, that he intends immediately to resign his seat in Parliament. The unfortunate position in which Mr. Barclay has been placed through the suspension of pay ment by the commercial house with which he is connected has induced this determination. Mr. Barclay has resolved somewhat suddenly to give up his seat, contrary to his intentions a week or two ago, and this change, it is said, has been brought about by the intrigues and un handsome conduct of the friends of an adverse party. Mr. Barclay was greatly respected by all parties among his constituents, and his misfortunes have created a degree of sympathy among all classes rarely witnessed under such circumstances. Of course, all parties are turning their attention to secure a suitable successor, and what course may be adopted is not yet resolved on. 3,1 r. Barclay's politics were those of the old Whigs, and he had a numerous and influential party of supp Jrters among the electors in this borough ; but his electien last time against Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, of London and Croydon, an extreme Liberal, was only secured by con siderable support from the Conservatives. It is probable, and almost certain, that the old Whigs and Conserva tives will again make common cause, in which event the election of their candidate is quite certain by a very large majority. The town-council elections this year have all been carried in the same way, and the extreme Liberals, with their leader, who aspired to the office of Mayor, have been expelled altogether from the town-eouncil. The same influences will probably prevail in the forthcoming Parliamentary election. To-day the active friends of Mr. W. A. Wilkinson ' the extreme Liberal c an did ate, who was defeated in August last, have been exerting themselves to procure signatures to a requisition, inviting him to become a candidate to supply the vacancy, but the electors are reported to be shy of promising at pre sent, and it is certain this party alone have not strength to secure the election of their candidate, whoever he may be. The Whigs have named Mr. T. B. Ma caulay, Mr. Benjamin Hawes, and Mr. W. H. Watson, the barrister, any ono of whom they will support that may unite support sufficient to secure the election. The Conservatives aro not anxious to go into a contest if it can be avoided, and in their interest Mr. J. W. Fresh field, of the Bank of England, and the Hon. H. T. Liddell, late M.P., for the Northern Division of the county of Durham, have been named as gentlemen whom they would prefer. What may be finally resolved on is very uncertain at present. The pending question of the repeal or modification of the navigation-laws will exercise a great influence in deciding this contest, as the principal electors entertain strong opinions in favour of the existing system. Mr. W. A. Wilkinson is an advo cate for the immediate and unconditional repeal of these laws; and on this account he is not likely to succee if even he was in other respects more popular with the electors generally. As we have stated, the old Whigs and Conservatives will unite most probably to support ono of the other five gentlemen named; and from what we can learn in the best sources of correct information, either Mr. Macaulay or the Hon. H. T. Liddell will be the candidate selected. At present, the best understand ing prevails between these parties, and it is likely to continue. In the course of a day or two a decision will be taken, and as the writ for holding the election is ex pected in a few days, the 4reatest bustle prevails, and curiosity to learn the certain course that will be taken is excited to the highest pitch. Well, many's the day, Sir," so Darby began, For 'tis time out of mind, or thenairnory of man, Since, down by that village of Ballytraneen, Lived the fairest young cailin that ever was seen : Her hair was like sunshine, so goolden and bright, And the canavan's down on her breast wasn't white; And her eye—but, begorra, 'tis foolish to try And describe that at all, 'twas so modest and shy— But it was blue, Sir, av course ; and to talk of the rose In one breath with her lips, would be nonsense, Lord knows; And the look on her face was as soft and as mild As the smile on the cheek av a sleepin' young child; And her motion and shape wor as graceful to see, As in soft summer winds a young mountain• ash tree; And in short, Sir, though many a cAilin was there That the boys of the village thought comely and fair, And that wor comely too, faix, and fit for a prince, There was never among 'cm before, thin, or since, Or, indeed, for the matter o' that, through all Erin, One, a match for the beautiful, blessed Lateerin. " Well, a beauty she was, but as often's the case, All the riches she owned, Sir, she had in her face, Always barrio' the blessed good nature within, And a soul that was free as an infant's from sin; And ar course, Sir, beyant that, her beautiful self, What I mane is, she hadn't a rap on the shelf. But for all that, there wasn't a boy in the place, Wouldn't take for a fortune that beautiful face, And be right glad to get it; and may be, at first, There was hope in the feelin's that some of 'em nnrst. And the good lookin' bouchals about—and small blame— Might have thought that a fancy for them was no simme— Boys the life of a pattern, a fair, or a wake, With girls by the score that would die for their sake, Good plump rosy