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WAteraturr. POETRY. SWEET BUDS, YE ARE BURSTING. The following beautiful s'anzas were written in the spring of last year, by %Ir. ROBERT STORY, author of "The Isles are Awake," a , d several other stirring and animated pieces of poetry. The author is a true 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, conferred 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 ~ r e 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 ie 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, am; 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 cannot he. one Who flings o'er his thoughts and opinions a cloak, Stand'ng fair with all parties, but siding with none. Yet I sung not for party, though Jr rtisan called; But I silty, what I felt—wh,t each Briton should feel, When anarchy threatened and peril appalled— My 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 nt ; hut then Is it i tso to shield and to succour a friend? It is, and 'Mere godlii,e, and worthy of those ho 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 Nell, and, we may add, elegantly written, the object of the editor being to supply the very gist and mar row of the best modern narratives of travel and adven ture, with reminiscences cf the past; and judging from the specimen betore us, we should say that he deserves the highest success. This part is occupied with Syria, and mare especially Beyrout, being the commencement of " Syria and the Holy Land." The appearance of the country--the town—the varied and motley inhabitants, and their equally varied and somewhat antagonist man 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, archaeology, and all other matters 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 publication, which is to pre sent to the reader's imagination, not the bloodless ab stractions of science, but the living 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, hu mours, and surprises incident to the traveller's career.'' An extract or two will be found elsewhere. Blackwood'B 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. I. 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 dunk, 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 welt 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 instruction, and the putting down, if possible, of the too general resort to the intemperate use of intoxicating liquors, with its concomitant evils of reek lessness and domestic improvidence.—`• The Rhine and Rhinelantlers " will be read with interest, especially by continental tourists. " The Monster Misery of Litera ture" is forcibly depicted : 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 in that country have been most grossly maligned by the partisan O'Connell press ; that the al leged extortions in rent have no existence; and that the sufferings and discontent of the Irish peasantry 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 character (tnasquerad 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 Maehrath, the whip in her hand, without a moment's delay, went round to the box, and whipped the blackguaids 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 resigns lion under calamity, and cha. ity in the bestowal of alms, by any means tare : 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 ins , ances of exceptions to the ordinary rule. The charge of supineness does not lie at the door of the pharasee—he is industrious and energetic, and generous in the use he makes of his accumu lated wealth. Cowardice is 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. —Stocqueller's Hand-Book of India. Na. 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 ear : 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 bad 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 that formed its pillow ; oozing down into the boggy ground, as if to cover itself from human sight; forcing its way between and through the curling leaves, as if those senseless things rejected 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 wood so fiercely, that as he cast into the air a shower of fragments of young boughs, torn away i n his paAssize, and fell with violence upon the grass. But he quickly gained his feet again, and keeping underneath a hedge afitl3 his body bent, went running on towards the road. Tie road once reached, he fell into a rapid walk, and set on 'tbwards London.—Marlin Chuzzletvit. . ~ . WHAT IS THE BEST VIEW FOR A SICK ROOM]? — What is the best kind of view for a sick prisoner's win dows to command ? I have chosen the sea, and am satis fied with my choice. We should have the widest expanse of land or water, for the sake of a sense of liberty, yet more than for variety ; and also because then the inesti mable help of a telescope may be called in. Think of the difference to us between seeing from our sofas the width of a street, even if it be Sac,ville-street, Dub lin, or Portland-place, in London, and thirty miles of sea view, with its long boundary of rocks, and the power of sweeping our glance over half a count✓, by means of a telescope! But the chief ground of preference of the sea is less its space than its motion, and the perpetual shifting of objects caused by it. There can be nothing in inland scenery which can give the sense of life and motion and connexion with the world like sea changes. The motion of a waterfall is too continuous—too little varied, as the breaking of the waves would be, if that were all the sea could afford. The fitful action of a windmill, the waving of trees, the everchanging aspects of mountains are good and beautiful ; but there is something more life-like in the going forth and return of ships, in the passage of fleets, and in the never-ending variety of a fishery.—Essays by an Invalid. DISEASES IN INDIA.—The diseases most common to India are fever, dysentery, liver complaints, and cholera morbus. These annually sweep away their tens of thou sands, the latter disease baffling the skill of the most emi nent physicians, and leaving even the theory of its cause enveloped in doubt and uncercainty. But there are a multitude of other diseases peculiar to the country, though less fatal in their general results. Elephantiasis, or the swelling of the leg, is common to ,‘ the i natives in eve r y pro vince. In the hilly districts, goitre s very prevale n t, an d ophthalmia afflicts myriads in the upper provinces, where the soil is sandy and the people careless of th e i r persons . Leprosy is often seen in its most hideous form ; and rheu matism counts its victims amongst its thinly clad, and ex posed poor during the rainy season. Piles, ulcers, infla mations, and a peculiar eruption, popularly called prickly heat, are extremely prevalent, particularly amongst Euro peans, whose habits of life are less regulated by climate than consists with a proper regard to health and longevity. Influenza and disease of the lungs sometimes make de mands upon the leech's skill, but they do not present themselves in the formidable guise which distinguishes their appearance in more northerly regions ; neither do hooping-cough, the measles or other complaints. afflictin fants so severely as the same maladies in England. Still, the mortality amongst the newly-born is considerable, in some measure from convulsions, teething, fever, &c , but more commonly from the ignorance of midwives, and the carelessness, if nothing worse of native nurses. Small pox was a terrible scourge to the population of Hindos tan : but its ravages are now diminishing, thanks to the philanthrophic exertions of the medical officers in the East-India Company's service, who have zealously labour ed to introduce vaccination.