The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-09 00:00:00

C;0 UltT CIRCULAR.

OSI3ORNE, SATURDAY.
The Queen and Prince took their usual early walk
this morning.
The Ro) al Family walked and rode in the Park.
There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yea.
terday.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel and Miss Peel are expected
at Oshirne this day, on a visit to her M:Ajesty and his
Royal Ilighnes3.

SUNDAY.

The Queen and Prince Albert, her Majesty's visitors,
and the 'Julies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended
Divine service this morning in Whippingham Church.
Sir James Clark arrived at Osborneyesterday evening.

A deputation, including the Lord Mayor and Mr. J.
Maitermun, M.P., accompanied by the City Remem-
brancer, had an interview on Saturday with Sir George
Grey.
Captain Walcott had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer on Saturday. Mr. Butler, M.P., hai
also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet on Su-
turcluy, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The. Judicial Comruittge of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday. An app, al from Gibralt.r, "Boscbetti Shea
v. Power and Bosetietti," was heard. Aa appeal from
Bengal, " The Bank of Bengal v. Fagan, was ulsoheard.
1 he Court then rose.

The Duke of Wellington attended the early service
yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The
prayers were read by the Rev. J. C. Baden, and the
sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. W. Cspel.
Their Ru cl Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Hi ,titary Grand Duchess of Mtcklenburgh
Strelitz, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr.
Edmond Mildmay, henoutei the performance at her Ma-
jesty's Th, aire with their pre,enee on Saturday evening.
His Roya • `lighness the Duke of Cambridge attended
Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel,
Su,th Audley-street.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
end the tereditary Grand Duchess of Meckleoburgh
Strelits attended Divine service yesterday morning in
ht. Paul's. Knightsbr idge.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at tho Fo-
reign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount
Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, Sir Francis Baring, the Right lion. IL Labouchere,
Lord Cleupbed, and the Earl of Carlisle. The Cuunell
kat two hours.

A meeting was held on Saturday at the Office of the
Board of Trade, which was attended by the Right Hon.
Labouchere, Lord John Russell, Earl Grey, Sir
Francis Baring, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Elri
Granville, and Lord John Hay.
Mr. William GI Johnson, Mayor of Belfa,t, had an
interview with Sir George Giey on Saturday at the
Home-cffice.

COUNTY hXPENDITURE.

LETTER FROM JOSEPH Ill:ME, ESQ., M.P., TO MR. R. T

PARKER.

Br yanston• square, June 14.
Sir,—You will already have heard that the Bill for
the establishment of County Financial Boards, which I
introduced into the House of Commons at the requ,st of
the deputation from Lancashire, was last night rejected
by a majority of 154 against 96.
It is a matter of great regret that Sir George
Grey, her Majesty's Secretary 'of State, should have
opposed the see.)nd reading of this Bill, and voted against
it with Sir John Paltint.;tom, whose intention of throwing
it out was intimated to the House, and expressed in the
notice-book on the day when I fixed the second reading.
You should know that there are two modes in wh.en
Bills are usually oppostd in Parliament—first, by a
dinct vote against the Bill; and, secondly, by eroposing
the appointrie ut of a Committee to take the subject
matter of the Bill into consideration. Sir John Poking-
ton yesterday changed his mode of attack from the former
to the latter course.

By the second reading of the Bill the -principle of
control by the ratepayers over the county rates would
have been establisned; whilst the motion for a Com-
mittee indirectly rejects the principle; and the Com-
mittee, it appointed, might have prosecute el itainei:jritet
into any anu every other mode of control than that which
you require.
I pressed the House _eo sanction, by the second reading
of the Bill, " the principle of taxation and representation,"
and I expressed my willingness to refer the Bill after•
wards to a committee to consider the proportion of
magtstrates iu the proposed boards, and to make any
other alterations in its enactments that should be con-
sider( d likely to facilitate the working of the measure;
but the magistetial influence, aided by the Secretary of
State, was too stroag for me.
I have good ground for complaining of the ministers,
for having first encouraged me to introduce the Bill, and
Alen deserted me and joined Sir Jahn Pakington arid
others, who, in their speeches, evinc,d their decided
opposition to the ratepayers obtaining that control which
I consider absolut,ly nect way for the future economical
management of the eculity rates.
The Reform Bill of 1832 gaze to the ratepayers of
s and boroughs the dection of the magistrates and
members of cuuueil by whom the rates are assessed
and expended ; and much b. tie fit bus accrued to the
finances of boroughs from that act.
By the Bill which I introduced into Parliament in
1837, I proposed, by the direct election of county boards,
to place the county ratepayers in exactly the tame
position in respect to the assessment and expenditure of
the county rates as the ratepayers in cities and boroughs
are now placed ; but by the Bill thrown out yesterday
it was proposed, in accordance with the wishes of your
euramittee, that only one-:all or t wo• thirds of the)
hoard should be composed of elected memb. ra of I'oor-
law unions, and that the other half or third should con- •
sist of magistrates.
You believed that this concession to the magistrates
would secure more support from theFoynt)e'l
" sTmcmcbf
tat the manner in which even this,
b ,modified
the
ratepayers to he represented bus en treat:llt x
I()yi)teicle.
House, must convinct you of the fallacy of u
tutior.
It will be seen
by the reportei
affiitadt Sirt
that
Jahn I:aatitriptai gytcorns
end others have virtually (k
are unworthy to be tru,ttd with the management, of
th,:ir own teal affairs; and that the exi enditure of the
county rates is be;ter attenital to by the magistrates
than it could pthsibly
be by persons elected by the rate-
viyers.
My own experience has led me to a totally different
conclusion; and, it I can obtain the support of the
county raieva)ers, I hope to ace the financ,s of counties
ply.c,ai under the same constitutional control as those of
cities and boroughs.
At the same time, after the conduct of Ministers and
county Members last night, I must candidly state that
I see no hope of that desirable object being attained
until the farmers, agricultural ratepayers, and county
voters, shall make it ttotr businecs to attend to this sub-
je ct at the election of their representatives in Perna-
msut. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,