cailins, with plenty of fun, blam., as I sa i d, That a claim, strappin' boy may be proud to have won ; 1 he to such chaps, sure was small, To think th at t h ey shouldn ' t b e sneeze d at, at all. " Guido Mountjoy continues his " Comic Alpen stock" with his usual fun. He is indeed ight jovi a l companion on the way-side. In his actunt of the natural history of Switzerland he says, " Geese you will meet everywhere—geese of all countries, French, German, Russian, English, and occasionally a specimen of the Irish green goose; you may know him by his incessant gabble, and by his ridiculous attempts to soar like an eagle and sing like a swan. The French goose is a inertial bird ; you would fancy he had no bone in his body but the drumstick. The German goose is known by the foul state of his plumage ; there is no passing a night on the same roost with him ; he feeds on garlic and to bacco, and swims in beer. The English variety is the famous goose that lays golden eggs. The Swiss delight in him; he visits them every year, and his principal haunt is Interlacken, because it resembles so much his favourite watering-places at home." The fifth and last article on "Irish Rivers " concludes a number of rich and varied excellence. DEPARTURE OP THE FOREIGN MAILS IN DE CEDISER.—The following notice, giving the dates on which the foreign mails will be made up in London, and when the return packets will be due at Southampton, Liverpool, and Falmouth, was issued yesterday at the General Post-office. The mails for the British and foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Honduras, Nassau, Bermuda, Havannah, St. Juan Porto Rico) and Venezuela will be made up on the mornings of the 2d (this day) and: the 17th. Bermuda, Nassau,: New Orleans, Mexico, Honduras, Havannah, and St. Juan Porto Rico, on the morning of the 2d only. Madeira, Jacmel, San Juan do Nicaragua, New Grenada, Chili, and Peru on the morning of the 17th naly, to be for warded via Southampton. Next packets due on the 7th and 22d instant. Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong Kong, and China, on the mornings of the 3d and 20th via South ampton. By the fortnightly overland closed mails to the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, Bcc., via Marseilles, on the evenings of the 7th and 24th. British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, on the even ing of the 3d instant, via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston. Next packet duo on the 15th inst. Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, on the evening of the 4th instant, via Falmouth. Next packet due on the 24th of January. Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, via Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and 27th, via Southampton. Next packets duo oa the 6th, 15th, and 26th. Sydney, New South Wales, Aus tralia, Van Diemen's Land, and Now Zealand, on the evening of the 31st, from Gravesend. France, Belgium. &c., every evening (except Sundays); due daily, via Dover, Calais, and Ostend. Holland, Wednesday and Saturday mornings; due Mondays and Thursdays. "lam burgh, &e., Tuesday and Friday evenings; duo Tuesdays and Saturdays. COTTON IVOOL —GLASGOW, Nov. 27.—The tidings that the Bank of England had reduced the rate cf in terest imparted a sliAlitly improved feeling to the trail in the early part of the week, but not such as to affect prices. The feeling, however, was only temporary; for, on the close of the week, the market was miserably dull, and prices nominal. Additional mills hare this week been put on short time. BENEFIT OF CLERGY.—The following notice ap pears at the door of the Temple Church;— Divine service will commence on Monday morning at nine o'clock, and continu e unt il f urther notice." -- It strikes us that there must be a mistake in the above notice somewhere.—Comment would be ridiculous.— Punch. DOMBEY AND SON. Part XV. By Charles Dickens. More progress is made in the development and elucidation of the p lot of Dombey and San in these three additional chapters t han has been done in the last half-dozen numbers. The chapter headed " The Thunderbolt" is one of the most powerfully written descriptions " Boa" has produced for a very considerable time. It depicts another quarrel between the proud Mr. Dombey and the haughty Edith. Mrs. Dombey elopes with Carker ; and Florence, after being stricken by the hand of her father, and treated opprobriously, flies for shelter through the streets to old Solomon Gill's, the instrument maker's. She is attended by the faithful Diogenes, and received by honest-hearted Captain Edward Cuttle. One passage, applicable to the condition of the juvenile offenders, and the want of sanitary improvements, we have noticed elsewhere. It ie of rare power and of peculiar eloquence. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Nov. 29. —The report of M. Osy, made in the name of the Central Section, on the Budget of Fo reign Affairs, does not propose any important modifica tions, except the rejection of the demand made by the Minister that 100,000 francs should be applied to the establishment of Comptoins de Commerce in trans atlantic countries and in the Levant. At the desire of the Minister also there is an augmentation of 3,000 francs to the schools of navigation, and a diminution of 15,000 francs on premiums for the building of ships. The schools of navigation in Antwerp and Ostend are in a flourishing condition. The Minister has formed the project of organising in those schools instruction in practical commerce, to fit those young men who are destined to fill the functions of officers on board merchantmen. The reduction of the premium for ship- building arises from the small number of ships built in Belgium having that premium its view. The state of Flanders deeply engages the attention of the Cabinet, and of the Chambers. The Minister of the Interior has addressed several letters to the Governors of Flanders, which contain several well-digested and prudent plans for giving employment to the poor, chiefly by engaging the m i n agr i cu l tura l wor k s, by forming in those parts, where there is now a quan tity of timber, and which the Minister proposes should be felled. with the consent of the proprietors, and the land thus reclaimed be made arable, little colonies, each of which shall hare its own church and school house. By some members the plan is considered al most Utopian, but others give it their hearty concur rence, and though it is not likely that it can especially under the present pressure of the want of money, be carried out to the full extent that is desired ; it is, nevertheless, more than probable, that some decided results will ensue. Another question which is engaging the attention of the Cabinet and the Chambers is, that of Church pro perty and ecclesiastical foundations, made in 1787, the archives of which it is proposed to collect and to ar range. This inquiry will give an accurate detail of the exact wealth of the Belgian clergy previous to 1794 information which has been often desired, but which without official details and archives it has been impos sible to ascertain. The works of the Meuse are also under consideration; but it is feared that the financial embarrassments would not permit of them being carried out to the full extent; so much desired. A letter in the German Gazette from Genoa says;— last Sunday the King and his suite left the Chateau for the purpose of attending mass. A large crowd followed him, but as soon as he was observed, he took the road leading to the Jesuit Church; every body left him, and when he arrived at the church he had no one around him save his own suite. BELGIAN ruNDS.-131tuasELs, Nov. 99. Actual Debt, 236 per Cent .............. Rethachild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ -- Loan of Thirty Millione, FourparCent •• • • Ditto Threeper Cent •••• .• .• •• • ..... Ditto Thirty-seven Itlillione, ditto ...... Ditto,dltto,lB4o.. .•. • • • Ditto,ditto,lB42 ................. Ditto, 1844.• •• • • • • •• •••• • • • • •• • 92 Ditto, 1836. ...... .• • • .... • ....• . • Dial, 1838 67% Ditto of the City, 1832 • • .• 100 Ditto, 1843 Bank ofHolgium• •.••••••••••• •• • • .• .• • • 82 1 1, •Brussel3 Papers, Nov. 29. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 23. 8 per Cent. Metalliques 4 per Cent. ditt0........ • • 92 g 3 per Cent. ditto .. .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • . • • 66 Loan, 1834 ............................ 157 Ditto, 1839 .......................... 120% Bank Shares • .. — Estarhary's Loan ........ ............ RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... .1 % Gloggnits • • • • .5.. • 114 Vienna—Milan •.• • • •••••• • • • • • 98% Leghorn •• •••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • •• • • 83 Grosetto ............... .......... „ „ Apenninen . • .. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Baniax, Nov. 5. Eills. Money. St.Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent •• ••••• • • • • • 92N rms. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent...... Foreign Exchanges • ....................... Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 27F6 ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR. Last night the annual meeting of the subscribers and. friends of the Association for the Relief of the Poor of the City of London and parts adjacent, was held in the City of London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, the Lord Mayor in the chair. There were about 100 person 3 present. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, Air. Lott, the secretary, read the report of the committee, which stated that, in compliance with the de sire oxpessed at the last annual meeting, the distribution of coals was commenced nearly three weeks earlier .than the time at which it had been usual toopen the kitchen, and was continued during 14 weeks, from December 14 to March 20, with the exception only of Christmas-day. During that period, 27,958 cwt. of coals were delivered at the rate of 6d. for every 1121 b. The whole distri bution exceeded that of the previous season by 115 tons, and that of the year 1845-46 by 359 tons. The useful ness of the institution, therefore, had not diminished, but advanced ; a circumstance which could not fail to yield the greatest gratification to every one who was at all acquainted with the condition of the indigent families in the City and neighbourhood, and who was aware of the extent to which :the pro vision of fuel contributed to their health and comfort during the inclement winter months. It was also a. cause of congratulation that the places of the subscrilsers whose support had ceased in the course of the year hod been more than re-occupied by the names of new con tributors; but the