—Stocqueller's Hand-Book of India. FRUITS OF PROTESTANT MISSIONARY EXERTIONS IN IRELAND.—Let any one who wishes to know what may be done by judicious exertions to increase the num ber of our Protestant population, inquire what has been done in Mr. Preston's interesting colony in the county of Kildare. Of the heroic enterprise of Mr. Nangle at Achill our readers are sufficiently aware, and of the as tonishing fact, that in that extreme part of popish Ire land the labours of the missionary have been blessed to so extraordinary a degree, that an additional church has been lately required for the accommodation of the increa sing converts. And there has been just put into our hands a report from the Dangle Colony, in an extreme part of the county of Kerry, - from which we make the following extract :—" The number of converts in Dingle, in January 1843, was 310 individuals. The number of converts in Dingle, in March, 1844, was 330 individuals ; 73 families. Attendance at the school in Dingle now, children 180 ; on Sunday, adults 130. At Keelmelchedar there are converts 80. Children at Keelmelchedar school 41. At Dunerlin, converts 50. Children of Dunerlin at school 28." Such is the work which is now going on in every part of this country, and to which "a heavy blow and great discouragement" has been given by a system of policy which strengthens the hands of an unscriptural priesthood by legislative encouragement and temporal aid, exactly in proportion as that authority is fading before the progress of truth 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 the 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 ?—Dublin University Magazine. KINDNESS IN CONVERSATION.—There is no way in which men can do good to others, with so little expense and trouble, as by kindness in conversation. " Words" it is sometimes said, "cost nothing." At any rate, kind words 1 cost no more than those which are harsh and piercing. But kind words are oftenmore valued than the mostcostlygifts— and they are always regarded among the best tokens ofdesire to make others happy. We should think that kind 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, and 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 purses. Some use granting words because they are of morose disposition. , Their language as well as their m anners . show an unfeeling heart.—Ot!hers use rough words out of an affection of frankness. They may be severe in their 1 remarks—but then they claim that they are open and in dependent, and will not be 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. Some 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 are 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 his harshness, did not repeal affection. And he often wonders why his friends care so little for him, when from others they receive not half so many 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 appear to have uncommon discrimination and rare skill in criticism. If the happiness of others is not motive enough to their influ ence on ourselves, the habit of using them will at length conform our feelings to our language, 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, seldom fails to sour the disposi tion and to injure the temper. SERGEANT TALFOURD.—Thomas Noon Talfourd is a native of Reading. Ilis 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 1 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 evincing 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 Protstant 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 for the courage with which it denounced the gloomy exagge rations of Lord Byron, who was then in the full blaze of his popularity. Hazlitt's ' Spirit of the Age' was not published till ten years afterwards. Mr. Talfourd was probably the very first who publicly declared, on critical grounds, that William Wordsworth was a true poet. * * In 1817, Talfourd started as aSpecLalP c le h a i d tt e y r. i.o During o r v mg . his period of study be had assistedr. luminous work on the Criminal Laws. The chief quar ters in which he carried on his literary labours, were now in the " Retrospective Review,' and the ' Encyclopaedia Metropolitan.' The articles on ' Homer, on the reek Tragedians,' and ' Greek Lyric Poets, in the latter were written by him. He began his connection with the'_ New Monthly' in 1820, and continued to furnish the dramatic criticisms, besides other papers, in that magazine for twelve years. He subsequently wrote in the Edinburgh Review' and ' London Magazine,' and published in 1826 a Memoir of Mrs. Radcliffe, prefixed to her posthumous work of ' Gaston de Blondeville.' Mr. Talfourd was called to the bar by the Society of the Middle Temple in 1821, and joined the Oxford Circuit apd Berkshire Ses sions. In 1822 he married Rachel, daughter of John Powell Rutt. Esq., a name well known to political re formers. The gradual extension of his professional en gagements through the circuit, induced him to retire from the sessions at the expiration of twelve years, when he 1 was called to the degree of Sergeant—the very in which h e wro t e hi s trage d y o f ' lon.' New Horne'e " N Spirit of the A ge ." sam e year INDISCRIMINATING HUMANITY OF MEDICAL MEN. —Dr. Anthony Petit, reproached upon a certain occasion by the Queen, Marie Antoinette, for not appearing at. Ver sailles, as had be en expected, replied, " Madam, if I came not to Versailles yesterday, it was because I was detained with 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 Dauphin for the poor; I have hitherto t , e-ited the child with greater care and at tent on than if he had been the son of one of your Ma jesty's grooms."—ll. Arago, Binge de Bail/y. THE AMERICAN CODE OF HONONR.—The American system of duelling is quite different from ours, and far more consistent arnl ra - ional : they never think of apolo gies on the ground, or firing in the air, or seperating after a harmless i nterc h ange o f s h ots , which, in England, throw an air of absui,:ity over most proceedings of the kind. 