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This is the concluding number of this entertaining I "rk, and it wou ld b e well that all those who have dene tae. amused by the fun should attend to the moral of 0 It is to be found in the concluding address Mr. Edward to his lady-wife :- 11 ;',!, As I was saying, then, Madam, we put ourselves to 0 ; muds of unnecessary expense to gain the good opinion do ` itlere acquaintances and comparative strangers, who 01 U t care a snap of the fingers for us; and in order to do p is ' and " make both ends meet," as we call it, we stint Alarsalves, and those about us, of a thousand little uguries which would make home dear and happy, ,pore regardless of either the feelings or the esteem of po ,c . 's who live under the same roof with ourselves, and mnse affection can add so much to our comfort.' yiur ," °h. yes, certainly,' I added; I'm perfectly of opinion, —let the servants do just as they plse,— '4 a de a l of comfort at home we should have then. ea 170 er fault, and the fault of many other ladies I f. 4 name, is , t h at you h ave your servan t s —like your iora o iture—for shfrow—though—unlike your furniture— ju don't thi n k you can spo il th em , h owe v e r much yon lo e u t _ ila .m. And then you wonder that they don't treat vo “ with respect, but t a ke every advantage they can of *it 'll . You c arr y out your con t rac t to th e mere dry letter tlI t „ t A h ero , and yet are continually grumbling because 1, 1 - J uon't carry out theirs to the spirit with you. Only ulistresses be kind—yet firm with their servants, and th,, 11 ,e same time speak the whole truth, and nothing but th; rutn of me r e human nature are such, that servants— r.ew exceptions—will be willing, obedient, and l oted to them.' " C `` 4 STOPHER TADPOLE. By Albert Smith. this Part XIII. f number the author is evidently preparing th e his catast rop h e, an d " com i ng even t s " c a s t before A r a- " e strong shadows. Christopher sallies forth as e iti nerant lecturer on the "sports and pastimes of I l people of England," having previously . ha , a t o Z i ° ll % rehearial of his lecture in Mr. Chirpey s „t • In the course of his journeyings he meets with •Barnes, and a host of medical students, botanizing, ; I .ended by their professor. Into the good graces of Is latter gentleman he manages to ingratiate him aBelf, and procures from him a letter of introduction 7' our old friend, Dr. Aston. The Doctor is still -esi( ling in the same village in Cheshire, and in the e "red-brick, scarlatina-looking house," and enttl"_ r . r aunded by the same curiosities, including M rs . es, the only alteration he has made i n hi s tit tles, being the starting an assistant hight, 4 r. Mole, to take some of the heavy work off his "aZds. A rail way i s i n t h e course of construction in tha neighbourhood, and the Doctor is called in to Xtend a "navvy," who has met with a serious acei 'Lat. That . navvy is Rockey, who dies shortly after l i e Doctor's arrival, and concealed in whose neck faand a small diamond buckle, which is fon ded over to the Doctor for safe custody. The family°Nving eitract will show the situation of the Arden a d n ' of their " Evil spirit" : fo " kn one of the southern counties of England—some pilty m iles away from London—and situated upon a tfea headland, where the rich pastures of the valley of air river make their first undulating break, before they lit ,:ge into the short verdure of the downs—whose sum whraaY be seen and taken as land-marks from the sea ere i s an old Elizabethan house. It a ot b uilt of grey stone, from a quarry which has . been worked fur many years, but which may be still -.a. • in one of the shows upon the estate, it you have kilt°t.age to penetrate the dense thicket of brambles, i gi and fern that encompass it. It was once a blue mansion ; but at the period of our tale it was 1 ,„,, cared for. The ivy that climbed along its many pried front, had, in some places, forced the discoloured a4 l from its frame, and twisted ' round the mullions to t il ; inside the rooms ; large trees had upheaved the V I Z II rY of the terrace wall in like manner, throwing it, a l 4" force of their roots, in huge blocks upon the turf: tno fiturdy creepers, reddening in the autumn, had ..r ti r tat ed to the very summits of the clustered chimneys °r ° some few of which the smoke curled as of yore sad ,„ grown over their tops. th at J'here had once been herds of deer in the fine park itottit surrounded the house ; but they had been sold, or Iv er e n, or had strayed away ; for the palings around ie b e , b roken down, and their absence had been poorly t or - T e uied, here and there by hurdles, and old gates in tree with furze. And one or two stately chestnut he s marked the course of a noble avenue that had once fita i , u P to the principal door of the house, the smooth for ms of the others still forming weather-beaten plat tact 3 amongst the grass. There were large gardens too, v t ieed with high walls, but nothing was cared for 1t e ,.. 111 1_ They were perfect wildernesses ; and the walks tabl es 'anked up—below with grass and self sown vege -1110,,,, and above by the lung sprangs of the vines . and of t - ,` B °F the standard fruit trees, which no hand trained hu u i dn ited into order. And the pleasaunce behind the " tiee -e w as equally uncared for. Suckers from the large the surrounding it, grew up all about the lawn ; and Dat, ho P and wild convolvulus, having once got an occu eY, overran the entire enclosure, and strangled all a t e ct l t her flowers that tried to lift their heads above the 8. t~i n Thi s old house was not less desolate within. Every pan falling t o d eca y f rom wan t o f care and occu -016,-Y• The w i n d roare d an d h ow l e d d own th e h uge (10; 4 Y; and wailed strangely through the ill fitting even when all was tranquil without. The rude ki nti rl ag, patch e d an d repaired with half-a-dozen different fo tf 3 , (4 Wood, creaked and groaned beneath the lightest 4 3 , 4 ' l ; and old unexplained noises sounded from the and wain scot constantly, There were, besides, closets ap pe ° ,llPboards in ever y ava il a ble corner, some of winch abl e r Qd, from their obscurity, to be perfectly untathom pr,„? and others resounded hollowly, when knocked, il ltd l ng that there were still recesses beyond them which 1p oricrer been opened. There were long ghastly lofts, Mo rtar lti°n i immediately under the patched and heavily Rl 44 ed roofing, dimly lighted through the dull greer!- teeti, ° "ements at either end ; and staircases in all di toorn-138' Communi ca ti ng w ith so ma ny different damp andl: B4 A leading t o so man y diff e rent mouldy passages thoat; lidi ngs, that but for the dread of meeting the real Prank; t i laY sham apparition might have played whatever no t " pleased, an d go t awa y as ea sily after them, as boards ,3 , l , -10 had poss e s se d th e power of pervading oak 7 , gl i bly as his spiritual prototypes. ret ard ! apartment only of this house was fitted up with Ivith a r female occupationthat was a parlour lev el ,uaY Window, which commanded a fine sweep o f oliar, - " d iatid, dotted with villages and clumps of ro se . e . amidst which, here and there, a church spire R on. ; an midst by a chain of blue hills on the hori fituuro,,- T's room, one afternoon towards the close of cl , a " b ' o t therefor twyere two persons. One of them was a years of a ein reality, although she tthheouge;oelrdaeir, for herfiatures g were worn and lined, and Gxpression of her face indicated anxious I)l4 ci n t• She was sitting at a table, on which was of a b °X ; and from this had been taken the quantity wind ow papers by which it was surrounded. At the m iddle coated soated her companion—a man under the w hich stature, who had a small table before him on torn`fnyvas some wine, and on a chair at his side were kt r filberts (which he was cracking with his mouth) ; Pr e ri n e more papers. The lady was the w idow of Sir Prick Arden, and her present associate was Mr. aCig e. 7, p 11 1V/7 , -,, - 1 - -- . FAIR. By TV. M. Thackeray. 