committee were compelled to avow considerable anxiety in looking forward to the future, Having commenced with only the small sum of 6s. 2d. in hand, and having been under the necessity of incurring a considerable increase of expenditure in order to avoid closing the kitchen at a period which the friends of the poor would have deemed exceedingly inopportune, they found themselves embarrassed with a debt, at the opening of the present season, of no less than 1711., and that notwithstanding the recent aid of the Corporation of London, and their munificent grant of 2001. ; yet the committee ventured to believe that their determination not to close the kitchen at a time when the wants of the poor were pe culiarly urgent was one which that meeting would not refuse to sanction, and they cast themselves, therefore, with the cause which they advocated, on the support and liberality which never had been known to fait within the walls of tie City. Mr. Lott also read to the meeting a statement of the receipts and disbursements, from which it appeared that the subscriptions during the year had amounted to 1,2271.; the sum received from the sale of coals, 6691. 6s. ; the cash borrowed, 3004 ; making, with a few other items, a total receipt of 2,2611. 9s. Bd. The disbursements included 1,5164 for coals, and a repayment of the loan to the extent of 2001. Mr. Alderman 11. HUGHES then rose to move the adoption of the report. That report, while it brought to the minds of the subscribers the pleasing recollection that they had aided in providing a large amount of fie/ for their indigent brethren during the last winter, cow veyed to them also the disagreeable fact that the instits. tion was very considerably in debt,—a state of things which had not existed at any antecedent period. But the meeting would remember that it was they themselves who enjoined upon the committee the opening of the kitchen during the last inclement season earlier than usual, thus causing an increased outlay. (Hear.) He hoped it would be borne in mind that that institution distributed among the poor the beat articles, in the most ample metage, and at a compare.. tively insignificant cost—delivering, as they did, at the houses of these parties, for the small sum of 6d., a quark.. tity of coals which, if purchased at the ordinacy shops, would probably cost la. 6d., besides being of inferior quality, and perhaps deficient weight. The prospects of the poor during the approaching winter were exceed ingly gloomy. A greater amount of sickness had seldom' prevailed than at present ; and therefore the assistance of the public was needed more than ever for that excellent charity, and he trusted it would not be want ing.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman Wu.soN seconded the adoption of the report, which was then unanimously carried. Mr. Under• Sheriff WIRE, after a warm appeal ink support of the charity, moved " that the mode of relief administered by the Association during the two past years, by coals only, having given much satisfaction, both to the subscribers and also to the recipients of the charity, the same be continued during the present season." Mr. Deputy BEDFORD seconded the motion, which was unanimously carried, as were all the resolutions which followed; viz., the thanks of the mmeting to Mn Alderman Kelly, and their request that he would continue to act as vice-president and treasurer ; the re appointment of Mr. Lott as secretary ; the thanks of the meeting to the former committee, and the appointment of a new one ; the grant of a dozen tickets to each sub scriber present, and the thanks of the meeting to the Lord Mayor for his ability, impartiality, ami courteous conduct during the evening, which resolutions were moved respectively by Mr. Alderman Gibbs, Mr. Lea. Wilson, the Rev. Mr. Durham, Mr. Deputy Bedford, and the Rev. Michael Gibbs. The meeting then sepa rated. FREE TRADE.-TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WICILHAE. —Yesterday a meeting was held at No. 4, Charlotte— row, of gentlemen who bad taken a leading part is anti-corn-law agitation in the metropolis, to consider the best measures for raising a sum to purchase an annuity for Mr. William Wickham. I'. A. '1 aylor, Esq, t')ok the chair. There ware yresent—Colom IT. P. Thompson, M.P., W. J. Fox, M.P , IV. J. Hall, Esq. Arthur Paulson, jun., E , q., &c. &c. Mr. Hall moved the first resolution, which was to the effect, that Mr- Wickharn, after devoting many years wi:h great energy and success to the free-trAe cause, is now by his in— creasing age and infirmities precluded from the possibi lity of seeking out and following any other channt4 of utility and employment, and that a subscription be raised, as noticed above. Colonel T. P. Thompson, M.P., seconded the resolution, and said ho considered their present object an excellent example to those who have walked out of the common track of life to work inr. the public cause. For his part he responded to the cell to provide for the dt dining years of Mr. Wickhanc.