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

LOSS of the TWEED CONFIRMED. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Avon Royal mail steam-ship, Captain Norton, arrived in Cowes Roads last night at ten o'clock, and it is lamentable to announce that she brings con firmatory intelligence of the total loss of the Tweed on the reef of Alacranes, as previously announced in The Sun. It appears that there are seventy-two passengers and crew lost, and seventy-nine saved, a list of both of which will be found below. After the vessel struck, which, it appears, was on the 12th of February, at half-past three A.M., the survivors, by various means, got on to the reef. They remained there for some hours, and at five o'clock rat, on the first day, one of the boats having been got ready, the first officer, Mr. Ellison, with eleven of the survivors, got into it, with the intention of reaching the Campeachy shore, if possible. They were, however, fortunate enough to fall in with the Spanish brig Emilio, fifty-one miles from Sisal roads. After landing them the brig again returned, and, amidst much difficulty, succeeded in taking off several Oth ers, with whom she departed for Perez. On the following day the remainder left the reef in two boats, brought by the Emilio, and got in safety to Perez. The brig then put off to Sisal, and, after remaining there seven days, she was chartered for Havannah, where she arrived on the 3d of March. On the 11th the Avon, being at Havannah, left for England, and, as previously stated, arrived in Cowes Roads last night. The ill-fated Tweed, after she struck on the Ala cranes, went to pieces in the course of half-an-hour. The survivors, who had contrived to reach the reef, soon managed to collect sufficient timber to construct a raft, upon which they remained up to their middles in water the first night, after the tide had made, in a most painful state of anxiety. Fortunately, sufficient provisions and wine were saved to sustain the unfortunate creatures from perish ing by hunger ; they were, as a matter of course, used in a very sparing manner. The passengers saved speak in the highest terms of admiration and praise of the conduct of Captain Parsons throughout the whole of the trying scene. He did everything it was possible to do to save those unfortunates who have so untimely perished; never allowing his own share of the scanty provisions to exceed that of his companions in wretchedness-- never flagging for one moment in his endeavour to render his valuable services available. It appears there were only three female passengers, all of whom were drowned. The last five men on the wreck lashed themselves together on a spar, and ultimately three of them reached the shore in safety. The Avon brings home seventy passengerS, inde pendently of the survivors of the Tweed. There was nothing stirring in particular in the West Indies. The prospects of the crops are en couraging in the extreme. The latest dates brought by the Avon are, Haven nab, March 11 ; Chagres, Feb. 26 ; Honduras, Feb. 20 ; Carthagena, Feb. 28 ; Jamaica, March 11; St. Jago de Cuba, March 8 ; Demerara, March 6 ; Bar badoes, March 12 ; Grenada, March 13 ; Porto Rico, March 16 ; St. Thomas's, March 17 ; and Bermuda, March 24. The Avon has a quarter of million of dollars on board from Parana. She has also 135 cases of cigars, 13 serons of indigo, 50 live turtles, &c. Our usual papers have not come to hand. LIST OF PASSENGERS AND CREW LOST FROM THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET TWEED. PASSENGERS. Mr. Yurchanote Mr. Serbran Mr. Fentnha Mr. Guxruga General Chaulier Mr. Vivinga Mr. Escudeno Mr. Fox Mrs. Escudeno, child, and Mr. Porting) servant Mr. Santo Mr. Barrimeria Mr. Cuvill Mr. Robinson Mr. Gonzales Mr. Meruende Mr. Ladira Mr. Seidurbergh Mr. Cofer Mr. Boom Mr. Mathias Mr. Gartman Mr. Fuentes Mr. Larado Mr. Topete Mr. Rermante Mrs. Jones and eon. Mr. Maspule CREW Mr. W. Croke, fourth officer T. Kenny P. A. Spence, midshipman J. Glassop R. Varndale, ditto J. Newman, coal-trimmer S. Rogers, carpenter J. Alcock, ditto W. Shotter, carpenter's mate J. Moody, ditto P. M'Cullam, quartermaster' H. Phillpot, engineer's boy W. Turl, A.B. H. Bluett, waiter J. Slade, ditto G. Adams, ditto 41- Furze, ditto T. Finlay, barman J. Cove, ditto H. Hawkins, boots P. Moore, ditto Wm. Ellis, bed-room steward H. Horrebow, ditto J. Payne, saloon cook Egbert Moon, apprentice J. Benson, baker F. Warren W. Lees, butcher _ _ _ J. Enger Walter Dyne, Admiralty S. Le Gallais, engineer's ap. agent's servant J. Dixon, captain's servant D. Martin, A.B. W. Hair, third engineer Henry Burton, cook's mate W. Ambrose, fifth engineer Mrs. Grundy, stewardess W. Wiltshead, boiler maker TOTAL LOST. Thos. Stone, fireman Passengers 3l Wm. Bishop Crew 42 Win. Hutchings J. Haddon 73 LIST OF PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED FROM THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET TWEED. CABIN PASSENGERS. Wm. Ellice, Esq., English J. F. Knox, English L. R. Price, English J. M. Espano, Mexican B. G. Farias, English S. Fernandez, Canary Isles C. 0. Steward, English Juan Lobo, Spain T. Jones, English Antonio Miranda, Spin T. Probst, German Jose Bollet, Spain. F. M. Dimond, American A. Palacio, Spain F. Castro, Spanish M. Banuel, Spain A. Pierron, French DECK PASSENGERS. A. Gutuerrez, Spain J. M. Ortez J. T. Piria, Spain J. Burgo J. Luengas, Spain M. M. Echavurni J. Blanco, Spain, N. Berraza V. G. Rendueles, Spain D. Dyarrabal F. L. Peria CREW. Captain G. Parsons G. Lowe E. Ellison, Ist officer J. Wallace C. H. Onslow, 2d ditto J. Cox, fireman B. Knott, 3d ditto S. Harris, ditto T. Rowlett, midshipman T. Hannay, ditto S. R. Rowland, surgeon L. Mayes, ditto T..Bullard, purser 0. Hill, ditto 'l'. B. Cameron D. Wallace. ditto T. Broad, boatswain G. Allum, ditto T. Smith, quartermaster T. Gurnett, ditto G. Flemings, do. C. Parker, ditto W. York, A.B. T. Merton, ditto W. Bunday, do. C. Stewart, storekeeper T. Briscoe, do. G. Looney, apprentice J. Mar c y, do. C. P. M'Cabe, captain's W. Green, do. steward G. Turl, do. C. Hancock, servant J. Layer, do. G. Marlow, waiter T. Harris, do. J. Dawson, storekeeper T. Burwick, do. T. Ivatts, cook T. Sully, do. M. Cushman, officers' boy* T. Phillips, do. W. Cooper, surgeon's boy* M. Muckrell, do. J. Davis, Lieutenant R.N., G. Deal, do. Admiralty Agent A. M•Kenzie, Ist Engineer TOrAL SAVED. T. Morrison, 2d do. Passengers 29 D. Blair, 4th do. Crew S. Forster, fireman It. Johnston, do. 81 A. Burt * These two not on board the ship when she was wrecked, having been left behind at Jamaica. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Silt,—lt is indeed too true that the rumoured loss of this fine steam-ship has now been confirmed. I have this moment (ten o'clock, Thursday) received from my brother, who was to have come home by the Tweed, and for whose safety since the intelligence was received great fears were apprehended, a letter written yesterday, of which the following is an extract:— " Royal Mail Steamer Avon, off Plymouth, 2 nm., 7th April, 1847." " I left Barbadoes on the 13th ult., on board the man of-war Persian, and joined the steamer at Antigua, on the 16th ult., since which I have been on passage. After It most pleasant run through the West India islands, and stopping one day at St. Thomas', and two at Bermuda, we are now approaching the destination of the ship, and shall, some time to-night, be on shore at Southampton. We are i gnoran t w h e th er th e me lancholy l oss o f t h e boyal Mail ste amer T wee d, th e ship which sho u ld h ave brought us from Bermuda, is yet known in England or not. She was wrecked on the Alacarnes reef, in the Gulf of Mexico, on the 12th February. Seventy-four lives were lost, thirty of whom were passengers. The survivors, seventy-six in number, are on board of us." This information may be relied on as authentic, and I transmit it for early publication to relieve, in some mea sure, the great anxiety existing as to the fate of this unfortunate vessel, and, as first rumoured, the loss of all on beard, the latter portion of which will now be seen not to be correct.—l am your obedient servant, J. C. WHITEFIELD. 2 3, Upper North-place, Gray's Inn, Thursday, Bth April, 1847. PANAMA, FEBRUARY 21.—The Pacific Steam Ca'avigation C ompany ' s steam - s hi p New Grenada, from Callao, arrived here February ' , lst, bringing, in addition :p 4 t her usual passengers and cargo, the mails in continua tion with the Company's steamer Chili, which left Val- Par.aiso 28th January, from the undermentioned ports in Chili, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and New Grenada, of the 4 e "PcFtive dates as unaernoted:—Valparaiso, Jan. 28; t °cl, !iimbo, Jan. 29 ; lluasco, Jan. 30; Copiapo, Jan. 30; I ,"'Ja, Feb. 1; Iquique, Feb. 2 ; Arica, Feb. 3; Islay, 4 6eb• 4 ; Pisco,Callao, Feb. 7; Payta, Feb. 14; tiaYr l 4l, Feb , 16 ; Buenaventura, Feb. 19. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1847. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. TUESDAY NIGHT. The con'usion that arose from the departure of the crowd immediately after the race for the Newmarket Handicap, prevented our obtaining pat titulars of the running in time to forward them with the result. We now subjoin them:— Ivr JA EWDIARKET HANDICAP.