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iLtttrarurc. POE'I'RY. SWEET BUDS, YE ARE BURSTING. The following beautifol s'anris were written in the spring of last year. by r. ROBERT ,TORY, author of The Isles are Awa:.e." a d several other stirring and animated pieces of poetry The author is a title 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. shoo d have ex.en.led to him their protection. We. are glad to say tam Sir Robert Peel. some time ago, conferred upon the hot* au 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 re touched with delight, By your promise of spring and het beanties again But my heart yet, Oh no ! I will welcome ye still, Sweet heralds 01 joy—not to me or to mine : For. talk of bright days to the world as ye will, To us ye , peak neither of bloom nor of shine. No summer to me shall the summer restore. But one comfortless desert all wintry qnd hare; And hopeless, an , heartless, and nerveless. no more I battle with fortune, or cop with despair. Perchance too much heat in the advocate woke: 'fwas ar. ; for lam not, and ca. not be, one Who flings o'er his thoughts and opinions a cloak, Standing fair with all parties, but skiing with none. Yet I sang not for party, though p rtisan cAled; But l sun.• what I test—wh t each Briton should feel, When at archy threatened and peril appalled— • My arty, my country ; my motive, her weal! And for this lam crushed! Yet I blame not the men, Destructives. indignant at missi-g their end : It is human to crush an oppon nt ; nut then Is it n3t so to shield and to succour a friend? It is, and 'tuere godli e, and worthy of those V►ho have gained the high tower of their hopes, to declare That each step of the ladder oy w ich the) arose, The lowest—the weasest—may challenge their care. Vain hope ! The protection to principle due, Some rebel may Ket ; nut the patriut and bard Shall die--bearinz witness that loyalty true Is its own—and is ever its only reward! N 0 1' I C E S. The Library of Travel. We have received Part I. of a neat and interesting wo rk under this title, Ming " A po,iular Description of Foreign Countries, ediied by Walter K. Kelly," and have been much pl•ase.i with a hasty glance at its pages. It is ex ceedingly well, and, we may add, elegantly written, the object of Vie editor being to supply the very gist and mar row of the neat modern narratives of travel and adven ture, with reminiscences cf the past; and judging from the sp-cimen before us, we should say th,t he deserves the highest success. This part is occupied with Syria, and mare especially Beyrout, tclig the commencement of " Syria and the Holy Land." Tne appearance of the country--the town—the varied and motley inhabitants, and their equally varied and somewhat antagonist man ners and customs, are all intere4'ngly 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, Br.c. In the prospectus forming the cover, the editor states— "Topography - , archaeology, and all other matters that come within the sc , ipe of a traveller's speculations, will enter of course iiit the composition of our mosaic; but they will be treatei popularly, and al.vays with reference to the main purpose of the pu' lic.it on, which is to pre sent to the reader's imag,in mon, nut the bloodless ab stractions of science, but the Lying and breathing forms of nature and of men. In a word, it wilt 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 feature. of nature and of art in distant lands—'he 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.'' Au extract or two will be found elsewhere. Blackwood's Magazine. There are several exeellent articles in the number for the present mouth, chiefly, however, of a solid character, with a rather smaller sprinkling than usual of those of a light and amusinz vein. The first is No. 1. of a series of papers on " Imprisonment and Taaneportation," with re ference, in this ins: ante more especially, to the " Increase of Crime." Tne author, we th nk, takes rather a gloomy view of the subject, imputing—on the authority of some. whet exclusive statistics the real accuracy of which may be questioned, if indeed tney be nor. 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 olbi r towns state. on the contrary, that—urobably 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 ti:e same period last year. Our author by no means apprie es of tie recent relaxa:ions in our penal code, which ne cousiders 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 difficeit 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, h-s effectel hut a negative amelioration, if any at all ; for the heart mu,t be improved by religious and moral trainine, as well as tee head, before men in a dense and naturally vicious state of society can be re claimed. Toe mete mechanicol 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., arid the means requisite for the diminu tion of (trine. He will tail to convince us if he do not include religions instruct on, and the putting down, if possible, of the too g-neral resort te the intemperate use ; of intoxicating liqu rs, wi.h its coneomita it evils of reck• leesness and domestic improvidence.—" The Rhine and Rhtnelan 'era " w:ll be read with intere=t, especially by cont neat I tourists. " The Munster Misery of Litera ture" is forcii,ly depict.d li-ei iffy production, how ever talentel, will command an adequate sum from a bookseller, unless it be spun out to " three volumes," to snit the ridiculous and inirmata• le taste of the circulating libraries. " The Memoirs of a statesman" is continued, and with increasing interest. There loan article on Indian affairs during the laet tew years, which places the whole within a glance, and vindicates Load Ellenborough. " The Freethinker" is well narrated, and, in conclusion, imparts an admir able moral to all would-be atheists. " Love in the Wilderness" is not much to our taste, but de gustibus, &o. Finally, there is a paper on the Land lord end Tenant question in Ireland. showing that the owners of the soil in toat c untry have been most grossly maligned by the partisan O'Connell press ; that the al leged extol tons in rent have no existeece ; and that the sufferings and discont e nt of the Irish peasantry must have their origin-end continuance in far different causes. Some extracts will tie found elseehere. SELECTIONS. SCENE IN THE THEATRE, HOBART TOWN.