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Ktterature. POE'T'RY. THE RAINBOW. " Sehones Kind der Bonne Bunter Regenbogen."—HEßDEEt. Bow of the clouds ! Fair daughter of the sun ! Bright arc of heaven of ever-varying hue Above those threatening clou s I view thy throne, And hail an image of bright hope in you I In thousand varying colours now appears The breken sunbeams' bright and glancing ray, Wrapped in a veil of gently falling tears Where those dark clouds are softening into grey And far and wide thy noble arch's span Is stretching, till rem 'ter distance shroud, And on the horizon's distant verge we scan Thy stable pillars on the driving cloud. Alas I alas l too short thine empire reigns— Dim, pale, and changed. thy colours swiftly fade ; Of these bright pillars nothing now remains Save one bright cloud fast mei ing into shade. But lo! once more we hail a calmer sky: The vault of heaven assumes its azure hue, The sun shines forth in all its majesty, And the moist meads exhal: their fragrant dew ! Away ! away ! aye perish every one Fair floating visions seen in youthful dreams Away ! away ! bet let the noontide sun Rise on my soul, and bathe me in its beams ! Bright hues of hope ! all I^vely though ye be, Still arc ye but the broken sunbeam's ray. Children of tears ! to Trut i I turn from ye, And hail in her the sunlight of our days ! NOTICES. Remedies suggested for the Perils of the Nation. Lon don : Seeley, Barnside, and Seeley, 1841. SECOND NOTICE.] In a former notice of this excellent work we remarked briefly upon its general plan and object; and, in accord ance with our promise, we now propose bringing before our readers, in detail, some of the remedies which the writer purposes to apply to the evils which now press upon our social fabric. At the head of these is a RETURN TO SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPLES as the true basis of legisla tion and regulator of our conduct as citizens one towards another. " The root and parent stock"—the author maintains— "of all effectual remedies must be the exaltation of God's word to its rightful place of authority in all human affairs. From this it has been too long cast down. The most opposite and conflicting parties have agreed in this one practical falsehood. In the high places of the realm, in the houses of legislation even a man of Mr. Wilber force's peculiar personal influence could scarcely ventureaa allusion to God's own word without danger of personal insult. On all sides ' they snuffed at it ;' and the custo mary feeling of the house was, " Who is the Lord, that we should obey him ?' " But, independent of this irreverence of feeling and con duct, a more fatal and practical result of the neglect of scriptural principles in legislation was the character of the philosophy, sanctioned by even high and reverend names, which seized fast hold of the mind of the nation. Wealth, national and individual, was the idol which that philosophy set up—wealth as contradistinguished from the morals or the happiness of the people. Capital was to be protected at all hazards—to be permitted to feed upon the vitals of our industrious population; whilst labour was only to be regarded as something subsidiary, by the op pression of which masses of wealth were to be drawn to gether. Our poor were told that they should be thrown back upon their own resources, deprived of the support which, under a beneficial law, had been afforded them by property ' • and the monstrous proposition was even ha zarded that they had the remedy for their distress and a sure recipe for bringing about a state of prosperity, within their own reach, by abstaining from marriage!! The whole of the legislation of past years, with a few excep tions, such as the bill of Lord Ashley for regulating labour in the mines of Great Britain, has been tainted by this spirit of mammon ; and no principle is, at this moment, more distinctly recognized in parliament than this :—that the interests of humanity, the dictates of Christian cha rity, the moral and religious welfare of the people must all give way and be sacrificed when their proper obser vance and advancement interfere with the operations of capital and the gripings of the usurer. In accordance with these principles we have remodelled our poor laws and erected in the land a tyranny which threatens us, as its results, with disaffection, wide spread and deeply seated; we have refused to strike the chains from off the limbs of hundreds of thousands of children in our factories ; we have gone on, year by year, encroach ing, by inclosure bills and other devices, upon the rights of common enjoyed by our industrious agricultural popu lation ; we have, by precept and example, encouraged the system of large farms, the " laying of field to field," by which thousands of our yeomanry have been dispossessed of their holdings and driven back into the class of labour ers ; and we have congregated in our large towns toiling masses, immersed in compulsory ignorance and vice, whom a week's deprivation of employment might at any time plunge into outrage and bloodshed or drag down into the horrors of starvation. Having purged ourselves, in the first instance, of our slavish recognition of this fatal philosophy, and embraced as our guide in legislation the precepts of that code , of true wisdom which enjoins upon us humanity and charity to wards our suffering brother worms rather than the indul gence of our selfish love of accumulation, the writer pro ceeds to point out as the next step in our curative process the necessity of ORGANIZATION—CHURCH EXTENSION—EDUCATION. The first of these, a better organization of our popula tion into smaller masses capable of being better handled legislatively than in its present imperfect division into un wieldy parishes, is urged as desirable, in order to forward the application of the remedial powers of church exten sion and education. By the division of the country into parishes containing, say 2,000 souls, it is contended that the wants of all could be more perfectly arrived at, and the necessity of churches and schools be more conclu , ively made manifest. " The minister of a parish of 2,000 or 3,000 may know something of his people individually ; but what pastor can profess, or even hope, for the least per sonal knowledge of such parishes as Shoreditch or Spital fields ?" And such personal knowledge is desirable to enable us to wield either church extension or a well regu lated system of education to real advantage. " Divide the whole kingdom into parishes of proper size—none exceeding 2,000 or 3,000 in population—and the first step is really and rightly taken. Church extension then comes in, in its just and proper place, and with its lawful and unanswerable demand. here are so many hundred or thousand parishes, in each of which there is no church and no school.' We should know at a glance the real state of the case, and the whole cost of supplying the de ficiency. The minister who would thus grapple with the question, even if he went no further than to ascertain and exhibit the want, would deserve the gratitude of his coun try... And more especially is this the case with respect to the efficient working of a system of government education. "No parish of a proper size—i.e., from 2,000 to 3,000 in habitants, can be considered to be properly provided until it possesses a schoolmaster for boys, a schoolmistress for girls, and a third teacher (master or mistress) for infants. These three instructors will need an annual outlay of £2OO a year. How many parishes of 2,000 or 3,000 people are there in which it is easy to raise by voluntary subscrip tions, &c., this £2OO a year? How many are therein which even £lOO per annum could he re g ularl y obtain ed ? In all countries, almost, except in England, strth a provision, or some provision, for the education of . the people is made by the government. Prus sia eBlabluhes schools, and calls upon all children to attend them. Ame rica empowers her parishes to assess themselves for the maintenance of such schools. In England we leave the matter wholly neglected, except so far as we can benefit by voluntary efforts. But the quality, equally with the quantity, of the edu cation which we thus dole forth to our population is mi serably deficient. Of cne of our chief manufacturing towns, an eminent government inspector (the Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel) reports, that, in the first classes of the schools he visited, he received such answers as these : "Q. Who was the eldest son of Adam 7—A. Abraham. " Q. What is a Levite 7—A. Gethsemane. "Q. Who wrote the Bible ?—A.—Moses. "Q. Who were the Pharisees ?—A. Publicans. "Q. What was the chief city of the Romans C.—A. Jerusalem. Q. What is Liverpool?—A. An island. " Q. What city did Jesus live in 7—A. Egypt. " Q. What country was Nazareth in ?