The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-05 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.—(T HIS . DAY.) OLD COURT. These sessions, the- sloth et tt:e present Mayoralty. o Ommenced to-day before the Rec •rder. A lderm-ei Gabbs, Bit. Chapman Marshall, and Sidney. the Sheriffs, &e. According to the calendar as at press nt issued, th , re are 219 prisoners for trial. Among the chares there is one for murder, one for child steeling, seven for bur glary, twenty for unlawfully uttering ceunterreit coil.. Cutting and with intent. six; emle zzlement, seven; for gery and uttering ferg-ed instruments, nine; housebreak jag and l arceny , three; larceny, sixty-nine; larceny a dwelling-house, ten; larceny from the person, twent) four; larceny of servants, thirty-eight; letter-stealing, one; manslaughter, two; misdemeanors, nine; receiving stolen goods, - four; robbery, four; and robbery and felo Piously assaulting with intent, one. • The grand jury having been chosen and sworn, The RE:corms:it proceeded to deliver his charge to them. lie said that the calendar contained a list of 219 prisoners, a number which it was to be apprehended Would be considerably augmented in the course of the week, and before tiee termination of the labours of the grand jury. The district over which the judgment of that Court extended comprehending the whole of the county • Middlesex, the ei.y and county of London, and part of the counties of Essex. Surrey, and Kent, was considered to contain a population approaching to nearly two millions. Within that t ict the extremes of wealth and poverty co-existed, and with them all the temptations to I , ce and crime which multitudes pent up in crowded habitations retired from view, real and unsatisfied wants, oil examples, and uninstructed and uneducated friends, could produce. It was, therefore, no matter of astonishment that the grand jury of the metropolitan district. should be assembled twelve times in each year, awl occupied a week at a time in the pre liminary investigation of charges of every description in the trials of off, rcPs of every kind, and that the Court should also be occupied in the trial of charges of every degree of enormity. The calendar presented accordingly from session to session as in the present instance, cases of murder, man• slaughter, rape, robbery, cutting and wounding, child-steeling, forgery of svritt,n instruments, offences relating to the coin, larceny of every descripti, n from the person, by servants, in the dwelling-house, and of every shade and degree of distinction, and upon those charges the grand jury were required to institute a pre. liminary inquiry, to a'certaiu whether, upon the shewing of the prosecutor and his witnesses, thete was such a prima Ade case made as that it should be considered fitting that the party accused should be put upon his trial. There were those who had not hesitated to affirm that the functions of a grard jury might be safely dis pensed with ; that this element in the administration of public justice, the intervention of the country gentleman, collected from the diffet eat parts of the c euniry,might be safely excluded from the present system, and tribunal,. erected to dispense among the people the criminal law of the country. lie hoped and trusted that no grand jury, summoned for the discharge of its high and important duties would effect so little in furtherance of the objects for which grand juries were instituted as to encourage an opinion of its inutility to gain ground, and to lead men's minds to the cenclusion that the hur tied and preliminary inquiry conducted before the com mitting magistrate would be a sufficient warrant to place any party accused at once upon his trial. The duties et! the grand jury in many cases were undoubtedly plain and simple, and frequently imposed upon the m the ne cessity of at once remitting the case from their investi gation to that of the petty jury ; but in all cases their knowledge of the world seas brought to bear upon the circumstances of each individual case, upon the working of the system of the laws of the country, as applied to adults, as applied to juvenile offenders ; capital and secondary punishments ; transportation, imprison went, their modes, their uses and abuses ; The presentments of grand juries were not confined t. bills found or ignored ; the prevention of crime, as well as its punishment, entered into their humane and en lightened consideration ; their attention was directed from time to time to the want and absence of systematic education and restraint of the young in parochial dis tricts, the want of temporary homes, and occupied hours of children, to the fact that many parents were called away to their daily labour, the only means of subsistence for their families, and grand juries contrasted the severitt of punishment to which the young were liable with the temptations to which they were exposed. The neglect of parents might Le in part remedied by providing education, restraint, and discipline to the children of those parents during the hours of their necessary absence and emi-loyinet , t from home, and those asylu-nn provided the parents and guardians might be fairly called upon to give security for the good behaviour of the members of their families ; on the same principle ma gistrates might be empowered to dismiss the charge of a first or trivial offence, on ti.e security of a master, friend, or parent for the got d behaviour of a juvenile offender. Sentences might be respited on the same conditions, and a preventive system might be made to supersede, what to strict minds might now appear a harsh or vindictive systt m, disproportionate to the moral guilt and aze of the offender. These were, however, considerations to ia hich the Legislature must then be fully alive, and the great second try punishments now hitherto adopted' attended, according to circumstances, With complete success or signal failure ; transportation, with all the modifications of which it was susceptible. penal or reformatory, must be inquired into, acted upon ay experience, and dealt with as the most comprehensive scheme, and the greatest experiments for good or for evil, Is it effected the objects of punishment or reform, and the character and the interests of this great country and her colonial empire. The cases about to be brought before the grand jury, though many of them bore a serious aspect, yet, upon a careful perusal of the depositions, did not, in his opinion, present any difficulty in point of law, or in the application of the law to the facts disclosed. There was a charge of murder, and also one of rape, which would require to be put in the course of investi gation before the petty jury, and in order to avoid pre judice, he would confine himself to that observation as regarded those cases. With regard to the charge of child-stealing, that crime was defined and punishable under the provisions of the 9th of George IV. Under that statute the offence was punishable either by trans portation or imprisonment. In the case of cutting and wounding, the instrument used, the act whether pre meditated or otherwise, the apparent provocation, were all important ingredients in considering this case, the intent being the gist of the charge constituting the imputed felony. There were also several charges in the calendar affecting the coin of the realm, others of obtain ing money under fale pretences, and of uttering forged instruments, all of which it was the duty of the grand tlry to deal with as they thought right. The cases of larceny were numerous, but required no particular re mark from him. The Learned Judge, after shortly al luding to several other cases in the calendar, remitted the grand jury to the discharge of their duties, observing that if in any of the cases they found any unexpected difficulty, the Court would render them any assistance they might require. • The Court then proceeded to swear in the petty jury. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A few days ago, a poor man, named Crowley, appeared at this Court as complainant against a ruffian named Chambers, who had broken his jaw. The case was fully proved against the prisoner to be one of a most savage and brutal description, and the latter was ordered to pay a fine of 21. 10a. to the Queen, the Magistrate, however, suggesting to the complainant that it would not, perhaps, be imprudent, if he were to petition Sir George Grey upon the subject. Chambers took the hint, and this Morning he presented him ;elf at the office with an answer to his petition from the Home Secretary, directing,' the sitting Magistrate to hand to the applicant (Crow ley), who is still suffering acutely from the injuries he received, the amount his assailant was mulct in, viz., 21. 10s. Crowley, who appears to be a quiet inoffensive man, having received the money awarded to him, made his grateful acknowledgments, and ihichdrew. TEE REVENUE.