The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-03 00:00:00

At per stone by the Carcase.

S. d. to a. d. ia. 4. to s. o
Beef ,infertor.... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior ••2 10 3 2
middling .... 2 6 2 8 t middling.. 3 4 3 6
primelarge .. 210 3 0 - prime .... 3 8 310
-- prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large.• .. ••• • 3 2 3 6
Veal .. • ... • 2 8 3 6 - MCI •• •• •• •• 3 8 4 0
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Lamb. 3. 10d to is 10d.
330:R.OUGEI NOP IMELIZRET.
Notwithstanding that the prospect of anything like en
average growth of Hops is a very poor one, the accounts
which have reached us to-day, trom s(•veral parts of
Kent and Sussex, are somewhat more favourable than
were those received last week; hence the duty is now
called 70,000/. to 80,000/. The very finest Hops are in
moderate request, at full prices; but all other kinds
move eff heavily, at barely late rates. The market is
by no means well supplied with samples. Sussex
pockets, 31 tos to 41 10s; Weald of Kent pockets, 31 12s
to 41 10s; Mid and East Kent pockets, 418 s to 71 7s
per cwt.

COLNIA.
SUGAR.—There has beeOn a duLll market for British
Plantation, and previous rates have not been obtained.
By auction, Barbadoes sold 6d to is per cwt. lower on
the best kinds, and at barely former prices for the other
sorts, fine yellow 40s to 40s 6d, and mid to good 37a 6d
to 39s 6d. Demerara good and fine has been sold at
42s 6,l to 44s for good and fine white and 39s to 41s 6d
for mid to good yellow. Refined brown lumps have
been at 48s 6d to 49s per cwt.
EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has been dull, and a few
bags by auction sold at 35s to 36s 6d for low yellow
washed and syrupy. Bengal has been rather cheaper;
low to good soft yellow 34s 6d to 375, good and fine
white 45s to 47s 6d, mid to fine white Benares 39s to
425, and damp 38s to 41s. Madras has been sold at 31s
6d to 33s 6d for soft brown, and at 34s to 35s for yellow.
Manilla in bond has realised 163 61 to 18s 61 for
low to fine brown. Java has been mostly take'.
in at the pubic sales at 19s 6d for mid to
good grey awl yellow in bond. French Havan-
nah has been sold at 21s 6d to 22s 6d for good, the rest
being taken in at 19s 6d to 23s 6i tor good brown to
good yellow. Porto Rico has been bought in, mid to
good yellow at 20s to 235, and low at 19s 6d per cwt.
St. Croix has been sold at 40s to 44s for good and fins
yellow.

TESTIMONIAL
TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.

" THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY
OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll-
BERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven-
tion.

Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:—.
Messrs. Courts and Co.
Messrs. Drummond.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ;
or to any one of the members of the committee recently
formed to carry out the Testimonial.
**•Ali further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo
Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand.

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Mr. Younger ... ~•
Mr. Daly ..
Mr. Weaver
J. Horvath ... ~,
Mrs. llorvath
S. Boldner
Tripler
Zumpf
Sipier Magyarok
Kornlosy
L. Barta
M. Porgor
J. Tilo
J. Rusrits . .
N. Marinkovits
Farkas ...
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Pitko ••• ~. •••
Kauschky
Dalnoky
Balogh ...
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F. Mala
C. Olah
Herman ...
Nine Fri,nds to the Hunar7ans at Bradford,
through Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ... 10 0 0
A Few Fri nds, through Mr. Sutton, Mar.chestor 1 0 0
G. R.

.. 0 1 0
A Fril-d of Hungary ... ~. ... 1 1 0
r. Fick ... 1 0 0
0. G. Rejlander, Wolverhampton ... 2 5 0
F. r the Brave Hungari :ns, from G. H. P. .. 1 0 0
Seven Friends to Hungary, meeting at the Hope 0 7 0
From S. Parker, 128, Shoreditch, ard a Few
Friends, meeting at the Horns Tavern, Hack-
ney-road
From the West End Boot and Shoemakers of

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London, to assist the men of Hungary in their
struggle for freedom, per John Stewart, sec. ... 5 0 0
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... £699 17 41

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The working men of Bradford have, I believe,
forwarded several sums, through various channels, for
the Hungarian refugees; and also nine friends for-
warded, the other day, for the same object, through
Smitb, Payne, and Smith, 101. May I ask, have these
contributions appeared in the list which is daily pub•
fished in The Sun ? The working men of Bradford
have subscribed liberally, but hitherto the other sub-
scriptions have been small, because it was supposed that
a large sum was not required; but if it is desirable, at .d
should be decided, to go beyond the assistance of the
refugees, and aid the Hungarians as a nation by a sub-
stantial expression of British sympathy, there is no
question but that very different sums would be con-
tributed with great delight.—l am, Sir, Sic.,
A FRIEND TO THE HUNGARIANS.

[The contribution mentioned by our correspondent
has not been acknowledged in The Sun until this even-
ing, no intimation of its transmissio❑ having reached us
until the receipt of the foregoing letter.—En. Sun.]