—Mrs. Clarke has adopted an excellent method of preventing blwkguardisit in the boxr.s of her th•atre, and it says much for tue " lower orders," that it is found in no other part of the hou-e. On Monday eveni , g, four drunken blackguards, who had as.umed the chtvacier (masquerad ing is all the feshi , m) of g'nflemen, not only annoyed the audience and I t r lily stopped the performance by their continued int( riu l ition, 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 ore of her fine-t .nnits. The s, irited lessee then being in the " costume" 07 Maeheath, wi h the whip in her hind, without a mot, e it's delay, went round to the box. and whipped the tat Icznalds out! It was well done. Murray's Austral Asiatic Review. CH ARACTER OF THE PEOPLE OF fIINDOSTAN.—It is a problem to this n on - tent, wh- tin r the cl - uracter of a peo- ple is formed by the government or influenced by the cha racter of the re - n If the former proposition were ad- mitted, the Et gli-h would have slight cause for selfgratu lation ; fOr, c orsidered in the there is not a people in the world who are so aide diAinguisi.ed by the virtues which adorn the i•unrvn tae- as the inhabitants of Hindos tan. They are not isis.msible to the natural affections, nor are the examples they pres?mt of patience and resigns lion under calamity. and cha ity in the b stowal of alms, by any means . are : but the per contra exhibits a selfish. nesa, a sensualitv,a c ,wardiee, a degree :f avarice.cunning, falsehood, malevolence, prejudice, rtrress, and a host of minor vices, with which it is needless to swell our catalogue; stht tat-re are hrbliatit instances of exceptions to the ordinary rule. The charge of suaineness does not lie at the door of the pharasee—he is industrious and energetic, and renerous 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. —Stoequeller's Hand-Book of India. Mn. MONTAGUE'S MURDER.—A 9 the sunlight died sway, and evening fell upon the wood. he entered it. Morin: here and there a bramble or a drooping bough which stretched across his path, he s'owly 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 ven or heard no more. Never more beheld by mortal rye, or heard by mortal esr : one man excepted. That man, p irting the leaves and branches on the other side. near where the path emerged again, came leapii.g nut soon aft e rwards. What had he left within the wood, that h- sprang out cf it, as if it were a bell! The body of a murder e d man. In one thick soli tary spat, it among the last year's leaves of oak and beech, joy as it had fallen headlong down. Sopping and 'soaking in amongst the leaves thatfirmed its pillow ; oozing down in tne boggy . ground, as it t o cover it se lf from hump% sight ; forcin.; Its way between an d t h roug h the curlinz lerive.i. as if those senseless things rejected and foreswore it, .lial were coiled up in abhorrence; went a dark, dark stain that dyed and scented the wh o l esm night fruit e trt to heaven. The rf thi s deed came leaping from th- wood so fiercely, that a- he cast into the air a shower of • frag'nent4 of young bough s , t orn away in big passage, and fll withviolence upon the grass. But tr be gckly gained boa feet again, and keeping u n d ernea th a hedge with ody bent, nt ranging n nn toward s th e r ,ad. The road °ore real , hed. he f , t to a rapid walk, and set on towards Loudon.—Marein WHAT IS THE . BEST VIEW FOR A. SICK ROONII? What, is the best kind or view for a sivk prisoner's dows to command ? I have chosen the sea, and ant 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 I”cau-e then the in-sti mable help of a telescope may be called in. Think of the difference to us between seeing from oar 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 countq. by means of telescope! But the chief ground of preference of the sea is less its space that, its motion, and the perpetual shifting of objects caused by it. There can be nothing in inland scenery which can give the sen,•e 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 thtre is something more life-tike in the going forth and return of ships, in the passage of and in the never-ending variety of a fishery.—EBB 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 uncertainty. 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 natives in every pro vince. In the hilly districts, goitre is very prevalent, arid ophthalmia afflicts myriads in the upper provinces, whet e the soil is sandy and the people careless of their 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 lite 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. afflict in fants so severely as the same maladies in England. Still, the mortality amongst the newly-born is considerable, in some measure from convulsions, teething, lever, &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- I tan : but its ravages are now diminishing, thanks to the philanthr , phic exertions of the medical officers in the Easf.lndia Company's service, who have zealously labour ed to introduce vaccination.—Seocqueller's Hand-Book of India. FRUITS or 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 inter-sting colony in the county of Kildare. Of the heroic enterprise of Mr. Naugle 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 oar bands a report from the D ngle 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 Keelnielchedar there are converts 80. Children at Keelmelcherlar 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 pod 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 cost no more than those which are harsh and piercing. But kind words are oftenmore valued than the mostcostly gifts— 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 manners, show an unfeeling heart.