—A. Bethlehem. "Q. Of what religion was Paul before he was a Christian C—A. Roman Catholic. " Q. What other countries are there in Europe besides England? A. America, Asia." Nor is this a singular case, but one which is equally com mon in the agricultural districts, where the opportunities afforded for education are greater, and the time devoted to it more continuous. And in addition to this, where education has been administered upon a system leading to more decided results, so far as the acquisition of merely secular knowledge goes, its effects have been rather to produce disaffection and crime than good moral conduct and social improvement. Thus our author reminds us that— --- " The progress of crime in these kingdoms during the last twenty years, has been appalling. The committals in England in 1820, were 13,710, in 1838 they were 23,024. In Scotland they were, in 1820, 1486; in 1838, 3418. And during all these years the greatest efforts were making to increase the means of education, and of in tellectual improvement, for the working classes. Besides the na- tional schools, of whose imperfections we have already spoken, divers efforts have been made by the advocates of what is called " useful knowledge," to give to the poor a " non-sectarian education." But " experience has now proved that the mere education of the Poorer classes, without any care of their religious principles, has had no sensible effect in counteracting the influence of these demo ralizing circumstances, or preventing, by the extension of know _c_ rn a ons ufendmental resources, the growth of human depravity. This is _ trated as clearly as that two and two make four: happy if Idbe safely said that the influence of such merely scientific education has only been negative, and that it has not positively added to the sum total of general wickedness." From all these considerations, it is contended that " we must claim to have our parishes so divided, that neither the boys', the girls', or the infants' school, which are requisite in each, shall contain more than one hundred s cholars. Then, and only mn nd ywe hope to have each child known , and followed,n ar d ecognised, and an cared for ; and t heir hearts engaged, some of their souls saved, and most of their characters permanently ameliorated." Here for the present we must pause, first giving the general conclusions of the able writer upon the subject under consideration : " That, for the safety and well being of the whole community, it is absolutely necessary that its paroch al organization be frequently reviewed ; and placed from time to time, in a correct and efficient oondition: " That if, by such reorganization, di4triets are brought to light which are destitute of tho means of instruction, mental, moral, or religious,—it is the duty of the legislature and executive to take im mediate measures for the supply of such deficiency : "That a mere learning to read is noteducation ; but is only con ferring a power more likely to be used for evil purposes than for good: " That a bare passage through certain Scripture lessons, or through the Church Catechism, is not a religious education; nor can such teachinc be expected to exert any hen2ficial influence on the bulk of the children submitted to it " That it should be the endeavour of the gov ernment, by calling in the counsel of the best teachers of youth that the kingdom can furnish, to devise some system, thoroughly Christian, by which the children of the poor may be efficiently educated, in the true sense of the word; and thus fitted t become useful members of society. " And, lastly, that such a system, when devised, should be made, as soon and as extensively as possible, an institution of the state; in such sort, as that all parishes, willing to avail themselves of it, might do so, by a vote of public vestry, with all the efficiency de rived from an authorized local assessment." Blackwood's Magazine for July. We have not yet had leisure to peruse the whole of the present number, but may venture, from what we have read of it, to pronounce it to be one of the hest that has yet appeared, whether as regards articles of national ien• port and sound political disquisition, or the variety and talent of the literary productions interspersed throughout its pages. In the first article, on " The Causes of the Increase of Crime," the writer gives on data that scarcely admit of a question, a comprehensive view of the greater demoralization of our manufacturing and mining po pulation as compared with the working classes in the rural districts, and points out what lie conceives would be found remedial. " The Memorandums of a Month's Tour in Sicily" are written in a clever sketching style, and convey interesting pictures of that island, its scenery, principal towns, (especially Palermo and Messina,) the manners of the inhabitants, &c. " The Last of the Knights" is a pleasing combination of history and ro mance. " Sketch in New "York, or My First Love" is a tale illustrative of female character in that city. The Tradi tions of Upper Lusatia" are continued with unabating interest, and contain some curious legends of the King dom of Elves. There is an able and highly interesting paper entitled " Portugal," being a review of Memoirs of the Marquis of Pombal, by J. Smith, Esq.," an intel ligent historical work, in which the character of that cele brated minister who immortalized himself by the expul sion of the Jesuits, is placed in its true light. The account of the plot against the life of the king, Don Joseph, and the execution of the titled ringleaders, will be read with painful interest. " Marston, or the Memoirs of a States man" is continued with undiminished vigour and mass of incident. "The Week of an Emperor" describes the re cent movements of the great autocrat of all the Russians, when he visited the court of Victoria. The number also contains some good poetical pieces. including a series of translations of the most select " Poems and Ballads of Goethe." We shall give some extracts in our next pub lication. The Bowler's Pocket Companion. James and Wood burn, South Castle-street, Liverpool. This is a handsome little book, containing " Rules for the Game of Bowls," by our townsman Mr. James Mar shall. The writer truly says in his introduction, "it has been admitted in all ages, that, for the preservation of health, man requires recreation. lo those, then, who are closely confined or engaged in sedentary employments, the noble and manly game of bowls claims pre-eminence over all amusements, having been justly ranked, by gen tlemen high in professional reputation, superior to every other—bringing into action the physical powers of the players, without the distressing effects produced by more energetic games." After some remarks on the necessity of abiding by rules, in order fully to enjoy this animating and scientific diversion, be proceeds to explain all the technical terms employed, and under thirty-two distinct heads furnishes a complete manual of the laws as adhered to by the best players. We are not ourselves versed or practised in the game, though we can enjoy as much as any one, on a summer evening, a view of the green when enlivened by anxious and (always) good-humoured play ers; but we have shown the neat production to several crack bowlers, and they concur in pronouncing it to be an accurate and concise digest of the law,,—so simple, too, that they may be readily comprehended and acted upon for all practical pun,oses, to the avoidance of the slightest dispute. No young bowler, or keeper of a green, should be without this neat little book, which may be kept even in a corner of the pocket, and the price of which is a comparative trifle. Knight's Weekly Volume for all Readers. London : Charles Knight and Co. We have perused with great pleasure—and we may add no little profit—the first volume of this new library of cheap entertaining and instructive literature, and have no hesitation in stating that if those that succeed it be got up with equal care and talent, the work will become highly and deservedly popular. It is a small, but thick, and well-printed duodecimo, illustrated with wood-cuts, and containing no fewer than 240 pages of well digested mat ter—all for the small price of one shilling! This volume is entirely occupied by a Biography, written by Mr. C. Knight, of William Caxton, a translator of many curious and esteemed works of foreign authors, and finally the Father of the Art of Printing in England—the first book printed in the English language having been his own translation of the " Histories of Troy," of which he was also the typographist, after attaining the invaluable science on the continent, at the request of his patroness Mar garet, the " dreadful" Duchess of Burgundy. The vo lume opens with a prefatory article from the Penny Ma gazine of May last. on the advantages of cheap literature and lending libraries, in which the writer, after noticing the several weekly and other miscellanies of the day—the Family