SANITARY STATE OF BATH.
It cannot but be a theme of congratulation to the
citizens of Bath, as well as a subject of devout thank-
fulness to the Giver of all good, that the civic com-
munity in which their lot has been cast stands out in
almost isolated exemption from the mortality so fear-
fully prevalent in other cities of the empire. Bath,
at the present time, may not unaptly be termed, the
Goshen of England. It would seem as though the
destroying angel, while commissioned in other less-
favoured localities to deal out pestilence and death
with no sparing hand, had in mercy passed by this
little spot of earth, his bow unbent and bis ar-
rows unsped, as of old he passed ever the abodes of
Israel, while in the rest of the land there was not a
house where there was not one dead.

Bath, we believe, is now the most healthy city is
England. As yet, not a single case of cholera has
appeared amongst us ; the public health is even above
the average. 'This we gather from the united testi-
mony of all classes; the medical men are especially
unanimous in testifying to the fact. It is substan-
tiated by the reports of the various institutions
for the relief of the sick poor, which so happily
abound in our city, and this is a testimony that we
take to be conclusive in the matter. Epidemics break
out most virulently among the poor, and from them
ascend to the middle and higher classes. This well-
known fact is easily explained by another, which,
until of late, has not been so well understi od, namely,
chat the human frame, by insufficient and unwhole-
some food, inadequate clothing, bad ventilation and
sewerage, and intemperate habits, becomes especially
susceptible of contagious maladies. When, therefore,
the poor are found to be in a healthy state, it is evi•
dent that the sanitary condition of the more opulent
must be highly satisfactory. The result of our in-
quiries at the various charitable institutions to which
we have alluded proves that Bath has not enjoyed a
higher state of health for years past than at this time
of almost universal disease.

This is a state of thit.gs to which we would direct
the attention of the valetudinarian, and, indeed, of all
who value a residence fraught with health-bestowing
influences. Bath presents a locality at once adorned
with the charms of nature and the allurements of art,
ever visited by salubrious skies, shielded by situation,
and preserved by a genial climate from contagion and
wide-spread mortality, even in a time of unusual
sickness, such as the present.
The causes of this exemption may easily be traced.
A healthy site, wide and well built streets, a popula-
tion not over crowded—these are advantages which
nave been made the most of by an adequate supply
of water, good drainage, and a scrupulous attention
to cleanliness. To these may be added the absence
of manufactures, with their concomitant smoke and
stench, tainting the air and rendering it the medium
of conveying disease. In connexion with the clean-

liness and improved drainage of our city the labours
of the Bath Sanitary Association deserve honourable
mention. To their efforts are owing not only a direct
and positive benefit, the result of actual interposition
where needed, but a more efficient because moral
result, in convincing the people that health depends
on their own cleanliness. And to the labouring man
we know that his health is his all. How vast, then,
the amount of physical as well as mental suffering
prevented by the efforts of this one association ! Its
members are assuredly entitled to the gratitude of
their fellow-citizens. Through their labours, it is a
doctrine now beginning to be understood by the very
humblest classes, that cleanliness is health ; and this
opinion, firmly fixed in the minds of the masses which
torm the bulk of every city, will present the best of all
bulwarks against disease, inasmuch as "prevention is
better than cure."

COFFEE.—This article has been dull, but general])
has realised about previous rates. Jamaica has beet,
sold at 40s to 48s 6d for fine ord to low mid, at 37a to
39s for good ord, and at 21s to 36s for triage. Berbic
and Demerara good mid to fine we call 50s to 555.
Native good ord Ceylon has been 35s 6d. Plantation
good mid has been taken in at 60s to 625, and mid at
58s. St. Domingo is about 32s to 35s per cwt. Havan-
nab fine fine ord to mid 42s to 555. Costa Rica 35s to
363. Brazil 29s to 455, and Padang 28s to 31s. Mocha
garbled 52s to 76s per cwt.
RlCE.—Java has been taken in at lOs to lOs 6d;
Bengal has realized lOs 6d to lls 6d for flue white, and
8s 6d to 9s for ord and mid. Arracan pearl barley has
been sold at 7s 6d to Bs. Madras has been taken in at
7s per cwt.
SALTPETRE.—The demand has been good. Bengal
has been at 27s to 28s for 5 to 3 per cent refraction, and
Madras 12 per cent at 26s to 26s 6d.
Conos.—This article has been quiet.
COCHINEAL.—There is a sight tendency to declice.
TAIXoW.—P. Y. C. is quiet at 39s to 393 6d per cwt
on the spot, and at 39s 3d for the last three months.
CorroN.—A steady business has been doing at full
rates.
TEA..—The demand has been moderate, and at steady
quotations.
SPICES.--Pepper has been steady, black 2id to 2id,
and white 31d per lb. Pimento ord to good ord has
been held at 4d to qd per lb. Bengal Ginger 23s 6d;
Jamaica, 41 to 71 per cwt. Mace 2s 2d to 2s 6d for mid
and good; and Zanzibar Cloves lid to 'ad for mid.
SAco._Mid and good has been sold at 19s to 20s 6d,
and damaged at 13s to 143 per cwt.