—The accoun s of the quarter's revenue will not be made up until to-night. We an: glad to leatn'that they will exh bit a highly satisfactory result. The Customs will show a considerable increase over the corresponding quarter of last year. This pros perous condition of the Customs duties is the more gratifying when we take into account that no part of the amount is made up of duties on the importation of foreign corn, is hich formed so large a portion of the revenue of the quarter ending the sth of January last, during which quarter the 4s. duty, the lowest in the reduced sliding scale, was in full operation. The present flourishing condition of the Customs revenue is at once the best imication of the healthy condition of our foreign commerce, and the most conclusive testimony in favour of the extensive reductions made to carry out the principles of free trade. The Excise, too, holds its ground, proving that, in spite of the partial distress and destitution that prevail, and the dearness of so many article: of necessary use and consumption, there is ne diminution of employment, and that the working classes are still in a condition to indulge in excisable articles. The Property-tax shows no material alteration. These are the great sources of income, and are all in a satis. factory state. The Stamp Duties, too, prove that trade is active, although they want the large railway transac tions of last year. The total amount of the receipts for the year ending the sth of April, 1847, will afford a very gratifying comparison with the year ending April 5, 1846, or with any recent annual retur ns: — Observer. JENNY LIND AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. --After a great deal of coaxing and coercion, Jenny Lind arrived safely on the stage of Drury-lane Theatre on Friday evening, to the great delight of the manager, who had been under serious apprehensions that " Jenny" would not have fulfilled her contract uith him, or that she might have walked off to another establishment.. Our raiders must not suppose we refer to the famed Swedish nightingale. The " Jenny Lind" in question is the female elephant of Mr. Hughes's mammoth establish- Itent, who has acquired that name in coesiquence of the reluctance her elephai tine majesty dir„layed for some days past to enter the theatre. All the delicacies " J enny Lind" loved so will were tried in turn to induce her to follow the male, who runs about the theatre, up and down platforms, like a kitten ; but after exhausting a grana.y in corn and a refinery in sug:r, the suuviter in mode was abandoned for the J ortitr in re, and by break ing through a wiudow in Lade Russell street, " Jenny Lind," atter some pointed retnurks from the keeper, walked on the boards with great dignity, to make her debut this evening. NEW TowNs.—A contract for one thousand houses has lately been entered into, to be built at Stritrerd, chiefly for the convenience of persons in the employment of the Eastern Ctunties Railway, who intend to remove their workshops and manufactories there, and to call it Stratford New Town. Prt parations are also being made for the erectionof a large numberot houses on an eligible rite near the next station on the line at Ilford, to which the name of Ilford-on-Railway will be given. THE SUN, LONDON, MON"D AY }:,'1 7 7 4, 1r/i4G,_APRIL 5, 1847. MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED.) DOUGLAS JERROLD' S. The " History of St. Giles and St. James" now rapidly approaches a conclusion. In the chapter which concludes the present number of the Magazine the two heroes are again brought together, both pri soners on capital charges. St. James recognises St. Giles, and promises him his protection. " I tell you, St. Giles," says the young Lord, to his fellow-pri soner, " you shall still find friends in my family; your life shall still be spared." " And what for, my lord ? To be shipped off again— to be chained and worked worse than a beast ; to have every bit of manhood crushed ; to have no use for thought but to think curses. No, my lord ! Fate's against me. I was sent into the world to be made, as hey call it, an example of; and the sooner it's all over the better. I was born and suckled a thief, I was whipped, imprisoned, transported, for a thief ; and something better grew up in me, and I resolved to turn upon the world a new face. I was determined. c-'me what would, to live honestly, or die in a ditch for it. Well ; the world wouldn't have it. The world seemed to sneer and laugh at me for the conceit of the thing. I've been dodged and dodged by the devil, that first sold me ; I've tried to defy him ; but, as I say, fate's against me, and it' s no use . I l o ok out:upon the world, :JO I only see one place—one little piece of ground—where there's rest for such as I am ; and where mercy may be shown to them as truly repent. I trust to get from God what man denies me.' "Nay, poor fellow—', " Beg your pardon, my Lord," said Whistle, putting his head in at the door, "but the post-chaise is come, and—it's only a form—but we must drive to Kingston, to the magistrate's." "I am quite ready," said St. James, taking his hat. " And your other prisoner?" We've got a cart for him," answered Whistle. " Not so," said St. James, " we'll'even ride together." " Why, your lordship would never so condescend— never so demean yourself—" " Get in," said St. James, opening the chaise- door, and urging St. Giles, who reluctantly entered the vehicle. "There is no condescension for such villany as mine." " All right," said Whistle, mounting outside; "all right—to Kingston." And St. James the homicide, and St. Giles the horse-stealer, were, in close companionship of guilt, driven to the magistrate's, on their way to the county gaol. " The Dreamer and Worker " is likewise continued, and the Bth chapter, with which this number opens, is admirable. We return to the worker, Harding, and find him employed in Portsmouth Dockyard, where we are introduced to one of the escaped from the wreck; Mr. John Downs, brickmaker, Stourbridge— a sturdy practical utilitarian, who delights to stand up for his rights, and has a hatred for police and spies. The description of the block machinery, the anchor forges, the carriage building, the ship building, are very graphic--so clear and so understandable, that the various processes described are distinctly seen by the mind's eye. This is an admirable chapter. We have a graceful poem by Mrs. Acton Tindal, on the visit of Charles 11. of Spain, to the Council Chamber of his ancestors, en titled " The Visit to the Tomb," and in his " Heads and Tails of Families," Paul Bell is for once not cynical. He gives us a religious subject, in the person of the Rev. Mr. Vavasour, a pious, humble, actively charitable, controversy hating, truly Chris tian curate, who, upon 1001. a-year, does more good than many a bloated pluralist upon 1,000/. " Cob den on the Continent," is the title of an article by Angus B. Reach, from which we extract the follow• big eulogium on the career of the greatest English man of our own times —may we not say, notwith standing the glories of Napoleon and Wellington, and the greater because bloodless glories of O'Con nell, the greatest man of his age—the only one of our days whom Providence has called to execute a world-wide mission, who has understood and obeyed the call—Richard Cobden. " Richard Cobden was a commercial traveller once— and although the world may not at first blush think it— Richard Cobden is a commercial traveller still. Some times on the road—sometimes on the rail—an active emissary of Manchester ; he distributed his patterns — collected his debts—opened up new connexions—con solidated old ones—wrote his daily bulletin of the state of trade—the tightness of money or the glut of stock— to the city of the tall chimneys—and then officiated as Mr. Chair, or Mr. Vice, in that hastily-gobbled dinner, which commercial gentlemen always seem to hurry over as a piece of disagreeable necessity, to be got through with as quickly as possible. " And Richard Cobden is a commercial traveller still. True, he shows no patterns—takes no order—duns no customer—represents no firm. His progress is not now from Manchester to Liverpool, or from Nottingham to Derby. his ever shifting habitation is no longer that big, side-boarded, dreary, bookless, commercial room. He Vieth not from shop to shop--esigning bills—writing receipts—vaunting a new design in calicos—predicting a rise in cotton. Aud still, we repeat, he is a commercial traveller. " Yes—the greatest—the most remarkable traveller the world has ever seen. Europe is his district—nations are his customers—the memoirs of the League fill his book of patterns—he deals in mighty principles—he distributes visit doctrines—he exhibits new designs which shake the polity of empires —ho predicts universal com mercial interchange—no land, no city, which he has not filled with the fame and thn credit of his great consti tuent, the tnigh:.y firm of Free Trade, throned in the realms of England. " Richard Cobden, literally the commercial traveller-- and Richard Cobden, figuratively vie commercial travel ler I How vast the leap 1 The Mister Cobden who derived his little areEght from his calico-making consti tuents—whose name circulated but amongst his own little class—the knight-errants of the Ledger—whose talk was naturally of invoices and bills of parcels—who was cared for but by mottled faced landlords and grimy bootses—in fact, Mr. R. Cobden, Bagman. " Study that picture first—then this. " Richard Cobden, the wide world known—the leader of the gt?eatest mercantile confederacy man has ever seen —the wielder of a power the most pacific—the most pliable—but the most overwhelming probably ever guided by one governing spirit—Richard Cobden who revolutionised an empire—who will revolutionise the world, and who did it without the glitter of a bayonet or the crack of a musket—Richard Cobden who prostrated the proudest oligarchy of Europe—who ruled the man who i uled the Legislature which ruled the empire— Richard Cobden, at once the missionary—the champion —the advocate—the embodyment of Free Trade—strid ing in his triumph over Europe—everywhere welcomed— everywhere honoured—his health toasted—his name, his principles, and his deeds proclaimed in every language of civilisation—everywhere sowing the good seed—everywhere telling the good tidings -everywhere pointing out hew protection clogs men's progress—how it isolates them and makes them enemies —how, to the eye of mercantile genius, customhouses show like frowning ramparts, and tariffs like standing armies. " 'Tis a wondrous, a promising, a happy phenomenon, the tour of Richard Cob len. It is greater than ever was monarch's progress—will exercise more power than ever did conqueror's march. He sets people thinking. lle leaves little Leagues behind him—he consecrates, so to speak, local Villierses, and Brights, and Foxes. He sets many balls rolling. Festal banquets everywhere await him—oh, may they be the forerunners of that great festal banquet which the world shall sit down to, when, like the guests at a pie- nic, every nation shall bring its share to the setting forth of the table—one offering bread—another wine—a pastoral land its meat —a manufacturing its steel, wherewith to crave the viands I " Free trade !