—It is almost superfluous to say that the horses were got together without, and precisely at the time fixed were started at the first signal. The first running was made by Devil me. Care, followed by Lynceus, Vampyre, Free Lance, Best Bower, and a few others, the heavy weight laying well up with them, in a cluster; all, in fact, were in good positions except Clermont (the Eu clid colt), who blundered just after starting, and lost a little ground, fortunately for him, the pace was not great, and he reached his horses befor they had run a quarter of a mile. At the bushes, Lynceus, who had been, and still was, pulling double, took the lead from Devil-me-care, and with Vampyre, Devil-me-care. Palma, and Queen of Tyne, at his heels, carried on the naming to the turn of the lands, Cler mont here took the second place, and getting clear of his horses, followed about two lengths in the wake of Lynceus, who was still pulling hard. Vanish next showed with the leading horses, then Sting, and Vampyre dropping back, the race, about half way be tween the turn and the Duke's Stand, was left to tour. Clermont now ran up to Lynceus, had no difficulty in depriving him of his lead, kept in frot:' to the chair, and won cleverly by a length. Vanish and Sting passed Lyn ceus about 50 yards from home, and made a sporting race, for the second money,which the horse won for his owner by a head. Lynceus a good fourth, Vampyre fifth, and Palma sixth; run in 3 min. 9 sec. Mr. Gregory is said to have netted 4,0001., in addition to the stake, which, free from deductions, amounted to 1,1251. Some of his friends also came off good winners. As is ever the case when favourites win, the round betters are losers. BETTING UP TO TWELVE O'CLOCK. COLUMN STAKES. • _ _ _ 6 to 5 apt Red Hart (taken and siiterwards offered). SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Clermont. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7 to 4 agst Planet 1 4 to 1 agst The Liberator METROPOLITAN STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Clermont 12 to 1 agst Rufus 12 to 1 agst Wolfdog—t. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Dulcet (t) DE' 7 to 2 agst Kent's lot (t) 9 to 1 agst Scott's lot (t) 14 to 1 agst Forth's lot (t) 15 to 2 agst Van Tromp (t) 8- to 1 agst Planet 17 to 1 agst Epirote 22 to 1 agst Liberator (t) 20 to 1 agtt Glentilt (t) 25 to 1 agst Red Hart— taken freely 40 to 1 agst Sting (t) ,BY. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Martin 40 to 1 agst War Eagle (t) 40 to 1 agst Mathematician 40 to 1 agst Bingham 1,000 to 15 agst Good Coin 1,000 ( to ) 10 agst Notting.. ham (t) 1,000 to 10 agst Halo .(t) NESDAY. Again a shy li s t, but WE containing a race of great in terest in the Column, for which two list's that have made some figure in the Derby betting, and have been laid against to an amount that must have wofully shaken the confidence of their friends, made their appearance. On Tuesday night it was not at all clear that Epirote would show, and in consequence Red Hart was backed at a fraction less than evens ; 25 to 1 was also taken freely about him for the Derby, for which event Epirote receded to 17 to 1 ; he suffered a further decline this morning, notwithstanding the arrival of Mr. Bowes removed all doubt about his starting, as much as 25 to I, in hundreds, having been taken against him From the description of the race it will be gathered that Red Hart cut up badly, and that Epirote achieved an easy victory, a moderate animal of Col. Peel's ob taining the second place. 1,000 to 10 was offered against Red Hart after race, and 1,000 even laid between The Liberator and Epirote. A dead heat prolonged a day's sport that, apart from the Column, excited little interest. The weather was favourable and the attendance select. Subscription Plate 501.; for 3 yrs old, 7st; 4 yrs, Bst 71b; 5 yrs, 9st; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 21b; T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, 5 yrs Mr. Mostyn's Wilderness, 4 yrs Mr. Robert's Mogulistan, 3 yrs Mr. Ford's Shahzadee, 3 yrs Lord Orford's Tarella, 3 in Betting 3tol on Wilderness. Shabzadee made the running followed by Wood Pigeon, Tarella, and Wilder neis lying off. They went without change to the cords, where Wilderness joined company, and the lot ran in a cluster for a few strides; Wilderness and Wood Pigeon then quitted their horses, ran home head and head, and finished with a dead heat. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. Deciding Heat-2 to lon Wilderness. The horse made all the running, and won by a length. Time 1 min. 12 secs. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, for 3 yrs old; colts, Bst 71b, - and fillies, Bst 21b. D.M. (8 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Halo (Nat) 1 Colonel Anson's Lazarillo Lord Lonsdale's IbrahimPacha Betting-2 to lon Halo, who made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths. Time 1 minute 44 seconds. The Column Stakes, of 50 sous. each, h ft, for 3 p..01d _ _ R.M. (31 Subs,) . Mr. Bowes's Epirote, 3st 81b.. (F. Butler) 1 Colonel Peel's Palma, Bst lib 2 Duke of Richmond's Red Hart, Bst 71b Lord Exeter's Veronetz, Bst 21b Betting -2 to lon Epirote. Red Hart made running at a bad pace for a quarter of a mile, and was then dis placed by Palma, who carried it on to the bushes, where Epirote took it up at an improved pace, was never after wards caught, and won cleverly by a length, Palma beating Red Hart as far. Varonetz nowhere. Time 1 min. 49 secs. Match. D.M., 300, h. ft. Mr. Gully's Mendicant, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 1 Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Bst (Nat) 2 7 to 4 on Mendicant, who waited until half way up the cords, and won by a neck. Run in 1 min. 43 sec. Match ; 200, h. ft., T.Y.C. Mr. Byng's Garry Owen, 7st 101 b, received from Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence, 7st 81b, T.Y.C., 200, h. ft. Match ; Duke of Bedford's Captain Phebus agst Mr. Bowes's Ukraine. Off by consent. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING-1847. _ _ Match ; Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp agst Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator, Bst 71b each ; last miles, and 3 qrs. if T.M.M., 5001., p.p. An offer to match the Liberator agst The Planet for 1,000 sovs, and give 51b, was declined in consequence of Planet's numerous engagements this year. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) _ . NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, TEN O'CLOCK. LATEST BETTING. THE, PORT STAKES (FRIDAY.) Even on Sting. TA N HANDICAP. 13 to 1 agst Wolfdog 13 to 1 agst Rufus THE mirrROPOL: 4 to 1 egut Clermont (t.) 10 to I agst Jenny Wren (0 12 to 1 agst Sheraton TWO THOUSAND 7 to 4 agst Planet IITINEAS STAKES. 7 to 2 agst The Liberator(t) R CUP. 33 to 1 agst Sting (t) 40 to 1 agst Intrepid 40 to 1 agst Clermont (t) 50 to 1 agst Sylvanus IBY. 1,000 to 10 agst Red Hart 1,000 even Planet agst Liberator CHEST: 17 to 1 agst Dulcet 20 to 1 asst Mendicant (t) 25 to 1 agst The Lamb (t) 25 to 1 agst Camera Obscura DE 8 to 1 agst Van Tromp (t) 8 to 1 agst Planet 15 to 1 agst The Liberator 25 to 1 agst Conyngham Entry ft - A. the D. MI Plate (Thursday). Captain Phebus, 5 yrs Tuft Hunter, 3 jrs Colleen Bawn, 5 yrs Redwing, 3 yrs Free Lance, 4 yrs The Positive Young Mau, Vert-Vert, 3 yrs 3 yrs Don Caesar, 3 yrs One Hundred Sovs. Sweepstakes. The following are scratched :—Lazarillo, f out of Mom'. tiqn Sylph's dam, Old Port, Villiers, Mistress Jean, Marpessa c, Bridle, and Brother to Stitch. The King of Naples does not start for the 200 sous. Sweeepstakes. Port Stakes (Friday).—Binnacle, Traverser, Playful, Tugnet, and Joy, are scratched. D RURY-LAIS E THEATRE.—The new spectacle of the Desert is attracting all play-goers ; the house last night, on its third representation, being a complete over flow. It is certainly the most splendid entertainment which has, perhaps, ever been seen on the English, or any other stage. [ADVERT !SEM E T].—MR. CAREW'S NOVEL, "THE POACHER'S WIFE," maintains its onward course of popularity. It is, indeed, universally pronounced to be one of the most attractive works of fiction of the time!! On this marked success, much comment has been made; but the surprise might have been more natural had the volumes failed, than now when they have so signally succeeded; inasmuch as apathy towards the great sub ject (the Game-laws), illustrated in the novel, would be an imputation to public feeling. The Atlas says, "the style of the rural demons who occupy a portion of the story is preserved with extraordinary power and bold ness. There is no mincing of the phraseology—no false delicacy. Mr. Carew's diction is everywhere original, sometimes wild and uncouth, as if his subject had conjured up a strange language to give its terrors fitting expression." The Constitutionnel says, " The dysentery raged among the crews of the French vessels stationed at the Antilles and at Otaheite. The first-named station has lost more than forty men, and the other more than four teen." ASHBURTON, APRIL 6. Our esteemed repre sentative, James Matheson, E , q., accompanied by his amiable l a dy, arrived at Bates's Golden Lion hotel, from London, on Saturday afternoon last. The bells from St. Andrew's tower sent forth many a merry peal, and the union jack floated on the top of the church tower; the band also paraded the streets in the evening. The worthy gentleman spent from Saturday until Tues day afternoon in this borough, during which time he has visited as many of his friends and constituents as . time would allow. Ashburton may well be proud of such a gentleman for their representative as Mr. Mathe son, as we ibelieve that political parties of all grades welcome his arrival in this borough as one to whom the greatest respect and esteem is due. Mr. and Mrs. Matheson intend to sojourn for a few days at Castle Hill, North Devon, the residence of Earl Fortescue. THE RIGHT HON. THOS. MILNEE GIBSON, M.P. —We are sorry to learn that our representative, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, is labouring under severe indisposition, and has b een or d ere d b y his medical adviser to repair to the sea coast for change of air.