—Others use rough words out a an affection of frankness. They may be severe in their remarks—but then they claim that they are open and in dependent, and will not he trammelled. They are no flatterers, they say—and this they think excuse enough for all the cutting speech which they employ. Others wish to be thought witty—and they will with equal indif ference wound the feelings of friend or foe, to show their smartness. 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 oft-n wonders why his friends care so little for him, when from r thers they receive not half so mail favours. Some ar- 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 vOlich had escaped the less keen observations of ethers. They are always on the watch to spy out some fault in character, or in disposi tion, which others overlook, that they may appec.r 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.—ThOMRS Noon Talfourd is a native of Reading. His mother was the daughter of Mr. Thomas Noon, who was for thirty years the minis ter of the Independent congregation there. Accordingly he was instructed in their strict tenets, and his early edu cation was obtained at their school at Mill Hill ; but being removed to the puhlic school under Dr. Valpy, he there acquired a love of Shakspeare and the drama—for bidden ground to his native sect—aud 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 Motherhood 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 Prot •stant 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 Cohbett 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 aide 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 toe gloomy exagge rations of Lord Byron, who was then in the full blaze of Spirit of the Age' was not his popularity. 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 a Special Pleader. During his period of study he had assisted Mr. CI itty in his vo. luminous work on the Criminal Laws. The chief quar ters in which he carried on his literary labours, were no w in the " Retrospective Review,' a nd the Encyclortedia Metropolitan.' The articles on 'Homer,' on the Greek Tragedians,' and ' Greek Lyric Poets, in the latter were written by him. He began his c•innection with the' New Monthly' in 1820, and continued to furnish the dramatic criticisms, besides other papers, in that magazine for the twelve years. He subsequently wr ote in Edinburgh.le d in 1826 Review' and London M zinc,' a nd published a Memoir of Mrs. Radcliffe, prefixe d to her posthumous was work of Gaston de Blondeville.' Mr. Tallier in called to the bar by the Society of the Middle Temple daufiter o John 1821, and joined the Oxford Circuit and Berks•l f re Ses sions. In 1822 he married Rachel, Powell Rutt, Esq. a name well known to political re formers. The gradual exteo•ion of his professional en gagements through the circuit, iod-ced him 0 ' retire f the sessions at the expiration of twelve years, wh he en rom was called to the d , gree of `erg wit —thy very in which he wrote hi; tragedy of " New Spirit of the Age." .arue year INDISCRIMINATING HUMANITY OF MEDICAL MEN. —Dr. Anthony Petit, reproached upon a certain occasion by the Qwten. Marie Antoin-tte, for not ,ippearing at. Vet - sallies, as had been expec.:ed, 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 tested the child with grener care and at tent on than if he had been the son of one of your Ma jesty's gr mms " 11. AI ago, Elope de Bailly. THE AMERICAN CODE OF HONONE.—The American system of duelling is quite different from ours. andiar more consistent aed ra tonal : they never think of apolo gies on the g roun d, or fi r i ng i n th e a i r , or se perating after a harmless i n t erc h ange o f s h ots , w hi c h, in England, throw an air of a b sur jty over mos t pr o ceedings of the kind. In A mer i ca th ey " mean b us i nes s," 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 shot till the desired effect is produced (the newspapers gave an account of a duel where the parties ffred six times each). The challenged has the choice of weapons; and pistols, muskets, or rifles are usually selected. Not long since a well-known individual, who, I see, figured as second in an affair that took place abou a month ago, challenged another man who had objected to his vote at an election for personation ( which, of course, involved a charge of perjury,) to walk arm-in-arm from the top of the 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 o , 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 g-ierally 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 ontl ty than the labour required to open drains, and level it—we see scarcely any efforts made at improvement. A Scatchman, 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 r-compence fur 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 hacks of the ditches, in the profitable em ployment of adding to what ought to he, if he had in dustry, his already too small hol ling. 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 guaraateed its possession by law for ten years after the first crop, at .a nominal rent of one shilling the acre, it might he an inducement to the tenant to la boor: it could he no loss to the landlord, as, if still left in a state of nature it would be usele , s to him, and a'ter the expiration of the time guaranteed the tenan as remu neration for his trouble, the h.nefit w uld be his exclu sively. In the case of a tenant-at-ails, 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 hold effected, or an allow ance tor the 10-s of the crops which, ha , l he remained, he 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 SCRITTUIFtAt Ebt/CATION.