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LITERATURE. v° ? CES FROM THE MOUNTAIA'S. pre By Charles Mackay, LL.D. ttm an, , nitz used to say, Man muss Gcbirge haben 1440, must have m oun t a i ns !" S o th i nks Dr. C har l es ' 411 )ev 41. T, and loving the mountains of his native land fro" l 111 o th ers, he gives voices to them and carols rhythtr e hilltop s th e truths of this progressive age his in little ` of sing u l ar b eauty. The purpose of • olurn e is explained with much elegance in the y C gue," w h ere Aiistor, a young Templar, Karl, a dee Rhymer, P.M Patrick, a young Sculptor, j ee C t RS to the course to be pursued i n the i r pro eXC see UrSiCril t o t h e mounta i ns. Af ter an argu vers thro ug'A which beams the light of descriptive poet 3 '..levis is s e l ec t e d as t h e i r d es ti na ti on . Th e thy n ' tne. fervour of his admiration calls upon the flo w , le ' to heather the birch, the pine, the larch, the 1• .4 'earth".jeWelS fair," and the torrents that Of P ing, amid the wild, a son to ' 3lll 'llent gladness, when erness their floods are strong"- 41 / 1 , t best tb e wild l uxur i ance of the scene . ...4 4 , 1t ,' leo; thened sp rea d s ( w i t h many a s t ra th b e t ween , , en oterland purpl e , h aunt o f bi r d s an d b ees ) D lands the fer n - c l a d f eet and shaggy knees ••p f s nlig 13, .y Nevis, monarch of the hills, sn e'le pa remount of mountains, gemmed with rills, Sc robed ; his Titan-shoulders nude, A ting his hews in royal solitude v o v . r all. peers, and lookieg grimly down Britain from his misty crown." " Vi e t siteh. altitudes as these, therefore, are the Igent3,, -- ° " ; lato:surned to reverberate, and they are 5- aby v ol„ elm, su c h as wou ld penetrate b eyon d wider c r 61 an separ a t e th e moun t a i n f rom th e crowd. •eare t a ‘ e l cay always speaks earnestly, and he is nes% " f• S I wi th the heart's earnestness. The happo abl e ~;"„) man seems to hi m t o b e i n a measure attaul- Peipl e ;' the a ccep t ance o f certa i n un i versa l prin biet-}; eri B,l' 3 el as th e pr i nc i p l es o f genera l am ity an d se 9nentl t o - operation. That happiness he reach th Sr endeavours to bring more within the Suet; • dl ea•-being s by p romu l ga ti n g those principles. IF; • k Vis ible in the verses entitled " We are Wiser 4. 1 .10 11 1, s l ;:e Let us alone" " The little Bz e • •Sze. " The Man in the Dead Sea" is the Om:" e r•wild phantasies, but it has the golden ring Pas e i t Z.,... -It is p enne d in a strain of the most intense of i tnpo ;• e h n ei words burn with . d mean t i h ng a ; the agonies rage are t e r* htt threaincident i d s7v i i e ld te wild—preternaturally wild. "Poeimen of the vivid and picturesque " Ish a I ng • of the versification we transcribe these to flo n f , f i s of St. Sepulchre ;" the lines are supposed t o im . ur n the mouth of a wretch in the condemned s tickl ° e f ee e wgP.te. Listen to these rhymes you - it radiscriminate capital punishment ! y tut•• 3r e'a may think that I am crazed, Th ese 4 ' llo t I s aw , th at did I see . And walls are thick, my brain was sick, Th e •!. et mine eyes saw lucidly. I e •Oels the joists an d t h roug h t h e stones .4, suld look a s th roug h a glass; I Id frem this dungeon, damp and cold, watched the motley people pass. All day long, raid an strong, Rolled to and fro p the living stream; put in the night, I saw a sight -I cannot think it was a dream. 4'old St. Sepulchr e ' s b e ll w i ll toll VAt e.ieht to-morrow, for my sou l ; rllet thousand s , not much better than I, throng around to see me die; .. 4 ,1' (1 teeny will bless their happy fate, That they ne'er fell from their high estate, I ,:tA t did such deed as I have done; ii,? ti gh• from the rise to the set of sun, • •LivY cheat their neighbours all their days, And gather gold • • 11% trong, and my But tiv soul fe I in sliraY Ways. -As may death -hour near, rt n tl e nits p re sen r ce aT i P w r sight grows clear, tell ar• very truth, as it befel, The snow lies o on the house tops cold, and keenathwe March winds blow; The rank grass theof .churchyard mould 00vered o'er • Tk e r with ,drifted snow•, to2cl .St.. Sepulchre's yard ere g v i e l ge And t h e shar I s t olent, when I looked forth, :Rock e d b y P e eear stars seemed to dance in the sky, in fierce winds of the north. T he houses dull seemed numb with frost, the .streets seemed wider than of yore. And the stnsgglin g passengers trod, like ghosts, or pn the pathway frore, I look 'd through that churchyard rail, thought of the And saw bell th at should ring my doom, Sitting to w thr ether o ee w omen, sad and p a l e , gn a tomb. e . fearful sight it was to see, sfatilltms they rose and looked at me: Cuk were their cheeks and eyes, -tillue-cold were their feet, and bare; ,-I.enan and yellow were their hands, It_g and scanty was their hair; s•e.dt.round their necks I saw the ropes • t.ly knotted, tightly drawn; - , t oncl knew they were not things of earth, Ur creatures that could face the dawn. ft (, een TI? diml y i n th ' uncertain light, AueY mul tiplied upon my s i g ht ; 61-1111 d things like m en an d women sprung— .,rom aPcs of those wh o h a d b een hung— the rank and clammy ground. leeunted them —I knew them all, es ae h with i ts rope around its neck, ' llars halled by the churchyard wall. t The stiff policeman, passing along, • A ctly them not, nor made delay; - Looked reeling bacchanal, shouting a song, LaugA trod at the clo c k, and went his way; °.P of e girls, with painted cheeks, eauing and yelling in drunken glee, i A 48 sed liked a gust, and never looked s t the sight so palpable to me. Must them —h eard them—felt the i r b rea th ). and raw and damp as death. A Th ese women three, these fearful shapes, oked at me through Newgate stone, d raised their fingers, skinny acd lank, whispering low in under tone:— l zPs hour draws near,—he's one of us,— Ris gibbet They is built,—his noos e is tied ; TheheY have law of blood put his name on his coffin lid: shall be satisfied. 7.et'etehall rest with us and his name shall be -** °Y - word and a mockery.' A I L I whispered to one, What hadst thou done?' lt a nswered, whispering, and I heard— elleugh a chi me rang at the time— very senten c e, every word. time— Clear above the pealing bells:— !psi w as mad, and slew my child; lie tter tha n life, God knows, I loved it; Set pain and hunger drove me wild. Scorn and hunger, and grief . and care, And I slew it in my despair Aud for this deed they raised the gibbet; F or thi s d ee d the noose they tied ; Arid I hung and swung in the sight of men, And the l aw of blood was satisfied.' 4 .,„.`1 said t o t h e second, ' What didst thou? ' Ilex ke en eyes flashed unearthly shine. married a youth whenl was young, And thou g h t a l l happiness was mine; •idut they stole him from me, to fight the French ; And I was left in the world alone, To beg or steal—to live or die, Robbed of my stay, my all, my own. England stole my Lord from me,-- I stole a ribbon, was caught and tried; Alid And the law of blood was satisfied.' I,` aid to th e third, ' What crime was thine ?' ' t she answered in accents meek, And smil es • e abe that suc k s at i ts mother's breast, Is • with its li t tl e dimpled check, Anot more innocent than I. u n t truth was feeble error was strong ; desg.uiltl.ess of . a deed of shame, Justice did me cruel wrong. T r p h,_eY would not hear my truthful words: "eney thought me filled with stubborn pride. 'loci I hung and swun in the sight o f men, And the law of blood g was satisfied.' " Then one and all, by that churchyard wall, 11,.._aised their skinny hands at me; Thee voices mingling like the sound Of rustling leaves in a withering tree: hour has come, he's one of us; • 41 , 13 gibb et i s built his noose is tied ; 41 , is kn e ll shall ring, and his corpse shall swing , • k ind th e l aw of blood shall be satisfied.' • They vanished 1 I saw them, one by one, With their bare blue feet on the drifted snow, To lik e a thaw, when the sun is up, -co thei r wormy solitudes below. Though you may deem th is w as a dream, Pot. Y g e ts are t ang ibl e f acts to me ; sight grows clear as death draws near, jet And looks into futurity." ii" a t . , however, in horrors does the . muse of Charles ar i :', / ',aY delight. The dells and solitudes of nature 4 - .118 welcomer retreats. Notice, for example, the the e.s ardour of the description of the scene when Yellow moon was shining, and— _ '• Beautifully still L'ltY Lochlin in his beams—Lochlin whose breast afted so oft the chieftains of the west •''" bloody warfare; Lochlin, that of yore The galleys of the Gael to battle bore Against the men of haughty Innisfail; t ochlin o f storms, w h ere Fi nga l sprea d hissail To meet Cuehullin; Lochlin of the spears ; Blue Lochli n of the songs of ether yea rs. " 4 !etiines we regret to see the natura l r g s. ushofpoetic ett en • " Drop o of „_ impeded, as it were, by the very intensity f Arnir emotions of the writer. In the b ald , osia," for instance, he degenerates into the of saying— end " L . et me alone, nor vex my 50u . 