Still, we cannot close our eyes to the fact, that
without the intervention of a higher Power all human
efforts would have failed to avert the dreaded visita-
tion. Our singular exemption from the scourge
must be attributed by all as an act of Heaven's
sovereign mercy. Ingratitude under these circum-
stances would be alike impious and absurd.—Bath
and Cheltenham Gazette.

THE NORTH KENT LINE.

The opening of a new metropolitan line invariably
gives rise to a great deal of excitement in the rail-
way world, but the South-Eastern Company, no
doubt from prudential motives of economy, have
abandoned the custom of celebrating the completion
of new and important works with a public entertain-
ment, and commenced the operations of the North
Kent Line in a manner at once quiet and unostenta-
tious. The opening of this line has not been made
the occasion of a gastronomical festival, nor did it
call into existence any strong display of feelings in
the various towns and villages it will accommo-
date; and yet few lines have created such fear-
ful feuds and desperate contests as the North Kent,
whose history is as instructive as it has been eventful.
Many years ago, when railways were looked upon as
a wild and extravagant vision of a theorist, and
public writers did not scruple to denounce their
author as a madman, some enterprising and far seeing
men concocted a scheme for connecting the Dover
coast with the metropolis, and shortening the com-
munication with the continent by means of a loco-
motive tramway. That project followed almost the
very same route as the present North Kent line, but
in their blind prejudice against such undertaking,
which ignorance and cupidity induced them to
believe would destroy the beauty of their country,
the inhabitants of North Kent so strenuously
opposed it, that the promoters, whom they looked
upon as ruthless invaders, were compelled to abandon
the work. As time, however, advanced the absurd
tears of the multitude, although not entirely ob-
literated, were greatly diminished ; one of the busiest
of our manufacturing districts had begun to experi-
ence the utility and advantages of the iron tramway,
which was to cut up and disfigure the country, while
scientific men had convinced themselves that the in-
vention of Stephenson was not to be ridiculed as the
fantastic creation of a lunatic's brain. Another at-
tempt was therefore made to introduce a rail-
way into the fertile and picturesque valleys
of North Kent, but, alas ! like its predeces-
sor, it proved of no avail, and, almost
in utter despair, those whom the Kentish people are
now disposed to look upon as their benefactors were
compelled to adopt the circuitous route of Reigate,
which was attended with more success, and ulti-
mately the existing South-Eastern and Dover Rail-
way was sanctioned by the Legislature, and con •
structed by its bold and enterprising promoters. Now
came another epoch in railway history. Experience
having demonstrated that railways were not alone
highly useful but inordinately profitable, the prejudice
against them gave way to sudden feelings in their
favour, and Parliament propounded the absurd
and dangerous principle that competition was
as good for the public, when applied to
railways, as any other branch of trade.
N o wonder then that rival schemes sprung up to op-
pose nearly every successful company in the king-
dom ; nor, when one looks at the position of the South
Eastern, is it surprising that it came in for more than
its full share of the ill-luck of the period. In a
word, then, the scheme of the North Kent line was
revived by strangers upon a gigantic scale, and those
who had years before been drives from the country,
saw that their opponents were received with open
arms. They, however, successfully resisted the
scheme in Parliament, and during the following re-
cess both parties again entered the field to
prepare for one of the severest contests
that was ever witnessed in Parliament—
a contest, too, which the South Eastern Company had
to maintain at a ruinous sacrifice. In this contest there
were three parties engaged, the South-Eastern, the
North Kent, and the Great Kent Atmospheric. The
North Kent Company proposed to run from Green-
wich to Gravesend, and on to Canterbury, and thence
to Dover, thereby forming a new and independent
line to the coast. The South-Eastern Company pro-
posed a similar line, and with far greater claim to its
possession. Both lines were rejected as they were
proposed, but the South-Eastern Company obtained
the present line to Gravesend, thereby setting at rest
for ever the question of a North Kent line.
Such then is a cursory history of the line which we
now propose to describe, and which, in all probability,
is destined to become as popular and as profitable as
it was formerly ruinous to its promoters and hateful
to the Kentish people. The Bill sanctioning its con-
struction received the Royal assent in August, 1846,
consequently its construction has occupied some