—the woid is now a household one in many tongues—the idea will soon become as familiar, and then will it be translated into action." of the literature of England from Alfred to Chaucer; some Pleasant Rambles -in Town and Country ; and a dissertation upon that thread-bare topic, Education. Latterly we have observed a super-orthodox spirit of a rather acrimonious character peeping out in the pages of Hood. We would hint to the editor the propriety of not deviating so far from the track of his gentle, liberal s and noble -hearted predecessor. THE MAN IN THE MOON. Edited by Albert Smith and Angus B. Reach. No IV. Reader, art thou an anxious searcher after the origin of things ? Dost thou delight to study " Beckmann's History of Inventions," and, laying down the book, regret that no one has undertaken a supplement to it. Hast thou, when passing Lynn's, ever cast a lingering look on the wells of oysters fascinatingly arranged in his window, and wondered within thyself who was the first man that ever eat an oyster ? If thou bast purchase the fourth No. of the Man in the Moon, satisfy thy thirst for know ledge, and hear " how eating oysters was invetted.' Now don't imagine that we shall betray the mystery by giving an extract from this supplement to Beck mann, we shall do no such thing. Such knowledge as this is too precious to be imparted at second-hand. We think, however, we may verdure to extract the Man in the Moons account of— " HOW THE FAST-DAY WAS SPENT. ("Collected from various statements ) " Ma. STRAGGLES. Is a regular brick, and no mistake: has been called a Gent: wasn't offended: why should he be ? Didn't observe the Fast, although he looked for it ; doesn't know anybody that did. Had a breakfast party that day, and kept it up until the next morning ; believed them—he did rat. Bought up all the kidneys he could get, the night before. No end of half-and half. Bank shut up. Never had such a Fast day in his life, and don't care how soon he has another. Thinks the Ministers are jolly bricks, and hopes they may never go out. Politics and Ireland be Wowed. " LUIGIA HERBERT. Is a coryphee: has been told she is pretty, and believes it. Was invited to make one of a party to Greenwich, for a fish dinner. Went. Rather. Thinks the Fast great fun, only her salary was stopped at the theatre—three and sixpence for the night. Shouldn't care if another Fast happens when she's with Beale, because he only opens Covent-garden three nights a we ek, and she will have five-and-twenty shillings. Went to a ball at night: never had such a polka. Didn't know why it was a Fast-day, and didn't care. " THE HONOITRABLE NORMAN VAVASOUR. Has bees in Ireland. Saw a gentleman very much distressed in the streets at two.o'clock in the morning, trying to get home. Didn't help him. Served him right. Begged pardon: didn't hear the question. General Fast! Who's he ? not seen his name in the army list: must be in the militia. Oh! Wednesday! yes: recollects now: dined at his club ; remembers his bill of fare was much as usual ; never touches salt-fish ; thinks it d--d insipid stuff. The only advantage is that it provokes thirst ; but devilled biscuit does better. Went to a party at night—a dance—declines to say where. Not fair—'pon his honour it isn't. Was obliged to go, because he had promised the Monday before at Weippert's. Heard nothing about the East there. Thought it had probably something to do with Puseyism ; but hadn't read the Tracts for the Times. Didn't know Pusey. Had heard his sister talk about him, and, from what she said, didn't want to. " MR. RANT. Is doing the leading business at the Bower Saloon. Had played once for the Irish, for nothing: and thought it base ingratitude to be done out of another nights salary, for the same purpose. Spent the day in Battersea-fields, studying a new part. Saw a great many people there, apparently enjoying them selves. Went to the Wrekin at night, and opened an account there. Shouldn't have done it if it hadn't been for the Fast, which mulcted him of his night's salary. " MARY STUBBS. Is a maid of all work in a lodging house. Didn't know which way to turn on the Fast day. All the gentlemen in the house gave parties, from Mr. Thompson in the parlour, to Mr. Birton on the fourth floor. Never heard such a noise —never; thought she should have been worrited out of her life by the gentlemen ; they did eat and drink so. She never see such a Fast. Missus was going to church, but wouldn't, because she hadn't got her new bonnet; and what was the use of going to church shabby ? Drats the Fast, and all the Irish too. Never know'd no good of none of 'era, since she was engaged to Corporal Nowlan, who borrowed five shillings of her, the day htrwent away for ever. Wishes she'd made him fast. " fd. PETITVERRE. A entendu parley d'un "Fast day''--a demand 6 ce que vela voulait dire. L'on lui a repondu que c' emit un jour maigre. Croit que l' on s'est tromi‘ car tout le monde faisait b nine chair. A passe la journiie avec des gentlemen riders, et n'a fait que boire et manger. Croit que c est une bonne habitude de trailer ainsi les fours solennels, et une qui fait honneur aux Anglais." This is the best number of this laughter-moving little work that has yet appeared. The illustrations are exceedingly rich. and we have seen specimens of the raw material brought from that province of extreme whiteness and delicacy. But the uplands, in fact, of all Borneo are adapted to the cultivation of cotton; and should it hereafter suit our policy to take actual possession of the immense tracts of country formerly ceded to us by the Sooloos, we shall probably discover that the mountainous regions about Kenn Balu will excel all other parts of the habitable globe for this particular species of culture, the soil being of incomparable richness, and the climate of most genial and equable warmth. . . " Other islands on which we have just claims would likewise furnish an immense supply. New Guinea, for example, might almost 131 converted into one huge cotton plantation. At least, all the lower ranges of bills and the undulating plains skirting the sea, might be ad vantageously adapted to the growth of cotton. Many degrees further westward, the small and little known Chagos group already produces this material of long staple and silky fineness ; and if, instead of being de voted to the rearing of hogs and the production of cocoa nut oil, the whole surface of the islands were covered with cotton plAntati,ns. we should, in all likelihood, be able to command a large supply, equal in quantity to the best sea island. " It may be likewise worth while to turn our attention to the northern coast of New Holland, and mere especially those rich plains which stretch round the Gulf of Car ' pentaria, where the cotton shrub would unquestionably flourish, though it is impossible to determine is priori what would be the qualities of the wool produced. Still the experiment is oGviously worth making. o:hur colo nies and countries might be pointed out ; but enough has been said to show the extent and variety of the inquiries which ought immediately to be instituted by Parliament and the country. We trust the attention of the Government and of the Legislature will be speedily directed to this most important subject. The writer alludes to Southern Africa as likely to become one of our cotton produc ing colonies. The readers of " The Sun" will remem ber that a short time since, we published a letter from a settler at Port Natal, stating that he had tried the experiment of cotton growing there with the greatest success—that the produce was greater in quantity, and better in quality thin the cotton of the United States, and the labourers in the colony could be hired in large numbers and at a very low rate of wages. Several large houses have already been let for the coming season; the applications for houses have been mere numerous than we before rememb3r so early in the sas OIL ROOD'S MAGAZINE. Another beautiful calling from a bye•gone and forgotten poet—Mickle—is contained in the April number of Hood. For its insertion the editor de serves our acknowledgments. " Hengist and Mey " is the ballad, an incident dating in the Saxon days when good King Arthur ruled the land. Many of the verses possess considerable beauty. The following is singular:— " His hair as black as raven's wing ; His skin—as Christmas snow ; Id is cheeks outvie the blush of morn ; His lips like rose-buds glow." We say the verse is singular, because in it we re cognize a suspicious similarity to a much more exqui site description by Chatterton. If our memory serves us rightly, the lines of Chatterton run thus : "Black his hair as the winter night, White