The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-29 00:00:00

LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29 1819.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

Mr. George Macfarren's new opera, entitled King
Charles the Second, was produced here on Saturday
evening with the most triumphant success. Mr.
Macfarren is one of the most learned and accomplished
of English composers. His symphonies and overtures
are known and appreciated in every musical school in
Europe, and his operas, viz., The Devil's Opera and
The Don Quixote, are remembered, when many operas
which appear, d at the same time with them have been
forgotten. The Devil's Opera was considered as a
work of great promi•ie—promise which the opera
of King Charles the Second has more than fulfilled.
Mr. Desmond Ryan is the author of the libretto, and
he has given us a very excellent operatic version
of II.: Payne's well-known comedy of Charles the
Second. So closely has he adhered to the plot and
the incidents of that well-known comedy, that it would
be a were work of supererogation for us to enter into
the details. The overture is excellent, in the compact,
symmetrical form of the classical masters of the
German school, and in keeping with the subject. It
is a movement in common time, with an unbroken
succession of rapid triplets, which give it an ani-
mated and impetuous character; but a charming
effect is produced by superinducing on these triplets
(which serve as its accompaniment) a beautiful and
expressive melody, afterwards sung by the page.
The drama opens with the forlorn Queen in her
boudoir, and surrounded by her maidens, who en-
tertain her with a smooth and pretty chorus.
Then follows an air of a plaintive and mournful cha-
racter, sung by the Queen (Mrs. Weiss), and which
is succeeded by a bravura song, " Hail! all hail to
pleasure," from the King (Harrison) ; then follows a
duet from the King and Queen, which is succeeded
by a ballad, " She shines before me like a star," for
the Page Julian (Madame Macfarren). This ballad
is one of the most exquisite ever composed, and was
deliciously rendered by Madame Macfarren,_ who,
on this occasion made her debut on the English
stage. Her voice is a rich contralto of great
power, flexibility, and compass, and she sings with
great earnestness and intense dramatic feeling. A
duet between the King and Rochester (H. Corri)
follows, which is very dramatic, and in which Ro-
chester describes the charms of Fanny, the Mary
Copp of the original comedy. Then Lame the adven-
tures at Wapping. The scene, by the way, is
beautiful, exhibiting the broad Thames, the shipping,
and the distant country. Miss Louisa Pyne, as
Fanny Copp, sings a little ballad, " Hope and fear,
alternate vieing," in a light and florid style, which
she executed with her usual facility and neatness.
Her lover enters, and the duettino, " 0 blest
are young hearts," is one of the gems of the
opera—indeed, we hardly know a fairer gem
in an opera. The tender sweetness of the
vocal parts, sustained by the light pizzicato
of the stringed instruments, is really enchanting. The
sports of the sailors and country people form a ballet,
not of the fashion of the Italian stage, but full of life
and gaiety. The morris dance round the maypole,
accompanied by music redolent of England in the
seventh century, was picturesque and animated in the
highest degree. The entrance of the disguised
King and favourite—the joviality, quarrels, and
confusion to which their arrival gives rise—are
worked into a finale of concerted pieces and chorus
which closes the first act with the utmost brilliancy.
The second act opens with a nautical song, "Nan
of Battersea," sung by Captain Copp. In this
ballad Mr. Macfarren has very cleverly imitated
the style of llibdin, and the ballad will no doubt
become exceedingly popular. A pretty scene follows,
in which Fanny, by her sweetness, appeases the
jealous umbrage of her lover Julian. This jealousy
is well expressed by an impassioned recitative, admi-
rably delivered by Madame Macfarren ; and Fanny's
air, " Canst thou deem my heart is changing," is
one of the tenderest little things that can be ima-
gined. The scene reminded us of Zerlina and Ma-