three years ; but, if we are not mistaken, disputes
with one of the contractors has led to considerable
delay in the opening. The line as far as Gravesend
is twenty-five miles and four chains in extent; but,
added to the Gravesend and Rochester, which is
incorporated with it, the total mileage amounts to
about thirty-two miles. The estimated cost, as
specified in the Act, is 1,333,0001., but the actual
cost, when added to 310,0001., the price to be paid
for the Gravesend and Rochester, will fall
below that sum, and make a very moderate
total. The line commences in junction with
the Greenwich Railway near to Deptford, passes
Lewisham, crosses Blackheath, and through a tunnel
on to Woolwich. Traversing Piumstead Marshes,
it reaches Frith, where pretty views of the river are
obtained on the one band, and glimpses of woodland
scenery on the other ; and then it arrives at Dept-
ford, which, with Woolwich, Gravesend, and Strood,
form the most important stations. Leaving Deptford,
the line ascends to Greeuhithe, where the river is seen
meandering through a valley, while looking backwards
the Pool may be observed thickly packed with col-
liers, whose myriad masts present the appearance of
a huge forest. Still mounting from Greenhithe, the
line enters Greenwich, which has been provided with
an elegant and commodious station, and then emerges
on to the banks of the river, which at this point is
seen to greater advantage than before. Keeping
along the side of the old canal, it penetrates the well-
known Rochester Tunnel, and terminates at the
Medway, with the ruined old castle frowning upon it
from the opposite eminence.
Although its traffic will be principally of a pleasure
character, the line has been well and substantially
constructed, and the way is already sufficiently con-
solidated to admit of the trains passing over it with
ease and rapidity. It traverses a country as remark-
able for the beauty of its scenery as the wealth of its
rgreatlyiver,
withrelieved v be
West
occasional inhabitants, while the monotony of the journey is
ignlifmuillsessaiolf; ot hr ea noble
steam-vessel floating on its placid surface. With
such a picture on the one hand, and the green fields
on the other, the whole route has an enchanting and
enlivening appearance, and when we remember the
success which has attended the Richmond line, we
have no fears for that of the North Kent,
since the scenery of Gravesend, though not
so romantic is still preferred by the Londoners, who
are essentially a pleasure-seeking people, to that of
Richmond ; besides the amusements, which have re-
ceived a considerable impetus from the opening of the
line, are far more numerous at Gravesend than at
Richmond, and the pleasure-seeker who can break-
fast at his own home, and leave by the 9.30 train, will
have ample time to inspect the historical relics of
Rochester, or the fortifications of Chatham, and then
returning to Gravesend to visit Rosherville Gardens,
stroll to Cobham-park, or loiter for a while amid the
cultivated grounds of Springhead. The line is worked
with a very liberal time-bill and low fares.
Between Woolwich and London, where the traffic
upon the newly-opened railway is already very good,
there are twenty- nine trains daily each way. In
other words, the trains from London to Woolwich run
every half-hour from 7.30 A.M. to 9.30 r M., and
those from Woolwich every half-hour from 8 A.M. to
11 P.M. The trains from London to Gravesend run
hourly from 7.30 to 9.30 ; and from Gravesend also
hourly from 7.20 to 10.20. The fares to Woolwich
are ls., 9d., and 6d., the distance being performed in
26 minutes; and from London to Gravesend 35., 25.,
and is. 6d. The day tickets to and from Gravesend
are 55., 3s. 6d., and 2s. 6d., and the jonrney is made
in 1 hour 6 minutes. The trains to Rochester
run also every hour from London-bridge, and the
fares are 4s. 6d., 35., and 2s. ; the distance
is gone over in an hour and a half.
The day tickets are 8-S., ss. 6d., and 3s. 6d.
The early and late hours at which passengers can
leave the one terminus for the other, and the rapidity
and certainty of their transit, will be no less beneficial
to the inhabitants of Woolwich, Gravesend, and Ro-
chester, than profitable to the South-Eastern Com-
pany. By the present arrangements the man of busi-
ness can leave Gravesend at 8.20 A.M., and arrive at
his office in the City 20 minutes before 10 o'clock,
and he may leave his office at 5.1.5 in the afternoon,
and be with his family in Gravesend at 6.45. If busi-
ness detain him in London, he can start by the 9.20
train, and reach Gravesend at 10.36. The annual
ticket-system has also been adopted, and to and from
Gravesend the charges are—tbr first-class, 251.,
second-class, 20/. So much, then, for this important
line of railway, whose operations during one single
week only have realised the expectation of its pro-
prietors, and justified the original calculation that it
would yield upwards of a million a year.