11'o. IX. tA4. I this part we have a graphic description of the fo•-vti - hK, forth of the various regiments from Brussels thr Waterloo, and of the thoughts and feelings of cl ae who were left behind. Rebecca, of course, was e ' l loul t* ~t. amg the am oun t o f ready cash of which' she ° l become p ossesse d s h ould Rawdon fall, and the ances there were of improving her position by a more eligible match sho u ld suc h an event take place. Among others the figu re o f J os Sedley presented , qB elf to her i mag i na ti on , an d s h e called at Amelia's ' 24 eigin gs to revive the ac qua i n t ance, and at the same time to - secure a seat in his barouche, in the event of the approach of the French rendering flight necessary. While there of course she could not do less than go 44 d comfort Amelia. " Rebe cca ' s a pp e arance struck Amelia with t error, -4,1 to d her shrink back. It recalled her to the world dad the remembrance of yesterday. In the overpower iqyears about to-morrow she had forgotten Rebecca,— aed ° ? B Y—everything w exceptth thatis dauntlessh e or worldling l w i nags camegone was in danger. Until . long had I f l t .t t l o d broke the spell, and lifted the latch, we too have that Poo to enter into that sad ch , an: h b a er t les s pri„°°l' girl been on her knees. .holluroswofspeech- Th e ' w -a Yer . and bitter prostrationhadshsetopraiesssedofthfiegrhet: and t %al' c hroniclers who write brilliant These are too znea a riu mPh scarcely tell us of these. cri e Parts of the pageant; and you do f n t 't h h e e s a h r o w u i t d s o a w e s d ' itily s a ° r mothers' sobs in the midst o 11( 4 11 ,17 0 n in the great chorus of victory. A o n u d t y:etwhenhr o 4 6 - "e time, that such have not cried heart the ‘Aiftehr Lrei ttph! li t m he ble Protestants, unheard in the uproar of mind first movement of terror in Ameli h a's r ruswtill;Qa R ebecca's green eves lighted upon l ette r in her fresh silks and brilliant ornaments, the Ikeiir nr,tripped up with extended arms to embrace btfo-6 Of anger succeeded, and from being deadly pale li th r, her face flushed up red, and she returned ne r , ee ,ea'S look after a moment with a steadiness which .r, ll ,sed and somewhat abashed her rival. %aid , 4-'arest Amelia, you are very unwell,' the .'visitor i, it? Putting forth her hand to take Amelia's. What " Amelia I could not rest until I knew how you were. . ter, drew back her hand—never since her life 44 11 I ' that gentl e sou l re f use d to b e li eve or to menu; ish, eth M y dem onstration of good-will or affection. are dry back h er hand and trembled all over. ' Why soi,,Ni here, Rebecca?' she said, still looking at her he r illvie3liY,,,with her large eyes. These glances troubled the ,e b all,' must have seen him give me the letter at the Arn,l.,bEcca thought. ' Don't be agitated, dear I i la s she said, looking down. ' I came but to see if „Ind---if you were well.' vli i. i v. are .' Ar e You well?' said Amelia. ' I daresayyou e he r , •; 01 1 don't love your husband. You would not b ae 4n3g.obiludtikdind% ? Te, Rebecca, did I ever do you de: 'l'dced, Amelia, no ' the other said, still hanging 4 ber he d " ~.,... a . trietawhen You were quite poor, who was it that be -411 in ed Y °11 ? Was I not a diver to you? You ,sa allw nis all th e n PPier days before lie married me. I was n Ili a to him; or would he have given up his fortune,, tlid p mi l ou Y, as he nobly did' to make me happy? WU - -‘ 41 " b %Yreell n 2 Y FM and me? Who gent You T ~ 'tog to 66p4ritto tho4si 10%6 chMt joiUrit, and tal,e in dkrtiblet hurt from me—tny own husband? Do you think you could love him as I did? His lore was everythit g to me. You knew it, and wanted to rob me of it. For shame, Rebecca; bad and wicked woman—false friend, and false wife.' " Amelia, I protest before God, I have done my husband no wrong,' Rebecca said, turning from her. "' Have you done me no wrong, Rebecca? You did not succeed, but you tried. Ask your heart if you did not?' " She knows nothing, Rebecca thought. " He came back to me. I knew he would. I knew that no falsehood, no flattery could keep him from me long. I knew he would come. I prayed so that he should.' " The poor girl spoke these words with a spirit and volubility which Rebecca had never before seen in her, and before which the latter was quite dumb. But what have I done to you,' she continued in a more pitiful tone, • that you should try and take him from met I had him but for six weeks. You might have spared me those, Rebecca. And yet, from the first day of our wedding you came and blighted it. Now he is gone, are you come to see how unhappy I am?' She continued, • You made me wretched enough for the past fortnight; you might have spared me today.' " I—l never came here,' interposed Rebecca, ' with unlucky truth.' " No. You didn't come. You took him away. Are you come to fetch him from me?' she continued in a wilder tone. He was here but he is gone now. There on that verylsofa he sate. Don't touch it. We sate and talked there. I was on his knee, and my arms were round his neck, and we said, " Our Father." Yes, be was here; and they came and took him away, but he promised me to come back.' " He will come back, my dear,' said Rebecca, touched in spite of herself. " Look,' said Amelia, this is his sash—isn't it a pretty colour?' and she took up the fringe and kissed it. She had tied it round her waist at some part of the day. She had forgotten her anger, her jealousy, the very pre sence of' her rival seemingly. For she walked silently and almost with a smile on her face, towards the bed, and began to smooth down George's pillow. " Rebecca walked, too, silently away. How is Amelia?' asked Jos, who still held his position in the chair. " There should be somebody with her,' said Rebecca. I think she is very unwell;' and she went away with a very grave face, refusing Mr. Sedlcy's entreaties that she would stay and partake of the early dinner which he had ordered." The flight of Jos Sedley for Brussels, leaving his sister to the chances of war, on the ever-memorable 18th of June, 1815, is most humourously told. Amelia, the trusting Amelia, refuses to accompany him ; she will remain with Mrs. O'Dowd, at Brussels, until she hears tidings of George. At last— " No more firing was heard at Brussels—the pursuit rolled miles away. The darkness came down on the field and city, and Amelia was praying for George, who was lying on his face dead, with a bullet through his heurt.' THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Gilbert Abbott A' Beckett. Part XV. The History of the Gunpowder Plot is gloriously told in this Number, and Leech gives us a most characteristic portrait of the "Original Guy." 'I he " lark " of Prince Charles and Buckingham in Spain is " larkishly " narrated, and the events of the reign of James I. which are really worthy of record are summed up after the following amusing fashion : " Though the sovereign himself was not calculated to inspire respect, there were many events in his reign which rendered it useful if not glorious. Sir Hugh Mid dleton comm.-need at .Amwell that now venerable New River, by dabbling in which he swamped himself and secured a stream of health and prosperity to those who came after him. The immortal Hicks finished his memorable Hall; Lord Napier invented logarithms, to the extreme disgust of the school• boys of every generation; and Dr. Harvey made the magnificent discovery that the blood is a periodical enjoy ing the most unlimited circulation. Two Dutch navigators contrived to double Cape Horn; which the reader must not imagine was twice its present size before that operation was performed, for Cape Horn, like any other cape, is not larger when doubled. Bill Baffin, an Englishman (yvu all know Bill Bzlffiii) disco vered Baffin's Bay in the year 1616, and a patent for the fire-engine, granted two years afterwards, has been stated as a proof that steam power was first known in England in 1618, though upon inquiry we are inclined to think there was more of smoke than steam in the invention spoken of. " The wealth and extravagance of the nobles, among whom corruption and bribery were practised ' wholesale, retail, and for exportation, ' may be imagined from the statement, that on the marriage of the French king, the horse of the English ambassador wore silver shoes so loosely fastened on, that they fell off, and were instantly replaced, for distribution among the populace. We can scarcely believe that any English horse could have walked in these silver shoes or slippers in the time of James, however skilfully they could have substituted sliding for walking, since the Wood Demon, coming to London, caused the introduction of wooden pavements." THE COMMITTEE OF THE LIVER POOL STOCK-EXCHANGE AND THE RAIL WAY COMPANIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Liverpool Sharebrokers' Association, Royal Bank-buildings, Sept. 16, 1847. Sin,—l beg to forward to you resolutions passed by the Committee of the Liverpool Stuck-Exchange, together with a copy of Mr. Glyn's letter on the sub ject, and I am also directed to add, that replies have been received from the Chairmen of many of the lead ing Railway Companies, expressing themselves in favour of the views of this Committee.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. SCRIVENER, Secretary. Committee-room, Stock-Exchange, Liverpool, Sept. 11, 1847. At a meeting of the Committee of the Liverpool Stock •Exchange, held this day, in accordance with an unanimously expressed wish of the entire body, to take into consideration the present state of railway property, and to adopt such measures as might be deemed desirable ; - It was resolved—" That in the opinion of this Com mittee the depression of railway property, caused by the extraordinary e% ents of the last two years, has been seriously aggravated by the enormous sums which the railway companies have obtained, and are still attempting simultaneously to raise from their proprietors and the public, and that a perseverance in the same course will perpetuate the embarrassments which exist, not only in the railway interest, but in every branch of the industry and commerce of the country. " It also appears to this Committee that it is in the power of the several railway companies, by a cordial union amongst themselves, to devise some measure which shall afford prompt and effective relief; and for the attainment of this end, the Committee very respectfully suggests that deputations from the various boards of direction should be invited to meet in Lon don, at the earliest practicable period, and take the subject into consideration." It was further resolved—" That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the Chairmen of the leading railway companies." D. NEILSON, Chairman. London, Sept. 13, 1847. Sir,—l shall be perfectly willing to meet the de putation whenever it may come to London. As the organ of the board of the London and North- Western Railway Company, I have already announced the intention of the directors to delay, as far as prac ticable, the commencement of new works on their lines. With regard to the suggestion of a cordial union among railway companies, allow me to assure you and the Committee of our earnest desire to co-operate in any plan by which the desirable end can be ob tained.