The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-22 00:00:00

BARRY CORNWALL.

"His renowned songs have all the beauty, and
greater force and freshness than Moore's. His imagina-
tion is bold and vigorous, and his fancy throws around
his compositions the most luxurious tendrils, chatitened
with airily-hung flowers of thought.
"His larger poems resemble the bold stems of high-
soaring pines, through whose dark-fringed tops the
glittering moonbeams dart, and fall on the gleaming
leaves of the giant ivy wreaths entwining them, and on
the fanciful flowers of the sweet-scented woodbines, in-
termingled with and hanging out their waving tassels
from such dark coverts."

Charming as the songs of Barry Cornwall are to us,
we cannot, however, consent to hear him brought
into comparison with the author of the incom-
parable.. melodies.. Besides the foregoing, a multi.
plicity of other poets are enumerated and criticised,
such as Schiller, Pope, Goldsmith, Campbell, and
Chatterton ; and subsequently Alastor refers, to such
" high arguments" as the definition of time, or as the
relative position of man and nature, conveying his
more recondite notions upon creation and existence
through the medium of "an explanatory vision of
thought," in which he shadows out a forthcoming
poem, ‘entitled " The Enthusiast." From, what we
have already said of the volume before us, and from
the passages excerpted from its pages, we doubt, not
but that the reader will, with us, look for ward not
without curiosity for the appearance •of its successor.
"Excelsior" has, by its earnest spirit, won from us
our hopes for the success of " The Eathusiast."

A. HISTORY of MODERN WWES. By
..Cyrus Redding. Third/Edition. ~Henry Bohn.
Considering the sale, of a work as the only rational
critiiion.of its popularity,, it is, of ccurse,:manecessary
to obier.v.e, after mentioning that the present edition
is the third, that Mr. Redding's " History of 'Modern
Wines" is
.regarded by the public a Joeritorious.
Without any question, the volume lying before us is
the best eVer, penned upon the subject dearest to the
heart ottbeblicebanalian. It comprises not .merely the
original merits of the work, but a variety of additions
also; .and those, many of them, most delectable to
the bun vivant. In his preliminary chtip!.er the
writer gossips very delightfully about the Wines of
all times, ancient: and modern—wine being, as
entymelogy tells usl yin to the French, win to the
Anglo-Saxon, weirto the German, vinn to the
Dutchman, wyn to the Dane, vinum to the Roman,
vino to the Italian, vino also to the Spaniard, vinho
t
have been sentiments entertained towards it by man-
kind tdh
io n .
all
tligueBel Andoivo to the Greek—so similar
ages
and in .all climates! To render his
gossip upon the subject yet more, palatable, the author
indulges himself' now with a scrap frpm Ovid, now
with one from Martial, now with one from Horace,
trolling them out with an unmistakable gusto. Then
follow his admirable dissertations on the Vine and ou
the Vintage. Therein he tells us all about the matu-
rity of the grape, the mode of gathering it, the way
of pressing it, the treatment of it in the vat, the
course of ,ferthentatien, and all ' the subsequent pro-
cesses conducing to the glorious ultimatuin of a nectar
fit not, only for the consumption of men but of gods.
The wines of France, the most wonderful of all, are
enumerated by Mr. Redding with an evident admi-
ration ; and next he takes into account successively,
those of Spain, of.' the Canaries, of Germany, of SWit-
zerland, of Portugal, of Madeira, of Racy, of Hun-
gary, of Austria, of Styria, of Carinthia, of Greece,
of Persia, of the East, of. Africa, and of America.
'Ultimately be initiates the reader into all the mys-
teries of keeping wines, and lets thein into the secrets
also of their, adulteration and sophistiCation. The Ap-
pendix to the volume is especially valuable, and' here
and there are scattered throngh its pages some fay
elegant and classic illustrations.