—M, ancliester Guardian, MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED.) TAIT. Before Mr. Tait resigned the proprietorship of this magazine it arrived with all possible punctuality, and enabled us to give an early criticism upon its contents among the leading monthly periodicals. Since the retirement of its original publisher Tait has so loitered upon the road that we are compelled to afford each number a less careful perusal and a more hurried con sideration. We hint thus much that the transmission may be speedier henceforth. From his first appear ance we have welcomed the compositions of Mr. Gil fillan; we have always read them with a gusto, and have generally found them on a parity vtith their themes. Besides his volume of " Literary Portraits," he has occasionally sketched the ideal likeness of con temporary bookmen in the pages of Tait. The idiosyncrasies and writings of Sir E. L. B. Lyti.on, of Thomas Hood, and of James Montgomery have been commented upon with much that is subtle and more that is earnest and passionate in his style of criticism. Here he seizes a most fruitful subject— Alfred Tennyson —the master of the young poets now living—and we confess ourselves utterly and un utterably disappointed. Mr. Gilfillan shows no ca pacity whatever for appreciating the genius of Ten nyson. We doubt very much whether he have ever read one quarter of what Tennyson has written— little as that unfortunately is. That Alfred Tenny son is a more remarkable poet than Mr. Gilfillan takes him to be is proved by one significant fact, namely, that his poems have risen in little more that a dozen years to a distinguished celebrity, unaided and unpuffed. A young man, the son of a Lincolnshire clergyman, scarcely emancipated from the scholastic bonds of Cambridge, publishes, in 1831, a little book of poems. The book is unparaded; it creeps quietly enough into existence; but it has the true spirit, the true verve—the divine ajiatus. It seizes upon the ima ginations and hearts of Englishmen ; its verses have the golden ring about them ; their numbers are in every mouth ; they become a part of our household _ memories. A few years float over and a second vo lume is added to the first : coupled together they are on bookshelves in odd corners all about England, side byside with Keats and Coleridge. The name of Alfred Tennyson becomes as familiar as the most eminent of modern classics to every lover of real poetry, and Government ultimately confirms the plaudits of the people by a pension of two hundred pounds per an num. Mr. Gilfillan, to our thinking, therefore, shows but little discrimination in the manner of this strag gling and indifferent article. Many of the figurative sentences are, of course, inimitable—it would be diffi cult for Mr. Gilfillan to write anything, however carelessly, without casual gleams of beauty, both in thought and expression. There is truth, no doubt, in these brilliant sentences :—Speaking of the verses of Tennyson, "It is the voice and lute of Ariel ; but heard not in a solitary and enchanted island, but in a modern drawing-room, with beautiful women bending round, and moss-roses breathing, in their faint fragrance, through the half- opened windows." . . " From the sublime to the snug, and vice versa, is with him but a single step. We may liken him to the sea-shell, which, sitting complacently and undistinguished among the commonplace ornaments of the mantelpiece, has only to be lifted to give forth from its smooth ear the far -rugged boom of the ocean breakers." . • • . "By sobs of sound, by half hints of meaning, by light, hurrying strokes on the ruddy chords of the heart, by a ringing of changes on certain words and phrases, he sways us as if with the united powers of music and poetry." . . . . "He paints vivid and compl e t e pictures in a few lively touches, and by a few airy words, as if caught in dropping from the sky." So far there is accuracy in these delineations of the peculiarites of the intel lect of Tennyson—but no farther. Mr. Gilfillan views that intellect only from one point. He cannot turn it on a pivot, like those whirligig poetasters who show you all the phases and sides of their mental character at once ; and he won't take the trouble to make a circuit round it himself. Hence the paper is crammed full of inconsistencies. He likens Tenny son's verse, for example, to Ariel ; but Ariel, be it observed, in a drawing-room among moss-roses and beautiful women. The " Two Voices" are marvel lously like the voice of Ariel ! The " Vision of Sin" is wonderfully suggestive of a modern drawing-room ! The lamentations of " St. Simeon Stylites" are exces sively like the breathings of moss-roses I Absurd, literally absurd, as these metaphors are when employed not as illustrative of a single cha racteristic, but as indicating the entire grasp and disposition of the poet; they are endur able when compared with the self-sufficiency of the notices of the separate poems. " Mariana at the Moated Grange," the "Talking Oak," the "May Queen," and "Orient' " are dismissed with their mere enumeration. The " Lotos Eaters," a piece brimming with the very dew of the "land of drowsy- head" is slurred over with an impertinent kind of half compliment. " Dora" is slmmarily dismissed, after being likened to a "deep quiet pool." And " Godiva" is considered in just fifteen lines. While the whole of the latter part of the article is de voted to an extravagant panegyric upon the author of " Festus," as if the talent of the author of " Festus" had anything to do with Alfred Tennyson 1 Why, the little poems we have named are worth fifty " Fes tuses," with their "buttered thunders 1" The paper is apparently intended as a dispassionate and complete survey of the capacity of Tennyson, and yet nothing is said about the exquisite poem of "The Sleeping Beauty;' nothing is said of the impassioned wailings of " St. Simeon Stylites ;" nothing is said of the chaste and perfect ballad of "The Miller's Daughter ;" no thing is said of the "Lord of Burghley," of the " Walk to the Mail," of the "Gardener's Child," of " Lady Clara Veve de Vere " of the "Lady of Chalott," of th e f ragmen t "Norte d'Arthur," or of " Elianore." As we enumerate these solely from recollection, it will be manifest that the over sights of Mr. Gilfillan are extraordinary, when he professes in one part to mention the more remarkable of Tennyson's writings. Several of those we have have just mentioned as altogether unnoticed by him are among the most remarkable of Tennyson's poems. It is some compensation, however, to find that the writer can appreciate the sentiment of " Locksley Hall," and that he is so far incited to enthusiasm by the refrain about " the golden prime of good Eia roun Alraschid," as to speak of the "Arabian Nights Entertainments " in this wise :—" The Thousand-, and- one Nights' is one enchantment — more powerful than the lamp of Alladin, or the open sesame of All Baba. The author, were he one—not many—is a magician—a genii—greater than Scott, than Cer vantes, equal to Shakspere himself. What poetry, passion, pathos, beauty of sentiment, elegance of costume, ingenuity of contrivance, wit, humour, farce, interest, variety, tact in transition, sunniness of spirit, dream-like wealth of imagination, incidental but pre cious light cast upon customs, manners, history, re ligion—everything, in short, that can amuse or amaze, instruct or delight, the human spirit !" If we could sympathise in no other particular with Mr. Gilfillan we could to the uttermost in his admiration for those glorious hoards of poetry and treasuries of fiction. After a pithy but dry essay upon " Success in Life," the readers of Tait are presented with a condensed continuation and completion of " Mrs. Thornton's Truth and Falsehood," a tale that was suddenly interrupted by the publication in the ma gazine of Mrs. Gore's very feeble and very unworthy novel of " Temptation and Atonement. Thomas de Quincey is nearly bereft of what Bardolph would call his " seven sentences," when speaking of Wordsworth. It is well paganism is exploded, other wise we should be in danger of seeing the Opium Eater one of these fine days offering a kid and let tuces before the shrine of the Poet Laureate, or pour ing a libation of the decoction of poppies upon Rydal Mount. The paper by De Quincey, headed "Milton versus Southey and Landor," is a clever but bewil dering rhapsody. Mr. Burton's "Lives of Lord Lovat and Forbes, of Culloden," forming an excellent supplement to Mrs. Thomson's "History of the Jacobites," are reviewed, and a biography of the late James Calder, one of the old school of reformers, is contained among the miscellaneous contributions. Besides a temperate article upon " Government Education" there are minor criticisms, and the usual Political Register. Alluding to the aid received by Lord George Bentinck from the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Shrewsbury, Tait caustically observes— " His Lordship's sting is in his tail, and it is pitiful that the tail of a very medium person should be of such rare and sterling genius 