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) GEO. CARR GLYN. D. Neilson, Esq. THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PROPHECY EVER KNOWN.—To SPORTING AND BETTING GENTLEMEN. A prophecy in the Era newspaper of last Saturday and Sunday placed correctly the first, second, and third horses. The only paper that named the winner, and the only prophecy ever penned, that placed the three first horses correctly. Order the above rapidly rising family and sporting journal of your newsman, for next Satur day, it will contain more than eve asr w il k l bark nown of Don - ca ster Races. Joe Muggins's Dog w expres well, for e the e 5, firs a t t i h m e e r , i n h e . a s v t e r e h e i t s , ideas of and U n cle ,erraeitgi n S Sam w pr ati. Office, Strand, London. r r s d a e y f , t h belief now appears to preva il By advises from Paris thatreceitvheed e e Bank of France have reconsider ed the question of a re iyre e c s t t e e duction in their rate of discount , upon which they had almost positively decided, and that for the present, ut all events, no change will be made. The state of the London market is the presumed cause of this decision. Meanwhile the Minister of Finance is in a position of great embarrassment. He has an authorisation to issue 25,000,000 f. in Bonds, at 42 per cent. interest,. to meet immediate wants ; but a better rate can be obtained by the discount of g o o d b an ki ng bill s , and no relia , sce, therefore, in cases of em e r genc y, cou ld be placed on this means. Still it is believed that under the present as pect of affairs eve r y e ff ort w ill b e ma d e to avert t h e ne gotiation of the lo an as l ong as the holders of rail wa y possible. s h aresare possibility o f a cont i nuance of the present the p It parties most seems th e at alarmed at the pressure in London. station-house is to b e es t a bli s h e d i n Leman strAeetn, e G w o o d m n's-Gelds. It will accommodate 56 =Pp with superintendent and four inspectors, _ Hint MAJFISTY'S TOUR TO TUE 11 . 0 11 L. ANDS. (From tip Court Circular.) A.RDVERIK tE, SEPT. 14 —Yesterdly :afternoon her Majesty and the Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and attended by the Duchess of Norfolk and Major-General Wernyss, drove to Cluny Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness walked in the grounds at an early hour this morning. (From the Special Correspondent of the North British Mail.) LOCH LAGGAN, MONDAY NOON.—The storm lasted during the whole of yesterday, and a consider able part of last night. This morning the wind is moderate, but thick showers of rain fall at intervals, accompanied with a cold piercing breeze, which smells strongly of winter. As the period named for the departure of the royal party approaches, without bringing any prospect of settled weather, the natives are getting naturally alarmed lest the Queen may go away with such a bad opinion of their climate as will prevent any future royal visits to Loch Laggan. But Ido not suppose that her Majesty is so very , easily frightened. There is something even in a High land storm worth seeing; and amid all the blustering vicissitudes of wind and rain which have occurred since the arrival of the royal party at Ardverikie, her Ma jesty has never lost her usual buoyancy and gaiety of spirits. Mists and tempests, in short, are charac teristics of the country, just as much as its invigo rating sports and romantic scenery ; and if the latter would be enjoyed the former must be borne. I learn that considerable damage has been done to the crops throughout Inverness-shire. Much of the standing corn has been lodged ; and the ricks of hay, a great quantity of which is still out, have been scat tered in all directions. One would think that such disasters might teach the farmers to use the utmost expedition in cutting and carrying in their crops ; but this is a lesson which a variable climate seems to have failed in impressing upon their minds. Corn is allowed to stand long after it is ripe ; and when reaping is commenced, it proceeds with very slow and languid steps. If the people basked under the steady warmth of an Italian sky they could not be more dilatory in their harvest operations. On making inquiries into the cause of this apparent apathy, I have found, in several instances, that it arises from a positive want of people. The population, thinned by the policy of the lairds, becomes still more spare at this season of the year, when great numbers flock to the harvest in the lowlands, attracted by the higher remuneration which is there given for their labour. The result is, that hands cannot be got by the farmers in this quarter, and they are obliged to cut down the grain in small parcels by their own hired servants, till the return of the reapers from the south enables them to secure the remainder of their weather beaten crops. The loss occasioned by this system is immense. The corn is scattered, mildewed, and destroyed by the wind, rain, and frost, with which so elevated a region is almost always visited towards the middle and end of September. When the oats are taken to the mill, the produce in meal, of course, is meagre in the extreme ; and then nothing is heard but excla mations against the badness of the soil and climate, which would be much more just if directed against the mismanagement of the owners and cultivators of the land themselves. The same complaints are made in spring. Sowing is retarded by the wetness of the soil, for which the climate is also blamed. But if the fields were well drained, and the cold wet mosses reclaimed, not only would the climate itself become more favourable, but the land would be ready much earlier, even in the worst seasons, for the reception of the seed. The wetness of the climate there can be no denying. But this fact should only induce a man to exert him self the more, to arm himself at all points, and to put in operation those artificial resources by which he can adapt himself to the vicissitudes, and even conquer the greatest difficulties of nature. The draining of the soil, the planting of trees, and the increa'e of popula tion, would tend infallibly to chasten the climate ; and when by these means it has been brought to its highest point of perfection, let the industry of the country as sume the form for which its natural qualities render it best adapted. My own opinion is, that these high grounds would be found better fitted for green than for white crops. The present system of cultivation is marked by two opposite extremes. You have either large sheep farms, in which the fertile straths and barren mountains are thrown into one general and indiscri minate range of pasture, or you have small crofts, which are covered with an almost unintermitting suc cession of white crops.. Fill the bottom of the valleys with a greater profusion of green crops, with which to fatten the sheep and cattle reared on the moun tains, and you will have a system more consonant with nature, and much more likely to develop the immense resources of the Highlands than either of these extremes. If I am at all right in this opinion, it is to the High land people—such people as occupy the townships which I described in my letter of Friday last—that we must look for a thorough and profitable occupa tion of the Highlands. The large graziers are gene rally men who have arable farms in the south, to which they convey their flocks to be fattened ; or, if not south country farmers, their frequent absence at markets in all parts of the kingdom render them in capable of giving that close attention to their farms which the cultivation of crops renders indispen sable. They are consequently opposed to the culture of the Highland soil, and are always loud in their exclamations against the impracticability of the climate. It is different with the small native farmers. They have been accustomed from their infancy to combine a pastoral with an agricultural life. The necessities of their families demand the cultivation of every arable spot of the soil ; and all their hopes and interests are centered in the complete development of the capabilities of the Highlands. Let them be more perfectly instructed in the art of agriculture, teach them how to fatten their own sheep and cattle, open up communication between their secluded valleys and the great seats of population, and I venture to pre dict that a tide of prosperity will flow over the High lands, which is altogether unattainable through the agency of any other class of men. Fort William offers a splendid outlet for stock fat tened in Glen Spean and its neighbouring valleys; and it is not unworthy of notice that a steamer sails on Wednesday from Loch Eil to the Mersey for the first time. I understand that Prince Albert intends to visit Inverness on Wednesday, and that it is probable his Royal Highness will sail down the Caledonian Canal on Friday, in the Fairy, and join her Majesty at Fort William, whence the royal party will sail homeward on Saturday morning. Captain Robertson, of the Shearwater, Mr. Mac kenzie, innkeeper at Adiemore, and others, have ar rived to-day to receive instructions respecting the departure. HER MAJESTY'S RETURN. Her Majesty will leave Ardverikie on Friday forenoon, and embark at Fort William in the after• noon. On Saturday morning the royal party will proceed to Crinan, where the handsome barge which Messrs. J. and G. Burns of this city had fitted up for royalty, will be in readiness to convey them through the canal. The above information may be relied upon as correct. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke de Broglie, French Ambassador, had rn interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Hatherton had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Commissioner of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Colonel Maberly had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Earl of Auckland has arrived in town. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office for the Governors of the West India Colonies. A Constant Reader has sent us the following :—As an illustration of the sentiments entertained by educated and intellectual persons in France towards the existing Government, the following incident, reported by an in dividual who was present at the time of its occurrence, appears so much to the point, that the fact is worthy a place in your columns OPINION OF THE EDUCATED CLASSES IN FRANCE RESPECTING Louis PHILIPPE'S GOVERNMENT.— The Scientific Coegress of France—a body similar to our Association for the Advancement of Science—held its fifteenth session, during the last week at Tours, on which occasion nearly one thousand persons, some of whom were well known to science, art, and literature, enrolled themselves as members. At a very full meeting of this learned society, held on Thursday, the 9th inst., in the great hall of the Palace of Justice, at Tours, Monseigneur the Archbishop being present, with many of the notabilities of the city and neighbourhood, as also a phalanx of the fair sex, with the lady of the Prefect of the Department at their head, one of the orators, whilst discussing the solitary system now pursued in the Penitentiary of Tours, said incidentally, Le Gouverne men! sous lequel nous avons, a present, le bonheur de vivre.' Immediately he had uttered this expression, which, not long ago, would have passed as only complimentary verbiage, the speaker was interrupted by such an ex plosion of derisive laughter, from apparently almost the b sh efo h r i e s tr s a en n: d to allow him to continue his speech. an d for s n r e c 'e e ' d th t t phaeusweasforunaasbhl e o r t t o f i me finish n e i entiretn ce, a s o u d d i;; ) places ed b this sudden. qinuitlhliitsy crowded swsdueffid assemblage prop erl y to arrange their cientolymereosftotrheose occupying high f e atures, so sudd enl y out burst of genuine pu blic opinion."discolopos y F o by shipwrecks Y for the a note of the loss of property ti o at ot less than a quarter SHIPWRECKS IN ORKNEY . ----fsarnOdMa an wh estimate m k t p e of a made by a farme r in the Island last twenty years, '4 appears mannermillion during rthatislznd alone. pounds s p te e r i l i i od n g Ohafis_ tbg been sacrificed in SYNItING, IfSIDAY ithifT DIVISION - BANQUET TO SIR HARRY SMITH. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDtY. - Last evening the officers of the 52d and 43d Light Infantry and the 60th Royal Rdie Regimeats gave a sumptuous ban quet, at the George Hote;, as a parting tribute of re spect to Sir Harry SmitE Upwards of sixty officers of the above regiments sat down in full unif'orn, Major Fraser, of the 43d, in the chair, having Sir Harry on his right, and Major Davies, of the 52d, on the right of Sir Harry. The banquet was most elegant, and reflected much credit upon the hostess of the George. After the removal of the cloth, Major FRASER gave the usual loyal toasts ; after which came the toast of the occasion. Major FRASER said—Gentlemen, I propose the health of the Gallant Officer who has honoured us with his company this evening—the gallant com rade, I may justly call him, for whose honour we are now met. If Sir Harry Smith will allow me, I will relate a circumstance which took place on the day the dispatches announcing the achievements of Aliwal arrived in England. Colonel Macdonald and another gallant officer were cigaged, in my pre sence, in looking over a map of the tract over which Sir Harry bad marched, and aft e r intently marking off the line, arose from it s con t em plation, simul taneously exclaiming, " What a magnificent victory !" I now propose to you the hero of that victory, with three times three, and one cheer more. The cheering having sabsided, Sir H. SMITH rose, and thus addressed his gallant entertainers :—My gallant comrades and soldiers, I thank you sincerely. Scarcely had I returned to Eng land, received as I was by my Queen and country, when all the members of the Light Division assembled together, and paid me ore of the highest compliments ever paid to an elder soldier, by giving me a public dinner in London. The scene of their enthusiastic greetings is now made alive in my ears by the method which you ha ve a d opte d thi s night to cheer me.—(Cheers.) You, sir, have paid me a far higher compliment by calling me a comrade of the Light Dive:ion than any encomium that has been passed on me.—(Cheers.) It is true I was trained in the same school as yourselves; and, having been trained in this school, my gallant comrades, every action that you see recorded upon these immortal colours (the 52d) I am happy to say that I participated in.— (Cheers.) The glory which attaches to ancient deeds is felt more by those who have contributed to them than by others—(Cheers)—but when I see that en thusiasm with which you revert to the seasons of ancient glory, then do I feel satisfied that the same spirit which animated your forefathers operates in the gallant Light Division now filling the heart of every one of yon noble looking fellows. — (Tremendous cheering.) It was always said by his Grace the Duke of Wellington of the old immortal Light Division—and when I mention it I beg the officers of the 60th Regiment to consider that I mean them equally, for they pertain to the same service in every respect, they have equally distinguished themselves " When I have set the Light Di vision to do anything which was difficult and dangerous, requiring enterprise, the next day I found that division, with scarcely any loss, ready again to fight."—(Cheers.) My comrades, believe me, the first duty of a soldier is to destroy his enemy while he saves himself.—(Cheers.) I glory not in that stupid courage which smites down men, and makes what we call a "butcher's bill." lie is the best officer who does the most with the least loss of human life.— (Cheers.) Having alluded to those memorable words of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, do not suppose that I wish to detract from the other division of that immortal army in the Peninsula. It was equally the fortune of that other division to distinguish them selves; and, although we Light Division men con sider ourselves an example for fashion and neatness in the army, believe me, every British soldier, no matter what the number of his regiment is, and joyfully do I say it, is covered at this moment with the same glory. —(Cheers.) The appearance of ray old comrades and friends of the Light Division yesterday on parade re joiced every feeling of my heart. I there saw the same regiment, whether of tit present day or the old soldiers, they were made of the same stuff, the same spirit in the officers, and the same obedience in the men ; and although we lock back to deeds of glory of the ancient Light Division, Ido believe the present Light Division to be as glorious, in a moral point of view, for there is no punishment in it now, as there used to be.—(Cheers.) Believe me, the tone of courage is taken from the officers ; whatever the con duct of officers is, such will be the soldiers.—(Cheers.) And, gentlemen, if you knew the feeli ng o f th e B r iti s h soldier in the field, if you viewed as often as I have the triumphant bayonet marching equally triumphant over the enemy, then would your devoted service be for the comterts and happiness of your men.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Do not let it be supposed, gentlemen, because I talk of the comforts and hap piness of the men, that I am one of those officers who, I regret to say, exist in the present day, who have a , kind of twaddle in t a lki ng a b ou t " t h e poor soldier.' In the country I am going to, I regret to hear it is said " the poor soldier" sleeps here and sleeps there, " the poor soldier" wants this and wants that. It is the duty of every officer to provide to the utmost for the comfort of his men, and when comforts are not to be had, " bad luck to the shilling."