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THE WATER LILY. A lovely Peri stood gazing from heaven On earth's fair bosom beneati ed as - And she w Earth's flowers to t The - egL And the trumpet lil Would make a fai From I that to her were given The Peri oft we se A beauteous form. a starry cup, A. yellow water lil LITEI BOOKS FOR REVII of the Lt RPOOL STANDARD,' and receive attentio Lives of the Q, cesses TURE. New Prints, Music, Szc Mr. C. Mitchell's, ' to the Edita 'orwarded s of Scotland and English Prin- Vol. 111. London: Blackw-oods. The name of Agnes Strickland, as an historian of Royal females, has been so long before the pub lic, in connection with her " Lives of the Queens of England," that the announcement of a new work from her pen, on the Queens of Scotland, required no other herald to bespeak the public favour than the name of its fair authoress. The two preceding volumes we have already noticed, and the third, which has just been published, is exclusively occu pied with the memoir of the celebrated Mary Stuart, better known as Mary Queen of Scots. The story, however, is not complete, as it is only brought down to the year 1563, when she returned to Holy rood after the death of her brother, Lord John of Coldingham. We have, therefore, yet to expect in another volume that portion of Mary's life upon which so many differences of opinion have arisen ; and the manner in which Miss Strickland has dealt with this portion of her subject, will, of necessity, increase the interest with which the succeeding volume will be looked for. One of the most inte resting portions of the present volume is that in which Mary upbraids the English ambassador for the indignity and discourtesy shown to her by Elizabeth ; indeed, the whole account of Mary's departure from France for her own kingdom of Scotland forms a very affecting narrative. There are perhaps few portions of our history which excite more attention than the life of Mary Queen of Scots, and Miss Strickland, in the work before us, has amply shown her capability for the difficult task. Spirits of the Past. London : Tegg. • Of all classes of literature, there is none which in the present day more requires the introduction of a good name than that of poetry. The taste of the age has become so sternly matter of fact, that a poem by an author unknown to fame is really a drug in the market ; but the volume before us labours under no such disadvantage, for, in ,addi tion to its intrinsic merits, it bears the name of Nicholas Michell, whose poem entitled " Ruins of Many Lands" shows him to be possessed of histo rical knowledge, refined taste, and true poetic genius. The present %ork is divided into three books, the first being devoted to Scripture charac ters, from Cain to Queen Esther; the second treats of military heroes, including Xerxes, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Richard Cceur de Lion, and Napo leon Buonaparte ; and the third descants on cele brated women, including Helen, Sappho, Lucretia, Laura, and Lady Jane Grey. We may remark, that in speaking of Jephthah's daughter he alludes to the sacrifice as one of life, though many have believed that it was to perpetual virginity. We subjoin a stanza on Napoleon, which is followed by a spirited description of the battle of Waterloo : NAPOLEO BUONAPARTE ,ack, and trace the crimson way !sostris, polished Timour, trod 1 Le far-spread suffering, the dismay, 111 C ri 1 1/115, Lilc ..• uv. ... -- The victor's havoc, and the aconies rod; Slain thousands sent to Hades ere their time, Thrones crushed, and towns unpeopled at his nod And all, that one proud man might higher climb, And move among his kind a little god,— The sorrowing soul may scarce her patience keep, VARIETIES A. PENNY-A-LINER'S I ' There is many a 81ip between the pen and t —Punch Fiss ! The a recent bankrupt were nir s acted magna money, and Ls a member of the Non-Re being asked wh first." It was an ng in it nency o which ap- e respec our Chu bents of th cl chapels, Prelates c in of Co to legislative I g quest ion s, vicars rict churcl .s the mode of esent, in differ- Exeter varying ;'s a con al qualification of voters or proctors to 1 by whom ? Archdeacon, bishop, urivy per house, Icvn ? Are the pr sit in right of tht If there is a con- cveen the 136 Ler hari THE ENTIRI small children let him keep them DAN says his (Peace) SOciet even be persuaded to A YOUNG LADY earnestness, " Oh ! no, I'lld BROADEST HINTS IO pop the question ONE OF TH which it is post to declare to him her intentio f never marrying THE PHILOSOPHY OF DINNER very few dinner-part invite those to dinn Te would be as once made only ally were in want of one PARTY PREDILEC being asked by a bo INs.—A young American lady g politician which party she was n favour of, rep' preferred Ei wedding A POOR ACTOR, with a book under his arm, was entering a pawnbroker's office, when he encountered a friend, who inquired what he was going to do. " Only going to spout Shakspeare," was his reply. AN IRISH LAD, baying been asked if the man who had just flogged him was his own father, replied, enough he's the parent iv me ; but he treat his son by another father and mother," ' Yes, stir Lantana mutabilis WARNING TO FIDGETTY justify - - WIVES.—If anything can king of p winter flowering o nition, plants, t A GENTLEMAN, see Begonias said he did not wond4 as it was cow'd doer finished, be remarkei for a story." , seeing t foundat WORTH ANY MONE —A m, " Practice" for sale, winds it up, advantages, with the following addk ,omm e .. tion :—" .B.—Not five minutes distance' from a large railway station."—Punch. I man, ad rising his after stating all its itional rer- LAWYERS ad men thrive, The cannibals or but lawyers ear men up alive To blame a briefless barrister of laws Is wrong—'tis blaming one without a cause. E. Du Bois AN AMERICAN ORATOR..—" I stand," said a W estern stump orator, " on the broad platform of the principles of '9B ; and palsied be my arm if I desert 'em!" " You stand on nothing of the kind," interrupted a little shoemaker in the Crowd ; " you stand in a pair of my boots that you never paid me for, and I want the money !" A PROVIDE NT DUTCHMAN.—" What is the matter with you ?" said tri old gentleman to a Dutchman. " I got de rheurnatis." The gentleman advised him to rub himself with brandy until it penetrated well. " Oh, m an, I dost petter as dat," replied Mynheer ; " I drinks to praudy, and then :I rubs my leg wit de Pottle." SEVEN FOOLS.-1. The envious man : who sends away his mutton, because the person next to him is eating venison.-2. The jealous man : who spreads his bed with stinging-nettles, and then sleeps in it.-3. The proud man : who gets wet through, sooner than ride in the carriage of an inferior. -4. The litigious man : who goes to law in the hope of ruining his opponent, and gets ruined himself.-5. The extravagant man : who buys a herring, and takes a cab to carry it home.-6. The angry man : who learns the ophicleide, because he is annoyed by th e playing of his neighbour's piano.-7. The ostentatious man : who illuminates the outside of his house most bril liantly, and sits inside in the dark.—Punch. A BUCOLIC WOOER OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT.-- The residents of Abergeldie, the summer seat of the Duchess of Kent, were recently surprised with a visit from a Braemar farmer, who exhibited all the symptoms of having imbibed an intoxicating quantity of the far famee. Lochnagar, or " mountain dew." " Is the duchess in?" asked the farmer.. "Yes," replied Plush, " leave s your business." " What's the Your card, or say v , use of leaving my—knier myself?" demanded the f rd, when I'm here— er. " Well, your business, . _ sir," asked Pl us h, impatiently. " Why, d'ye see now, the duchess is a widow, is'nt she ?" " Yes, that is well known," repli e d Plush, beginning to be amused, " but what of that?" " What of that,' rejoined the farmer, " there is this of that—l am a widower, the duchess is a widow, and—(hic)—/ want to get into the royal family." but never more ;so than at the time when the frozen earth refuses to yield them to us spontaneously. For this reason we nom ought to see a nice collection of nice stocky plants, with well me as if I was I of Ixora coccine )ots and buts nd I. Javanica, Rondeletia speciosa, , Allamanda catbartica, that capital id, Zygopetalon Mac , Turn era Lock of G 'las, Gloxinias, A great fault with many IA temperature to exceed that of the should be the rule The day temperature of the stove should nov ange from 70* to while the night temperature ought not to exceed In the green- on is taught by nature house the Crysanthemums require attention. Every stem should be separately staked, taking care to keep them well out from the centre. Any crowding with these plants is sure to produce mildew. Remove any hardy plants which it is intended to force to the pits, where the pots can be sheltered from the weather, and the tempera ture very slightly increased. Kitchen Garden.—in dry weather finish earthing up the celery. A few roots of rhubarb may be put in the mushroom-house for early forcing. MISCELLANEA. American Vineyards.—There are at least 1200 acres of vineyards around Cincinnati alone, giving employment to no less than 600 efficient labourers, at an annual cost of 20,000 dollars, and producing in moderately favourable seasons 240,000 gallons of wine. Most of those engaged in the culture of the vine have families to support. It is calculated that the wine interest in Hamilton county affords subsistence, directly and indirectly, to 10,000 industrious and sober people. American Gardeners' Chronicle. Machine for Digging Potatoes.—Mr. F. C. Schaffer, of Brooklyn, has invented an improved machine for digging potatoes, and is about to take out a patent for it. The scientific American says " the machine embraces a scoop, a brush cylinder, and an endless apron, connected by a moveable which the scoop is frame, by working rround made to enter the the required distance, and raise up the potatoes which, by a cylinder having a revolving brush, are brought forward from the scoop to the endless apron, which carries them away, and deposits them in a receptacle at the back of the frame. The machine is designed to be worked by horses ; the bottom of the scoop, as well as the bottom of the receptacle for the po tatoes, is formed of bars, to separate the dirt from the potatoes; the brush removes the dirt, so that they are rendered very clean." —American Gardener's Chronicle. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—At the annual meeting of this society held on Monday last, Dr. Dickinson was elected president in the room of Joseph Brooks Yates, Esq., whose period of office had expired ; and Mr. Thomas Sansom, of Her M a j esty ' s customs, was chosen secretary in the place of Dr. Thomson. The next meeting of the society will he heldhe on the Ist of November, when the new president will nalld THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1852. CORRESPONDENCE. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requis in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood ti himself responsible for the opinions ( correspondents RAILWAY MANAGEMENT TDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Egerton SIR,-1 rem ster," that he gi credit to the Railway c Socr 'ell - fa Company for their excellent arrangeme , sday evening )n, Mrs. Ends blie, and the pl vithstandinfl the I Mad] Locke in the nt —....... a nnouncem ent'l NEW MUSIC.—" Emma Waltzes," by H. Bamber. On Saturday, agreeably to pu bli c , a Liverpool : Rime and Son. We venture to state that numerous and influential meeting w as held at the old these waltzes will be on every young lady's pianoforte. Sessions' House , to take in t o consideration the prop late They are brilliant, dancible, and original, three qualities of erecting a public monument in Liverpool t o the , . 1. not often combined. We recommend them to all lovers Duke of Wellington. The worshipful the Mayor ern' t tlins e of dance music. Littledale, Esq.), was in the chair, and arneng B chst les THE WAVERLEY DRAMATIC SOCIETY.—The amateur erformance of the Waverley Dramatic . Society, in aid of present were the Right Hon. the Earl of Sefton ; Tbm , Turner, Esq., M.P., William Brown, Esq. e St. Anne's Dispensary, is fixed for Friday next, at the `nbi Theatre, which is in the immediate district of the B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P. ; the Ven. Arclideal‘coinPl3l.arrAlirs: John Buck Lloyd, Esq., Lewin Mozley, Escl-9 5 V dwa rls n •-, BramleY. lyneux, EFq.:Tho _To? said the, orialg 01:1 eui-- - „,„ n s e vole.' been milled in com'plianCe with three cr , !et. He hoped he might infer from flu. s for the atihat IVY it to the town rEn., M.P., P THE RE V. RECTOR CAMPBE L L ON COLONIZATION AND EMIGRATION. CONVOCATION THE Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, who has been elected Proctor for the Archdeaconry of Liverpool, has addressed a letter to tl mot co at the pre Pproaching meetin assured t flat he steal nave n t the restoration of ILECTURE AT THE COLLEGI A.TE INSTITUTION. THE Rev. Dr. Gell, Bishop-Designate of Canterbury, New Zealand, delivered his lecture on the above subject on Friday evening last. The lecturer commenced by noticing the magnitude of the colonizing operations of Englgnd compared with those r other nation. No other country had ever sent such armies to replenish and subdue the ear" ecruited at the rate of 1,000 souls per diem, or there 'bouts, not for one day or for two, but from day to day, to month, and from year to I of life I d seen a The last three years omething like one million souls I abroad into the Ivorld. Somethin,, nd fellow-labourers v ids, our workshor rid our fi and ou there was not or 400,000 hurl treat territor La poor, beings of Sydney ments d in orders cinEnzlish ;with the lit annum. which he unders Id, on the average, scattered through the five Victoria, Van Dieman's Land, itelv increased •Id sent us tWE 'oman, and child in the ith another, imported in the 3 D. Ms. 2d. worth of manufact dustry. f £l. 17s porary the Time th a forma° . concius e many daily tr , apers, and constitute " our own I can also believe that railv has not vet reached the stage known as PerfE many improvemen mild tend materially to safety - , punctuality, a but I cannot nuerul ste, or directly charge, t non which their ability to pay a divider too much opposed to any co nary pru I am, Sir, &e., AN OCCASIONAL lead, 21st October, 1852. FURIOUS DRIVING To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sja,,—When the authorities appear to be either unable unwilling to remedy manifest public IT very naturally deter that in the invidious