HINTS TO GROUSE SHOOTERS.—Grouse shooters
should separate and range singly—they should have no
noisy attendants, nor any dogs that require rating.
The sport cannot be carried on too quietly. If the
shooter throws off before eight o'clock, which it is not
prudent to do unless there are many guns on the moors,
or foul weather is expected in the afternoon, he should
run only one dog as long as the heather is wet, after-
wards two, and in the afternoon three dogs. In wet
weather one dog is quite sufficient. If hot weather, we
advise rest from eleven to two. If the shooter have not
exhausted himself during the middle of the day, he will
best fill his bag in the afternoon; he may not, indeed,
then find so many, but those he does find will be dis-
persed birds that will almost lie to be trodden on. An
old shooter thus, on a dry afternoon following a wet
morning, will sometimes load himself or his attendant,
after the less experienced have left the moor disgusted,
with scarcely a bird in their possession.—From the Rod
and the Gun; by II ilson and Oakleigh.

nn Believe us, reader, that bad taste, like most senti-
ments, is only relative. The unctuous morsels of a
stranded whale are as delicate viands to the palate of a
Karntschatkan aristocrat, as the breast of an ortolan to
the beauty of May Fair. Each would repudiate with
disgust the aliment of the other.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
.SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAT.—The Severn steam-
ship, Captain Vincent, left the river this afternoon, out-
ward-bound, with the West India and Mexican mails.
She took out 14 passengers, some specie, and a freight of
merchandise consigned to various islands. The Severn
was in excellent condition, and excited the admiration of
her passengers. Tho Teviot is expected home with the
next mail. From the prevalence of westerly winds
during. the past fortnight, it is very possible she may,
arrive earlier than usual—probably in the course of to-
!morrow. The Euxine, from Constantinople, is expected
in a day or two.
To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the
apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.
To hasten from the quivering soul, and in dark chambers
pour out the tears of sensitive regret, while stranger
hands prepare the weeds of sepulchre, is, the course that
affluence assigns;tolsolemn sorrow—Eliza Cook's Journal.
We have authority to state, with reference to the
case of the Rev. Charles Rookes, that the Lord Bishop
of the diocese has commenced proceedings, under the
Act for better enforcing church discipline, and that Mr.
Rookes has already been served with notice thereof.—
Exeter Flying Post.
Letters from the interior of Austria furnish very
satisfactory accounts respecting the harvest, but in some
parts the locusts had done a good deal of damage.

Bad taste is a phrase gcnerallly used, but by no
means generally understood, for every class and section
of society put their construction upon its signification;
and what is bad taste in one order of people, is the sum.
mit of becoming beauty in another. The red bandana
for the neck is exquisitely chaste in the eyes of a coal.
heaver's mistress; while the same glaring appendage
round the throat of a gentleman would be denominated
by other society as the acme of slang and vulgarity,—
Eiza Cook's Journal.
NOVFL FISFUNG.—On Friday week a gentleman
from Yorkshire had a day's fishing with the aid of cor-
morants at the foot of Windermere Lake. The birds
captured a salmon rcort, weighing three pounds, and
several eels of various sizA. It appears that the cor-
morant has a strong predilection fur eels, and will not
take any other fish while they are to be had.
A vessel arrived at Wick, on Friday, from the west
coast, having on board the large quantity of fifteen
tons of saithe, not a single cod being on board. It is
scarcely within the memory of an individual of the north
that so many fish of this description have been caught as
the fishermen have brought ashore in all directions.—
John o'Groat's Journal,

THE CHOLERA.
RETURN OF CASES, AUG 2.
Attacks.
In London and vicinity
In England and Wales
In Seutlund

Deaths.
119
122

Total. 562

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—A representa-
tion having been made to the directors of this railway
that considerable accommodation would be afford( d to
parties irequenting the Bristol markets on Thursday, if
one of the late trains were allowed to stop at the Ban-
well station that day, those gentlemen at once passed a
resolution in accordance with the wishes of the parties
interested; so that now the 7.35 P.N. train from Bristol
stops at Banwell on Thursdays, in addition to the ether
stations at which it previously called.
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Accounts from Marseilles report a further me
the prices of fine silks, with firmness in the quotations
for Inferior. pusiime wgs tpltrobly victim

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1849.

THE MAGAZINES, &c•
BENTLEY.

The present numht7rOt Bentley contains s mcsgt
interesting paper by P. G. Patmore, entitled " Recol-
lections of the late Lady Blessiugton." Mr. Patmore
had been for many years on terms of intimacy with
Lady Blessington, and these recollections are penned
in a spirit of affectionate regard for the memory of
the dead. Lady Blessington, according to Mr. Pat-
more, possessed a " genius," for it was nothing less,
for conversation. The drawing-room was to her
what the House of Commons was to Pitt or Fox, and
if, to quote the words of Mr. Patmore, " there never
was a woman more truly fascinating than Lady Bles-
sington, it was because there never was one who
made less effort to be so." This notice is interspersed
with several anecdotes of Byron, with whom Lady
Blessington was on terms of intimatefriendship during
his residence at Genoa. The author of "Melton Mow-
bray" contributes a most amusing anecdote, entitled
" Marriage A la Mode—de Paris." Our French
neighbours seldom marry for love. On the Continent
marriages in general are marriages de i
conrenance,
matters of bargain and sale, the priest being n general
the negotiator. It so happened that a certain Julie
St. Germain, rich, and of good family, was, like many
other hi zh- bred young ladies, an inmate of the convent
of the Sacre Cceur, which may be considered the mar-
riage mart. She was there submitted to the inspection
of the Marquis de —, an old broken down rake, ap-
proved of, and the day fixed for the wedding. Now
it so happened that the day appointed for the wed-
ding was exceedingly wet, and every one who knows
Paris knows that two hours' rain will at any time
transform the French capital into a vast lake of mud.
We give the conclusion of the story in the author s
own words
" The carriage was at the door, and the bridegroom
in waiting, the Marquis was standing by the side of
the gentle Julie, looking on his intended wife for the
third, or, at moat, for the sixth time in bis life, know-
ing her as well, and caring for her as much as the man
in the moon heeds a daughter of Ere. What of that?
the match is to come off; so, with the politeness of the
old school, he takes the hand of the fair Julie and leads
her to the carriage.
" It might have been that poor Julie trembled at the
destiny she was about to fulfil; it might have been the
grease of the pavement, or the fault of the carriage
step, or one, or both, or the three united—the sad
truth is, that Julie, in attempting to enter the car-
riage, made a false step, her tiny foot splashed in the
gutter, and in so doing covered the bridegroom's peer-
less dress with the blackest of muddy water.
" Mon Dieu 1 comme elle est bete 1' muttered the be-
spattered man, as his lips turned white with rage, and
his teeth ground down the resentment he longed, yet
dared not, to utter. It was but a moment—a heartless
smile, a bow, a something said, soon followed, but it
was too late. The inward man had peeped out, Julie
had seen it, and her determination was taken.
.