JOSEPU Hump,.
To R. Townley Parker, Esq., Caenlen Hall, Preston.

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MAGAZINES, &e.—CON TI IN
ERASER.'
Fraser fps no political article this month,
indeed, the Current History maybe conSideffl tin)
such. In that the writer crows ovcr---vylitit he: ealli
the great Protectionist meeting at Diury-lane, and
foretels the speedy downfai of the Free-trade Govern-
; meant. The article on railways is continued, and is
to be concluded in the next numb( r. Michael South
continues his "Peace Campaigns of Ensign Faunce."
In these chapters the Ensign is introduced to his
uncle, the manufacturer, and we anticipate much
amusement from the, results of the introduction.
" Matrimony," Part 111., is another continuation, and
we have a commencement of a series which promises
well, on " North Devon." The writer evidently
knows every inch of the county he describes,
and loves North Devon as only a native
can love it. We are rejoiced to find such a writer
taking up such a subject. He will do for the Moors
of North Devon what Christopher North has
done for the Moors of Scotland. A chapter on
" Balloons " is a history of the science of
aerostation from the earliest experiments of Dr.
Black, of Edinburgh, down to the time of the first
nocturnal trip of the celebrated Nassau balloon. The
perusal of the following extract from this paper may
perhaps tend to quiet the fears of certain nervous in-
dividuals who are periodically haunted by a vision of
a French invasion :
" The use of balloons by the French in war soon
created a panic among English alarmists. It was se-
ported that England would be invaded by clouds of aerial
monsters, which would burn the cities and destroy the
crops. Among the balloon prints before us, is one dis•
playing a number of balloons on their way to England,
under which is written:—' Oh, die be de grande inven-
tion. Dis will immortalize my king, my country, and
myself. We will declare de war against our euemi. We
will make de Engli.h quake. We will inspect his camps;
we will intercept their fleet; we will set fire to their
dockyards; and we will take de Gibraltar in de air bal-
loon; and when we have conquer'd de English, den w
will conquer other contries, and make dem all colonies
of de Grand Monarque.' But, like the subsequent
threatened invention by NapJleen, whose flotillas were
to land innumerable troops ou our shores, and did not—
so no favouring breezes bore dreaded aerial machines
across the Channel. Ancient dames once more slept in
security, and farmers gathered their crops unapprehen•
sive of danger."
An elaborate notice of the recently published " Me-
moirs of4'rince Rupert," an admirable paper on
" Tacitus tfie Historian," a well-written and inter-
es:ing account of " Queen's College, London,"
notice of the picture exhibitions of the season, and
some few scraps of poetry, constitute the remainder
of the contents of Fraser for the mouth.

