The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-02 00:00:00

Y A TT N; E : ss ; ,tAli S i. , , , e r r t. 1 E S U N - , LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN I r s '' r esi "e OCTOBER 2, .; 8 4 7 N.p . , T AN OC D :K r • R 1M1N5........4, AMM15t.....,......411..1.1.1.......................... Front te Official Li st, Ev . SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. ' I t,.., ,... b.. A AN T 1 E 53 5 , T ASS I T T RA IC N F; E ST ,ot O N: F T NY.) THE MAGAZINES. ' and the nerves shudder. It abounded with dark and FIIASER. THE SWINTON MURDER. g The most readable paper in tine p resen t num b er i s Edwin Sellars was brought up on Tuesday at Last night Macbeth was represented again at this ( ~1 to and B LACKII' 00D. goblin passages; it was the whirlwind blowing among " Old Ebonhe month,"-" Kit North again inp, • 7 - g it entitled " The Praslin Family," and the following the Sheffield Police -court, charged with having, on suburban dramatic temple, by the powerful company the crags . of the Ju . n , frqu and swarmin with the forms and cries of the witches of the Walpurees; was Eury- „ 4th `e ' "tee -- l'e , ll malicious l y , -Arrd. the field,"-" Amer Ara new nurnher of Blachzcood,"-as , . ebort sketch of the career of the father of the last the ~., po./..1 .., e nte..y, and with whom Mr. Phelps has gathered under his banner ; igstou, the piratical placards proclaim upon the walls of every dice travorsincr the corridors of hell i 'it was midnight over the wilde"rnese, with the clouds drifting before the Duke sufficiently explains the interest which the pre- malice aforethought. killed and murdered one Caleb and never was this great play better set before the eteneisreLD N E D V O E ENISG. erara ; city, and in the windows of every print-shop in the moon ;it was a 'hurricane on the deep sea ;it was sent Royal Family of France have manifested for the Barker, of Swinton, labourer. public. Mr. Phelps enacted the sturdy conscience- York ; son :- Mrs. Elizabeth liarker, the widow of the murdered stricken Thane with almost more than his accustomed -me United States. At least, as they are declared to do everything horrible., wierdlike, and tumultuous. And trnley, by one of the merriest and smartest of the correspon- through the ver y f ur y o f t h ese p as s age s there would " The Duke Choiseul Praslin, father of the last Duke, man, said, that on the 4th of September, her husband, ability. The deep fervid eloque n c e , an d th e t err ifi c arOINT-STOCX B-1.273i5. pondents to the Magazine-see page 430 of this nom- start tones of r a vishing and gentle b:auty-the incense early espoused the revolutionary party; and as he sePa - who left home alone between seven and eight o'clock passion a n d gu ilty f ear o f the doomed man, were ex- Dividend Xmount ___________________ l iuStry, which he belonged, in the evening, was brought home about eleven o'clock cellently depicted. bar for October. We break through the regular roue of an adoring heart wafte to the black heavens rated himself from the nobility to Miss Addison is, perhaps, the e ale eof Company. per of Paid. isi,., aica. ' Hegave in his adhesion to Buona arte with Alumna. Share. -Arrd. ' tine:of the articles-on the true Flaccusian principle of through the lightnings atd lamentations o f Ni neve h. ne v e r em i gra t e ,. p several wounds, his head being cut and bruised, best representative of Lady Macbeth on the stage ; I ,l l7,r,g'ng in medi.zs res-for the purpose of calling Again the musician c hanged the purpose of his im- after the 18 . Brumaire. In 1805,. he was named one of and his left ear almost cut off. He died the next throughout she was the stern, passionate, cruel -- x s. d. .I„.' s. d. 1 '---- Ara it the imperial chamberlains; and in 1811, president of the New attention off-hand to the paper in question. ...m aga provisation ; it was no longer dismal and appalling, His , morning. woman drawn by the poet. Immediately on the en- Australasia •••-• •• •• I 40 0040 0 0 - Electoral C llof were, the o ege Seine and Marne. cry then WItS pathetic. The instrument became,. as it .. , Thomas Gore said, that about half-past ten o'clock, trance of Miss Addison, and whilst perusing the le, Commercialriaoi of American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 44% iswick. in America -a suggestive title ! a title fragrant of Grand N 1 i In 18' 3 1 , London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - of sadness it became eloquent with an inarticulate was, Vice a jamais le apo eon . 1 , it on the night of the d-fli f' . I' ...... o. -ep.em_er, he was passing high-toned letter from Macbeth, she suddenly fell ecaomain .....- •. 51. par cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - iwick ; the usquebaugh of good Mr. Ambrose-reminiscent organ it , . with „„,. . • gave new proofs of devotion, and on 6th January, 1814, woe • was abreast enton, of the crutch of King Christopher-commemorative broken' with sorrow a soul dissolving with emotions. was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. On the close by Mr. Barker's potteries, near Swinton, when back in a fainting fit, and was carried off. The cur- f i ,on ‘ dn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - kshire, of the Ettrick Shepherd and his boon companion of Then the variable harmonies . rose from' • • into pensiveness 3lst i 1814, when a number of Royalists in the a man walked past. We exchanged a "good night" tain, of course, immediately fell, and Mr. Marston N ., i e e n tr e o e p n o e n o ta ii i i i tfe . i . ock ... 61. per cent. . 2 5 5 0 (0) 0 10 0 0 - •• •• •• - 7 10 0 idland. the Nodes. The article is in truth a delightful gos- frenzy, from frenzy into the noise and the shocks of is Place Louis XV., raised the cries of ' Vivo le Roi, vi- as we passed. When I had gone on a few paces canee forward and sought the indulgence of the audi- Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - icotia ; sipping, bantering, egotistical, querrulous, enthusias• great battle ; they swelled to the din of contending vent les Bourbons !' the . answer of the Duke de Praslin, farther a man lying in a ditch, and got him once for a brief while. In about half an hour the National e a ' N o ' of Ireland w•• ••• : : :f.. l e e r r c c e e n nt.. 5 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 - ope, of tic letter, describing the ruthless manner in which armies, to the storm and vicissitudes of war lik e d ee d s , co l one l o f t h e fir s t l egion of the Nat i onal Guard, was ou t, m he could not stand. John Heely and Wil- performances were resumed, and Miss Addison pro- Blackwood is reprinted in a sort of fay-simile fashion, and soared at last into a pman such as that of victorious ` e Nous avons un ordre de choses iitabili !' liam Turner happened to pass at the time, and we ceeded to the end to act with her usual ability. iMr. • Nat. Provnclal of Eng. Si. per cent. 1 100 0 0 35 0 o Ditto, New.- •• • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 shore ; , . and at an intolerably reduced rate, in the United legions when- e But no sooner was this ordr e d e choses d es t roye d, th an carried him towards Barker's house, and called for a Marston was an effective Macduff. The other chit- ( 'Union nlon ofof A L u o s o tia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - L0nd0n..... 51• per cent. ,50 0 0 10 0 0 - : I , i .• M. do Praslin turned round volts face. On the 6th of light. Barker's son came out • h light, with a and re- ratters were well sustained. The scenery is beautiful [llford, . . States. The fat-simile, or Icon, as the writer, in a " Gaily to glory they come, April, six days afterwards, he gave in his adhesion to all red in - facetious spirit of classicality calls it, is produced at Like a king in his pomp, cognised the man as his father. We carried him into in the extreme. The theatre was filled ; and it would CANALS. the acts of the Senate, which pronounced the downfal of To the blast of the tromp, the house. He e appeared sensible, but did not speak. seem that the oftener the great play is represented, as New York, with established agencies at Boston, Phi- Napoleon, whom, in Louis-Phillipian phrase, he calledle ! And the roar of the mighty drum!" He was much cut and bruised, and looked as if he had written by the great poet, the greater crowds does it Names of 2 Dividend „,. Names of 6 Dividend' aizeati ladelphia, Baltimore, Savannah, New Orleans, and P ordre de choses-acts too, which recalled the Bourbons Companies. 2 per ''''''' Companies. ti per Price. Paris ; with puffs, headed by such exclamatorythe instrument As the triumphant tones of rolled up by name. Not content with these demonstrations, which been knocked down. draw towards Sadler's. Wells. ee Annum. ~2, Alumnae i went sentences as those quoted at the beginning of this and filled the apartment with a torrent -. ' from its recesses, . . . somewhat surprised royalty, he placarded the walls of John Heely said-I am a potter. I lodged with - - x Pratt, column ; with travelling agents dispatched a thousand of majestic sounds, as the musician swayed to and fro in Paris with a proposal for a statue of Henry IV., in which, Barker, and continue to lodge with his widow. This POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Ashtn& Oldh 97 5/.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 10/ , with-the enthusiasm of his sublime inspirations, and enhanced . inland to lowa and Wisconsin ; and spreading ..• • amidst other fustian and fanfaronade, were these words: witness corroborated the statement of the previous We yesterday had the plea s ure of heari n g, at th e Ashby-d-la-Z 113 4/. i - Itintge 'sir 100 Al. ' - milesthe divine syrnphony by the crash of many thrilling and , . ! - southwards from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to abrupt discordi, the Rosierucian gaztid with awe upon _ Oui, s ublime Henri, c'est poi ce sont les traits ch6ris witness. He had also meta man coming from where Polytechnic Institution, a most instructive, yet pleas- B ea w r i n iig siz o . k . e .... lg o o 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - , 1.5 haven, the deltas of the Mississippi, with a prospect of ad- ' •of his t The • the responsive grandeur - qu i d o i ve nt charmer nos regards. La statue de notre the body was found, but he did not think he could ing, lecture, by Dr. Bachhoffner, on the Physical Brkiik&Abrg 150 5/. 