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 paces. and to advance one pace each snot till the desired effect is produced (the newspapers gave an account ,if a duel where the parties fired 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 Capitol with him. As this was declined, his next proposal was to sit upon a keg of powder, and apply a match. However, in this country, these were considered rather strong measures; and through the media ion of pacific friends, it was at length amicably arranged that they should fight with muskets at five paces. Each piece was loaded with three balls, and of course both parties were nearly blown to pieces; the challenger, however, unfortu nately recovered, and is now ready for fresh atrocities. Of course such a case as 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 abundance of ground 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 improvement. A Scotchman, 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 recompence for his trouble; although his time is much more valuable, on account of the higher rate of wages paid him. But an Irishman will consider a twenty-one years' lease as too short a tenure, to justify him in expending the time which he wastes in 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 had in dustry, his already too small hotting. 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, it might be an inducement to the tenant to la bour: it could be no loss to the landlord, as, if still left in a state of nature it would be useleqi to him, and after the expiration of the time guaranteed the tenan. as remu neration for his trouble, the benefit would be his exclu sively. In the case of a tenant-at-will, an arrangement could easily be effected, by which the tenant, if removed from the farm before the expiration of the stipulated term, might receive a just and reasonable compensation for the improvements which he had effected, or an allow ance for the loss of the crops which, had he remained, be would still have been entitled to: and thus, without any government outlay, encouragement would be given for the reclamation of that part of the Irish waste lands which would be worth the trouble or expense of cultivation.— Blackwood. EFFECT OF SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION.—The following most touching incident wls related by the Dean of Cork, with a view to the practical illustration of this part of the national system :—" About four years ago an un-odly Protestant, from 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 th,st 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 branches of education, he made such a happy progress in the Scriptures. that they were spiritually blest to his soul. It so happened, after a short 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 father who had once directed that he 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 salvation ; for remember, father, calling 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 Spirit in our souls, and which alone can convert us, and bring us to heaven.' The poor father was so overpowered by the dying request of his child, that his opposition to scriptural education gave way ; and the evening of the funeral be sent one pound to the school, as a testimony of his gra!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 should not have been acceded to ? Surely not."—DtiLlin University Magazine. THE VALLEY OF IVlEXlCo.—Conceive yourself placed on a mountain nearly two thousand feet above the valley, and nine thousand above the level of the sea. A sky above you of the most perfect azure, without a cloud, and an atmosphere so transparently pure, that the remotest objects at the distance of many leagues are as distinctly visible as if at hand. The gigantic scale of every thing first strikes you—you seem to be looking down upon a world. No other 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, and 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, and some with forests. It is laced with large bodies of water looking more like seas than lakes—it is dotted with innumerable villages, and estates, and ulan tations ; eminences rise from it which, elsewhere, would be called mountains, yet there, at your feet, they seem but ant-hills on 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 summits 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 cloudless sky above you. I could have gazed for hours at this little world while the sun and passing vapour chequered the fields, and sailing off again, left the whole one bright mass of verdure and water—bringing out clearly the domes of the village churches studding the plain or leaning against the first slopes of the mountains, w'th the huge lakes looming larger in the rarefied atmosphere. Yet elle thing 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 nature was again beginning to assert her 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 fields, no horsemen, coaches, or travellers, but ourselves. The silence was al most supernatural; one expects to hear the echo of the national strife that filled these plains with discord still lingering among the hills. It was a picture of ' still life,' inanimate in every feature, save where, on the distant mountain sides, the fire of some poor coal-burner mingled its blue wreath with the bluer sky, or the tinkle of the bell of a solitary muleteer was beard from among the dark and solemn pines.—Mexico as it was and as it is. LORD ELLENBOROUGH.—No former Governor-Gene ral of India entered on his office—at all times the most arduous under the British crown—under such unfavour able auspices, and with such a complicated accumulation of diffiwlties to combat, as Lord Ellenborough ; few, if any, of his predecessors have had their actions, their mo tives, and even their words, exposed to such an un sparing measure of malicious animadversion and willul misconstruction ; yet none have passed so triumphantly through the ordeal of experience. Many 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 aim 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 the bombast of a Persian secretary as the ne plus ultra of human compo sition, and which are not, the-efore, to be 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 from the bureau. cracy of secretaries and members of council, who had been accustomed to exercise controul as " viceroys over" his predecessors, and 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 tape camarilla. Loud were the complaints of these gentry at what they called the despotism of the new Governor-General, on finding themselves excluded from that participation in state secrets in which they had long revelled, in a country where so much advantage may be derived from knowing beforehand what is coming at headquarters. But much of the success of Lord Ellenborough's government may be attributed to the secrecy with which his measures were thus conceived, and the promptitude with which his per sonal activity and decision enabled him to carry them into effect —success of which the merit is thus due to himself alone, and to the liberty of action which he obtained by shaking off at once the etiquettes which had hitherto trammeled the Indian government. In July 1842 we ventured to pronounce, that " on the course of Lord El lenborough's government will mainly depend the question of the future stability, or gradual decline, of our Anglo- Indian empire; and if, at the conclusion of his vice royalty, he has only so far succeeded as to restore our foreign and domestic relations to the same state in which they stood ten years since, be will merit to be banded down to posterity by the side of Clive and Hastings." The task has been nobly undertaken and gallantly carried through; and though time alone can show how far the present improved aspect of Indian affairs may be destined to permanency. Lord Ellenborough is at least justly en titled to the merit of having wrought the change, as far as it rests with one man to do so, by the firm and fearless energy with which he addressed himself to the enterprise. —lndian A f fairs is Blackwood. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Earl Howe has been appointed Deputy Grand Master of the English Freemasons, order the Earl of Zetland. The Queen Dowager is suffering from an attack of erysipelas, but the latest accounts are favourable. On Thursday morning the Duchess of Portland was found by the Housekeeper dead in bed at Walbeck Abbey. HORSHAM.—The election for this borough took place on Wednesday last. R. H. Hurst, Esq., who has thrice before represented it, was returned without opposition.— He is a conservative. On Saturday week, in Manchester, a poor woman was seized with labour pains in the street. She was placed in a wheelbarrow, where she was safely delivered of a female child. John Toplis, tobacconist, of London, was, on Thursday last, fined £3OO for having adulterated tobacco with sand, earthy matter, &c. He was also condemned to forfeit a large quantity of tobacco. Early on Wednesday morning a destructive act of in sendiarism was committed upon the extensive plantations in the Forest, near Bagshot, 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 from Woolwich on board the Princess Alice steam-packet, and sailed for Ostend. THE BARK H ARVEST.—Bark stripping has commenced generally throughout this county, and two loads were delivered in this city on Thursday. The price is not fixed, but is generally thought to be £4 15s. per ton.—Hereford Times. Sir R. and Lady Sale will arrive in England this week as passengers in the Great Liverpool, from Alexandria, which is due at Southampton on the Bth instant. Lady George Pollock, the wife of the hero of Affghanistan, ar rived in town on Friday from India. THE CONVICT AT YORK.—An order has been issued that George Lowther, who was convicted at the last assizes of the murder of the Marquis of Normanby's game ker, per, and sentenced to be executed, shall be transported for life. PROSPECTS FOR GOVERNMENT APPLICANTS...- Sir Robert Peel stated, in the course of Tuesday's proceed ings in the House of Commons, that there are no fewer tha1122,000 applicants for government situations. Out of this enormous multitude, how many have a chance of ob taining the object of their wishes? THE EGG TRADE.—To give an idea of the extent of this branch of trade, it may be stated that the Princess Alice, from Dublin to Fleetwood, on Sunday, brought thirty-eight tons, or about 700,000 eggs ! The whole were despatched by railway to Manchester, Birmingham, and London. On Thursday last several portions of an infant, which had evidently been cut in pieces by some sharp instru ment, were discovered flowing through the outlet of a sewer near Hampton Court Place. A rigid investigation h-is been set on foot. The pieces of the body had not been in the water many hours. Two Frenchmen quarreled, in Jersey, on Monday last. One of them, frantic with rage. rushed ferociously on the other, threw him down, scooped out both his eyes with his thumbs, and afterwards danced upon him, The in jured man is recovering, but the papers do not say what was done to his brutal assailant. FREEMASONRY.—On Tuesday week, a grand lodge of the province of Cornwall was held at Falmouth, when Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., was installed Provincial Grand Master, in place of John St. Aubyn, deceased. Mr. T. Crooke has been appointed grand organist to the fraternity, vice Sir George Smart, who has resigned after holding the honourable office for years. THE FACTORY BILL.—At a meeting held in Accring ton, near Blackburn, last week, to petition in favour of the ten hours' clause, Messrs. Robert and Jonathan Har greaves, two of the largest cotton manufacturers in the kingdom, (employing nearly 2,000 hands,) were present, and spoke strongly in favour of restricting the hours of labour. GETTING UP THE STEAM.—A special train, conveying Mr. Brunel, and other gentlemen, which arrived at Exeter at one o'clock, on Wednesday last, left the Great Western terminus at Paddington. at a quarter before seven. On its return it left Exeter at a quarter after five, and arrived at Paddington at ten minutes before ten, thus performing the journey, 1931 miles, in little more than four hours and a half. CARRYING COALS TO NEWCASTLE.—Saturday morn ing, the Frith of Forth presented a very animated scene— upwards of thirty light colliers were seen beating up to the various coal ports on the coast, to load coal for the London market, in consequence of the " strike " among the English pitmen; and, what is not a little curious, a large vessel is at present loading Scottish coal for New castle !—Glasgow Mercury. OPENING OF TRAFALGAR -SQUARE.—Yesterday morn ing the area of Trafalgar-square was thrown open. The jels d'eau are not yet in play, although the basins have been charged with water for several days. In a few days the equestrian s - atute of George 111. will be removed from its present site, facing Messrs. Ra nso m' s , to th e vacan t pedestal at the west end of the terrace in Trafalgar square, and opposite the statue of George IV. ANTI-STATE-CHURCH CONFERENCE.—The Confer ence of delegates from various Di,senting bodies held their proposed meeting at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on Tuesday and Wednesday. 550 delegates formed the assembly. The proceedings were of no great interest, except to themselves. Toe conference separated after agreeing to petition Parliament to dissolve the connexion between Church and State, and resolving to hold a ainailar meeting every three years. THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.—The Times, of Saturday last, announced the probability of Sir Henry Hardinge being nominated to the office of Go vernor-General of India. The Times says, " This ap pointment will take place with the cordial approbation of the Crown and the Court of Directors, and in consequence of friendly concert between the authorities immediately responsible for the selection of a Governor-General." TWO YOUNG LADIES DROWNED.