Library, the Library of Entertaining Know ledge, the Penny Cyclopcedia, &c., &c., remarks :—" We have as many modern reprints of standard works, as we could desire ; but they are mostly close-printed pamphlets, which are easily destroyed ; their form unfits them for circulation from hand to hand. There is a general desire to form libraries for all readers—not only libraries of reference, but extensive libraries of circulation. In every case there is a difficulty in the choice of fitting books, whether we regard the subject matter, or the form and price. It is hoped that the difficulty may be obviated by the publication of Knight's Weekly Volume,"—and so we trust it will. The publishers propose "to place within the reach of all readers a series of books which shall com prehend that range of literature which well educated rersons desire to have at their command," and to offer "the recreation of genial and amusing reading in connec tion with what is solid and serious." For this purpose they will avail themselves of many valuable copyrights in their possession, make "judicious compilations of translations from foreign works, and of original produc tions by authors of ability ;" and as they are also offered the assistance of writers of established reputation, they will have no want of materials to conduct the under taking steadily and extensively. Each volume," they add, " will be essentially a book—not a tract—a book for the pocket and the library : many of the volumes will be complete in themselves, and some subjects will extend to two or more volumes. They subjoin a few useful rules for the regulation of book clubs for all readers. Mr- Knight has accomplished his task in a manner that evinces his perfect ability to write or compile for, as well as to edit such a work. The " Biography" is exceed ingly interesting, and curious,—supplying the most promi nent passages in the life of Caxton, from his birth in the Weald of Kent to the time of his death—his being a mer cer's apprentice; afterwards a mercer; his sojourn at the court of Burgundy, Cologne, &c. ; his acquirement of the trade ; and his press at Westminster, and his " work" in printing to the end. The concluding chap ter, entitled " The Chapel," is a supposed conversation between Wynkyn de Worde, the successor of Caxton in the printing office, and his " companions," in which the advancement of the art is predicted, and is well and hu monrously conceived. There is a " Postscript" showing the progress of the press in England from Caxton's first work, in 1471, to the year 1843. The titles of the works printed by the father of English printing—in all s'irty four in number—are here given—together with a variety of other information. We give a few extracts elsewhere. The Library of Travel. Chapman and Hall; Strand, London. The third part of this well-edited and " popular de scription of foreign countries" is just received ; and from what we have yet been enabled to peruse of it, we may safely state that it continues to increase in interest, and, we may add, in the solidity and importance of the in formation it contains. The present number is a further continuation of " Syria and the Holy Land," including vivid descriptions of Damascus, its scenery, buildings, customs and manners of the inhabitants, &c. ; also, of Palmyra, Baalbec, the route from Latakiah to Antackiah, &c., the whole interspersed with the most lively personal adventure and anecdote, together with graphic delineations of scenery and sights. The woodcut illustrations are also numerous throughout, and well executed. Many of them are splendid views of the most picturesque scenery i❑ these interesting countries. We shall give some extracts in our next publication. How to dance the Polka, 8 1 -c. London : Hugh Cun- ningha - rO, 'Strand. We have received a small, elegantly-got-up, little work, entitled " How to dance the Polka, and all the Quadrilles, German Waltzes, Highland Reels, &c., &c. Der Polka,' after the method of M. Coulon ; the music by M. M. Jullien," &C. It appears to us to be a complete multum in parvo, explaining with brevity and precision the steps and figures of these most fashionable dances of the day, so that the reader who has but a slight previous knowledge of the art may, by adopting the method en joined for self-tuition, readily become adept in their se veral graceful movements. We have, first, the origin and history of the Hungarian " Polka," with rules how to accomplish it; next, instruc tions for each figure in the quadrilles—the " Lancers," " Caledonians," " Galo pade," " Renaiseance," and " Finales ;" " Prince Al bert's favourite Contre Danse," the " Waltz," the " Scotch Reel," and the " Cosaque Polonais," with the terms peculiar to the Polka, quadrilles, waltzes, e &c. Some agreeable anecdotes of the extraordinary effect of the Polka on the public mind, on the Continent, and latterly in England, are also given ; and the book, though in good large type, is so neat and portable that it may be carried in a card case, or in the waistcoat pocket. SELECTIONS. Two FLAILS AND A CUM:W.—An old farmer in Hampshire, who was very rich, and who se silly neigh bours were persuading him to have his daughter taught music, said, "Na ! talk music indeed ; gi' me two flails and a cuckoo." I dare say that this saying was as old as the English language. The two flails make a very pretty sound at all times. The voice of the harbinger of summer is also delightful ; but here was the idea of wealth most aptly associated with that of pleasant sounds. The cuckoo never comes until old May-day; and two flails going in s n t, in and th t e ha b cedingatol e o f h a g r r v a e l the same b arn a t t h at t i me i n di cate t h a t th e re is a good that barn therefore att h at th e distance farm f e r r om is William Cobbett. the pre ceding THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. BRONZE.—The Chinese bronze copper in a very supe rior manner. This is the mode of the ancients, for urns and other litt!e vases and ornamented goods :—After hav ing robbed the article with the ashes of coal and v negar in such a manner that the copper is very shining, they dry it in the sun, then they cover it entirely with the follow ing composition :—two mace of verdigris; two mace of mineral cinnabar; two mace of sal ammoniac; two mace of the beak an d liver of duck ; five mace of alum, well pounded, well mixed, and moistened sufficiently to make a paste, which may be spread. (The mace is the tenth port of a Chinese ounce.) When the article is thus pre pared, it is passed through the fire, and washed when it is cold. It is covered a second time with this composition : it is then passed through the fire, and it is washed thus ten times. Tue small pieces thus bronzed are of great beauty, and lose nothing by being exposed to open air and rain.—Capt. Pidding's Chinese " Olio." USES OF EARLY PaINTING.—One of the most im portant uses of early printing in England is to be found in fragments of the Statutes of the Realm, made in the rust parliament of Richard 111., and in the first, second, and third parliaments of Henry VII., some leaves of which exist. That the promulgation of the laws would soon follow the introduction of the art of printing was a natural consequence. Early in the next century the publi cation of acts of parliament became an important branch of trade; and a king's printer was formally appointed. Up to our own time all the cheap •ning processes of the art of printing had been withheld, at least in their results, from that branch of printing which was to instruct the people in their new laws. The statutes were the dearest of books, and kept dear for no other purpose but to preserve one relic of the monopolies of the days of the Stuarts. The abuse 'has been partially remedied.— Biography of William Caxton. LovEit's QuanaELs.—Most unhappy in mind to-day; temper sorely tried, and feelings of resentment at what did appear unkind conduct in another, were too visibly ex pressed in manner and countenance, though I did refrain from words. Slept last night in very weariness of weep ing ; and awakened this morning with a feeling of hope lessness ; and ill at ease myselfe, methought every thing around seemed melancholly ; truth and affection doubted, shortcomings hardly judged off; this is an unlook'd for triad. The sun shon brightly through the window, but it seemed not to shine for me : I took my Bible to read therein my usuall portion ; and kneeled down to pray, but could not weep : thoughts of my mother's tender love arose, and the trust on either side that had been unbroken between us. Remembering an outward composure must be attain'd unto, before I could go down to breakfast, wash'd my eyes, and let the fresh sire blow upon my face; felt I was a poor dissembler, having had heretofore but little trouble of heart to conceal : mett my husband in the corridor with Lord Brooke, and well nigh lost my selfe command when be gave me a kindly pre-sure of my hand as be led me down stairs.