—The following most touching incident w:.s related by the Dean of :fork, with a view to the practical illustration of this part of the national system :—** About four years ago an ten odiy 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, wi he wished that he should devote his whole time to arithmetic. Wben 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 West to his soul. It so happened, after a short time. that the child, by a fall from a cart, had a limb frartur-d, which he survived only thirty hours, having died at a lodging-hartse in Ban don. Believing death to be near, he sent for his father, that father who had owe 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 rilne.t, which is, that you wiL daily read the Scriptures, with prayer to God to bless them to your sal; ation ; for remember r father, eairng our selves Christians. and saying we believe in Christ, will not save us. No. We mast have that faith in Christ, which is wrought by the Holy Spirit in our souls, and which alone can convert us, arid bring us to heaven.' The poor father was so overrow , red by the dying request of his child, that his opposition to scriptural education gave way ; and the evening of the funeral he sent one pound to tha school, a. 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."—Dublin University Magazine. Tuz VALLEY OF Mexico.—COneeiVe yourself placed' on a mount4in nearly two thousand feet 'those the vatey, 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 transwrently pure, that the r'motest 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 va ley 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 14nd and water. The 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 la ‘• 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 vallis 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 pas.ing vapour chequered the fields, and sailing off again, left the whole one bright mass of verdure and water—hinging out clearlv the domes of 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. Yt t ne 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 na'ure was again beginning to assert her empire —vast, solitary, and inelarichely. There wire no sails—no steamers on the hikes, no smoke over the vil— lages, no people at labour in the fields, no horsemen,„ coaches, or travellers, but ours ,, lves. 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, sate 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 heard from among the dark and solemn pines.—Mexico as it was and as it is. Loan ELLENBOROU GIL—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 diffintlties to combat, as Lord Ellenborough ; few. if any, of his predtcessors have had their actions, their mo tives, and even their words, expos-d to such an un sparing measure of malicious animadversion and wil!ul misconstruction ; yet none have passed so triumphantly through the ordeal of expefence. 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, therefore, 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 front 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 court 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 gentey 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 revel-d, 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 in to effect—success of which the merit is thus due to himself alone, and to the liberty of within 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, he will merit to be handed down to posterity by the side of Clive and Haitiogs." The task has been nobly undertaken and gallantly carried through; and though time alone can show how far the {.resent improved allect of Indian affairs may he destined to permanency. Lord Ellenborouo is a' least justly en, titled t a the merit of having wrought the c h an ge, as far es it rests with one man to do liv the firm and feall-ss energy with wh:ch he addres e I himself to the er,tcrprile, —lndian Affairs in Blackwood. THE LIVERPOOL STANtIARfi. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Half-past Six o'clock. BY EXPRESS. DUBLIN COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Monday, May 6th. All the avenues to the Queen's Bench were crowded from an early hour this morning; the listlessness which had so strongly characterized the public during the de livery of the long-winded and time• killing harangues of the traversers' counsel, having, now that there appeared some probabilty of judgment being pronounced this term, given way to an intense anxiety to ascertain the result. By eleven o'clock, the hour at which the full court usually sit, every disposable inch of room in every part of the Court was occupied. The front of the gallery was filled with ladies. None of the members of the Court appeared at the usual hour, which caused much disappointment to the public curiosity. Twelve o'clock came, and still their Lordships remained absent. The ladies, the gentlemen of the bar, the press, and those liege subjects who are classed as the public at large, might be seen in little groups, en gaged in the most animated conversation on such topics as, what the Judges were now actually doing ? Whetber they were, or were not, arranging and discussing their judgment ? - However, all the various and interesting speculations— and they were numerous—were put an end to by the crier shouting " Silence ! " a few moments after which Mr. Justice Burton entered the court and took his seat, and in a few minutes was followed by Mr. Justice Crampton, and at a quarter past twelve o'clock the Lord Chief Jus tice took his seat, but Mr. Justice Perrin did not appear. The Attorney-General and several of the Crown counsel were present, together with the Crown Solicitor and Mr. Hodges, the Government reporter. Some of the counsel and agents for the traversers were in attendance, as also were Dr. Gray, the Rev. Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Steele, O'Connell's head pacificator. The CHIEF JUSTICE having inquired if Mr. Attorney- General wished to move any thing, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL bowed to the court, but bad no motion to make, upon which The CHIEF JUSTICE made the same inquiry of Mr. BREWSTER, Q. C., who rose and said, that in the case of Stringer v. Mac Donald, he had been instructed to apply to their lordships for a new trial. The motion was destitute of any feature of public in terest. Mr. Brewster's motion having been disposed of, for the present, upon a preliminary objection, The Court proceeded to call upon the Queen's Counsel present to move, according to their seniority, some of whom having availed them of the opportunity, one or two cases were heard, during the last of which Mr. Justice Perrin, who, it was understood, had been engaged with the Grand Jury in chamber daring the morning, entered the court, and took his seat amongst his learned brethren. After hearing two counsel on either side in support of the application, which was a renewal of a writ of habere, the Cowl - refused to grant what the plaintiff required, and gave their opinion at some lenuth on the subject, atter which the Court asked Mr. M`Danough if he had any thing else to move, who was not at present prepared to move anything. The same question was put to Mr. Soott, Q.C., and to Sir Thomas Staples, Q.C., both of whom similarly &dined. The Chief-Jtc•tice then addressing Mr. French, Q.C., said, have yt,u anything to move? upon which the learned gentleman, making a low bow to the bench, immediately rose from his seat, and moved himself out of Court, amidst peals of laughter at the learned counsel's mode of answering the question, in which the Bench heartily joined. Half-past Three o'clock. The Court, with the most provoking indifference to the curiosity of the public, have not as yet said a syllable on tree subject of the traverser' motion. Half -past Four o'clock. The Court bas just adjourned, without announcing•when they will pronounce their judgment in the case or the Queen v. O'Connell. On 'Wednesday the Term endi, so that it is to be feared the decision will not be giveePtill next Term. The rent recei►ed at the Repeal Association to-day we .£2481.- THIRD EDITION. Standard-office, Eleven o'clock. LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT, &c. HOUSE' OF COMMONS.. On the rootion , of Sir H. DOUGLAS, the report on the Gives pool Fire Prevention Bill was brought up and agreed to. BANE or ENGLAND CHARTERS Mr. Greene in the chair. Sir R. Part then rose and addressed the house on the important subject of the Bank charter. In 1833 there had been a renewal of the charter to the 1,4-riot) of 1855; but a rower was reserved by parliament to recon.ider the charter wi hin ten years, which period would exp r August next, and if that time was passed by t •the present charter would continue until'lBss. It was therefore un der these circumstances that the government wished to lay their views and plans before the legislature, and he hoped the most impartial attention would be paid to th s great subject. He did not as the House of COmnions o come to any decision then, he only asked members to near the arguments which would be offered, and well consider the resolutions which would be proposed. He-asked for no decision on the present ocoasion, but that the resolu tions might be onnsidered pre forma and attentively in quired. into (bear.) He honed no hon. member would come to the discussion on this-great question with preju dit-ed feelings (bear, hear;) He trusted that nothing which had taken place at public mee ings would bias their judgment (hear.) His first proposition related to the issue of promissory notes, and he trusted that proposition would he fully and maturely discussed before any decision was pronounced (hear.) He courted discussion on the mea sure and value of the standard coin and the principle of paper. currency. The right hoe. bart. then took-a review of the changes which had been made in the currency from the time-of William the Conqueror to the present period. DREADFUL ACCIDENT-ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOS'', NEAR LLANELLY.. (From the 'Welshman of Saturday.) A most dreadful accident occurred yesterday in, a col liery near• Llanelly. It appears from the partibulars we have been able to. gather, that between two and three o'cLrck yesterday afternoon the engine in the Penbwleh gw.yu.collierv. about two miles from Llanelly, caught fire. After a. shoat time the engine with a tremendous crash fell into the pit, shutting out ev,ry chance of escape for the hundred men and children who were working in the pit. All attempts to put oat the flames were vain. Ex ertions to extricate the sufferers were used incessantly. but at eight o'clock last night not one of theroswas got out of the pit. L: is much to.be feared, therefore, that every soutahas perished. A Court of Directors was held at the East Iwlia House yesterdays, when Lieut.-Genera the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, K.C.R., was appointed unanimously Governor-General of India. It is, rumoured that Sir George Clerk will probably succeed Sir Henry Hardiuge as secretary at War. In the French Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday, M. Guizot declared, on the pre • entaiion of a , petition on the suhj.-ct, that it was the intention of the goyernmeat to abolish negro slavery in the French colonies,. and that in so doing they should be•guided by the example and expe r:ence ut Great Britain. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Earl Howe has been appointed Deputy, Grand Master of the Engli h Freemasons, under the Earl of Zetland. John Toplis. tobacconist, of London, was, on Tnursday last, fined £3OO for having adul!erated tobacco with sand, earthy matter, &e. 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 Baeshot, 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 horn Woolwich on board the Pr,ncess Alice steam-packet, and sailed for Ostend. THE BARK H A RVEST.—Bark stripping has commenced generally throughout this county, and two loads were delivered in this city on Thursday. Toe price is not fixed, but is generally thought to he £4 15s. per ton. —Hereford Times. Sir it. and Lady &de will arrive in England this week as passengers in the Great Liverpool. from Alexandria, which is due at Southampton on the Sth instant. Lady George Pollock, the wile of the hero of Affghanistan, ar rived in town on Friday from India. THR Corivicir AT YORK.