-011 Thursday even ing last, as the two youthful daughters of Mr. Nl' Hardy, Chief Constable Of Police, near Chelmsford, were walking in the fields in that vicinity, with their governess, the elder, a girl about eleven years of age, slipped into the Chelmer, where the current was running deep and rapidly. The governess, Miss Grace, a young lady of great beauty and high accompli-hments, plunged in to her rescue, and both were drowned. BRISTOL SUGAR MAEKRT, MAY 3.—Our sugar mar ket has been active this week. In We,t India, the sales amount to 500 hhds. and tierces, at from 60s. to 665. for low brown Dimerara to good bright Jamaica, and the transactions of East India and Mauritius consist of 1000 bags of the former, at 61s. to 665. for low damp yellow to middling white and 1300 mats of the latter, at from 61 to 645. for ordinary to good yellow. No transactions in rum or Molasses. Gazetted average price of Sugar, April 30, is 365. 94d. per cwt. MURDERS.—Susan Jarvis, a nurse girl, under 13 years of age, in the employ of Mr. Golsby, Canal Tavern, Co ventry. has been committed to Warwick gaol, charged with the murder of her master's infant child, by stabbing it with a carving knife.—On Wednesday last a coroner's jury, in the parish of Davidstow, returned a verdict of wilful murder against Matthew Weeks, he appearing, from the evidence brought forward, to have been the murderer of Charlotte Daymond, a girl, aged 19 years, who was found, a few days before, lying in a field with her throat cut. A letter from Bristol states, that under the extensive bankruptcy of Harford and Davies. which took place in June last, owing chiefly to the fortunate and hold deter mination of the assignees to carry on the concern, a very fortunate realization is about to take place, and the cala mity at the same time has been averted of throwing, nearly 5,000 persons out of employment. On the 30th of March a dividend of 13s. 4d. in the pound was declared, and there remains in the hands of the accountant in bank ruptcy available for a further dividend, the sum of £131,250. The Duclaess of Kent, accompanied by the Royal. Family of France, visited the galleries of the Louvre, on Satur day last. On the same day, at twelve o'clock, her Royal Highness received the ladies and gentlemen of the House hold of their Majesties, and of the other branches of the Royal Family. After the reception, her Royal Highness, attended by her suite, accompanied their Majesties and the Royal Family to St. Cloud. After inspecting the palace, gardens, and park, the royal party visited the por celain manufactory, at Sevres, and returned to dinner at the Tuileries. On Sunday morning, her Royal Highness attended Divine Service at the Episcopal Chapel, in the Rue d'Aguesseau. IRISH APPOINTMENTS.—In the House of Commons on Tuesday night, Mr. French was complaining that Irish men were neglected by the government in the bestowal of their patronage, when Sir R. Peel said he really was sorry to hear these constant bickerings about petty Irish ap pointments. He should like to know who represented the Court of St. James's in Washington? An Irishman. Who represented the Court of St. James's in St. Peters burgh ? An Irishman. Who represented the Court of St. James's in Constantinople? An Irishman. Who re presented the Court of St. James's in Paris? An Irish man. He hoped that the hon. gentleman would not fur ther quote these appointments of clerks to petty offices, and say that Irishmen were always excluded, when he might look at the great offices of state, and be proud that his countrymen filled them. (Hear, hear.) He could assure the hon. gentleman that he would not gain a single appointment by his agitation, but that all a ppointments would be bestowed as heretofore with the strictestim partiality. (Cheers.) SALE OF MADAME VESTRIS'S THEATRICAL WARD ROBE.—Last week, a sale by auction was commenced and completed of a part of the theatrical wardrobe of Madame Vestris and Mr. Matthews. The lots consisted of a large assortment of very elegant dresses, shawls , &c. , which were wo n by that eminent actress in some of her . most celebrated characters. There was a very s hor t notice of the sale, the effect of which was, there were but few of the theatrical corps present. There were sixty-five lots, amongst which were thirty-six dresses and fifteen shawls, besides scarfs, riding habits, gowns, &c., an embroidered Cashmere cloak, a black velvet ditto, an Indian satin ditto. Twelve muslin and cotton dresses sold for £2 ; a black satin dress and ditto embroidered shawl for £2 24.; an embroidered Cashmere cloak and two slips for 19s. ; a very elegant velvet dress, richly trimmed, for £2; a piece of net muslin and lace, and a blond skirt, which was stated to be worth about £lO, for £1 ss. ; and various. others at an average loss. A superfine court dress coat and a pair of breeches fetched only 18s. ; the auctioneer said the coat was worth £5, the first bidding for it was 7s. The property produced about £76, which, it was stated, was not a fifth part of the value. The principal buyers were of the Hebrew persuasion. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—Wednesday last was the birthday of the Duke of Wellington, who completed his 75th year. His grace dined in the evening with Count and Countess St. Aulaire, at Manchester House, where a grand banquet was given by his excellency in honour of the fete day of his Majesty the King of the French. In the morning of the same day, his grace, accompanied by the Marchioness of Douro, honoured M. Claudet with a sitting for a portrait, at the daguerreotype establishment in the Adelaide Gallery. The noble duke sat twice, and the result was extremely satisfactory.—Standard. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The anniversary meeting of the members of this influential body was held on Monday, at Exeter Hall. The Right Hon. Sir G. Rose, G.C.8., filled the chair. The society has at pre sent 274 stations in various parts of the world, 387 mis sionaries, 1,610 other paid agents, 4,884 unpaid agents, 101,137 full and accredited church members, 5,066 persons on trial for membership, 64,307 scholars, and seven print ing presses. The gross receipts during the year 1843, in cluding a previous balance of £523. 13s. 6d., amounted to £110.620. Os. 3d. ; and the expenditure to £112,908. ss. 2d. ; being an increase over income of £2,288.45. 11d.; the old debt of £30,800 being, however, now completely paid off. DREADFUL MURDER.