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iLlttraturr. P 0 E 'l' It Y. SWEET BUDS, YE ARE BURSTING. The following beautiful s•anzas were written in the spring of last year, by fir. ROBERT STORY, author of "The Isles are Awake," a:id several other stirring and animated pieces poetry. The author is a tine son of genius. and was placed in a humble lot; in this pretty effusion he describes the ne glect which he had experienced from those whom, he con ceived, should have extended to him their protection. We are glad to say that Sir Robert Peel, some time ago, confer ed upon the author an appointment in one of the government offices, Sweet buds, ye are bursting profusely to sight. Th earth is becoming one fairy domain And the hearts of its thou-ands are touched with delight, By your promise of spring and her beauties again. But my heart yet, Oh no! I will welcome ye still, Sweet heralds of joy—not to me or to mine : For, talk of bright days to the world as ye will, To us ye speak neither of bloom nor of shine. No summer to me shall the summer restore, But one comfortless desert. all wintry and bare; And hopeless, and heartless, and nerveless, no more I battle with fortune, or cope with despair. Perchance too much heat in the advocate woke: 'Twas so; for I am not, and cai:not be. one Who flings o'er his thoughts and opinions a cloak, Standing fair with all parties, but siding with none, Ira I sung not for party, though partisan called; But I sung what I felt—wh-it each Briton should feel, When anarchy threateeed and peril appalled— My k arty, my country; my motive, her weal! And for this lam crushed ! Yet I blame not the men, Destructives, indignant at missing their end : It is human to crush an oppon ut ; but then Is it not so to shield and to succour a friend? It is, and 'tiere godlike, and worthy of those Who have gained the high tower of their hopes, to declare That each step of the ladder by w .ich they arose, The lowest—the weakest—may challenge their care. Vain hope ! The protection to principle due, Some rebel may get ; but the patriot and bard Shall die—bearing witness that loyalty true Is its own—and is ever its only reward! NOTICES. The Library of Travel. We have received Part I. of a neat and interesting work under this title, being " A popular Description of Foreign Countries, edited by Walter K. Kelly," and have been much pleased with a hasty glance at its pages. It is ex ceedingly sell, and, we may add, elegantly written, the object of the editor being to supply the very gist and mar row of the best modern narrarives of travel and adven ture, with reminiscences of the past ; and judging from the specimen before us, we should say that he deserves the highest success. This part is occupied with Syria, and mire especially Beyrout, being the commencement of " Syria and the Holy Land." 'Tile appearance of the country--the town—the' varied and motley inhabitants, and their equally varied and somewhat ant ivnist mari ners and customs, are all interestingly described, with moving incidents interspersed, which impart to the whole a peculiar degree of vivacity and entertainment. The book, which is of very moderate price, is illustrated with numerous well executed wood-cuts, of scenery, figures, &c. In the prospectus forming the cover, the editor states— "Topography, archreology, and all other maters that come within the scope of a traveller's speculations, will enter of course int., the composition of our mosaic; but they will be treated popularly, and always with reference to the main purpose of the puqicatioo, which is to pre sent to the reader's i mag i na t ion , no t t he bloodless ab stractions of science, but the tying and breathing forms of nature and of men. In a word. it will be our endea vour to picture foreign scenes, and those who dwell in them, as they meet the eye of the visitor ; to reflect in our pages the striking features of nature and of art in distant lands—the peculiar, social, domestic, and personal habits they display—the ways of thinking and acting- of their people, and all the pleasures and crossings, the perils and adventures, the poetry, and romance, the whims, he• toours, and surprises incident to the traveller's career.'' An extract or two will be found elsewhere. Blackwood's Magazine. There are several excellent articles in the number for the present month, chiefly, however, of a solid character, with a rather smaller sprinkling than usual of those of a light and amusing vein. The first is No. 1. of a series of papers on " Imprisonment and Transportation," with re ference, in this instance more especially, to the " Increase of Crime." The author, we think, takes rather a gloomy view of the subject, imputing —on the authority of some. what exclusive statistics, the real accuracy of which may be questioned, if indeed they be not ex parte—by far the greater weight of our national delinquency to the increase and demoralising influence of our manufacturing system. Recent accounts from Preston and other towns state, on the contrary, that—probably owing mainly to the opera tives being pretty fully employed—crime had during the last three months decreased to about one-fourth of its amount within the same period last year. Our author by no means approves of the recent relaxations in our penal code, which he considers altogether inoperative for good ; and though we are not friendly, saving for the highest offences, to extreme or sanguinary punishments, which are the general resort of bad and arbitrary governments, it must be admitted on behalf of his argument, that it has become extremely difficult of late to visit great criminals with condign punishment. We concur with him that the progress of education, such as it generally is amongst the working classes, has effected but a negative amelioration, if any at all; for the heart must be improved by religious and moral training, as well as the head, before men in a dense and naturally vicious state of society can be re claimed. The mere mechanical art of reading and wri ting, and that imperfect in degree, without this, may be a bane. Our author promises in his next paper to consider the causes of the general failure in the recent relaxations of the law, &c., and the means requisite for the diminu tion of crime. He will fail to convince us if be do not include religious instruct;on, and the putting down, if possible, of the too general resort to the intemperate use of intbsicating liquors, with its concomitant evils of reck• lessness and domestic improvidence.—" The Rhine and Rhinelanders " will be read with interest, especially by continental tourists. " The Monster Misery of Litera ture" is forcibly depicted s no literary production, how ever talentel, will command an adequate sum from a bookseller, unless it be spun out to " three volumes," to suit the ridiculous and immutable taste of the circulating libraries. " The Memoirs of a Statesman" is continued, and with increasing interest. There is an article on Indian affairs during the last few years, which places the whole within a glance, and vindicates Lord Ellenborough. " The Freethinker" is well narrated, and, in conclusion, imparts an admirable moral to all would-be atheists. " Love in the Wilderness" is not much to our taste, but de gustibus, &c. Finally, there is a paper on the Land lord and Tenant question in Ireland, showing that the owners of the soil iu that country have been most grossly maligned by the partisan O'Connell press; that the al leged extortions in rent have no existence •;find that the sufferings and discontent of th e Irish pantry must have their origin and continuance in far different causes. Some extracts will be found elsewhere. SELECTIONS. SCENE IN THE THEATRE, HOBART TOWN.—Mrs. Clarke has adopted an excellent method of preventing blackguardism in the boxes of her theatre, and it says much for the "lower orders," that it is found in no other part of the house. On Monday evening, four drunken blackguards, who had assumed the characrer (masquerad ing is all the fashion) of gentlemen, not only annoyed the audience and literally stopped the performance by their continued interruption, but carried their blackguardism (we can find no other appropriate word) to the highest pitch, by throwing a potato at Mrs. Clarke, when in the middle of one of her finest songs. The spirited lessee then being in the "costume" of Macheath, with the whip in her hand, without a moment's delay, went round to the box, and whipped the blackguards out! It was well done. Murray's Austral Asiatic Review. CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE OF HINDOSTAN.