setto—not in the music, but in the effect pro-
duced by it. Passing over many beauties which
we have not room to notice, we must come to the
last scene, which is a brilliant representation of the
King and his Court assembled in the banqueting-
chamber at Whitehall. In conformity with the
usage of that day, the company entertain themselves
by singing a madrigal; and the modern madrigal
produced by Mr. Macfarren, " Maidens, would ye
'scape undoing," is not unworthy of a place beside
the finest madrigals of Wilbye and the other worthies
of the Elizabethan age. It was sung by a numerous
chorus, with no fault but the slight depression of
pitch which is almost unavoidable in unaccompanied
vocal music, and with an effect which produced
exclamations of pleasure from all parts of the
house. The appearance of honest Captain Copp and
his pretty daughter in the midst of this brilliant
assembly—the recognitions, embarrassments, and
eclaircissements which ensue form an animated scene,
and afford room for some very dramatic music.
Among other things, a romance sung by Miss
Louisa Pyne, "A poor simple . maiden am I," was
found so delightful, that after it had been once en-
cored with the utmost vehemence, it was very nearly
encored a second time. The finale, "Now with
fears no more contending," consisting of solos by
Madame Macfarren and Miss Pyne, with a chorus,
was sung a second time, the curtain, after
it had fallen, being raised for that purpose.
The opera, as a composition, must take its place
amongst the very first class of English operas. The
composer has aimed at great things, and he has suc-
ceeded. The opera was most strongly oast. Madame
Macfarren was most successful as Julian, and has ex-
cited a strong feeling in her favour ; and Miss Louisa
Pyne, as Fanny, has more than redeemed the pro-
mises of her debut. Nothing could be more ravish-
ingly beautiful than her execution of the music which
belongs to the part of the tavern-keeper's daughter.
We can desire no greater perfection of facility, style.,
or finish. Her voice has all the best attributes of
youth, and while being of the sweetest and
most. tunable quality, is deliciously clear and
fresh ; and not a note is emitted that is corrupted
by a false and uncertain intonation. She
enunciates, too, admirably. We have never, in short,
encountered an operatic debutante so hopefully meri-
torious as this young lady, and Mr. Macfarren has
been fortunate in having her as the exponent of some
of the choicest airs which his opera contains. There
is a simplicity and elegance in her manner eminently '
engaging ; and the three ballads which fell into her
hands were rendered with a sweetness and taste that
at once challenged admiration and brought down a
succession of encores, the genuineness of which was
indisputable. The showier characteristics of the finale
displayed her powers of vocalisation more prominently
than anything that had gone before • and the bril-
liancy with which she developed a circle of somewhat
immelodious divisions, and the sureness with which
she sustained a close and perfectly-formed shake at
the top of her register, threw the audience into rap.
tures of delight, and her triumph was complete.
Harrison was heard to great advantage in this opera,
inasmuch as the instrumentation of Mr. Macfarren
compelled him to sing the music as it was written
down for him, and thus effectually prevented him
from introducing those ornaments of which he is so
fond, and some of which are of very questionable
taste. Mr. Weiss, as Captain Copp, sang and acted
admirably, and Mrs. Weiss, as the Queen,
made the most of a somewhat heavy part.
The mice en scene was superb, and the dances
pretty and graceful. The opera was announced for
repetition amidst the most enthusiastic applause. The
principal singers came before the curtain at the ter-
mination of the opera under circumstances of Aria
which could not be exceeded. Bouquets were thrown
and appropriated by Miss Pyne and Madame Mac-
farren ; and calls were then made for the composer,
who was presently led across the stage by Miss Pyne,
amid a hurricane of acclamation, in which, we believe,
not a person in the house refused to join.