LOUIS BLANC'S' MONTHLY REVIEW.

No. I.

A singular publication under this title has just
commenced—edited by F. R. Trehonnais, and pub-
lished by T. C. Newby. The magazine is the organ
of ultra-Socialism—the first number now before us
containing a ferocious onslaught on Order, Family,
and Property. We should fear the pernicious influ-
ence of such a periodical in England but that we are
satisfied that not half-a-dozen numbers will get into
circulation. The very great abilities of Louis Blanc
are fully recognised and appreciated, but his prin-
ciples are in no repute in England—especially since
the insurrection of May and June at Paris.

" Once more the Marquis offered the band which had
been splashed away; without uttering a word Julie ac-
cepted the proffered assistance with a slight, but very
slight, bend of her graceful neck. The second attempt
was successful, and without further accident she took
her seat in the carriage. There she sat in deep, unbroken
silence; not a word was spoken as the dashing equipage
hurried to the Mairie; in silence she ascended the stairs
and stood befor the Mayor himself. If her cheeks were
pale as the budding leaves of the white, white rose,'
her air and carriage were not wanting in dignity; it
her rounded lips were closed like coral on the ivory be-
neath, there was a something there which in silence
spoke—decision.
"It is an old adage which says, silence gives con-
sent;' and so it seemed in this case. At all events no••
thing was dose to interrupt the ceremony, all things
progressed in proper routine, the usual formalities con
tinued without let or hindrance until the Mayor ad-
dressed Mdlle. Julie and asked, W ill you take this man to
be your husband,'
"' Pas si bite was the ready and laconic answer of
the gentle Julie, as she revenged the insult offered by
one look of indignant contempt. The next moment
she turned proudly from the side of the Marquis and left
him to his fate.
" That fate was not the most enviable upon earth.
The clever and spirited retort of the gentle Julie flew like
lightning through the salons of Paris. In the clubs, the
streets, the drives, and walks, ever and everywhere, pas
si be'te was quoted in the ear of the deserted Marquis.
The laugh was so completely against him. He was,
if I may use such free translation of a word untrans-
latable, he was so universally baited, that he was only
too happy to make his escape, and leave the fair Julie
to rejoice for once in the mud of dear dirty Paris."
The Coroner's Clerk gives us the commencement
of the story of Sir Philip de Fontenay, which
promises to be one of exciting interest, and the
delightful " Wayside Pictures" are continued, our
author taking us through the valley of the Meuse
to Liege, through the valley of the Ourt and through
the valley of the Vesdre to Spa. Sylvanus continues
his sporting recollections, and there is another chapter
from the " Memoirs of Chateaubriand." Bentley also
contains some poetry much above the usual average
of magazine poetry. " Poetry versus Science," by a
Frenchman, is a lively sarcastic poem in the Don
Juan stanza, and is among the best imitations of the
Byronic metre and the Byronic mode of thought
that we have met with of late.

PROGRESS OF THE ROYAL
SQUADRON.
___

ISLE Or WIGHT, WEDNESDAY, 9 P.M.—More de-

lightful weather for her Majesty's tour to the sister
country would be impossible. The public notices in
the newspapers announcing the fact that her Majesty
would leave Osborne this afternoon, on her marine
trip, had the effect of throwing the numerous villages
along the coast into the most lively state of excite-
ment, and the greatest interest was manifested to
witness the departure of the royal squadron out of
the waters of the Solent. A complete fleet of small
steamers, gaily decorated in their best colours and
well freighted with her Majesty's loyal subjects,
studded the Channel, thus adding considerably to the
beauty of the scene.
The booming of guns soon after three o'clock from
the eastward intimated the departure of her Majesty
from Osborne, and the starting of the Royal yacht
(Victoria and Albert) on her cruise to the Irish shore 3.
Within a short time after the firing of the salute, the
yacht, with the Royal Standard flying at the main,
hove in sight, surrounded by the war steamers form-
ing the squadron, and several private vessels satisfac-
torily laden with excursionists. A number of foreign
ships were moored in the roadstead, all of which were
profusely decorated with bunting of all colours and
forms, the crew manning the yards and heartily
cheering her Majesty as the squadron steamed past.
A more animated and interesting scene has, probably
not been witnessed in the Solent for many years.
With those forming the royal escourt, there could not
have been less than two hundred vessels taking part
in the imposing ceremony, most, if not all, of which
had colours flying in a very glittering and profuse
style. The Victoria and Albert seemed in excellent
trim—great improvement had evidently been made
both in her speed and appearance. By five o'clock
she had cleared the Needles, making swift passage to
the westward. The Sphinx, 6 guns, and the Vivid,
were nearest to the royal yacht. The other Govern
merit steamers, the Stromboli and the Black Eagle,
were in their wake, and travelling at a very fair rate,
but clearly deficient of the speed of the Victoria and
Albert or the Sphinx and Vivid. In less than half an
hour the royal squadron was lost sight of. The
evening closed in with a fresh breeze from the north-
ward, and appearances of a bright moonlight night.
The rate of the royal yacht could not have been less
than thirteen or fourteen miles an hour, and it was as
Flinch as two of the steamers comprising the escort
could do to keep up with her.
COAST-GUARD STATION, SWANAGE, DORSET,
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