—Yesterday morning week, the most intense anxiety prevailed in the neighbourhood of Bridge-road, Ba tersea, in consequence of the discovery of a most diabolical murder, which bad been committed at a late hour on the previous night upon a Mrs. M`Far lane, resident in that road. It appears that the deceased was acquainted with a Frenchman named Dalmas, and that they had been walking out together during the even ing. The wretched woman's throat was cut from ear to ear, but, when discovered, she was still alive, and said, " Dalmas has done it." Dalmas gave himself up to jus tice at the Marylebone police-office, and, after an exami nation on Saturday, be was remanded until further evi dence could be procured. AWFULLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-00 Wednesday last a destructive fire took place at Stretham, near Ely. The destruction of property is enormous. Twenty-five houses, &c., have been razed to the ground, including the dwell ings of wealthy agriculturists and labourers. The fire originated in a small hovel adjoining the blacksmith's shop of Mr. John Westby. It is supposed that some sparks of hot iron were the immediate cause of the catas trophe. The flames from the hovel soon communicated with Mr. Westby's house on one side, and Mr. Wright's stack-yard on the other. No sooner were Mr. Wright's extensive and well-stored premises seized upon by the devouring element, than the utmost alarm for the safety of the village was entertained. Nor was this alarm un founded, for the flames spread with such frightful rapidity, on both sides of the street, that in a little more than an hour from the time of their breaking out, twenty-five occupations, extending over about 15 acres of ground, were in a blaze. The damage has been estimated at be tween £15,000 and £20,000, a great portion of the pro perty being, we fear, uninsured. A fire of somewhat si milar character occurred in Stretham 73 years ago, going over very nearly the same ground. THE GREAT CHESS MATCH.—The terms for a new match between Mr. Staunton and M. St. Arrant having been objected to by the latter gentleman, and with good grounds, as unreasonable, the English champion has, in a very manly and spirited manner, removed all such obsta cles by challenging his antagonist to play almost on his own terms. He says, " I will engage upon your arrival in London to play you at the St. George's Chess Club a match of twenty-five, of twenty-one, of eleven, of seven, or of five games, at your option, for any stake not less than £lOO sterling. These games shall be played at your own appointed days and hours. I will undertake to play every day, or alternate days, or once a week, as you may arrange, under the penalty of one guinea for each omis sion. I will agree that the maximum time allotted for each move shall be ten, or fifteen or twenty, or twenty five, or thirty minutes, at your pleasure ; and that either party exceeding the given time shall on every occasion be fined a guinea. The match shall also be played in public or private as you may determine ; and, finally, I will con sent that in each game both players shall on their first move play king's pawn two squares." Met. DYCE SOMBRE.—It is well known to most of our readers that Mr. Dyce Sombre has been residing for some time past at Paris, where he has been giving a series of entertainments to the elite of that city. He has also been received by Louis Philippe at the Tuileries. Being strongly impressed with a conviction of the injustice of the decision by which he was declared to be incapable of ma naging his affairs, he consulted some of the first medical authorities in Paris. An army of French physicians after lengthened examinations, long reports of which have appeared in the public journals, have decided—" That from the appreciation of all the conversations that they have held with Mr. Dyce Sombre, of all his acts which have come to their knowledge, they are all perfectly con vinced that at the present time Mr. Dyce Sombre is in full possession of his intellectual and affective faculties, that the movements of jealousy, the tenacity of which are revealed in several expressions of Mr. Doyce Sombre, do not appear to exceed the ordinary feelings of an European and with much more reason than those of an Asiatic.— That from all the information furnished by several persons, who have known Mr. Dyce Sombre ever since his arrival in France. the full possession of his intellectual and affec tive faculties has not failed him since that period. " A petition has been presmted to the Court of Chancery, to set aside the finding of the commission, which was argued on Friday, when the Lord Chancellor said Mr. Sombre ought to be brought within his jurisdiction, in order that he might ascertain by personal enquiry whether he (Mr. S.) was a party to the proceedings and understood their nature. DARING ROBBERY IN CHESTER.—On Sunday after noon last, some scoundrels broke into a house adjoining the city walls, near the race course, in the occupation of the Misses Foulkes. It appeared that an entrance was effected by getting over the wall which bounds the house on one side, and then forcing open the drawing-room window, during the absence of the Misses Foulkes and the female domesties at Church. Every room in the house was ransacked ; the principal booty obtained by the robbers consisted of a large quantity of jewellery. Among the articles stolen were a gold maltese fine chain about two yards, and a tortise shell and gold eye-glass appended; a new gold chain • a pair of bracelets ; one agate, cut in circles, and other different gems; a silver philigre shell brooch ; a gold pin with hair, set round with small garnets; rings; a chrysolite with single stones, of yellow tinge ; a ring of Irish gold, with Irish motto, and the shamrock in Irish emerald ; a gold ring, with hair, old fashioned, and set with small garnets ; diamond pin; two pins of onyx stones, with gold chain uniting the pins; a cornelian brooch ; a brooch, green stones and socket, &c., appended ; and old-fashioned ring, set with small garnets ; a ring with - small diamond in the centre, on each side o it topaz and pearl ; a ring set round with pearl, and other small brooches ; tortoise shell and gold eye glass. The thieves left behind them several skeleton keys and a picklock. The police are pursuing a vigorous search after them, and we hope they will speedily be brought to justice.—Chester Courant. ART-UNIONS.—On Saturday week a general meeting of artists took place in London on the subject of the in terference of government with the Art-Unions. Mr. Wyse, M.P., who was in the chair, spoke at great length, on the advantages of these institutions, and appeared to entertain a confident opinion that the legislature will be disposed to interfere in their favour. It was decided by the meeting to present a memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury, praying for a committee of inquiry, and pe titions to the two houses of parliament to the same effect. If the Art-Unions are really to be suppressed, we have little doubt that the friends of art, who hare fully proved how much may be accomplished by the principle of asso ciation, will devise some other means by which the same advantage may be secured. The editor of the Art-Union (in the number for May) urges upon all who are favorable to these societies, that an effort to place them upon a firm basis should be at once made. He says : " The stoppage of Art-Unions will be to British Art ' a heavy blow and great discouragement.' But let us not anticipate so terri ble an evil. We shall wait at least for the next step. It must be taken ere long. The personal feeling of the pre mier will be tantamount to a decision of the matter. No man, statesman or private gcnteman, is more universally esteemed fc r his love of the arts and his desire to foster all things that tend to elevate the character, refine the mind, and promote rational enjoyment. If be opposes a well•digested scheme—should such a one be submitted to him—for placing Art-Unions on a firm principle and a safe foundation, we shall at once conclude that he is pre paring some plan by which the British Government will sustain and encourage British Art—remodelling old insti tutions, so as to render them more in accordance with the spirit of the age, and making it—as it is made in other states—the business of the nation to foster and advance that which will ever be the chiefest of national distinc tions." FACTORY BILL.