—An order has been issued that George Lowther, wh•o was c mvioted at the last assizes of the murder of the M.rquis of Not manby's gArne keg per, and sentenced to be executed, suall be transported for life. PROSPECTS FOR GOVERNMENT APPLICANTS.— Sir Robert Peel t•ta.ed. in the c ur:.e of Tuesday's proceed-. ings in the House of Commo.l4, that there are no fewer than 22,000 applicants fur government situations. Out of this enormous mul itude, how many have a chance of ob taining the object of thrir wishes? Taw EGG TRA.DE.—To give an idea of the extent of this liftmen of trade, it may be stated that rh• Nr ittcePf Arise, in m Dublin to Plc. twootl, on Sunday, brought y-eight tons, or about 700,000 eggs ! The whole wete des •• , ^hed by railway to MiaClltS.cr, 041,400 M, and Lot don, 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. Autaire, 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 infiuent;al body was held on Monday, at Exeter Hall. The Right Hon. Sir G. Rose. G.C.B , filled the chair. The s; - ;ciety has at pre sent 274 stations in various parts of the world, 387 mis sionaries, 1,640 other paid agents, 4.884 unpaid agents, 101,137 full and accredited church members. 5.066 per-ons on trial for membership, 64,307 scholars. and seren print ing presses. The gross receipts during the year 18-13, 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.—On 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 Westhy. 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. Westhy'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 CHERR MATCH.—The terms fora new match between Mr. Staunton and M. St. Amant 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 pray 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 shill on every occasion be fined a guinea. The match shall also be Waved 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 pitty king's pawn two squares." MR. DYCE SOMBRE —lt is well known to most of our readers that Mr. Dyce Sombre vas been residiur for some time past at Paris, where he has-been giving a series of entertainments to the elite of thaVcity. He has alSo le' en received tq Louis Philippe at the' Tuileries. Being strongly impressed with a conviction of the inju`stite of the decision by which he was declared to be incapable of ma naging his affltirs, he consulted some of the first medical authorities in Paris. An army of Fiench physicians•after lengthened examinations, long repoitS of which have appeared in the public journals, have decided—" That from the apprekiation 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. Dyre Sombre is in full possession of his intellectual and effective faculties,. that the movements of jealousy, the tenacity of which are revealed in several expressions of Mr. Dayce 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. • Dyee 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 pres2nted to the Court of Chancery, to set aside the finding of ihe commission, which was argued on Friday, when the Lord Chan•cllcr 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 TN' CRESTER.—On Sunday after noon last, some scoundrels brake into a house adjoining the city walls, near the race course, in the occupation of the Misses Foulkes. It appear.-d 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 domestics at Church. Every room in the house-was ransacked the principal booty obtainedliv the robbers consisted Of a large quantity of jewellery. Among'the articles stolen were a gold maltese fine chain about two yards, and a tortige shell and g' ld eye - -glass appended; a new gold chain ;. a pair of bracelets ; :one agate, cut in circles, and other . different eems ; 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 br och ; a 'brooch, green stones and socket, Ste., appended ; and old-fashioned ring, set with small g.trnets • a ring with small diamond in the centre, on eachside of it topaz and pearl ; a ring set round with. pearl. and other small brooches ; tortoise shell and gold eye glass.. The thieves left bahind 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 ',Avant. ART-UNIONS. — On Saturday ; week a general meeting of artists took place in London on the subject of the in terferenee •of government with .the Art-Unions. Mi. Wyse, 111. P:, who WAS in the chair, spoke at great length, on the advantages of these institutions. and appeared to entertaina confident op , nion that the legislature willrhe disposed to interfere in their faVour. It w.ts 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 have fully proved how much' may be accomplished by the principle of asso ciation, wilt devise some other means by which the same. advantage may he secured. The editor of the Art-Uni6n (in the number for May) urges upon all who are favorable to thesasocieties, that an effiirt to place them neon a firm basis should be at once made. He says : " The stoppage of Art-Unions will he to British Art a heavy blow and.' great discouragement.' Butlet-us not anticipate so terri ble an evil. We shall wait at least for the next step- It must. het .ken ere long. The personal feeling of the pre mier will be tantamount to a decision of the matter- No man, statesman or private gent eman, is more universally esteemed for his love of the arts and his desire ta foster all thiiigs that tend to elevate the character, refine the mind, and promote rational:enjoyment. If he opposes a well-dig .sted scheme—should such a one be submitted to him—for placing Art-Unions on a firm principle and a safe foundation, we shalt at once• conclude that he is pre paring some plan by which the British Government will sustain and encourage Btitish 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 imother 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 sanntioning 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 he referred it. was.stated that, taking,4l2 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 coosidered, in the first place, that not one-half of the working population was accounted for. In