The royal yacht, with her Majesty and illustrious
Consort and children on board, bound for the Cove of
Cork, passed this station at 630 r.i. It was fine,
bright, clear weather, with just sufficient wind to be
pleasant. Her course, as near as possible, was S.S.W.
Only two steamers accompanied the yacht.
ST. ALBAN'S HEAD, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
The Victoria and Albert royal yacht and the
steamers forming the royal escort were abreast of
this headland about seven o'clock this evening, al-
though some miles distant. The weather was, as
usual on royal trips, very favourable, and from the
course the fleet was keeping, it was almost certain
that the royal voyage would be continued during the
night.

WEYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING.
Contrary to general expectation, her Majesty's
royal fleet, on its way to Cork, did not put in here last
evening, for the night, a circumstance which has caused
no trifling disappointment to the visitors of this
highly-fashionable watering-place. We believe
that the necessary arrangements were made for
the royal squadron running into the bay for the
night, and the fact having been buzzed about the
town, all were on the tiptoe of expectation for the
royal arrival. Evening wore on, however, but no
squadron made its appearance. The weather was
charming, and it was then surmised that as there was
every appearance of its continuing favourable during
the night, her Majesty, with her usual alacrity in ma-
rine trips, would keep out to sea and pursue the
voyage. This proved to be correct, for the coast-
guard authorities of this district sighted the passing
of the royal yacht and squadron by Portland between
seven and eight o'clock ; but the fleet was too far off
for them to obtain more than a mere recognition of
the royal vessels. They were proceeding at a rapid
rate, and should the speed be kept up there is every
probability of her Majesty taking the loyal citizens of
Cork by surprise.
It is considered rather likely that her Majesty will
not put into any of the ports in the Channel, but
make direct for Cork. Orders, however, have been sent
to the authorities at Devonport, and Fahnouth to have
the necessary arrangements completed, so as to
coal the royal fleet, and it is just possible that a Ns ant
of fuel may cause the royal yacht to put in at one
of these ports.

IRELAND.
TILE QUEEN'S VISIT.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY MoarciNG.—The Lord Mayor
of Dublin (Mr. OBrien, M.P.) has issued the follow-
ing proclamation :
" BY THE RIGHT HON. TEE LORD MAYOR.
" TIMOTHY O'BRIEN,
" On the occasion of her Most Gracious Majesty the
Queen visiting her city of Dublin for the first time,
which happy event is expected to take place early in the
ensuing week, the Lord Mayor, assured of the feelings
of affectionate loyalty and devotion entertained by all
classes of his fellow-citizens towards her Majesty, would
suggest that the accustomed mode of expressing their
feelings of joy on the occasion, through the medium of
a public illumination, should be now adopted; and he
would, there:bre, name the evening of her Majesty's
public entry into the city as the most fitting time for
such illumination.

The Lord Mayor, in making this suggestion, feels
that some of the less opulent of hii fellow-citizens may,
for many reasons, be unable to illuminata their houses
without very considerable inconvenience; and his Lord-
ship, fully assured of the spirit of loyalty and atT(ction
that actuates them, begs to say that his request does not
apply to them; and that such persons as are unavoid-
ably prevented joining in this demonstration, will not,
on that account, be deemed less loyal to their Sove••
reign.

`7 The Lord Mayor takes this opportunity of express-
ing his anxious desire, that, for the credit of the city,
the greatest order and decorum should be observed,
" Given at the Mansion House, this first day of Au-
gust, 1849. By order,
" TIMOTHY O'BRIEN, Private Secretary."

At a meeting of the committee appointed to make
arrangements for the suitable reception of her Ma-
jesty on the occasion of her visit to this city, it was
yesterday resolved that the following should be the
order of the procession, as it passes through the city
of Dublin, viz.:—

Escort of Dragoons.
THE QUEEN'S CARRIAGES.
The Lord Mayor's Carriages.
The Recorder's.
The High Sheriff's.
The City Representatives'.
The Aldermens'.
The Town Councillors'.
The City Horsemen, wearing light blue scarfs.
The County Horsemen.
The City Carriages.
The County Carriages.