—At a meeting of the friends of the ten-hours clause in Rochdale last week, Mr. Leach, one of the speakers, blamed the millowners for sanctioning some of the most palpably false statements, which appeared in the Manchester Guardian of that week, for the purpose of deceiving the House of Commons relative to the pro portion of women employed in factories. In the article to which be referred it was stated that, taking 412 mills, in which there were employed 116,281 persons, 28,459 were men and 26,710 women, the object being to show that the advocates of the Ten Hours Bill were wrong when they stated that the majority of workers in the mills were women. But the injustice and trickery of these ta bles would appear when it was considered, in the first place, that not one-half of the working population was accounted for. In the mills enumerated 116,281 persons were said to be employed, and of these account was taken of only 55,169, leaving 61,112 entirely out of the question. (Cheers.) In fact, they only gave the men and women above 21 years of age, while all below 21 (the more cri tical age for women, and the great preponderance of those e protected important td wh eo under that in the mills being under 21) were left unaccounted for. 1 ( a C h h o e h e r r sin.) factories Surely h i should wasouldatb least a t e s oe when above that age. (Cheers.) There was another misstatement in that paper, which must be exposed as one of the most deliberate and wicked attempts to delude the country he had ever known. The statement was this —that since 1833 there had been no reduction of wages beyond 2d. per head per week. (Cries of " What a lie !") Yes, a lie indeed it was, and a most atrocious one too. In the cotton districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire wages had since that period been reduced at least 2s. 6d. per head per week. (Cheers.) He knew a mill at Holland wood which had lately been running f rom h a lf -past 5 a.m. till 11 at night, six days in the week ; and he knew a fa mily—father, mother, and children—who were now work ing in that mill 17 and 18 hours a day. (" Shame !") Sorely such a state of things required some regulation. (Cheers.) The masters would be consulting their best interests, and the interests of society at large, by pro tecting the labouring classes, and advocating the rights of native industry. He hoped they would yet come tor ward, and assist their men in getting the Ten flours Bill. May 7, 1R44. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES. TUESDAY. A PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES Of 50 sovs each, h ft, colts Bst 41b, fillies Bst; two miles; 10 subs. Mr. Mostyn's br c Brunel by Velocipede.... (Holmes) 1 Sir R. Bulkeley's bl f Coal-black Rose..(G.Whitehouse) 2 A MATCH 49 goys each, p:p. ; mile and half. Mr. Smith's h g Tnbaicain, aged, Bst Mr. Collect's br h Rory O'More, a ge d 9it.(W ( h C i ° te Pela hoti nd sell Even betting, and 5 to 4 on Rory O'More. A. SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sovs each, for two years old cola Bst 51b, fillies Bst 21b ; half a mile i • 12 subs. 't Mr. Mr. Worthington's ch f La ncas hi re Wit c h .... (Oates) Mr. Smith's gr f Alice Gray Six others started. A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sous each, with 50 sous added br the Proprietors of the Grand 'tend, for horses that never won before the day of entry for the Plates. Heats, one mile and a half; three years old 6st 101 b, four Bst 21b, five Bst 81b, six and aged Bst 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b.; 5 subs. Mr. Dawso 's b g Daft Waity,4 yr 5...... (Lye) 4 1 1 Mr. Speed's ch gWalton, 3yrs • .(Abdale) 1 2 2 Mr. Wilson's be by Hampton. 3yrs.. (Darling) 2 dis• Sir R. Pigot's ch f by Dr. Faustus, 3 years (Arthur) .3 d WEDNESDAY. The DEE STAND Cut., in specie, by subscription of 10 soya each, with 50 soya added by the Dee Stand Pro prig tars. Three-year-olds 6st ' • four, Bst 21b ; Mier Bst 12Ib ; six, 9st 21b ; and aged 9st 41b. Once round and a distance. (7 subs.) Mr. Meiklam's br c Best of Three, 3 yrs .... (Abdale) Lord Westminster's hr f Phyrne, 4 yrs .. (Ternpleman) 2 6t04 on Best of Three. Phyrne took the lead; at the distance Ahdale challenged, soon defeated Phyrne, and won, hard held, by two lengths. The TRADESMAN PLATE of 200 sOvs in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 sous Two miles and a quarter. Second horse to save hif stake. (94 subs.) st lb 4 0 Duke of Richmond's b c R e d D eer .. (Kit c h ener I 9 8 Mr. Plummer's b m Ali ce H awt h orn (H esse l t i ne ) 2, 7 3 Mr. Stephens on ' s c h c F ree d om 7 8 Mr. Mostyn's eh c G enera l Pollock..(Cartwright) • 8 6 Mr. Wrather's b c Nutwith ........ (J. Marson 0 8 5 Colonel Craddock's b h Pagan . (Templeman 0 7 11 Mr. Collett's b h Catronite 7 10 Lord Eglington's br h Jamie Forest...(J. Howlett) 0 7 0 Lord G. Bentinck's b c Bramble.... (S. Rogers) 0 7 5 Mr. Worthington's br c Hooton . 7 5 Mr. W. Dawson's br c Merry Andrew.. (Bumby) 0 7 4 Mr. W. W. Wynn's ch c Rowland (Mani 0 7 4 Mr. lgoe's ch g Th e Broken Down.... (Dodgson 0 7 3 Mr. F. A. Milbank's b g Arnagill 7 2 Mr. Graydon's br h Rosciug . (J. Williams) 0 7 1 Mr. Toke's br m Ermengardis ..... (G. F r ancis) 0 7 0 Mr. Gough's b g Greenfinch.... 613 Sir W. Stanley's ch g Vakeel .... (Pei 0 7 12 Mr. Briqtow's b c Pharoah (Crouch 0 6 8 Lord Westminster's b g Martyr (Copeland 0 6 8 Mr. Speed's gr c Everton ..... ... (Darling. jun) 0 6 4 Mr. Owen's b c Xanthus .. 5 10 Lord IVlilltown's b f Birdeen (Maiden) 0 5 10 Mr. R. J. Mostyn 's ch f Miss Miggs (W. Arthur) 0 5 0 Mr. H. St e bbing sbr f Celeste (Langstaff) 0 4 6 Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower (Abdale) 0 A most beauiful start took place at the first go. Red Deer taki ng th e l e ad, Everton sec o n d an d Bramble third. At the Castle-pole, first time round, Red Deer increased the pace, 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. Arnazill, and Rowland brough up the rear. Celeste co ried 21b over, Everton 31h, Broken Down 31b, and Mist Miggs 81b. Celeste threw her jock opposite the Judee'e chair, first time round, but he was not hurt. Lord George Bentinck brought the horses together in two lines, front and rear, and after the race complimented the jockies the highest terms. Value of the stakes, deducting tht money to second. &c., £1,420. BETTING BEFORE STARTING.