8 - 5 - .leath •. Nottingham.... ( 5 )( () ) f2l. 1 340 h yes - bon Henri va nous titre rendu: bon Henri, nous revere recognise him a • . gain. Effects of a Jet of Steam. The learned gentleman, eromeora..•• 100 147 -.- Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 vancing Mexico-wards to, halls-not of Balclutha, petus of his superb imagination imparted an into' - Du*iley lOO 47 rend)" cons ton •mage; elle nous dna etc. Some further evidence was given in proof of the avoiding the beaten tracts of former - - Regent's .... 33 11. 4s. 20 but of the Montezumas. A more powerful argument ceivable dignity to every lineament, to his capacious rmer lecturers, con- Derby .•• - 100 6/• 63 Roohdale...• 85 41. 54 29th of the' month, the Duke was admitted to • On the - fined himself on this occasion principally to the sill ensmreeechs 133 4/. 54 Shropshire.. 125 81. - Werke in favour of an international copyright has not re- forehead, to his broad and distended nostrils, to the the presence of Charles Y. then Monsieur, with a fug- field, at the Swinton E.7ewash ••• 100 321. _ station, at eight o'clock on the ployment of steam as an agent in ventilation. TheSomrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 Forth & CI yd 100 4/. - Do.LkEdSt 12 61. p. c tirway cently appeared than . this same paper of " Maga in fierce protrusion of his under-lip, to the mobile and some address. On the 4th June he was created a peer of America." It may console the publishers of Black- generous expression of his mouth, to the tawny yellow But on the followingwhen , . year, le petit coporal' Doctor stated that considerable interest had been GrandJunom 100 6/. so Stffrd&Worc , l4o 281. • 275 mtivy, wood with the knovvledge that Maga is the only one of his complexion, to the brown depths of his noble and appeared, id not his to rejoin his banner, and Inspector Attwood said he took ',,the prisoner into excited recently by the fact of the House of Lords t.rand Mll°lllloo 11. 10s. 213., Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - 'lamorgnsh. 172 13%1. - Stourbrld e . 145 201. Lndere of the monthlies deemed of such importance and po- dilated eyes. T h h ere was something in unison with the was made hone of his peers. Such flagrant conduct as custody on the 15th upon another charge of burglary. being ventilated by steam ; and therefore he should t t :listr&Brltly MO - Strtn•don g A; 79 1/. lOs 305 glorious sounds t at reverberated through the chamber, polarity as to be copied in fee-simile-that the oldthis was unpardonable, and by an ordonnance of Louis The trousers he had on were stained with blood, endeavour to show that water, in its expanded state, Grantham - Severs and} • elvina, familiar portrait of Geordy Buchanan, encircled with even in the enormous contour . of his head and the gray > XVII of the 25th of July, isos m . de Choiseul-Praslin A surgeon deposed to the nature of the injuries could, by displacing large volumes of air, contribut t eLu n a n e t er s m u ld. 57 9 7s. - 6d. - 5 Rye Rail. 26 11. Bs. 30 ee Trnt & Mr- 7 Lynet, its frame-work of thistle, is discoverable in all quar- .disorder of his hair. He seemed to exult in the torrent ' " ceased to form a portion of the ahamber of Peers. From Barker had received. to a purpose so desirable as that of renewing the Lancaster 47 1/. 10s. - say .... j5O 301. - , New d it gushed •of 'melody y as that period, the Duke, w h e th er i n or out o f F rance , The prisoner was committed for trial upon the atmosphere of crowded buildings. It is not in Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 505 Thams &Med 19 - - tars and among all classes of North America, in the upon the dusk of the evening While Ca liostro was OUT Leicester 140 01 5 Worcstr &7 st thisbecame a Frondeur ; and, as an os t e ntatious dinner- charge of committing two burglaries, but Mr. OVER- power to follow the Doctor through the historical Lei ••••• • • 5 78 21. 4134 wigwams of the Redskins, among the natives of the listening in an ecstasy of admiration, he was startled bestr &Nth 83 41. 36 Birming. t bow- Y • giver and patron of newspaper riters, he was not w Duke • bay of Massachussets and the immigrants of the a sudden clangour among the bass•notes-the musicEND, who presided, said there was not sufficient evie details of his exordium-suffice it to say, that he dig- Loughborogh 142 701. ' 530 WUtsak Brks, 67 11. II .un on out influence in Paris in directing attention to the dente to commit him on the charge of murder. tinctly proved that the plan of ventilating by steam s dia.. Oregon, on the table of the schoolmaster, in the seemed to be jumbled into confusion, and the ear was of Orleans, no Louis Philippe. Hence the intimacy DOCKS. desk of the schoolboy, in the barracks of Jefferson- stunned by a painful and intolerable dissonance. On Praslin. The was not of a date so recent as many imagined, but between . the families of Orleans and ATTEMPT TO POISON. was brought before the world in the year 1794. To I Dividend Amount vine, and the public libraries of Washington, in the looking more intently, he perceived that the composer Prasl ns were doing the work of the youngest branch of ir.) villas bordering the Hudson, and among the most had let one hand fall abstractedly upon the key-board, the Lurie family Bourbons; and that good father of a who Yesterday morning great excitement prevailed in show the displacement of air by steam, Dr. Bach- Name of Company. per Annum. Share. of Paid. , Price. secluded planters in the Carolinas ; but it must afford while the other executed, by itself, a passage of extra- n . now reigns and governs in France has always been the the vicinity of Oakley-street, Lambeth, in conse- hoffner produced a most complete set of mechanical ordinary difficulty and involution. Then, for the first , s. d. X s. d. to 2s; sufficient cause for arousing their indignation by telling time, the thought struck him that the musician was deaf. man to be intimate with any one, no matter how indiffe- quence of an attempt to poison the family of Mr. apparatus, and, aided by the enormous hydro-machine . Commercial .... ••.• • 3/. per cent. I Stock. I - , - os for them how Messrs. Bathyllus Reprint, and Co., of Ale. ! thn cimrtngitinn wsic tun frna • Roathnvan crag his rent or her character, who can do him an honest William Cooper, an engineer, Mary's-place, Isabella- of the institution, produced some most magnificent East and West 'lndia __ 51 nr rout 1 Rt,,,,ir I _ I in.,/ ... -° BOS:11:1:1"(-7 ;: y re mly a 3s 8d; ; and lees°, 3s 6d; lOd to ) 3s ; s Bd, 31bs. I Sdi )a. toler 11, at SI are 41bS 6d to Lob. pair; gs Is Eels, ditto, 31d; id to achy. to 2s New ditto, load. 16s; 16s ; 1 14s In in 153 ; 51; 13a " Old Ebony for the month,"—" Kit North again in the field,"—" A racy new number of Blachuoed,"—as the piratical placards proclaim upon the walls of every city, and in the windows of every print-shop in the United States. At least, as they are declared to do by one of the merriest and smartest of the correspon pondents to the Mazazine—see page 430 of this num ber for October. We break through th:. regular rou tine:of the articles—on the true Flaccusian principle of p l l7-g'ng medizs ;es—for the purpose of calling attention off-hand to the paper in question. " Maga in America"—a suggestive title ! a title fragrant of the usquebaugh of good Mr. Ambrose—reminiscent of the crutch of King Christopher—commemorative of the Ettrick Shepherd and his boon companion of the Nodes. The article is in truth a delightful gos sipping, bantering, egotistical, querrulous, enthusias• tic letter, describing the ruthless manner in which Blackwood is reprinted in a sort of fac-simile fashion, and at an intolerably reduced rate, in the United States. The fac-simile, or Icon, as the writer, in a facetious spirit of classicality calls it, is produced at New York, with established agencies at Boston, Phi ladelphia, Baltimore, Savannah, New Orleans, and Paris ; with puffs, headed by such exclamatory sentences as those quoted at the beginning of this column ; with travelling agents dispatched a thousand miles inland to lowa and Wisconsin ; and spreading southwards from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the deltas of the Mississippi, with a prospect of ad vancing Mexico-wards to, the halls—not of Balclutha, but of the Montezumas. A more powerful argument in favour of an international copyright has not re cently appeared than this same paper of " Maga in America." It may console the publishers of Black wood with the knowledge that Maga is the only one of the monthlies deemed of such importance and po pularity as to be copied in fac-simile—that the old familiar portrait of Geordy Buchanan, encircled with its frame-work of thistle, is discoverable in all quar ters and among all classes of North America, in the wigwams of the Redskins, among the natives of the bay of Massachussets and the immigrants of the Oregon, on the table of the schoolmaster, in the desk of the schoolboy, in the barracks of Jefferson ville, and the public libraries of Washington, in the villas bordering the Hudson, and among the most secluded planters in the Carolinas ; but it must afford sufficient cause for arousing their indignation by telling them how Messrs. Bathyllus Reprint, and Co., of New York, carry off so vast a share of the profits without partaking in the labour or the responsibility. Putting the profit out of the question—there is the glory, and that is not so contemptible. Listen to the correspondent from America :• " I can pardon Mr. Blackwood should his temper be a little