—Diary of Lady Willoughby. THE LEAGUE.—" Why is not the League, and why will it not be, more influential than it is ?" For this rea son—that it does not, it cannot, identify itself with the working classes. It professes, it longs to do this; but it fails. It holds out objects that are far from the scope of the peasant's wishes. It suggests to him means which his reason does not understand, nor his sympathies em brace. Its philosophy is cold, selfish, arrogant. It dis claims all protection for all classes; it repudiates all State interference on behalf of the oppressed ; it comforts the poor and the aged with " laissez-faire" and union houses. It has but one nostrum'; and that nostrum it is ever prescribing in the frigid language of political eco nomy. It forgets the character, the habits, the past asso ciations, as it blinds itself to the present condition, of the peasant. It forgets that the malady under which he la bours has been caused by the very medicine which it re commends—political change ; that the object of his sym pathy has already passed from a good to a bad state; that the memory of the former clings to him, and hatred of the latter haunts him. What to the English rustic are import duties of every kind? What cares he for differen tial, ad valorem, or sliding duties ? He only wants to be well paid and well fed for his daily work ; and he will eat the bread of toil with content and cheerfulness. He only asks to be put in the same position as he was more than ten years ago ; he does not care for free trade either in the abstract or detail; it is a matter of indifference to him whether corn pay a tax' to the landlord or the Treasurer, so long as his wages are sufficient for his support. He has no predisposition to revile authorities, or to speak evil of dignities; his sympathies are rather with hereditary power and transmitted rank ; and it is only when others forget the duties of station and the responsibilities of wealth, that he forgets his reverence and submission. CEIUSAN.—This island is still retained in the hands of the English, until the Chinese pay the ransom money; it is about twenty miles in length and ten or twelve in breadth, at the broadest part. In approaching it, the view of the numerous islands, which stud the sea in all directions, is striking and beautiful—here a noble moun tain towering above its fellows, there a fertile valley slop ing gradually to the ocean, and forming a fine situation for cultivated fields. This part of the empire is much more interesting to the naturalist and lover of the beauties of nature, than those parts of the coast formerly described. The land, although mountainous, is much more fertile, and better clothed with trees, although they are but small when compared with what we are accustomed to see in England; there are also many beautiful flowering shrubs on the hill sides, such, for example, as the azalea, which we prize so much at home, and which here covers many of the hills, and when in flower early in the year has a gay and imposing appearance. In Chusan, the camphor and tallow trees abound in the valleys, and whole forests of different varieties of bamboo give a kind of tropical cha racter to the general scenery. Ido not know anything more beautiful than the yellow bamboo, with its clean straight sterns and graceful tops, and branches waving in the breeze ; it always reminds me of the young birch fo rests at home. The tea-plant is also cultivated, in small patches, everywhere on the hill-sides; but I believe little or none is manufactured for exportation, but only for the wants of the inhabitants of the island. The poor people, or small farmers, generally dry the leaves in the sun, for their own use ; and I recollect once, when in the cottage of a native, seeing the good lady of the house go out into the garden, and gather the leaves of the plants, from which tea was made for me ; this is certainly the most simple modeof preparing the beverage.—Letter in the Athenmum. THE LATE THOMAS CAMPBELL.—With the sole ex ception of Rogers—who still lives and flourishes at a most patriarchal age—Campbell was the only remaining disciple of the polished but artificial school of Pope. Ibe first work by which he made himself conspicuous in literature was the " Pleasures of Hope"--a poem which was written, we believe, before he had completed his twenty-second year, and which still maintains its place among our Eng lish classics. This brilliant production was followed by " Gertrude of Wyoming"—a more chaste and elegant, but scarcely so animated a composition as its predecessor —" Theodric," the " Pilgrim of Glencoe," and those im mortal lyrics " Hohenlindee," " Lochiel's Wanting." " Ye Mariners of England," the " Exile of Erin," and the " Battle of the Baltic," which have rendered his fame as enduring as the language in which they were written. But Mr. Campbell was not only a poet, he was a prose writer also of considerable merit, and published succes sively lives of Mrs. Siddons and Petraich, together with " Letters from Algiers," which abound in descriptions of exquisite beauty. Fora long series of years he edited the " New Monthly Magazine," to which he contributed many little poetical gems of the purest water ; and on his s-ces sion from this periodical, started the " Metropolitan," rf which, however, he soon wearied. From an early period of his public career he enjoyed a pension of £3OO a year ; was one of the founders of the London University ; and in the year 1835 had the high honour of being elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow. It politics he was of the liberal school ; took a warm interest in the affairs of Poland ; and was on habits of familiar acquaintance with all the most illustrious spirits of his countr.. As a poet he would have achieved the highest possible rank— for his genius was of the first order—had he had more faith in his own impulses, and obeyed with more boldness the promptings of his fervid imagination. But he was fastidious to a degree in his poetical tastes ; and would, at any time, sacrifice a fine thought to a correct line. His " Gertrude of Wyoming" possesses all the fine polish of Parian marble; and the description of the death of the heroine, and her last address to her agonized husband, is, of its kind, the tenderest and most touching episode to l,e found in the wide range of modern English poetry. Mr. Campbell was born in Scotland , and received his educa tion in Edinburgh. FREE TRADE INEXPEDIENT EVEN IF PRACTICABLE. —Such a system as the free-traders advocate, if practica ble, would be to the last degree inexpedient. What would be its result? Why, that one country would become wholly, or in great part, agricultural, and the other wholly, or in great part, manufacturing. Is this a result desirable to either? Admitting that a city or small state, which has no territory which can furnish any considerable proportion of the subsistence which it requires, like Hol land, may do well to attend exclusively to manufactures and commerce; or a country which, by the rigour of na ture, or the remoteness of its situation, cannot attain to commercial or manufacturing greatness, would do well to attend exclusively to the cultivation of the productions of the earth ; the question here occurs—ls such a system advisable or expedient for a nation which has received from the bounty of Nature the means of rising to great ness in both—such as Great Britain, Russia, or Prussia? The free-traders would have England sacrifice its:agri culture to its manufactures, and Russia sacrifice its ma nufactures to its agriculture. Would such a system be nefit either? Wculd England be happier or richer, more stable or more moral, if the already colossal amount of its manufactures were trebled ? or Russia, if its rising iron and woollen fabrics were destroyed, and its industry con fined exclusively to the slow returns of agricultural la bour ? Is it desirable that the zone of tall chimneys, sickly faces, brick houses, and crowded jails, which at present span across the whole of England and part of Scotland, should be doubled and trebled in breadth ; and the fertile fields of Kent, Norfolk, and East-Lothian be reduced to vast uninclosed pastures, such ati overspread Italy in the latter stages of the Roman empire? Or is it desirable to Russia and Prussia that they should be for ever chained to the labour of boors, serfs, and shepherds, and all the vivifying and important effects of commercial wealth be denied to their exertions? Nature has design ed, experience recommends, a very different system. History tells us in all parts of the world, that it is in the intermixture of commerce and agriculture that the best security is to be found for social happiness and advance. ment, and the most effectual antidote provided to the evils to which either, when existing alone, is so prone. Mr. M'Culloch has told us, that the commerce and ma nufactures of Great Britain have now risen to such a pro digious height, that any further extension of them is un desirable, and that no real patriot would have desired them to have become so extensive as they already are. Is it expedient, in such a state of matters, to go on in creasing the same splendid but perilous system, and to do so at the expense of the great pillar of national wealth, security, and independence—the land of the state ? From Mr. Alison's Pamphlet on Free Trade and Pro tection. . SECOND EDITION . Standard-office, Half-past Ten o'clo,;k. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Last Night. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Sir R. PEEL, on moving that the orders of the day be read, said he would take that opportunity of inform ing the house what business it was the intention of her Majesty's servants to proceed with during the present session (hear.) And he was sorry to say that the great mass of public business in arrear would prevent many bills from being proceeded with during the present ses sion (hear). Tue government, however, intended to pro ceed with the Poor-law Bill, the Metropolitan Im provements Bill, the Bill for regulating joint-stock banks, and some others. He had already announced that it was not intended to proceed with the Registration of Electors (Ireland) Bill beyond the second read ing during the present session. With respect to the Municipal Corporations (Ireland), which extended to that country the enactments of the English b►ll, he was afraid it would be impracticable to pass it during the present session. With respect to the Railway Bill, that was a most important measure, but one which he hoped would riot meet with much opposition, and therefore that would be proceeded with. It was necessary for the gui dance of railway companies that the intention of parlia ment on the subject should be fully made known. The Savings Banks Bill would be proceeded with. He could not state what his intentions were with regard to the County Courts Bill until that day week. The Ecclesias tical Courts Bitl would not be proceeded with this session (hear). There were certain other bills which he hoped to proceed with, but could not at present mention a defi nite time. There was one bill not before the house rela ting to controverted elections petitions, which would be introduced in a few days, and which he hoped would pass this session. In answer to a question by Mr. MACAULEY, Sir J. GRAHAM said, it was intended to proceed with the Law of Settlement Bill. In reply to Mr. FERRAND, Sir R. PEEL said, the Poor:-law Bill would be proceeded with on Thursday or Friday next, and the Railway Bill would take precedence on Monday. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The repeaters met yesterday, as usual, in the Conciliation-ball, Valentine Maher, Esq.. M.P., in the chair. The receipt of several large sums of money having been announced, Mr. O'Neill Daunt stated, as a proof of Mr. O'Connell's undiminished influ enc.l, that he had been nominated Lord Mayor elect on that day by the Corporation of Dublin. Mr. O'Connell had declined the offer, but the moral effect was the same, and the fact showed the futility of the measures taken by government to extinguish his influence. A letter was read from Mr. Luke Shea, a justice of the peace for the county of Cork, enclosing a subscription of £3 to the funds of the association, and requesting to be proposed a member. Several other new members were proposed and admitted. It is expected that the rent for the week will considerably exceed £2,000. THIRD EDITION. Standard-office, One o'clock. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOLTON, YESTERDAY. In the last column of our present publication will be found some notice of the bursting of a boiler at the linen manufactory of Mr. John Brooks, in Bolton, by which several lives were ascertained to be lost, and a greater number of persons supposed to have immediately perished, besides many seriously and some fatally injured. It is a relief to state that, lamentable as the event has been, it has not proved destructive to human life to the extent at first apprehended. We have seen a gentleman just arrived from Bolton,who witnessed the scene shortly after the explosion, and has furnished us with the following particulars, which, though necessarily imperfect, may, in the main, be relied upon. The factory, and extensive premises attached, are si tuated close to St. George's Church ; and from 400 to 500, young and old, were employed within. Two engines were at work, one (as before noticed,) stated to be of 50- horse power, and the other of about 60. The boilers of one of them burst about eleven o'clock yesterday fore noon, owing, it is said, to the carelessness of the tenter, and an explosion of the other soon followed, though this is not certain. These were each in an extensive well built out-house, on the north- west side of the factory, and the destructive effects were instant there and on the con tiguous part of the main building. The engine• house was , demolished ; the windows of the factory in that direction blown in; its interior frame work was much shat tered, and large masses of building material scattered far and wide. The boiler of the larger engine was lifted into the air, and lighted in the street about fifty yards from its original position. Several of the work people were found dead in the ruins, but the precise num ber our informant could not ascertain : in the hurry of the moment, there being various outlets by which they might be removed. A large and very heavy balk of timber, that had been fixed over the engine was blown dear over some adjacent buildings, (which it would otherwise have crushed in,) and lighted in a back passage or area, sixty or eighty yards from where it had been fixed, and in a direction from the factory. The materials of the ru ins were chiefly hurled into a street called Back-street, about fifty yards from the point of explosion. The gl iss in the windows of the house on the opposite side was nearly all blown in by the shock. One woman who was picked out of the ruins, and who had one of her hands crushed or blown off, and was otherwise much hurt, died this morn ing about three o'clock ; and our informant saw about twelve other persons carried or led away, greatly injured or shaken, and some of whom appeared to have little chance of recovery. One lad was covered up in the ruins up stairs, and when a spade used in clearing away acci dentally touched his head, the little fellow cried out, " Oh, mother, mother!" and, on getting. out, shook hin self. and added, " I'm worth two dead folks yet !" It will he a long time before work can be rasumed in in the mill, as the machinery and buildings will have to undergo extensive repairs, in addition to the renewal of the boilers. One of the large chimneys is also much shattered that it must be pulled down and rebuilt. THE BIBLE ON MAN'S EARTHLY CONDITION.—We aver, that in God's Word, and that throughout its pages, not in a few places, but in many—not dubiously, but with the greatest clearness—there are given doctrines, and re proofs, and instructions in righteousness, for legislators, for statesmen, and for num of wealth arid influence; and that the general tenour of these is directly opposed to what a set of philosophers, falsely so-called, of our own times, have conspired to dignify with the name of political economy. And accordingly, and very naturally, as the Bible and they are at variance, they agree to lay the Bible on the shelf, and to assert that, however necessary and supreme in its own department—the concerns of God and the soul—yet in sublunary matters, the management of nations, &c., it is either wholly silent, or speaks without any divine authority, or any claim to our respect. Thus it is that one of the best men and ablest divines in all Scotland can write a treatise on political economy, in which scarcely a single reference is found, from the first line to the last, to the only infallible source of instruc tion—the word of God. But if by really great divines, and eminent teachers of religion, the Bible is thus thrust out of sight, who shall wonder, that the consequences to the nation are of the fearful kind described by Mr. Bo sanquet. In his valuable work, he entitles a chapter. "THERE IS NO FAITH, " and thus does he prove his assertion :—" Want of faith is the very characteristic of this generation. Concurrent and consistent with this. is a WANT OF CHARITY. The Bible is boldly and practi cally denied in every particular. No class or body of men believe and obey it. And strange as it may seem, it is by no nation, or people, or churches, or sects of men, less implicitly believed and followed, than by those very peo ple and sections of the church who talk so much about it. There are no persons less obedient to the plain sense and mandates of