1," &c.; l e mimed afterwards he sinks into the vulgar iti ef Writing— .. Sad, till I grasp it, the time appear , A„,,, Int o h ours t h e wee k s I'd pac k , " &e. " t n) in " The Follower," he turns a solemn, and even thrilling, description into the veriest balderdash, by exclaiming— " He besets my daily path, I am the victim of his wrath : He smears his fingers o'er my meat." Aid occasionally the rhyming is indifferent, as when, in " Let us alone," recurs— " Your petty jars, Your wicked wars," Sze. Howbeit we only mention these minor blemishes, for he purpose of showing that as we are not blind to the faults of the volume, so neither are we the less enthusiastic in our estimation of its excellencies. We should be most churlishly fastidious were we to squabble over a good, melodious, and heart-spoken book of poetry, such as these " Voices from the Mountains." Hyper-criticism is our abhorrence, and we have merely enumerated the foregoing flaws as a token that our opinion of the work is in no respect biassed. We cannot be indifferent, while we hearken to such strains as this : Wouldst thou know what the blithe bird pipetb, high in the morning air? Wouldst thou know what the bright stream singetb, Rippling o'er pebbles bare? Wouldst thou know what the moon diseourseth, To the docile sea? Wouldst thou hear the echoes of the music Of the far infinity? Sorrow shall ope the founts of knowledge, And heaven shall sing to thee." Cordially we commend this book to the public ; it is the effusion of a sincere poet, and of an unaffected lover of the people. ATHELSTAN, A TRAGE t)Y ; LIFE AND DEATH, AN ALLEGORY; AND OTHER POEMS. By Edmund H. White. Among the numerous marks of the progress made of late years in civilisation and the general diffusion of knowledge, is conspicuous the appearance of authors in all departments of literature, in all classes of society. Formerly, whenever literary talent was exhibited by persons of a subordinate position in the community, it was regarded as a phenomenon rather than a matter of ordinary occurrence. Such a phe nomenon, in the days of antiquity, was the incom parable /Esop, the Phrygian slave, and the witty Terence, the freedman of Lucanus. Such, again, in modern times, was Chatterton, the attorney's clerk. Now, however, the fact is not the exception so much as the rule itself. In all the various depart ments of belle lettrcs we could point to very distin guished authors, who have sprung from very lowly occupations, from Gifford, the .leviathan of critics, to the three great national poets of Ireland, France, and Scotland; Moore, the son of a hatter— Beranger, the waiter at a tavern—and Burns, the ploughman, and the son of a ploughman. Instead of depreciating the high and almost divine dignity of the art, as might he thought by the Lord Foppington school of readers, it only graces and adorns that art the more, by accumulating round it, as it were, the spoil of so many more individual minds. Especially has this been visible in lyric and dramatic poetry. Now-a-days we can enumerate a brilliant band of minor poets, sprung directly from the people—Ebenezer Elliot, Thom the weaver, Thomas Miller, the late William Motherwell, and the late Robert Nichol!. Those men are, or were, honourable instances of the class we would indicate; they severally and collectively elevate the trade to which they belong to a higher consideration than they might otherwise have obtained ; for, although it were an extravagance to expect to find a James Hogg under the plaid of every Ettrick shepherd, a Thom at every weaver's bench, an Elliot in every humble house in Staffordshire, or a Miller behind every counterin the metropolis, it were equally an extravagance to treat those shepherds, those weavers, or those shopkeepers, with discourtesy when we find amongst them men endowed with as delicate and refined susceptibilities as those of gentle blood. Another class has now given forth its bard, his first effusions being nothing less pretending than a tragedy, an allegory, and fugitive verses. Edmund H. White is a guard on the Great Western Railway, and he certainly shows himself to be a guard of considerable imagination, of no little sensibility, and of a not wholly neglected education. One advantage must, we would believe, inevitably result from the publication of " Athelstan." The tragedy must produce, at the least, one beneficial consequence ; it must conduce to the elevation of the particular class to which its author belongs ; it must render a railway guard less liable to the incivilities with which, like all other public servants, he has been hitherto treated. People will reflect, after hearing of this production of Edmund H. White, that it is not altogether impossible that the railway guard or the railway porter may be a creature of as refined sentiments, and as delicate sus ceptibilities as themselves. Misfortune may have dragged men of classical education—and we have known instances—down to that position ; and insolence to such is as abhorred as it is to yourselves. Remem ber that ; remember the book written by Edmund H. White, and restrain your impetuosity of manner and langua g e ; take a lesson from the French, gentle public, to whom every artizan in his blouse and his peaked cap is worthy of a " Monsieur" and a saluta tion. Although we can say but very little in com mendation of Athelstan itself, we can certainly say much less in praise of the Allegory. Among the fugitive verse=, again, many are irredeemably bad, as when in rhyme the writer says— "'Tis a glorious sight, on a summer's night, To gaze on old ocean's breast; While the moon's pale ray o'er its bosom plays, As it silently takes its rest." The author, too, had better have thumbed his grammar before he r-rered the poetic tablet, and there by have prevented the publication of such stuff as the following : " Its bosom then seems, like our childhood's dreams, Innocent, calm, and serene ; And the stars which glow, in the waters below, Enchantment adds to the scene." When we come, moreover, to such euphonious twad dle as the subjoined, we are compelled to desist from further examination of the volume : "For three long weeks he vainly sought Employment, far and near ; His children nightly round him ran With hungry bellies, pale, and wan, And eyes dimmed with a tear." The book should have gone through a careful and competent supervision before being printed. SYLVAN'S PICTORIAL HANDBOOK TO THE ENGLISH LAKES. Having already noticed in terms of deserved eulo gium the elegant, though somewhat costly volume upon the " Scenery and Poetry of the English Lakes," written by Dr. Charles Mackay, we can, with double reason, express our approbation of this Hand-book to the same picturesque localities of Cumberland. Every advantage possessed by the former publication is (with the exception of the elegant letter-press, by the accomplished author of the " Salamandrine") compacted together into a size much more convenient, and at a price much more within the reach of the multitude. We have no hesitation in declaring " Sylvan's Hand book to the Lakes" to be the most popular guide to the most bewitching landscapes in England; clear and distinguishable in arrangement, elegant in general appearance, and plentifully besprinkled with engrav ings from original sketches by Thomas and Edward Gilks. Of the illustrations, especially, we can speak in the highest praise. Minute, at times almost mi croscopic in dimensions, they are yet pencilled with a skill and faithfulness that betoken not merely an admiration for the natural beauties around Derwent water and Windermere, but a full and delicate appre ciation of the poetic genius associated with those realms of woodland and water. In one page we have here delineated the entrance to a village within a circle of the circumference of a shilling piece; in another, a champaigne country ; in another, a mountainous dis trict, or a cataract, such as that at Lodore, described so quaintly, but vividly, in Southey's rhymes : The cataract strong Then plunges along, Conflictingly strong. Striking and raging, as if a war waging, Its caverns and rocks among. Rising and leaping, Sinking and creeping, Swelling and sweeping, Showering and springing, Flying and flinging, Writhing and wringing, Eddying and whisking, Spouting and frisking, Turning and twisting, Around and around, With endless rebound, Smiting and fighting, A sight to delight in, Confounding, Astounding, Dizzying and deafening the car with its sound." Sylvan, as the name bespeaketh, is an earnest lover of quotations sylvan, of solitudes sylvan, of pano ramas sylvan. Were the volume only opened as a wile to the valetudinarian in his arm-chair, it would convey an impression almost tantamount tom a bodily visit to the scenes it depicts. As a paio however, into Cumberland, it will prove most valu able, we should say rather, perhaps, invaluable. The arrangement is singularly excellent, and the classifi cation of the names at the conclusion is elaborated to the most minute particularity. Several inimitable maps are scattered through the " Hand•book," from the first map-engraver in the United Kingdom—Mr. James Wylde ; forming not the least important or least interesting feature inn t entire publication. SIR PATRICK STUART, GOVERNOR OF MALTA. — e have much pleasure in announcing that private let ters from Malta by the overland mail just arrived, bring ing dates thence to the night of the 13th of July, an nounce that his Excellency the Governor had greatly improved in health during the preceding fortnight • but very hot weather had set in, which it is desirable he should avoid. The new chief secretary. Mr. LUShillgtOD, had not arrived. TII J SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1847. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. TIIE CATTLE SHOW. NORTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, JULY 22.