his skin as the winter snow, Red his citeek as the morning light, Cold he lies in the grave below !" Is there plagiarism in this similarity, or is it merely an accidental similitude ? Of metrical pieces the magazine has no defficiencY; among others there is a trifle addressed to a Postman by Linnoeus Banks ; an absurd contribution about a Mrs. Dobson, written by some anonymous person owho pen ned a few months back an elegy to Thomas Hood ; a delicious sonnet ennui from the poems of Lord Surrey, and the April sonnet by Jones, which latter sonnet is again cruelly and ruth lessly murdered in cold blood. The poem on Spring, by the same author, is charmingly conceived and daintily worded. Speaking to Spring and of Sum mer, the poet says— " Send music to her ears from hill and (lA, From feather'd minstrels and from lowing lane, From flecks responsive to the tinkling bell, From murmuring brooks, as whence the boughs entwine, Melodious meshes which the transient air, Maketh concordant. Among the prase contributions are a continuation of "Blanche Neville r a series of hiatclical accounts THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. There is an agreeable diversity in the contents of this number of the Eclectic. A reminiscence of the itlu.strious Blaise Pascal—a side glance at the col lected writings of 'Walter Savage (and on some sub jects vPrg savage) Landor—an interesting chapter from Missionary adventures—a pithy review upon the ndvantages of grammar—a pusey of antique ballads from Collin's collection—a few pencillings by the-way about the Salt Monopoly—a picturesque and thrilling allusion to Irish starvation in a notice of Carreton's last novel—and another (! ! !) article upon the t.xbaustlets subject of Education. Surely that is variety enough to baffle the powers of the most ver satile of ordinary periodicals. But the Eclectic is anything but baffled. Most of the articles enume rated a.-e of superior ability ; and only once, namely, upon Btraise Pascal and his contemporaries, is their any strliing lack of judgment. Otherwise in temper and candour the Review is beyond all reprehension. THE PAI RICIAIV. The trial of Lord Grey, of Worke, for the abduc tion of Lady Henrietta Berkeley, his sister-in-law, in the year 682, which is given in this month's Patri cian, provnts the low standard of morality among the aristocracy of that period. It is, as the editor justly remarks, " the history of a very foul transaction, disclosing g milt of the blackest and deepest dye ;" and yet the principal character in this foul transaction was afterwards created Earl of Tankerville, and at the time of hig death held the appointment of Lord Privy Seal. Eto much for the honour, honesty, and morality (and, apart from these, there can be no wisdom) of oar ancestors. In this number we have the commencement of a series of " Original Letters from Eminent Persons," which pro mises to be most interesting. The series commences with eight letters from Algernon Sidney and two from John Locke, addressed to Mr. Benjamin Furley, an English merch ant residing at Rotterdam. These letters are from art unpublished collection in the pos session of Thomas Ignatius Forster, &LB., who is descended from the gentleman to whom they were addressed, and w:t.o also possesses the original MS. copy of Loeke's Essay on the Human Understand ing. " Collectan e.s Heraldica" contains much plea sant gossip on the subject of armorial bearings. We hope to see the ":• Coilectanea Heraldica" continued from time to ti,re in the pages of the Patrician. This is an excellecnt number of the Patrician. THE MIRROR. The present nu] nber fully sustains the high cha racter which this rn agazine has acquired, since it has been under the editorship of Mr. P. St. John. "The Miser's Will," by the Editor, is continued, and the interest increases, as the to le progresses. Mr. Charlton Carew, the author of a novel recently published, entitled " The Poacher's "%Vile," contributes a short paper, entitled " The WeAnderer ; a Dark Tale for a Dark Night." Mr. Car 1.. w is a. writer of great power, and thoroughly underst ;ands the secret of construction, so as to work his materials up to a climax. The " Wanderer" is one of those fictions that com pletely fascinates the reader. Once begun, it is impossible to lay down the book until you have come to the conclusion. We have alsosome graceful stanzas by Dr. Farquharson,. on " The Tomb of the Black Prince," and the commencement of a story by Edmund Oilier, entitled " Concerning Sir Hubert Asham's Disbelief in Ghosts, and what it led to," which promises well. But the Mii-ror contains also articles of more permanent value. The paper on " The Supply of Cotton from the East" is well worthy the attention of the merchant, the manufac turer, and the legislator. Our supply of cotton from America has been gradually getting insufficient to meet our necessities, and it behoves us therefore, if we wish to maintain our manufacturin g supremacy, to draw our supply of cotton from a larger area. India supplies us with some cotton, but of very in ferior quality, and it is absolutely necessary, there fore, to hold out every inducement to the Indian cotton grower to improve the quality of his produce. "Nevertheless," as this writer justly ol 'verves, "It is not on India alone that we ought to rely. Our increasing demands should stimulate the cultivation of cotton in every other part of the world sdapfßd to its growth—in Italy, Sicily, Greece , , Syria, :Egypt, Spain, Southern Africa, Australia, and the Ind. an archipt lago. The new settlements in Labuan will probat exercise considerable effect on the agriculture of K. %lament-me and more especially the Sultanate of Borneo In the b Raj of Sarawak, the cotton shrub grows luxoriantly, CHAMBERS' EDINBURGH JOURNAL. As diversified as ever, the Edinburgh Journal is as instructive and as amusing as ever. Some of the articles are of very superior merit. One, a biogra phical paper upon the famous Jean Paul Richter, is a beautiful chapter in the Lives of Genius. Indeed, the illustrious German, who was both poet, novelist, and philosopher, presents ,to posterity a noble picture of the household virtues and the divine attributes of that humanity which bears a similitude to the Great God. Born in 1763, the son of the poor organist of Wunsiedel, and afterwards pastor of loditz, Jean Paul entered life without any of those adventitious aids which sometimes elevate mediocrity to eminence. The whole existence of Richter, from the times when, as a little child, he used to dance about in the open air in his nightgown, as free as a bird, to his death, old, blind, and in a manner solitary, on the 14th of November, 1823, was a masterpiece of exqui site and sublime sensibility. Not the puling and in sane sensibility of Rousseau, but the sensibility of an inspired Mignon. Jean Paul we have said be came blind; but how? By bitter weepings for clays, for weeks, for months, because of the prema ture decease of his son Max ! If Phrenology had not incontestibly shown the intellect to be resident in the brain, we should have said, from the life and genius of Jean Paul Richter, that man thinks wholly in his heart. Other contributions of equal attrac tiveness are crowded into the pages of this excellent periodical. THE PEOPLA'S JOURNAL. Cordially can we congratulate Mr. John Saunders upon the progressive improvement of " The People's Journal," under his editorial direction. Even to the wood engravings, the supervision appears to be ex tended, each of the illustrations being agreeable and well-timed in subject, and daintily carved upon the blocks. Many of our most distinguished literary contemporaries are among the contributors already, and others are promised in profusion. From a lively paper descriptive of the general appearance of Parlia ment during discussions, we transcribe a paragraph commemorative of the " Fourth Estate," the Press. The details are tolerably accurate : " Every one of the morning papers employs a staff of shorthand writers, for the purpose of affording to them exclusively the nightly reports. The Times, we believe, employs sixteen gentlemen on this duty ; the Chronicle and other papers a (loam, or thereabouts. The evening papers, with the exception of %he Sun, rarely have notes taken after six o'clock. The Sun, which publishes a morning as well as an evening edition, employs a staff like the daily papers ; and for their special convenience, as they publish two or three editions during the evening, a room is provided for them on the ground floor of the House, where the reports, as they aro brought down from the gallery in short-hand, are transcribed, fitted to each other, and forwarded to the office by the mounted messengers w e sometimes see tearing along the Strand. With regard to the morning papers, it is arranged before. hand at what hour each reporter is to be at the House and relieve his fellow -labour. At the beginning of the debate each reporter takes hall hour turns ; but upon important occasions, however, when the House sits late, the " turns" with the " wi e short hours" are made 01 less duration. Sometimes, when the sittings are pro longed towards the time of the publication of the early editions, these turns are not longer than ten minutes each, to ensure a rapid flow of transcribed matter to the pr.nters. A reporte r , when he goes down to the House, can never calculate how long it will be before he gets away a ga i n. I f his good luck sends h i m a d u ll spea k er, he take s i t remarkably easy, not even li nger i ng to make a note o f w h at i s b e i ng sa id, but relying up on the go o d nature of