from placing the ffiCult, and disaerieable po y recours disposition as to invent troubles where they do not exist, nor would I magnify molehills into mountains ; and I think I shall not be suspected of such a propensity, if I complain of that practice of reckless driving through the streets of Liverpool, which seems of late to have been upon the increase. No matter at what hazard to life or limb of hapless pedestrians, men with spring carts and drivers of cars (it may be hastening with passengers to save a railway-train or a steam-boat) hurry through the crowded streets as though the accomplishment of their object at any hazard was paramount to all other conside rations. Nor is the offence confined to this class, for the omnibuses are driven with a recklessness of rapidity which nothing can justify or palliate. Only a day or two since, a lady crossing so well frequented a thoroughfare as Bold street, with her little daughter, was only spared the afflic tion of seeing her child maimed, or perhaps killed, by the promptitude of a gentleman who was passing; and he who recklessly jeopardised its life drove on at the same fearful rate without regard or concern. Some would ask where is the remedy ? I would ask of what use is the police force, which is maintained at so much cost, if walking the streets is made by their neglect more hazardous than a voyage to the Antipodes. It is clear that what is every body's business is no one's, and I appeal to you in the hope that the authorities will be induced to awake from their lethargy, and interpose a check, before a coroner's in quest, or the fracture of an alderman's leg, makes the matter more serious than it seems to be considered at present. In making this complaint I have desired no impracticable remedy, for, having visited most of the large towns in England, I may safely say that Liverpool bears off the bell for inattention to the common safety of the foot passengers through her streets.—l am, Sir, rour obedient servant, COSMO. Liverpool, Oct. 22, 1852. THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS To Me EDITOR of Me LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR.—I fancy the Improvement Act projected by Mr. S. Holme will not effectually eradicate the unhealthiness of our town, unless it extends to the hack streets, courts, and alleys, and renders it imperative, whenever a pro perty becomes dilapidated and unfit for habitation, to have it condemned. and the street, if narrow, set back ac cording to a new and improved plan. And with respect to the channels of the river being choked with sand, no mud should be allowed to be thrown into the stream : it is evident it will settle somewhere, not being always held in solution. The same may be urged with respect to steam-boats heaving cinders and ashes into the Mersey. How can we expect the latter to obey bye-laws, when the Dock Trustees are daily in the habit of infringing them. Oct. 20, 1852. I am, Sir, &c. THEOPHILUS. LIVERPOOL FREEMEN. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Eizn,—Pray "NM does It happen that the Freemen of Liverpool are so apathetic as to suffer themselves to be deprived of their birthright without even a murmur ? In days . of yore our forefathers would have aroused them. selves as one man, and have demanded a restitution of their franchise, of which we have been deprived by the Whig-Radicals, and our inheritance given to strangers. In other words, the Freemen or old Burgesses have no voice in municipal affairs, and their heirs and successors are disinherited. I would humbly move that a petition be pre4nted to the Legislature, to have them reinstated in their former privilege, viz. to vote as free men for the election of Councillors, and also that their children have the same right extended to them. To whom does the Corporate Estate belong ? To the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses. Hence the injustice of excluding Burgesses from a participation in the choice of Representatives to the Town Council.—l am, Sir, &c., AN OLD FREEMAN. LIVERPOOL FREE LIBRARY To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—May I be permitted, through your valuable co ?umns, to suggest to the Corporation and Committee of the Public Litrary the necessity of a room being appro priated for Ladies, not as a compulsion, but merely to suit the tastes of a select few, as, when they should not be accompanied by a gentleman, there is an awkwardness in sitting to read parmi le groupe.—l am, Sir, &c., C. S. P. 11. SuEmail-street, Oct. 20, 1852 [We understand that a room, fitted up for the exclusive use of ladies, was opened yesterday.] LIVERPOOL ACADEMY __,__ (SIXTH NOTICE.) best entitled to notice, are -121, " Musidora," by P. F. Poole, A.R.A The artis has chosen the time when " As from the snowy le Thanzso, The figure is Tilde, and the softened light of the shad spot falls upon the back with marvellous trut it is a masterly effort. 136, " Yea or Nay," by James Sant. This y representing the most interesting moment of human life, " Popping the question," is quite equal to most others by this pleasing artist. There is a natural freshness about .nd effec Sant's pictures which is delightful. His youthful figures personify the ordinary character of the light-hearted pe riod of our existence. They are not laborious efforts to develope some individual and absorbing feeling; in fact, they represent the youth of poets and painters. Never was the name of a picture less needed : the subject is ap parent at the first glance. Sant often reminds us of Murillo, especially in his drawing ; but he has not ac quired much of the forcible style of that eminent artist. 7 142, " Black Agnes of Dunbar," by Wm, Crabl " Black Agnes of Dunbar, as she gar, from her complexion, maintair an intrepi against the assaults of the English army, and fierce witticisms derided them from the walls the stones from the engines of the beseigers struck upon the battlements, she directed one of the maidens to wipe off the dust with a white napkin—a species of female de. fiance which greatly annoyed the English soldiers." This picture is interesting as illustrating a page of history but little known ; it is also a very creditable attempt in the higher walks of historical painting. 143, " The Princes Edward V. and the Duke of York in the Tower, A.D. 1483," by Paul Delaroche. The Liverpool Academy and public are indebted to the libe rality of R. Naylor, Esq., of Hooton Hall, for permission to exhibit this picture, which is only second in value in the collection to the great cattle-piece of Ward. How well this dark page of history is told can only be felt by those who, like ourselves, have gazed for hours upon the almost angelic faces of the royal captives. The yellow light of the lamp is spread through the picture with most powerful effect, and every line of the painting bespeaks the genius and the taste of the master. 206, " Scene from Hamlet," by Mr. Henry O'Neile. A. very beautiful composition, in which the artist has sur passed all his other works. Hamlet has rather too much of the stage cut about him ; but poor Ophelia is most charmingly represented offering the prince a daisy. Mr. O'Neile must rank with the most eminent historical painters of the day. Lth many . When MEETING OF SOLICITORS AT DERBY.