—Northampton has seldom, if ever, presented a more animated appear ance than it has shown to day. Visitors began to arrive as early as six o'clock in the morning, the hour at which the show-yard opened. From that time until three ,'clock in the afternoon thousands continued to pour into the town, on foot and in vehicles of various kinds; whilst every train which arrived at the station deposited hundreds at once. The inn-yards being incapable of holding a tithe of the vehicles brought into the town, carriages, gigs, waggons, and carts were placed in rows in the streets and market-place. The streets were crowded, and the principal routes from the town to the show were filled up with a continuous stream of p3ople, the appearance of the majority of whom bespoke them agriculturists. Notwithstanding the rule laid down by the society for discouraging the exhibition of over-fed animals, there were several in the show which came under that de nomination. This may be attributed to the circumstance of this being the first show which has taken place since the common-sense view of the subject has been adopted by the society. Now that its fiat has gone forth, the expensive process of manufacturing fat for the grease pot, lately so much in vogue, will gradually be aban doned, and one may not despair of seeing, in a year or two, even at the Smithfield show, animals that are really well fed and healthy. TIIE DINNER. The dinner took place in a tent erected in a part of the town called Waterloo. This pavilion, which was erected by Mr. Alarming, of High Holborn, is an ad mirable piece of workmanship, and well merits a minute description, did space permit it. Upwards of 1,100 gentlemen sat down to dinner, the Earl of Egmont in the chair ; the Earl of Yarborough vice-president. Amongst the company were the Duke of Buccleuch, Marquises of Exeter, Northampton, Downshire ; Eirls Delawarr, Spencer, and Chichester ; Viscounts Sydney, Hill, and Newry and Morne ; Lords Rivers, Walsingham, Portman, St. John, Southampton, and Pomfret, Fielding ; Hon. Captain Dudley Pelham, Hon. Philip Pierrepont, Hon. H. W. Wilson, Hon. \V. Gage ; Sirs J. Johnstone, Bart., M.P. C. Lemon, Bart., M.P., G. Rebinsin, Bart., W. 0. Pell, Bart., Harry Smith, J. Anson, E. Baker, and C. Knightley ; Mr. P. Pusey, M.P., Colonel Austen, M.P., Mr. W. Miles, M.P., Mr. W. G. Hayter, M.P., Mr. H. Stuart, M.P., Mr. G. Hudson, M.P., Mr. T. W. Bramston, M.P„ Mr. T. P. Mansell, M.P. ; Colonels Challonor, Fitzroy, Gilpin ; Sir E. Bowater ; Major Wollaston ; Mr. 11. Wilson, Mr. T. R. Barker, Mr. J. V. Shelley, Mr. G. J. Bosanquet, Mr. W. B. Stopford, Mr. Shaw, Mr. W. F. Hobbs, Mr. Carter, Mr. G. Turner, Dr. Buckland, Dr. Daubeney, Professor Way, Mr. S. Bennett, Mr. C. Hillyard, Mr. W. R. Browne, and the present and late mayor. The dinner was provided by Messrs. Higgins, of the George Hotel, and was a very good one. The Rev. Dr. STODART said grace before and after meat. Dinner being over; - The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the " Health of her Majesty," observed, that in all he might say that evening he would avoid touching upon any topic likely to engender ill-feeling. The sole object which should in fluence all present was a desire to benefit to the great society whose anniversary they were assembled to com memorate. He concluded by proposing " The Queen," which was drunk with three times three cheers. The CHAIRMAN then gave " the Health of the Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family."—(Drunk with three times three.) The Earl of CHICHESTER proposed " the Health of the Foreign Ministers." Upon this occasion the society was honoured by the presence of Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister.—(Hear.) It must be pleasing to a society of Englishmen that the only Minister who hap pened to be present was the representative not only of a great and intelligent nation, but one who derived its origin from Great Britain.—(Cheers.) It was desirable to cultivate the friendship cf foreign nations, because nothing was more calculated to enhance the interests of agriculture than a free communication with scientific men ab oad. It was unnecessary for him to remind the meet in.. of the good offices which this country had recently in her necessity received at the hands of America.— (Hear, hear.) It had frequently fallen to the lot of the society to welcome the Ministers of America at their meetings, but never with more hearty good will than upon the present occasion.—(Hear, hear.) He concluded by proposing " The Foreign Ministers," which was drunk with three times three. Mr. BANCROFT, the American Minister, rose amidst much applause. He said that he could hardly find words to express his gratitude for the kind manner in which his country had been alluded to. Although the Minister of a foreign country, he was not altogether a stranger in that meeting, for nature had established bonds of union between the farmers of every nation on the face of the earth. The same sun shone upon them all ; the same seasons as they returned furnished the seed-time, and ripened the harvest. The celestial influences to which he must look for a blessing on his exertions might well blend in the breast of the hus bandman with that spirit of brotherhood which had made the tillers of the soil—especially those of Anglo- Saxon origin—the guardians of freedom and conser vators of peace. Wherever the councils of the cul tivators of the soil prevailed, there it was certain that nations would dwell in peace. Nor was that the only point on which foreign nations found them selves interested in societies of this kind. Wherever he turned his eyes he beheld evidence of the spirit of enterprise and improvement which distinguished the people of this country. They rifled every clime of fruit and flowers to enhance the value of their own. Everywhere you had evidence of the com binations of interest which connected together the na tions of the earth. Since he had been in England he had seen American plants to which English skill and culture had been applied, and they had attained a degree of beauty and perfection which they never possessed in their native soil.—(Cheers.) It had afforded him the highest gratification to witness the beauty of the horses and stock exhibited that day. Agriculture in his country differed very much from that in England. In England the farmers went through a course of work which had been continued from century to century, and had only to perfect what their forefathers had handed down to them; the Americans, on the other hand, had to grapple with the difficulties of nature—to tame, subdue, and render useful the natural exuberance of their exhaust less soil. Nothing had struck him more since he had been in in England than the manner in which the fields were cultivated and weeded by the hoe and the hand. In America the trees were older than the roads—older than the towns—and, where spared, were the oldest monu ments existing in the country. In England not an animal was suffered to live unless it could produce a passport and prove its right to be fattened and fed.- -(Cheers and laughter.) The farmers of England cultivated the soil beneath those beloved churches — (Cheers) —which stood amidst the graves of their fathers, that seemed to shed a sacred influence on their toil. With the Americans, beneath whose blows the forests fell—with that moving and active population those who now lived upon the soil were more numerous than all who slept beneath it.—(Cheers.) There the agriculturists, with the instruments of husbandry in their hands, were obliged to erect school-houses and churches, and prepare for competition with the mother country in all that was calculated to promote the pros perity of mankind by the advancement of religion, and the cultivation of science and art.—(Hear, hear.) In the name of every American he responded to the wish that peace might for ever prevail between the two coun tries.—(Cheers.) Let it be hoped that the relations of commerce, and the interchange of intelligence between the cultivators of the soil in the two countries, would knit them together in such bonds of amity that no ap prehension of a rupture need be entertained. With these sentiments, uttered from his heart and soul, he responded to the sympathy shown for his country, and would con clude by praying for the prosperity of the farmers of England.—(Loud cheering.) The CHAIRMAN rose to propose a toast, which could not be given if the rules of the society were strictly ad hered to; but he had no doubt he would be excused for deviating from them, on account of the distinguished merits of the individual to whom he referred,—be meant " The Hero of Aliwal."—(The toast was drunk amidst great cheering.) Sir H. SMITH thanked the company for the kind man ner in which they had received the mention of his name, and in the course of his remarks advised that some atten tion should be bestowed upon keeping up the breed of hunters, as a matter of great importance in a military point of view. A body of English soldiers mounted on hunters was a terror which an enemy could not easily resist. That valuable breed of horses was so much de. teriorated that, if 500 were wanted for the service of the country at the present moment, he believed they could not be obtained.—(Hear, hear.) The Duke of BUCCLEOGH proposed the next toast, which was, " Success to the Royal Agricultural So• ciety of England." His Grace expressed himself in terms of warm commendation of the exhibition, and said that persons had come to visit it from all parts of the kingdom. The toast was drunk with all the honours. Mr. S. O'BRIEN made an ingenious address in intro ducing the toast of " Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce," which, owing to the late hour at which this report reached town, 'it is impossible to give, and the same reason renders an abridgment of the subsequent portion of the proceedings indispensable. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by saying he would give the toast as it was usually written on their election flags, " The Plough, the Loom, and the Sail,"—might the plough never break in a furrow, and be still guided by the strong arm and honest heart ;—might the loom still ply and find employment for labour;—and might the sail bear forth our merchandise and bring back to this haven of many navies the rich enjoyment of all God's bless ings.—(Cheers.) The toast was much applauded. The Marquis of NoaTnamr-rosz proposed the " Health of the Mayor and Corporation of Northampton."— (Drunk with three times three.) The Mayor of NORTHAMPTON returned thanks, and expressed a hope that the society would soon pay another visit to Northampton. Lord PORTMAN said, that it was his duty to propose as a toast, "The Labouring Classes." He referred to the difficulty which attended every effort to ameliorate the condition of the labouring classes, and said, that whilst it was the duty of society to educate the young and cherish the old, it no less became it to correct the ill doers of the middle-aged. That was the course which he had endeavoured to pursue through life. There were 7,000,000 labourers in Great Britain employed in various o t a c g c c u s p a a t s i o thens, b l u a t b o n u o r n e e r s o e f n t g h a e g n e i d enjoyed in the a agriculture, sme adn for theyva - beheld the works of God in all their glory. They, too, saw the great principle of universal charity in daily practice ; they saw the sun shine and the rain fall, without distinction of sect or party, which taught them that universal benevolence was the duty of poverty. It was in that spirit he called upon them to toast the labouring elasses.—(Cheers.) All present knew their worth—(Cheers)—and he trusted they all knew and would , perform their duty towards them. Ho would apply to them two old lines, taking the liberty to alter one word: "Be to their faults a little blind! Be to their virtures very kind." His Lordship concluded by proposing, " The Labouring Glasses."—(Drunk with three times three.) Mr. VERNON SMITH complained that the variety of topics which had been offered to the notice of the meet ing placed him at disadvantage, for little was left for him to say. Politics were purposely excluded from that meeting; but it was not a little curious to observe that every speaker who had referred to that rule ran as close to the wind as he could.—(A laugh.) The itch which speakers seemed to have for transgressing the rule in question reminded him of an anecdote, which perhaps the company would excuse him for repeating. A gen tleman who took home to dine with him a friend who had a remarkably large nose, cautioned his wife not to make any allusion to noses during his friend's visit; the lady remembered the caution until they were just about rising from the table, when she said to the gentleman, " Pray make a long nose and hand me the biscuits." — (Laughter.) At the present moment the rule operated with peculiar hardship upon him and his Hon. Friend, the Member for Northamptonshire. For his own part, he hardly knew. whether he had a political position.—(A laugh.) The Right Hon. Gentleman next adverted to the presence of many ladies on the show ground and the pleasure which it gave him to see the fairest of women among the fattest of oxen, and passing to and fro, with a lightness of step which would scarcely bend a blade of grass, in the midst of Craskell's clod crushers and other terrible looking implements, formed to tear but not in jure the bosom of mother earth."—(Hear and laughter.) The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded a humorous and agreeable speech by proposing " The Health of the President." The toast was drunk with three times three. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. Mr. SHELLEY proposed, " The Judges of the Show." He said that some idea might be formed of the arduous duties which those gentlemen had to perform, when ho stated the fact, that at the first show of the society the number of implements exhibited was only 23, whereas at the present exhibition the number amountad to 1,250, and if placed in a row they would occupy a space a mile and a quarter in length, by 20 feet broad. Great im provement was observable in the animals exhibited, and the short-horns were as fine a lot as over was submitted to judges.—(Hear, hear.) The health of the judges was drunk with three times three. Mr. WRIGHT returned thanks for himself and his col leagues, an•l expressed a hope that in future exhibitors would aim less at fattening their animals than developing their points of breeding.—(Applause.) The following toasts were drunk in succession:— " The Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland." The Earl of SILFORD returned tnanks, in the absence of the Duke of Richmond, who was unable to attend from illness. " The Railway Companies, Rho have so liberally carried cattle and implements free of charge to and from the show." Mr. HUDSON returned thanks. " The President elect," proposed by the Hon. Octavius Duncombe. The Earl of YARBOROUGH returned th an k s . The meeting then broke up. THE FAIR IMPOSTER. Early last summer a lady, calling herself Madame B—, attended by two servants, arrived in a very de gant carriage in a village not one hundred miles from this city. She drove up to the best hotel, secured lodg ings, and shortly after handed the landlord a card, an nouncing a number of lots in New Orleans for sale, which she desired him to place in his bar-room. She professed to be a widow in bad health. From this hotel she removed to a furnished house, which she engaged for six months. She soon selected from the merchants and market people a chosen few, whom she honoured with her patronage. She had a number of rich dresses made up, bought jewel. lery, gave a soirée once a week, lived generously, purchased all the old wine in town, and quite monopolised the young chickens, cream, and other deli cacies in the neighbourhood. Several young ladies were invited to spend the winter with her in the city; and the son of a respectable planter was engaged to superintend her sugar plantation for the ensuing year, at a salary of 1,400 dollars. She got up a subscription to build a new church in the village, and headed it with 100 dollars, pay able on the completion of the building. It was soon whispered, far and near, that her wealth was immense, and no one thought of presenting her with a bill. Things went on merrily. The two merchants she honoured with her patronage were desperately smitten, and each had reason to believe himself the favoured swain. Thus passed the summer. One fine Sunday morning, however, in the month of November, at about eleven o'clock, one of the lovers, dressed in his best, and glowing with hope, called to escort madame to a camp-meeting in the neighbourhood. At the same time his rival arrived with the same understanding. She had offered to each of them a seat in her carriage. Looking by no means very amiable at one another, they rapped at the door. No answer was returned. They knocked again. Still no answer. They became alarmed, but soon concluded that the lady, piqued at their delay (they had dallied a little too long over the toilette), had driven off solos to the campground. What were they to do? They had loaned their horses on the promise of a seat in the car riage, and not another was to be had. Indeed, scarcely a human being remained in town. half-angry and half-ashamed, they skulked back to their respective lodgings, and spent the day as old crusty bachelors do in country towns, mumbling crackers and cheese and swigging brandy. At breakfast, however, next morning, it was whispered among the boisrders that Madame B. had not been at the meeting. The lovers turned red. A feeling of alarm, perhaps a dim idea that they had been bamboozled, came over them, and accompanied by the crowd, they had rushed to her house. The doors and venetians were carefully closed, and for a moment the group paused until the question of forcible entry could be determined. The two attorneys of the place were summoned, differed in opinions, cited on each side a dozen of cases directly in point, and finally flew at one another with great fury. The magistrate and constable inter fered, and during the melee the door was burst open, and in the mob went. Every thing was in perfect order ; flowers bloomed on the mantel-piece ; a little slipper lay in one corner ; a delicate glove in another ; and on the table was found the following note, written on musk-scented paper, couleur d'rose, in the prettiest Italian hand : " Adieu my dear friends. The first frost summons me away. I will be with you next summer, When you visit the city, call on me at No. 27, Rue —. Make my house your home. For your bills, draw on my mer chants, Messrs. —, Canal-street. Adieu ! Adieu !" It is impossible to say precisely what was the feeling of the company. Most of them were her creditors for rent, some for supplies, and for considerable amounts of cash loaned. A few swore roundly; others slunk off si lently, while the two lovers grew angry with each other. He who loaned the money declared her an impostor ; but the other insisted on her innocence, and treasured up the abandoned slipper and glove, as memorials to be cherished for ever. He that night drew upon her bank, and enclosed a letter full of vows to the lady herself. In ten days his draft came back protested, with a polite note from Messrs. —, that they had not the honour of knowing any such lady. Since then not a word has been heard of the fair widow, and the whole village has voted her an impostor, save the one faithful lover, who confesses there is a mystery about it, but insists that she will return next summer! Such is the spell of beauty on man's imagination.