THE QUARTERLIES.

THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. CIL

Combined, as usual, with the Foreign Quarterly,
the Westminster for October makes a goodly appear-
ance, whether in the number, the variety, or the
average excellence of the contributions. Perhaps the
most important and valuable paper in the current
number of all the different quarterly periodicals is the
one contained in the present instalment of the West-
minster, written by W. E. Hickson, on the great
question of " Population." We shall take an oppor-
tunity of referring elsewhere to this able disquisition
on the theories of Malthus, of Mill, and of Doubleday
—a disquisition which is ingeniously divided into the
consideration successively of Redundant Popula-
tions, of the Decay of Ancient Populations, of the
Laws of Population, and of the Ratios of
Population and Capital. The writer betrays
an intimate knowledge of the details of his subject,
a subject at once profound and intricate; and he
shows very clearly that he has not put pen to paper
until his ideas had been ripened into consistency. The
opening article in the Westminster is a companion
paper to the one just mentioned, being a discursive,
but acute and agreeable, essay on Human Progress.
Those who are not familiar with the background of
French literature, will derive considerable entertain-
ment, and no little instruction, from the amusing
analysis of " Jasmin." It is somewhat horrifying
to learn, from the paper entitled " A Word or
two on Port Wine," that a large quantity of that
beverage in this country is nothing less than a
compound of elder-berries, treacle, and bad brandy.
We commend the matter to the serious consideration
of all the victims of dyspepsia. The " German Philo-
sophers on the Soul" have furnished another contri-
butor with a theme of enthralling interest, to which
he has laudably endeavoured to do justice. Two
other estimable contributions relate, one to the " State
of the Nation," the other to the " Extinction of
Slavery," one of a prospective and the other of a
retrospective character. " Loans and Standing Ar-
maments" is an argument, as may be conjectured,
originated by the bold proposal of Mr. Richard
Cobden, to prevent the recurrence of war henceforth
by stopping all loans, and thus leading ultimately to
the disbandment of the present standing armaments.
From a brief, but noble-spirited paper on Louis
Kossuth, we transcribe the following brilliant sketch
of the great Hungarian Liberator, from the pen of
the celebrated Kohl, the German traveller
I looked,' he says, ' with much interest at the man
on whom the eyes of all Hungary may be said to be
fixed. He is of a middle rise, and very agreeable ex-
terior; his features are regular and decidedly handsome,
but strongly marked and manly. He 'a in the prime of
life, with rather redundant hair and whiskers, but a mild
and modest expression of countenance. He was rather
pale when I saw him, and his features wore an air of
earnestness, slightly tinged by melancholy, though lighted
up by his fine flashing eyes, He spoke for full half an
hour without a moment's hesitation, and his mode of de-
livery appeared to me extremely agreeable. His voice
is fine, as might be expected from so handsome a person,
and the sounds of the Hungarian language, always
powerful and energetic, seemed from his lips, I might
almost say warlike, although they come hard and harsh
from the mouth of an uncultivated speaker. The Elyen!
Elyen 1 (bravo, bravo) frequently interrupted him, and
the Hayunk! (hear) was scarcely uttered once, for every
one was silent and attentive of his own accord.'"

The rest of the literary criticisms are exceedingly
sententious and miscellaneous.

THE HOLY WELL.
(From Eliza Cooh's Journal.)
It is not generally known that the tavern in Holy well-
street, Strand, London, known by the sign of " The Old
Dog," is raised on the site of the "celebrated Holy
Well," from which the street derives its name. Fitz-
stephen mentions this well in 1660, as being "famous
and frequented by the scholars and youths of the City,
when they walked forth to take the air;" and Stowe
alludes to it as "being much decayed and spoiled with
rubbish, purposely laid there for the heightening of the
ground for garden plots." The coffee-room, at the
tavern above-mentioned, is supposed to be built imme-
diately over the spring. The following lines were
prompted by the interesting remembrance which forms
one of the many thousand poetic legions connected with
our modern Babylon:—
They say, three hundred years ago,
The cold, pure water used to flow
From a gurgling fount, with trees around,
Where The Old Dog" Tavern may now be found.
They say it was a wondrous spot,
And the "Chronicles" keep it unforgot;
For the pages of History often dwelt
On the storied fame of the " Holy Well."
I can see the place as it was of yore,
When its crystal riches would ripple and pour
From a fountain channel, fresh and dank,
Mid flowering rush and grassy bank ;
When the pale cheek left the City wall,
And the courtier lied the palace hall,
To seek the peaceful shadows that fell
On the waters of the "Holy Well."
The scholar sat on some old grey stone,
Where the ivy was thick and the moss had grown,
And he conned his book, while the gentle tide
Came softly bubbling up at his side.
Plighted lovers went wandering there,
Blending their sighs with the twilight air ;
And many a warm lip stooped to tell
Its first romance by the " Holy Well."
Sweet birds came to plume their wing,
And lave their beak in the healing spring;
And gorgeous butterflies stopped to play
About the place on a sultry day.
Folks came from the east, and came from the west,
To take at that fountain health and rest;
From the north and the south they came to dwell
By the far-famed stream of the " Holy Well."
Oh, a goodly site was the old place then,
When the waters were sought by the Red Cross men;
When the brave Knight Templars there were seen,
With their " hostelrie" gay on the field of green;
When the famished pilgrim lingered there,
Blessing the draught with a grateful prayer,
As his cockle hat and scallop shell
Were thrown aside at the " Holy Well."
And now we see in the busy street ,
A " hostelrie" where men do meet;
Though they wear no symbol red-cross bands,
And draw no steel with their strong right hands.
For many a year there has been no trace
Of the legend lore that marks the place;
No stranger dreams of the verdant dell
That was famed afar for its " Holy Well."
Close and narrow that place is now,
Where the beautiful water used to flow;
But those who will may go and see
Where the waters sprung up—pure and free.
On the mouth of the tide they may lightly tread,
As they would on the graves of the honoured dead.
At the sign of " The Old Dog" gossips still tell
Rare things of the ancient " Holy Well."
Ah, many among us, like this old place,
Exist in the world without a trace
Of the exquisite truth and goodly power,
That filled our spirits in Life's young hour.
Time has choked up the magical spring
With the burthens that Trouble and Toil e'er bring,
Yet we turn with joy to let Memory tell
Of the days when our heart was a " Holy Well."
ELIZA COOL.