somebody—that is, to use his notes. If, on th e contrary, an important Dian is " up," good-bye to any arrangements for the night he might have made. A rapid speaker, during his half-hour's turn, will find him stiff wor k for transcribing for the next t h ree h ours. Your r a pid speaker is the detestat i on o f t h e ga ll ery. into the with drawing-room from the gallery, ' I've had my night's D---,' says th e re p or t er , coming work cut out.' The man who ' goes on' congratulates himself on his escape, and strolls into the gallery, to take an easy half-hour upon some of the small deer of the House. The fun and wit flung about in the reporters' room is always worth listening to. They are all edu cated men ; some breeding up for the bar, some authors: all well read —many of them vastly superior to the great mob of Members whose prosy speeches they yawn over as they report. The disagreeableness of their profes sion is, that they are utterly out of joint with society. They are, in fact, the literary watchmen, working their brains whilst others are asleep, and sleeping whilst this vast town is one roar of life and bustle. A heavy ses sion or two in the gallery is a death- blow to a weakly constitution. They pass; stronger men take their places: who cares? The Times comes out every morning with its accustomed three pages of debate. Life is too :bort to allow us to pause and observe how many are crushed by the Juggernaut as it passes on." Among the poetical contributors to " The People's Journal" we must mention as- occurring in this num ber the names of Ebenezer Elliot and John Critchley Prince. Miss Martineau commences a highly inter esting series of descriptive sketches from the Orient, a theme which comes with,,lq agreeable freshness to her pen. The talent and. ethprit of the publication scarcely require any particular mention. The Journal is, as it deserves to be, appreciated. HOGG'S WEEKLY INSTRUCTOR. A weekly periodical of general literature and intel ligence, which has now acquired a firm footing amongst its contemporaries. The prose and poetry alternate in agreeable variety, and th e average con "Aterlikeness o f th e i ntrep id D r. superior to those o f man y s te im nt i s la a r re of pub Wolff is prefixed to the April number. l i c a a t i o chns. character ISLE OF WIGHT. THE CROPS. - - ( FR OM OUR CORRE SPONDENT.) THE WEATHER AND COWES, APRIL 4. got in with less labour than for A finer season could not be wished for, the frost and dry weather has put the land in fine condition, and the some years past , g wheats look strong and healthy; a good many potatoes have been planted, but froth i d oththeeerxbpseeeeenndsse:lpfeurchased by the Govern s:: enqguaclotron fosebrte:e•enear)s.o,upnartly from fear of the blight, t c h a e u s se eed o . f a T s h e e ri qu ou a s nt t i a t x y parsnips g f li ra s on h cottagers, as the increase in the price has as to preclude the possibility of their ob flcaunrdthhoasf the quantity they require. There oo a n nf d t ieE partly r high—gd. the gallon of about Sibs. T SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. a tmhae p eme ; nn t it a nsgf r oo s rog t n o lreer b l e t full as many potatoes as are required, the pirtiTOcehYbeAeailanngnYusaoAligClielineral meeting of the members will take place at the Thatched House Tavern on the 14th of May, when there are more candidates to be ballotted for than has been known for some years. At this meeting it is also expected that the Marquis of Donegal will be elected " commodore of the squadron. A number o f y ac ht s are in a forward state; William Pea ret h, E sq., h as so l d h i s and Charles Brett, E sq ., hi s cutter yac h t Whim,"seho' Bart o schooner yacht yac ht "Fairy, of 143 tons, to S i r Hyde Par k 2 r 49 tons, to J. Gee, Esq, Th e Emperor of Russia's yacht, the Queen Victoria, of. i 2 is getting ready ; his Imperial Majesty is firming tons,moaydaat squadr.n, of whi c h P r i nce L a bi ns k y i s the commodore. agents from whom are now in England, purchasing some fine vessels, amongst others Lord Keane's schooner yacht Si ren, of 161 tons, and Mr. Spencer de Horsey's late yacht the Reindeer, of 107 tons. The splendid steamer built by the Whites for the Grand sultan is nearly ready for sea. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We regret to state that accounts have been received from the Cape, which represent that Captain Gibson, and Dr. Howell, of the Rifle Brigade, accompanied by the Hon. W. Chetwynd, 73d Regiment, went on an amateur excursion among the Kafirs, fell into an ambush, and thus all of them were sacrificed to their imprudence. THE UNITED STATES. By the Baltimore, Captain Johnson, arrived at Havre on the 3d inst., we have received American papers down to the oth ult. The close of the session of Congress had been suc ceeded by an entire dearth of political news, and the various 'Heathers of that assembly were busy in re tiring from the scene of their labours with all possible dispatch. With respect to the war in Mexico we publish the following extracts from the New York Journal of Commerce of March 10 : " There were upwards of 80 sail of vessels at Point Isabel on the 13th, inelu iir g the two ships containing, the New York R , egitnent.' This regiment was to pro ceed immediat , ly to Lobos ',land, the general rendez vous, preparatory to a descent upon Vera Cruz. • " The Georgia INiment, which originally consisted of 910 men, has been reduced by deaths and discharges to 626. "A letter from Saltillo states that when the 80 mounted men of the Kentucky and Arkansas ltziments were captured, they were 93 miles from that city, in the di rection of San Luis Potosi. " The Matamoras Flag of February 17 states that the defences of that city are such as to enable the garrison to defend it against any force which the Mexicans can bring against it. "It is now certain that the battle of Bracito, near El Paso, on the Upper Rio Grande, was fought by Colonel Doniphan's regiment of Missouri Volunteers, aided by a detachment of 100 men from other regiments under Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell, making the whole Ameri can force 600. These whipped 1,100 Mexicans, killing 28 or 30, putting the rest to ill*, and capturing one cannon, without themselves losing a man. They, how ever, had seven wounded, but none dangerously. By the schooner Delta, arrived at New Orleans on the Ist inst., we have news from Tampico to the 20th ult. General Scott arrived at Tampico on the 19th, where it was reported that Vera Cruz had been evacuated by order of Santa Anna, and the enemy's t roo p s marc h e d to the interior. Mr. Lumsden writes to the Picayune from Tampico, 13th ult, that he has seen a letter from a Mexican officer to a friend, dated San Luis the 9th, which states that Santa Anna was to march on Saltillo preparatory to attacking Monterey. General Urrea, with 5,000 troops at Victoria, was to attack Matamoras, , and that both expeditions must prove successful. The writer of this letter is Santa Anna's private sec re t ar y, and he says they shall give the Yankee's hot work in the north, while General Scott is marching on Vera Cruz. It is pretty certain that Santa Anna is now at &Hilo, and it is even reported that lie had engaged in a conflict with General Taylor, but the latter is not believed at Tampico. General Scott had issued orders to punish all crimes committed by Mexicans or Americans not proiided for by the army clause, after trial before a military commission, according to the laws of the United States. " General Taylor, with Briggs's and Thomas's bat teries, and the 2d Mississippi Regiment, arrived at Saltillo on the 2d of February, and had taken a position at Aqua Nueva. All the troops were to go there on the 10th, except a few to remain in town. There is little doubt but that General Minon will give General Taylor considerable trouble. It is stated that General Taylor wants light troops very much. A letter from Brazos, dated 22d of February, says, that Taylor was busy mak ing water tanks, and collecting a large train of waggons and pack mules. The enemy had apparently left that part of the country for parts unknown—supposed to wards Vera Cruz. General Worth's division had all embarked except the dragoons and light batteries. General Worth would sail in a day or two in the Edith. The Atrevida, of New Orleans, from Campeachy, 19th February, brings news that the British Royal Mail steamer Tweed, was lost on the 12th of February, N.E. of Cardenas. Sixty persons were drowned. Au expe dition was sent from Campeachy to her assistance." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, MARCH 9. There is but little doing to-day in any article. Cotton-400 bales so!d, prices firm. Flour—No sales, prices steady. Corn quiet. Ashes—s 4 81c. and $6 25c., quiet. Whisky, 29c. Pork-900 barrels prime sold at $l2 38c. ; 300 barrels at 812, and more offered at that; there aro buyers of mess at $l4. Sterling-3 3-4 to 4 1-2 premium ; francs, 542 1.2 to 3 3-4 ; freights easier. Evening.