MURRAY' S READINGS FOR THE RAIL.
Further instalments of this very admirable series
of cheap republications have more than justified the
praises laaished by ourselves upon the enterprise im-
mediately upon its commencement—at the, same time
that each additional work betrays, mere and more
clearly, the value and variety of Mr. Murray's latest
scheme in the way of a cheap, instructive, and enter-
taining periodical. Already as guarantees of the
truthfulness. of his very propitious prospectus we
had welcomed the appearance of the first series
of " Essays from the Times"—awaiting still with
Some curiosity the issue of its immediate successor.
Already, again we had expressed our satisfac-
tion at the reprint in a popular form of Lord
Mahon's very admirable history of " The Forty-five."
And the last of the sources of pleasures afforded to
us by the development of the project sketched
out for himielf by the publisher was the production,
at a comparatively insignificant price, of an abbreviated
narrative of " Layard's Nineveh." Added to all these,
we have now three new instalments to particularise as
lending their attractions to the series, and as furnish.
in;; worthy materials as Readings for the Rail.
" Nimrod on the Chase" we had previously mentioned
as reproduced in a popular and beautiful form in the
as
carrying. out of this excellent enterprise. " Nimrod
on
the Road" we have now to announce published
in a similar manner, as well as that equally masterly
essay of the late Mr. Appleby, known as" Nimrod on
the Road." It is somewhat amusing, by the way, to
it
read the latter paper, boasting, asdoes, throughout
of the speed secured in the way of loco-
motion by the fast coaches of thirty years
ago --boasts that are now-a-days rendered
laughable by the velocity obtained on the
railways, and by the annihilation of time, so to speak,
by means of the electric telegraph. It was an in-
genious notion, that of Nimrod, to portray in a vivid
manner the changes brought about among travellers
through the means of certain imaginary adventures
of an old gentleman, of a hundred years ago, suddenly
awakened from a trance and spirited away on the
Comet in the midst of the roar of Picadilly. We
should like amazingly to read a similar story told in
regard to railways by a yet more brilliant writer than
Nimrod, we mean Sir Francis Head, the delightful
author of " Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau,"
and very recently of the "Faggot of French Sticks."
Among the more amusing witticisms in "Nimrod
s nacmoems ofs us
of Roads
on the Road," commend us to that in which
(tihe es i
gnAated American
netioouly the
of
the
M'Adamis.
Reading this most charming and • h.
pap, •paper, the
least instructed readers in such matters become,
long before its conclusion, familiar with every portion
of a coach, and with all the accompanying technica-
lities. Clambering on the box, or on the bench,
stuffing trunks into the boot or the slide, stepping
down by the roller-bolt, or sitting up on the gammon-
hoe rd, incomprehensible though some of the
paras,es might have been beforehand, become readily
understood before the close of this most gossipping
and lively dissertation. There is a gusto, moreover,
quite catching, in the author's account of "the

THURSDA

springing the cattle" on the level country, Towards
the conclusion of the little volume we come upon a
droll enumeration of the various kinds of vehicles
which have been successively popular in this island—
the family coach, the singlebodied phwlton, the
curricle, the gig, the whiskey, the stanbope, the
tilbury, the buggy, the Bennet, the cabriolet, the
doublebodied phwaton, the britschka, the donkey-cart,
the pony-chaise, the barouche, the chariot; and we
might add, the drag, the dog-cart, and, cosiest and
most popular of all just now, the brougham. Be-
sides the popular works already enumerated as
forming portions of the Readings for the Rail, we
may mention a charming little edition of "
./E sop's
Fables," interspersed 'with a variety of fanciful or
facetious illustrations.

EMILY 110 WARD._ By Dunlop. 3 Vas
I if rs .