ruffled, when he compares his trouble and re sponsibility, and limited sale, with the sans souci and universal market of Reprint and Co.; but surely, old Christopher North should smile with inward satisfaction when, not by cannon or carnage, but as the result of a greatness thrust upon him, he finds his empire, like her Majesty's, the girdle of the earth, and his sovereignty recognised, in the world of letters, where hers can claim no subjects, and demand no homage. That crutch is now the sceptre of bookdom. Its shadow stretcheth over all lands, whether the dawn project it athwart the broad Atlantic, or the Boreal light send it overland to farthest India. Who reads not Maga ? You shall find the sniutched lieutenant turning over its pages by the camp. ire, after a terrible scratch with the Seikhs; and within the same twenty-tour hours you may fairly surmise that some green mountain volunteer, on the wrong side of the Rio Grande, has lighted a pine knot, and is reading one of the Marlborough articles to bis mess, with ex temporary paraleltisms in favour of General Taylor, which the shade of the great Churchill must not venture to overhear. Swinging in his hammock, the midship man holds Blackwood to the smoky lamp of the orlop, as he plunges and pitches around Cane Horn. Lounging in his state-room, and bound for Hong-Kong, the sea sick passenger corrects his nausea with the same spicy page, and bewitched with the flavour, forgets to sigh for Madeira, which he has passed, or to look out for Sr. Helena, which is somewhere on his lee. It keeps the old Admiral from the deck as his keel scrapes the coral reefs of the South Pacific; and a stale back number, from the bottom of a seaman's chest, is purchased as a prize, by him who cruises among seals, icebergs, and sper ,taaeeti whales. Ws jam locus, inquit, Achate, Qum regio in terris nostri non plena laboris "Yes—who reads not Maga ? The flayed Radical of Parliament—the rasped Balaamite of Congress—the spanked Cockney of an author—the jaundiced editor of some new no-go periodical—even these must cut the leaves of each new number, if they die for it, or if their only reward be to find their own sweet selves hung up in its pages, like sham Socrates in his basket, but not looking on like live Socrates with philosophic com posure. And if they whimper, who will sympathise ? Like the Shepherd at Awmrose's, the testy public may now and then rebel, and rail for a season at the cawm, cauld, clear, glittPrin' cruelty in the expression of his eon,'—but who can keep up a quarrel with North ? Again, like the Shepherd, they relapse into a broad good humour, and, before they know it, are drinking with all the honours, ' Long live King Christopher So then, in spite of Cockneys, Chartists, coxcombs, rebels, radicals, and rascally reformers, yea, and the whole alphabetical list of what is Whiggish, vulgar, and vexatious— Maga still sitteth on Edina's crags, And•from her throne of beauty rules the world 1' " What a delightful piece of deserved ar►d conscien tious egotism! Even to us " Radicals and rascally Reformers," the cry is some what contagious, " Long live King Christopher !" The number, of which this epistle from the western shores of the Atlantic is a portion, opens with a very agreeable and genial criticism upon the works and character of Hans Christian Andersen—the most child-like genius of the age. Although the critic observes that the writ ings of Andersen are entirely without " traces of the higher operations of the intellect, of deep or subtle thought, of analytic power, or of ratiocina tion of any kind," the review is eulogistic, and its commendations are as generously toned as they are well merited. No autobiography certainly ever tended so much to propitiate its readers, and to dis arm ridicule as that of the ill-educated son of a poor shoemaker of Odense, in the little Danish island of Funen. Hans Christian, it must be remembered, set out from his native place to seek his fortune in Co penhagen, with thirteen rix dollars banco (thirty shillings) in his pocket, and with only one dreamy notion as to the manner of acquiring celebrity, namely that " People suffer a great deal of adversity, and then they become famous." Hans Christian Andersen has become famous in spite of everything—he has gone through a great deal of adversity and become famous—and with such marvellous rapidity that, although he was born in 1805, and commenced his education in the bottom class among the little boys when he had attained his eighteenth year, he has in his time spent his evenings with the Royal Family of Denmark, dined with the King of Prussia (who has decorated him with the order of the Red Eagle), and during his recent visit to England received an especial invitation to Osborne House, and subsequently to the Highland residence of her Majesty, from the illus trious Prince, the Consort of Queen Victoria. Ho nour to the Danish poet—the son of the poor shoe maker. Blackwood has discerned the true bent of the genius •f Andersen in observing that his tales for children will gain him " an immortality in the nursery --not the worst immortality a man can win !" The second article in old Ebony for October is a paper entitled "The Vision of Cagliostro." We will not analyse the construction of the paper, as we are soli citous that the majority should read it for themselves, and we are so solicitous, because it is 'calculated to render the reader happier if he read it rightly. The Vision might have been called a tale of the five senses —for, under the symbol of a dream, it proclaims a new and glorious truth, that earthly happiness is at tainable through the virtuous use of our five senses ! The vision itself is beheld by Count Cagliostro, the Rosicrucian, and illustrates the morale of the story in the persons of Tiberius, Agrippa, Milton, Mira beau, and Beethoven. As a specimen of the compo sition and (character of this contribution, we trans cribe thefragment of the Vision relating to Beethoven : "When the reproachful accents ceased, Balsamo felt his feet once more pressing the earth, and the breezes rustling against his domino. He was wandering in the garden of what is termed the Schwarzpanier House, situated on a slope or glacis in the outskirts of Wahring. The evening was so far advanced, that candles already twinkled from the upper windows of the building, while the fires of the kitchens checkered the shrubs and gravel with patches of glaring light. Through the flower beds, and along the intricate paths of the shrubbery, the Alchemist strolled at a languid pace, musing upon the things he had already witnessed, when his vigi lant ears caught the tones of a musical instrument. Although it was scarcely audible from the distance, Cagliostro was struck by the extrem e beauty and espit)glerie of the performance. He hurried forward in the direction from which the sounds proceeded, and at each step they became more distinguishable and be witching. After a momentary feeling of indecision when he reached the walls of the Schwarzpanier, the Alchemist ascended a flight of steps, and passed through the open casement of a French window into a modest sitting-room. The musician whose skill had attracted him was seated in the gray tw ili g ht at a piano. Cagliostro scarc e ly no ti ce d th a t he was a man of short stature but of muscular proportions; he scarcely re m:asked, indeed, either the apartment or its occupant; his ohole consciousness was absorbed in the melody that stream,°4 from the instrument. "At fi.'st, the fingers of the player seemed to frolic over the keys; as though they toyed with the vibrations of the strings. The sounds were sportive and jocund ; they rippled like laughter; they were capricious as the merriment of a coquette. Then they merged into a sweet and warbling cadence—a cadence of inimitable tenderness, the very ti u avi ty of which was rendered more piquant by its lavish variations. The measure changed, with an abrupt fling of the treble hand ; it gushed into an air quaint and sprightly as the dance of Puck—comic—odd—sparkling on the ear like zig- zags : Jt threw out a shower of notes; it was the voice of agility semi merriment; it was grotesque and fitful, droll in its absurd confusion, and yet nimble in its amazing inge nuity. Gradually, however, the humorous movement re isolved itself into a strain of preternatural wildness—a gitealia that oade the blind curdle, and the flesh creep, As the triumphant tones of the instrument rolled up from its recesses, and filled the apartment with a torrent of majestic sounds, as the musician swayed to and fro in the enthusiasm of his sublime inspirations, and enhanced the divine symphony by the crash of many thrilling and abrupt discords, the Rosierucian gaztid with awe upon the responsive grandeur of his countenance. The im petus of his superb imagination imparted an incon ceivable dignity to every lineament, to his capacious forehead, to his broad and distended nostrils, to the fierce protrusion of his under-lip, to the mobile and generous expression of his mouth, to the tawny yellow of his complexion, to the brown depths of his noble and dilated eyes. There was something in unison with the glorious sounds that reverberated through the chamber, even in the enormous contour of his head and the gray disorder of his hair. He seemed to exult in the torrent of melody as it gushed from the piano and streamed out upon the dusk of the evening. While Cagliostro was listening in an ecstasy of admiration, he was startled by a sudden clangour among the bass•notes—the music seemed to be jumbled into confusion, and the ear was stunned by a painful and intolerable dissonance. On looking more intently, he perceived that the composer had let one hand fall abstractedly upon the key-board, while the other executed, by itself, a passage of extra ordinary difficulty and involution. Then, for the first time, the thought struck him that the musician was deaf. Alas ! the supposition was too true : Beethoven was cursed with the loss of his