—It iS a problem to this moment, whether the character of a peo ple is formed by the government or influenced by the cha racter of the people. If the former proposition were ad mitted, the English would have slight cause for selfgratu lation ; for, considered in the gross, there is not a people in the - world who are so little distinguished by the virtues which adorn the human race as the inhabitants of Hindos tan. They are not insensible to the natural affections, nor are the examples they present of patience and resigna tion under calamity, and chatity in the bestowal of alms, by any means rare : but the per contra exhibits a selfish. ness, a sensuality ,a cowardice, a degree of avarice.cunning, falsehood, malevolence, prejudice, inertness, and a host of minor vices, with which it is needless to swell our catalogue; still there are brilliant instances of exceptions to the ordinary rule. The charge of supineness does nor lie at the door of the pharasee—he is industrious and energetic, and generous in the use he make s of hi s accumu lated wealth. Cowardiceis not the characteristic of the Rajpoot, nor can the educated class be accused of the in difference to truth or the indulgence of strong prejudice. —Stoequeller's Hand-Book of India. MR. MONTAGUE'S MURDER.—As the sunlight died away, and evening fell upon the wood, he entered it. Moving here and there a bramble or a drooping bough which stretched across his path, be slowly disappeared. At intervals a narrow opening showed him passing on, or the sharp cracking of some tender branch denoted where he went : then he was seen or heard no more. Never more beheld by mortal eye, or heard by mortal esr : one man excepted. That man, parting the leaves and branches on the other side, near where the path emerged again, came leaping out soon afterwards. What had he left within the wood, that he sprang out of it, as if it were a hell! The body of a murdered man. In one thick soli tary spot, it lay among the last year's leaves of oak and beech, just as it had fallen headlong down. Sopping and soaking in amongst the leaves tha t form e d i ts p ill ow oozing down into the boggy grouna, as if t o cover i tse lf from human sight ; forcing its way betw een and through the curl ing leaves, as if those senseless thi ngs re j ected and foreswore it, and were coiled up in abhorrence; went a dark, dark stain that dyed and scented the whole summer night from earth to heaven. The doer of this deed came leaping from the wcod so fiercely, that as he cast into the air a shower of fragments of young boughs, torn a way i n his passage, and frll with violence upon the grass. B u t he quickly gained his feet again, and keeping underne a th a hedge with hie body bent , went running on tow a rds the road. The road once reached, he fell into a rapid walk, and set on towards London.—Martin Chuzzlewil. WHAT IS THE BEST VIEW FOR A SICK ~Vi at is the best kind o' view for d pnsooer's ‘Ai •- clows ti command ? 1 iyme eh r-e , • tie 8,4,a id ani satis fied with my choke. We soi'uld have the widest expanse of land or water. for the sake of a sense of liberty, yet more than for variety ; a•ol als • b:•cau-e then the iw sti arable help of a telese : •pe may be called in. Thirik of the difference to us between seeing from our s.fis the width of a strert, even if it be Sac Ville-str -et, Dub lin, or Portland-place, in L olo,i, and ihirty iiiiirs of sea view, with its long b 'unitary of rocks, and the ()rower of sweeping ' , ur glance over half a conr.ty. l'y meads cf a telescope! But the chief ground i:f preference of the sea is less its space tha.l its moti , m, Hall the peroettial slartig of objects caused by it. . Tin re cin he minding in in!and scenery which can g ye the sense a life and motion arid , :ohilexion with the - world like sea change.. Tar motioii of awaterfill is too cunt•nttous—too little varied, as the breaking of the waves woald the sea could afford. Toe fitful action of a windmill, the waving of trees, the everchanging aspects of mountains are pod and beautiful; but there is something more life-I , ke in the going forth and return of ships, in the passad.e of fleets. and in the never-ending variety of a fishery.—Ear y an Invalid. DISEASES IN INDIA.—The diseases roo=t common to India are fever, dysentery, liver complaii , ts, and cholera morbus. These annually sweep away their tens of thou sands, the later disease baffling the slid of the most emi nent phyiei-ms, and leaving even the theory of its cause enveloped in doubt and uncertainty. But there are a multitude of other diseases peculiar to the country, though less fatal in their g"neral results. Elephantiasis, or the swelling of the leg, is common to th , nattves in every pro vince. In th , hilly districts, goitre is very prevalent, and ophthalmia afflicts myriads in the upper provinces. where the soil is sandy and the people car, less of their persons. Leprosy is often seen in its most hideons form ; and rheu matism counts ins victims amongst its thinly clad, and ex posed poor during the rainy season. Piles, ulcers, inti mations, and a peculiar eruption, popularly called prickly heat, are extremely prevalent, particularly amongst Euro peans, whose hab.ts of lire are less regulated by climate than co-silts with a proper regard to health and lonvvity. Influenza and disease of the lungs sometimes make de mands upon the leech's skill, but they do not present themselves in the formidable gui-e which distinguishes their appearance in more northerly teLO:ins; n,ther do hoopiug-cough, the measles or other complai..ts.affUrt in fants so -evenly as the same maladies in England. Still, the mortality amongst tire newly-born is considerable, in some measure from convulsions, terthiag, lever, &c , but morecouirnonly from the ignorance of midwives, and the carelessness, if nothing worse of native nurses. Small pox was a terrible scourge to the populAticai of H judo-- fan : but its ravages are now diminishing, thanks to the philanthr phic exertions of the medcal officers in the East-India Company's service, who have zealously Is h our ed to introduce vaccination.—Stocqueller's Hand-Book of India. - FRUITS OF PROTESTANT MISSIONARY EXERTIONS IN IRELAND.-1,-t any one who vvisties to know what inty be done by judicious exeitions to increase the num ber of our P. ote-tait poinktion, inquire what has been done in Mr. Preston's inter sting cokny in the cour,ty of Kildare. Of the heroic enterprise of Mr. - Nangle a' Achill our readers are sufficiently aware, aid of the as. lonishing fact, that in that extr , me part of pop:sh Ire land the lalunrs of the missionary have be -n ble4sed to so extraordinary a d , gree, that an adtsitioual church has been lately required for the acconrimodat on of the increa sing converts. And there his ben just put into no.. hands a report from tie D isle Colony, in an extreme part of the count. of Kerry, from which we make the following extract :—" The number. of converts in Dingle, in January 1843. was 310 individuals. Th' number of converts in Dingle, in March, 1844, was 330 individuals ; 73 families. Attendance at the school to Dingle now, children 180; on Sunday. adults 130. At Keelotelehedar there are converta 81 Children at Keelinelcheilar school 41. At Dunedin. converts 50. Children of Dunedin ar school 28." Such is the work whico is now going on in every part of this country, and to which "a heavy blow and gre it discourager.ient " has been given by a system of policy which strengthens the hands of an unscriptural priesthood by legislative encriuragement and temporal aid. exactly in proportion as that authority is fading before the progress of tru'h and knowledge ! God says of popery, "It shall decrease." " No," says the British legislature, "it shall increase." God says, "The circle of light shall gain upon the circle of darkness.'' "No," says the British parliament. "the circle of darkness shall gain upon he circle of light." Is there any other lan guage in which, with our convictions, we could convey an adequate idea of the perverse policy by which the domina tion of a tottering superstition is maintained, and the labours of evangelical men marred or counteracted in Ireland I—Dublen University Magazine. KINDNESS IN CONVERSATION.