the written word of God, than those who most speak of and uphold it as the sole authority and standard, and reject all assistance from the history of the church, and what is spoken against as tradition. The Bible is denied in every particular. Men do not believe that we are really to be Christians ; that we are to imitate our Lord. They do not believe that the world could pos sibly go on, if all men were to act upon pure Christian motives, and up to a perfect Christian rule; if they were to forgive and forget injuries; if they were not to resent an affront; if they were to give to people, because they asked them ; if they were to lend money, without looking far interest ; if we were all to give up luxuries, and style, and costly furniture, and equipage ; if we, our cattle, and servants, were strictly to observe the day of rest. How many are there who appear to believe that it is not right to be anxious about the future ; that riches are not a good thing ; that the entrance into heaven is easier to a poor man ; that we ought to return a tenth to God ; that it would bring a blessing, to give freely and largely to the poor; that children are a blessing and a gift from the Lord, and that the man is happy who has his quiver full of them ? It is evident that, in all these points, the Bible is disbelieved, and is practically denied ; and does not control or guide us in our habits and principles of life and of society. Still less do we believe that the public mea sures, the laws and the government of the state, and the intercourse with other nations, ought to be, or can be, carried on, and conducted on Christian principles. What number or classes of persons believe that righteousness exalteth a nation ; that the conscience of the government is the conscience of the people ; and that our r ulers arc bound to take the first care for the pure religion o , their morals of the country ; and that, if they do s righteousness will bring down a blessing upon the noonw7; That the fault committed, in the disrega rd of counsel and instruction, is as deplorabl y foolish, fearfully profane, is unquestionable. There G ods is but one sure and unerring standard of tr uth in the wor iv ld b t one mmoralit u y —and code of morals which is unpolluted b i en y us for our guide. that is the book which G od has g and either to reject or disreg ar d it , is To cast that aside, not more irreligious and atheistic, than it is SENSELESS AND runAxioNAL.—Remedies for the Perils of the Nation. GUANO TRADE.—During the past week this port has sent out three shins—the Inte;rity, Johnston, of 459 tons; the James and Thomas, Forest, of 383 tons ; and La Bonne Mere, Dove—for Ichaboe. The Atomic!:, of 3-11 t nos, and the Indus, are preparing to follow. These will make twelve sli;ps from Hull, ten of which are gone to load tho precious manure.—Hull Herald. LADIES IN THE STOCKS. —On Saturday, market-day at Newport in this county, the aten' ion of Her Majesty's lieges was attracted to the Town•h4ll,- in consequence of the stocks being occupied by two young ladies, Miss Ann Bullock, and Miss Harris, who with a gentleman, named Jones. alias Girdier, hail the pleasure of rust'cating in the above enviable position for six hours.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. GUANO.—The West India Islands do not appear to offer a market for this now important article of commerce, as the following fact affords sufficient proof:—" The brig Lerwick, Captain Jones, arrived at Cork on the 23rd instant, with a cargo of African guano, having been to Barbadoes, and remained there four days, without being able to dispose of it, at, it is presumed, remunerating prices. " Roe and Blatchford, the Isle of Wight bankers, passed their final examination on Friday at the Court of Bank ruptcy, when the proof of the Isle of Wight Joint Stock Bank for £63,000 was admitted against each of the sepa rate estates of the bankrupts; it appearing that when Sir Richard Bassett died, the firm was insolvent, and was nevertheless carried on by the bankrupts till they fa.led with a deficiency of £60,000 or £70,000. QUICK TRAVELLING—The splendid new coach, Quick silver, from Edinburgh to Newcastle, in uninterupted communication with the Newcastle and London Railway (just opened,) by Darlington, in one day, on Wednesday performed her first journey f-om Newcastle to Edinburgh in nine-and-a-half hours, with th 3 greatest ease, safety, and comfort, and having a full complement of passengers, thus anticipating the London mail by nearly four hours.— Glasgow Courier' STATISTICS OF CAB-DRIVERS, &c.—From some docu ments recently prepared for the Home Missionary So ciety, it appears that there are in the metropolis 347 watermen employed upon the various cab-stands, 1,793 omnibus conductors, 1,662 drivers of cabs, and 4,546 drivers of hlckney-coaches and otnnibusses, making a total of 8,348 men, or, with their families, 20,000 persons living by the conveyance of passengers in and around London. POST-OFFICE EMBEZZLEMENT.-011 the morning of Thursday, Miss Sarah Kay, late the receiver of letters at the Glossop Road branch Post-office, in Sheffield, under went an examination at the Town-hall of that place, and was fully committed to York Castle for trial on three charges of stealing letters, one containing two marked half sovereigns, another containing a silk handkerchief, and the third a piece of bride-cake. The punishment for this offence is transportation for life. SIGNS OF THE TlMES.—Since the second reading of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill in the House of Commons, the trustees of Dean-row (Unitarian) Chapel have held a meeting, which was attended by several very wealthy and influential gentlemen of the neighbourhood. They have determined on making a school-room from one end of the chapel, altering the galleries, and thoroughly repair ing the build:ng and premi s es throughout. They have ample funds at their disposal.—Stockport paper. EXTENSION OF THE COTTON TRADE.—We have now almost weekly to report fresh extensions of the cotton trade in this town. This week Messrs. W. Shaw & Co., corn-dealers, have p rchased about 5000 yards of land, belonging to the Greenbank estate, on which to erect a weaving shed, and, probably, hereafter a mill. Mr. J. Paley is about taking down buildings adjoining the works, and extending them considerably. We hear of another party about erecting a new mill.—Preston Guardian, Radical paper. THE Loss OF THE MANCHESTER.—By the Vivid steamer, which arrived on Tuesday evening from Hull, we ascertained that the Transit steamer made that port on Monday from the scene of the late heart-rending oc currence, and the additional particulars brought by her confirm the melancholy fact that ❑ot a life was saved. When the Transit left the Elbe on Saturday, the wreck of the Manchester could be seen to the northward of the harbour, but the crew were unable to gain any tidings of any bodies being washed ashore.—Morning Chronicle. MANCHESTER THEATRICAL RELIEF FUND. —The fund for the relief of the sufferers by the destruction of the Manchester Theatre-Royal amounted, on Thursday last, to J. 761. The salaries of the company were paid in full from the time of the conflagration to the opening of the Circus; the artisans were paid for the loss of their tools, and the orchestra for the loss of their instruments; after which a surplus of £370 remained, which was dis tributed, on Saturday, among the theatrical corps and those necessary servants of the theatre who are wholly dependant upon it. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—There are at all the sta tions of the Ayrshire Railway shifts or switches, placed betwixt the two rails for the purpose of removing carriages from one rail to the other. Under the shaft of Lochwin noch station, a bird of the " wagtail " species has built a nest, and is now sitting on five eggs. Although there is scarcely an hour in the day that there is not a train pass ing over it, and the wheels of the engine and carriages running within two or three inches of the resting place of the little bird, it goes in and out as fearlessly as if it were out of the reach of danger.—Western Watchman. E B .— ost An n. aLlainremeiinngehifirree, in n ro t k h e e n o i u l t an on d Sunday F o runx mingnal it colour warehouse of Mr. Slator. Shortly afterwards a violent explosion took place, a quantity of gunpowder upon the premises (about 100Ib.) having ignited. At this time the whole of Mr. Slator's house was a mass of flames ; the effect of the explosion was to blow out the whole of the front. A large corn warehouse in Spain-lane next took fire, and became a prey to the flames, together with the offices of Mr. Lewins and their timber-yard. The amount of property destroyed is estimated at £lO,OOO. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JUNE 28.