General Klapha, late Commander of Comorn, has
arrived at the Sabloniere Hotel.

A LADY'S POCKET PICKED OF 4001.—Early yes-
terday forenoon, the wife of Mr. Hill, the architect, put
into her purse Bank of England notes to the amount of
4001., for the purpose of taking them to her husband's
office in order that they might be ultimately placed to
his credit at the bank. On her way to New-street, how-
ever, accompanied by her little boy, she had occasion to
go through the market-hall, and shortly after quitting
the vicinity of the Bull-ring, she found that her purse
with its 4001. had vanished. Nothing had occurred to
make Mrs. Hill suspect she had been robbed, but there
can be no doubt that one of those little rogues who
swarm in ou: streets found himself the unexpected pos-
sessor of a fortune, who, a moment before, had not a
fat thieg in the world. Information was at once given to
Superintendent Stephens, and the detective force were
soon on the alert, but up to going to press last night
nothing bad been heard of the money. A reward of
201. has been offered for the recovery of the notes, the
numbers of almost all of which are known and of course
payment has been stopped as far as is practicable.—.Bir
mingham Journal.
COLLIERY DISTURBANCES—The pitmen of several
collieries in the counties of Durham and Northumber-
land are at present on strike, and some disturbances of
the public peace have occurred. On Thursday night
two policemen apprehended Francis Smith, a delegate
from Leadgate Colliery, as ho was returning
.home by
coach from attending a delegate meeting. They placed
him in a gig and were proceeding to Shotly Bridge, when
they were met by a large body of the pitmen belonging
to the neighbourhood, who had heard that their dele-
gate had been captured. They demanded his instant
liberation, and proceed to wreak summary vengeance
on one of the policemen who was employed by the
owners of the colliery. His name is John Connell or
Connolly. He received some very severe injuries, and is
now lying in a very precarious state. The other,. Ser-
geant Baxter, was a county policeman. He met with
no personal violence, bnt was compelled to give up his
prisoner, who has since, however, been recaptured.
Warrants were ivsued for the apprehension of various
parties implicated, and upwards of twenty persons have
been taken into custody.—Sunderland Herald.
TRH MEDICAL OFFICERS OF WIIITECIIAPEL.—
The medical offic.rs, extra medical officers, and medical
visitors of the Whitcchapel Union, appointed by the
Board of Health, supped on the 25th at the lied Lion,
Whitechapel, in celebration of the close of their most
arduous duties; Dr. F. D. Allison in the chair. Mr.
Nash, medical officer, ably officiated as.croupier. After
the usual loyal toasts were given, the chairman ex-
pressed his satisfaction in proposing the Board of Guar-
dians and their excellent Chairman, Mr. Brushfield, and
passed a high and deserved eulogium upon them for the
manner in which they had co-operated with the Board
of Health during the prevalence of the cholera. The
healthy of all the medical officers were drank in the
course of the evening. The evening was spent in the
most harmonious manner,. and the meeting parted with
regret, but not without giving a heaty cheer to the chair-
man for the able manner in which he had presided over
them.

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.—The Royal mail steamer
Canada arrived in the Mersey this evening, after an
extraordinary run of eleven days from New York.
Her advices from that city extend to the 17th, and
from Halifax to the 20th inst. On the 18th, about
300 miles from New York, she passed the steamer
Niagara, which was proceeding to her destination
with one engine. An accident had happened to the
other engine about two o'clock that morning.
The Caledonia arrived at Boston via Halifax on
the 13th.

The following announcement by Mr. Meredith,
Secretary of the Treasury, dated October 15, is
highly important and gratifying:—
" INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS AND
OTHER OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS.
" TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OCT. 15.

" In consequence of questions submitted by merchants
and others asking, in consideration of the recent altera-
tions of Britih navigation-laws, on what footing the
commercial relations between the United States and
Great Britain will be placed on and after the Ist of
January next, the day on which the recent Act of the
British Parliament comes into operation, the department
deems it expedient at this time to issue the following
general instructions for the information of the officers
of the Customs and others interested.
" 1. Ia consequence of the alterations of the British
Navigation-laws, above referred to, British vessels from
British or other foreign ports will under existing laws
after the Ist of January next be allowed to enter our
ports with cargoes of the growth, manufacture, or pro-
ductionof any part of the world.