—Galt Reporter. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council this (Friday) afternoon at Buckingham Palace, at half-pa s t th ree o'clock. Her Majesty and Prince Albert , accompanied by th e Princess Alice, and attended by the Countess of Mount- Edgecumbe, Hon. Miss Macdonald, the Earl of Morley, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Buckley, and Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour, l e f t O s b orne, e th o' e clo r c o k ya in the aft ernoon , i n three open carriages and four , e scorted by a party of the 12th Lancers.l party arrived at Isle of Wight, at twenty minut es bef ore ten o'clock yes terday morning, crossed in the Fai ry to Gosport, tra velled to town in a special train on the South-Western Railway, and proceeded from t he Nine Elms terminus ao twenty-fiveßuckingham Palace,minutes w as h t e o r n e Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were received at the Palace by the lion. Miss Murray, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Vice Chamberlain, Vis count Clifden, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore. At three o'clock the Queen held a Court and Privy Council at Buckingham Palace. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Chan cellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster, the President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. Her Majesty in Council was pleased to declare the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, President of the Com mittee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations. The Hon. William Lascelles was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Sir William Meredyth Somerville, Bert., was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. George William Frederick Howard, commonly Called Viscount Morpeth, to be Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, his Lordship took the cus tomary oaths. Tho Queen's speech on closinc, the sessions of Parlia ment this day was arranged and"agrezd upon. The llon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. At the Court, the Bishop of Adelaide, the Bishop of Melbourne, the Bishop of Cape Town, and the Bishop of Newcastle, were severally presented to the Queen at audiences in the royal c l oset, b y Earl Grey , her Ma jesty's principal Secreta r y o f State for the Col onies. The Earl of West more l an d , her Majesty s Envoy Extraordinary and Mini s t er Pl en i po tentiary to the Court of Berlin, was pr esen t e d to the Queen at an audi ence, on his arrival in E ng l an d , b y Vi s count Palmer ' ston, G.C.8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord Howard de W a ld en , h er M a jesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to th e C ourt of Brusse l s , to the Queen by Viscou n t P a l merston . Sir Thomas Cartwri g ht, h er Ma j es ty's Minister Plc nipotentiary to the Cou r t o f S weden, wa s presented by Pl e nipotentiary to Viscount Palmerston to the Q Pa ueen. was presented The Right Hon. Richard kenham, her Ma j est y 's Envoy Extraordinary an d Mi n i ster potentiary the United States, was p resente d to the Queen at an audience, by Viscount P a l merston , o n his return on leave of absence frcm his mi s si on . uis of Lens downe, Lord John Russell, Vi sc b un t Palm e rston, and The Queen gave audien ces to t h e Marq Viscount Morpeth. , The Court was attended by th e M a rquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Earl of Morley, Lord in Waiting ; the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice- Chamberlain, the Comptroll er o f the Househo ld, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the perform ance at her Majesty's Theatre last evening with their presence. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Hon. Miss Murray, donald, Earl of Morley, Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.- Colonel Seymour. proceeded M us a li c' House, Bushy Park, yesterday afternoon, an d her Majesty to Marlborough House, Pall mall, where Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and all::: l M ef i t ss ß y at twenty and suite arrived in two carriages and .._''' minutes past seven o'clock.th ea re in e ho noured the performance at her Majesty'sstv was attended evening with her presence. Her Msje Miss Eden, Hon. W. by the Countess of Sheffield, Hon. Ashley, and Captain A Taylor. The QueenfoTuvhowtager an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday. The City Remerobrancer and Mr. Sheriff Challis had APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We are enabled to announce that the Marquis of Drogheda i m issoes:ce John f the e r o l n a h n y i , s b a e n t d w e h e i n s is about to lead to the hymeneal altar the Hon. Miss Stuart Wortley . , the beautiful and accomplished daugh ter of Lord and Lady Wharncliffe. The Noble Marquis nz o s r d d a y w l last . h O A u s e ra s has only just attained his majority, and took t t o he D c a u b s l t i o n - . mary oaths and his seat in the House of Lords on Wed arndriMagihess Fitzgibbon, daughter of the fr children had r g a o e before them. Hon. Colonel Fitzgoifbbhoisnsr,issatilnad.teftiri:lieencet,faathde Earl of Clare. CASE OF GROSS latrosrrxoN.--On Thursday, an and lef t u p the on in the i 1 t t f h u e r y , street. Iwriifseh, applied impostor, a callin g thteb e where they s tated n Believing the fellow's statement to _be true, Mr. Evans desired him to get some respectable person to vouch oroffircetheapapcarraernatelyy much dissatisfied with Mr. Evans's request. In about ten minute . s afterwards the wife re ga was o d f was ng turned to the parish-office, stating that her husband bad Evans remarked, that when the man was at the office he seeing the man - he declared that he was in a state of seemed quite well; b e en seized with a fi b t u , t a a nd su w r great danger. Several gentlemen who had seen the fellow also thought he was about to make his exit from this world, and relieved him with money, and ultimately a police officer was sent with a coach, to take him t o . the hospital. Upon the officer going to the man, he attempte d t o get him urn his legs, but the fellow seemed quite incapable of motion. At length he articulated, " Where ale you going to take me to?" "To the fever hospital," replied the officer. The words seemed to have the effect of magic upon the man, who suddenly was cured of all his ailments, and walked of sharply : enough, sayine• „to the o ffi cer, "I'll see you ----- fir.t," In the caurse of a quarter of an hour after a man w " taken bad," near the Town-ball i and, . 114 . i ormatiO a n s having been sent to the parish officer, an d am picion bei ng entertained that it was the same fellow, an officer was directed to go to him and whisper in his car that he would be taken t o the fever hospital. Th —. 05 0 words had the same remarkable effect as before, and the fellow walked off. Why he was not favoured with an intro duction to Mr. Ru shton, we are at a loss to c onceive. Liverpool Courier. THE OVERLAND INDIA. MAlL. — Letters and news papers for the M e diterranean, Egypt , Ad en, Ceylon, India, Hong -Kong, and China, will be in time to-mor row evening to be forwarded by the fortnightly overland closed mail t 9 India, via Marseilles. THE RIVER PLATE. MONTE VIDEO, MAY 11.—The new Plenipotentiaries have arrived at their posts. The French war steamer Cassini, with Count Walewski on board, reached Monte Video on the 6th inst., and proceeded to Buenos Ayres at daylight on the following morning. Our superb screw-steamer Rattler, conveying Lord Howden, made her appearance here on Sunday, the 9th, and was boarded at some distance off by Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert. Shortly afterwards, upon an exchange of signals, her Majesty's steamer Firebrand was observed to take the Rattler in tow, and proceed towards Buenos Ay res._ The French Minister landed at Monte Video for some hours, during which he visited (accompanied by Baron Deffaudis) the Vice-President of the Republic, Don Joaquin Soarez, at the Fort, and is understood to have inspired confidence in the mind of the Government re• garding the maintenance of this country's independence. His Excellency likewise visited the British Legation, and had a conference with Mr. Ouseley. Lord Howden, on the contrary, did not land here, nor wait to have any communication with the shore. Ills Lordship is represented to be unwell. Commodore Herbert shifted his broad pennant from the Raleigh to the Firebrand, and is now, of course, in Buenos Ayres. The Plenipotentiaries had met in Bahia on the 25th 26th ult., on which latter day the Cassini left that port, direct for the Plate. The nattier entered Rio de Janeiro on the Ist inst., and in a few hours took her departure for the same destination. Baron Deffaudis delivered up his portfolio to the Count Walewski, as did Admiral Lathe his command of the squadron to Commodore Le Pre _lour. The Admiral on presenting his successor to the Oriental Minister of War, observed