—There is no way in which men can do g tod to oth Ts, with so little expense and trouble, as by kindness in conversati .n. " Words" it is sometimes sail, "cost nothing." At airy rase. kind worts cost no more than those which ar.- harsh and piercing. But kind wo, da are often more valued than the mosteostly gifts— and they are always regarded among the hest tokens of desire to make others happy. We should think that kit d words would be very common, they are so cheap; but there are many who have a large assortment of other language except kindness. They have bitter words, and witty words, arid learned words in abundance ; but. their stock of kind words is small. The churl himself, one might suppose, would not grudge a little kindness in his language, however closely he clings to his money; but there are persons who draw out their kind ness with more reluctance than they draw their nurses. Some use granting words because they are of moro-e disposition. Their language, as well as th e i r manners , show an unfeeling heart.—Others use rough words out r f an affection of frankness. They may be severe in their remarks—but then they claim that they are open arid in dependent, and will not he trammelled. They are no flatterers, they say—and this they think excuse enough for all the cutting speech which they employ. Others wish to be thought witty—and they will with equal indif ference wound the feelings of friend or foe, to show their smartness. Sinne are envious, and cannot bear to speak kindly of others, or to them, because they do not wish to add to their happiness. Others are so ill-bred that they take delight in using unkind words, when their intentions are good, and their feelings ere warm. Their words are rougher than their hearts—they will make sacrifices of ease and property to promote comfort, while they will not deign to employ the terms of courtesy and kindness. Of those, the Scots have an expressive proverb, that " their bark is worse than their bite." Many a man would be loved for his liberal deeds, if his tongue, by nis harshness, did not repeal affection. And he often wonders why his friends care so little for him, when from r there they receive not half so mail. favours. Some are caustic and severe in their language, for the sake of showing their acute ness and discrimination. They would rend in pieces a cloth of gold, detect a defective thread which had escaped the less keen observations of others. They are always on the watch to spy out some fault in character, or in disposi tion, which others overlook, that they may appe.r to have uncommon discrimination and rare skill in criticism. If the happiness of others is nut motive enough to their influ ence on ourselves, the habit of using them will at length conform our feelings to our langu ige, We shall become kind, not only in our speech, but in our manners, and in our hearts. On the other hand, to make use of carping, harsh, and bitter words, seld:on fails to sour the disposi tion and to injure the temper. SERGEANT TALFOURD.—ThOmas Noon Talfourd is a native of Reading. His mother was the daughter of Mr. Thomas Noon, who was for thirty years the minis ter of the Independent congregation there. Accordingly he was instructed in their strict tenets, and his early edu cation was obtained at their school at Mill Hill; but being removed to the public school under Dr. Valpy, he there acquired a love of Shakspeare and the drama—for bidden ground to his native sect—and soon adopted the less rigid doctrines of the Church of England. At the same time he acquired those ardent political feelings, which, tempered by time, he has always since maintained. His poetical talent was developed early. In the year 1811, while still at school, he published a volume entitled ' Poems on various subjects.' The subjects are interest ing, as eviocing the character of his thoughts at this early period. One of them, entitled 'On the Education of the Poor,' and another, The Union and Brotherhood of Mankind,' obtained for him the acquaintance of Joseph Fox, distinguished for his zeal in the cause of education, and his new friend introduced him by letter to Lord (then Mr. Henry) Brougham. He was received by that dis tinguished individual with the utmost kindness, and en couraged to work his way at the bar through literature. Following this judicious advice. he engaged himself in 1813, to Mr. Chitty for a period of four years. The literary career of the young lawyer began with an essay published in the Pamphleteer,' early in 1812, entitled An appeal to the Protestant Dissenters of Great Britain on behalf of the Catholics.' This essay was eloquently written, and breathed a spirit of liberality, such as is denominated, Christian. Talfourd was then under eighteen. A Critical Examination of some objections taken by Cobbett to the Unitarian Relief Bill, was a very successful attempt to grapple with a writer of such sin gular power. ' Observations on the Punishment of the Pillory, and ' An Appeal against the Act for regulating Royal Marriages,' took the side of humanity against bar barous custom and mistaken notions of national policy. An Attempt to Estimate the Poetical Talent of the Present Age,' written in 1815, is chiefly remarkable as testifying his high appreciation of the poetry of Words worth, (at a period when such testimony was sufficient to ensure almost universal ridicule), and scarcely less so fir the courage with which it denounced the gloomy exagge rations of Lord Byron, who aas then in the full blaze of ' Spirit of tite r' , c ro was not his popularity. Hazlitt's declared, onc r riti v r a a s l p p r u o b b li a s h h l e y d th ti e ll very ten firstye ar s w a h f o t e publiclyr ta ard s M . ud * * grounds, that William Wordswort h During In 1817, Talfourd started as a Spec. w a a i s a Pleader.true poet. his period of study he had assisted Mr. CThie chief ttyinhisvo luminous work on the Criminal Laws . quar ters in which he carried on his literary labours, were now in the " Retrospective Review,' and the Encyclopmdia Metropolitan.' The articles on Homer,' on the Greek Tragedians,' and ' Greek Lyric Poets,' in the latter were written by him: He began his connection with Monthly' in 1820, and continued to furnish t criticisms, besides other papers, in that l)e t dramatic hleNew in twelve years. He subsequently wrote in the'Hgzne for Edinburgh Review' and London M .zine,' and published in 1826 a Memoir of Mrs. Radcliffe, prefixed to her posth umous work of Gaston de Blondeville.' Mr. Talfourd was magazine called to the bar by the Society of the Middle Temple in 1821, and jo;ned the Oxford Circuit and Berkshire Ses sions. In 1822 he married Rachel, daughter of John Powell Rutr. Esq., a name well known to polPical re- Formers. The gradual extension of his professional en gagements through the circuit, iod , ,ced hint to retire from the sessions at the expiration of Nelve years, when he was called to the degree of Sergeant—the vet y same year in which he wrot , 'is tragedy of ' ton.'—Hortre's "New Spirit of the Aye." • INDISCRIMINATING HUMANITY OF MEDICAL MEN. —Dr. Anthony Petit, reproached upon a certain occasion by the Qu.eri. MarjeAnroinette for not appearing at Vet sallies, as hart b een expec ed, replied, madam, if I came not to Versailles yesterday. it was because I wee detained wits a peasant's wife in her confinement and in imminent danger of losing her life. Your Majesty errs, moreover, in supposing that I neglect the Daaphin for the poor; I have hitherto treated the child with greater care and at tent on then 'f he had been the scei of one of your Ma jesty's griorns "—II. Arago, Eloge de Bailly. THE AMERICAN CODE OF HONONR.