the mills enumerated 1.16,281 persons w i mt i i i ri g licv)ld i -1 , fa thatthe r were said to be emol , yed, and of these account was taken of only 55,1.69 ; 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 tor women, and the great preponderance of those in the mills being under 21) were left unaccounted for. (Cheers.) Surely it was at least as important that female lahow in factories should he protected when under 21 as when, above that age. (Cheers.) There was another misstatement in that paper, which must be expos 'd as one of the most dehb 'rate and wicked attempts to delude the country he had ever known. Tne statement was this —that since 18,:i3strtiolitesreofhyadorkbtsTInirenaondreLduacnteiainhiorfe 7Waagge: beyond 2d. per p he e a ri d od pe b r e w en eek re . du (C ce r d ies at of le :W t 2 h s a . t aot.e perr') Yes, a lie ind?ed it was, and a most atroci,us one ton„ which i r c ii h ch h o a , d si l a x te d l a y y b s been running the ,ek ; fr a o n in twi 13 ,i_l a r i e f : p iki a nn s we t w 5 w a . m hl h n e a a dt d hse p b,ic r cbet w t Fe ' k it . (Cheers.) He knew a mill at Holland -Im,mill h e l ,, e 7 s r ot a , fe t a i r d t n sh d i l 8 hours a day Shame !,,) r l da , :p g iavi t led h i rt i th, i . : i g r r t i would be consulting their best tf (Cheers) The c a h n T d a ti t se t i te interests of society at large, by rro nriciguliBikrire:lnll—irevelllgsgnie regulation. int s h SP o S i d a t t d e ; (I: . ( 7 1 ny yet t t m ir me rig ro h r tEf . getting the Teo Hpuns Bill. May 7 Is4l SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES. TUESDAY. A PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES Of 50 Soya each, hit, colts Bst 41b, fillies Bst; two miles ; 10 subs. , Mr, ftlostyti's br c Brunel by Velocipede.... (Holmes) Sir R. Bulkeley's blf Coal-black Rose.4G.Whitehouse) 2 A MATCH 49 soya each, p:p.; mile and half. • Mr. Smith's b g Tnbalcatn, aged. get„ (Copeland) . 1. Mr. Colle•t's br h Rory O'More.a4ed 9st.(Whitehoube) 2 Even betting, and 5 to 4 on Rory ()Wore. A SWEEPSTAKES of 25 -oys each, for two years colts; 8-t 51b, fillies Bst 21n ; half a mile ; 12 subs: Mr. Worthington's ch f Lancashire Wit c h .. (O a tes) 1 Mr. Smith's gr f Alice Gray .. . - Six others started. A SWEEPSTAKES Of 5 sovs each, with 50 sovs added bl the Proprietors of the Grand Ftand, for horses th at never won before the day of entry for the Plate Heats, one mile and a half; three years old 6st 101Ih four Bst 21b. five Bst 81b, six and aged Bst 121 b; wa rt° and geldings allowed 31b.; 5 subs. Mr. Daw,.o 's b e Daft Wa•tv , 4 yrs.. Mr. Speed's ch gWalron, 3 yrs • .(Abdale) 1 2. Mr. Wilson's be by Ham' ton, 3 yrs .. (Darl•ng) 2 do. Sir R. Pigot's ch f by Dr. Faustus, 3 years (Arthur) 3 d WEDNESDAY. The DEE STAND CUP, in specie, by suhscription of 15 soya each, with 50 sovs added by the Dee Stand Pro' prit tors. Three-year•olds 6st ; four, Bst 21b; frfe' Bst 12 1 b; six, 9st 2lb ; and aged 9st 41b. Once row ' and a distance. (7 subs.) I Mr. Meiklam's br c Best of Three,3 yrs .... (Abdsle, Lord Westminster's hr f Phytne, 4 yrs .. (Templentsn) 5 6t04 on Best of Three. rhyme took the lead ;at 14 distance Ahdale challenged, soon defeated Phyrne, en' won, hard held, by two lengths. _ The TRADESMAN PLATE of 200 seita in specie, added W a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 sous ' Two wiles and a quarter. Second horse to save to' stake. (94 subs.) st lb 4 0 Duke of Richmond's b c Red Deef.. fKitchener) 9 8 Mr. Plummer's b m Alice Hawthorn (Hesseitine) 7 3 Mr. Stephenson's ch c Freed ,, m •• -. (Nast) 5 7 8 Mr. Mostyn's ch c General Pollock..(Cartwright) 4 . 8 6 Mr. W ra th er's b c Nutwith 8 5 Colonel Cr a ddo c k's b h Pagan .....(Ternplernan 0 7 11 Mr. Collett's b h Cattonite 7 10 Lord Eglingtorr'sbr h Jamie Porest...(J. gpwlett) 0 7 0 Lord G. Rentinck's b c Bramble.... (S. Rogers) 0 7 5 Mr. Worthington's br c Hoot , m (Oyes) g 7 5 Mr. W. Dawson's br c Merry Andrew (Buslaby) ° 7 4 Mr. W. W. Wyrrit'S ch c Rowland (Mahn) 0 7 4 Mr. Igoe's eh g The Broken Down.... (Dodg,,on) 0 7 3 Mr. F. A. Milbank r s b g 7 2 Mr. Graydon's br h Roscio . (J. Williams) 0 , 7 1 Mr. j'oke's br m Ermengardis ..... (G. Francis)' O ; 7 0 Mr. Gough's b g Greenfinch... (Denman)" v a , 6 13 Sir W. Stanley's ch g (Petit v 7 12 Mr. Bristow's b c Pitaroali • (Crouch Ir 6 8 Lord Westminster's b g M . artyr.,.... (Copeland !, 6 8 Mr. Speed's gr c Everton . (Darling, jun) . 1 / 6 4 Mr. Owett's b c Xanthos . ... .....(Brahath) 510 Lord Milltown's b f Birdeen . (Maiden) 0 5 10 Mr. R. J. Mostyn's ch f Miss Zags (W. Arthur) 0 5 0 Mr. H. Stebhing a br f Celeste (Langstaff) 0 ° 4 6 Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower • ~ (Abdale) i A most beau iful start took place at th e first go. Re* l'Per taking the lead, Everton second and . Ilt amble third. At the Castle-pole. first time round, Wed Deer increased. the pace. and led by several lengths, which he nvaintainee to the end, and won with the greatest ease by tern lengths. being most admirably ridden by little Kitcheney. .The old mare ran very game with all her weight. Roach* Arnanill, and Rowland trough np the rear. Celeste co" vied 2lb over. Evertor'. 31b, Broken Dawn 3ib. and Mils Miggs 811,. Celeste threw her jock opposite the tudge S chair, first time round., but he was not hurt.- Lord Gorge Bentinck brought the horses together in twolines, front and rear, and'after the race complimented thejorkies the highest terms. Valbe of the stakes, deducting' th e money to second. &c:, £1,420. BETTING REVOKE STARTIIcG.-3/ to 1 agst Red Pter,', sto to 1 agst Bramble, to 1 agst Pagan, lb to 1 eg" Nutwith, 15 to 1 agst Freedom, 15 to 1 agst Catto"i te ; 21 to 1 agst Jamie Forest; 25 to 1 first XllOllOO.- 25 to'v agst Everton, 25 th 1 apt Poli.-ck, 30 to 1 agst A - Hav r thorn, and long, odds eget any- other. SIXTY Gutstaits - .(clear) the gift of the members fcir the City Three-yeat-old colts,. Est 101 h ; fillies, Bst four, colts, Bsr 61b ; fillies, Sat 31b. Heats, once're'u n ands distance.