—A large and influential meeting of solicitors was held last week at Derby, at which several members of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Socity, from London, Manchester, Liver pool, Carlisle, Hull, Leeds, Birmingham, Lichfield, Derby, and other places attended. The object for holding an aggregate meeting of the profession was, ac stated in the society's circular, " for the purpose of taking into con sideration the present position and prospects, and devising the hest means of obtaining increased support for, and thus giving increased efficiency to, the association." Mr. Palmer, of London, who is the president of the association, having taken the chair, a series of resolutions to the fol lowing effect was proposed and unanimously adopted : "That with a view to promote the welfare of the legal profession, and to assist its members to discharge their duties to their clients and to the public, it is highly expe dient that the practising attorneys and solicitors of Eng land and Wales should be united in an association. That the objects of such an association should be to assist all well considered plans for improving the law, especially as relating to the practice of the courts, and to maintain an honourable position and character for the profession. That the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association having been founded in 1847, and conducted from that time upon the principles expressed in the foregoing reso tint), deserves the cordial support of every member of the profession, and this meeting accordingly pledges itself actively to endeavour to increase its power and usefulness by procuring a large accession to its number of members." !or the m. in." On Sa !ONCERT- HALT Saturday ni ht immense s re-appeared erceive that II con- the I flint lion of d THE WELLINGTON MONUMENT' Mr. Hobl ction of I Theatre Royal s' houses, a a to vi 1.,. the M ITREET be perc the house being ever and pleased as me htful about their i.,er ever. There is something d ance—a " something" which carries u land in the south of France, and stamps them with indi viduality. The audience, though enthusiastic in the ex- to their native 1 i the encore brought back t. eater annoycnce, however, than the i , seconding Mt eet the audience mark time, if they will, mentally ; to ...possible for him to say one word e e on beat it is an intolerable bore. This week Mr. Russell would inform the county more than it was inform give his celebrated American entertainment. We recom- the great man whose loss y the all deplored, Whae mend all to hear him who cans pare a couple of hours for policy , they o f that purpose. difference of opinion might exist y as to his e Jo e could be no doubt as to his great services and I"' g reet LIVERPOOL GLEE AND MADRIGAL UNION.—This so- country. Ho was indeed a great man—great in w ar. Br ea ciety, consisting of about 40Iadies and gentlemen amateurs, in the council, great in his love of country ; and. ae to his under the conductorship of Mr. W. B. Rogers, gave their there would be no backwardness in doing justi ce y ehini first performance in the Lecture Theatre of the Mechanics' memory. He felt the impossibility of saying a n ' Institution, on Wednesday evening last. The attendance more than faithful history would record of him• , was both numerous and respectable, evidently showing The resolution was put, and carried unanimonsi3 % o t of that our peculiar national music is appreciated, and Mr. THOS. EDWARDS Moss moved the appair' t % g eat awakens a response in the popular mind, appealing at once of a list of gentlemen as the committee for carrYi tlea 3e° to the heart and the understanding. We congratulate the previous resolution. He trusted that these gen the society on the auspicious commencement of its efforts would meet with a ready response to their a ppeal- _ip to restore the popular taste, and at the same time the Mr. PETER SERJEANTSON seconded th e m otto ' . public, in the opportunities which will now be afforded brief speech. DO . them of hearing this beautiful though much neglected Upon the suggestion of Mr. GEORGE HAI'D, IO ,I tO class of music. We anticipate that the future performances RENCE the name of Mr. John Buck Lloyd was a" will be eagerly looked for. the programme was judicious the list, and the motion was agreed to. thir ° and select, presenting a great variety of style, the intro- Mr. T. B. BORSFALL, M.P., moved td ose el duction of organ and piano-forte solos affording rest to resolution, appointing Mr. Thos. Edward s i ri e deep the vocalists and an agreeable variety to the audience. treasurer. It was impossible to expr ess to it ices Mr. Rogers' execution of these solos was masterly, more sympathy which was felt in this town when e more: especially the prelude in B flat minor on the piano- announced that the Duke of Wellington was ,nv e , bat' forte, and Wesley's variations on the National Anthem That sympathy was felt not in Liverpool al° e,erei on the organ ; the latter of which was a treat of no through England. Nor did that sympathy rest e ; n t or ordinary character. It was, however, much too long, and for he believed there was not a nation on the Conl etir " tfelt would have pleased more had repeats been avoided. We Europe which bad failed to express its deep and w eed are only sorry it was not performed during the first part sympathy, and to pay its tribute of respect to the ra e e alf of the evening instead of at the end. We are not dis- of that great man. — (Applause.) But the loss; for posed to be critically nice in our judgment of the vocal England's. Hers was the real and practical I°,:ipeor, part of the performance, it being on the whole most although, as they had heard, the Duke of lA r F c i: o o it creditable, and the audience having to a great extent lived to a good old age; although it might be sa l „ e t the , ' forestalled by stamping its approbation on almost every had been said, that he was past active service , ' s clric e ' piece perfoAlhed, and by encoring fully half of them. No had received the benefit of his wisdom and his, about doubt, under the able conduct of Mr. Rogers, the society And there was a sort of something, a sort of Wu% ) girs will continue to improve, though it would be difficult for the name of Wellington which aimed, as it wer e o f et, it to perform more effectually Lord Mornington's beautiful security to England and to demand the respec t „ter 0; glee " Here in cool grot," or, Purcell's admirable chorus enemies.—(Cheers.) They had beard the nhl d i e r en" "In these delightful pleasant groves." 'We wish the the Duke of Wellington alluded to both as a 01, rise ri $ as new society all the success it deserves, and which (if we a statesman. There might be gentlemen it thag are to judge by the attendance at the first performance), blage who admired him most as a war rior. w eS the public is so ready to bestow. statesman, but he was much mistaken if their_ s e! single individual present who did not admire low, : ett lore' s od FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF British patriot.—(Applause.) One who preP he WELLINGTON. sovereign, who loved his country, and who na s „ e or ,t o to make any sacrifice for the good either or n" eon ", The preliminary arrangements for this great national express a hope that, as the first resolution wt town ceremonial are at length finally completed. The plan of unanimously, so would the efforts of this grea t ' , e thi°, the interior of St. Paul's Cathedral, showing the position unanimous ; and that its inhabitants would do so at map other.