Colbzirn.
The scene of this novel is laid in Portugal, and the
descriptions of life in that country, and the customs
and manners of the inhabitants, give it an interest
and originality not often met with in works of its
class. The heroine and her mother are English, but
most of the chief characters are Portuguese. The
authoress is evidently acquainted with the nation and
country she describes; the account she gives of it
is very favourable and attractive. We must except,
however, the marriage regulations. All is arranged
by the parents, and as their ideas of family grandeur
and the necessity of keeping up their ancient name
far supersedes any desire for the happiness of their
children, the most melancholy disappointments result.
The plot is simple, but the interest continues
throughout unabated, and the tale forcibly exemplifies
the evils ensuing from indecision, vanity, and deceit,
and shows how the joyotis and light-hearted Emily,
the only child of an indulgent mother, reared in a
home of plenty, never troubled by a care, and totally
unprepared for sorrow, surmounts the heavy misfor-
tunes which suddenly befal her, by a sense of right
and an earnest endeavour to fulfil her duty. She
finally attained a degree of peace and happiness which
her rival, the vain and deceitful Inez, though living in
the midst of undisturbed prosperity, never knew. It
is a most fascinating work, which the variety of
scenes, events, and characters prevents from ever be-
coming tedious. The following
Emily, all her bright hopes coin extract is when
completely overthrown,
pays a last visit to a favourite spot
" They went first to the ruins of the Moorish castle;
and as Emily sat amongst the large stones and broken
carved work, where she had loved to play as a child,
and gazed now on the moss-grown arches and crumbling
walls, and now on the peaceful valley and slumbering
ocean, solemn thoughts arose within her, and her spirit
was wrapt in a calm which she had of late feigned, but
longed for in vain. The wild desolation in the midst of
which she was seated, spoke to her only of decay and
the mutability of all things earthly, whether it be ever-
restless man, or his works, or his joys, or his sorrows.
On the very spot where she then sat brave men had
fought for victory, bold minds had schemed, human. love
had rejoiced, fond hearts had pined ; and what now remained to tell of those hard-won triumphs, of those proud
designs, those dreams of joy, those withering regrets ?
A ruin !

Oa seasons had never ceased to roll on in re-
pita succession—the iich valley bad yielded its har-
vests, the orchards had blossomed, the rocks had still
towered in unchanging grandeur, and the ocean had
alternately slumbered and tossed itself in fury,—all
alike unconscious that generation alter generation was
being gatt.ered to the tomb. As these thoughts passed
through Emily's mind she felt for the time raised show
the passing show in which the few years of human life
are spent, and her soul found a temporary rest in medi-
tation on the power and the promises of the Eternal
Creator. Yes, all things change but Thee, she mur-
mured, and the heaviest sorrow endures not through
eternity."

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, JAN. 21.
The following had the honour of dining at the Royal
table last evening :—His Grace the Duke of Wellington,
Lord and Lady John Russell, the Right Hon. Sir F.
and Lady Arabella Baiing, and the Rev. Mr. Birch.
Tee band of the Royal Horse Guards attended in the
Castle during dinner, and played the following selection.
Overture, " Lodoiska" Cherubini.
Waltz, "Bird of Paradise" ................. Kcenig.
Selection, " Freyschutz" weber.
Finale, sth Symphony Beethoven.
Galop, "Prince of Wales" ••• •. Seaman.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and
performed the following compositions:—
Overture, " Zampa"
Quartetto (Op. 43), allegro, adagio, tempo
di minuetto, two violins, viola, and vio-
loncello—Messrs. Sainton, Day, Hill,
and 11. Chipp -
Aria, " Euryanthe"
The Queen walked in the -Home Palk and the Slopes
this morning.
The Prince of Walee, the Princess Royal, and younger
members of the Royal Family, took their usual walking
and pony exercise.
ills Royal Highness Prince Albert went ont shooting
this forenoon, attended by Lieut.-General Sir Edward
Bowater, Colonel Hon.' C. B. Phipps, Colonel Ron. C.
Grey, and Colonel F. H. Sol moor.
Lotd Byron and Lieut.-General Sir E. Binger have
Rneeeeded the Etul of Morley and Captain Hon. J. I)en.
man in their duties of Lord and Groom in Waiting to
her Majesty.
Invitations have been received by the following per-
sonages, and they aro expected to arrive at the Castl,
to-day :—Lord and Lady Seymour and the Hon. J. Her-
mimic St. Maur, Viscount Canning, Sir James and Lady
Graham, and Colonel Wylde. Lord and Lady John
Russell took their departure this morning.