- Mr. Meiklarn's br e Truebov,4qes .....(Templeman). 1, Mr. J. King's ch (Marlow) - 3 , " Mr. Jones's ch f Mystery, 4 yrs (W. Jones) 2.; THURSDAY. Her MAJESTY'S PtsTE of 100 Guineas. Three-year air 7vt 21b : four, 9st 263 ; five, lOst six and aged, lOst 511).; ' Thrive round. 'Mr.. Meiklsm's br c Trneboy, 4 yrs-- • . -f Te m p Sir R. W. Bulkeley r s. b' by Bay Middle ton, 5 yrs (D a rling, sen) 2 Two others-started. Woo y a head. The DEE STAKES 44'50 SOTS each , h. ft, with 200 sort; ' added by the Proprietors of the G iand ' Stand. Derby , weight. Grosvenor course. The owner of the second horve to receive 100 soya. (31 subs.) b c Cure, by Physician—Mor sel Lord Stanley's b c by Touchstone—Verbena . (Nat') 2 Five others started. b MARVULTIS of WESTMINEER'S PLATE, Value 100 SOTS in. —.--- specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 awn; each, h ft. One mile and a quarter. (16 antis.) Mr. Plummer's b m Alice Haw.horne, 6hyta (Temple man) 1 Mr. Meiklam's ch c Philifi e , 4 yrs (Lye) 2 Six others started. The &MING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30' soya added from the Racing Fund; - boats, the Grosvenor Course. The winner to be sold for 100 sous, if detnanded withia a quarter of an hour after the race. M mm y rr.. . sc rla moo ws i tuh : s : s n e ' b s h hh D m a ti ' e es oir ia ita n hz : .,6a y zey r r a ds . iw( .. 7.l . o7 ( yfi liE? ) 0 2 1 0 0 1 42 1 Mr. Tates ch m Sunflower, 6 ps (Tate) 0 2 3 d Dalesman the favourite. who took the load, and SP- Peered to he winning easy, when Jones. on Bedatinn , cam e up anddefeated the crack cleverly. Dalesman ca rr " e t 41b over. Seeond heat won in a canttf:,—Third hea cleverly:—Fourth easy. FRIDAY. We had again a most glorious day, a large comPani° and good' racing. The event came off as follow: — The ROODEE HANDICAP'STAKES of 10' sovs each, I ) ft ; with 30 sov s added, for three-year-olds th a t have Na during the week ; from the Two Mile Irt'st in (nearly mile.), Mr. Mbstyn's b f Lady Mice, 3 yrs ..... ....(Marlow) 1 Mr. J: King's ch c Yarrow ) $ (Franc' , Mr. Price's ch t Mis.y, 3"yrs Mr. Dawson's hr c Dalesman, 3 yrs.. (Lye) An excellent race, won by half a-head. • 50' A FAZE HANDIC A P STAMM; of 10 sons. each, with soya added by the Grand Stand Proprietors, for all age ° three quarters of a mile. (17 subs.) Mr. Dawson's br g LordiSaltonn, 3 yrs ...... (Irvine) a Mr. 13ristow's b c Freystrop, 3 yrs The CaI:SHIRE STALLS -of 25 sovs. each,. 15 ft, with 51 soya• added by the citizens of Chester. Toe eon° saved his stake. Mile and a half. 20'sabs. 1 Lord Meiklam's ch c Phili ), 4 (LYe , • Lord a , Sir b g Martyr, 5 yrs ...... (Maiden) 3., Sir C. Monck's br f Glossop, 4 yrs ...... (Irvine ) bf , The WIRRAL STAKES-Of 10 SCATS each % with 30 added • the Gentlemen of Wirral, for two and three-year-o taa? T.. 11 C. Second to save his stake. 7 sobs. r Hill'sM l4ld hEsu b :ers r , neboptumdtßeaumont,RhyeFsemsw bto-re c eiveiesyssmaakl b6e 3 iyhoyxl y gr sBRSrIB too, once- b tr . uo . nu( ro und do e r I a l b o ny w d (Calloway) Mr.Meiklarn's br c Best of Three, 3yrs ( Teloplenian) es . Thebr.r Lance.aGLteA Mr. King's ch c Del tmere, 4 vrs .y.4.sl.iris.d.dCGe( M Sir r * R M . . t Y B n o ' 8 1 k c e h l e D t.oF od nra, g sn so cyior 3 3 21311 • of PIANO-FonTus, r -Iti another column in our pan.; this day appears an advertisement from Mr. J. Bang' in r i i of Pembroke-place,rinnouncing an-enormous reductiell a i o the price, in consequence of extensive alterations that about to be made on his premises, of the numerous 60 1/ lent instruments he has on band. They are extft o6 worthy the attention of those about to purchase. . f. CARPET ESTABLISRMENT.WE were, the eitne. „ O / 6, much gratified by a visit to the carpet warehousesio Lord-street, recently re-established by Mr. Elba- it, stock of Brussel4 and other c.rpers, hearth-rags, etc:;,t, most extensive and select, showin-, a va4t iraprove ol :e • both in quality and pattern„in these beautiful and ful products of the modern , loom. Many of &lira and dining-room carpe ti ngs are noe l i n d es i gn . °' yet finest textare, and of the richest and most deliest e 'or enduring colours. Amongst the numerates rugs we c hol' ticed some with centre-Rteces a n d b or d er i ng, sO 9,; t he rably executed as to focus perfect pictures, equal t o in` most elaborate needle-work. The proprietor in ch°':. o ur, this locali y for his establish men t— near . the centre 0 ' c og shipping business—had: in view the greater convenieno;- the captains of vessels. and families residing in C1 1,9 , 11 ,.0$ and as he has det rasined, notwithstandinl the r : tUe great and continued advance in price of all articles ").' trade, to content himself with selling at the old oril i ai" confidently recommend all who would adorn their ciles at a Cheap rate to yis;t his etensive rooms. et'o ASSAULT.—On Sa'nrday an engineer upon the pool and Manchester Railway was summoned hei ° ,., l- 0101 Rushton, on a charge of having assaulted an elder heel named Jones, by striking him several blows on. t_h h e and face. Jones stated that, contrary to his "'"'bab'' against his consent, the defendant had been in tit s ; of courting his daughter and taking her out to "'"v i e w that, when he recently interfered, with the putting an end to the fellow's unwished-for . advaeL•ii'i„,ll' %as struck by him in the manner described. M r ' c o , t 4 ' ton ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 50s. al' io 0 1 ° 14 1 or, in dt fault, to he imprisoned one month ; and. - reo._ 6l so, he said Jones had a perfect right to exercised r t ' ost 'h e authority for the protection of his. daughter. a" n , a reb i l s ; defendant, if his intentions were pure and ho _..". should have gone openly and fairly to the c,.°..7 P' h t told him that he admired his daughter. auel a: 01 ' ..e d missi,n to nay his addresses to her, but be,. ti e exl o " . ,i t t to carry on an intimacy with her again ' b olus P vri..hes of her parent. The defendapj, atter the fine, watt discharged, i