most precious faculty. Those who appreciate the full splendour of his gigantic genius, those who conceive, with a distinguished composer now living, that Beethoven began where Haydn and Mozart left off;' those who coincide with an eminent critic, in saying that the discords of Beethoven are better than the harmonies of all other musicians;' those, in fine, who worship his memory with the devotion inspired by , his compositions, can sympathise in that terrible depri vation of the powers of bearing, by which his art was rendered a blank, and the latter years of his life were embittered. They will remember with gratitude the joys they have derived from the effusions of his fruitful intellect; they will call to their recollection the joyous chorus_ of the prisoners in Fidelio,—the sublime and adoring hymn of the Alleluia' in The Mount of Olives,—the matchless pomp of the Sinfonia Eroica,— the passionate beauty of the sentiment of Adelaide,—the aerial grace of his quartetts and waltzes,—the thrilling and almost awful pathos of the dirge written for six trombones,—but, above all, they will recal to mind the noblest work ever conceived and perfected by composer, one of the greatest achievements of the human mind, the Mass in D. And, bearing these wonders in their memory, their hearts will ache for the doom of Ludwig Von Beethoven. None of these things, however, being known to the Rosicri cian, his sympathies were aroused solely by what he himself had heard and witnessed. Still that was more than enough to fill his whole soul with commiseration, especially as the sounds again burst in bewitching concert from the instrument, and a new inspiration lit up the visage of the musician. Cagliostro found himself, with profound sorrow. returning into the silent darkness, and the solemn Voice stealing, for the last time, into his brain." We commend the " Vision of Cagliostro"' to the perusal of the million : its moral should be stamped upon our hearts—" Earthly happiness is attainable through the virtuous use qf our five senses l" The recently published " Memoirs of Viscountess Sandon" have suggested to Blackwood a charming conver sational chapter about " The Times of George II." " Art in the Early Christian Ages" is a critical dis sertation founded on the celebrated work of Professor Gottfried Kinkel. " The Portrait," being a tale abridged from the Russian of GOgol, by Thomas B. Shaw, is a literary curiosity for which the readers of Maga will be grateful. " Hounds and Horses at Rome" is a smart contribution, telling all about the state of the sporting world in the Eternal City, and certainly proving, as the exordium indicates, that Englishmen do not do at Rome as the Romans do. Delta indites a graceful song on the Earl of Dal housie's departure to India as Governor-General. "My Friend the Dutchman" closes the number so pleasantly that we are fain to quote once more the broadsides upon the walls of New York, " A racy new number of Blackwood," and to exclaim again with the correspondent from America—" Long live King Christopher !" job in France, in Spain, or any pall of the world. Wit ness Sophie Dawes, Madame de Foucheres, Munoz, Duke of Rianzares, and Gonlazes Brabo of infamous repute." `On the subject of the "privilege" of suicide, as the National calls it, supposed to have been accorded to the Duke of Praslin by the authorities, the writer of this paper says— " The French people have been stigmatised by a writer in a daily paper, who evidently knows nothing of France, for being suspicious of the intentions of the French Government, and unjust to men in power, in reference to the Duke de Praslin. But French men and French women well know that in the case of the President d'Entrecasteaux, a young man of a distinguished family of the robe, a president of the parliament of Aix, and who murdered his wife with circumstances of peculiar atrocity, that the Government ostensibly demanded the delivery of the culprit wherever he might be found. Ile was detected and secured at Lisbon, when a private letter to the French Minister desired his release, and permitted his escape from further punishment. " The Duke de Praslin and the members of his house were, and Marshal Sebastiani is, in possession of many secrets i❑ reference to the house of Orleans ; and it was because some of the people of France were aware of this that the wicked thought came into their heads that the best of republics' might desire the release and permit the escape of the vilest murderer that has ever appeared in France." The author of " Literary Legislators" gives up a group of Parliamentary oddities, consisting of Col. Sibthorp, Mr. Muntz, Mr. P. Borthwick, Mr. Blewitt, and Mr. John Collett; and Sam Slick con tinues his " Old Judge ;or Life in a Colony." These are the best papers in this month's Fraser. The opening paper, on " Free Church Sites," is in many respects most objectionable. The wriber enters not at all into the discussion of the question raised by the title of his paper, but takes advantage of the publication of the evidence recently taken before the Parliamentary Committee on the subject, to indulge in an attack upon the character of the late Dr. Chalmers, an attack which is characterised by virulence without power, and which is as void of wit or argument as it is of good taste and good feeling. Had Chalmers been alive, this miserable effusion of bigoted malevolence would never have been published ; but the lion is dead, and therefore the hoof is lifted. The paper on " Gathe and his Critics" is dreary, albeit the subject is a good one; and " The First of October" is a poor attempt at an imitation of Christopher North— spiritless and vapid as flat soda water. The article on the "Carlovingian Romances of the Middle Ages" is good ; and there is pleasant musical gossip in " Some Words about Music and the Modern Opera ; but, taken as a whole, the present number of Fraser is not equal to its predecessors. CIVIL AND MERCANTILE JOURNAL. No. I. Edited by James Irving Scott. This is the first number of a new monthly journal, which is intended to be the organ of all employed in the civil service of the State at home or abroad, and in the great mercantile pursuits of this country, whether in connexion with banking, wholesale or retail houses, railways, or law. The idea is an ex cellent one, and if properly carried out, which from the experience of Mr. Scott in conducting works of this nature there is every reason to expect it will be, success is certain, inasmuch as this journal will, in such case, supply an acknowledged want. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. KELSO RACES—THURSDAY. The Kelso Club Cup of 100 sovs., added to a Sweep stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old, &c. The second to receive 25 sovs. out of the stakes. Once round and adis. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Merry's Marian Ramsay, 5 yrs ... 1 Mr. Dawson's Magnet, 5 yrs 2 Mr. W. 11. Johnstone's Roper's Daughter, aged ... 3 501. given by Sir H H. Campbell, for three yrs old, &c. Once rcund and a dis. Mr. Merry's John Harris, 5 yrs - (61. Robertson) 1 Mr. Johnstone's Hornet, 3 yrs 2 The Kelso Plate of 501., for three yrs old, &c. Heats. Once round—about a mile and a quarter. Mr. Binnie's Titus Oates,4yrs (Holloway) 5 5 1 1 Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Roper's Daughter 3 1 5 3 Mr. Dawson's Magnet, 5 yrs ... 1 3 3 4 Mr. Meiklam's Susannah, 3 yrs ... 4 6 2 2 Mr. Dawson's Pleasure Trip, 4 yrs ... 2 4 4dr Mr. Merry's Badinage, 5 yrs ... 6 2dr LINCOLN RACES, FRIDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles. Mr. Bell's Amakina, 3 yrs ... ... (Owner) 1 1 Mr. E. Peck's Sally Maggs, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Brooks's Luminous, 3 yrs ••• 3dr The Blankney Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 10 added, for two-year-old colts Sat 51b, and fillies Bst 21b, &c.; half a mile. Mr. Hawkes's Miss Harrison ... (Holmes) 1 Mr. B. Eddison's bc by Hetman Platoff, Bst 5113 ... 2 The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added. Once round. Yesterday morning great excitement prevailed in the vicinity of Oakley-street, Lambeth, in conse quence of an attempt to poison the family of Mr. William Cooper, an engineer, Mary's-place, Isabella street, Lambeth. Mr. Cooper, his wife, and four children, have been for a considerable period annoyed by the visits of a female acquaintance. For several weeks Mr. Cooper had forbidden her to come to his house, which fact gave the woman (Watson) much offence. However, she yesterday paid a visit to Mr. Cooper's residence during his absence, Mrs. Cooper likewise being from home at the time. She entered the front room, where she sat down in presence of Mr. Cooper's children, and after a few minutes had elapsed the elder girl detected her placing something white in a large pitcher of broth which happened to be on the sideboard, but which cir cumstance at the time did not cause any suspicion. The woman subsequently left the house, bidding the children "good day. Shortly afterwards Mrs. Cooper returned and commenced preparations for dinner, placing the said broth in a saucepan to warm up for the children's dinner, which they afterwards partook of rather heartily, the whole of them remarking as to its strange and salt taste. A brief space of time after they had partaken of the broth the whole of the children were seized with violent vomiting, and upon searching the bottom of that which remained in the saucepan, a white substance which had a glassy ap pearance was found. A surgeon was called in, who immediately upon examination, pronounced the child ren to be suffering from the effects of oxalic acid. The stomach-pump was at once brought into active requisition, and the whole of them were as speedily as possibly relieved of the poison although two of them are in a very precarious condition from the ac tion of the deadly mineral. . . _ _ _ The mother and the two elder children were out of danger, but the youngest are still in a great state of suffering from the effects of the poison. A paper labelled "oxalic acid poison " has since been found in the room, which leaves no doubt as to the nature of the poison. EAST SURREY REGISTRATION. Summary of Results of this year's proceedings of the East Surrey Free-Trade Qualification and Registra tion Society:— BERMONDSEL—CIaims made, 80; failed, 2; sustained, 78. Objections made, 104; withdrawn, 10; sustained, but claims amended, 28; sustained, and claims ex punged, 66. CAMIIERWELL.