—. Mr. Pattison moved the next resolution—to appoint e committee to carry the foregoing propositions into effect. It was seconded by W. J. Fox, M.P., who observed that he could speak with perhaps a better knowledge of Mr.. Wickham than any one present, as he had known his family at Chichester, his native town, which he was; compelled to leave chiefly through a political persecu tion, caused by h'is steadfast adherence to the Liberal cause ; and it gave him (Mr. Fox) much pleasure to find him subsequently engaged in the cause of the Anti- Corn-law League. After some further observations from other gentlemen, bearing testimony to the elm racter and services of Mr. Wickham, and suggestions for carrying out the objects of the meeting, a sub-com mittee was formed—P. A. Taylor, Esq , chairman, A. L. Saul, Esq., hon. secretary and treasurer—and the meeting adjourned. THE LATE SUICIDE IN THE SURREY ZOOLO• GICAL GARDENS.—Yesterday Mr. W. Carter held au, inquest of three hours' duration, at the Royal G-eorge., Newington, on the body of Ann Smith, aged 24, who committed suicide in the Royal Surrey Zoological Gar dens. Matthews, the money taker at the gardens, proved having received one shilling from the deceased for ber admission to the gardens, and also to his having some time afterwards been called to the deceased, who at that period was lying on her face near the giraffe house. He sent for a surgeon, who pronounced her dead. Mr. 'lift, jun., surgeon, said that deceased had died from thew effects of the essential oil of almonds. He had made s post mortem examination of the body and found that she was enceinte. A sister of the deceased said that she was not aware of the condition deceased was in. An assistant to Mr. Thomas, surgeon, said that deceased purchased fourpence worth of essential oil of almonds on Wednesday last, which she said she wanted for fla vouring pastry. The coroner spoke in strong terms upon the impropriety of selling suck deadly poisons to persons, and hoped that something would soon be done by the Legislature to put a stop to it. The jury returned a verdict of ' Temporary insanity." INCENDIARY FlRE.—During the night of Thursday last, an alarming fire, supposed to be the work of an incendiary, was discovered on the farming premises of Mr. Wright Gittus, of Shimpling Hall, in this county. The fire, which was first observed by a miller employed. in the adjacent windmill, appeared to originate in one of' the barns, but before the family received the alarm. the flames had communicated to the other barn, and were increasing with fearful rapidity. The engine from Chadacre Hall, another from Hartest, and two from Long Melford, were speedily on the spot, but although the sup ply of water was excellent, the tire bad already gained so great an ascendance as to defy the most strenuous efforts to extinguish it. The produce of As as. ac e r d es ani l wheat (with the exception of 27 coombs, n coombs), delivered),_ 3 2l ac a r c e r s es o o f f o b a a t r s ley ( were entirely consumed, coombs), and 25 acres of peas, 2ows, g a hs vale hu b r l dles,ecc.p and 16 storep igs. together with one cow, mix w(iwthitheiteheexexceperptiondof 022c0 a e yearling likewise n destroyed. t h r e oy latter ed . the e pro h p u e i r w ty in o g f s ü b c s r h h a e w e i p p nljured. Three waggons, and trou dressing e h r e e if m er sa s cishoi o n n e7 e longed and e F en t hrashing Fenton, e l r e m trustees a of th eu\NTnr i3 si o lg n eh .l t f o o Gf fi r d ictet i Hospital, s o a t t t hand l,e the Farmersa farminrrnd w e r propertyr o the ot Norwichthe position r. in w hi c h the flames were fi Fsh r tiic'e s sr t uek-r i e i dffi s t c hc o eien v . ered, no doubt exists that the fire was caused by an incendiary. The exertions of the labourer* throughout wore most active. — B ury Suffolk Herald. Right Honourable Lord ?' having —Bury petition to the House of C UNIVERSITY TESTS. University Tests, the following ing the Glasgow University, forwarded to the e Liberal students attend.. John Russell for presentation te swfoerr,ancrkepneoawlicodfgituche the receipt of the petition, with the accompanying letter, has been receive d by " Downing- James M'Ghie : — Downing-street, Nov. 27, lB47.—Sir,—l am direeta by Lord John Russell to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and of the petition enclosed, which he will present to th e H ouse of Commons. I am further directed to state, that it would have given his Lordship great pleasure to pay a visit to Glasgow during the summer, hut that he was requested to defer it until November, when, as it has happened, he has been wholly prevented iroin quitting London, en account of the great presser. of public business, and the meeting of Parliament. have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant—R. GREY.—James M'Ghie, Esq."—North British Ma.i. ASHFORD.—The death of our vicar, the It(ev.. T. Wood, took place very suddenly on Tuesday ev , e.ning, fie had been suffering from a cold for several, days. which had a great effect upon him, us he was at a Ter , advanced age. A friend taking tea with him suddenly perceived a great difference in him, and in the curse five minutes he had ceased to exist. The rev,.,. gentle . m an was formerly tutor of the present Earl of Romney, and was presented to the living by the ;At e B u t." Maidstone Gazette. HO WITPS JOURNAL. A beautifully-engraved likeness of Clarkson, the philanthropist, and a clever copy from " Death's Door," by William Blake, are the most attractive embellishments for this month of the journal. The brief biographical notice of the famous Blake—the artist, the engraver, the poet, the musician, the be liever in ghosts, the illustrator of Young's " N ight Thoughts," of Blair's " Grave," of the " Book of Job," &c.