—(Renewed applause.) In conclusion he h . ee pas sr . of the various galleries to be erected for the accommoda- worthy of themselves, of the town, and of the g r f bea° - tion of spectators, and the order of the funeral from the to whose memory they desired to pay a tribute o don" entry of the procession at the west door to the centre, under felt respect.—(Cheers.) l eo the dome, where the coffin will descend, has been sub- The Ven. Archdeacon BROOKS seconded the n et Olt mitted to the Prince Consort, whose approbation was con- There was no other feeling than that Of resr t e ed• be veyed in very flattering terms, and the works are now in admiration for the illustrious man who had dePa r s t tO a full operation. The great advantage of the plan is, that was difficult to say in which character he was n 'qbelle while accommodation is afforded by it to a vast number of admired, whether in the field, in the cabine t, or o p so spectators—many more than it might have been expected example he set to the country. As a militari. u eee n lee the cathedral would contain—nearly all of them will have aurpaasad all that preceded him, and even as a 7, for " (Or an opportunity of witnessing the ceremonial from these it was impossible to speak of him as a party he.,"re seats without difficulty. All the timber used—upwards party was ever his country, and happy wow" Bei" f of 500 loads is the estimated quantity—will be of the best England if we had a few more such politicians: t hat, ° , l description, and the supervision of the works is already concluding be would allude to the singular fa°'„ o peb 9 o e conducted as if a permanent building were in course of all the newspapers of all shades and opinions; e " e rai' e e o said anything against the late duke ; indeed,. te` o r r tle him was general. History would tell of les er e fare , th ip ...,d history, and he hoped, ther:weiellileir pool would raise a conspicuous monutnen'bern t for to come, would tell to generations yet n'e co tfoa itude for the great services and their veu erection The ceremony of the " lying in state" will, it is and stood, be conducted upon a scale of magnificence never before attempted in this country. Chelsea College has been selected as the locale, and probably a more judicious ag selection could scarcely have been made. The building gr nnnaiafai}iiafly of a eon tral ranttrtment of netiennnl form. ti, 7 . 11 did not unanimously• toted LIAS ARNAUD, made a few o'b.servatiors isit in 1830, when the Duke of Wellingteo.% Ole .4xpressed himself much pletse d 1 1 ,1 19 0 , t ,° and stated how happy he sho uld t"' t merchants of Liverpool; a : W i ly 0 3 Only prevented from carrying into exceutitticb°;ls„ unfortunate accident, the 1 33 , e ', - e rest cel Mr. Huskisson. The t 1. 71 -rt expressed by his Grace' 0 tha at a much later Grate, copy of a letter, addresse coif' Brainley-Moore, who was then Committee : other into the chapel of the College. The whole of this 11i range will be fitted up in an appropriate manner, the effect walls and every portion of the building being draped and the I festooned with black cloth and other appropriate funereal emblems. The Great Hall, where the lying in state will take place, is an apartment of noble dimensions, 150 feet long, by nearly 50 broad, and 40 high. The Marquis of Exeter, as Her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, has the direction of this portion of the ceremonial, and the pro gress of the works is only delayed by the care necessary in the removal of those time-honoured relics in the shape of captured flags with which the walls of the old hall are hung. Many of these flags were taken in the Duke of Wellington's own battles, and it is intended that all th shall be introduced in the decoration of tl the walls have been draped. The cats docks, , he which ar 1830, remained u ake to IV. the Doel " F.M. the Duke of AkilS46' • l o i nngdtoonn, presentsAu gus t 9 1 ; f l ° is rP ti l' o l, t B 9 ..ents to Mr. Bramley-Moore. He has receiv e n i In c a of the Bth instant, and the plan of the Liverll-0110"14 enclosed therewith. He is much flattered h . ,,sr t 0 0 0 by conferred upon him by the Liverpool Dock 4,fborfiethe docks and basins by the 11 0 ' ss ure os t Mr. Bramley-Moore will the Dock Executive that he fee L i f err __i ts t in the prosperity of the tow° of „ r oot° r make every exertion to Pr" be in I falque on whicl the coffin will rest is to lie placed at one end of the ball opposite to the door through which the public will be admitted. The windows will be all dark, and the only light obtained will be from colossal wax candles in silvered candelabra 14 feet high, of which there are nearly 100 placed at stated intervals along the ball, which will be lined with men of the Grenadier Guards (the Duke's re giment), with their arms reversed. The period that has tntlemen of t to very r-Moore, E " sq. OZLEY then moved vo te of th f :tc l-61 n s f his services in the chair that o ye r in which he had fulfilled that thctl,e " ifying circumstance L"- - be w Mr. Littledale should ting to highly respectab!e a W e lling l t eels e t i ' s o of the late Duke of s od r esg seconded the motioatter joie that no one in the room took a g re t. a tel de d 4- " - n- to which he was lova ro , fle " o ld b e fthe °thin' w° 11 ° •ct „riej ,f SIFT the t the v. "! ( ' creel wi t o h e it . Z i ic kn eve nt 'rei v :' .. —.ess in him to enter into the bistoo rce were stored in ever i one's memory. fie ti ' o siv% thy; til r o t 1:1:00c11 town: No one more deeply ay 11l 1/... - el! , than hims n of thanks to their we trate fa them together ii mg his term ot' foffices bis art innrr s hoo' oc tJ/ lerifice his own tim, e r Tors. ) , d, 4 :c1 by the publie.--k" !opt' osti . .io at. _ oVI ioo been u-nanim( a tbo raw . ' r , in responding, expresso 4 . 5 r e 4, e xp, , e had complied with the wis l c u be DP w ee .ously signed, and the gratification 0 01 ft, , 0 91 d in presiding over so large and infi ve ibe l! D t c ee 4r. to He hoped that the town would subs..ccrealo3l to the memorial fund, so as to enable £ ll ° and tbe raise a monument worthy of its object• g o o, - occa 4 the business of the ncludt , Oct. 17 E t T h onNolelol 1 RAFFIC R ending way, are as follows : ermen 18 2. 05 • ~6 X 43 f 334.• 1 3 .1 .7 . 18o - h• 4 ,p ii 50,7 61. • 23,866'• ,4'4% . 24,2 64 .. `,"0115. 1 1',1•2° 17.220•• ,'";416. VII! 12, ' 7• 11 . • 1 :'4'57.. ''2 9 '' 12 627.. ivio.;lS,lo nr , 03 A . 2.i. , a . 1 4, 4 0 h 0,•.• -...,e.,4•• i i, , • , 18.5* '4.00' `,P,Z s t . h — e T o o h d e traffic t iroenteucir nvs for Ist file,: , .~~-_-_~ London and North-Western Midland Lancashire and Yorkshire London and South-Western London and Brighton Great Western South-Eastern -- 1 Z&67.- 4 5 1 York and North-Midland.. •• • • 1 71.. ` 1 60 19 , aster, Sheff. and Lincoln 7, 5'079., 5,167, 11 XB9 and Exeter .. . ..... .. rk, Newcastle, and Berwick.. '06 9 0 Arewsbury and Chester... ..... 7 4.69 1 Great t r N n o C r o t u he n r t n ies and Norfolk . .... 1 44 8 ,90 1 4 4 3 4 0 ......1 1 3 53 ..: ° 40 3 01 - 4 f.. Chester and Holy hea,d ......... . North Staffordshire............ 1 " ,427. • Leeds Northern .............. • ° 6 •0.. 