—CIaims made, 50; failed, 4; sustained, 46. Objections made, 90; withdrawn, 4; failed, 1; sus tained, but claims amended, 41; sustained, and claims expunged, 44. CROYDON.—CIaims made, 94; failed, 1; sustained, 93. Objections made, 87; withdrawn, l l ;;failed, 3; sustained, but claims) amended, 26 ; sustained, and claims ex punged, 47. KENNINGTON.—CIaims made, 51; failed, 6; sustained, 45. Objections made, 109; withdrawn, 9; failed 1; sus tained, but claims amended, 20; sustained, and claims expunged, 79. KINGSTON.—CIaims made, 16; sustained, 16. Objec tions made, 68; withdrawn, 6; failed, 2; sustained, but claims amended, 7; sustained, and claims expunged, 53. REIGATE.—CIaims made, 26; failed, 1; sustained, 25. Objections made, 66; withdrawn, 9; failed, 3; sustained, but claims amended, 23; sustained, and claims ex punged, 31. WANDSWORTH.—CIaims made, 32; sustained, 32. Ob jections made, 96; withdrawn, 11; failed, 2; sustained, but claims amended, 28; sustained, and claims ex punged, 55. Total claims made, 349; failed, 14; sustained, 335. Total objections made, 620; withdrawn, 60; failed, 12; sustained, but claims amended, 173; sustained, and claims expunged, 375. Mr. Hayes's ch f by Hetman .Platoff, out of Ma cremma, 3 yrs (Gunton) 1 Mr. Wilder's Spew Gregis, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Whitworth's Chapeau Rouge, 3 yrs ... 3 The All Aged Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added. One mile. Mr. Brooks' Luminous, 3 yrs Mr. S. Hawks's Miss Harrison, 2 yrs ... ..• ( Simpson) 2 .. _ ..3 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 25th day of September, 1847. ISSUE DTPASTKENT. X. Notes issued.... • . • . 22,190,875 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984.900 Gold coin and bullion 7,185,845 Silver bullion ••• • • • 1,00,030 Mr. Wilder's Lucy Neal, 4 yrs 3 The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sots. each, and 20 added. Heats, £22,190,875 Dated the 30th day of September X 22,190,875 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. ;r, 1847. 'AITMEN T. 2 miles. Mr. Walters' Cavendish, aged Mr. Davy's Sister to Dapper, 4 years Mr. Gibson's King of the Slacks, aged ... BETTING AT MANCHESTER.— FRIDAY. CESAREWITCII STAKES.-10 to 1 agst Rob Roy (t), 10 to 1 agst Reminiscence, (t), 15 to 1 agst Ulysses (t), 15 to 1 agst War Eagle, 20 to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 20 to 1 agst The Tartar, 20 to 1 agst Miss Whip filly, 20 to 1 agst Tuft-hunter, 20 to 1 agst Vanity, 25 to 1 agst Bingham, 25 to 1 agst Inheritress, and 25 to 1 agst Lightning. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES.-10 to 1 agst The Prior of St. Margaret's (t) 15 to 1 agst Reminiscence (t), 18 to 1 agst Rob Roy (t), 25 to 1 agst Queen May (0. (Mr. Scott) 1 1 2 2 3 3 Government securl- —. ties (including Dead Weight Annuity)• • 11,06,340 Other securities •• • • 20,007,232 Notes .. .••••• • • • • • • 4,112,290 Gold and silver coin• • 591,828 The King of the French has decided upon placing the portrait of M. Coletti in the gallery of the celebrated men of Europe in the museum at Versailles. THE MERCANTILE CRISIS.—The Leeds Mercury of this day says p—From the communication of our Manchester Correspondent, it appears that the failures in London and elsewhere have produced a very serious effect on credit in that city (for Manchester is now a city), and the stoppage of several eminent houses, in addition to those mentioned early in the week. Among those specified are Messrs. Birley, Corrie, and Co., East India merchants and brokers ; Messrs. Edward Potter and Co., twist merchants ; and Messrs. Wilson and Ebor, general merchants. Further mischief is appre he❑ded, and the panic is described by our correspondent (who has had long experience of the Manchester trade) as exceeding anything he has known for thirty years. BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The ordinary meeting of this society was held last evening at the Society's Rooms, 20, Bedford-street, Strand, Dr. Ayres in the chair. It was announced that several very valuable parcels of plants had been received since the last meeting. A notice was read of the discovery of Zostera nuna (a new British plant). A specimen was presented. BURSTING OF A BOILER AT TIVIDALE.—TWO MEN KILLED.—On Monday last an inquest was commenced at the house of Mr. Timmins, the Boat Inn, Tividale, before George Hinchcliffe, Esq., Coroner, and a respect able jury, on the bodies of two mechanics, named George Carter and William Mow. It appears, that on the pre ceding day the deceased were at work on or near the boiler, when it exploded, and they received such serious injury as to cause death shortly afterwards.—Birniing hum Advertiser. A St. Petersburgh letter states that the amount in value of the corn exported from Russia since the last harvest is 32,891,622 roubles, equalling about 132,000,000 f. We yesterday had the pleasure of hearing, at the Polytechnic Institution, a most instructive, yet pleas ing, lecture, by Dr. Bachhoffner, on the Physical Effects of a Jet of Steam. The learned gentleman, avoiding the beaten tracts of former lecturers, con fined himself on this occasion principally to the em ployment of steam as an agent in ventilation. The Doctor stated that considerable interest had been excited recently by the fact of the House of Lords being ventilated by steam ; and therefore he should endeavour to show that water, in its expanded state, could, by displacing large volumes of air, contribute to a purpose so desirable as that of renewing the atmosphere of crowded buildings. It is not in our power to follow the Doctor through the historical details of his exordium—suffice it to say, that he dis tinctly proved that the plan of ventilating by steam was not of a date so recent as many imagined, but was brought before the world in the year 1794. To show the displacement of air by steam, Dr. Bach hoffner produced a most complete set of mechanical apparatus, and, aided by the enormous hydro-machine of the institution, produced some most magnificent effects. Among other results we saw solid bodies, such as paper, eggs, &c., drawn with immense velocity through a tube, into the upper part of which a jet of steam was allowed to pass; while pieces of paste • board and tin were, by the force of the external air, brought into such close contact with the orifice, that considerable force was required for their removal. Our impression was certainly much in favour of the economy and feasibility of the plan. In introducing this subject, we ought to mention that the Professor entered very carefully and yet simply into the law of fluids, whether gaseous or liquid, and thus prepared the minds of his audience for the full appreciation of his succeeding experiments. As a whole, we pro nounce the lecture a masterpiece of sound, yet popular, philosophical instruction. Commercial . - 2 : -. 1 - East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - 122% East Country - - London 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 102% St. Katharine .... ••• • , 5 per cent. 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Co. of Scetlnd•• 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 8% Korth British Insur.- 5% /. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 25% Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 1/.los. per 1. 50 0 0 50 0 0 5l xd Ditto, 14 Shares.... 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 13 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 - Glasgw fk, Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. - cllasgvr& Greenckßail. 21. per cont. 25 0 0 All paid. 18% Grlsgw &Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 Dundee& Arbrothltail. 61. per cent. -25 0 0 All paid. 39 Standard LifeAssarnce.l 51. per cent. 150 0 0 1 2 10 0 9% WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. East London..• •••.• • • 81. 100 0 0 - 195 Grand Junction ••• • • • 31. 10s. 41 13 4 - 90 31. 100 0 0 - - Vauxhall - - - - West Middlesex . . - 118 DEATH OF MISS GRACE AGUILA.II. To communicate evil tidings privatfly is one of the most painful tasks we have to perform in tie course of our lives. But to be the medium of announcing to the public a heavy national loss is a duty so sad and hears-rending, the extent of which can only be felt by the messenger of the mournful event. Such, we lament to say, is our duty this day, in recording the death of Miss Grace Aguilar, at the age of 32. We do not in the least exaggerate the loss in calling it a national one, as the numerous literary productions of that lady were not only appreciated in England, but also in America, Germany, and France. Indeed, we may go so far as to state, that her works were much more appreciated by the Jews on the continent than by those in this country. Her " Women of Israel," a work every page of which is stamped with the most ardent zeal and fervent piety—in every line of which breathes that national sense and true patriotism which is the great characteristi c of all her writings ; her " Women of Israel," which are teeming with powerful lessons to her own sex, and eloquent exhortations to the opposite one—parts of that work have been trans lated into the German, propagated by her true friend the Rev. Mr. Leeser of Philadelphia, on the other side of the Atlantic ; but, alas, our Jewish brethren in England have not appreciated its value. Had it not been for the kindness of an excommunicated philan. thropist, her works would hardly have become known, much less disseminated, among the Jews of England. Her " Spirit of Judaism," " Jewish Faith," &c., are likewise works of great merit, and full of that pious fervour and filial affection which carries the reader along with her alike in sympathy with the writer and conviction of the argument. The "Jewish Faith " betrays signs of no mean acquaint ance with Jewish and Christian philosophers and divines, and its logical reasoning is far from betray ing the sex of the author.