—(Tremen dous cheering, long continued.) And, my gallant officers, believe me, our soldiers are equally gallant men ; and, where these comforts are not to be had, they don't call themselves " poor soldiers," they call themselves the glorious soldiers in the service of her Majesty—(Cheers)—meeting the hardships and toils of English military life, such as exist on the frontiers of the land I am going to, with that degree of moral courage with which they encounter the enemies of their country, and with the glorious shout of victory.— (Cheers.) I speak from experience. I never yet saw the British soldier fail either before his enemy or in enduring the hardships of a campaign ; and it is because he knows his officers endeavour to procure everything they can for him. The starving popu lation of Ireland do not complain, and say that it was the rich people's fault that they were in that con dition ; no more do the soldiers that they cannot obtain tips or cannot have that. I mean to say that due exertions and due precautions ought to be taken that every re source of the country is appli e d t o the soldiers en gagedhave all a right to say it m i g h t have b een d one b e tt er . The British soldier is a man of indom i ta b le courag e ; in the war. Whe re t hi s i s not t h e case we he requires, perhaps, to be restrained in his impe tuosity in the discharge of his duty, to be honoured by his Queen and his country.—(Cheers.) I do assure you, my gallant comrades, on this, which is probably the last night I may b e upon th e l an d o f my forefathers, that I f ee l t owards you, w i t h every ex pression I am able to g i ve , w h at I was d es i gnate d by your gallant president —your comrade—(Cheers) — and whether I am successful or whether I fall, the glory shall be to the soldier—the blame to me.— (Cheers.) And now, my gallant comrades, it is hard to say " Farewell ;" but in the most difficult cases of farewell, hope cheers us on ; and I trust I may again return to my native land, to be welcomed by my country, but above all, by the old and present Light Division. Long continued cheering followed this inspiriting and soldierly address, which was re•echoed outside the house by some hundreds of the inhabitants, who gave three-times-three, as the cheers inside subsided. Major FRASER, then proposed " The Health of Lady Smith," to which Sir HARRY replied—" My Noble comrades of the Light Division, it is difficult to express ourselves when the heart overflows. I thank you for the honour you have conferred on my wife—a wife of many years, and tried in many circumstances—a wife ho has participated in the hardships of almost every one of those gallant actions recorded on your colours; she who was three times besieged in her native city ; she who was rescued on that occasion, and has fol lowed me through the four quarters of the globe.— (Cheers.) And as she has been honoured by every one of my fellow comrades whom I have led to glory, so has she been respected by those of her own sex.— (Cheers.) My friends, lam aware you w ill g i ve me credit for all I desire to express; and if I do not sufficiently return thanks for the honour done me, or fail in expressing what my wife desires as I should, you will receive as an apology my incapability of doing so." The gallant Sir Harry resumed his seat amidst the most enthusiastic cheering. Alajor FRASER then proposed " The better health of the general officer under whom we have the honour of serving," and said they all regretted his absence from the field on the previous day, and his inability to visit the festive board that evening. Lord F. Fitzclarence's health was then drank with tumultuous applause. Sir H. SMITH acknowledged the compliment paid to Lord Frederick, and said he believed there never was a red coat with a more gallant heart beating under it, and mentioned the gratifying compliment paid him by his Lordship on his landing at South ampton, when, it will be recollected, his Lordship sent over a guard of honour to receive him, com manded by the only officer left (as he himself stated last night on his health being drank) of the old Light Division—Quartermaster Rands, of the 43d. " The gallant Light Division," " Captain Knight, formerly of the 16th Lancers," " Sir Charles Ogle," " Major Smith," " Major Gurwood," Major Fraser," and other healths were afterwards drank, and at half past 11 o'clock Sir Harry retired, saying, " Now gentlemen, the best of friends must part; may God bless and protect you all." A YELLOW HARE.—On Wednesday Mr. James Adams, of Woodson, went out shooting with a party of friends, shot, on his own estate, a fine young yellow hare. The eyes of pussy were rather peculiar, being of a kind of pink, but which, we believe, changed to a darker colour in a day or two. We understand Mr. Adams has forwarded the quadruped to Worcester to L be stuffed.-. Worcester Chrvnick. EPTEMBER 11 1 We. THE MEAT - N. BRYTA TO CAPTAIN CLAXTON, R.N. We, the undersigned, certify that we have, at your request this day been on board the steamer Great Britain. now lying on the gridiron in the Prince's Dock Basin, and both inside and out have examined the means adopted by the foreman boiler maker, Mr. John Crew, for stopping the leaks in the bottom of the vessel whilst lying in Dundrum Bay. We find the principal holes to have been six in number, vary ing in dimensions from 2 ft. 12 in. to 5 ft. 9 in. 16 in.; and there are other formidable holes and cracks of smaller dimensions. From their size and position, under the keel of the ship, we are of opinion that it must have been a work of extreme difficulty to make them in any degree water-tight. We are informed. that, besides the water in which the ship lay, .there was never less than 2i m- 4 3 feet of water and sand in her hold after the damage she sustained from the gales in the early part of the winter; and taking this fact into consideration, with the ()firer difficulties that had to be encountered, we are of opinion that the greatest ingenuity and perseverance must have been exercised to stop the holes in such a manner as to enable the vessel to float. The method adopted by Mr. Crew for this purpose was as follows : —A plate of sufficient size was passed edgeways through each hole from the inside, having a screwed bolt attached to it as nearly in the centre as possible. This plate was then adapted to cover the hole on the outside, and was drawn tight up by a screwed nut and crossbar from the inside, being packed with felt to prevent leakage as much as possible. On the whole, as boiler-makers' or iron-ship builders' work, we consider it to be a most extraordi nary performance, which, regarded from before hand, must have appeared of almost hopeless execution, and must have been one of the greatest amongst the numerous difficulties over which the energy and de termination of the rescuers of this vessel have ulti mately triumphed. We do not conceive that it would have been pos sible, under similar circumstances, to stop holes of the size mentioned in the bottom of a wooden vessel ; and we may further remark, that the iron of which the frames and plates are made must have been of most excellent quality. FAWCETT, PRESTON, and CO. EDWARD Ross, Engineer. THOMAS BAKER, Engineer. EDWARD PARGETER, Foreman Boiler-maker. NICHOLAS FURLONG, Engineer. W. B. M'ALLISTER, Foreman Boiler-maker. Liverpool, Sept. 2. 1847. ANOTHER CASE OF POISONING. TIVERTON, THURSDAY.—For several days the magistrates and Mr. Leigh, the coroner, have been engaged in investigating a charge of murder against a young married woman, named Ann Fisher, who is suspected of being concerned in causing the death of her husband, Richard Fisher, by administering arsenic. It appears that the deceased was a farmer's labourer, and had been employed by a lady of the name of Par tridge, at Woodford. He there became acquainted with Ann Lee, the sister of a publican's wife, at Wasbford Pyne, and was married to her three months since. They went to live at Stubborn Farm, near the village of Morchard, five miles distant. They apparently lived happily together until the latter end of last month, when, from some cause or other, she left him, taking with her some papers, which bore the amount he had saved, and which he had left in charge of Miss Partridge. On the 27th ult. he called on the parish clerk, to solicit his assistance in obtaining the documents she had gained possession of, she having, as it was proved by Miss Partridge, endeavoured to obtain the wages he had saved. The deceased then was in good health. The next morning he was a corpse. At the coroner's inquiry it was shown that the prisoner had returned to the deceased. She slept with him the night previous to his death, and at four o'clock in the morning she sent for her sister, Mary Hodge, as her husband had been taken unwell, and then left to go to the surgeon at Woodford. Very soon afterwards he died. Mr. Wood, a druggist, residing at Tiverton, de posed to two females coming to his shop some weeks since to purchase ati , enic. They asked for poison for rats, and he sold them half-an-ounce. He believed that the widow of the deceased was the party to whom he sold it. On hearing what he intended to state to the jury as to what she bad purchased at his shop, she denied ever being there, and added, "You are come to swear away my life." Mr. Haley detailed the result of the post-mortem examination. The presence of white arsenic was clearly indicated, and he believed the quantity to have been sufficient to have caused death. The jury, however, found " that the deceased died of poison taken in his stomach and bowels, but by whom administered there is no evidence to show." The widow being apprehended on a charge of hav ing poisoned the deceased, was examined yesterday and remanded. DEATH FROM AN OVER DOSE OF OPIUM.