emphatically, that "France had changed her men, not her measures ;" and the sentiment was as emphatically reiterated by M. L o Predour. _ _ Addresse w s of warm gra - titude on the part of the Bri tish merchants and residents of Monte Video are about being presented to Baron Deffaudis and Admiral Lila!, who proceed to France immediately, via Rio Janeiro. A Brazilian vessel of war sails to-day for Rio, bearing a confidential agent from this Government. Brazil is be lieved to be on the eve of war against Rosas. The steamer Antelope had arrived at Rio in twenty seven days from Liverpool. Owing to the accidental and most lucky assistance of steam power,' afforded by the Rattler's calling in there, our merchants were yesterday in possession of answers to letters home written pre cisely one hundred days back. This event has caused a sensation, and strongly suggests an improvement in the present packet service, which would not the less grate fully be received from the Admiralty because the River Plato trade owes but few favours in that quarter. The following is the reply of Lord Bowden to a depu tation of British merchants which waited upon him on his arrival at Buenos Apes, ou the 12th May, 1847: " Gentlemen—l am extremely happy to see you, both collectively, as it is my duty to do, to listen to whatever you may have to say to me, as well as individually, in order to have the pleasure of making your acquaintance separately. As to the mission with which her Majesty has en trusted me, I can assure you, with regard to its execu tion, that no zeal or effort on my part shall be wanting. With regard to its substance and tenor, I can equally as sure you that it has been well considered, both in its whole and its details; that I see no difficulty whatever in its accomplishment, provided that I meet from all par ties the same good faith and pacific feeling that I bring into the negotiation; and that I have a firm confidence that any definite arrangement will be found just and sa tisfactory to all parties. " The English government can have no possible object but that of protecting English interests, and of inspiring in friendly governments a conviction of its anxious desire for their prosperity. " I need hardly assure you that the endeavour to carry out this policy shall be my constant object. " As to the kind offer you make me of your services,l ask you for your co-operation in assisting me to allay all subjects of irritation, and I shall always call upon you with confidence to aid me in so agreeable a duty." TUE POTATO DisEAsE asattt A ttaa( L ili A o ß l7o m ,t .— h A week or two ago, a gentleman in the northern part of the country, whilst searching amongst his potatoes, found one at each root which he considered diseased. He hurried off to a neighbouring gentleman, to whom he mentioned the circumstance, who immediately called his gardener, and a similar appearance was found. The gardener, however, soon explained that the cause of their fears was only the set, a circumstance which in their theo retical knowledge of gardening the two gentlemen had overlooked, and their alarm quickly subsided.—lpswich Express THE WAR MEDALS.—The following is a list of the regiments which served in the Peninsula during the war:—lst and 2d Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, Ist, 3d, 4th, and sth Dragoon Guards; Ist, 3d, 4th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, and 20th Regiments of Dragoons; Royal Staff Corps of Cavalry, Grenadier Guards (Ist and 3d Battalions), Coldstream Guards (Ist Battalion), Scots Fusilier Guards (Ist Battalion), Ist Foot (3d Battalion), 2d, 3d (Ist Battalion), 4th (Ist and 2d Battalions), sth (Ist and 2d Battalions), 6th (Ist Battalion), 7th (Ist and 2d Battalions), 9th (Ist and 2d Battalions), 11th (Ist Battalion), 14th (a Detachment), 20tb, 23d (Ist Battalion), 24th (2d Battalion), 26th (a Detachment), 27th (3d Battalion), 28th (Ist and 2d Battalions), 29th,at 30th (2d Battalion), 31st (2d Battalion), 33d (Ist 3 B c talion), 36th (Ist Battalion). 37th (Ist Battalion), 8 s) 1: (Ist and 2d Battalions), 39th (Ist and 2d Ba 445082dtthh Batta l i o n ), (( (lit ll sstt aa ß nn a 4dd t s t 2 a t2h l dd i o iß n 3la ) as , tt 421, Battalions), 181 ooa nnt t 492 31 05 ( 5n0 1 3) s t, t 4( B h (27ladtethttual3(1ia2otudntal)Bioioa4ntntilf .i.,s,o(7ins2t)td, l B 6( ( 1 1) s tti t tia B l(i a o5 t n t th a ) 1 , 1o B n 6a ) 6t , tt s ah B l t o l ( i n2 ( )d, 2d GB B I 68th, 7 s , 74th 81st (a De tachm c 7 n 6 t t ) h ; 8 7 2 7 d th, ( 111 1 os s tn t )913, B as a t9 t tt t ah a (l l lil i ost o 2nt n a) ) , 81 , 13 :1. 8 2:3'aaddli B att alion), (let Battalion), (2d Battalion), 85th, 87th (2d Batta lion), 31 8 as 8 t rBB h Ta agar ( ttao l tt ioa s an t nll and soo nn; o), c): n9t d , g9427,tshdth:G,9a esnßrntdho ßattal i ons), 3,yadßanli isL ? A l utug i s ssanßss t sffaaoitr ( zbirnic l egsl_c s eesa t ;dlt ir ß evlsoptit a i(rstl t .,ltdaat t alash a ennittn l idd,o i ßdeo o gwy2t n aeh22hada ) rtidde.siss cßLtWaihalgaitasogthantgslseiooDuonnrfss theßo f ri L t ni g nn h ei t .q l u n eß f s a r. _ n u Infantry; . ict l ke s d t 0 , s 2 eei d rs , vi c st e h G, Regiment,aanzde Gazette. 7 e learn st r th n fthD t a h to a re t hh C ee h sw i t e ea f r seatss o s h n r t e i nih r g r e r:beeetendtcoahy ELECTION MOVEMENTS. CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday evening the Liberal candidates, Sir George L a rp ent at tnd th e E Baron ast e rRn Institution,othschild , c eria attended om a c l meeting -road. of electors Mr. LAWRENCE having taken the chair, Commercial-road. 'Baron ROTHSCHILD presented himself amid loud cheers, and proc ee d e d t o say-that he was favourable to I civil and religious liberty, on which grounds he came forward to claim their sympathies and assistance. — (Cheers.) He wished to say something about some ob servations that had been made by the Conservative can didate, Mr. Bevan. There was no more candid and ho nourable gentleman than he was—(Hear, hear)—but yesterday he had alluded to him (Baron Rothschild) as the foreign baron. Now, he believed his (Baron Roths child's) opinions were foreign to him in every respect, but he saw nothing else to provoke or justify the observa tion.—(Cheers.) With regard: to his opinions, he was favourable to extending in every way the blessings of education. He came forward to claim their support in the cause of civil and religious liberty.—(Cheers.) Sir GEORGE LARPENT then gave an account of his principles at great length to the meeting, and expressed that adherence to free trade, and opposition to endow ments, which we have frequently bad occasion to com municate to our readers in reporting his sentiments. Mr. PATTISON, jun., having addressed the meeting on the part of his father, A resolution was passed, on the motion of Mr. W. HAwEs, pledging the meeting to support the four Liberal candidates. lIEBEFORD.—Captain Ilibbert, a Liberal of great local influence, will no doubt be returned for this borough. Sir R. Price retires. Mr. Clifford, a local gentleman, has withdrawn. Captain Ilibbert and a Conservative will be returned without opposition. BATA.—On Tuesday evening a meeting of the elec tors of the Walcot district was held, Mr. George Ed wards in the chair ; at which a resolution, pledging the meeting to support the present members, Mr. Roebuck and Lord Duncan, was carried unanimously. At this period the room in which the meeting was being held, became so densely crowded, that the electors were obliged to adjourn to the outside of the house, where they were addressed by both the present members at great length. Lord Duncan and Mr. Roebuck afterwards addressed a numerous meeting from the windows of the Liberal Association Rooms, Bath-street. CAMBRIDGE.—The state of parties in this borough is extraordinary and confused. There are now in reality four candidates in the field. Until Friday last there were only two, Messrs. Adair and Campbell, on the Whig interest. It will be remembered that a month since Mr. Sutton voluntarily retired, after addressing a public meeting convened by himself. A few days after the excitement of the installation was over a search _ _ for a successor to Mr. Sutton was renewed, and Mr. Humfrey, Q.C., was introduced as the Con servative candidate. He issued his address on Friday, the 16th, and on Saturday received a cordial welcome at a public meeting of the Conserva tive electors ; when the following resolution was carried by an overwhelming majority :—" That this meeting having heard with the greatest satisfaction the sentiments expressed by L. C. Humfrey, Esq., is of opinion that he is a fit and proper person to represent this borough in Parliament." On Monday, the 19th, to the astonish ment of all parties, Mr. Sutton re-appeared in the field, in consequence of having received a requisition so to do. This requisition has not been published, and the natural inference is that it is not numerously signed. It will thus be seen that Mr. Humfrey has every right and title to be considered as the first Conservative candidate. He is cordially received by the electors, and the most san guine hopes of his success are entertained. CHELTENHAM.