—is most interesting. According to the writer, Blake expired when 71, on the 12th of August, 1828, i❑ a garret in Fountain-court, Strand. It is not the least memorable fact in his history, that William Blake was the friend of Fuseli and Flagman. We must make one quotation from Howling Journal. It is the " HYMN TO PIUS THE NINTH. TRANSLATED FROM TUE ITALIAN BY DR. IIoWRING, M.P. " Italy is waking now Light upon her matin-brow ; And her Pontiff, heaven-inspired, Leads her on her glorious way. And the day so long desired Dawns—the bright, the promised day. Still of her salvation dreaming, All h©r sleeping was but seeming. " Listen ! how the snowy Alp, As from Etna's blazing scalp, Our united voice breathes forth, Waking transports as it runs : North to south and south to north Calls Italia's noblest sons, Not the tears of shame to drop, But of glory, joy, and hope. " Hail! all t ail! thou noble ono! Seated on earth's highest throne; Scatterer of all evil, thou Bounteous fountain-head of Good! Not alone Italia now Bends in fervent gratitude. But the world—the world is pouring Praise—and heaven and thee adoring. " Perfect thy majestic plan, Thou of men the noblest man! God is smiling on thy deed, Earth is waiting thy decree! Tell the fettered they are freed— Smite the arm of tyranny. How shall tyranny withstand, If thou bless the patriot land? " Peace! shall be the patriot-cry! Peace! and light and liberty ! Liberty! and peace and light! Thou shalt give as thou halt given; O'er thee, round thee smiling bright, Crowd the messengers of heaven, Pointing out thy pathway here, And thy crown of glory there." This, it must be remembered, is the national hymn of Italy, the music written by the great maestro, Rossini. The editors, William and Mary Howitt, are as clever and entertaining as they are industrious. SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. Among the most striking papers in the instalment for December is the letter descriptive of that penal hell and southern paradise—Norfolk Island. The contribution deserves a very general perusal. LOWE'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. " A merry Christmas" is almost the only season able paper in the December budget of magazines. It is, however, too gossippiug and conversational to survive very long in the recollection of its readers. The learned and elaborate articles on the "Restoration of the Jews" are here brought to a conclusion ; and some pleasant essays on " Edinburgh in the Last Century" are commenced. THE SPORTING REVIEW. Herring's pictorial biography of the " High Met tled Rveer" is finished by plate xis.-_" The:lfate" he is high and dry, stiff and cold, under the boards of a knacker's cart. " The Kill Wins," the companion engraving, is a lively hint of the cruel delights of coursing. December acts beneficially on the con tributors, for they are one and all more than usually shrewd and hilarious. THE ARTS-UNION JOURNAL. The principal feature about this closing part, for 1847, is its auspicious programme of the good things preparing for subscribers during 1848, and which, if only partially fulfilled, will materially enhance the character of the publication. Canova's celebrated Venus is represented in a graceful and exquisitely finished engraving. The remainder of the contents are very readable and miscellaneous. THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. This intelligent agricultural organ still sustains jts position, by its assortment of seasonable anti practical contributions upon matters peculiarly interesting to farmers. The number for December is not the least valuable that has yet appeared. GRIMSHAWE'S EDITION OF COWPER'S LIFE AND POEMS. Vols. V., VI., VII. , and VIII. On the commencement of the present edition we noticed the periodical appearance of the first volumes. THE PICTORIAL ALMANAC. Another almanac, in a sheet form, lithographed by Dowsing, Paull, and Co., beautiful enough from its laborious emblazonry and elaborate colouring to be framed. Of all the ephernerida: of almanacs, this one is certainly the butterfly. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the pleasure grounds and plantations of Osborne. The unfavourable state of the weather on Tuesday afternoon prevented her Majesty and her Royal Consort taking► an airing. Their Royal Rig,►hnesses the Prince of Wale 3, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, went to the beach yesterday, forenoon, and rode on their ponies. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned to town yesterday, from honouring the Duke of Bedford with a visit, at his seat, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Hon. H. Roberts, from Jamaica, had an inter ♦iew with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Chief Secretary for Ireland had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Earl of Arran had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Lord Ashley had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet, at the Home-office. Right Hon. T. Miln er Gib son yesterday , a t th e o ffi ce Sir John Henry of the Board of Trade. PeIlY had an interview with the Lord John Russell had a dinner party yesterday evening, at his residence in Chesham-place. Sir Robert Peel had a dinner party last evening, at his residence in Whitehall-gardens. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the West India Colonies. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo nial-office, from the Governor-General of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North American Provinces. PUBLIC DINNER TO JOHN wiLLIANts, EsQ, Yesterday evening a public dinner was given at the London Tavern to M r . J ohn Will i ams , M.P. for Mac clesfield. Sir Benjami n Hall, Bart, M.P., presided, and about 150 gentlemen sat down to dinner. Amongst the company were observed Lord Dudley Coutts Stewart, M.P., Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P, Mr. George Thompson, M.P., Mr. G. Wyld, the Hon. Lloyd Mostyn, J. Humphries Parry, Esq., A. Daniell, Esq., G. A. Ni cholay, Esq., G. Daniell, Esq., John Wilson, Esq.. E. Joseph, Esq., Mr. D eputy Ev a ns, Banjo Bapogee, George MaHeine, Esq., J. P . B u ll, E sq ., W. Jon es , E sq. The CHAIRMAN, i n proposing " The h ea l t h of Mr. John Williams," dwelt at some length on the pride with which the Welsh people generally hailed the elevation of a gentleman like Mr. Williams, who had risen simply by his own energy and honesty to a seat in Parliament. Mr. WILLIAMS, in returning thanks, observed that he came to London as the poor boy of a widowed mother, and he was happy to say, as a proof of his integrity in a commercial point of view, he saw at the tables gentle men who were the first to introduce him to commercial life.—(Cheers.) He hoped his political life would be marked by the same integrity as his commercial life had been.—(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing " The health of the Hon. Chairman." Sir B. HALL returned thanks, and proposed " Prospe rity to the City of London,' which was responded to by Mr. G. MoonE, t o with the Lord DUDLEY STUART gave " The Principality of g gZi t tu c d h : er o i f ng t . he people of London to the electors of Macclesfield for having elected as their representative so excellent a man as Mr. John Williams, and proposed 46 Prosperity to the W A i 1 ll Wales," 3 . 9 " C w . h ll i c . hPARRY was responded expressed town of Macclesfield." Mr. WILLIAMS responded to the toast, which was drunk with great applause. Mr. G. THOMPSON, M.P., proposed " The Electors of Marylebone and the Borough Members," to which Lord D. STUART replied. " The health of Mr. Bernal Osborne and the Electors of Middlesex," " Mr. George Thompson," " Lady Hall,” and other toasts having been disposed of, th e meet i ng, after being enlivened by the excellent singing of Messrs. Bruton, F. Martin , Tur ner, Simmonds, and Mr. Robertson, the Welsh harpist, separated at a late hour. game is exce e di ngly abundant, s, Government pay. clerks, 8 , SHOOTING.—To be Let, the exclusiv e r i g h t o f Shooting over the whole county of Tippera r y f or t h e collector*, and oc casionally a few women and children.—Appli eat i ons to bcpresent i I p ' gs r e o ca c hs e oi s en s n - y s e r oT v f he overseers,re be made to Archdeacon Latfau.—No Saxon need apply. —Punch. Two alarming fires broke out yesterday in Wood street. Cheapside. One happened at a quarter before five o'clock in the evening, at No. 106, in the oceupa Lion of Mr. Edward Eagles, fancy box maker. It was caused by a child letting a lighted candle fall amongst a quantity of cut paper, and was not extinguished until the top floor was nearly burned out, and the lower part damaged by water. The other fire broke out shortly before one A.M„ at No. 68, occupied by Mr. J. W. Leg. gins, a hosier. It was occasioned by a spark flying from a lighted candle amongst the bedding in tho first floor back, which set the whole in a blaze, and at one period it assumed an alarming aspect. , LYCEUM THEATRE. Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam, daughter of the cele brated actress, made a most successful debiit last night in a farce called Peggy Green. The character she sus tained was that of a young girl, who, tired of a life in town, where she has followed the calling of a milliner, has returned to live with her aunt in the country, and plagues her lover, a gay young man, who accidently finds her in her retreat, by feigning to be another person and assuming a coun'ry dialect, while she arouses his jea lousy by coquetting with his friend. All this was ex ceedingly well done by Miss Fitzwilliam. She has a most pleasing person ; her manner is artless and unas suming, and she has her mother's good quality of giving point to all she utters without exaggeration. In a word, the character in her hands was a nice, complete, little picture. Two or three songs were introduced, which she sang very prettily and much in her mother's style. The piece is the merest trifle in the world, and can only be considered as a work of the moment, written to bring out the interesting young actress. Mr. Mathews is the bustling town lover ; Harley, as a rural swain, who has fallen in love with Peggy, plays with much humour a part (unusual with him) in which the chief peculiarity is a country dialect. Then Mr. Granby is a pompous elderly beau, and there are half a di.z n milli ners out on a holyday to enliven the scene, and there is a cottage with landscape very well painted by Mr. 1.3,- verley. The whole is less a drama than a tableau, the central position in which is very prettily occupied by Miss Fitzwilliatn. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Hum..