—The American system of duelling is quite different from.ours. and far more consistent and rational : they never think of apolo gies on the ground, or firing in the air, or seperating after a harmless interchange of shots, which, in England, throw an air of absurdity over most proceedings of the k'nd. In America they " mean business," not child's Play. when they fight duels, and never seperate till one is killed or wounded. The usual plan is to fire at ten pares. and to advance one pace each shot till the desirest effect s produced (the newspapers gave an account of a duel where the.parties ffred six times each). The challenged has the choice of weapons; and pistols, muskets, or rifles are usually selected. Not long since a well-known individual, who, I see, figured as second in an affair that took place abou a month ago, challenged another -man who had objected to his vote at an election for personation ( which, of course, involved a charge of perjury,) to walk arm-in-arm from the top of the Cauitol with him. As this was declined, • his next proposal was to sit upon a keg of powder, and aunlv a match. However. in this country, these were considered rather strong mea4ires ; and through the media.ien of pacific friends, it was at length amicably arranged that they should fight with muskets at five paces. 'Each piece was loaded with three halls, and of course both parties were nearly blown t 6 pieces; the challenger, however, unfortu nately recovered, and is now ready for fresh atrocities. Of c.mrse such a case a: this is rare ; but I think I am right in stating that a bloodless duel is almost unknown. —Godley's Letters. 'PROPOSED ENCOURAGEMENT TO CULTIVATE WASTES IN IRELAND.—Adjoining mountains and bogs, where the poorest class of the population generally reside, and where there is abundencenc groutd attached rent free to each farm, and capable of being rendered profitable at a very little expense—in fact, without any other outlay than the labour required to open drains, and level it—we see scarcely any efforts made at mprovement. A Scotchrnan, or an Englishman, would consider the possession of - the land rent free for three or five years. according to the dif ficulty of the undertaking, as a sufficient recompense for his trouble; although his time is much more valuable, on account of the higher rate of wages paid him. BUt an Iri.hman will consider a twenty-one years' lease as too short a tenure, to Privity him in expending the time which he wastes its gossiping with his neighbours, or sunning himself at the backs of the ditches, in the profitable em ployment of adding to what ought to be, if he bad in. dustry, his already too small hol.ift. Here is a case in which we conceive legislation might operate much good. If every, man who reclaimed ground which did not before pay rent, was' guaranteed its possession by law for ten years after the first crop, at a nominal rent of one shilling the acre, itmight he an inducement to the tenant to la bour: it could be no loss tri.the landlord, as, if still left 111 a .state of nature it would be useless to him, and after the expiration of the time guaranteed the tenant as remu neration for his trouble, the benefit w , uld be his exclu sively. In the case of a tenant-at. ant, an arrangement eould easily be effected, by which the teirant, if removed from the farm before the expiration of the stipulated term. might receive a jest and reasonable compensatiou for the improvements which he had effected. or an allow ance for the loss of the crops which, ha I he remained, he would still have been entitled to : arid thus, without any government outlay, en‘ ouragerpent w till he given for the . r-clarnatien of that part of the Iri s h waste la n d s w hich would be worth the trouble or expense of cultivation.— Blackwood. EFFECT OF SCRIPTURAL. EDUCATION.—The following most touching incident w s relited by the D an of Jork, with a 'view to the practical illustration of this part of the naVonal sy-t , m About four years ago . an un odly Protestant, f ow a neighbouring parish, sent his child to his (the Dean of Cork) scriptural school, about three miles from Bandon. After some time the father told the master not to.teach the child the Scriptures, as he wished that he should devote his whole time to arithmetic. When the parent found that his request would not be acceded to. he sent his child to a hedge school, Finding that the child did not improVe in arithmetic, he sent him back; and it pleased God that, besides advancing in the other tiranches of education, he made such a happy progress in the Scriptures, that they were spiritually blest to his soul. It so happened, after a shoit time, that the child, by a fall from a cart, had a limb fractured, which he survived only thirty hours, having died at a lodging-house in Ban don. Believing death to be near. he sent for his father, that f» they who had onre directed that be should not read the Scriptures; and said to him, 'Father, the Scriptures I was taught at school were blest to my soul lam now dying happy, fur I know I am going to my Saviour; but, father. I have a parting request, which is, that you will ' daily read the Scriptures, with prayer to God to bless them to your sal ation ; for rememl er, father, catl:ng our selves Christians. and saying we believe in Christ, will not save us. No. We must have that faith in Christ, which is wrought by the Holy SpAt in our souls, aiid which alone can convert us, and bring us to heaven.' The pour father was so overpowered by Vie dying request of his child, that his opposition to scriptural education gave way ; and the evening of the funeral he sent one pound to the school, a; a testimony of Ins gta itude that his child had been taught the word of God there, and died in such a happy state. Now, would any Christian person say that the request the father of that child had once made sh. , uld not have been acceded to ? Surely not."—Dublin University Magazine. THZ VALLEY OF MEXlCo.—Conceive yourself placed on a mountain nearly two thousand feet shove the val!ey, and nine thousand above the level of the sea. A sky above you of the mo-t perfect azure, without a cloud, and an atmosphere so transp , rently pure, that the remotes! objects at the distance of many teagues are as distinctly visible es if at hand. The gigantic scale of every thine first strikes you—you seem to be looking down upon a world. No othe.r mountain and valley view has such an assemblage of features, because nowhere else are the mountains at the same time so high, the valley so wide, or filled with such variety of land and water. The plain be neath is exceedingly level, arid for two hundred miles around it extends a barrier of stupendous mountains, most of which have been active volcanoes, and are now covered some. with snow, arid some wide f r-sts. Ir is laced with large bodies of water looking m i re like seas than lakes—it is dotted with innutnetable villages, and estates, and 'Jan tatimis • eminences rise from it which, el s ewher e , wo uld be called mountains, yet there, at your feet. they seem but ant-hills or. the plain ; and now, letting your eye follow the rise of the mountains to the west, (near fifty miles distant,) you look over the immediate sumo its that wall the valley, .to ,another and , more distant range—and to range beyond range, with valleys between each, until the whole melts into a vapoury distance, blue as the etenidies sky above you. I could have gazed for hours at this little world while the sun and passitig vapour chequered the fields, and sailing off again, left the whole one bright mass of verdure and water—b:inging out clurlv the domes nf the village churches studding the plain or leaning against the first slopes of the mountains, w th the huge lakes homing larger in the rarefied atmosphere. Y. t ne thins; was wanting. Over the immense expanse there seemed scarce an evidence of life. There were no figures in the picture. It lay torpid in the sunlight, like some deserted region where na-ure• was -rvmin tieginning to assert tier empire —vast, Solitary, and melancholy. There were no sails—no steamers on the lakes, no smoke over the vil lages, no people at labour in the - fidds, tin horsemen, coaches, or travellers, but outs Ives. Toe silence was al most. supernatural ; one expec , s to hear the echo of the national strife that filled these plains with disc. rd still lingering among the hills. It was a pietti , e of ' still life,' inanimate in every feature, sane where, on the distant mountain sides, the fire of some poor eoal-burnet mingled its blue wreath with the bluer sky, or the tinkle of the bell of a solitary muleteer was heard from among the dark and solemn pines. —Mexico as it was and as it is. LORD ELLENDOROO 08.