-Sir W. Jones, the Conservative candidate, has hitherto met with an enthusiastic recep tion, and, if we may judge from present appearances, Mr. C. Berkeley's seat is very insecure. The latter gen tleman's speech on the Health of Towns Bill appears to have given mortal offence to a large number of his con stituents, and his subsequent explanations are deemed anything but satisfactory by even many of his most ar dent supporters. The existence of the " Berkeley feud" has also damaged the Liberal cause. Captain Carrington Smith, who is, according to his own account, " his own chairman, his own electioneering agent, his own com mittee, and almost his own bill-sticker, also comes for ward on the Conservative interest, without, however, the remotest chance of success, although the Captain de clares he is determined to go to the poll. CRICKLADE.-Mr. John Neeld solicits a renewal of the confidence of the electors of this borough. Mr. Neeld's re-election, without opposition, is considered certain. DEVONPORT.-Mr.J. Sandars, jun., a private gentle man from Liverpool, has just addressed the electors on Conservative principles, and commenced an active can vass. Tne other candidates are Mr. Tufnel, of the Treasury, one of the present representatives, and Mr. Romilly, the Member for Bridport. EvEsusx.—This borough is now become the arena of high political strife. Mr. Rudge, the new candidate, who offered his services to the electors a month ago, has retired, and Sir Ralph Howard appears in the field as his successor. HEREFORD CITY.—On Monday night a meeting of the Liberal electors was held in the noble room of the Great Dragon Hotel. The chair was filled by Mr. Benbow. About 300 attended, and the greatest harmony pre vailed. Mr. George Clive, Judge of the Southwark County Court, explained the position he was in owing to the legal point raised by Sir James Graham in the Home of Commons as to the eligibility of County Court judges sitting in Parliament. He mentioned that he had taken the opinion of the Attorney General and other gentlemen, who were favourable to his own impression that he was not disqualified. Mr. Clive touched upon the difficulty Sir James Graham had in getting seated in Parliament, and joking said—Perhaps Sir James had a notion of trying Hereford himself. Should Sir James fail in his motion, which would be set at rest within a few hours, he (Mr. Clive) should bo at their service, anxious to secure the highest object of his ambition, that of representing Hereford. which had shown so much attachment to his lamented father and gallant brother, both now no more. Mr. Clifford (chairman of the county sessions) was introduced as a candidate, only in the event of Mr. Clive being ineligible. Ho briefly stated his opinions ; and, in answer to an elector, avowed himself opposed to the endowment of the Ro man Catholic clergy, and also favourable to the ballot. The cries were loud and general for Mr. Symons to be heard on Mr. Clifford resuming his seat, and after a little parley, Mr. Jelenger C. S) mons, of the Oxford circuit, addressed the meeting in a forcible speech. He was ready to make himself a useful working Member of Parliament, but he would not involve himself in heavy expenses to support a contest. He came not to divide the Liberal interest, but to offer his services, as he found a doubt was rife as to the possibility of Mr. Clive coming forward. He declared his objection to any further state endowments, and should oppose any such measure if ho was in Parliament. He with drew from the field, as he was perfectly satisfied with the principles of Mr. Clifford, to whom he paid a well-timed compliment for his ability and impartiality as chairman of the county sessions. Resolutions were carried unanimously expressive of approval of Sir Robert Price's conduct, and their determination to sup port, as his colleague, Mr. George Clive. If he was incompetent by any subsequent decision of the House of Commons, then to rally round Mr. Clifford, and support his return in the place of their Member, Mr. Pulsford, retiring on the plea of ill health. HonsEtAx.—Mr. Jervis's canvass is most successful, and the whole weight of the Shelley interest is cast into the scale in his favour. Such being the case, the issue cannot be doubtful. Prudence would counsel the retire ment of Mr. Fitzgerald from the contest. HIINTINGDON.—This borough may now be included in the category of places where the return of the sitting Members will meet with opposition. Colonel Peel and Mr. Baring are to be opposed by Mr. Prendergast, the barrister, who advocates generally the principles of the present Government. A committee is already formed in his behalf, and are most strenuously exerting themselves to secure his return. _ __ _ _ _ LEWES.—The Hon. Mr. Fitzroy and Mr. Perfect, the sitting members, have been engaged during th e wee k i n canvassing the electors of the borough. The threat of the Conservative Protectionists to bring a candidate against Mr. Fitzroy was not redeemed till yesterday, when an address was issued from a Mr. Godfrey Hudson, dated from the Temple. Mr. Hudson is for giving free trade a fair trial, and returning to a " sounder" system, should the trial be unfavourable to free trade; but in the interim he would repeal the malt and hop taxes. The existing poor-law, he says, has many'clauses which are unnecessarily cruel and severe, and not calculated to make the labourer an industrious and useful member of society, but a discontented man and a disaffected sub ject. He wished to see the law so framed as to secur e e a comfortable shelter for the infirm, the aged, and b .t a % sick, and a refuge for the destitute who could n n ot t' employment, while to those who manifested a nn idi , and r b but insubordinate disposition he would secure fo o d , would apply to them most stringent re a ri a i nephew of Hudson is reported to bo a barrister, d the " railway king," LANCASHIRE (NORTH) --- A dpota tion from the com e mittee appointed by the electorsofmtheeetnogrthheerldn adtivpisrieosn. of the county of Lancaster at t he in ton, on Monday afternoon, has b ee n sent to Mr. Charles Towneley, of Towneley, to request him to allow himself cas_ar.cwran.didate for the represen tation, conjunctionrmwi b m and consistent Liberal, a Roman is a free trader, a n fi rm raan of large landed possessions, Catholic, and family, and great local influence. We have ancient for stating that when Mr. Towneley good authority wa s consulted on the su b j ect a few days a go h e expressed his rea di n ess to come forward if the state of the electoral register warranted the proposal of a Liberal candidate, and a proper requisition were forwarded to him, ex pressing the desire of the eleetors that he shculd stand. There is, therefore, little doubt that he will be the op ponent of Mr. Talbot Clifton at the forthcoming election, and the most sanguine expectations are entertained of his triumphant return. NORTII N OTTINGHAMSHIRE.— The present friends of monopoly, Mr. Houldsworth and Lord Henry Bentinek, are to walk over the course. SOUTH NOTTINGII \I‘ISHIRE.—CoIoneI Rolleston and tlr. Hildyard, two other friends of monopoly, ditto. • PLysiouTn.—There arc now four candidates fairly in the field--viz,, Lord Ebrington, one of the present repre sentatives; Mr. Calmady, of Langdon-hall, the chairman of the Free -trade Association; Mr. Crowder, the Recorder of B r i s t o l, w h ose opinions assimilate to t h ose o f Lord Ebrington ; an d Mr. R. Palmer, the eminent barrister . of Lincol n ' s I nn , w h o i s supporte d by the Co nse rvatives. Mr. Wil coc k s , anot h er b arr i ster , who prese nted in favour of himself to the el ec t ors , has retired from the 09 n Mr. Calmady. Should the four can didates above-named go to the poll, it is impossible for an y person to predict now the sure return of any ono of th em . The schism caused by the altered courses of the two great party leaders, Peel and Russell founded by local au, has b een so widened and con d p er sonal circumstances in this WOO borough as to throw into confusic n all electionary cal culations. PRESTON.—Mr. Robe r t 1'0'1'111k: i v Parker, w h o sat f or Preston from 1837 t ill 18 41 , had been brought f ora . ; tr d by the Conservativ es as a canditia to for thi s b oro4 ; b . Mr. Parker's committee have pcblished a lett cr from him to Mr. Charles Swainson intimating 1 Lis readiness to stand, but giving no exposition of h is political principles. When in Parliamen,' , before b e was a Protectionist, and a steady supporter of the the policy of Sir Robert Peel. Mr. Parker was a candidate att the election in 1841, but was then defeated by a large ma jority. The addresses of Sir George Strickland and Mr., Charles Pascoe Grenfell, containing the customary pro-, testations of adherence to free trade doctrines, to the • principles of civil and religious liberty, and to the policy of progressive reform and a reduction of the burdens or taxation, were published on Tuesday morning, and have given general satisfaction. SUNDERLAND.—The contest in this place is assuming a warlike aspect between the Liberal camididates, or rather their friends, who are now convinced .that Mr. Hudson will be elected by a very large majority, and the parties supporting Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. BaYclay are each directing their efforts to secure the second seat for the Wilkinson party are very hostile to Mr. Barclay, and candidate whose cause they respectively espouse. The express their determination to defeat his ele,.'tion, it' possible. Mr. Barclay has to-day published an au l drera, in which he states that he is gratified to find, from :the promises of votes that have been made to him, that but will again be returned, and he at the same time plecipal himself to maintain the existing navigation-laws in alr. their integrity. A meeting of his supporters has been., c t h an is di i d s at t e he yi p i i i v l o t t u e rnn, held today, when he made a similar declaration, and, as. wthheicreh can ne rationallyeble.ecntoimdlooufbtthe entertained but that Mr. Hudso n head of the poll, will be very high at the and Mr. B arclay second, able majority over Mr. Wilkinson. SURREY (WesT).