—On Tuesday evening this establishment closed for the season, the entertain ments being unner the patronage of Alderman Jones, Esq., and the tradesmen of Hull, and for the benefit of the Spirited lesee, Mr. Egerton. The house was really a bumper, and the performances of the first order. The play was the Lady of Lyons, by Bulwer, the part of Claude Melnotte by Mr. G. V. Brooke, from Liverpool, an actor who, on this, as o❑ many occasions, fully en titles himself to rank as a first-rate provincialist. Pauline was sustained by Mrs. Carlton, in a very effec tive manner, and highly creditable to this lady's supe rior talents. Maria, the Child of the Regiment, closed the evening's performance, in which Mr. Emery appeared as Sergeant Austerlitz, and Mrs. Carlton, as Maria, both of which were acted in a highly creditable manner. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAT.-The John It. Skiddy Captain Luce, arrived last night from New York, after a remarkably short passage of 15 days. She sailed on the 16th ult., and has brought 41,4001. in specie. ARRIVAL or SPECIE.—The vessel Chilian, arrived in the Docks from Iquique and Arica, has brought from the latter place, in addition to a general cargo, 35 bars, 1 seron, 8 boxes, and 3 other packages of specie, con signed to several of the leading houses in the metropolis. The vessel Phoebe, arrived in the Docks from Port Adelaide, South Australia, and the Cape of Good Hope, has also brought from the former place several boxes and other packages of specie, consigned to a mercantile house and one of the colonial banks respectively. MONET MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 12 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.45 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.671, it follows that gold is 0.88 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By adyices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 438} per mark, which at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 ; and the ex change at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 134, it follows that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in Lon don than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York . on London is 110 per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 '23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.43 per cent. in favour of England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the above difference. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL —By a return given a meeting of the committee of management of the above excellent charity, it appears that since the Ist of January, 1847, upwards of 15,000 patients participated in the benefits of the out-door treatment, while during the same period the resident patients numbered 1,121, being a very considerable excess over those of any year since the establishment of the hospital. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION AT A. PERCUSSION CAP MANUFACTORY.—About noon on Saturday last an ex plosion of a most destructive and alarming nature oc curred on the extensive premises of Mr. Richard Walker, percussion cap manufacturer, Graham-street, in this town. The explosion took place in a building consisting of three stories of workshops, and originated in the middle range, spreading above, below, and on all sides, and igniting the fulminating materials at which the workmen were employed. The ceiling and floors were shattered, and scarcely a single square of glass was left whole throughout the entire building. For tunately, however, the workmen escaped with com paratively slight injuries, although some of the ma chinery at which they were at work was broken into pieces, and forced to some distance. —Birmingham Journal. THE REPRESENTATION OF STOCSPORT.—As it is i now, we believe, a settled fact that Mr. w ill Cobden t fo ra r d t e he e ec West tors o ßiding f sp o n f r A e l sc r : . Alderman Kershaw to become a candidate for the repre ucokfpYorotrkhsahviroe,agthaeinLciableiread u repre sentation of the borough, and this call has been made in a requisition signed by upwards of 600 electors. Mr. Kershaw last night attended a public meeting at the Lyceum, at which he experienced a most hearty recep tion, and formally accepted the flattering invitation. The meeting, which was convened by circular, was com posed of about 650 persons, nearly all, if not all, of whom were electors, and amongst whom were the lead ing members of the Liberal and free-trade party in the town. The assemblage was a unanimous and most en st h p c u e s u i a h s t u i c f Im o nre. Kershawan d then w i manly, temperate, (tpeimveptie and rrt,i p triems sr i :tes of cordial approbation.—Manchester Kraminer. DEATH BY DROWNING OF JO f UN 'CLASPER.—JOIIII Clasper, a younger Nbvrioththeir do Henry Clasper, and tired,w hose wasm at match tunfortunatelyoro'‘' drownedr in the Tyne en Mon day The Chi a dison we last week no trious wherrymen, wilily, it seems, are indus trious evening. from their work and 'Per anda brother of his, were returning nine o.ciock, John, on the night in question, about within a short the younger to Derwenthaugh, and had reached distance of home, when the pole with which g Clasper was pushing forward the boat slipped from under him and he was thrown into the river. H e never rose to :the surface, so far as his brother could perceive, and h is b o d y was no t recovered till four o'clock on the following morning. o e, to lis !"%ii