—Jewish Chronicle. COURT-MARTIAL AT CHATHAM. Yesterday at Chatham Barracks, the officers, con sisting of two majors, five captains, with seven lien-, nants, assembled in the General Court-martial Room, as members of a general Court-martial, of which Co lonel Charles Menzies, K.H., Royal Marines, was president, for the trial of private John Hare, No. 2,262, of the Bth Regiment of foot, who was arraingsd for having at Chatham, on or about the 16th of Sep tember, 1847, struck and offered violence to Lance-. sergeant Thomas Hennesley, of the 86th Regiment, his superior officer, then and there being in the exe cution of his office. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Sergeant Thomas Hennes ley, of the 86th, was then examined, and his evidence went to show that on the 16th of last month he was on duty at the Battalion Barrack-guard, and the prisoner, with others was there confined, when a sergeant and an escort of the prisoner's regiment came for th e i r p r i soners , as t h ey were to sign their accounts previous to their embark ation the next day, and as an order had been given by the commanding officer, that in case the prisoner was wanted he was not to leave without the handcuffs being put on him, and in the execution of that order the prisoner struck him over the forehead with his fist, and then escaped into the guardroom, and on being retaken the prisoner again struck him in the face. Captain W. Kirby, 94th Regiment, and Acting Staff Captain of the Provisional Battalion, produced the battalion court-martial book ; in that it appeared that the prisoner was tried by a district court-martial, held at Chatham on the 13th April last, on two charges—first, for desertion; second, for re-enlisting when in a state of desertion, and he was convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and to be marked with the letter D. ; two months of that sentence were remitted by order of his Grace the Commander-in-Chief. The issue of this trial will not be known until con firmed by the Horse Guards. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY. A board of officers, consisting of Major-General J. Webber Smith, C. 8., Director-General of Artil lery, president; Major-General John Boteler Parker, C. 8.; Major-General Edward Fanshawe,C.B., acting in place of Major-General Sir J. Burgoyne, K.C.8., who is at present employed on the poor-law measure in Ireland; Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon ; Lieutenant- Colonel Dundas, C. 8.; and Lieutenant-Colonel Jones, of the Royal Military Academy, assembled yesterday at the Cadets' Barracks in the Royal Arsenal. Brigade- Major Cuppage, Royal Artillery, Captain Stotherd, Royal Engineers, and a number of officers of the Royal` Artillery and Royal Engineers being al so present to witness the examination of forty-one gentlemen cadets of the first or practical class, to ascertain their fitness for being passed for commis sions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery and Royal Engineers. The gentlemen cadets were drawn up in line at eleven o'clock A.M., under the com mand of Captain Harrison, and inspected by Major-General Parker, and immediately after marched to the hall for examination, which continued until nearly two o'clock, when the follow ing were recommended to the Master-General for commissions :—Samuel Digby Wright, Alexander Ross Clarke, Edward Bainbridge, James Murray, Francis Horatio de Vere, George Ranken, Augustus Young Earle, Hon. Leonard Allen Addington, Henry Raymond Pelly, Robert Mann Parsons, Frederick Brine, Arthur Vandeleur, Arthur A'Court Fisher, Andrew Spottswood Orr, George Montagu Stopford, Edward Bridge, Charles Rowland Hill, Henry Reynolds Luard, Patrick John Campbell, Francis Cornwallis Maude, Arthur William Twigs, Reginald Curtis, Allen Sievwright, Frederic South cote Seale, John Boulton, John de Luttrell Saun derson, Montagu Stopford Whitmore, Moutray Anketell, Philip Dickson, lEneas Clark, Francis Place, Edward Jackson Bruce, William Powell Richards, John Edward Hope, Henry Walpole John Daahwood, Algernon Brendon, James de Havilland, Sidney Carden, William Walker, George Allix Wil kinson, William Windham Augustus Lukin. At the conclusion of the examination a regulation sword was awarded to Sidney Carden, for general good conduct ; and the second prize, consisting of a handsome pocket sextant in case, to Francis Horatio de Vere. CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL. The medical session of the Charing-cross Hospital was opened yesterday at three o'clock, by an intro ductry address from Dr. Rowland, in the lecture room, which was fully attended. Dr. ROWLAND, who was listened to throughout with great attention proceeded, in an interesting and lucid composition to develop the gradual steps by which medical science had risen to its present eminence, and to point out its future prospects, and. the obstacles which would be likely to impede the progress of its professors. It would be impossible, consistently with a due regard for our space, to give any detail of the subjects which the Learned Doctor handled with such good sense and ability, th oug h it might be considered of public and not merely professional interest. His contrast between Hippo crates and Sydenhain, the one the restorer of the ancient, the other the founder of th e present school of medicine, was particularly happy ; nor was, the exposition o f the dep en d ence o f the severa l . b ra nches of medical science, such as pathology, phy siology, and chemi s t r y on eac h ot h er, less truthfur and effective. After a rapid, but clear and conse,. cutive survey of the progress of medicine and of the impediments which stood in its way, the learned lec turer turned his attention to its future prospects, and making every allowance for the vast pitch of (Ycel lence to which it might attain, and of which we had as yet but a distant view, as it were, from souse van tage ground, concluded with the express ion. 4- . )f his opinion that there were secrets in our paysiology which none but He that made us could over know, and with an exhortation to the students tar.l addressed e ' a profession to of pursue sucsuch v a sir s 'i t t with importance mpaeninved, r k s aner °.o fraught with blessingslig ht to its to society, a zzealous lu o s and h and so p p i o o s cl o u .Te c . t.r r e of pleasure and de ical professors. ~. ..,~ +~.... BENTLEY. This is an excellent number of Bentley. The open ing paper, " The Wandering Fiddler," by Abraham Elder, Esq., is the best magazine article we have read for many a long day. We do not remember to have met before with any of the productions of this gen tleman, but we hope frequently to have the pleasure of meeting with them for the future., In order to give our readers a taste of his quality we select the following : " The ball was now drawing to a close, and the last quadrille was about to be danced, when the fiddler, having finished his flourish, thus addressed the circle that surrounded him:—' Ladies and gentlemen, I feel so grateful to you for your kindness and liberality to me this evening, that I will attempt to play you a piece of music that I never attempted before in public. It is the tune that Patrick O'llowlegan played on the pipes when he made the table dance. The story goes, that he was engaged to play at a ball, but, arriving a long time before his company, his fingers itched to begin his tunes. So he determined to play to the table. At first, the table took no notice of him or his music; then it seemed to get a little fidgetty or ricketty, as they call it in a table; then it kicked out its right foot like this (giving a jerk out with his own foot), repeating the kick at re gular periods in tune to the music; then the left foot kicked out, and it went right, left, right, left; then the third leg kicked out, and it went one, two, three, one, two, three; then the fourth leg, one, two, :three, four, one, two, three, four; and it waltzed round the room at a terrible pace, till it tripped over the coalscuttle, and smashed itself to pieces against the fire-place. The landlord brought an action against Paddy, and got da mages; and it is said, that the Irish Chancellor granted an injunction against Patrick Howlepin, to restrain him from ever playing that tune again in a furnished apart ment.' Loud cheers, and cries of Bravo, fiddler.' "' The gentlemen in the orchestra are tired; and with your permission, ladies and gentlemen, I will endeavour to twist the tune into a quadrille.' " You must bring your fiddle into the middle of the room.' cried several voices, " The musician declined producing his worsted stock. ings and hobnailed shoes to the broad lamplight. " You must, you must!' and several of the young people of both sexes took him by the arms and by the coat, and fairly pulled him off his chair, and led him to to the middle of the room, and there they seated him again. ‘" I am getting quite nervous,! said he; I really cannot do it; Patrick O'Howlegan was the prince of pipers, and I am but a poor tramper.' " After a little pressing he consented, on condition that nobody should dance that was not merry, and that they would humour the music as far as they could. " The dance commenced; it was rather a funny, quaint air, but nothing extraordinarily merry in it. At length there pooped in a little jerking note; most of the dancers took the hint and gave a kick; the second time they kicked all well together—they kicked in the grand rond—they kicked in the pastoral—the kicks grew double and treble and fourfold, and on the last grand