Mr. Mitchell, M. P., bad en intei view with Lord John
Russell ycsterday, at his official residence in Diwnirjg.
street. Mr. Bonham Carter had also an interview with
his Lordship yesterday.
The lion. Col. Anson had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer at his official residence in Down.-
ing•street, on Tuesday.
A deputation from householders and residents in the
district of Burnham, Somersetshire, had an interview
yesierday with the General Board of Health, at their
offices, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Messrs.
John Gunter, George Rced, and Samuel Hobbs, mem-
bers of the local board of health for the Burnham
district.
Mr. B. S. Maecionnell, governor of the Gambia, had
an interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office yes-
terday.
The Cambridge univer,",,,
L) commission had a meeting
yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of
the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—the Bishop
of Chester, the Doan of Ely, Sir John Herschel, the
IV
Rev. Professor Sedgwiek, and the Rev.
Bateson,
secretary.
Lord M.enteagle had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday. Admiral Dundas had also
an interview with the Right lion. Baronet.
Lord and Lady John Russell arrived in town yester-
day from Windsor Castle.
The Marquis of Lansdowne left town yesterday for his
seat, Bowood-park, Wiltshire.

LONDON LIFE4--s--..,
Tho half-yearly meeting'''uliANCE COMPANY.
auditors the offices, 81, King Wof this company was held at
taem-street, City; Mr. C. Franks
in the chair. The
funded property, and other assets
report .showed that the
amount to, from annual dividends
of the company, now
on mortgages, 99:3514 os ends on stock and interest
4,846 existing elide
s, 207 4.75 d.; annual premiums on
furniture, &c., 32,3144 ls. 3/. ls. 4d.; balance in hand,
duction of 69 per cent. is no 4; total 306,8251. 9d. A re-
policy-holders. After a short made in the premiums of
was stated that the Whole rt, conversation, in which it
amongst the policy -holders ti. the profits were divided
of premiums which, within in the shape of diminution
from 67 to 69 per emit, ,ft, short. time had increased
the income-tax was only 'llll;nution, and, therefore,
aid
pro-
perty, the report was adopted on their vested
elected an auditor, in the , and Mr. V. B. Corric
r. Th:°oaa of Mr. T. Howell,
appointed a directo
forward the following resolntien chairman then brought
be authorised to pay the l'Presentatives " That the
Matthew
directors
Ledger, who died in California of
without having obtained a lic°e 4 the 16th Sept., 1851,
directors to go to that country, X° from the court of
being the office value of the p,)i ? Sum of 5911. 15s. 2d,,
on the day preceding that en vvZei.tiln. 5,009 on his life
void." The chairman stated that the policy became
rendered necessary in censequenctehia resolution was
having vitiated his policy by goinz of Mr. Ledger
Land to California without the frontconsent Van Diemen's
Mr. Ledger having contemplated prollet of the directors.
nia, his representatives in this countreeding to Califor-
company for permission for him to depplied to the
however, declined to pay the Extra so Mr. Ledger,
on the premium. It was, however, fair
required
Mr. Ledger had, always paid the /air to state that
for residing in Van Diemen's ',extra premium
directors now thought his represent arid, and the
allowed to receive the amount bis policy should be
day before he voided it by leaving thlcoY was worth the
place. This resolution having been agreedhat-mented
lowing was also passed, to avoid, in 7.ti to, the fol-
necessarily caused by having to coin, bellre, the delay
meeting of the olicy-holders to obtain ~ :re a generel
the payment oft he value of a policy 0"4 ir consent to
voided:—" That the order of the generain its becoming
the 13th of January, 1830, relating to the
°llrt' held on
the office value of a policy on the life of ,ja Payment o
by his own hands, be rescinded; and thetY.persen case
where any policy of assurance issued , in every
shall become void, the directors be sad the society
ised and ere,-
powered to pay, if they shall think fit, no
ceedinv, in amount the office, value of the Y sum note x-
day preceding that on which the policy ‘, policyY cn the
shall have be-
come void."
A vote of thanks to the chairman and
directors closed
the proceedings.
--........_