—We have a steady sugar market; the transactions since our last are not large, owing to the buyers having previously supplied themselves, but about 400 hhds. have found buyers at the previous currency. Brown 565. to 575. ; middling 58s. to 605.; good and fine 61s. to 675. In Bengals and Mauri tius a moderate business has been done at the quotations. Rum is not in much demand, but the samples of those parcels lately arrived are not yet ready for the market. Molasses very dull. Gazetted average price of sugar, June 25, is 345. 41d. per cwt. EFFECTUAL ;METHOD OF PRESERVING FURS, &C. FROM MOTHS.—Wash the fur on both sides with a mixture of twelve grains of Corrosive Sublime dissolved in half-a-pint of Spirits of Wine. To make it dissolve more readily, the corrosive sublime should be reduced to powder in a marble mortar. If the moths have harboured in the lining-wool of muffs, it must be replaced by new wool that has been well saturated with the above prepar ation. The mixture is colourless, and will not injure the most delicate fur, feathers, or woollen articles of any kind. The same method of treatment is also efficacious for the preservation of stuffed specimens in natural history. CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—An old man named Thomas Archibald, aged 84, together with his wife, aged 81 years, who had resided for a long period in the neighbourhood of Ballanarahan, in this Island, died on the same day, having buffeted the storms of life together, as man and wife, for the long period of 60 years. These aged pil grims, who had so long " clamb'd the hill tegither," " slept tegither at the foot," were not divided even in death. They were " waked" in the same room, con veyed in the same vehicle, and finally interred in the same grave in Peel churchyard, in presence of a large concourse of spectators.—Manx Liberal. SUICIDE BY A YOUNG GIRL.--On Tuesday last Emma French, a very lively girl, aged fifteen, drowned herself in the Grand Junction Canal, near Kensal Newtown. The deceased was in the habit of saying she would drown her self when corrected for a fault. She called on her sister on Monday, and told her she was going to drown herself, and on the following day she wrote the following letter to her mother : " Good-bye, mother : I have drowned my self by the house. Pray take me out; I am dead. My dear mother, good-bye." Her body was found in the canal, behind her mother's house, on Wednesday morning. She had left her bonnet and shawl in the adjoining hedge. POPERY IN BRISTOL.—The Roman Catholic Chapel, which has been for many years in progress of building, near Meridian-place, Clifton, and is still unfinished, is now offered to the best bidder, together with a small chapel adjacent, used for some time as a Roman Catholic place of worship, and other premises and land. We very much doubt if the purchase of St. Mary's Chapel, on the Quay, and the premises in Brunswick-square, intended as a house for Sisters of Mercy," has been in either instance completed. We hear glowing accounts of the progress of Popery elsewhere ; but certainly in Bristol and its neigh bourhood it is at a stand-still, if not retrograding.—Bris tol Journal. THE MYSTERIOUS POISONINGS. — An inquest has been held on the bodies of the aged couple, living at the village of Long Sutton, near Wisbeach, who as stated in our last, had died from the effects of arsenic. At the inquiry it was clearly proved that the poison had been put into the tea-kettle by a strange woman who entered the house while Mrs. Crosby was preparing the breakfast, and who requested permission to rest herself for a short time, which was granted. The woman has not been discovered, although a reward has been offered for her apprehension. a p v e e r r s y o ns melan choly u The jury, after a long consultation, returned a verdict " that the deceased persons came by their deaths from n kp o nF i o s wA o d o m c i c n u i s a t e a r: d N c b z y ._ s o om n e Fr p id e a rs y o l n ast o : TAL hree shortly afte accidentcl ttwheoof parishh whom of r a Michael, 13 took a vceh al ee p fldae l i n a :wwh e coo e hahi t uvnhoe e a trle ysethr whereby t yftn h owwdt e eahrisr ß aeterl a aeagil r tenmme r e,f almost nswm a ut r eel r orcl oieseeotss succession instantlyi hlolenT Mines, irhnt loei ren dered esi hekani sad accident accident was occasioned by an accumulation of nitrogen gas, the miners baying been unconscious of its existence. The first man having descended the shaft, no sooner several placed in similar afterwards reached expired.— madmse nsrainesndntexpired.— Manx imminentniric insensible eb h ine e de rascaaintnbledgi. bottom, e,;rr, n, atenth IMPORTS OF FRUIT.—The Princess Victoria steamer from Antwerp, on Monday m orn i ng, l anded 542 b askets o f cherries, averaging 501bs. each, making a total of about 27,2001b5. ; she also landed 20 baskets of fine white cur rants. The Emerald Isle, Rotterdam steamer, the same morning landed 933 baskets of the same fruit, averaging 251bs. per basket, and making, with the Princess's supply, upwards of 5 0,0001b5., which were immediately distributed amongst the buyers from the West Riding and Lancashire. This supply is ten times the amount of the preceding week. The fruit is in extraordinary fine condition, and appeared, on examination, to be entirely free from un soundness and waste. The Emerald Isle brought a fur ther consignment of 635 bushel-hampers of new potatoes. —Hull Herald. July 2, 1844• MI L [TART AFFRAY AT GATESHE AD.—A serious AV took place at Gateshead on Sunday week. It originated in a common public-house quarrel, which led to the ar prehension of a soldier belonging to the 37th Regiment. This proceeding had irritated a number of his comradeg who assembled in Gateshead at a subsequent period of the day, and made an attack upon some of the police much to same an w d ay ,3 as eTi tot, Town-hall civilian recent r u i t ,oen a d • wast ..z . v l . c u, k eysmd assy were r d t e, each n n s e when del i s/ The matter was fully in stigated by the magistrates st t s th o e the r Gateshead yicted in a penalty of £5. In default of payment, to b. imprisoned two months in Durham Gaol. ACCIDENT IN THE lIIVER LEA.—On Wednesday th r g inquests were hid before the Middl e s ex c o roner on the remains of three youths who were drowned in the Let close to the Eastern Counties Rail w ay, on H. Waldoe d aged 17, who had gone to bathe with his brother, aa . , having got out of his depth was dro wne d ; o n G. S. Slia; aged 12, and Alfred Frear, aged 11, sons o f respeet,a b ,,, tradesmen in Whitechapel. They had gone to wsla the banks, and when about to return home, Shaw sbd 70 down the bank to wash his boots, i n d o i ng w hich be l e i in. Freer courageously jumped to his assistance , O h each grasped the other so firmly that they p er i s hed in ea t others arms. The drags were procured, but the bod i were not found for an hour iald a half. Verdict, "ae ci ' dental." a NUPTIAL FESTIVITIES.—Tuesday last was a gal an d happy festival at Acton, and the wh o l e di s t r i c t was on e scene of rejoicing, as on that morning Wilbraham Tolle maehe, Esq., led to the hymeneal altar, Miss Tomkient of Dorfold Hall. On leaving the chu rc h th e fl o wer P r ,' preceded the bride and bridegroom, and scattered rue path with roses. The bells of the church rang out Mel peals, and the party returned to the H a ll am id s t the W I ; demonstrations of enthusiasm as greeted their arricat The children of the National School, abo u t 200 of bet sexes, were plentifully regaled in their school room Wi th buns, wines, &c. No demonstration which could in sal way mark the respect in which the wo. thy p a i r a re was omitted ; and a general feeling of good will, and scar' expressions of esteem, were the distinguishing charge' teristics of the joyous proceedings. • The Hampshire Independent has a strange memoir of a hall-brother of Sir Edward Knatchbull, who was ere' cuted in February last, fur a murder, at Sydney, in l'l!t South Wales. John Knatchb u ll, a son o f t h e late 7,," Edward, by a second marri age was t ransported in 18'4_1 for a robbery at Vauxh a ll G ar d ens , un d er the assu me' name of John Fitch. He was always of violent temper' and when he rose from the rank of midshipman, having early entered the navy, to the commander of a ten-gal l brig, his conduct was so tyrannical that he was brought to a court martial, cashiered, and declared incompetent 0 hold any commission in the King's service. He then, associated with the most profligate. By a p r etended marriage he succeeded in seducing the daughter of a eitl merchant ; having previously made simil ar v i c tims at l Bermuda. Halifax, and New York. In 1825 b e arrived at Sydney ; and soon obtained a ticket of leave, baying apprehended several runaways, who, from informatio n subsequently received, no doubt, were instigated to Ib o crime by Knatchbull himself. In 1831 h e was banished to Norfolk Island for seven years, for forgery ; after whic,' he returned to Sydney.' He was