—No former Governor-Gene ral of India entered on his office—at all times the most arduous under the British cr awn—under such unfavour able auspices, and with such a complicated accumulation of diffilultie4 to combat, as Lord Ellenborough ; few. if any, of his predecessors, have tad_ their actions, their mo. tives, and .even their words, exvost d to such an un sparing measure of malicious animadversion and wilful misconstruction; yet none have paseLl so triumphantly through the ordeal of exper;eoce. Nlaity of his Measures may now be judged of by their fruits; and those of the Calcutta press who were loudest in their cavils, compelled to admit the success which has attended them, are re duced to airt. their censures at the alleged magniloquence of the GOvernor-General's proclamations : which, it should always be remembered in England. are addressed to a population accustomed to consider tire bombast of a Persian -ecretary as the tie plus ultra of human compo sition, and which are not, the-efore, to he judged by the European standard of taste. Much of the hostility di rected against Lord Ellenborough, is, moreover, owing to his resolute emancipation of himself front the bureau cracy of secretaries and members of council, who had been accustomed to exercise controul as " viceroys over" his predecessors, arid who were dismayed at encountering a man whose previously acquired knowledge of the coun. try which he came to govern, enabled him to dispense with the assistance °and dictation of this red rape camarilla. Loud were the complaints of these gent.l at what they called the despotism of the new Governor-General, on finding themselves excluded from that part•cipation in state secrets in which they had Inn; revel-11, in a country where so much a , lvantage nay be derived from knowing beforehand what is coming at headquarters. But much of the success 01 Lord Ellenborough's 'government may be attributed to the secrecy with which Irs measures were thus conceived, and the promptitude with which his per sonal activity and decision ettab'ed him to carry them into eff , ct—success of which the merit is thus due to himself alone, and to the liberty of tp-ti .n which he obt dried by shaking off at once the eticoettes which had hitherto trammeled the Indian gove , lament. In July 1842 we ventured to pronounce, that "on tie course of Lord El- I le a n d b i o an rou e :li p s ir g e r:v a rrLi i m i e f n , t will mainly depend the que , "" ll royalty, he has only of the future stability, or gradual decline, of our Anglo- Indian at tar t h s e ue tT e n e c d l e u , s t a o s n o o f r foreign and domestic relations to the same -tate in which they stood ten yeArs since, he will merit to he twirled down to posterity by the side of Clive and Ha-iting%." The task has been nobly undertaken and gallantly carried t is ore vi g; through; and thou v h time al ne can shim how tar tne present improved ce I dun affa , may to permanency. Lord Elletibor 41:11 is at teat justly en titled ti 111 e merit of having wrong , lr theenange, as far as it res's with Ole man to do a by the tie m and feail-sa enerey wit' which he ”ildri-s el himself to the enterprise. —lndian Affairs in Blackwood. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SECOND EDITION. Standard•ofice, Half-past Six o'clo,k. BY EXPLII.ESS. DUBLIN COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Monday, May 6th. All the avenues to the Queen's Bench were crowded from an early hour this morning; the listlessness which had so strongly characterized the public during the de livery of the long.winded and time-killing hat angues of the traversers' counsel, having, now that there appeared some probabilty of judgment being pronounced this term, given way to an intense anxiety to ascertain the result. By eleven o'clock, the hour at which the full court usually sit, every disposable inch of room in every part of the Court was occupied. The front of the gallery was filled with ladies. None of the members of the Court appeared at the usual hour, which caused much disappointment to the Public curiosity. Twelve o'clock came, and still their Lordships remained absent. The ladies, the gentlemen of the bar, the press, and those liege subjects who are classed as the public at large, might be seen in little groups, en gaged in the most animate.' conversation on such topics as, what the Judges were now actually doing ? Whether they were, or were not, arranging and discussing their judgment ? However, all the various and interesting speculations— and they were numerous—were put an end to by the crier shouting " Silence ! " a few moments after which Mr. Justice Burton entered the court and took his seat, and in a few minutes was followed by Mr. Justice Crampton, and at a quarter past twelve o'clock the Lord Cbief Jus tice took his seat, but Mr. Justice Perrin did not appear. The Attorney-General and several of the Crown counsel were present, together with the Crown Solicitor and Mr. Hodges, the Government reporter. Some of the counsel and agents for the traversers were in attendance, as. also were Dr. Gray, the Rev. Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Steele, O'Connell's head pacificator. The CHIEF JUSTICE having inquired if Mr. Attorney- General wished to move any thing, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL bowed to the court, but had no motion to make, upon which The CHIEF JUSTICE made the same inquiry of Mr. BREWSTER, Q. C., who rose and said, that in the case of Stringer v. Mac Donald, hr had been instructed to apply to their lordships for a new trial. The motion was destitute of any feature of public in terest. Mr. Brewster's motion having been disposed of, for the present, upon a' preliminary objection, The Court proceeded to call upon the Queen's Counsel present to move, according to their seniority, some of whom having availed them of the opportunity, one or two cases were heard, during the last of which Mr. Justice Perrin, who, it was understood, had been engaged with the Grand Jury in chamber during the morning, entered the court, and took his seat amongst his learned brethren. After hearing two counsel on either side in support of the application, which was a rene%Aal of a writ of habere. the Court refused to grant what the plaintiff required, and gave their opinion at some length on the subject, atter which the Court asked Mr. M`Donough if he bad any thing else to move, who was not at present prepared to move anything. The same question was put to Mr. Scott, Q.C., and to Sir Thomas Staples, Q.C., both of whom similarly declined. The Chief-Justice then addressing Mr. French, Q.C., said, have you anything to move? upon which the learned gentleman, making a low bow t- the bench, immediately rose from his seat, and moved himself out of Court, amidst peals of laughter at the learned counsel's mode of answering the question, in which the Bench heartily joined. Half-past Three o'clock. The Court, with the most provoking ind►fferrnce to the curiosity of the public, have not as yet said a r.yllable on tne subject of, the traversers' motion. Half-past Four o'clock. The Court has just , adjourned, without announcing when they will pronounce their judgment in the case of the Queen v. O'Connell. On Wednesday the Term ends, so that it is , to be feared the decision will not be given till next Term. The rent received at the Repeal Association to-day was £248. THIRD EDITION. Standard-office, Eleven o'clock. LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT, &c. HOUSE OF COMMONS. On the motion of Sir H. DOUGLAS, the report on the Liverpool Fire Prevention Bill was brought up and agreed to. BANK OF ENGLAND CHARTER. Mr. Greene in the chair. Sir R. PEEL then rose and addressed the house on the important subject of the Bank charter. In 1833 there had been a relies al of the charter