—An in quest was held yesterday by Mr. Bedford, at the West minster hospital, on the body of Elizabeth Tolley. The deceased was the wife of a hawker, and for some years had suffered much from rheumatism, and was in the habit of taking small quantities of opium to make her sleep. On Saturday last she purchased a pennyworth of opium at the shop of Mr. Saxeby, chemist, in Tothill street, who gave her twenty grains, which she took on the following morning. Deceased was very sleepy, and she was allowed to remain so all the day until nine o'clock at night, when Mr. Pierce. surgeon, was called in, who applied the stomach-pump, but without any effect. She was conveyed to the above hospital, where she died on the following evening. Verdict—" Died from swallowing opium, but there was no evidence to show that it was taken with suicidal intent." ALARMING FIRE ON THE DUKE OF SUTHER LAND'S ESTATE.—TWENTY-FIVE STACKS OF GRAIN CONSVMED.—SHIFFNALL, TUESDAY.—An awfully , de structive fire broke out on Saturday on the estate of the Duke of Sutherland, at Burlington, near this town. It originated about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, in the rickyard of his grace's homestead, tenanted by Mr. Bellis, where some labourers were engaged in thrashing wheat. A lad, it appears, had occasion to light a lucifer match, which he incautiously threw down, igniting in stantaneously a quantity of straw that was strewn over the ground. The flames speedily communicated to an adjacent wheat stack, and the labourers exerted them selves in a very vigorous manner to stay the progress of the destructive element. All their efforts, however, were of little avail, for in a short time no fewer than five ranges of corn stacks, numbering twenty-five, of this year's produce, and occupying the entire side of one portion of the farm, were in one general blaze. The engines belonging to the Duke and the Earl of Bradford were promptly brought to the spot, as also two from Shiffnall. These were got into active operation, and, being well directed, the many farm buildings, which at one time had caught, were preserved. The conflagra tion raged the entire night, and attracted thousands to the scene. The amount of grain destroyed is estimated at between 2,0001. and 3,000/. FRACAS BETWEEN A CORONER AND A JUROR. — Last night, in the course of an inquest held by Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, at the Sun and Anchor, St. Dunstan's-hill, Thames street, on the body of Morris :sheen, aged nine years, who was accidentally drowned, in consequence of the Coroner having to dispatch a messenger for a witness to give additional evidence, the jury were unavoidably kept waiting for a short period, when a Mr. Hemmingfield, on the penal, by his insolence to the Coroner, gave rise to much confusion, and the following fracas took place :—After several observations directed to the Coroner, expressive of his dissatisfaction in having to wait, the juror said—l think this a most unnecessary waste of time, and I cannot understand why we are kept in this way. The Coroner—Because the officer was not aware this evidence would be required, and, besides, he had no time to procure it. Juror — Well, then, things ought not to be done in such a hurry, and the body was only discovered this morning, and here we are called together to-night, and before the evidence is hulf got up—the inquest ought to have been fixed for to. morrow. Coroner— The body has been in the water sii days, and it would have been in an unfit state for the jury to view to morrow night. Juror (with much warmth) —I say the inquest ought to have been held to morrow instead of keeping us in this way; besides re collect we are not paid for our services, and the coroner is, therefore it does not matter to him. Coroner—lt you don't be quiet I shall flue and commit you, sir. Juror — I don't care for that; you can do so if you please; I am right to maintain my own opinion. Coroner—These ob servations are very indecent, and I say again, if you do not behave yourself, I shall fine and commit you. No man studies the convenience of the jurors more than I do, and, therefore, the least they can do is to treat me with respect. Juror (much excited)—Well, then, if you commence again, I must say something, for I wont give in to any body. Coroner—l am surprised you should persist in those indecent remarks, sir. Juror—Well, I don't know that lam wrong. Coroner—l tell you, sir, you are wrong. This ended the dispute, and the addi tional evidence having been brought forward, a verdict of " Accidental death" was recorded. Advices from Germany mention that the railroad between Berlin and the Rhine is almost entirely com pleted, and that the whole line will be throw n e op en on f the 15th of October, the anniversary of di 9 Prussia's birthday. On that dayw i e l l _b e e r g e ld an a meeting. of delegates from the railways of the vari?u G l b states and of Belgium, to arrange co-operative p ans y which a harmonious working may be adopted, so as to book passengers and goods for the entire route from Trieste to Ostend, one payment ho has taken an a ctiv e for either end suffi ctive cing for the whole. Mr. W a g hor, interest in the matter, is to be present at the proposed meeting. The members of the Westminster Literary and Scientific Institution were much gratified last night by a discourse by Mr. Field, on the creation and attributes of man, accompanied by musical selections from the great masters of the sacred drama. Mr. Field's execution of the recitative " And God created man," and the air, " In native worth," from the Creation, justly elicited warm applause for the manly, earnest tone in which i was given ; while his "Deeper and deeper Still," from Jephtha, if it did not remind us of Braham, for Mr. Field's style is his own, proved that we possess a vocalist of considerable power, who has an intellectual appreciation of Handel's finest compositions, and the capability of rendering them with the purity and finish of an arttst. The lecture and illustrstieue were received with wally token. pf apprOotion. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of business. PRIVILEGE OF EXEMPTION FROM ARREST FOR DEBT. Mr. ANDERTON gave notice of a motion, " That the Court petition the House of Commons that the Mem bers of that House shall not, by virtue of their being so, be privileged from arrest upon writs of execution issued against them by their creditors, for enforcing the payment of their judgment debts."—(Hear.) The Chairman of the Markets Committee brought up a report recommending the approval of the bye laws, rules, orders, and regulations for the control of Billingsgate-market, the same having been approved by the Committee of her Majesty's Privy Couneil for Managing the Affairs of Trade. Agreed to, and ordered to be carried into effect. THE OFFICE OP UNDER-S/lERIFF. Mr. R. TAYLOR brought up the report of the Secondaries' and City Courts Committee, to which the subject of the last appointm en t o f the clerk of the county of Middlesex was referred. The report stated that the committee, upon pro ceeding to the inquiry into certain statements, to the effect that a judicial appointment had been disposed of for a sum of money, by one of the under-sheriffs, who had served in the office some years ago, were led to believe there were grounds for the imputation, by the remarkable fact that the gentleman alluded to as the principal in such transaction had refused to answer the question put to him by the members. That how ever, upon further investigation, and upon the solemn assurance of the suspected official that the situation had not been sold, and additional testimony in proof of the incorrectness of the charge, the gentleman sup posed to have been a party to the sale of the place was completely exonerated from reproach or insinua tion. _ _ _ Mr. TAYLOR said he had been induced by his sense of duty to the Court, which he considered to be mo rally as well as legally responsible for the conduct of the shrievalty, and to be empowered to exercise a control over the execution of the office, to go into the inquiry.—(Hear, hear.) He was convinced that the court would be of opinion that, as under-sheriffs were in the habit of requiring the sheriffs to sign bonds, giving up to their deputies the whole of the profits which might accrue in virtue of the shrievalty, it was necessary to look with jealousy to the course pursued by the former, and that the question should undergo due consideration at a future time.