ulti ma t e l y execu t e d , the murder of Mrs. Jamieson ; the motive to his crim e having been a small amount of property which the t arifa' tunate woman possessed, and which was found on tb i murderer's person. The King of Saxony, after visiting Cambridge, arrive d at Chesterfield on Saturday week, and visited H ar dwick° Hall. proceeding on to Bakewell. On Sunday the KWg and his suite attended service at the Earl of Newburgh . chapel, and afterwards visited Chatsworth, spending seven hours in an inspection of the Duke of Devonshire's cele: brated conservatory. They then proceeded to Haddon Hall, and having viewed - that beautiful and unique strut' ture, returned to the Rutland Arms, at Bakewell, wher e they again passed the night. On Monday the King a( Saxony visited Buxton and afterwards Castleton, and wen t , through the caverns and minutely inspected the wonder s of that extraordinary locality. His Majesty then Pr'' • ceeded on to Matlock, sleeping at the Old Bath Hotel. On Tuesday the King visited the Museums at Matlo 4 Bath, and then passed on to the railway station at Derby proceeding by train to Birmingham, where horses 'gra fi ordered to be in readiness to take him to the Soho man?: factory. From Birmingham his Majesty proceeded t: Warwick Castle. On Wednesday evening his Majea" arrived at Leamington, and on the following m orale( viewed the town, soon after which his Majesty depart is for Oxford, via Stratford-on-Avon and Bl e nheim. PI Majesty arrived at Oxford on Friday, and was conducte d by the Vice-Chancellor over the colleges, libraries, &c. His Majesty took his departure from Oxford on SatUrdaP r THE MORALITY OF THE TURF.—In the Cop— t Of Exchequer, on Tuesday last, an action for an assault was tried before Mr. Baron Rolfe. Mr. Wood, a sporting man, sought to recover damages for having been forcibli ejected from the Grand Stand at Doncaster, during th e races last year. The action was brought aainst Lea d ' bitter, the well known London police officer, but it WO defended with the sanction of the jockey club, by the Earl of Eglintoun, the steward of the races, under whole _ directions the ejection took place. It seems that tin plaintiff purchased for a guinea a ticket to the Grand Stand, but shortly after he had been admitted he was de sired to withdraw by Leadbitter, acting under the direr' tions of Lord Eglintoun, and on the plaintiff's refusal In was gently handed out by the officer, which constituted the alleged assault. It appeared that the plaintiff Was what is called a " defaulter" on the turf,,and..before Llitf Derby l perso n named Harker to bet for him on commissiao . That authority was given, and before the races plaintig w that he had backed Coronation i n seve re heavy bets t oßace,sain 1841, he had solicited authority from with some of the leading men on the turf; but when, contrary to his expectation, Coronation had won th e race, he confessed that he had no made such bets. If Coronation had lost, the plaintiff would have poc keted a large sum without risk at the expense of Harker. Th e jury found a verdict fur the defendant, on the plea of jog" tification. SUICIDE OF A COURIER OF THE KING OF HANOVII I. —Whilst the steam-ship Caledonia was on her last passal to Hatnburgh, the greatest sensation was produ ced amongst the passengers by the following melancholy oc." currence :—On board was a Mr. T. Italphs, courier to Hanoverian Majesty, the bearer of despatches from be r . Majesty to his royal master. He left St. James's Palac e on the night of last Friday week, and proceeded on boartlf but owing to some unexplained cause he would never 111 with the chief cabin passengers, but preferred living a% conversing with those in the forepart of the vessel. nine o'clock in the evening the steamer anchored at the Stade, and shortly afterwards he partook of a glass 0 brandy and water with the steward. Soon after ' V° o'clock on the following morning the vessel got ald er weigh, and proceeded up the river on her way to Han i i burgh, when the man was missed. The mate then We ° in search of him, and having gone to the door of the TIP ter-closet, and finding it locked on the inside, and receig; ing no answer to his knocking, with the assistance of sailor, broke it open, and found Mr. ltalphs a corpse, b; throat being frightfully cut in several places. The unholy man had evidently first cut himself with his right hart" and finding the wound ineffectual, had infl cted a nothe r gash on the other side of his throat, and death not follovr; ing so speedily as he desired, it was apparent that he ha' sat down on the seat and bled to death. A piece of paPe r .: ' on which the following was written, was found in 131 ' pockets :—" Take care of my child, for Thomas Italp1 01 " his last request ; Frankland and Churchill have been the cause of this. God bless you all." BREAD IN PARIS AND LONDON. — The style of dojo% business in this country is vastly different to what it is ill France, and over the Continent generally, and, as 06 suppose the paid agitators of the League must get some thing else to agitate upon, we should recommend them tv look into this matter, if they are really solicitous, as thel profess to be, for the interests of the operatives and the , poorer classes of society. It would be new and about a; useful as their present object. What we allude to he e been repeatedly displayed in the reports from Paris of t`.` prices of corn, flour, and bread, relatively to the prices q , this country. These tables are to this effect, that vib l ' the price of wheat in London market may b e t en p e rcen t ` higher than that of Paris, the price of fl our i s t wen ty P. cent. higher, and of bread thirty p er cen t. hi g h er in t1 ",.„ - i former than in the latter capital. And it would th e appear, that to whatever causes the different relative pri ce ' of bread in the two markets is to be attributed, the blani e j if blame there be, of the price being higher in Eng larl , than in France, is attributable but in a moderate d e g rc : to the corn growers, while the profits of millers and ba ker : in this country constitute the chief part of the differ enc : complained of. If the gentlemen of the League posses that love of justice and fair dealing which they p r otest they will surely devote some part of their attention the investigation of this branch o f the subject, as it oug ht to be a matter of perfect in difference to them whether the poor consumer is wronged by the landholder, the mill e h r t ; or the baker. We shall venture to say, however, t".. ‘ i L netahgeuepr w o i fi ll ts no t t h ag ey it r a e t a e li i z n e, th h e o m w a e t v t e e r r. higAhlilltehrosseannid may y aT i are on a par with themselves, and enjoy their symP st he ßi It is the aristocracy they fix upon as their game. bu t so far, at least, they have shown themselves wofully uu their level. ARRIVALS OF GUANO.—Two cargoes of this f e rtili%.,. er ; the property of M essrs. B an k s of Haddinaton, have.,7e, rived at the p or t o f B erw i c k w i t hi n t h e last few OW one, per the Clif ton , f rom I c h a b oe , an d t h e ot h er , P er of Leo, from Chincha, or the Bug Islands. The c aptaie the latter states th a t he loaded his vessel (about 420 te e A in 48 ho urs , t h e guano l y i ng as thi c k as 300 feet; ebt that, had it not been for the trouble of stowing, it 1 13 '.: 1 0 have been done in four or five hours. The guano `; 0 0 conveyed to the hold of the vessel by means of ca n ! 0 hose. The Bug Islands are three in number, alauti''., miles off Pisco, in lat. 14 23 S., long. 76 13. Therqf rock in the centre of the middle island, which is Intl( mile in diameter. The rock stands as a sort of lan dre o , in the ocean. The rock appeared to be a kind of wit o re ed boulder, so hard that the crew were unable to P ruy tho a fragment of it. The captain visited only two offer islands, and states that the air was very strongly ireP w ith nated with ammonia. The coast of Peru a bouncls, o ti. the article. He describes labour in general to be P e o; ful, and to be had at about 3s. a day English re°: 30 but he had to wait a month for his turn, as there wel'iace vessels there. The population is principally a mix eu d, of Spaniards and Pei uvians, speaking Spanish, ,en of the present undisturbed state of the country. len big arrivalplunder. at Ichaboe captainhne the vessels of the t Clifton hat w e re says th e n itnhaidt no bto a r appointed a commodore, that the allotment of guerwarol each vessel was then at the rate of one foot per rea. l3 ' o oll that it took him two months to load. The island 11 1 t he three quarters of a mile in circumference, and wh` w ent Clifton h left there e were d fifty d tn vessels fn u loading, hes the allai a 0 ° o t . 1; was supposed that all the guano wou ld be c arr ied by these vessels.—Berwick Warder. J \_ He mark Mer e kitk bey mark op T bear] Mari Pr ket, tan tle bat 40i Lag. Sc, v•h i ' 114'1