1" It is the genius, the slave of the Lamp. CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. By Albert Smith. Pare VIII. The 25th chapter, which commences the present number, jumps over a space of six years : " And you must allow your author to carry you to another land. You must imagine a strange and noise less city, with silent highways of water for countless boats, instead of rattling thoroughfares for cabs and carts, looking for all the world like rows of ruined Re form Club-houses built on the banks of the Serpentine. Strange black looking craft, like floating hearses, glide about the streets, giving you the idea that one half of the population is burying the other half ; and every now and then you come upon a view, which you appear to be already well acquainted with, from a perforated card, water-coloured drawing in an album, or a print in an annual, or some dining-room picture, associated with an agreeable party, heat-frosted claret jugs and early asparagus. "You will see no trees—a Bloomsbury-square lilac would be a grove by comparison. And you will meet no horses—the most wretched cab-hack in London might be kept for a show, and create a great sensation. The thoroughfares are all alleys, and the alleys aro nothing but back-doors leading to narrow bridges crossing small stagnant canals making you think every instant that you are coming to some docks. But you are not, nevertheless. And you may soon miss your way if you lo:e sight of any of the landmarks, resembling square parish churches, with cheap obelisks on their summits, which r i lbe in go many directions, The boats are called ph dolas ; the square towers are called campaniles ; and cthe name of the place itself is Venice. " You cannot get there by land. The city lies out away from the shore, high and dry, like the Goodwin sands at low water. So you go in boats—first along rows of extensive Puddle-docks, and then over what might be taken for a huge flooded race course, the post and rails of which just appear above the water, so that there is no great fear of drowning ; the whole tract re minding intelligent travellers of the Essex marshes out at sea. And before getting there you must not be quite led away by the poets, who are from time to time taken so poorly respecting its beauties ; because the approach thereto from Mestre—which is to Venice what Twicken ham is to Eel Pie Island—is not exactly like the dio ramas and descriptions you have formed your notions from. In fact, in common-place minds, it may suggest unfavourable comparisons with Wapping, until the pas sage boat emerges into the great water-street of this amphibious city of human beavers." This description o f V en i ce , th oug h less poetical, is infinitely more correct than the descriptions to be found in the note-books of sentimental travellers. Gudge, his wife, and Mrs. Hamper, whom they have picked up at Boulogne, arrive at an hotel at Venice, and there they find Christopher officiating as the English waiter. Gudge attempts to bully him, but it will not do ; Christopher is a man now, and knows that there is a mystery attached to his birth. He has been shipped oft* from Southampton to Leghorn, and from thence has been transferred to Vienna. He sets Gudge at defiance, and appeals to Sir Frederick Arden, and when in formed that Sir Frederick Arden is dead, he bates nothing of his courage, but avows his intention to proceed to England and discover the mystery of his his birth. Mrs. Hamper, who has palmed herself upon the Gudges meets with some high friends who are going to Florence, and determines to palm herself upon them. She therefore leaves Venice for Florence, via Bologna, but on her journey is attacked by bri gands, and taken up into the stronghold, where she is detained as a prisoner for the sake of the ransom which they expect to receive for her. Sprouts has succeeded to th e lib rary , an d is on the eve of mar riage with Bessy Payne. The jolly man has been long married to Miss Twits, and Sprouts and the party go down to Greenwich Fair, where they meet with Skittle and the Taglioni Ginger Beer Cart, who introduces them to Hickory and to Luddy's daughtei; an interesting girl of fifteen (poor Luddy is dead), and in the course of conversation Hickory relates the early history of Christopher, and Sprouts announces his intention of following up the clue which Hickory has furnished in order to be revenged on Gudge. It will be seen that this part 8 leaves all the parties concerned in an interesting imbroglio, and we await with curiosity the appearance of part 9. VANITY FAIR. Part IV. By W. M. Thackeray. In the opening chapter of the present number we find ourselves again with the Sedleys and Osbornes in Russell-square. Poor Amelia loves George Osborne with her whole heart, but we are afraid that George Osborne will turn out a worldling after all, and not worthy the affection of poor Amelia. We are also introduced to old Osborne, the very beau ideal of a vulgar purse-proud parvenu, who would fain cut old Sedley, the founder of his fortunes, because the world has not gone well with him of late and who, more than insinuates to George that it would be well that he should violate his engagement with Amelia. Miss Rebecca Sharpe is domiciled in the house of Miss Crawley, in Park-lane, having ejected all Miss Crawley's toadys, and Rebecca is visited there daily by Rawdon Crawley, who has become acquainted with George Osborne, and plucked him gloriously at billiards. Rebecca calls on Amelia, and invites her to dine at Miss Crawley's in Park-lane. George Os borne and Rawdon Crawley are also invited, when the following admirable scene takes place:— " How's little Miss Sharp, by-the-bye," Osborne in quired of his friend over their wine, with a dandified air. " Good-natured little girl that. Does she suit you well at Queen's Crawley? Miss Sedley liked her a good deal last year." Captain Crawley looked savagely at the Lieutenant out of his little blue eyes, and watched him when he went up to resume his acquaintance with the fair gover ness. Her conduct must have relieved Crawley if there. was any jealousy in the bosom of that life-guardsman. When the young men went up stairs, and after Os borne's introduction to Miss Crawley, he walked up to Rebecca with a patronising, easy swagger. He was going to be kind to her and protect her. He would even shake hands with her, as a friend of Amelia's ; and saying, " Ah, Miss Sharp ! how-dy-doo ?" held out his left hand towards her, expecting that she would be quite confounded at the honour. Miss Sharp put out her right fore-finger —And gave him a little nod, so cool and killing, that Rawdon Craw ley, watching the operations from the other room, could hardly restrain his laughter as he saw the Lieutenant's entire discomfiture ; the start ho gave, the pause, and the perfect clumsiness with which he at length conde scended to take the finger which was offered for his embrace. " She'd beat the devil, by Jove I" the Captain said, in a rapture ; and the Lieutenant, by way of beginning the conversation, agreeably asked Rebecca how she liked her new place. " My place?" said Miss Sharp, coolly, " how kind of you to remind me of it ! It's a tolerably good place : the wages are pretty good —not so good as Miss Wirt's, I believe, with your sisters in Russell Spare. How are those young ladies? —not that I ought to ask." " Why not?" Mr. Osborne said, amazed. W hy, they never condescended to speak to me, or to ask me into their house, whilst I was staying with Amelia ; but we poor governesses, you know, are used to slights of this sort." " My dear Miss Sharp !" Osborne ejaculated. "At least in some families," Rebecca continued. " You can't think what a difference there is though. We are not so wealthy in Hampshire as you lucky folks of the city. But then lamin a g entleman's family—good , old English s t oc k . I suppose you know Sir Pitt's father refused a p eerage. And you see bow lam t r eated. I am pretty comfortable. Indeed it is rather a good place. But how ver y goo d of you t o inquire l" Osborn e was quite savage. The little governess pa tronised him and persifiled him until this young British Lion felt quite uneasy ,• nor could he muster sufficient presence of mind to find a pretext for backing out of this most delectable conversation. " I thought you liked the City families pretty well," he said haughtily. " Last year you mean, when I was fr esh from t h at horrid vulgar school ? Of course I did. Doesn't every girl lik e to come home for the holidays ? A n d h ow was Ito kno w any b etter? But Mr. Osborne, what a differenc e e i g h teen months' experience ma k es !— e i g h teen months spent, pardon me f or sa ying so, with gentlemen. As fur dea r A me li a, she, I grant you , is a pearl, and would be charming anywhere. There now, I see you are beginning to be in a good humour ; but oh , these queer odd Ci ty people I And Mr. Jos.