3:i.5140 Aland Rriqfni South Devon 2.73 5 •' i,224' 1.,g0 2,050 2,502 , 5,567 , 1, 113 ' 2,04' 2,c05 25/ :' s,""'' "39 99 3 • • 2, 0 9 2, 26 r • a ./t3 88 5 . 1 95.. . 1 1,390•• 2.140.• 2 ,103.• 2 '037.. '4 1 3•5 : 2,8 57 . • '665 : •, 1 ,0 ° ! 786 being l ' ‘ll .st £261,379 in the corresponding The ip increase is shown to be £9,10:4,966, sPeittrio...oo lea open on the above was, in 1 The r iive9 p ot , Jtat receipts on the above lines e b ek of 10 01 f,j ero o ;, , a bov e p er 776, showing an increase of 190 on ,e corresponding week in 1650 on vie receipts oj , kis nno the , Mileag e 4. 6951 ;: n is X. 54 125 $5 ° ' 11 ° " . ;11 I t st Lancashire ........... rk. Lane. and Chesil. Junc .rn Union Yorkst Hartlepoo Western aoove n o tt•. OP' o n ere £54 14s. ~, 6~. col 10 70 '05 11 .t he decrease of 1852 on o w , o The obove °cal be 1850, £5 18s. llti. t ho r ,rnarkable increase throughout on. lines► u „. and in the majority of the princiVil 4°ll that they dcecd the leturns 101, oral o f the nosed 'll' first • , t to con 1.“ ..- - „, fitly 8S 2i, ion tor ;Lir- •- ow o f WeiiingW n c tt9 endur° lington /Rh an emotion which had not pee to days of NelsP - eo e• 1 fiC nnralleled in sci on , thou stion, for geepn ,,, a cr a et l u l ~ally ef allotted hci so udleda I t ho o t man'b heardio n a b n gy 614 )uke o His mill ,f But, hold words d upon al ton exe id that du e re hi I t 11; ..,at they would or justice to his WWI, of every inbabitant of this ere:: But be e h e e re vv e : ry if they did not raise a monualeob;„, to testify their regard and veneration ql man, and their the ill' i s t stiunreg allgro: ?, el)tiK v- t" b ed appear No e 31c of every action gratitude for had rendered to his coon clergy of the archdeaconry upon the im- of Convoca- portant subject of the a tunity of i bise to be confined t be considered and settled : Witt r, is th d four or stipendiary curs n to be uniform, or to vary, as at p s—London, Salisbury, and ode of election ? completely in the test, how is the I be determined, clergy to be preserved as now ? If so, will this be sub mitted to by the parochial clergy ? Are canons to be enacted by both houses, as is asserted, or by the upper house alone, as is asserted also ? Are the two Convoca tions of York and Canterbury to remain distinct, as now, • or to be merged ? If distinct, is York, with its one house of bishops and clergy, united to remain as it is ? Is the Irish branch of the united church to send representatives ? Are the colonial dioceses to send representatives ? And, though last not least, are the laity to be admitted ? This is perhaps the most important of all the important ques tions that will present themselves for settlement in the reform of Convocation ; and it seems to be admitted by the highest authorities that the laity cannot be excluded. ' He proceeds to argue upon the difficulties which would beset any attempt of Convocation to enforce its decrees upon questions of doctrine and discipline, and illustrates his position by a reference to the Gorham controversy. He then argues the question as to the State patronage of Church livings ; and with referenceto the assumed hostility of the House of Commons to the Church, says : " As for a hostile legislature and a hostile ministry, the simple truth is, that when a majority of the legislature is hostile to the church, the church must cease to be estab lished as the church in Scotland is, and it is our business to take care that the legislature does not become hostile to us ; and I think our difficulties in this respect arise somewhat from the habit of thinking and speaking of the church as a kind of abstraction consisting of the clergy alone. The people of England are the Church of England, at least ostensibly so '• in theory at least, if not in fact. 1 wish it were more a fact than it is. But still, great and lamentable es the prevalence of dissent is, it is not so pre valent as to destroy the coincidence of church and state. 'lhe saving of Burke still stands good, that in a Christian commonwealth the church and state are one and the same thing ; and, although it is perfectly true that the House of Commons is a mixed multitude, with many professed enemies, and perhaps more cold-hearted nominal friends, still it is not only in theory,but in fact, a church assembly by a great majority, and, so long as that majority remains, is entitled, so far as any body of laymen can he entitled, to its legitimate share in the rule, order, and government of the church. Nor must we be alarmed or offended if some of its members, neglecting Burke's advice, approach the church without the reverence due to a parent, and treat her faults with rash and irreverent hands." Approaching the subject of the demand for synodical action in the Church, I e thus suggests a mode for meeting it. He says " But then, it will be said, are we to have no power of synodical action ? To which I reply, that we have already sufficient power of synodical action, without any alteration of the law. We have the power of solemn common public deliberation in diocesan synods, as has been recently proved ; and, as the Bishop of St. David's justly argues, nothing would be more easy than to enlarge the meetings of the rural deans, and dignify them with the title of a diocesan synod. But then, it may be said, cannot we have a national elected synod also to represent the whole body of the church ? I will not undertake to affirm that no form of national elected synod could possibly be devised, which might safely meet for purposes of solemn common deliberation, to act as a sort of privy council to the bishops fer the good of the church." Referring to the objections raised by many to the sub jection of the Church to the civil power, he recites the ad vantages enjoyed by the Church as follows : " We have a standard of doctrine faithfully embodied in our three creeds—our Articles, Liturgy, and Catechism — enshrined therein as in a sanctuary, from whence it cannot. be dragged by the power of man. We have a Book of Common Prayer so admirably complete, that, a revision of it would be perilous in the extreme. We have a Christian ministry in succession from the Apostles, rightly,orderly, and lawfully consecrated.' We have above 15,000 churches and chapels for divine service, an independent revenue for the support of many thousand parochial clergy, and a provision for a hierarchy to associate with the higher gentry and nobility of the land, so as to leaven with a wholesome spiritual influence the whole mass of society; and, in addition to all this, we have, thank God, a clergy and laity animated generally wit a spirit a hristign energy capable ofapplying all these privileges to a Christian over, we have that freedom of thought and very branch of the Catholic Church must claim when emancipated from the anti-Catholic Church of Rome ; and, to adapt the language of Archdeact,n Wil berforce, we need not wish to ' contract-those limits which our fathers erected, still less to demolish them.' " He concludes with an urgent appeal both to clergy and laity ; and few will dispute that in this able pamphlet the Rev. Rector Campbell has done good service to the Church of which he is so able a minister, though he has left out of action whict view that portion of the duties of Convocation whist applied to minor details, are altogether irrespective of questions of doctrine or discipline OPERATIONS POP HORTICULTURE Stove, C ervalory, Greenhouse, &7c.