E LIZ A COOK'S JO URNAL. Part 11.
The second numbly number of Eliza Cook's
Journal may take its stand beside the very best of
similar publications. As the journal has progressed
weak by week its resources have become more de-
veloped, and a greater variety and discrimination is
visible in the arrangement of its materials. Five
weekly numbers are comprised in the brochure before
us, in which we find three poems by the Editress,
very dissimilar in style but all excellent. One of
these, " Lady June," gives a glowing and beautiful
fancy portrait of the queen of summer months :
" See her robe is ricnly woven of the greenest iisireit
leaves,
With full bows of honeysuckle looping up the flowing
skeves.
See the fragrant marsh flag plaited, forms her yellow
tasselled sash,
With the diamond studs upon.' it, flung there by the
river splash.
See her flounces—widely swelling, as the Zephyr's
wings go past,
Made of roses, with the woodbine's perfumed thread to
stitch them fast.
See the foxglove's bell of crimson, and the poppy's
scarlet bud,
'Mid her tresses, bright and vivid as the sunset's ruby
scud.
See the fresh and luscious bouquet that she scatters in
her way,
It is nothing but a handful she has snatched of new
mown hay."
In addition to these poems the active pen of Eliza
has also contributed "a few" very excellent " words
on slang," and a delightful picture of " The Old Lady
of the Old School." Silverpen's story " The Glass of
Gin," w MA was commenced in Part 1., concludes in
the last number of Part 11. It gives a sad but un-
happily a truthful glimpse of the evils of inteinperanee,
but the story is not on the whole a melancholy one.
The histr)ry of Aliee is woven into it as a beam of
sunshine, and in the end her virtuous perseverance
meets its reward. The following passage affords a
happy specimen of the loving spirit which pervades
the writings of Silverpen :
" It was not to vindicate or complain that she bent
her steps this way, or either to be seen or recognised by
any one who knew her, for the truth was scarcely ad-
mitted by her own heart; but simply at a distance, in
street or pack, to breathe the self-same air, to see the
roof which covered in, to tread with lighter feet within
the sacred footprints, to look with glistening eyes upon
the lighted window panes; and thus, it possible, to soothe
,he anguish of her soul!

" So more or less are the souls of us glorified by the
ideal; so more or less, however bankrupt of all else,
'fiends, fortune, or good name, however dull through
ignorance, or callous through repeated sin, some mes-
.ure of this sweet unselfish worship does enrich us, and
links us most divinely from mazilo men, and from them
thence to God!
" The most prosaic nature Are richest often in this
grand poetry of the human soul; the most prosaic things,
die moil uncared for, the most despised, the smallest and
the Least, stand not, nor pass sway, without some little
service to this noblest portion of our natures. No 'stone
in London streets, but what is hallowed to another by
some human foot; no dusky window-pane, but what is
sacred to some upturned gaze; no human heart which
passes by us tu the throng. but what has known, or feels,
or recollects some love, which, being for another, has
been or is a part of, and most dear to nature, because
passing beyond the narrow bounds of self 1"
The columns devoted to " Diamond Dust" contain
many rare " jewels five-words-long," or thereabouts;
e. g , " The higher the head, the humbler the
heart ;" " The art of life is to know how to enjoy a
little, and to endure much ;" "Politeness is the shadow
of civilization, Christianity is the substance; "Rather
let us suffer for speaking the truth, than that the
truth should suffer fur want of speaking." We have
said that this journal is characterised by the variety
of its papers, ;,s a proof of which we need only
mention the names of a few articles :—" A Sketch of
George Stephenson," " Laws," " Railway Travel-
ling," " Coral Rocks," " industrial Schools for
Young Women," " The Working Man," and others
of a similarly thoughtful churacter are contrasted
with ligl.t tales and homely scenes, such as " The
Back-parlour Window," " Tea Parties," " Some-
thing about Gretna•green," "The Sculptor of Bruges,"
" Sea Roamers," &c. Peter Parley describes
some " Summer Rambles in search of the Rural," and
William Dalton draws the portrait of " The Little
Boys of London," and " The Jolly Old Tradesman."
There is another class of articles also somewhat
difficult to describe, but most delightful to read and
most useful to remember. Of this class are " The
Art of Being Happy " (which we commend to the
study of all whom it concerns, namely, every one) ;
.4 A Beam in the Eye," " The Union of Extrava-
gance with Parsimony, and many others. While
the tilde and the dulce are thus happily mingled in
its pages, the success of Eliza Cook's Journal can
batdly be a matter of speculation.

TAI T. S.
Percy St. John's tale of the French Revolution,
" Miranda," is concluded this month. The interest
is kept up till the very last. True to his republican
sympathies, the author represents Robespierre as the
instrument of the hero's preservation from death, and
the heroine's happiness ; and the last lines assure us
that Miranda, noble-born though she was, lived cud
died " a devoted admirer of the great French Revo-
lution, which did much evil, but far more good." The
political opinions expressed in " Miranda" will find
a general echo in these democratic times; neverthe-
less but few republicans even, will, we think, go so
far as Mr. St. John, in approving the execution of,
Louis. We congratulate the author of " Miranda'
on the conclusion of this spirited historical tale.
" The Mod.-rii Vassal " is continued and increases in
interest. The shuation of the proud young Seignior
reduced to servitude is happilY conceived and forcibly
&scribed.