rond' they all fairly kicked themselves out of breath, and sank down exhausted on the benches, when the notes of the fiddle were fairly drowned by the merriment and laughter of both dancers and spectators." Cooper gives us the 12th chapter of " Captain Spike," which is full of interest. The Swash arrives at the Dry Tortugas, and Spike goes to the lighthouse and lights the lamps ; Rose and Mulford who are in the lighthouse escape discovery in the most marvellous manner; and Jack Tier takes the opportunity of again getting on board the Swash. Having recovered the anchor and cable of the schooner, Spike sails for the wreck, intending to weigh her if possible. The Poughskeep arrives at the island, and Mulford and Rose are married by the chaplain of the frigate. Bentley this month is rich in tales of travel. Mr. John Duncan, the African traveller, gives an inte resting account of the last expedition to the Niger. Mr. J. Marvel, under the title of "A Gallop through Southern Austria," gives an animated description of a visit to the caves of Adelsberg ; while the author of " A Sketch of Personal Adventures during a Trip overland from Syd ne y t o P o rt Philip " furni s hes us with much valuable information as to the topography , of one of our most important colonies. The " Senti mental Journey through Normandy" is continued ' • but this is int eres ti ng rat h er to the ant i quar i an reader than to the reader of voyages and travels. The " Coffin-maker" is a translation from the Russian of Pushkin—of one of a quaint, half horrible, half bur lesque, and gravely . humorous ghost dream ; and the lover of horrors will find yet another treat in Alfred Crowquill's " Demon Bowler." The lovers of fun are catered for by Albert Smith, who takes Mr. Straggles out shooting. There is more variety in this month's Bentley . than in any of its contem poraries, and every a rticle is, without e xcep ti on, good of its sort. The portrait of Mr. John D uncan , with which the account of the Niger expediti on i s illustrated, is admirably engrave d, and is one of those characteristic portraits that you feel must be a likeness. - - "7' BANKING DI X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest •••• • • • • 4,043,012 Public %posits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di- vidend accounts).. 9,447,R51 Other deposits •• •• • • 7,484,042 Seven day and other 819,785 £ 36 ,347,690 £36,347,690 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 30th day of September, 1547. The Earl of Ashburnham being in the constant habit of receiving applications from parties desirous of visiting the ho use an d gardens at A s hb urn h am, and of inspecting th e royal relics of Ashburnhamchurch, inti mates to the p u bli c generally, an d part i cu l ar l y to par ties residin g i n t h e county of Sussex, that they are henceforth at liberty to view the same on applying at the lodge gate on the Nindfiele road, between the hours of ten and two o'clock, every Monday and Thursday. Lord Ashburnham particularly requests of visitors that they will confer no gratuities whatever on his servants. Respectable parties are permitted to shoot as usual on the outlying lands at Ashburnham, on sending their cards in to the bailiff's house on the Nindfield road.— Brighton Gazette. The testimonial t o D . W . Wi re, E sq., f rom t h e Reformers of Boston, w ill , we hear, be presented shortly. It will be a piece of plate every way worthy of being, th o a f t p it ev is the rt, presented and accepted,—Linmin l imes. We s h , 8, hear that intentionimport directthe fmerchants,rom trader Hol land, cheese, beans, Hollands, & c . —Pl ymout h J ourna l . ASSOCIATION FOR Tilt AID AND BENEFIT OF DRESSMAKERS AND MILLI/I L " . —Yesterday evening a meeting of the committee and others connected with the above association was held at their office in Clifford street, Bond-street, for the transaction of general bu siness. The report stated During last year 1,217 young persons were registered, of whom 467 were pru vided with situations. Medical relief afforded to 83, and pecuniary relief to the amount of 591. 15s. 6d. The members of the provident fund are daily increasing, and much good had been effected In reducing the hours of labour, and the general funds of the institution were fa vourable ; but, with the extensive objects in view, re quire additional aid. During the last few months a number of advertisements bad appeared in the public journals for young persons to go out as dressmakers, &c., to the various colonies, and other parts of the con tinent, represented under the most favourable opportu nities, but the society discovered that these advertise ments had been used for the purpose of entrapping young females, and by their active counteraction have prevented the completion of such nefarious schemes ; and saved many interesting females from destruction." The society is under the patronage of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. FOLKsTONE.—During the performance on Friday evening, at Batty's circus, a portion of the boxes, upon which about 200 persons were sitting, fell down with a tremendous crash, precipitating the whole of them on the grass beneath. The screams of women and children, and the rushing of hundreds to the entrance, was ap palling. We are, however, happy to state that no inju ries were sustained beyond a few bruises. After order had been somewhat restored, the performances con tinued. The cause of the accident was the unevenness of the ground upon which the seats were erected. REMARE ABLY QUICK TRAVELLING BY STEAM BOAT AND RAILWAY. A gentleman of Liverpool crossed in the Brighton and Continental Steam Packet Company's boat, Newhaven, from Havre to Brighton, on Saturday last, and reached Liverpool within 24 hours of his • • Paris. It must be understood, too, that the quitting time occupied by railway from Paris to Havre, although 120 miles only, was six hours and a half. - COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, and his Serene Highness Prince Gustavus of Saxe Weimar, attended by the Earl of Denbigh, left Osborne at half. past twelve o'clock yesterday, for town. The Queen and Prince Albert accompanied their illustrious visitors to the pier, whence the Queen Dowager and party embarked on the Fairy for Ports mouth, to honour the Admiral with a visit, and afterwards to inspect the " Howe." The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, and the Duchess Ida and Prince Gustavus of Saxe Weimar, arrived at her residence, Marlborough House, at a quarter-past seven o'clock last evening. The august party left Gosport at half-past four o'clock, by a special train on the London and South-Western Railway, and proceeded to the terminus at Nine Elms. Sir Edmund Head had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Mr. Craven Berkeley had also an interview with his Lordship, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson arrived in town yesterday. - I iispaiches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office for the Governors of the West India Colonies. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of Hong-Kong, the Mau ritius, Gibraltar, and Malta. RAILWAY LIABILITIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sig,,—There would appear to be a very palpable and positive delusion prevailing in the public mind, just at the present moment, in reference to railway liabilities in connexion with our monetary affairs. Gentlemen at Newcastle complain of a restriction of the means of legitimate trading ; and committees are formed, or forming, at Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and many other places, to wait upon directors of railway companies, with a view to induce them to suspend all calls for the present; and a currency con gress is now sitting in London, to devise the means of staying the plague, if possible. Now, Sir, with all possible respect for the opinions of these " practical " men, I would beg to suggest that, as regards railway liabilities, the public are much in the same situation as the clown in the fable, who called upon Hercules to help him to get his waggon out of the rut, and received for answer that it would be as well to try, in the first instance, the effect of his own shoulders to the wheel. Do the shareholders in railway companies want to limit, restrict, or suspend the calls, nothing is easier. The law gives to the shareholder, in all companies formed since 1845, the power to call extraordinary meetings, and to control and regulate the acts of the directors. If, then, the shareholders in any particu lar company are convinced of their folly—if they are unable to pay the calls, or carry out the works—let them meet and apply the remedy, but let them cease to complain of a burden which their own supineness only renders intolerable.—l am, Sir, your: obedient servant, W. F. SFACKMAN. Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall• street, Oct. 1, 1847. CHARLES BUTLER AND MR. SERGEANT ADAMS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I fully expected from the notes in my case, given to Mr. Wilde on Tuesday last by Mr. Sergeant Adams, that I should have obtained some clue to the parties who, he stated, attended at my sentence to make other charges against me, but I am left, as heretofore, to deal with a shadow, as they do not contain the least information on the subject; I am thus compelled to challenge Mr. Sergeant Adams to produce a single person who attended for the purpose he stated; failing to do this, how will he attempt to justify his destroying sentence upon me of trans portation, for an admitted first conviction, the just sentence for which, I am assured in my case, should have been three or six months' imprisonment. The detention of the notes for so long a time from Mr. Wilde is unaccountable, and particularly as I am prepared to prove that the Learned Sergeant was at his chambers, in Sergeant's Inn, and in Connaught square, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of last week, and the reason far from conclusive. If, however, the Learned Sergeant's memory is so treacherous as to make such mistakes after an interval of three days only, no one can be surprised at his judicial mistakes on the bench.