—how is that wonderful Mr. Joseph?" " It seems to me you didn't dislike that wonderful Mr. Joseph last year," Osborne said kindly. " How seve re o f you! Well, entre 710715, I didn't break my heart abo u t hi m ; yet if he ha d as k e d me to do wh a t you mean by y our l oo k s (and very expressive and kind they are, too), I wouldn't have said no. Mr. Osborne gave a look as much as to say," Indeed, how very obliging!" Wh a t an honour to have bad you for a brother-in-• law, you are thinking? To be sister-in-law to George Os borne, Esquire, son 3f John Osborne, Esquire, son of-- what was your grandpapa, Mr. Osborne? Well, don't be angry. You can't help your pedigree, and I quite agree with you that I would have married Mr. Joe Sedley ; for could a poor penniless girl do better? Now you know the whole secret. I'm frank and open ; and, considering all things, it was very kind of you to allude to the circumstance—very kind and polite. Amelia, dear, Mr. Osborne and I were talking about your poor brother Joseph. How is he?" Thus was George utterly routed. Not that Rebecca was in the right; but she bad managed most successfully to put him in the wrong. And he now shamefully fled, feeling if he stayed another minute, ,that he would have been made to look foolish in the presence of Amelia. Poor Rebecca, however, is caught in her own trap. Lady Crawley dies, and the Baronet himself comes to London to induce Rebecca to return to Queen's Crawley : " I wawnt you back at Queen's Crawley, Miss," the baronet said, fixing his eyes upon her, and taking off his black gloves and his hat with its great crape hat band. His eyes had such a strange look, and fixed upon her so steadfastly, that Rebecca Sharp began almost to tremble. " I hope to come soon," she said in a low voice, " as ie d soon as Miss Crawley is better — and return to—to the dear children." " You've said so the se three months, Becky," replied you out. I tell you I wa nt y ou. I'm going back to th e Vuneral. Will you co me back? Yes or no?" ill you go Banging " I daren't-1 don't think—it would b e r i ght —to be who'll Pitt,"and fling you oil st on to my sister, when she's w ore alone—with you, Sir," Becky said, seemingly in great agitation. Pitt said, " I say agin, I want y you, Sir thumping the table. " I can't git on without you. I didn't see what it was till you went away. The house all goes wrong. It's not the same place. All my accounts has got mud dled agin. You mis t come back. Do come back, Dear Becky, do come." " Come—as what , Sir? Rebecca gasped out. " Come as Lady Crawley, if . you like," th e b aronet said, grasping his crap e hat I'llere! will that aatusfy you? Come back and be my wife. Your vit vort. Birth be hanged. You're as good a lady as ever I see. You've got more brains in your little ving er t h an any baronet's wife in the county. Will you come? Yes or no?" " Oh, Sir Pitt," Rebecca said, very much moved. " Say yes, Becky," Sir Pitt continued. .` Pm an old man, but a good'n. I' m goo for twenty years. I'll make you happy, zee if I don't. You shall do what you like ; spend what you like ; and 'av it all your own way. I'll make you a zettlement. I'll do everything reglar. Look y'ear !" and the old man fell duwn on his knees and leered at her like a satyr. Rebecca started back a picture of consternation. In the course of this history we have never seen her lose ber presence of mind ; but she did now, and wept some of the most genuine tears that ever fell from her eyes. said. " Oh, Sir—I--I'm already."mar riZOi Sir Pitt!" she CHEAP STEAM TRAVELLlNG.—yesterday steam vessels were conveying passengers from the river Thames to Ipswich for 2,5, each, THE LATE MYSTERIOUS FIRES IN WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND. Yesterday an inquiry of four hours' duration was held by Mr. Bedford, the coroner, at the Bell, Exeter-street, Strand, re: petting the origin of the fire which occurred on Suuday morning last on the premises belonging to Mr. M. J. Pitt, hatter and tchaeconist, carry lug on busi ness at No. 10, Wellington-street, North, Strand. The inquiry excited considerable interest in the neighbour hood, from the fact of the present fire having been the third that has broken out in the same shop since November, 1845. Mr. Joseph Burton, a clerk in the Phcenix Fire-office, stated that on the 10th of last March Mr. Pitt effected an insurance in that office for 5001. When he applied to be insured he said that he had a brother insured in the same office.. Witness was not then ark are that he had had two fires previously. The premium charged was double hazardous, because their was a fl u t ema k er ' s upstairs. 'Witness did not consider that hats of them selves were at all hazardous, but a hat manufactory de cidedly war. William Cooper, police-constable F. 58, said that he was on duty in 'favistock-street on Sunday morning last, and at half past five, whilst passing Mr. Pitt's vrernises, he discovered smoke issuing from the shop front. He immediately raised an alarm, and in the course of a few minutes he saw some one throw a fire-escape out of the top window. The party was undressed. Sergeant Montgomery, of the F division, said that on hearing the alarm he went to the premises and ascended the escape, and got in at the first floor. He met Mr. and Mrs. Pitt, a boy, and another female. Ile ran down stairs and saw fire burning in the hat shop. Mr. Pitt followed, and he asked hire to open the street-door three times before he did so. At last the door was opened, and the fire was extinguished with bu c k e t s o f water. Charles Mills said that be was in the employ of Messrs. Rudall and Rose, who occupied the first floor, and that he slept in the house on the night of Saturday, and was awoke by hearing a cry of fire raised. The fire-escape had be en fixed about three weeks. lie could not tell how the fire originated. He was not able to go into Mr. Pitt's shop when he liked, as Mr. Pitt had for bidden him, on account of having missed a spoon some time back. Inspector Logan corroborated the evidence of Sergeant Montgomery. Mr. George Coll, the foreman of the London Engine Establishment, said that he arrived at the house a little after six o'clock on the morning in question. He ex - . mined the shop, and it occurred to him that a number of hat boxes had been burned on the floor where the fire had begun. The flooring was charred, and the partition between the two shops was burned a great deal. There was a hole in the floor which had been caused by the draught coming through the cracks in the wood. It bad drawn the fire in. It was not burned underneath, and there certainly was no grease round the hole. There was a small trap in the partition of the two shops, which was open on this and the pre vious occasion. He had examined the place very mi nutely, but was unable to tell how the fire began. It did not seem likely that it had been smouldering all night, as there was nothing to resist it. Mr. Pitt was not insured when the first fire occurred, but when the second took place, he was insured in the Sun. Mr. Superintendent Braidwood, who was present during the whole of the inquiry, said that he had nothing to add to the last witness's statement. He had not examined the premises at the time of the fire. It was the foreman's duty to do so, and report the result to him, which had been done on the present occasion. Mary Ann Bishop, a servant in the employ of Mr. Pitt, proved that her master and mistress went to bed at twenty minutes before one on Sunday morning. Wit ness slept in the kitchen. She was awoke by hearing the bell ringing violently. She went up stairs, and saw smoke coming from the hat shop ; she then ran to her mistress's bedroom, and told her that the shop was on fire. Mr. and Mrs. Pitt both appeared greatly alarmed. She heard noise during the night. Mr. M. J. Pitt was then called in. Ile said—l was not out of my house during the night of Saturday last. I went to bed between twelve and one on Sunday morn ing, and was aroused from my sleep by a cry of " Fire," and the ringing of my bell. I got out of bed, and found that the place was on fire. The shop door was locked before I went to bed, and the key taken up stairs with me. As soon as I found there was a fire I threw the escape out of window, so that there was a direct com munication for the firemen and police to enter. The CORONER—Can you inform the jury how the fire originated? Witness—l cannot; but lam sure it could not have been accidental. The CORONER—Then how was it? Witness—My im pression is that it must have been done maliciously by some one; it is quite clear that three fires could not have occurred in so short a time accidentally. Several other witnesses were examined, and the Learned Coroner summed up very succinctly, when the jury returned a verdict—" That how and by what means the fire occurred on the 4th of April there was not suf ficient evidence to prove." ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—The nineteenth anni versary festival of this charity will take place on some day between the 23d May and the 14th June. Benja min Boud Cabbell, Esq., M.P., will preside on the occasion. DISCOVERY OF DEAD BODlES.—Yesterday morning the body of a gentleman was found floating in the Thames, off Limehouse-hole. He is apparently forty-six years of age, dressed in black; a half .sovereign and one shilling in silver were found on his person. The body now lies at the Cherry Tree public-house, Bombay-street, Lime • house, for an inquest. BLOOMSBURY DISPENSARY.—Last night the annual general meeting of the governors of this charitable in stitution, established in the year 1805, was held at the Dispensary, 62, Great Russell -street, Bloomsbury, when the chair was occupied by Mr. Griffith. The minutes of the last quarterly meeting. having been read and con firmed, Mr. Soames, the secretary, brought forward the financial statement, from which it appeared that the total amount of recepts during the past year was 838/. 17s. 4d., whilst the expenditure amounted to 6921. 6s. 4d., thus leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 146/. 1 is. The total amount of stock stand ing in the names of the trustees was 7,1831. 