" 2. Such vessels and their cargoes will be admitted
from after the date before mentioned on the same terms
as to duties, charges, and imposts as vessels of the United
States and their cargoes."
The correspondence between the British Consul
and the Nicaragua Government is published at full
length in the newspapers.
Mr. Cholfield first informed the Government that
they could not concede the right to construct the
canal without endangering the claims of the English
creditors upon the revenues of the State. The
Governor replied that the revenues were not likely
to suffer by the canal, and that the debt did not
destroy in Nicaragua the rights to cede a part of
its territory.
The Consul also informed the Governor that Great
Britain had decided to maintain the rights of the
Mosquito King, and that whatever steps might be
taken against him would draw down on Nicaragua
the most severe chastisement.

The Minister replied, and, while reprimanding the
Consul for the tone of the letter, denied that the
Government had been guilty of any offence towards
Great Britain, and said that the State would main-
tain the integrity of its territory against the alleged
claims of Mosquito.
A lengthy address to the people of Canada had
been published at Montreal, recommending a disso-
lution of the existing connexion with Great Britain.
Much excitement had been caused in the United
States by this address. The Governor-General was
at Toronto.

The steamship Ohio had arrived at New York,
with 130,000 dolls. in gold dust belonging to her pas-
sengers, and 60,000 dolls. on freight for New York.
Her advices were anticipated by the last arrivals from
California.

The Royal mail steam-ship Great Western had
arrived at New York with specie to the amount of
Q,500 dolls.

The elections at Philadelphia had given rise to a
riot, or series of riots, resulting in the loss of several
lives.

The Washington correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce makes the curious announce-
ment of a rumour that Russia had determined to close
the Black Sea to the commerce of all nations.

A dispute between the Spanish Minister and the
Secretary of State is now reported to have occurred,
the ground of difference being the abduction from
Cuba of a Spanish lady.
From Port-au Prince we have advices to the 20th
of September. Soulouque had sent to France for a
throne for himself and Empress, which was to exceed
in cost and grandeur those of the oldest and most
aristocratic Courts of Europe. Two orders of knight-
hood had been established for the honour of the newly
created nobility—that is, the imperial title of St.
Faustin and the Legion of Honour.

Business affairs continued extremely dull, occa-
sioned principally by the enforcement of the Mono-
poly Laws.

There was no coffee to he had, and logwood very
scarce, at 40 dollars Hessian currency per 1,000.
The ports were to be closed for 30 days against all
imports and exports in foreign vessels.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, OCT. 17.—Exchange on England is
scarce, and rules as high as 10i premium. Oa France
the quotations are from 5 to 20 to 17i for short sights,
and for Amsterdam 40 to 40k. There has not been much
business done at these rates.

The price of United States securities advanced some
what after the arrival of London accounta to the 29th
ult.

In other securities there was little activity; any con-
siderable demand, however, would run up prices, as there
is no large amount in the market.
Cotton.—For the week ending Friday last, there
was a steady good demand, and with sales of 11,000
bales, prices advanced lc. Since our last, this
inquiry continued, under the expectation that the
next Liverpool steamer will bring a response to
our advancing market and adverse accounts respect-
ing the growing crops, but it has been freely
met by holders, and prices in the meantime have ex-
perienced no further improvement. The receip•3 at
all the shipping ports are 77,437 bales, against 147,385
last year, and 60,412 the year before. Total exports,
45,315 bales, against 98,069 last year, and 76,326 the
year before. Shipments from the southern to the
northern ports, 42,261 bales, against 39,793 last year,
and And the stocks on hand,
last year, and 1M,747
6e hse, yeas
against be f ore.
153,047
the year before. There is a decrease in exports this
1,2 251,12b6a
year compared with last of 48,211 bales to Great Bri-
tain, 50,000 to France, 769 to the north of Europe, and
3,720 to other ports. Total decrease in exports this
year, 52,754 bales. Upland and Florida;' 4,200 bales;
New Orleans and Texas, 2,400 bales; low to good
ordinary, 91 to 104, 9;,1 to 10k; low to good middling,
10i to 11, 101 to 11k; middling fair to fair, 11* to 11,1-,
11i to 12; and fully fair to good fair, 111 to 12/. Ar-
rivals have been—from Georgia, 1,380 bales; South
Carolina, 775; North Carolina, 46; total, 2,179. Total
imports since the Ist inst., 11,643 bales. Exports from
the Ist to the 16th of October, 1849, 5,299 bales; 1848,
9,806. Experts from the United States since the Ist of
September, 1849, 35,864 bales; since same time, 1848,
71,746.