TUE LATE BOILEEEXPLOSION AT GREAT BRIDGE..
—The jury, after hearing much contradictory evidence
to as
w,
the construction and strength of the boiler
hich
eventually concluded their labours by returning the fexploded
ollov,
ing verdict :—" That the deceased carne by their deaths
through the bursting of a boiler, but what was the precise
cause of the boiler exploding there was not sufficient evidence
to show."

MRS. APLENNAN.—We learn that Mrs. M‘Lennan
and child, who wore so providentially saved front the wreck
ennan is still in
of the Amazon, arrived in this city on Saturday evening, and
are now staying at Comely Bank. Mrs. APL
an indifferent state of health, and nf course suffers much
anxiety regarding the fate of her husband, ti ho was also on
board the ill-fated vessel, and has not Since been heard of.
Zdinburgh slclvertiser.

ire vENi G,

JANUAAY 22, 1852

to entangle this great Republic into difficulties
inconsistent with its own welfare, its own security, its
own interest. I rather repeatedly and earnestly de•
dared that a war on this account by your country
is utterly impossible, and a mere phantom. I always
declared that the United States remained masters of
their actions, and under every circumstance will act as
they judge consistent with the supreme duties to them-
selves. But I said, and say, that such a declaring of
just principles would insure to the nations of Europe
fair play in their struggle for freedom and independence,
because the declaration of such a power as your Repub-
lic will be respected even whore it should not be liked;
and Europe's oppressed nations will fee/ cheered in
resolution and doubled in strength to maintain the de-
cision of their American brethren on their own behalf
with their own lives.
Various speeches followed, and the banquet passed
off most satisfaotorily.
On the following day the Jackson Democratic
Apsociation entertained Koisutli at dinner, five hun-
dred persons being present, and he spice at conside •
ruble length in explanation of the position of affairs
in Europe as connected with Hungary.
A correspondent of the New York Herald writes
as follows:

I" Previous to Koseuth'a arrival in this country, I
stated to you that dispatches had been received by the
Government, giving an account of his c3nduct on board
the Mississippi, and which were calculated to damage
him in the opinion of the people of the United States.
With a view, probably, to avoid all appear.inees of 1.,05•
tility to the Magyar, the subject was dropped, and. when
the Mississippi arrived at New York, ono of its fficers
i went so far as to denounce, in tato, the injurious imputa-
tions. But the subject is now attracting attention nere,
and there is no doubt Congress will call tor the informa-
tion in possession of the President. The most important
dispatches are in the State Department, and they consist
of communications from Captain Long to Consul Hodge.
and the Consul's dispatches to the department.; In ad-
dition to these, the navy department has cn file dis-
patches from Commodore Morgan and Captain Long.
These dispatches detail a series of insults, on the part
of Kossuth and his suite, to the officers of the Missis-
sippi, which nothing but the forbearance of those in-
sulted, the peculiar position in which they were placed,
and the partial apologies of Kossuth, could have pre-
vented from being summarily punished.
Kossuth had had an interview with Henry Clay,
who welcomed him cordially to America, but depre-
cated any intervention in the affairs of European
nations. The health of the venerable statesman still
continues to decline.