3s. 2d. Three per Cent.. Consols. The next business was the appoint ment of medical committee. Since the last general annual meeting there bad been admitted into the insti tution, under the care of Dr. Rowland, 2,066 patients under Mr. Cooper, 831—making a total of 2,599 ; of whom were cured and relieved, 2,366, whilst 63 had died and 470 remained under cure. 481 patients had been visited at their• own habitations. The medical report was then read at length, and approved, after which a gratuity of one hundred guineas was respectively awarded to Dr. Rowland and Mr. Cooper, the medical officers, for the care and attention shown by them to wards patients ; and some further business having been dispatched, the usual courtesy was paid to the chairman, and the meeting separated. ESCAPE OF A CONVlCT.—Yesterday information of the escape of a man named William Durant, from the House of Correction at Kingston-on• Thames was exten sively circulated throughout the police-force. He was convicted at the recent Surrey Assizes of a burglary, at the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and sen tenced to ten years' transportation. OVER-FED LEECHES.---The police have just made it seizure of 6.000 leeches at the shop of a dealer in the Passage de Venise, for being what are called yorgies. Leeches are sold by size, and in order to make them large certain dealers allow them to suck the blood of animals. They thus obtain a larger pi ice than they otherwise would ; but the leeches, when; gorged, bite either very feebly or not at all.—Galignant. LOLA MONTEZ.—The following letter, says Galig nani of Monday, has reached us from Munich ; we do not answer for its authenticity:—" In consequence of the numerous reports circulated in various papers re garding myself and family, utterly void of foundation or truth, 1 beg of you, through the medium of your widely circulated journal, to insert the following:—l was born at Seville, in the year 1823. My father was a Spanish officer in the service of Don Carlos; my mother, a lady of Irish extraction, born at the Havannah, and married for the second time to an Irish gentleman, which I sup pose is the cause of my beingcalled Irish, and sometimes English, " Betsy Watson," "Mrs. James," &c., &c. I beg leave to say that my name is Maria Dolores Porris Montes, and I never have changed that name. As for my theatrical qualifications, I never had the presump tion to think I had any; circumstances obliged me at a more advanced age than usual, in consequence of the misfortune of my family, to adopt the stage as a profes fswui havingoi tl n ul — rgei v w meb h aet i ch c , oi h i as g p ie r nl o asi f eu e nrn s ta s ii te i ou o hn n r ma 1 11 iys h her a ade v vs e epi dtanhevoneawerhei honour nu e o, n Tu o a r u rnu n tdos c t e iir d nne gtme f n o tah r idnai : e t v g4y e oci r nu. , Lola Mentez. Munich, March 31." DEATH OF WILLIAM MORRIS READE, ESQ.—At Rosinara, Kilmoganny, William Morris Reade, Esq., once (for a while) M.P. for this city. He caught fever by over-exertion, whilst endeavouring to bring the mur derers of Mr. Prim into the power of the law.—Water ford Chronicle. A royal ordonnance was signed on the Ist, approv ing the contract for the fusion of the Creil and Saint Quentin Northern Railroads. TRADE WITH TITSCANY.—A communication has been received by the Commissioners of Customs from I.lr Trevelyan, one of the secretaries to the Lords Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury, stating that,the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs having signified to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade that the Tuscan Government has issued a 'notifi cation admitting all British and lonian vessels into the ports of Tuscany upon the footing of national vessels, without awaiting the ratification of the commercial treaty in course of negotiation ; the Lords of the Com mittee have recommended that corresponding privileges should be conceded to all the vessels of Tuscany which may touch at the British ports, and that the Lords of the Treasury therefore desire that the Commissioners will take the necessary steps for giving effect to the recom mendation of the Board of Trade. In pursuance of this order of their Lordships, the Commissioners have issued the necessary instructions to the principal officers of the Customs revenue throughout the United Kingdom to carry the same forthwith into effect. A MAN KILLED ON THE TAW VALLEY RAIL WAY.—On Thursday morning last, John Mitchell, a labourer, was with one of the waggons on that part of the railway which is near Penhill, and, as another waggon was coming against him, his duty was to un hook the horses and turn off, which he neglected to do in time; consequently he was caught between the two waggons, and crushed to death. The deceased was 28 years old, and has left a ,widow and child to deplore the melancholy event. PRESENT FROM THE KING OF PRUSSIA. TO THE PRINCE OF WALES.—It is stated in a Berlin letter; that M. A. de Humboldt has been charged by the King to convey to London the magnificent shield which his Ma. jesty has caused to be executed for his royal godson, the FFinee of Wales., ourtbMition CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY OLD COURT. THE MURDER IN SHOREDITCII. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition ) Mary Jarvis, the mother of the last witness, stated that the prisoner came to her door and opened it. He exclaimed " Where is she—where is she?" She added, " You know very well where she is." He then ran down stairs, and immediately after she heard the report of a gun, and she at first thought he had shot her daughter. When he came first she did not see the gun in his possession. After the report he ran up stairs into her room, took hold of her arm, and exclaimed, "I have done it—l have done it." He repeated this to her hus band, who was present. Her daughter ran in and ex chimed, " Oh, Tom, what have you done !" He made no reply, and fell on her neck and kissed her. A con stable came and took him him into custody. Cross-examined—When he first came he did not appear flushed or excited. Her daughter slept with her. Joseph Brooks, a boy, the prisoner's brother, said lie lived in the same room as his brother. While he was in bed his brother came into the room. Ile heard some one run up the stairs before he came. lie did not see what he did, as it was dark. There was a gun in the room. His brother remained in the room two or three minutes. There was a powder flask in his brother's box when he went to bed. Soon after he heard the re port of a gun, about a minute or two after. Police-constable, 201 ll—Was on duty near Hare court on the night in question. His attention was called to the spot by shouts. He found the deceased on the ground dead, and a ramrod near him. He went up stairs and found the prisoner on the first floor with a gun in his possession. He was about giving it up to some person. The prisoner's father was there. The father made some remark a b ou t w h at h e had done, to which the prisoner replied, "I have had my revenge; he has injured my mother and sisters, and I have been re venged. If I had not done it he would have killed me." Told the prisoner that Gibart was dead, and took him into custody. He made no resistance. Found ,some bullets upon him. Inspector Harris deposed that the prisoner stated, at the station, " If I had not done it, perhaps they would have murdered me. Two of them threatened to drag me out ten minutes before." Mr. R. Hanoch, surgeon, High-street, Shoreditch, said he was called to see the deceased. He found him lying in the passage. He was quite dead. The wound he had received caused instantaneous death. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr CLARKSON then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He said, although they might not exactly understand the difference, in the eye of the law, between manslaughter and murder, yet it was clearly defined amongst those who followed the profes- sion of the law; and to him it clearly appeared that the prisoner was not guilty of murder, but of the lesser crime of manslaughter ; for when they reviewed the whole of the facts which had transpired in the course of the inquiry, they could not fail to be of opinion that the prisoner had been irritated by the deceased and others, and that, considering that he and others in tended to do him some grievous bodily harm, he felt that he was but d e f en di ng hi s l i fe in what he bad done. They could not fail to be struck that this was the actuating motive in the prisoner's mind at the time he committed the rash act. It was most remarkable that they had not heard until to-day of the expression which the prisoner used with respect to his sister. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE desired Mrs. Jarvis to be called. She stated that the prisoner's sister had coha bited with the deceased for about twelve months before the occurrence. She did not know that any ill-feeling subsisted between the prisoner and the deceased with respect to this intimacy. Mr. CLARKSON said it was a lamentable fact that per sons in the class of life of the prisoner were frequently in the habit of living together like the deceased and the prisoner's sister. But was it a wonder that so much immorality existed, when houses, like that in which the prisoner lived, were parcelled out in single rooms to whole families, and that where, as in this case, the father, and mother, and daughter, who was grown up, all resided in one room, that great laxity of morals prevailed. But there was no reason to presume that the young woman, Mary Jarvis, cohabited with the prisoner. She herself had denied it. Let them look at the facts adduced. The prisoner was found at his residence at ten o'clock at night; he was called out by Eaton, be lieving, no doubt, that he was alone; he was induced to go to the top of the court, where he was abused, aimed at by the deceased, and struck on the head by him. Ills temper was thus naturally aroused, for he had been irri tated, and struck, and threatened, and it was equally natural that he should resent such conduct by defending himself. Maddened, and fearing that he was i n d anger, he rushed into the house, seized his gull, and shot the deceased. There was considerable discrepancy between the statements of the various witnesses with respect to the time which elapsed between the threat of the pri soner and the report of the gun. It was just probable that when they said ten minutes elapsed, only three or four might really have elapsed. Nothing was more falla cious than evidence with respect to brief portions of time. It would be for them, therefore, to consider whether the deceased and others had or had not so ir ritated and goaded the prisoner as to render him not the master of his actions—whether he was or was not in that state of mind which the law required to constitute manslaughter. It was a most melancholy occurrence, but he could not help thinking that the deceased was the author of his own death, and that they could not, on their consciences, convict the prisoner of the high crime of murder. No doubt the deceased and the other young men concerted together for the purpose cf goading the prisoner, and of leading him into violence, and that he was induced to come out in order that they might annoy him. lie was not there to justify or to excuse the act of the prisoner. He had been guilty of a grievous act of violence ; but, looking at the whole of the case, he apprehended that they could not convict him of murder. Nothing had been adduced to show that the prisoner loaded the gun for the purpose of shooting the deceased. He had been shooting rats in the cellar a short time before ; and it was possible that he might have left the gun loaded in his bed-room, and taken it up in a fit of despe ration. It was equally possible that the deceased simply came to the door for the purpose of frightening the deceased and others with the gun, and that a struggle ensued between him and the deceased for the possession of the gun, and that the ram-rod fell out and the gun went off and killed the deceased. The Learned Counsel concluded by an earnest appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE then elaborately and carefully summed up the evidence, and clearly explained to the jury the difference between murder and manslaughter. The jury retired to consider their verdict at twenty minutes aftet three. The jury returned into court at a quarter to four with a verdict of Manslaughter. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sentenced the prisoner, in the most impressive manner, to be transported for life. The prisoner sobbed bitterly during the passing of the sentence, and was led away in a helpless! state, suffused with tears. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET C OMPANY.—(TII IS DAY.) The general annual meeting of this company was held to-day, at the London Tavern, at one o'clock, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, and fur electing two directors in the place of Mr. T. Baring, M.P., and Captain Mangles; and also for the election of an auditor in the place of Mr. A. B. Robarts, all of whom retired by rotation, but were eligible for re-election, for which they offered themselves. The chair was taken by Mr. Colville. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said he had to regret the news which had arrived, by way of Mexico, of the loss of the Tweed,_ e H the reports respecting which were mainly correct. would then call upon the Secretary to read the report, which is as follows : " The working account, as contrasted with that of the preceding year, shows an increase in the disbursements amounting to 10,890/. 3s. 2d., occurring chiefly under the heads of wages," provisions,' and stations: The general rise in the rate of seamen's wages, an addition to the pay of the officers, which the Coutt have consi dered for the interests of the company, and the extra charge arising from having to send out the Eagle for intercolonial service, to replace the City of Glasgow, will explain the increase under the head of wages.' The increase under the head of provisions' is to be attributed to the additional number of pas sengers, and, in part, likewise, to the change of intercolonial steamers alluded to above. The charge for stations' has been increased by the es tablishment of an agency and other arrangements at Panama, and by the expense incurred in increasing the coaling accommodation and general efficiency of the depot at St. Thomas. The only charge upon the Insur ance Fund during 1846, is a sum of 275/. 2s. Bd., arising out of sundry small liabilities; and it will therefore be seen that the investment under this head up to the end of the year amounted to 49,281/. 55., which htssinc o e,, been augmented by the annual appropriation tota l 25,000/. for the year 1847, making , •explained the principal causes which of 74,2811. 55., now invested in 31- per Cent. Liov a ernaie nt Stock. Having amounting to y to notice that the have of c 3 a s s i o o n d e d t i n i c s r m e a o s s e t d s d ents, at i i s s b f u a o r s t o e n 10,890 . . ou t receipts from freight and passag e mone y show an am n, aug mentation to nearly double t hat exhibiting an improvement upon the year 1846 of 20,6971. 16a. 101 It is moreover matter o f congratulation to notice that this steady advance (with the single exception of outward freight) has occurred under every head of receipts from cargo and passengers, outward, intercolonial, and home ward. The small falling off of 5181. 4s. 7d. in outwit d freight may be ascribed to the shipments of quicksilver betweenr , n eo nt that e a q t u c e o n u c h e t r y o f a tnhde theCommencementUnited t e o s f for Mexico having been i n t errupte d during the first part hostilities o f th e y ea of North America. The surplus upon the working account shows an increase upon the year 1846 amounting to 9,8071. 13s. Rd., and so far as the transactions of the year 1847 can be known at present, the receipts of the Company are still steadily advancing. The arrange ments for conveying passengers and treasure across the Isthmus of Panama are now completed; and an agree ment has been signed by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, fixing the rate of freight, and all other particulars, so that there shall be every encouragement for par ties to avail themselves of this line of com munication between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Unceasing exertions are made, not only to keep the company's ships in good repair, but to giro them addi tional strengthening where necessary, and to improv e their passenger accommodation by all the means that experience can suggest. Six ships were re-coppered, and two ships received new boilers in 1846. Three ships have been re-coppered already during the present year, and one ship is now receiving new boilers. Two other sets of new boilers are in progress, one of which, if not both, it is hoped to get put on board before December next. These measures, and bringing the Conway (a new ship) into operation, will, it is trusted, maintain the service in that full efficiency which is as essential to the interests of the company, as it is desirable to insure the punctual discharge of its contract with her Majesty's Government. • Tweed " Since th e above report was been d ived aco th n i fi s rm m a e t r io n n of the los s o f the Twehas . a , h ing. The l oss of-life, in addition et it i t o thats satisfactory ti t s h f e ae s t h e i r p y , is deeply to lamented, to find that the energy and firmness of ' the passengers, as well as that of the officers and crew, were tended enauch under ' were most praisew ort h y, Providence, to the ultimat e safety of the survivors who reached the reef from the wreck': It would be prema ture to offer any comment on this unfortunate accident, but the circumstances shall be strictly inquired into." The CUAIR3IAN said that, before p utt i ng the report, it was satisfactory to sate thee arrangements e thehad been made to prevent any deficiency in carrying e ser vice in the West Indies. The vessel at present employed there had proved insufficient for the purposes fbr which she was intended, and the Conway wouljeconsequently shortly leave Southampton for that duty''. He had also great satisfaction in drawing attention to the first fruits of the arrangement for forming a communication across the Isthmus of Panama, there having been an arrival this morning, both of passengers and produce, from th e western side of the isthmus. This was the only point that required any particular remark, and he would there fore put the adoption of the report to the meeting. On the report being put, Mr. RIDGWAY said that he particularly desired that there should be some explanation of the working of the company in the months of August, 1845 and 1846. Mr. PovenErt suggested that this matter bad been settled at the last general meeting, and it was therefore incompetent to entertain the matter at all. Mr. Renowar contended that it was a subject that the meeting could entertain, but as he had expected a large increase in the amount of his dividend, he could not but complain of the increase in the rate of the sala ries at Southampton, which, he stated, amounted to at least one-twentieth of the amount of the whole of the receipts. He was also inclined to question the lumping of the several items in the accounts; indeed, he was dissatisfied altogether with the state of the accounts, and thought that they might be much more clearly rendered. He saw also that there was to be a new ship purchased, and he wished to know what was the name of that ship, as there were several naval men present who knew the merits and demerits of every vessel on the coast, by whom the judiciousness of purchase might be estimated. —(lt being suggested that this might be injurious to the company, the Hon. Proprietor refrained from further remark.)