NATIONAL REFORM CLUB.—On Saturday a meet-
ing was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's,
for the purpose of taking steps for the immediate esta-
blishment of this club. There were about forty gentle-
men present, comprising several Members of Parliament.
Sir Joshua Walmsley, President of the Metropolitan
Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association, occu-
pied the chair. The principal matter for discussion was
to define as to the character of the club, and the basis
upon which it ought to be formed. On that point, while
some considered that it should be formed much upon
the principle of the present west-end clubs, the majority
of those present inclined to the belief that the aristocratic
character of these rendered them too limited in their
operation—and that as the object of the promoters of
the National Reform Club ought to be to form it on such
a principle as would render it available to the largest
number of all classes of the community, that object
would be frustrated were it formed upon the principle
of these. Considerable discussion ensued on the point,
and ultimately a resolution, moved by 'Mr. George
Thompson, M.P., and seconded by Mr. Prout, Strand,
to the effect that the club be formed on the basis of
the Parliamentry Reform Association, was agreed to.
THE BRITANNIA BRIDOE.—An important process
is now being carried out. The operation has for its ob-
ject the joining the main tube securely on to the land
tube in the centre of the great tower on the Anglesea
side of the straits, and so completing one-half of the
passage across. In effecting this it is found necessary to
provide for the expansion and contraction of so great a
mass of metal, which from changes of temperature are
necessarily very considerable: the extreme variation in
the length of one of the tubes between summer and
winter is stated to be nearly 12 inches. To make provi-
sion, therefore, for this constant alteration in length,
which would otherwise endanger the stability of the
whole structure, the great tubes are fixed in the central
Britannia tower in such a manner that they cannot move,
but on either side where the tube unites with those in
the land towers and abutments on shore, they travel on
movable rollers of cast-iron six inches in diameter, a
portion of the weight being also supported at the top on
balls of hard gun metal of the same size, working in
channeled beams and acting in the same way as the
rollers. Besides these rollers, which are now being
placed, and on which the tube has to be let down, at the
extreme ends, where the rails intended for the trains in
the tube are joined to those on land, contrivances are used
to prevent a gap from being formed by the contraction
of the tube, which might otherwise interfere with the
passage of the trains. Some uncertainty has occurred
with reference to the filming of the second tube. Should
the tides, tko., be favourable, it will take place before the
close of next month, but if not at the beginning of De-
eel:cher. The hydrsulio apparatus will be brought into
action for the lifting of the second tube as soon as it is
floated to the foot of the piers.
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Ms•. MANNING..--A. curious coincidence was
related to us at Taunton last week by a person upon
whose veracity we can depend, which shows the estima-
tion in which that wretched woman was held by her
husband's relatives. At the time of her marriage she
presented her portrait to Manning's mother, but A
quarrel soon afterwards arising, she demanded the pin
turo back again. To this the mother demurred, but one
of Manning's brothers, with the aid of a country artist,
made a hideous fright of the likeness, delineating the
worst passions that the human countenance can express,
and then drew the representation of a gallows over her
head, suspending the hangman's rope down to her neck,
little suspecting that in this mischievous act he was
really foretelling the fate of the original.—Yeovil Times.
Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Governors of Hong-Kong, New
South Wales, and Gibraltar.

IRELAND.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
REPAYMENT OF ADVANCES.
DUBLIN, SATURDAY, OCT. 27.—You will perceive
by the following letter from the Chancellor of the
Exchequer to Major Blacken, the Member for Long-
ford, that the torrent of exaction, however legal,
which is now overwhelming the agricultural interests
of Ireland, is likely to be stayed. On the 17th Major
Blackall addressed an impressive letter to the Chan-
cellor, suggesting that the payments of the loans
should be in the shape of annuities from the land.
To this communication Sir Charles has returned the
following reply : _

" Mickleton, October 20, 1849.
" Dear Sir,—l have received your letter of the
15th, which I was unable to answer on receiving it, as
I was not aware whether any answer had been
received from the Poor•law Commissioners in answer
to a letter from the Treasury some time ago on the
subject of the repayments to which you refer.
" I hear from the Treasury this morning that no
answer has been as yet received, and I cannot there-
fore say more at present than that the subject is under
consideration.—l remain, dear Sir, your obedient and
faithful servant, " C111.111.1S WOOD.
" Major Blackall, M.P."