-31 to 1 agst Red Deer. 5 to to 1 agst Bramble, 8 to 1 agst Pagan, 10 to 1 agst Nutwith, 15 to 1 agst Freedom, 15 to 1 agst Cattnnite, 21 to I agst Jamie Forest, 25 to 1 asst Xanthus, 25 to agst Everton, 25 to 1 agst Pollock, 30 to 1 agst A Haw thorn, and long odds agst any other. SIXTY GUINEAS (clear) the gift of the members for the City Three-year-old colts, 6st 101 b ; fillies, 6st 7lb; four, colts, Bst 61b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Heats, once round , . . . and a distance. Mr. Meilciam's br c Trueboy,4 yrs ...(Tennplernan) 1 1 Mr. J. King's ch c Delarnere, 4 yrs Mr. Jones's ch f Mystery,4 yrs THURSDAY. Her MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 Guineas. Three-Yea r 7st 21b : four, 9st 21b ; five, lOst ; six and aged , Thrice round. Mr. Meiklam's br c Trueboy, 4 yrs .....(TemPletnan) 1 Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b m by Bay Middleton, 5 Yrs (Darling, sen) Two others started. Won by a head. The DEE STAKES of 50 soya each. h ft, with 200 Ws added by the Proprietors of the Grand Stand. Derby weight. Grosvenor course. The owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. (31 subs.) Mr. Williamson's b c The Cure, by Physician—Mor sel Lord Stanley's b a by Touchstone—Verbena - Five others started. MARQUIS of WESTMINSER'S PLATE, value 100 sovs 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 Hawthorne, 6 ycs (Temple. man) 1 Mr. Meiklam's ch c Philip, 4 yrs .. ...... Six others started. The SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 soya added from the Racing Fund; heats, the Grosvenor Course. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs, if demanded within a quarter of an hour after the race. Mr. Dawson's Dalesman, 3 yrs (Lye) 2 0 1 1 Mr. Smith's b h Morpeth, 6 yrs (Fowler) 0 1 4 2 Mr. Cook's ch h Bedalian, aged .... (W. Jones) 1 0 2 3 Mr. Tate's ch m Sunflower, 6 yrs . Dalesman the favourite, who took the lead, and 9P peered to be winning easy, when Jones. on Bedalian, came up and defeated the crack cleverly. Dalesman carrried 41b over. Second heat won in a canter.—Third bea t cleverly.—Fourth easy. FRIDAY. We had again a most grorions day, a large compauYi and good racing. The event came off as follow : The ROODEE HANDICAP STAKES Of 10 SOPS each, h ft, with 30 sovs added, for three-year-olds that have rua during the week ; from the Two Mile Post in (nearly a mile.) Mr. Mostyn's b f Lady Alice, 3 yrs .... (Marlow) 1 Mr. J. King's ch c Yarrow . . . Mr. Price's ch f Missy, 3 yrs (Cartwright) 3 Mr. Dawson' s b r c D a l esman , 3 y rs . . (Lye) 4 An excellent race, won by half a head. A FREE HANDICAP STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 5 0 ' soya added by the Grand Stand Proprietors, for all ages three quarters of a mile. (17 subs.) Mr. Dawson's br g Lord Saltoun, 3 yrs Mr. Bristow's b c Freystrop, 3 yrs (Abdale) The CHESHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, with 5 0 ' sovs added by the c iti zens o f Ch es t er . Th e seeona, saved his stake. Mile and a half. 20 subs. Lord Meiklam's ch c Philb, 4 yrs (Lie), 4 1 , Lord Westminst er ' s b g M artyr, 5 yrs ...... ( M a id e n) Sir C. Monek's br f Glossop, 4 yrs The WIRRAL STAKES of 10 soya 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 c Beaumont, 3 yr 5 .. ... (Calloway) 1 . Mr.Meiklam's br c Best of Three, 3 yrs (Templeman) 2 The LADIES' PURSE, value £5O, to be run for by horses beaten during the week: heats, once round and a dis• tance. Second to receive £lO. Mr. Gough's b m Fausta, 6 yrs... (Dodgson) 1 3 Mr. Mostyn's ch f Miss Miggs, 4 yrs (G. Fr anc i s ) 3 , Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b m by Bay Middl e t on , 5 yrs 2 2 " Mr. King's ch c Delarnere, 4 yrs PIANO-FORTES.—In another column in our paper e t this day appears an advertisement from Mr. J. BannteP of Pembroke-place, announcing an enormous reduction itl the price, in consequence of extensive alterations that ar,e . about to be made on his premises, of the numerous We:, w le o n r t th i y ns t t h r e um at e t n en ts tio h n e ohfasthoosne hand. about to T p h U e r y C a b r a e se e . CARPET ESTABLISHMENT.—We were, the other day' much gratified by a visit to the carpet warehouse,A; Lord-street, recently re-established by Mr. Ellis. J. e stock of Brussels and other carpets, hearth-rugs, &e. , most extensive and select, showing a vast improveine e tr both in quality and pattern, in these beautiful and use ful w ow ful products of the modern loom. Malay of the dra and dining-room carpetings are novel in design, of t- „s finest texture, and of the richest and most delicate, I enduring colours. Amongst the numerous rugs we n 4 ticed some with centre-pieces and bordering, so stl rably executed as to form perfect pictures, equal to tm i; most elaborate needle-work. The proprietor in choosier this locality for his establishment—near the centre of of xtrecneu shipping business—had in view the greater convenience the the captains of vessels and families residing in Cheshi re e ; and as be has d e t erm i ne d, notw i t h stan di ng the Ile ee t ba great and continued advance in price of all articles in we trade, to content himself with selling at the old prices.,.i.. confidently recommend all who would adorn their tie l. " ciles at a cheap rate to visit his extensive rooms. Lifer , ASSAULT.—On Saturday an engineer upon the ' l ' ) ge• pool and Manchester Railway was summoned before to , Rushton, on a charge of having assaulted an elderly r i ot named Jones, by striking him sever a l blows on th e sod and face. Jones stated that, cont ra ry to his sos u 'bobit against his consent, the defendant had been in th, e ,, . a nd of courting his daughter and t a kin g her out to we"."4, of that, when he recently interfered, with the -° 7 O , be putting an end to the fellow's unwished-for ad...nu:l6ooh was struck by him in the manner described. Mr' ,tor e estor ton ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 50s. an,*„. d o in# or, in default, to be imprisoned one month ; el d ' l ", ar entel so, be said Jones had a perfect right to exe rcise I: hat t he r o u n authority for the protection of his daughter , ou rahle2 defendant, if his intentions were pure and em plaina n 't should have gone openly and fairly t o the s c ked bis P e Li told him that he admired his daughter. ei:_li a ba d rtg ed mission to pay his addresses to her, but m e t t he expres s ;d to carry on an intimacy with her agains t h aving P 4 ' wishes of her parent. The defendant, a f ter - the fine, was discharged,