—At any rate he wished to know whether the Conway was to take out freight or a letter bag. He saw also that there was an outlay of somewhere about 55,000/. with the Bank of England, or elsewhere. The CHAIRMAN, in replying to the observations of Mr. Ridgway, said that the question of the working of the company in the months of:August, 1845 and 1846, bad been entirely settled at the meeting in October. With respect to the rise in salaries all he had to observe was that there could be no worse economy than that of fixing the salaries so low as to obtain the services only of inefficient persons, and he thought further, that if the directors were entitled to the confidence of th e proprietary that no question should be raised on such a matter as this. With respect to the Conway, as it was desirable that she should reach her destination as quickly as possible she would carry out neither freight nor a mail. With regard to the 55,000/. now out upon loan. he had to remark that it was de posited with the North- Western Railway Company, from whom ample security is held, and the cash is already yielding dividends to the company. The losses of vessels since the establishment of the company had been the Medina, the Solway, the Isis, and the Tweed, besides the Actmon, a small steamer employed amongst the islands. By the general account it appeared that during the year, up to December 21st, the expenses were 285,4784 Is. 7d., while the receipts were 407,1161. 18s. 2d., show ing a profit of 121,6381. 9s. 7d. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a dividend of 11.155. per share, which was unanimously agreed to, as also that it should be payable on Tuesday, the 13th in s t ant . The retiring di rectors and auditor were re-elected, and thanks hating been voted to the Chairman, the meeting was dissolves, its members evidently been well pleased with the proceedings of the day. NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY COM PANY.—It is said that the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Company are trying to negotiate with this company for its purchase, so that they may be enabled to connect themselves independently with the east coast of ,England, which to the Glasgow, Dum fries, and Carlisle Company would doubtless prove a most valuable acquisition. SOUTHAMPTON, Arum 7.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Achilles, Captain Wilson, arrived at the Motherbank this mornin,g. llcr mails, in charge of the Admiralty, were forwarded in sufficient time for the eleven o'clock train. Sho had been dis charging her cargo the whole of the day at the Lazaretto, and is expected to arrive in the docks.this evening, or early to-morrow. PARISI' OF KENSINGTON.—Last evening, at six 'clock, the poll fur the election of churchwardens finally closed, and at seven o'clock the numbers were declared as follows:—Chancellor, 677 ; Sape, 628 ; majority for Chancellor, 56. The result was received by the Vestry in silence. A protest against the proceedings was handed in, on the ground that although the written de mand of a pill did not specify under what statute it should be taken, the votes had been entered _under Sturges Bourne's Act, which admits of plurality of votes. CORN WALL AND DEVON WRESTLlNG.—Yesterday the wrestling at the Brccknock Arms was resumed and concluded. At four o'clock the umpires proceeded to couple the standards, and some admirably contested bouts came off. That between Snell and Ellicombe being the gre a t f ea t ure i n the day's play, they contested for nearly an hour, victory seeming inclined to one no more than the other. Ellicombe showed play first, and threw his opponent frequently by the cross-buttock, but never a fair back-fall. Snell at length got his favourite hold, and threw Ellicombe a fall which, after much dis cussion, was pronounced by the referee to be a fair one. The wrestling between Jenkins (Cornwall) and Hut chins (Devonshire) was much applauded, and, after a long and scientific struggle, Jenkins threw the latter by the back heave. Jenkins also faced Snell, and struggled long and skilfully, though unsuccessfully, against very surerior weight. In the third time over, Kemp (D.) threw Byrom; Clarke (D.) backtripped Gager (C.); Snell (D.) buttocked Jenkins (C.); Ball (C.) odd man. Fourth time, Clarke (D.) grassed Kemp (D.); Snell (1).) threw Ball (C.) G. Snell thus obtained the first, and Clarke the second prize. Ball and Kemp now con tended for the third prize, which Kemp (D.) won by throwing Ball quickly and cleanly. The winners are all from Devonshire. THE FINE ARTS. — Yesterday afternoon a prelimi nary meeting of gentlemen connected with literary and scientific pursuits, and interested in the promotion of the fine arts, was held at the saloon of th e Ad e l a id e G a ll er y, Strand, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of establishing an annual exhibition of pic tures, sculpture, and drawing, intended for the Royal Academy, but which the committee of that body are compelled, from want of space, to refuse. William Car penter, Esq., was unanimously called on to preside. After a discussion, in which the Rev. J. Richardson, LL.D., Captain Brander, Robert Soutar, Esq., Bertie Ambrose, Esq., IV. Carpenter, Esq., H.Justins, Esq., and other gentlemen took part, the following resoluti on yb was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Richardson, second ed add " That their e i a r num ber, com m M i r t . te S e o b u e ta n r, ow an fu d r e m a e r d ri , e w d i u th na p n o i w ni e o r u s t l o y for the purpose of carrying out the object of this meeting." SUDDEN DEATH IN TAVISTOCK-SQUARE.—Yester day afternoon, shortly after three o'clock, as a respect able man, named Benjamin Somers, residing at No. 9, Sandwich-street, Burton -crescent, was passing along Tavistock-square, he was observed by the passengers suddenly to stagger and fall with great violence on the pavement, whilst at the same moment an immense stream of blood was observed to pour from his mouth. He was conveyed with all possible speed to a surgeon's in the neighbourhood, but death, it appeared, had been almost instantaneous, caused, it was believed, by the suddi ri breaking of a blood-vessel of the heart. The de ceased, being at the time unknown, was conveyed to St. Pancras workhouse, where he has been since identified by his friends. L o r d who was thrown from his horse Jack, while . riding for BrAowcncitoDwitcsiTecil the LORDseco second d son ß iw o w f the °Marquis CECIL.—Lord E c i of Exeter, the Five Sovereigns Sweepstakes, at the Windsor Steeple at first anticipated. His horse, which had clear e d Ch as es, on Tuesday, met with more severe injuries than was the last brook beautifully, and had got the lead by several lengths, fell at the second fence after the brook, throw i ng its rider, and partially rolling over him. Before he could be dragged away by the bystanders, his Lordship was struck by the next horse, which was over the brook, and rendered for a time insensible. Upon being taken to the infantry barracks, and placed under the care of Mr. Richardson, the regimental surgeon to the Scots Fusilier Guards, in which regiment his Lord ship holds a commission, it was found that his shoulder was dislocated, in addition to a severe wrist sprain, and bruises on various parts of the body—the latter being occasioned, as it is supposed, by his horse rolling over him. Th e shoulder was set within an hour after the accident, and up to yesterday evening his Lordship was going on very favourably. SOUTH DEVON.—The apple-trees in the orchards • " • in this county present a fine appearance of bud ; some trees are already in full bloom. There is every prospect at present of a large quantity of cider being made. The weather is very mild, and fine showers of rain have fallen ; vegetation is growing rapidly. The hedge-rows are decked with numerous sorts of wild flowers ; the woods and groves resound with the joyous melodies of the feathered songsters. All nature looks beautiful and gay in this part of Devon's fair county. THE GENERAL ELECTION.—We believe we may confidently announce that every effort will be made by the Government to bring the business of the session of Parliament to a speedy termination, with a view to a general election. We hear that it is considered not 'un likely that the prorogation will take place some time in June, and the dissolution will immediately follow. The Legislature must, of course, assemble soon after the eatc tion has terminated, but it is very doubtful whe ther other than the necessary business, such as the .e il l f e n f te i ; a Speaker, &c., will be entered 1104 41— cilig , Guardian.