to the period of 1855; but a power was reserved by parliament to reconsider the charter wi hin ten years, which period would exp r •:itt August next, and if that time was passed by, the present charter would continue until 1855. It was therefore un der these circumstances that the government wished to lay their views and plans before the legislature, and he hoped the most impartial atten , ion would be paid to th a great subject. He did not ask the House of Commons o come to any decision then, he only asked mernhers to anew the arguments which would he off , red, and well co isider the resolutions which would be proposed. He asked for no decision on the present occasion, but that the resolu tions might be considered pro forma and attentively in quired into (hear.) He ho,ed no hon. member would come to the discussion on this great question with preja. di‘-ed feelings (hear, hear.) He trusted tht.t nothing which had taken place at public mee'ings would bias their judgment (bear.) His first proposition related to the issue of promissory notes, and he trusted that proposition woul.l be fully and maturely discussed before any decision was pronounced (hear.) He courted discussion on the mea sure and value of the standard coin and the principle of paper currency. The right hon. bart. then took a review of the changes which bad been made in the currency from the time of William the Conqueror to the present period. DREADFUL ACCIDENT-ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOS f, NEAR LLANELLY. (From the Welshman of Saturday.) . - A most dreadful accident occurred yesterday i n a col liery near Urinelly. It appears from the particulars we have been able to gather, that between two and three o'cl.ck yesterday afternoon the engine in the Penbwlrh gwyu colliery, about two miles from Llanelly, caught fire. After a short time the engine with a tremendous crash fell into the pit, shutting out every chance of escape for the hundred men and children who were working in the pit. Al! attempts to put nut the flames were vain. Ex erions to extricate the sufferers were used incessantly. but at eight o'clock last night not one of them was got out of the pit. It is much to be feared, therefore, that every soul has perished. A Court of Directors was held at the East India House yer-terday, when Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, K.C.8., was appointed unanimously Governor-General of India. It is rumoured that Sir George Clerk will probably succeed Sir Henry Hardinge as secretary at War. In the French Chamber of D puties, on Saturday, M. Gu:zot declared, on the pre , entation of a petition on the subject. that it was the in'eution of the governmeat to abolish negro slavery in toe French colonies, and that in so doing they should be guided by the example and expe rience of Great Britain. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Earl Howe has been appointed Deputy Grand Master of the Engfill Freemasons, uccler the Earl of Zetland. John Toplis. tobacconist, of London, was, on Tnursday last, fined £3OO fur having adul crated tobicco with sand. earthy matter, &c. H was also condemned to torteit a large quantity of tobacco. Early on Wednesday morning a destructive act of in sendiar sm was committed up , n the extensive plantations in the Foresi:, near Biushot, the property of Prince Albert, and upwards of 700 acres have been totally destroyed. On Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians embarked limn W. , oiwich on b.iard the Princess Alice steam-packet, and sailed for Ostend. MR BARK HARVEST.—Bark stripping has commenced generally throughout this county, tin o loa is were delivered in tins city on Thursdsv. Toe price is rot fixed, hut is generally thought to be. £4lss. per tau.--Hereford Times. Sir R. and Lady S . lle will arrive in England this week 8 E passengers in the Greatt Liverpool. from Alexandria, which is due at Southampton on the Bth ins .ant. Lady George Pollock, the wife of the hero of Affghanistan, ar rived in town on Friday from India. Tos CoNvicr AT YORK.—An order has been issued that George Lowther, who was convicted at the last assizes of the murder of the Marquis of Normaoby's gime ker per, and sentenced to be executed, shall be transported for lit-. PROSPECTS FOR GOVERNMENT APPLICANTS.— Sir Robert Peel -ta ed, in the e un.e of Tuesita) , 's proceed ins in the House of Comma lA, that there are no fewer than 22.000 applicants for government situations. Out of this enonnou: roul.ttude, how many have a chance of üb taitdog the object of th , it wishes ? Tits EGG TRADE.—To give an idea of the extent of this branch or traoe, it may be stated th-t Priucerr Mice, tr, m Dublin to Fie , t. , ,tiod, on Solida, brought thir Y - eiu.t tons, or about 7110,000 eggs! The whole wile despatched by railway to Mtn, [tester, 13:rmingham, and Loudon. FOUltrl fl EIIIIION. Slondarkffice, Twelve o'clock , Total Destruction of the Theatre-Royal, ➢lanchester, by Fire. We regret to state that th.. Theatre Royal, Cooper street, Mani:hester, was thi; morning destroyed by fire; but with, happily, no loss of li e. We have been enabled as yet to obtain but a very iniperfect account, the parties who arrived by the last railway train having learned little more than the simple facts. It appears that last night " the Christmas Carol" was presented, in the second actol which a rocket is sent up from the stage. The inference is ttat part of this combustible projectile had lodged in the canvas of the scenes, or vvol- work, ab.ive ; and remained smoul dering and unnoticed during the night. Be this as it may, smoke was seen to issue from the building at about six o'clock this mottling, and on a door being opened, the air rushed in, and the building was soon in a complete blaze—defying all control. By seven o'clock it was entirely burnt down. The firemen it is said directed their attention tothe saving of the valuable property, warehouies, &c. adjoining, which, however, suffered considerable damage. Half-past One o'clock p.m. The fire, at the departure of the last train, was quite subdued, and all danger to the adjoining premises was at an end. The walls of the Theatre were still standing. As to the origin of the fire, nothing is known beyond what has already been communicated. It is fortunate that, owing, perhaps, to the peculiar formation of theatres, in which there is little to burn beyond scenery and benches, the conflagration was confined within the build ing, which is surrounded by a mass of the most valuable property in the town. At one end of the Theatre, which is situated in Fountain-street, is a calico warehouse, which was formed a few years ago by taking away a portion of the box lobby. At the back, divided from it only by a narrow street, were several valuable warehouses, the Assembly and Club Rooms, facing Mosley-street ; and at the front the Parish•offic-s, and the extensive silk mills of Messrs. Oceleston and of Messrs. Tootal, adjoin ing to which is a ma - s of buildings, very closely packed, which, if ignited, must have resulted in a vast sacrifice of property. The Theatre itself belongs to a company of proprietors, and, we understand, is, with the proprietors' scenery, &c., folly insured ; and, not having been a p ying concern of late, will, in all probability, never be rebuilt. The site, which is of great value, will must likely be in a short time covered with warehouses. FIFTH EDITION. Standard-lice, Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—This DAY. A good Tuesday's busineQs has been done to-day by consumers, an] several speculators have been operating, to wl , a, extent has not %et transpired. The sales will reach 3 or 4000 bales at full market prices. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, This DAY. (Prom Messrs. R. Makin & Sons' Circular.) The receipts of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal, into this port from Ireland since the Ist instant, have fallen off considerably compared with many previous weeks ; and except of English Malt and Foreign Barley, of which we have to note a fair supply, the arrivals, both Coastwise and from abroad, are rather unimportant. • Upon a more numerous attendanceof town and country buyers than usual, all sorts of English, Irish, and Foreign free Wheat were in more lively request this morning than for some time past, realizing an advance of full Id., and, in some instances, 2d. per 701 b. over the rives of last week, at which a moderately extensive business was trans acted, the marktt c/o-lug steadily at the amendment. Home made and Irish Rolm also met a fair demand, at an improvement of Is. since this day week; but for States and Canadian higher prices were unattainable. Although English Making Barley remained unnoticed, Foreign was saleable for grinding at an advance of 2d to 3d per 601b5.. and Malt was fully as dear as last week. British and Foreign free Beans, and white Pease gene rally, must be noted Is. to 2s. per quarter higher; and of Egyptian Beans, in bond, 60u0 to 8000 quarters were sold yesterday and to-day at our improved quotations. Oats were in free request at an advance of lid. per 451 b. ; and Oatmeal was in fair demand for consumption, the best marks of Irish bringing 21s. gd. per 2401 b. MONTHLY ACCOUNT of Imports, Duties Paid, and Bonded Stocks in Liverpool, viz. : —lmported into Liverpool from the Ist to the 30th April,lB44. Foreign— Wheat, 20,544 qrs ; Barl-y, 740 qrs. ; Oats, 2183 qrs. ; Beans, 5970 qrs.; Oatmeal. 10 sacks; Flour, 17,487 Wis. British and Colonial—Wheat, 5291 qrs.; Parley, 719 qrs.; Oats, 12.841 qrs.; Rye, 14 qrs. ; Beans, 1106 qrs.; Pease, 293 qrs ; Oatmeal, 22,678 sacks; Flour, 17.742 sacks 629 brls. Duties paid in Liverpool from the 30th March to the 30th April, 1814. Foreiyn—Wheat, 16.653 qrs.; Barley, 2465 qrs. ; Oats, 363 qrs. ; Beans, 3642 qrs. ; Pease, 366 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 206 qrs. ; Flour, 2362 brls. Colonial—Flour, 2035 brls. Stocks of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal, in Liverpool, 30th April, 1844. In bond—Wheat, 34573 qrs. ; Barley, 715 qrs. ; Oats, 3978 qrs. ; Beans, 20,610 qrs. ; Pease, 4845 qrs. ; Flour, 72,091 barrels, ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the 30th April to the 6th May. 1844, inclusive, rag. COAST PO. LAND. WISE. CANADA. REIGN. TOTAL ..—____,... Wheat .. ... Ors. 27 . 1003 i 1725 2755 Barley Qrs. 1) 267 2396 2673 Malt Qrs. 29 389' 3919 Oats Qrs. 1113 326 240 1679 kye Qrs. Beans Qrs. 1000 1000 Pease Qrs. 22 123 8 70 1017 Shelled liarleyQrs. Indian Corn. Qrs. Rapeseed Qrs.. Oatmeal .. Loads 1516 6 1652 Flour. .. .. Sacks 097 351 1 0 48 Ditto In o Runcorn. I 1130 qrs. Oatmeal Inland nn • !82 load!. Coast i; Flour, rise. Wheat, sacks, ; Oats, EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats. qrs.: Pe qrs.; Indian Cor qrs. ; Oatmeal, 3 loads ; Flour. 236 brls.--Ireland Wheat, 567 qrs. Bar ley, s'; qrs ; Oats, qrs ; Rye, qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, sks, 3g brls.--Coa , twise. Wheat, 379 qrs. ; Harley, 24 qrs ; Malt. qrs.; Oats. 25 qrs. ; Beans, 5 qrs. ; Pease, 10 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 126 loads ; Flour, 281 sacks 114 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending April 27, 1544 Wheat 555. 6d. Barley 325. 7d. I Oats 205. Id. I Rye 31s. 2d Beans.. 31s. 4d. I Pease.. 30s. Sd. Aggregate average of the six weeks Wheat 558 fidißiiley 326 10d I Oats 20s ( .7' d7rfiye 323 10d. Beans.. 316. 2d. j Pease.. 31s. 4d. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c.this week. Wheatl7s 0d I Barley 6s Od Oats .. . 6s od Rye.. I^s 6d Beans lus 6a I Pease.. 10s 6d I I Ind. Corn Os 04 Flour los 22d Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.. Is. Od. I Barley.. Os. lid. Oats .. 2s. Od. Rye.. is 6d Beans 28. Od t Pease 28. od. Ind. Corn os.od. I Flour .. Os yid Liverpool Averages, week ending 30t1t April, 1844. Wheat, 508 qrs., price, 51s. d. ; Barley, 15 qrs., price 31s. 4d.; Oats, 1 sy qrs., price 18s. 7d. ; Beans, qrs , price —5. —d. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—Wednesday last was the b rhday of the Duke of Wellington, who - completed his 7 5 th year. Hia grace dined inthe evening with Count and Countess Sr. Au:a re, at Manchester House, where a grand banquet was gio.eia by his excellency in honour of the fête day of his Majesty the King of the French. In the morning of the .arne day, his grace, accompanied by the Marchioness of Douro, honoured M. Claudet with a sitting for a portrait ' at the daguerreotype establishment in the Adel tid e Gall ery. The noble duke sat twice, and the result;;;estretnely satisfactory.—Slandard. ' AWFULLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—OR Wednesday last a destructive fire took place at Stretham, near Ely. The ts ad r o d nin la g bo t u h r e er b s iack T s h a e lit fi h r , e B destruction of property is enormous. Twenty-five houses, &c., have b. en tazed to the ground, including the dwelt.. It i s . supposed that some trigs of wealthy a gricu ei l si tu otbv r xe i l s . o t zg r i . n o a f et im l in r j a o s h m n a w ll _sti4.ed premises seized upon by the t s r p o a i r .i k )e s . of T h h o e t iron fiam e w .. e f r r e om the t i h m e immed iate te s oCoanus communicated of the cat as . with Mr. W ,oi e r: s I n t t : l;a y ei s ' t s oe: l tht : ‘ ltei t e u ar: s nt e ati o Nhn n eeod o us. t t o t tn e ?Noi s l i se, d ,trr e a , wwl a a,ei n rsr d emt hm M t. iosr r r ..atl‘haierlnt safety Wright'sga f h ae t nt y e st x T e k t:s y v t e rd and well °:joertvnit°l:leerditvi.igfl,la,rgtehe flutes spread with such frightful rapidity, on ht,th sides of t . he xhe s 2 t o, r 4 e .ao r mt t il , ltg t e h aa t in a little more than an hour from ill- time of their breaking out, twenty.five ~c eo p -oho's, extruding over about 15 acres of g ound, h g a r s ea h t .e p r o i t e t s , o tin t t . e t l ke at p b w ,. : i l : w t e r : ; ee y ni being, i ni , b l aze. g :oo w o e I f' e i d' : r , unin , ured. A fire of s onewhat si. whir charact-r occurred in Stretham 73 years ago, going over very nearly the same *round, Mav 7, NV. SP() ELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES. TUESDAY. A PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES 01" 50 sovs Pach, 11 ft, colts Bst 410, fillies Bst; two miles ; 10 sobs. Mr. br e Brunel by Velocipede.— (Holmes) 1 Sir It. bu!keley's hi f Coal-black Rose..(G.Whitehouse) 2 A MATCH 49 -ovs each, p:p.; mile and half. Mr. Smith's I. g TWlNletun, abed, Bst (Copt.land) I Mr. Collect's br h Ron , WAlore,a;ed 9 , t.(Whitehouse) 2 Even betting. and 5 to 4 on Rory O'More. A SW P.RPSTA KES of 25 sovs each, for two years old colt% 8-t 5113, tithes Bat 2h ; half a mile ; 12 subs. Mr. Worthington's eh f Lancashire Witch .... (Oates) I Mr. Smith's gr f Alice Gray (Holmes) 2 Six others started. A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 soya each, with 50 soya added 61 the Proprietors of the Grand Ftand, for horses that, ❑ever won before the day of entry for the PlateS. Heirs, one mile and a half; three yeas old 6st 1016,: four Bst 21b. five Bsr 81b, six and aged Bst 121 b; mare", and geldit.gs allowed 31b.; 5 su b s . Mr. Daw - o 's b e Daft Watty, 4 yr s (L ye ) 4 1 .1 Mr. Speed's ch gWalr on , 3 yrs . ..(Ahdale) 12 3, Mr. Wils be by Ham vton, 3 yrs.. (Darl.ng) 2 dia. Sir R. Pigot's ch f by Dr. Faustus, 3 years (Arthur) 3 d WEDNESDAY. The DEE STAND Cue, in specie, by subscription of la says each. w , th 50 soya added by the Dee Stand Pre., prix tors. Three-year-olds Est • four, Bst 21b ; fryer .1 Bst 12Th; six, 9st 21b ; a n d age d 9st 41b. Once round 17 and a distance. (7 subs.) Mr. Meik l atn's br c Best of Three,3 yrs .... (Abdale) Lord Westminster's hr f Phyrae, 4 yrs .. (Templeman) 2 6t04 on Rest of Three. Phyrne took the lead; at the distance Ahdale challenged, soon defeated Phyrne, and won, herd held, by two lengths. The TRADESMAN PLATE Of 200 sOvs in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 soya ft. Two 'miles and a quarter. Second horse to save his stake. (94 subs.) st lb 4 0 Duke of Richmond's h c Red Deer .. (Kitchener) 11 9 8 Mr. Plummer's b m Alice H iwthorn (Hesseltine) 2 7 3 Mr. Steplienson's ch c Freed oin 7 8 Mr. Mo.ryn's ch c General Pollock..(Cartwright) 4 8 6 Mr. Wrather's b c Nutwith 8 5 Colonel Cr a dd oc k' s b h P agan .....(Templeman 0 7 11 Mr. Colleges b h Cattonite (Whiteho use 0 7 10 Lord Eglington's br h Jamie Forest...