—(Hear, hear.) The report was ordered to be entered upon the minutes of the court. THE PURCHASE OP SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. THOMAS WHITB brought forward his motion, "That the Court subscribe a sum of money in aid of the subscription for the purchase of Shakspere's house." Other public bodies had, he said, come forward to contribute to the purchase of the souse, which was well known to have been once the residence of the immortal poet, and which was an object of such powerful interest to the nation, and he trusted that the Corporation of London would not hesitate to join in the attempt to prevent the destruction of that national monument,—(Hear, hear, and some murmurs.) Mr. R. TAYLOR seconded the motion. He thought that every means should be adopted to render honour to the greatest name in this or any other country. The Court had expended a large sum in the purchase of a single signature of Shakspere, and they could not consistently refuse to join with a number of other bodies in saving from destruction the house in which the greatest genius the world ever produced was born. Mr. ANDERTON.—No, no ; he was not born in it.—(Laughter.) Mr. TAYLOR said it was well known that his friend Mr. Anderton did not like to follow what other men begun, and that his opposition might of course have been calculated upon. The Court would not, how ever, be jeered out of its good feeling, nor prevented from adding moderately to a subscription to which were affixed the names of the Sovereign and her Consort, and of the highest nobility in the land, by the comments of that gentleman. It was the fashion of an individual who was once a member of the Court of Common Council, and who had also become a Member of the Legislature, to accuse the Corporation in the House of Commons of being an ignorant as semblage of persons, to whom intellectual imnrove ment was matter of great indifference. It happened that the gentleman to whom he alluded had had no education at all himself, and the speeches in which he abused his brethren afforded abundant proof of his deficiency. It was to be hoped that the Court would not be induced, by the opposition of Mr. Anderton, to give colour to the charge.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It was to be hoped that they would, by adopting the motion, do honour to a genius which raised the name of England above that of any other country in the world.—(Hear, and murmurs.) Mr. ANDERTON said he had as much respect for the genius of Shakspere, and for the character of tho country and of the Court of Common Council, as any man ' • and, impressed with that feeling, he was convinced that the honour and dignity of all would be best consulted by an acquiescence in the amend ment, that the question be not put.—(Hear, and a laugh.) It was said as argument in favour of the motion, that the money was to be paid for a house in which Shakspere lived. It was not the only house in which that great man had lived, and if they were to join in the purchase of that house it might be reason ably expected that they would subscribe to buy up every house in which he had resided, and every theatre in which his masterly performances had been repre sented. It was true the Corporation had purchased the autograph of Shakspere, but that signature related to property within the city of London, and was a literary curiosity connected with the transactions of the corporation itself.—(Hear, hear.) Very different, indeed, was the sulject of the present discussion. It would reflect but little honour upon Shakspere to put a large sum of money into the pockets of the present owners of the house in which he was stated to have resided, and which, in all probability, was so com pletely transmogrified that, if he could start up from the grave like one of his own wondrous creations, he would not be able to speak to its identity.—(Hear.) There was not even the argument of a fixed sum to be pleaded in excuse for the motion. The auctioneer was to go to work to raise the biddings to the highest amount, and all for the advantage of the present pro prietors; so that the money of the Corporation would be merely instrumental to the pleasant occupation of adding to their inordinate demands.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted that the Court would not acquiesce in the proposition. If they subscribed to buy the house of Shakspere, what excuse could they have for not buy iug the houses of Milton, Newton, and Wellington ? Such a mode of testifying admiration for extraordi nary powers of mind would certainly have the cha racter of originality about it, but it would, at the same time, be attended with inconvenience and ex pense greatly disproportioned to the honour it could confer.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BLAKE was decidedly in favour of the motion. He wished to know whether it would be consistent that in one page of the Corporation record it was set down that, in the year 1844, the sum of 1401. was given for the autograph of Shakspere, and that, in 1847, the same Corporation refused to aid in pre venting the destruction of the house which had been always recognised as the favourite residence of the poet.—(Hear, hear.) Whatever the Court might think proper to do, the purchase would certainly be made, and he hoped they would participate in the honour.—(Hear, hear.) Here a voice cried out, " Nobody has seconded the amendment of Mr. Anderton, That the question be not put.' " Deputy PEAcocK—lndeed you are greatly mis taken. I seconded the amendment. Mr. WRITE replied. He hoped the Corporation would not be influenced by the objections which had been raised Jo the proposition to do honour to them selves, but would at once aid the subscription. The question was then put, and The LORD MAYOR declared the amendment to be carried. Mr. WnrrE demanded a division. The RECORDER, on informing the Court that a division was to take place, said—The Lord Mayor says those who are for th e' amen dment must go to the right, those who are f u r Shakspere's h ouse to the left.—(Loud laughter.? b For the amendment :-62 commoners, a er- The Court then divided, when there app s eare l d d to o r Smhaajko srpi Majority e 's against h ouse :— sh 3 a 6 ksp com: ere moneys, house, house, 31. le 2 liers teller F s. men, 2 NONEVENT TO =MESTERE. Sir PETER LAURIE, who entered the Court at the co nclusion of the last discussion, rose to give notice of a motion that a sum of money be subscribed by the court towards the erection of a suitable monu ment in the metropolis in honour of William Shaks pere.—(Hear, hear.) He had lately returned from Scotland, where he had seen with admiration a great monument to the memory of Sir Walter Scott. From th a t monument he determined to submit a motion to the corporation on the subject of raising a monument to t a t: lld obtain greatest theeager man that ea everr assistance lived, and of every man he knewht that he who knew anything at all about the poet of England. ELECTIONS Mr. JAMES SCOTT, one of the sons of the late highly respected chief clerk of the chamber, was elected clerk and registrar of the coal market by a large majority over three other candidates, and Mr. Jupp was elected without a contest chief clerk under the London (City) Small Debts Act.—Adjourned. Mr. Leigh Hunt was entertained on Wednesday at dinner by the members of the Museum Club, W. Fox, Esq., M.P., in the chair. In a company of rustics, the other day, at a coun try ale house, a man was saying that demand a the Italians h d aa no win their language. " How then, countryman, with a mingled air of triumph and con tempt, "do such chaps as them spell wagon ?" This was 4 pleb c TT - - -..-41 A , CITY ofLONDON REdISTAA, The registration and revision of the liit i oliier s for the City of Londou commenced at to yeSter4 o. - morning, before T. Y. M'Christie, Esq., in ,Pe, of Common Pleas, Gui I. The Libec were represented by Mr. Sidi.ey Smitn a c graS Ledger, and the Conservative by Mr. S. Brown. e entire morning wes occupied in receiving and veri fying the lists of voters. It will appear from be annexed statement that no less than 9,782 votes will hay" to be inquired into. Names which have been omitted from the overseers' and livery lists, 1,853 ; new names which have been placed on the lists (politics un known), 3,890 ; Conservative objections, 2,279 ; Conservative claims, 76; Radical objections, 1,181 ; Radical claims, .503 ; total, 9,782. In the above Bat of objections, 409 have' been taken by both parties, which will reduce the number for inquiry to 9,414. The first case decided was that of Mr. Francis, of the Apothecaries' Company. This voter was Glescribed on the printed list of his company as being of - " Lea Park," and the4lescription was objectecl,toon the ground of insufficiency. It was further alleged that, in faclt, Mr. Francis lived more than seven miles from the City, and it was attempted to be shown that he re sided at Ramsgate. On behalf of Mr. Francis it was proved that be lived at Lea Park, Blackheath, and that the only ground for assuming that he resided at R a msgate was that he occasionally visited his daughters there. A gy si re m oaur il ,n a td r h o eo b: R e h c ei t sv i i o ds n i: havin g been taken ineffectually l he ast mit ust s pay tiut 2 t O t s h . e aonbd g ji sei ß ccoton a i so r , tr r i i h. s ve : a i sv_i t eal o al told nn Learned . Brown Gentleman that s lkneedddi.estso one, and she had been repeated after being overruled. m he on w p ez ets .u7a i : e )le s t h o ou o i blai p n re a . cas .A e lz!t e vT o s u a r ic i l o th f a o t i m f sent a petition to the House of Coinmons complaining