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES BUTLER. Saturday, Oct. 2, 1847. INCENDIARY FlRES.—Yesterday (Thursday) morn ing, about four o'clock, a fire broke out in the stackyard of Mr. Lister, of Coleby Heath. A wheat stack, three straw stacks, and two or three fother stacks, were con sumed. An incendiary fire occurred at Ropsley, near Grantham, on Wednesday night, on the premises of Mr. John Swain; three corn stacks and a straw stack were destroyed.—Lincoln Mercury. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. I.—The Oriental Company's steam-ship Indus, Captain Soy, arrived in the river early this morning, and landed the remainder of the overland mails, under charge of Lieutenant Brady, R.N., which was forwarded to London by the express train at 9 A.M. She left Alexandria on the 13th of September; Malta, the 18th; and Gibraltar, the 24th. The Indus brings a full cargo of silks, &c., also 100 passengers, among whom are Lord Cochrane, from China, and Mr. Brooke, from Borneo. Shipping at Malta—Her Majesty's ships Ceylon, Hibernia, Trafalgar. and Superb; steam-frigate Gladiator; steam. sloops Bull Dog, Ardent, and Volcano. French steam ships, Panama and Cerbere. Shipping at Gibraltar—Her Majesty's steam-sloop Virago. INGENIOUS ROBBERY.—A gentleman residing in the New-road was recently robbed of a frock-coat and a shooting-coat by the following manceuvie :—The above articles, which he had ordered of his tailor, were duly delivered at his house, and about ten minutes after wards a man, representing himself to come from the tailor, called and stated he had been sent for the purpose of seeing whether they fitted. He was shown up-stairs, and the clothes were Lied on in his presence. He found fault with the fit, and with many apologies requested leave to take them back to be altered. This was as sented to as a matter of course, and the f e ll ow went o ff with the bundle under his arm. It was afterwards as certained that no messenger h a d b een sent f rom t h e tailor, and in short that the m an was a sw i n dl er, an d had been replenishing his own wardrobe at the expense of the gentleman. DR. CUMMING'S LECTURES AT EXETER -HALL.— These lectures, which have awakened so wide and in. tense an interest, and which are now being published have been sent for from the highest place in England' and are at this moment read, there is reason to believe by the most illustrious personage in the realm, MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of Oct. 1.) Suueu.—To-day there was a decrease in the demand for all kinds of Raw Sugar, both for home con sumption and export, although there was a desire on the part of merchants to further reduce their prices. The amount of business transacted in West India Muscovado for all purposese was small, and the private sales did not exceed 200 hhds and trcs, at easier rates. At public sale 93 hhds 13 trcs 15 brls Barbadoes were all taken in at easier rates. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were operated in with caution, although there were sellers of brown grocery Lumps at 53: 6d to 545, and of Standard Lumps at 54s 6d. In Bonded Crushed Sugars a further fall took place, but 29s to 30s having been accepted for first sort, occasioned a good deal to be done. MAIIRITTUi—This afternoon there was only a limited demand for Mauritius, and a public sale of 7,725 bags 28 casks went at a further fall in prices of 6d to is per cwt, but chief part sold. EAST INDIA.—The white and strong yellow sorts of Bengal have sustained the former currency, and met with a good demand; but for soft yellow and brown qualities the market has a dull appearance, and there are sellers upon rather lower terms. The parcels offered at auction were nearly all sold, and amounted to 3,620 bags. Madras has been operated in with caution by the home trade, although there are sellers even upon rather lower terms; but common qualities continue in request for exportation. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Fo reign Sugar, and privately there was little desire shown to do business. COFFEE.—This afternoon at public sale 308 bags of Ceylon Coffee were offered, and sold at 51s for low middling coloury, which is the full value. Privately Native was only in limited request at 34s 6d to 355. for good ordinary, and which are lower rates. TEA.—For public sale on Tuesday 5,000 pkgs are de clared. The market for all sorts of black Tea has been quiet this week, and rather lower rates have been taken. The purchases made in Green have been of little mo ment in any kind, and holders are willing sellers. Pekoe Tea has been sparingly dealt in, moderate as prices are. Orange Pekoe is only worth 9d to is 4d, and better sort Is 6d to is 10d ; Pekoe, black leaf is to is 10d, flowery Is 6d to 4s. SPICES.—This afternoon Nutmegs met with attention, and 27 cases of Penang at public sale sold at stiffer rates —fine brown went at 4s Id to 4s 4d, good middling 3s 2d to 3s 3d, middling 2s 10d to 3s id, ordinary 2s 6d to 2s Bd, very ordinary is 9d to is 10d. Of Mace 13 cases sold at firm rates, middling and good 3s 2d to 3s 7d. RICE.—To-day the business transacted in all kinds of East India Rice was extremely limited by private treaty, and at public sale 1,610 bags of Java were taken in, but sold afterwards at 16s for good bold white, and at 8s 6d - ----____- to 15s for damaged, which are lower rates by sd. PORTssiOuTH, , OCT. 1.-_ / 1 - tear-Admiral Shireff SPIRITS.—There are still free sellers of Jamaica Rum, hoisted his flag this morn;. nv, on board her Majesty's but Parker but merchants submitting to a reduction on last we .k's ship and reli i -Nva Rear-Admiral Excellent, n. rates of Id to 2d per gallon, tempted the trade to operate the dutie s o f admiral s, jrjerintendent of this dockyard. with more freedom, and a large business has been trans- Captain Yates has els%) Superse d e d R ear-Admiral Pasco acted. The sales amounted to 400 puns. Demerara in the command of her Majesty ' s ship . Majesty's ship Victory. The met with little attention and was obtained upon customaal; s a lutes, were exchanged with the Victory rather lower terms; the ;ales amounted to only 100 and Eixe'elle t u ,:)., the new superintendent hoisting his puns at 3s 3d to 3s 4d for 34 to 36 per cent. over proof. fix, The business concluded in Leeward Island has been ex- latronlkt IN THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUES.—III con tremely limited, although there has been a desire on the sequence of a printed circular which has been distributed part of holders to accept 2s Id to 2s 2d proof strength.. 1 East India met with little attention, and proof with eel , . . among the sons of Israel, announcing that a few gentle tificate is only worth is 10d to is 11d. Havannah is duTI men being desirous of associating themselves together for of sale at is 7d to is 8d proof. There are further arrivr the purpose of organising a society to effect the throwing me of Rum, still the stock is not so large as it was in the Als open the vestries of the various synagogues of the year at this time; home deliveries continue to be r, T_Jast tropolis, with the ultimate object of a thorough reform but for exportation they keep smaller. pr . g ?Ater, of the several boards of management, and requesting the however, under those that existed at this timelo:ds are, favour of their presence at a select and preliminary Holders of brandy are wi ll ing sellers,and In. 1846. meeting on Tuesday evening last, at the committee-room parcels of old landed sorts for sale, ' off cr large in the Sussex Hall, Leadenhall-street ; a great number whilst of the of persons favourable to this movement assembled. Elias younger kinds the supply is go o d. porters and the home trade there has On the pert of ex- Davies, Esq., took the chair, and brie fl y stated the object been little done. they had met to consider. Resolutions expressing thw COCHINEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal naet with object of this preliminary meeting were p asse d unani little attention, and at pub lic sale 114 bags o f li on - mously, to await the consideration of the b oa rds, and duras went at a d ec li ne on former rates of 2d to 3d per their answer previous to a general meeting being called. lb., but the whol e so ld . CURRENCY REFORM.—We understrdd that & OILS.—T • his afternoon at public sale 40 tuns Southern meeting of merchants, manufacturers, an l .l other parties Oil sold at 231 to 251 15s for low to good, 20 tuns Hump- • interested in a reform of our currency system, has been back 221 15a to 241; and 181 casks Palm 30s to 35s 3d called by circular, and will be held at Dee's Hotel, in for low to fine, which are at lower rates. this town on Monday next. Invitations have been for- TALLow.—For Russian prices. have improved, and warded to several members ot Parliament who have on the part of the home trade more desire has been taken an interest the in . quee,non, as well as to other manifested to operate. On the spot a good demand has parti • es; and the meeting is Feely to be of an interesting been experienced, and 46d 9d to 47s 3d have been the and imp ortantcharacter. The members for rates obtained for fine new Petersburgh Yellow Candle. division ' • pro- For forward delivery many contracts have been: entered wised to and for of this county be present and take part in the proceedings. into at 45s 6d to 46s for P.Y.C. Home made sells more The present condition avid future prospect s o f th e met ,Tallow are more required, and former rate supported, but the supply continues to b e goo d. s ea" fully movement about to be commen ce d w ill soot.) assume "i 1 . very important oharaotqa —,Birmingh am Ad vert i ser. freely at 47s 6d to 48s nett cash. All o th er ki nds o f cant i le interestswould bead to th e conclusicra that the