(J. Howlett) 0 7 0 Lord G. Rerrinek's b c Bramble.... (S. Rogers) 0 7 5 Mr. Worthington's hr c Hoot an ....... (Oates) 0 7 5 Mr. W. Dawson's hr c Merry Andrew.. (Bumby) 0 7 4 Mr. W. kV. Wynn's ch c Rowland (Mann) 0 7 4 Mr. Igne's eh g The Broken Down.... (Dodgson) 0 7 3 Mr. F. A. Milbank's b g Arnagill .(Lye) 0i 7 2 Mr. Graydon's br h Roscius....... (J. Williams) 0 7 1 Mr. Toke's br m Ermengardis ..... (G. Francis) 0 7 0 Mr. Gough's b g Greenfinch.. (Denman) 0 6 13 Sir W. Stanley's ch g Vakeel (Petit 0 7 12 Mr. Bri-tow's b c Pnaroah (Crouch 0 6 8 Lord Westminster's h g Martyr (Copeland , 0 6 8 Mr. Speed's gr c Everton ... (Darling, jun) 0 6 4 Mr. Oven's b c Xanthii 4. 5 10 Lord Milltown's b f Birdeen . 5 10 Mr. R. J. M ost y n ' s c h f Mi ss Mi ggs ( W. Arthur) 0 ' 5 0 Mr. H. Stebbing's br f Celeste (Langstaff) 0 : ' 4 6 Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower ... (Abdale) A most beau' iful start took place at the first go. . Red D er taking the lead, Everton second and Bramble third. At the Castle-pole, first time round, Red Deer increased. the pa , e. and led by several lengths, which he maintained to the end. and won with the greatest ease by ten lengths. being most admirably ridden by little Kitchener. The • old mare ran very game with all her weight. Roscius; Arnagill. and Rowland brough up the rear. Celeste car tied 21b over, Everton 31b, Broken Down 31h. and Miis Miggs Bth. Celeste threw her jock opposite the Judge's chair, first time round, but be was not hurt. Lord George Bentinck brought the horses together in two lines, front and rear, and after' the race complimented the jockies in A the highest terms. V lite of the stakes, deducting the money to second. /ice., £1,420. BETTING BEFORE STARTING.-31 to 1 agst Red Deer, 5 to to 1 agst Bramble, 8 to 1 agat Pagan, 10 to 1 apt Nutwith, 15 to 1 Rest . Freedom, 15 to 1 agst Cattonite, 21 to 1 agst Jamie Forest, 25 to 1 agst Xanthns, 25 to 1 agat Everton, 25 to 1 agst Pollock, 30 to 1 agst A Haw thorn, and long odds agst any other. SIXTY GUINEAS (clear) th gift of the members for the City Three-year-old colts, 6st /011); fillies, Est 71b1 four, colts, Bst 610; fillies, Bst 31b. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Meiklim's br e Trueboy,4 yrs ...(Ternpleman) 1 1 Mr. J. King's ch c allamere,4 yrs ..... (Marlow) 3 2 Mr. Jones's ch f Mystery, 4 vrs (W.Jones) 2 d THURSDAY. Her MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 Guineas. Three-year olds 21b : four, 9st 21b ; five, Nat ; rix and aged, 10st 51b. Th•ive round. Mr. Meiklam's or c Trueboy, 4 yrs .....(rempleman) 1 Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b m by Bay Middleton, 5 yea (Darling, seu) 2 Two others started. Won by a head. The DEE STAKES of 50 sous each, h ft, with 200 sovs added by :he Propt:ietors of the Grand Stand. Derby weight. Grosvenor course. The owner of the second hor.e to receive 100 sovs. (31 subs.) Mr. Williamson's b c The Cure, by Physician—Mor sel .(S. Rogers) 1 Lord Stanley's b c by Touchstone—Veibena ... (Nati) 2 Five others started. MARQUIS of WESTIIIINSER'S PLATE, value 100 sous in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 son each, h ft. One mile and a quarter. (16 subs.) Mr. Plummer's b m Alice Hawlorne, 6 yis (Temple- Mr. Meiklam's ch c Philip. 4 yrs . man) 1 . (Lye) 2 Six others Added. The SELLING STAKES of 5 •ovs each, with 30 soya added from the Raemc Fund; boats, the Grosvenor Course. The winner to be sold for 100 sous, if demanded within a quarter of an hour after the race. Mr. Daws m's Da'esman, 3 yrs (Lye) 2 0 1 1 Mr. Smith's b h orpfth, fi yrs (Fowler) 01 4 2 Mr. Cook's ch h Bedalian, aged .... (W. Jones) 1 0 2 3 Mr. Taters eh m Sunflower, 6 yes . (Tate) 0 2 3 d Dalesman the favourite, who took the lead, and ar peared to be winning easy, when Jones. on Bedalian, earn! op and defeated the crack cleverly. Dalesman carrried 41b over. Second heat won in a canter.—Third heat cleverly.—Fout th easy. FRIDAY. We had again a most glorious day, a large company, and good racing. The event came off as follow : The ROODEE HANDICAP STAKES of 10 sous each, 13 ft, with 30 soca added, for three-year-olds that have rna during the week ; from the Two Mile Post in (nearly a mile.) _ _ _ . Mr. Mooyn's li , f Lady Alice, 3 yrs.... •• • (Marlow) I Mr. J. King's ch. c Yarrow ... . Mr. Price's ch t Missy. 3t rs . Mr. Dawson's br c Dalesman. 3 yrs An excellent race, won by half a head. A FREE HANDICAP STAKES of 10 EnrS each, with 50 soya added by the Grand Stand Proprietors, for allages r three quarters of a mile. (17 subs.) Mr. Dawson's be g Lord Saltoun. 3 yrs Mr. Bristo w ' s b c F re y s t rop , 3 yrs The CHESHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, with 50 soya added by the citiaens of Chester. Ile second saved his stake. Mile and a half. 20 subs. Lord Meiklam's ch c Phili ), 4 yrs (Lye) 1 Lord Westminster's b g Martyr, 5 yrs (Maiden) 2 Sir C. Monck's hr f Glossop, 4 yrs The. WIRRAL STAKES of 10 sous each, with 30 added by the Gentlemen of Wirral, for two and three-year-olds. T.Y C. Second to save his stake. 7 subs. Mr. Hill's br e Beaumont, 3 yrs (Calloway) 1 Mr. Meiklam's br c Best of Three, 3 yrs (Templenian) 2 The LADIES' Ptrasa, value £5O, to be run for by horse; beaten during the week : heats , once round and a dis tance. Second to rec-ive £lO. Mr. Gough's b m Fausta, 6 yrs..., (Dodgson) 13 1 Mr. Mot•tyn's ch f Miss Miegs, 4 yrs (G. Francit.) 3 1 2 Sir 11. W. Bulkeley's b m by Bay Middleton, 5 yrs 2 2 3 Mr. King's ch c Dehmere. 4 r.. PIANO-FORTES.Iir aootoer column in our-paper of this day appears an advertisement from Mr. J. Banning ' of Pembroke-place, announeine an enormous reduction in the price. in consequence of extensive alterations that are about to be made on his premises. of the numerous excel lent instruments he has on hand. They are extremely worthy the attention of those about to purchase. CARPET ESTABLIS HM W.:T.—We were, the other daye• much gratified by a visit to the carpet warehouse, itir Lord-street, recently re-established try Mr. Elba. The stock of Brussels and other cirpets, hearth-rugs, &c., ie most extensive and select, showing a vast improvement, both in quality and patt ern , i n th ese beautiful and Use ful products of the modern loom. Many of the drawing arid dining-room carpetings ate noiet in design, of the finest text tire, and of the richest and most delicate, yet enduring colours. Amongst the numerous rugs we No ticed some with centre-pieces and bordering, so admi rably executed as to form perfect pictures, equal to the most elaborate needle-work. The proprietor in choosing this locaWy for his establishment—near the centre of our shipping business—had in view the greater convenience of the captains of vessels and families residing in Ch ‘shiret and as he has (let-mined, notwithstandin2 the recent great and continued advance in price of alt articles in the trade, to content himself with sell•ng at the old prices. ft ! e confidently recommend ail w h o wou ld a d orn t h e i r dote" cites at a cheap rate to vial his extensive rooms. ASSAULT.—On Saturday an engineer upon the Liv_er" pool and Slanchester Railway was summoned before Air' Rushton, on a charge of having assaulted an elderly inel named Jones, by striking him several blows on the hes, ' and face. Jones stated that, contrary to his wish, IT; against his consent, the defendant had been in tne ban of courting his daughter and taking her out to walk ; that, when he recently interfered, with the view e' putting an end to the fellow's unwished-for advances , was struck by him in the manner described. Mr. Kn i. ton ordered the defendant to pay a fine Of bOa. sad cr ing or, in default, to be imprisoned on- month ; and. " i" renta so, he said Jones had a perfect right to exercise P are the authority for the protection of his daughter, and t .." r „ble, defendant, if his intentions were pure and hon7 o ,, a ct, should have gone openly and fairly to the cowl per told him that he admired his dauph'er. a d a-ked_ so rig ht " mission to nay his aderesses to her, but he had re ,, e d to carry on an intimacy with her against the er , wishes of her parent. The defendant, after has 6 r the flap,. VIEW discharged. I