—Mr, W. J ' of fered himself as a candida te. second Air Denison has again Trotter retires, and Mr. Drummond, of Albury Park, comes tte forward in the Conservative interest —Surrey Gaze tte . SURREY (EAST).—The prospect of an uncon election remain s un di m i n i s h ed. No Tory candidate h a yet appeared again s t Messrs. King and Al coc k . ae. WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST).—Dhorrwlcs, TUESDAY -Mr. llodgetts Foley, who it will be remembered retina from the contest last Christmas, on the death of Mr.. Barneby, is the first in the field for East Worcestershire. His address has appeared bore (the returning place for the division) this afternoon (Tuesday). Captain Rush out, the present Member, will solicit re-election; amid it is not expected (in consequence of the extraordinary compact entered into at the last election) that any op •po • sition will be raised to Mr. Foley's election. YARMOUTIL—Thero are now five candidates canvai's ing for the representation of this borough, three of whet n must necessarily either withdraw or be defeated. They are Mr. Rumbold (who has represented the borough 3tem years), Mr. F. H. Goldsmid, Mr. R. J. Bagshaw, Lord Arthur Lennox and Mr. 0. E. Coope. The first three candidates mentioned above avow Whig and Radical principles; the two latter are liberal Conservatives. In consequence of recent divi sions the Whig Radical party is split into at lease half a dozen distinct sections, and all three can didates are canvassing quite dissociated from any col league. The Conservath e candidates are united. Each. party has issued its address; and in many points—in deed on most subjects—the very same principles are avowed. Mr. Bagshaw differs most; he desires triennial Parliaments, a great extension of the suffrage, vote by ballot, and, though a member of the Established Church, will vote, though not immediately, for its separation. from the State. This has satisfied the political Noncon formists, who have agreed to vote for him because of this and his promised opposition to all educational or reli gious endowments. The other four candidates are free traders, friendly to civil and religious liberty, opposed. to the separaticn of, Church and State, did to the en dowment of the Roman Catholic priesthood, or to voting public money in support of religious seminaries. There is not, however, an exact uniformity, ,inasmuch as Mr- Rumbold is still inclined to continue the Maynooth grant.. and Mr. Goldsmid, being a Jew, contemplates the eventual disunion of the Church from the State with no apprel ension or alarm. ABERDEEN CITY or).—Although rumours have again revived of contemplated opposition to the return of Capt. Fordyce as Member for this City, yet no other candidate, as far as we can learn, has yet given his name or stated his pretensions. In the meantime, from the movements of parties, it seems not unlikely that a contest may be attempted. The Conservatives desire to keep their friends unpledged. Another party would embrace electors of all political opinions, in favour of a candidate of " ability and business experience." A, third would have the dissenting interest efficiently represented; and a fourth would "go " for the "five points of the Charter." Such are the discordant sections into which it is sought to divide the constituency—no unfavourable omen for the success of the Gallant Captain. DEIDIRARTONSHIRE.—A liberal and independent can didate has started for Dumbartonshire, with excellent prospects of succesr. The candidate is Mr. Thomas Campbell Robertson, who, in the civil service in India _ has proved his abilities and integrity, and attainedhig eminence. ELGIN DISTRICT.—Mr. Bannerman arrived in Banff on Saturday evening, and was to begin his canvass of the electors there and in Macduff on Monday. His opponents are very active. FALKIRK BURGHS.—We are authorised to state that Mr. Wilson has not withdrawn from his intention of offering himself for these burghs.—Glasgow Argus. FIFE (COUNTY OF) —A requisition is now in course of receiving sig natures respecttully requesting Mr. Tin dall Bruce, of Falkland, to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of the county.—Fifeshire Journal. INVERNESS.—Mr. Matheson, of Ardross, has been prosecuting his canvass in this town, and will speedily proceed to the other burghs. He has been well received by the electors. INVERNESS BURGHS.-While at press intelligence has arrived, by the London mail, of the intention of Richard Ilartley Kennedy, Esq., to contest the representation of the burghs, on thcroughly independent principles. Mr. Kennedy is deputy chairman of the Oriental Bank, and chairman of the India and London Assurance Company. He is, moreover, a gentleman of high education, good talents as a speaker, independent fortune, and perfect freedom from the shackles of party.—lnverness Journal. KIRKALDY DISTRICT.—An address of Colonel Fergu son, the present representative of these burghs, to the constituency, has been issued. No opposition ma thought of here. LElTH.—There is no lik9lihood of any opposition, the Lord Advocate's votes on public questions and his effective promotion of the local interests of the burghs having retained all his old friends, and gained him many new. SELKIRKSHIRE.-Mr. A. E. Lockhart, of Borthwick brae, the present representative of the county, has issued an address to the electors, in which he announces his intention of again coming forward as a candidate, on Conservative principles. Ross AND CRODIARTY.-Mr. James Matheson, of Achany and the Lewis, M.P., is now busily engaged in canvassing the electors, by whom he has been cordially received, and will be returned for Ross and Cromarty by a large majority. WiuTowN Bunuus.—Sir John Mactaggart has inti mated his intention of again being a candidate for these burghs.—Aberdeen Journal. POOR-LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL. HOUSE OF LORDS.-JuLY 22. MR. BORTHWICK'S CLAUSE. Duras. Norfolk Cleveland St. Albans EARLS. Auckland! 31Into Grey I Leitrim MARQUISES. Charlemont ,ansdowne Meath Westminster Fitzharclinge Clanricarde Scarborough Flngall: manor. St. Asaph LORDS. Foley Campbell Camoya CottenhaM Stafford Strafford Colborne Cllfden VISCOUNT. Carrington Falkland Wharncliffe EARLS Granville Besborough DUNDEE TRADE REPORT. The same inactivity as formerly prevails in our general trade. Of flax there are buyers only to a limited ex tent for immediate wants, as the consumers are calcu lating upon a decline, and canno t afford to pay present prices without an advance in the values of yarns, of which, unfortunately, there is not just now much pros is pect. Hemp, hemp codilla, and jute are without change, and for the last article there are buyers at prices vary lalisntenwseethkerceon ing from 221 . 10s. are 251. per ton, according to colour consist of three something doing, but only at very low rates. The arriv a ls and qua li ty. .Idnuyrianrgns the e d from vessels from Riga, two from Hamburg, one from Dantzic, and one from Rotterdam, loaded t The advicea from St. P g etersbur with flax, to wns , & c . 0.8., which mention that a larg e sale are to the 21 s t u l t i mo, hands had taken plac e , at R. . 115 for 9 h ea d, an d t h ere of fla x f rom second were were buyers th ereat, high price, and more than its which was lo o k e d upon as a n its the charges o f importin value in this mar k et w h en fil are taken into accoun t. At Riga, on 19th u l t., 0.8 , flax codilla at our last u ere were buy ers ( o f fl ax an d DC., and oth er sorts incl o ations, of SRS. 311 to 32 f or proportion. Flax co dill a w as still held a t SRO . 19 per berk, equ a l t o 231. I i s . 9d. f. o. b. A t M emel, on o d instant, there was nothing doing in th e flax business for want of supplies.—Dundee Courier. CAITHNESS MOORS.—The birds are very num e rous and there is not the least appearance of dise ase amongst D them. A good many sportsmen have al read y ust; anticipatory of the eventful 12th t ofAg these gentlemen pur posingglad to learn, that the number i : ssen. is expected to be and arLi arrived, anticipatory to visit Caithness this season. The success on the greater than at any former has given Caithness a good greater number of the herring name.—Ross-shire r e s . _ of R t o l , i c e s . two iar e l last ) ' Advertiser.e , a i r ,le , WICK, Jets L ' ). . d th e bustle of l e I li i g e h l ' a n d fishermen having arrived. There have not been many herrings got fishing has now fairly commenced, Tuesday,the average would scarcely be half yet. the so uth firth, 13antE, a cran. Yesterday it was not much higher; and to-day the average will be under a cran. Some boats have had twelve and fifteen crans. This morning the fresh herrings are selling here for the London market higher than we ever remember them. viz., 26'. 6d. The fisherrnens' engagements with the curers commence next week, after which the former are bound to give all the herrings they catch to the curers. Crops are look i ng exceedingly well —never were seen better, and no appearance of the potato blight. Oatmeal is retailing at 255. per boll, and some of the small holders of meal in the country are pushing sales considerably under that price. —Ross-shire Advertiser. The Right lion. Edward and Mrs. Strutt left tow yesterday for Kingston Hall near Derby.