" We learn from Washington," says the New York
Herald, " that Kossuth does not deem it necessary
for him to immediately return to Europe, now that he
is convinced his mission to this country has proved
a failure. Perhaps Louis Napoleon's coup di kat also
assisted him in arriving at this conclusion. It is said
that he now contemplates a visit to the West. After
once seeing the fertile land in that region, it is not
at all unlikely that he will be disposed to settle quietly
down there, and pass the remainder of his days in
agricultural pursuits. Possibly he may yet be a
member of Congress from one of the western states."
A telegraphic communication from Washington, of
the date of the 9th, says :—" Henry Clay has written
a letter in favour of General Cass for President. I
stase this on unquestionable authority. It is also
asserted that Mr. Fillmore will soon be out with a
letter declining to be a candidate, but intimating in
favour of Daniel Webster. Great commotion among
the other Presidential candidates."

The report of the late judges and other officers of
the territory of Utah, respecting the religion and
Polygamy of the Mormons, has been laid before the
President. Accompanying this curious exposé of the
doings in Mo rmondom was a counter statement from
Governor Brigham Young and his coadjutors. The
latter party, of course, charge the judges and secretary
with official misconduct, but do not establish the fact
that the social condition of the Mormons is any better
than represented by the returned officers.
A CHAL

'LENGE FROM KOSSUTH TO CAPTAIN
LONG, &c.
(Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.)
WASHINGTON, JAN. 7.—A1l the circumstances con•
netted with the alleged difficulties on board the United
States steam-ship Mississippi. after she started with
Kossuth and companions for this country, as reported
under the authority of an attache to our paper, are
gospel truths, and are on record in the Navy Depart-
ment, and will be furnished when called for officially by
Congress. The thing went so far, that Kossuth chal-
lenged Captain Long, but subsequently withdrew the
challenge, and apologized. This apology sealed Captain
Long's lips—for among men of honour retractation and
apology close the lips of both parties. Still the facts
occurred, although suppressed for the time. It was
series of petty insults and vexations, continued from day
to day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, JAN. 10.—Government securities and
State stocks are in demand, and our quotations are fully
maintained. Speculative railroad stocks and bonds have
been rather fluctuating, but with the ease now vaani-
fetted in the mosey market, prices appear gradually to
assume an upward tendency. The general tone of the
money market, from the unceasing abundance of capital,
is easier, which is not without its influence upon the
price of money. The tales of mercantile paper range
from 9 to 12 per cent.—choice names being held at lower
rates of Interest. •

NEW ORLEANS, JAN. B.—The Cambria's newspas
been received and published. Cotton has been active,
the sales reaching 7,500 bales; prices closed at an ad-
vance of Sc.; strict middling being quoted at 71c.
CHARLESTON, JAN. B.—Cotton Las been in active
demand—the sales of the week amounting to 3,700 bales;
prices close buoyant, el-.d have an upward tendency.

THE LOSS OF THE AMAZON.
PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Hecate steam-sloop,
Commander Hand, which was dispatched from this port
on Thursday last,.on the, we fear, now hopeless task of
discovering the remains or survivors, if any, of the ill-
fated Amazon, returned here this morning without being
enabled to accomplish any of the objects of her mission.
Her machinery broke down while at sea, and as soon as
it can be repaire4 she will start again. She went into
Brest, and cruised obout. the spot where the accident
occurred, hit'bailfd no see or hear anything more than
is already 4 Itirl p One of the trawling boats of this
pert broutint-„lnin.stekaay a piece (about half)
.of a
Ship's new. fir, beam? about 18 feet long, In the middle
of the beam is a piece of an iron knee, and a number
of iron spike nails; it is Supposed to be a lower-deck
beam, about 12 by 15 inches square, and to it is attached
part of a lady's dress, slightly burnt. One or two of the
sides of the beam are only rough-hewn.
Several ships in the port have reported that pieces of
wreck are floating near the Bolt Head, in consequence
of which Mesas. Fox, Sons, and Co., have issued ad-
vertisements to the following effect:. Wreck.--A
quantity of wreck being reported to be floating about the
coast, supposed to be part of the remains of the Amazon,
parties bringing in the port any portion thereof are re-
quested to communicate immediately with Fox, Sons,
and Co."