—lt is a proof ement if the gardener can now shew a good stock of healthy plants of the sorts which flower throuzh the winter. Flowers are at all times acceptable, of good mans pittance of od to be all th fiord to purchase of et them 91 per Weans, exported, in return, the surplus he could afford to luce. Every man, therefore, whom we ice to become a Sydney col a customer who ordered four times as much from us at home as be would otherwise have done, and kept, in fact, )f us at work to supply hi In continuation of this view of ns subject, the lecturer gave a brief but animated sketch of the British possessions in different parts of the world, pointing out the leading features in their history and present condition. He then proceeded to classify them, observing that the whole of the fifty colonies and dependencies of Gnat Britain, in I that had ever been founded yet, First, the of four c anada and A° toral a thirdly, the mining colonies, in which class we had no such prominent examples as the Spaniards had in Peru, but of which our operations in the copper mines of South Aus tralia and the gold mines of Sydney and Victoria afforded sufficient examples. And, lastly, there were naval and military colonies, such as Gibraltar, Malta, Aden, Ber muda, St. Helena, and Hong-Kong. The pastoral and agricultural colonies stood evidently first in importance. They were branches of the English nation, preparing the way, as America had already done, to the existence of an English-speaking people, before whose numbers and extent the boasted hundreds of millions by whom the Chinese empire was peopled would sink into insignificance. The Indies, as trading colonies, might be more important sources of present wealth ; but to benefit by them a man must have a purse in his pocket. Not so the pastoral and agricultural colonies: all they asked was hands ; and every man whose hands were lacking work enough to earn him a living here might look to find it there. The mining colonies, again, could only vie for a transient period with the intrinsic importance of the others. Sooner or later the supply of the metals must grow precarious or difficult of access ; and then an iron age of hardship and grinding poverty would supplant the golden beginnings of the early settlers. The naval and military colonies were of no in trinsic importance to our national progress and prosperity. They were, in truth, as turnpikes along the highways of commerce, whereby colonies of another stamp might carry to and fro their produce and their merchandise in security. By them a thousand fierce and brutal forces still lurking among the tribes of the earth were curbed into silence and subjection ; so that we travelled almost unconscious of their existence, unless sometimes aroused to wonder how great must be the power of England to have enforced so great a peace through the world. Much skill had been used, of late years, so to found a colony as to repel inferior and attract superior emigrants. South Australia had led the way by charging £1 per acre for waste lands, most of which used formerly to be given away, or afterwards sold at 53. an acre, by the Crown. This experiment succeeded so far that the Canterbury Association had ventured further still by charging £3 an acre for all land, and spending the proceeds in improve ments, not merely of a physical, but also of a moral, kind. The consequence was that, already. in its second year, its population outnumbered that of Western Australia in its twenty-fourth year ; and, although settlers who under valued moral advantages would not go there to buy land, those who really valued them were combining so ener getically together that the Parliamentary expenditure of £240,000, which was necessary to keep Western Australia alive, would never be wanted at all. Nearly £lOO,OOO, contributed for the purchase of land, had already brought the colony so rapidly onwards as to excite the surprise of all persons of experience in colonizing who had seen it. There, as elsewhere, hands, not heads, were wanted, and the rate of wages indicated it to be a poor man's colony as well as the others. But his chief sympathy arose from the fact that a strong spirit of religion pervaded the whole design. The great experiment was there being tried, whether our Church could colonize as well as our nation ; whether religion had not blessings in store which had not yet been measured by the new colonists ; whether fresh strength and spirit might not he lent to the colonizing enterprize of England by preserving in all their integrity the bonds of a common altar ? There was the strongest inducement on the part of every colony to attract the stream of emigration from England ; and, on the other hand, it would appear to be the interest of England to encourage the drain upon her population. It secured itself from pauperism, as well as an increasing market for all she produced, and an increasing supply for all she required. The emigration of poor labouring men had been much encouraged of late years by act of Parlia ment. Any ratepayer might obtain from the Poor-law Commissioners printed forms which contained a resolu tion, to be passed by the parish, whereby a certain sum, not exceeding that authorized by the act, could be appro priated to poor men desirous to emigrate. If there was no objection to the emigrants who proposed themselves, the Poor-law Commissioners would confirm the resolution of the parish, and make an order for paying half the passage-money for them as they left the port, and half when they had accomplisued the voyage. But the chief encouragement to labouring men was given by thecolonies themselves, which spent large sums, through the Colonial Laud and Emigration Commissioners, in aid of the passage of approved emigrants. From every colony the emigration-agents protested against persons who were not really labourers being sent out, as experience had shown that they would not betake themselves to hard labour, but swelled the number of those who loitered unprofitably about the towns. _ Dr. Gell touched upon the disastrous failure of the set tlement at Swan River, and quoted a passage from the address of the colonists to Governor Fitzgerald, which produced a marked sensation upon his auditcry. He also commented in strong terms upon a glaring abuse perpe trated in the Scotch colony of Otago, where a "judge of the supreme court" had been appointed, at £BOO per an num, the criminal business of the colony amounting to one prisoner in the course of three years. The next course of lectures will be on " The Astronomy of Scripture," by the Rev. St. Vincent Beechey, rector -* I of Worsley. PITCAIRN'S ISLAND. Amongst the paisengers by the Orinoco, is Mr. Nobbs, from Pitcairn's Island, where he has been residing for the last twenty-five years, acting the part of pastor and teacher to the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty. He left the island on the 11th August last, in her Ma jesty's ship Portland, Rear-Admiral Morseby, and has come to England for the purpose of being ordained, the chaplain of the Portland remaining there during his absence. The account given by Mr. Nobbs of the state of society in the community is very interesting : " He is the bearer of despatches from Admiral Morseby, in the Pacific