—Cotton is very firm. 1,000 bushels Jersey yellow corn sold at 95c. ; 5,000 bushels extra Southern white at 95c. ; 2,500 bushels Jersey white at 90c. ; common Southern white at 90c. ; 200 quintals dry cod fish at $3 62 1-2 c. A ship was taken up for Cork and a market in Ireland at 8 , . and 26d. ; one for London at Ss. for fllur ; another to be here, in all June, at ss. per barrel, and 16J. per bushel for Liverpool. REPORTED LOSS OF THE ROYAL MAIL S FEAR-PACKET SHIP TWEED. By the arrival of the Calpe, South-Western Company's steamer, at Southampton yesterday, we have received the melancholy intelligence of the loss of the Tweed, and sixty lives, as we gather from the following particulars, extracted from the New Yorh Picayune of March 1, which; with files of other American papers down to the 10th ult., had arrived at Havre by the Baltimore, Cap tain Johnstone:— `• The Yucatan schooner, Atrevida, Captain Zsnchez, arrived at this port this morning from Campeachy, hav ing sailed on the 19th of February. "A letter has been received by her from a commercial house at Campeachy announcing that news reached that city on the evening of the 17th of the loss of the British Royal Mail-steamer Tweed. She was lost on the 12th of February, on the north-east end of the Alacranes, and sixty persons were drowned. The Tweed left Havannah on the 9th ult., for Vera Cruz and Tampico. Expe ditions were sent from Campeachy to her assistance. The Alacranes lie about seventy miles from the coast of Yucatan, directly north of Merida." The Tweed was the packet now due; possibly the Tay or some other vessel may bring the West India mails home in her stead, and shortly furnish additional parti- culars. The Tweed was commanded by Mr. George Parsons, a very skilful officer. ENGLISH AND IRISH RAILWAYS. The projects for new lines of railway in England and in Ireland rest on quite different grounds ; in the former they adapt themselves to existigg4raffic, connect the richest and most productive nits, and grow out of the exuberance of existing wealth. Ireland may be considered for such purposes aa:a " tabula rasa," a clear field, on which the ~e4ineer may lay out his lines, by abstract reference to' the interests and wants of the country, in such a manner as to suit the natural features of the ground, and develop in the most effectual manner its latent resources. Such seem to have been the views of the original Railway Commissioners ; they proposed to traverse Ireland by a system of main trunks, termi nating at the points most litftnirable to foreign inter course, and affording branches to suit existing internal intercourse, They felt the importance of turning a tide of foreign transit through Ireland, which requires such aids to sustain its ,railways. In the p resen t sess i on i t will be incumbent on the Government and the Parlia ment to view all projects in this light, whether they are likely to attract foreign support ; several claim such ad vantages, and considerable competition has arisen be tween the claims of different localities. These respective claims are espoused with much enthusiasm and it is right that they should be all dealt with in a spirit of perfect impartiality. We own th a t one o f them strikes na as carrying with it a wei*ht pf ex traneous and independent authority , which it is impossible to resist, we mean the line of railway having its terminus at Valencia harbour. We cannot shut our eyes to the fact, that the Americans, who must be quite indifferent as to local interests, have, after care ful inquiry, given a preference to Valencia, as a point of departure for their continent. This has been announced in American publications, and adopted by various men 1 of science on the continent of Europe. In fact, geographically speaking, the case of Valencia cannot be doubted. It would be preposterous, in such a case, to raise the question of existing traffic; there may be little or no traffic, but it does not follow that if vent be given, and a facility for foreign intercourse afforded, great sources of commercial wealth may not speedily arise— new channels of trade be opened—and industry be spread through a population hitherto placed in the back settlements of the world. Such, at least, seem to be the well-founded lucubrations of the best statistical philo sopher of France respecting the harbour in question. Nothing can be grander than the contemplation of com bining at one point the vast tides of intercoure be tween Europe and America. The Americans desire eagerly to multiply and confirm their relations with Ireland ; they are much more conscious than we are at this side of the ocean, how near the western coast of Ireland is to New York, and how much the increasing facilities of ocean intercourse approxi mate those points. If the Government will not avail itself of what nature points out as the rational policy in this respect; it will stultify itself in the eyes of Europe. Continental nations look on the point of western depar ture nearest to America, as interesting with respect to personal safety, rapidity of transit, and security of pro perty. This is not a period in which to struggle against nature, to disregard obvious sources of national security and prosperity, or to leave to casual accomplishment, by secondary means, those great objects of imperial interest which ought to command the patriotic attention of our own Government. The lateAdminittration very wisely a barren adopted Ilolyhead, though point, as a link for connexion with Dublin. The railway system is about to extend its rapidity of action to the extreme west of Ireland; and a sort of locomotive miracle will be ob tained, in the transfer of a traveller to a distance of 10i degrees west of London in eighteen hours, and embark. ing him free from all the delays and dan gers o f our Channel navigation.—Railway Register for April, DISTRESS IN IRELAND.—A meeting of the officials connected with her Majesty's Customs in London will be held to-morrow in the Commercial Sale-rooms, Mincing lane, at half-past four o'clock, to adopt some measures in aid of the subscription for the relief of distress in Ireland. Arrangements it is stated are in progress for similar meetings by all the Government offices, COURT CIRCULAR. • Wisbsoft, SITY - Thilr.The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early wail( this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of %Vales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, tack walking and pony exercise this forenoon in the Slopes. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena has also taken an airing. _ _ I Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the Domestic Household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Yesterday her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked in the vicinity of the Castle in the forenoon, and all the Royal Family took their usual airings. Their Excellencies Monsieur and Madame Van de Weyer, and Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. G E. Anson, had the honour of joining the Royal circle at the Castle, at - dinner, yesterday evenin g . The State Apartment s i n Windsor Castle continue to be open, gratuitously, to the public, on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Fridays, and this week (being Easter week), on Monday and Wednesday also. The Lord Chamberlain's tickets may be obtained in London, gratis, of Messrs. Paul, and Dominic Colreighi, Printsellers, No. 14, Pallmall East ; Mr. Moon, Print seller, No. 20, Threadneedle-street ; Mr. Michell, Book seller, No. 33, Old Bond-street ; Messrs. Ackermann and Co., Printseller,-, No. 96, Strand ; They are avail able for one week from the day they are issued. .R silents and visitor s a t Wi n d sor w h o have not had an opportunity of obtaining the m in London may obtain the tickets on application (between one and three o'clock, for admission between two and four o'clock) to John Ro bents, Esq., the Inspector in the Lord Chamberlain's de partment at his Office in the Winchester Tower, Wind sor Castle. But these tickets will be available for the day only on which they shall be applied for, and will not be given to persons coming from London or its vicinity. The hours of admission to the State apartments are from Ist April to 31st October, between eleven and four. The tickets are not transferrable, and it is contrary to her Majesty's command that payment for, or in re ferenee to, them be made to any person whatever. Guide books may be obtained in London for one penny each, from the parties who issue the tickets for the state apartments, and for the same sum from the Queen's tradesmen in Windsor, where these notices appear. Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marl borough House. Her Royal Highness the D uc h ess o f C am b r id ge visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday, at Glou cester House. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) was better on Saturday. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wei mar, and Earls Cawdor and Bathurst, attended Divine service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Helmore, the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Dakins, and the Communion service by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Jelf. The anthem was "If we believe that Jesus " (Boyce). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Bishop of London administered the sacrament. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FOUR O'CLOCK. Since we publi s h e d the list of engagements for the ensuing week, the following horses have arrived : Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes ; Duke of Rich mond's Halo, Red Hart, and Vampyre ; Mr. Mostyn's Planet. King of Morven, Devil-me-care, and Wilder ness ; Sir C. Monek's Vanish ; Colonel Anson's Bing ham, Don Caesar, Laz trill°, and Jack Misters ; Mr. Bowes's Epirote ; Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser ; Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First and Mendicant ; Mr. Wre ford's Whirligig and Wild Doe ; Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt ; Mr. Payne's Sir Francis and Lancer ; Lord Glas gow's Discontent and Conspiracy ; Lord Strad broke's Marpessa colt and Lycurgus ; and Lord Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell, Free Lance, Brother to Stich, and Maid of Saragossa. Forth will have nothing for the meeting. The above additions render it probable that all the engagements on the list will come off except the matches between Alarm and Paragon, Alarm and The Baron, and Capt. Phcebus and Ukraine. Alarm receives in the first two, and the latter is off by consent. The following horses have been scratched :—Gag, Outport, Cothen, and Free Gift for the three 50 Sovs. Sweepstakes to-morrow ; Fladowlagh, Watchdog, Tun arogh, Doleful, Refraction, and Corsair, for the New market Handicap ; the Matilda colt for her three en gagement, the Zulmina filly, Fieldmouse, Billow colt, and Veneur for the Column ; Pampeluna for his en gagements on Wednesday ; and Joy for the Port. Several others are likely to be struck out in the course of the day, and the fields, with the exception of the Newmarket Handicap, for which fifteen or sixteen will probably show at the post, will be small. The list contains some races of considerable interest, amongst them the stakes in which Epirote, Planet, and Red Hart are engaged, the Newmarket Handicap, the Port, and the match between Pyrrhus the First and Traverser —but, on the whole, does not promise anything wonder. ful in the way of sport. Nor does the weather lead us to expect a full attendance ; for many days past there has beck enough of snow, hail, rain, and fog, to remind us of the depth of winter, rather than the approach of a spring campaign, and, to-day, although the temperature is more genial, the appearance of the atmosphere is an thing but encouraging. It is fortunate that not withstanding the unwonted duration of %into., the cour , e is in first-rate condition, and the stables, with very few exe , ptions, are healthy. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1847. MONDAY.—Dgke of Bectord's Weatberbit, 31b, sgst Mr. O'B r i en ' s Th e L iberator, ist 10:b. T. M. M. 500 h ft. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, SUNDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR MONDAY. CRAVEN STAKES.— Weathez bit, 5 yrs—King of Mor. yen. 3 yrs—The Cardinal's Niece, 3 yrs. HANDICAP, D.M.—Prussic Acid, 4 yrs, Bst 1216—St. Demetri, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—Glory, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—Radul phus, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Bridle, 3 yrs, Est 121b—Conan More, 3 yrs, Est 10113—Vampire, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Brother to Stitch, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Lancers, 3 yrs, Est 416—Ma cremma filly, 3 yrs, 6st. One paid. HANDICAP, T.Y.C.—Wilderness, 4 yrs, Bst 121b—Sir Francis, 5 yrs, ist 121b—St. Demetri, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—Colleen Bawn, 5 yrs, 7st 51b —Little Vulgar Boy, 4 yrs, Est 121 b. The Riddlesworth is left to the Harmony colt and Whirligig: the others are scratched. BETTING ON THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 9 to 2 agst Sting 10 to 1 agst Lynceus 6 to 1 sgst Vanish 16 to 1 agst Queen of the 10 to 1 agst Campanile (t) Tyne. No others mentioned. FIFTY SOVS. STAKES (MONDAY). Even between Miami and Halo. Redhart is scratched for this race. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Earl Fitzhardinge's hds., Wed., Side Bottom ; Thurs., Haile Wood. Mr. Hildyard's hrrs., Tues., Westernhope Burn ; Fri., NiTood cro ft —lO4 Mr. Watson's hds., Tues., Hartburn ; Fri., N e th erw itt on. Tindale lids., Thurs., Hesleyside. York and Ainsty lids., Tues., Skipwith Bridge; Thurs., Oulston ; Sat., Ribston Hall-10%. Durham County lids, Wed., Thomley ; Fri., Shineliff -10i. Bedale lids., Tues., Leyburn ; Fri., Hipswell Village-11. Cleveland lids., Thurs., Osborn's Rush-10%. F. B. lids., Wed., Tremwith-10 1 ,/ z . Mr. Horndon's hds., Thurs., Radleygate-10%. Oakley hds., Thurs., Castle Ashby; Sat., Harrold Bridge —l4 to 11. Lord Redesdale's hds., Wed., Shipton Barrow; Fri., Se zincot House, Warwickshire lids., Tues., Congleton Court; Thurs., Red Hill; Sat., Hay Wood. Sir H. Seale's hds., Fri., Stanbrongh. Somersetshire Subscription lids., Tues., Raleigh's Cross; Fri., Slowly Wood—toi. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDI- TURE OF IRELAND. A return, obtained by Mr. Brown, M.P., affords the following statistical information with regard to Ireland : It appears that the income and expenditure in Ireland (the latter exclusive of the charge of the Funded Debt) amounted, in 1846, to 4,692,4631. and 3,414,4541. re spectively, leaving an excess of 1,278,0091. In 1817 the income was 4,384,8161., and the expenditure 4,209,016/. There has been a regular annual excess of income since 1817, with the exception of the years 1819, 1820, 1821, and 1822, when the balance of expenditure preponderated. The average excess of income each year appears to have been from 1,700,000/. to 1,800,000/. in round num bers. The annual charge of interest on the Funded Debt of Ireland was in 1846 4,176,4581., and the amount of the deficiency of income paid into the Exchequer in Ireland to meet the annual charge of interest on the debt in the :rime year was 2,898,4491. The gross total amount of this deficiency since 1817 is no less than the sum of 101,606,6391. The total net produce of the revenue of Ireland paid into the Exchequer in 1846 amounted to 4,692,4631, against 4,478,7921. in 1845; of this, 2,258,0431. arose from Customs, 1,467,0601. from Excise, 573,7672 from Stamps, 29,0001. from the Yost-office, from repayments Yost-office,, s,BBBLfromim prest and other m o ni es , an d 3 of advances for public works. The net amount of expenditure in 1846 amointed to 3,414,4541., against 2,593,426/. in 1845. Of this amount 1,143,9801. was appropriated to the army, 10 5,0001. to the ordnance, 472,404 L to miscellaneous, 902,856/. to the charges on the Consolidated Fund, and 79 0,214/, to advances for public works. On the Ist of February, a l n B d l7 t , h t e h th e annual gross debt of Ireland thereon to 6.0 amounted 3B to 13 . 0 ,5 ,1 6 11 1 e ,0 t 3 0 7 t / i; chargel . wreebdtucoefd Irelandto 4,1 d 76,f4u5n8d/e in Great Brit a i n na . 3n/ s n total° d 925,0001. i n 1798 ; i n 1801 it had risen to Tsbe on l y 2, 15,315,000 ; in IEIO, t o 53,694,0001.; and in 1816, to 103 032 0 2 a ,7 0 5 n 0/ a . 1 charge, which in 1798 was only 126,4701., had risen in 1817 to 4,392,9591. TRE E ATHER. — VeFetation has suffered a severe, and it is feared an injurious check, by the variations in the temperature which have been experienced within the last few days, the principal features of which had been sharp frosts and heavy falls of snow. We understand that the early potatoes have been cut off; and unless wall trees have been protected a crop of fruit can hardly be expected from such as have sent forth their blos soms. On Monday the hills in several parts of Wales were covered with snow six inches deep.—Bristol Journal. AtATtIVirNG FIRES. This morning, between tee he and one o'clock. tire, nearly attended with fatal consequences, broke out at 42, Chapel street, Islington, in the occupancy of Mr. J. Crosswell, general denier. The flames otioinated from some unknown cause, in the back parlour, and were first discovered by the proprietor, who, hearing a sudden noise in the lower part of the house at the moment he was going to bed, went to ascertain the cause, when, to his ast on i s h ment, h e found the flames ascending the staircase with such vie;ence that the inmates, in order to effect a retreat, were obliged to get out of the windows. The engines of the various stations quickly attended, and there being an abundant supply of water, the fire men worked incessantly until a little after one o'clock, when they got the flames extinguished. By that. period thh fire had either burned or damaged the whole of the stock in trade, furniture, &c., in the lower portion of the house. The loss, as far as Mr. Cresswell is con cerned, will fall upon the Sun Fire-office, lent the lodgers, unfcrtu lately, were uninsured. Yesterday mornirg, betwet n five and six, considerable alarm was created in W ellington -street North, Serand, by the sudden owl-Teak of r. tire on the premises be longing to Mr. J. Pitt, hatter and tohneconiz,t. The dis covery was made by a p•ilice-constable o f th e I' di v i s i on, ttl i t i s r t ( a u t githt escapeils t e r e , l:l l. l n % g t v h a s e s i'i s r ' f , t d , i ' e s e i f , • , t i t c, ' a t :n o i 1:; from th e s h op frone An t T ( l . ltours:, ut a re w m i nutes o f Li fe from Fire arrivA, followed by numerous engine s of the Lon don liii.,2,ade, We,t of EnOned, and County dikes. Plenty of water hi iz - g procured, the flames were extin guiseed, but not until the abet' of the 'tuck of hats was chonag, d by fire and smoke, and the partition, the fl and fixtures on one site of the shop parti a ll y burned. The origin of this, as well as the two previous tires, is wrepped in mrstery. Mr. Pitt was insured for stock in trade in the Pl'maix, and the building was in sured in the County (.flier. About half-past o n e o ' c l oc k th e sam e morning a fire, which h a d it no t b een so opportune l y di scovere d, wou ld have been attended with very disastrous consequences, broke out upon the premises known as the Temperance Hall, in Milton-street, Cripplegate. It was caused from the overheating of the copper flue, which set the bond timber in the back kitchen in flames, The engines and firemen from Whitecross-street station quickly attended, and they succeeded in getting the fire extinguished be fore any considerable damage was done. About half an hour later a tire was