WEYMOUTH, JAN. 19.—The paddle.box of a large
steamer, supposed from its size and appearance to have
belonged to the Amazon, was washed on shore yester-
day in the West Bay, near Fleet.
DARTMOUTH, JAN. 20.—The remains of a lower made
mast, 62 feet in length, burnt from end to end, with
several small bolts and three iron hoops thereon, about
2i feet in diameter and 4 inches broad, supposed a Flirt
of the Amazon, was picked up yesterday, about nine
miles S.E. of the Start Point, and towed in here by the
pilot cutter Fanny, No. 13, of this port, Robert Ket3"
well, master.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 20.—Yesterday afternoon a
eleareghe
piece of wreck was washed ashore on Swanp 0 beach,
having, in connection with the circumstance of the g
de-
struction of the Amazon, every likelihood of its
formed a part of that ill-fated vessel. The piece of
wreck consists of six 20 feet 8 inch in length planks of
plank, almost
red pine, with the remains of a seventh
in ._
thickness,
with burnt away; they. are three inches tnicknen,
with a nine inch surface. There are four stanchions,
or beams, that had been tenentei at one if not at both
ends; the thickness of the stanchions, or beamsei ht
inches by six inches, and in length Mix feet.
The
wreck had most evidently been subject to the
bothactionof
and
ci
as to ends
a fierce fire. No paint being discernible,
tda
of the wreck being fair, it is hard to j
part of the vessel, or to what vessel, it belong
of is
whaths
most probable thing appears, to my judgment,
having formed a part of a dwarf bulkhead in which
goods or stores are stowed on board or steamers, or a
part of an orlop deck. The flush side of the wreck was
much more charred and burnt than the sides to which
the beams are
attached. I cannot believe it forms a
part
of a paddle-box, as was reported here last night.
The
wreck has not been
many
partuYys in water. A piece of
black cotton riband, a.of a hat-band, was
tul entan-
gled round one of the spiken aof the wreck. The fifth
or one end stanchion was gone, if one had been attached;
the nails remained.
BRIDPORT, JAN. 20.—The part of a paddle-box re-
ported picked up yesterday is now on the beach; the
half of the brass bearing taken from it this day weighs
4 cwt. 101 b.,• with ten upright iron bolts, with screws,
about 20 feet long: each; on one of the iron castings I
see the name Low Moor." Everything is quite new.
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distribution of the illustrated coloured Chart of the Great
Exhibition will take place on Sunday, the Ist of February,
which day all persons who were disappointed in receiving
a copy of this highly interesting statistical document may
secure it by giving orders to the newsvenders in town and
country, or by forwarding them to the Dispatch-office, 139,
Fleet-street. This highly-finished Chart shows by diagrams,
in different colours, and at one view, the number of persons
who, daily, during a period of five months, visited the Crys-
tal Palace; the amount of money taken at the doors, and
derived from various sources; and
,otheri valuable statistics.
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It is surmounted with an engraved ew of the Building, and
has been prepared by Corporals A. Gardener and J. Mack,
of the Royal Sappers and Miners, and copied by permission
of the Royal Commissioners, for _ the Weekly Dispatch. In
consequence of the expected large demand for the Chart, over
and above the enormous issue on the 4th of January, it is
earnestly requested that all orders may be sent in at the
earliest possible period.
LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND, BY AGNES
STRICKLAND.—Tbe fifth volume of the newly-revised edition
of Miss Strickland's popular work, just published, contains
the lives of Anne of Denmark, Consort of James L ; Henri-
etta Maria, Consort of Charles I. ; and Catherine of Brn-
ganza, Consort of Charles II.—three narratives full of curi-
ous information, and of singular value. With the exciting
interest of. a romance, the reader of Miss Strickland 's his-
tory hurries on from page to page. Her volumes are full of
confirmation of the poet's assertion, how realities at times
outvie romance—how history may surpass fable in the start-
ling tetraugeuem 0144 Are"