Ocean, and his object in coming to Eng land is to obtain some assistance for the religious educa tion of the people of Pitcairn's Island, and to induce the government to allow English ships of war to visit the island oftener than they now do. The individual alluded to is about sixty yeah of age, and about twenty-five years ago visited Pitcairn, and was allowed to remain on the island as a religious teacher and to practise medicine. He is almost the only stranger ever allowed to remain at Pit cairn, and to be considered as one of the community. The inhabitants of the island in question numbered, when he left, eighty-six females and eighty-eight males, who are nearly all descended of the Bounty mutineers, and three Tahitan women. They are still remarkable for their moral and religious character, chiefly through the teaching and example -of Adams, the chief mutineer. A president of the community is elected every year, but he has little to do. There is no penal code, for the whole community live as one family, and, having no money, and prohibiting strong drinks, there is no temptation or in duce ment to crime. All the land is held in common, and no one is allowed to trade for himself. The coin in the island amounts to about eighteen dollars' value. If every waste spot were cultivated, Pitcairn, which is about 4i miles in circumference, would maintain about 500 persons. The climate is good. The thermometer never rises to above 80 degrees, nor falls below 55. The men and boys all bear arms, and they could defend the approaches to the island against a thousand fighting men. No ship can approach without a pilot. The inhabitants are not so robust as the English, nor do they live so long. They subsist chiefly on yams, potatoes, and cocoa nuts. Once a week they taste fish or flesh, which they obtain by fishing and killing the goats on the island. They chew and smoke tobacco, which they obtain from American whalers which visit them for supplies of fresh water, yams, and potatoes. The island would grow Indian corn and tobacco, but neither of these is cultivated, because it would impoverish the ground. Tobacco grows wild, but it is rooted up as a weed. There are no springs, and the water obtained is rain-water, which is caught in reservoirs. An English ship-of-war calls at the island about once a year. A number of American whalers visit it, and through them the inhabitants get supplies to satisfy their simple wants, and learn the news of the world. They seldom suffer any stranger to live on their island. If any are shipwrecked there, they are taken care of till the next vessel calls, when they are sent away. Almost the first person the Pitcairn inhabitant met at the Oriental Hotel, at South ampton, on Saturday, was a gentleman whose cousin had been shipwrecked at Pitcairn, had lived there a fortnight, and was well remembered by the inhabitant. The latter has left a wife and eleven children at Pitcairn. He has been elected president of the island more than once. His business in England will chiefly be with the Duke of Northumberland and the Bishop of London, Hispresence here will be the means of revealing some particulars of one of the most curious and interesting episodes in the history of human society." THERE IS TO BE A BARRACK for 4000 men erected at Pembroke, to protect the arsenal. The works on the Stack Rock have been nearly completed ; the proposed erection on Thorn Island is progressing ; and important alterations have been made in the battery at Pater. ornfort the College of Arils. The portion Sir Charles Young, Garter King-at on of all t is devoting himself to matt K within his d Arms, Le importa rtment In consequence of the elaborate nature of the prey tions, it is understood that great doubt exists cise period of their completion. The interest t that belongs to the ceremonial by Her Majesty Albert leads to a presumption that nothing will hat the date of the funeral may even yet L beyond the day already fixed. Tt is uncle] to be imperfectly dor bable ferred ; and i state in person, and that the period during public will be allowed to view it will be incr three to six day will no doubt be many and s interest felt throughout the c beginning to manifest itself, miited wit} rious disappointment untry in the matter i n daily during a The Audienc Chamber, at the Ha course of preparation for the reception of the body on the night before the funeral. It has been stated that the pro cession on the following morning will move from this point. There appears, however, to be some doubt about this ; but, under present arrangements, the body of the Duke will be removed from Chelsea College to the Horse Guards on the evening previous to the funeral. The mili tary allowed to take part in the procession will assemble on the parade-ground at any early hour, and here also the Foreign Ministers, Peers, and members of the House of Commons, &c., invited to take part will be marshalled. The body will be conv.wed on a funereal car, executed after a very elaborate and beautiful design. It is further announced that the funeral procession of the late Duke will be marshalled on the parade-ground at the back of the Horse Guards, and thence pass along the Mall in St. James's-park, up Constitution-hill, and along Piccadilly, St. James's-street, Pall-mall, and the Strand to St. Paul's. This alteration has been made out of deference to the ex pressed desire of the householders along the line of route. PRACTICAL HINT.—At the Hull town council meeting on Thursday, the members became excessively wearied by the interminable oratory of one of their members. All polite means were in vain tried—except the parliamentary "imitation of a farm yard"—to arrest the flow of the hon. gentleman's eloquence, and the most original of these was the essay of some practical joker, who managed to introduce a parcel containing a dozen night-caps, which were handed about from one to the other as if in cour teous solicitation—a performance productive of infinite delight to the spectators in the gallery, and convulsing everybody•with laughter but the speaker, who proceeded gravely with his story as if he really desired that these articles of clothing should be put to their proper use on the spot.— [Hull is not the only place in England where night caps ought to be provided.] AN ARISTOCRATIC OFFENDER.-Sir James Francis Rivers, baronet, was charged before the Mayor of Bath, on Tuesday, for having assaulted Isaac Crew, a railway porter, and Samuel Haines, a railway policeman, the lat ter of whom appeared with his hand bound up. It ap peared that, on Saturday evening, Sir James drove up to the railway station in a dog cart, and persisted in occupy ing a position which impeded the omnibuses awaiting an arrival. On the porter, Crew, remonstrating, be was struck on the hand by the whip of the baronet, who sub sequently violently thrashed the policeman with the lash, tnd struck him on the stomach with his fist. Sir James, tor tne nrst onence, was fined 50s. and costs, cr in c to he committed for one month ; and for the second sault, which was more serious, the full penalty of £5 ant costs, or in default to be committed for two months. His worship also said he must warn him, that, if he went on committhrg assaults of this kind, he would be liable to be indicted at the sessions, and committed for two years' imprimment e and sot