discovered burn ing on the premises situate at 52, Rosamond-street, Clerkenwell, in the occupation of Mr. J. D. Cole, butcher. The engines attended very early, but owing to the exertions of the inmates and police the flames were soon subdued, but not before considerable damage was done. Mr. Cole was not insured. The origin of the fire could not be ascertained. Last night, shortly before eight o'clock, an alarming fire broke out upon the extensive premises occupied by Mr. Simpson, a fancy bread and bisjuit baker, situate at the western corner of Bend-street, and abutting Picca dilly. The fire was first discovered by a person passing, who, seeing a light in the lower part of the premises, alarmed the inmates, amongst whom were Mr. Simpson and his family and servants, when it was discovered that the lower part of the premises was on fire; they had scarcely time to escape before the whole broke out into a blase. Messengers were dispatched to the various engine stations, and several engines speedily arrived. A plentiful supply of water being at hand, the engines were put in action, and in the space of an hour suc ceeded in so far mastering the fire as to allay all appre hension of further danger, but not until the whole of the premises, which are very extensive, were gutted, and the stock in trade, together with the furhiture, com pletely destroyed. The premises adjoining No. 45, Bond-street, occupied by Messrs. Judd and Son, boot and shoemakers, and No. 58, Piccadilly, occupied by Mr. Alabaster, straw bonnet maker, as also their stock in trade and furniture, were seriously injured by water and hasty removal, it being found necessary to carry the hose through each of the houses to get at the rear of the fire. It is understood that Mr. Simpson is not in sured, but it is believed that the premises are. FATAL ACCIDENT.--011 Saturday Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Fountain, King-street, Seven Dials, on the body of Benjamin Braithwaite Cummings, aged 51, a fireman belonging to the London Fire Engine Establishment. The deceased, on Wednes day evening last, was engaged extinguishing a fire that had broken out in the kitchen chimney of the house numbered 2, Little Denmark -street, St. Giles's, when the top round of the ladder on which he was standing, in the gutter plate of the roof, gave way, and the deceased fell into the back yard, a distance of forty-one feet. A medical gentleman was immediately sent tor, but before he had time to arrive the unfortunate man had ceased to exist. It was satisfactorily proved that the deceased was a remarkably sober man, and that the ladder was not one connected with the fire companies, but belonged to the house in which the fire commenced. He had placed it against the chimney himself, not knowing that it was in an unsafe condition. The Coroner inquired if the brigade had not the means of extinguishing a, chimney on fire without getting up a ladder. He thought the draught of the chimney might be stopped up, and the fire thereby extinguished without exposing the men to any danger. Mr. Paul Girrard, the engineer of Crown -street station, said that he had been a fireman fur fourteen years, and the only effectual way of getting a fire in a chimney subdued was by pouring buckets of water and rubbish down. The foreman of the jury said that the deceased had been a fireman upwards of a quarter of a century, and he had left a wine and eight children ; he hoped. therefore, that the coroner would use his influence in gating some proviice for the family from the establi,hmcnt to which deceased had be!onged. The Coroner—l have no influence with any one belonging to the establishment ; I don't know one of them. If I saw their names I might know them ; but I think in eases of this description that the cons ri:E:Sthgeefloierielimllayn porritliededtilstfr.lret,tlsiaei d ntha'tst i a le i c v a e s s e . wo h u l i r d .. be laid before the committee, and he had no doubt that something handsome would be done for the family. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." MALT, HOPS, , AND BREWERS.—The usual annual accounts relative to malt, hops, and brewers, have'bees laid before Parliament, on the motion of Mr. Alderman flumphery, M.P. It appears, imprimis, that the gross total number of acres of land in Great Britain under the n t h o o f ps which :16 h 0, 0 5.81 3 73 - 2 e n r w et l rh B ea 4 t 6 i n col a fu m de o d u l e l d th t o e collection o f C anter b ury. Rochester, scu l, l 9 ti 4 v B a . t 7 io - n l6t o h t s . 6,790 in that of Hereford, and 12,023 in Sussex. The gross total duty on hops of the year 1846 amounted to 443,6571. The quantity of British hops exported from Great Britain to various foreign countries in 1846 was 448,4971 b. The quantity of foreign hops exported was 577 cwt., and the quantity imported 3,283 cwt., almost exclusively from the United States of America. The total number of pounds weight of hops charged with duty in the several collections of the United Kingdom in 1846 amounted to 50,704,025. We now turn to malt :—Tbe total quantity of malt made in 1846 amounted to 4,987,350 quarters, of which 3,630,394 quarters were used by brewers and victuallers, and 446,117 quarters by retailers. The quantity of malt made in the quarter ended the sth of January, 1847, amounted to 953,850 quarters. The number of licensed brewers and vic tuallers in England was, last year, 2,213 and 58,377 respectively ; 34,067 persons were licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, and 3,625 to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises. The number of victuallers who brewed their own beer was 26,013 ; the quantity of malt consumed by each class was as follows, viz. :—By brewers, 18,648,421 bushels, by victuallers, 7,864,781 bushels ; by persons licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, 3,162,132 bushels ; and by persons licensed to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises, 406,802 bushels. SURPLUS GAME.—We are glad to be informed that his Grace the Duke of Devonshire has ordered the sur plus game atChatsworth and neighbourhood to be killed, and that that is now being done. Mr. Arkwright is e ta st k a i t n e l t h L e e t s a o m t h e e r laudable s e s o e u s s r s e e x upon o h f i a ga te: b p ya nr s h i n r e s the same judicious and desirable plan. Excessive game preserving premiumt ef veryor poaching.nursery G A MBLING ,IN PARDL—The Constit u ti onne l re l ates i p n r e o s t e h r e vi r n w g or h d a s s , a the following instance of the viceissitudes of the game of Lansquenet. A few evenings ago two young men sat down to play, and commenced with the moderate stakes of 5f., which being won, was at the next deal doubled, and fell to the same party. In this way the game went on, doubling the stakes till it amounted to 168,840 f., which again tell to the unVorm fortunate player, who wished his opronent to stop, and take his revenge an other night, when the luck might turn in his Favour. The loser, however, was desperate, and insisted upon going on. The winner, after much hesitation, consented, but on condition that it should be the last deal, and that the winner should give 10,000 f. out of 327,680 E, the stakes then amounted to, for the benefit of the poor. t The cards were then dealt, and this time fortune favoured desperate player, and he saved all his former losses, except the stipulated 10,0001'. ranceso Carboni, the Senior Diplomatist at th e C ourt i n We have to record the demise of his Excellency F of S we d en , who died at Stockholm at th e c l ose of last month in his 87th year. The d eceased was Charge dA res of the Duke of Lucca, and fulfilled that office thirty years at Stockholm. Ho was also Consul-General for Naples, Sicily, Rome, a n d S ardinia. His Excellency efoorrpsFodripeilgn oma A ti ff g a u i e r t s, at ß te a n r d o e n d Von e funeral T he dayof t the fore yest i th h e re, Sw a e n d d ish th A e li e n n is ti t r e er was leavin g H avre, a deceased .boeartd,aiyn'wjust h a u s e t r h e e fi C v a e e fi n s shteerammeenr, fortunatelycapsized, andthey captain 0 f thseu epeaecci wereeetd i i mmediate l y nm a s l ea l dvi t ian h tg r e o l yw then loweredin w t h o o t l e h e ao s fb e o a tah . i ‘e ma : n_ h d e Galign ani of Saturday. SYMPTOMS OF AGE.—The Old Bridge of Dumfries, after standing GOO years, has begun to give way. Last week a lad tumbled through a hole in it into the river. The Dumfries Courier gives the following particulars respecting this venerable fabric :—" The Old Bridge of Dumfries, erected at an early period of the 13th century, consisted originally of 13 arches, with a guard -gate in the centre ; and, in our opinion, is the oldest structure of its size in Scotland, if not Great Britain—keeping out of view Roman single arches, specimens of which are still extant. The kindred antiquity at Stirling, we suppose, comes nearest to it ; an old Forth fabric of un known date, but which figures in 1571 as the scene of the public execution of Hamilton, Bishop of St. Andrew's In its youth it had only four arches, with flanking towers, and a gate in the middle. Two silver keys be longing, each seven inches in length, are preserved in the Town-house, and were last presented to the Duke o Cumberland iu 1746. The year before . the south arch was destroyed by General Blackeney, to prevent rein forcements joining the standard of Prince Charlie. But a few months thereafter, when Cumberland *hazed the Jacobites, the f a ll en arc h h a d to b e su ppli e d with woode n legs and boards, to enable him to pass over--so curious, sometimes, is the fortune of war." t.-,,~.