of the decision. The REVISING BARRISTER—YOU may do as you please about that. Mr. Brown complained of the hardship of compell ing the payment of costs when Mr. Francis had nut been at the trouble ,f attending the court, The ReXISING BARRISTER :Lid 1 - ,e should adhere to the decision he had pronounced ; the voter had employed another person to defend his right, and was fairly entitled to costs. In a somewhat similar case to the above, that of a Air. Hoard, of the Baker's Company, and for many years a common councilman, the Court allowed the vote, which was objected to by the Conservatives, and gave costs, notwithstanding an inaccuracy in the de scription of the residence. The Revising Barrister founded his decision on the doctrine laid down by the Court of Common Pleas that residence forms no part of the qualification, and said he could not admit that the principle was inapplicable in the case of livery men. He agreed with Mr. Arnold as to the necessity of discouraging speculative objections where the quali fication was evidently good in substance. It was then arranged that the business for to-morrow should commence at the Barbers' and end at the Fruiterers' Company. The Court adjourned at half-past five o'clock. WESTMINSTER REGISTRATION. Yesterday a notice was issued by Francis Smedley, Esq., the High Bailiff of the city and liberty of West minster, stating that Francis Bailey, Esq., the bar rister appointed to revise the list of voters for that city, would hold his first court on Tuesday, the 28th instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, in the Vice- Chancellor's Court, Westminster Hall. The number of claims and objections are very great. The Liberals will be represented by Mr. Huggett, and the Conser vatives by Mr. Score. On concluding the Westmin ster registration, the same Learned Gentleman will revise the lists of the boroughs of Marylebone, Fins bury, and the Tower Hamlets. A SECOND " BOY JONES."—A man named Michael Homes, who appeared to be labouring under a fit of in sanity, and who is a stonemason by trade, was on Satur day last charged before the magistrates with scaling the outer walls of Baker's Bazaar, in Dudley-street, at five o'clock that morning. The case was proved—but it appeared that since the unfortunate man had become insane he had shown a climbing propensity, which no precaution on the part of those who were connected with him could by any possibility control. In consideration of the mental hallucination under which the prisoner laboured, he was discharged.—Rirmingham Advertiser. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SIR JOHN WEIR HOGG'S.— An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Bedford, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of William Bidnell, a carpenter. On the morning of the 14th instant the de ceased and others were at work at the residence of Sir John Weir Hogg, No, 16, Grosvenor-square. He and a man named Bailey were standing on a temporary scaf fold, about eleven feet high, when the part on which de ceased was standing gave way, and he fell and received a fracture of the skull, which caused his death the same afternoon. Verdict, " Accidental death." THE CONVICT LEITH.—We understand a com munication was received on. Saturday by the acting chief magistrate of Dundee, intimating the decision of the authorities in the case of Leith, to the effect that— " The law must take its course." The information was intimated to the unfortunate man, who heard it without manifesting any emotion. He still professes innocence of the crime for which he is condemned to suffer. A petition for his pardon was on Saturday night trans mitted to the proper quarter, signed by from four to five thousand individuals.—Dundee Adecitiser. NAVIGATION or THE TAY.—Captain Denham has arrived at Dundee for the purpose of maki. g an inves tigation into the way in which the Tay is d. One fact justifies, we think, the present investigation—the great loss annually uff. red by vessels being wt ecked at the mouth of the river. We have endeavoured more than once to get a list of the losses which have been sustained during the last ten years, but we know of no regular record having been kept, nor of any way by which one could be supplied.--Dunthe Advertiser. JENNY LlND.—This fair vocalist was literally be sieged in the New Royal Hotel yesterday forenoon, and Mademoiselle could only get an airing by the ruse of sending her coach round to the back door in Register street.—Caledonian Mercury. HEROIC CONDUCT.—OIt Saturday week the mate of one of the steamers fell into the river, when Mr. Ebenezer Bates, of 62, Seacornbe-street, plunged into the water, and after a struggle of a quarter of an hour suc ceeded in rescuing him. He was insensible when brought tai shore, but after being at the Northern Hospital for a day or two recovered. On the following Monday Mr. Bates was the instrument of saving another life. On this occasion a man, named William Westby, fell from the Sarah Davison, to which vessel he belongs, with a tar barrel and a bucket in his hands. Had it not been for the truly heroic exertions of Mr. Bates, poor Westby would, in a few minutes, have been a corpse.—Livervool Standard. During the gale which prevailed on the night of the 3d inst. several accidents occurred among the ship ping on our coast. The Joseph Alexander, of this port, was run into by the Hope, which took her crew on board, and she was brought in here a derelict, having been picked up the following morning by the Commer cial, of Newcastle. She had a valuable cargo on board, and proved a fine prize. The sloop Joseph and Mary Anne, of Goole, was also run into by the brig Beevor, of Sunderland, by which the crew were brought to Yarmouth the following day. She went ashore at Has borough, and it is feared will become a wreck. The brig Violet, of Newcastle, was also run into by a large brig, and was deserted by . her crew, except the master and mate, who succeeded in bringing her into Yarmouth, though with loss of bowsprit and other damage.— Yar mouth Advertiser. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT RUTHERGLEN.—Yest erda y (Sabbath) morning, Newfield Mill, Rutherglen, the pro perty of Mr. M'Naughtan, cotton spinner, was com pletely destroyed by fire. About one o'clock the fire was first discovered, when a messenger,was dispatched to Glasgow for the fire engines. The Glasg ow fire-brigade and te West of England fire-engin e were soon upon the spot, but, by the time of their ar rival, they found it _ im possible to save any portion of the mil T l h_l . .he • h had caught fire were saved by the to the mill exertions of the firemen. Ina stable close bfiureildiroaggsedwhwi•cith uncontrolled fury. wo adjoining One or two horses were so seriously burnt that they had Thet e voatiheeeres f w t c h , r e e p r r e o s p c e u r e ty d w e • o i n t s h t to considerablebeed .d e s t h r a o vd 3 e . i e ffi d n e , oet w i ltehYallrened, but it must be very consider able We understand, however, that the 1,165 will be partly le covered by t insurance.hrownout of ßy t : ln ti p l t a u t i lu t trt h b is er th o e f peop dullest season of the year. I H o- the fire originated has held on Wednesday before Mr. Corry, on the body Taylor, ijohM it appeared that deceased and the witness, to not bAeTeNnos:aAes as certained. —Glasgow H t a rF i I; r e ßo d mA --; t. G hLe ca l s re g Ev o ßi w dr eonocLe. Paper. ._ o I Aan inquest witness named a was d g r e i t n h k er in w g it a h t a a mp:bnlicnahmouesde Gineolirgoe Smith, had been d street, and were wrestling together. Deceased, %leo ° when Smith struck toxicated, afterwards threatened Smith,was- very much is desire to fight, face which felled himhimanad e b x lo p w re i s n se .t d eh is ? to the ground. him up, and took him home to his wife, a l e l d vit a n s e sis s te p cl ic h k im a to bed. About halt -past three the same morning .de ceased's wife called witness, saying that he was dying. In the course of the morning he gut worse, and died at halt -past eight o'clock. Other witnesses were called, and corroborated the main facts of the case, one of them only stating a blow was struck by prisoner.—Mr. Han nah, surgeon, who was called in, said he found deceased in a state of insensibility , with symptoms of depression of the brain. There was a small wound over and be hind the left year. He had since made a post mortera examination. Death was caused by contact with some hard substance, which caused effusion upon the brain by rupturing the blood vessel. It was possible that effects like those seen might have been produced by the man falling from intoxication. The jury returned a verdict SAGACITY. —The n fenrdoiwng who hcoatWest hadoccasionally b Briton u t giv es n l o o k ing of " Manslaughter " against the prison er , w h o was com miAttedNmfoArttrial. affecting vsree lya Wesleyan anecdote capel , o b f ut a in, took measures for self-defence. This is all very well, and very pretty, but it is nothing to an old female sparrow of our acquaintance, who, having hopped the twig—that is to say, flown away from the hedges—re tired to a sacred edifice to build her nest; but, with a beautiful instinct of preservation from feline enemies, took her departure on ascertaining that she had got int 9 a russey ite church,—Punch, lm jcai fey utor I I