The Lieutenants and Deputy -Lieutenants of coun-
ties will have the first place among those wearing the
city scarfs.
The streets are to be lined with military.
In addition to our own nobility and gentry, who
are already flocking into Dublin, many English,
Scotch, and a fair sprinkling of foreigners, are
observable, their strange vehicles and costumes ex-
citing a good deal of attention.
To our former announcements we have to all the

Fitzsimon, Inspector-General of Prisons, and for-.
merly Member for the King's County. He expired
at his seat, Broughall Castle, on the 31st of July„
after an illness of eight days, most deeply arid uni-
versally regretted by all classes. The salary of the
office of Inspector-General of Prisons is 1,2001. per
annum.

THE MOORS.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE TWELFTH.
On the eleventh of August the sportsman arrives
at his shooting quarters, probably some isolated.
tavern "old as the hills" (if such a house as the
grouse-shooter occasionally locates himself in, in the
northern or midland counties of England, or in Scot—
land, where oat-cake and peat supply the place of
fuel, can be called a tavern). The place, humble in.
character, has been the immemorial resort of sports—
men in August, although, during the rest of the
year, sometimes many months elapse ere a customer,
save some itinerant salesman calling for his mug of
beer "darkens the door." There he will find all
the keepers, and poachers, and young men from the
country round assembled, amounting in the whole to
not more than some eight or ten persons, each.
anxious to display his knowledge of the number
and localities of the broods, but each differing,
wide as the po!es asunder, in his statement,
except on four points, on which all agree,
viz., that the hatching season has been finer

than was ever known W before !—that the broods
are larger and more numerous than were ever counted
before ! —that the birds are heavier and stronger than
were ever seen before !—and that they will, on the
following day, lie better, and afford more sport than
they ever did on any opening day before ! Each suc-
cessive season being, in their idea, more propitious
than its precursor Many are the topics discussed,
and not the least interesting is the question, at what
time shall we commence operations in the morning?
When the guns are expected to be numerous, it is
decided to be on the ground as soon as it is light
enough to commence operations in a fair way. Birds
may be killed above the horizon long before sunrise,
but the sportsman's rule is never to fire until the
morning is so far advanced that he can plainly dis-
tinguish them in their flight against the dark hill-side.
They arrange to breakfast at three (calculating the
time by their watches, and not by the house clock,
which may have a way of going peculiar to itself),
and to be on the ground before four, as the greatest
number of birds are killed between four and sir, and
when there are many contesting for the prize it is folly
to throw away a chance. If the moor is strictly
preserved, and no guns are expected but their own,
they determine not to disturb the birds until seven or
eight, since birds lie better during the day when not
disturbed early in the morning. This question being
disposed of, inquiry is made whether the dogs have
been fed, and the shooters will() intend killing their
full complement of birds retire before eleven (a late
hour, by the by, in the vicinity of a moor), lest they
should not feel as they could wish in the morning;
and this is the more necessary if they be not members
of a temperance society. Every bed is speedily oc-
cupied, and the retainers lie on sofas, elbow chairs, or
whatever else presents itself; but how often it hap-
pens that the god of slumber is invoked in vain!—
From the Rod and the Gun; by Wilson Oakleigh. g

METROPOLITAN NEW PUBLI-

CANS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.

The pleasant suburban retreat, known as Highbt.try
Barn, was yesterday the scene of much merry-making
and rejoicing, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary
of this society, which has been established by the beer-
sellers of the metropolis—now a very important and in.
fluential body—for the general protection of their inter-
ests, and for affording assistance to decayed members of
the trade, and their widows and orphans.
The weather being exceedingly fine, the company
amused themselves, for some hours previous to dinner,
by games of trap-bat, quoits, and skittles, and by pro-
menading about the grounds, which, from their verdant
freshness, gave good indications of the exhilarating effect
of the late showers.

There being nearly a thousand persons present, it was
necessary to provide dinner in the two spacious rooms
of the tavern, in the largest of which Mr. Pros-
ser, one of the trustees, presided. He was sup-
ported by a number of gentlemen connected
with the society. A most substantial and excellent
dinner was served up; and it is but justice to say that
the arrangements of the worthy host, Mr. Hinton, were
admirable, for we did not hear a single complaint, al-
though the comeany was so numerouP. The repast hav-
ing teen duly dispatched,' and grace said,
The CHAIRMAN said, if the old adage, " coming events
cast their shadows before," were true, the officers who
had been elected for the ensuing year to manage the
affairs of the society would, before next session of Par-
lit meat closed, be called into active service ; from that
quarter they were threatened with legislative interference.
The Earl of Harrowby intended,if possible, to make an
alteration in the law with respect to the sale of beer, and
if he succeded, he (the Chairman) need not tell them
that he would Injure an interest upon se, hich
the existence of thousands depended. The Noble
Lord had obtained the appointment of a Select
Committee to inquire into the operation of the Sale of
Be, r Act, and as there had been a long, premeditated
opposition to them evidenced in the number of petitions
which had been presented to Parliament praying for an
alteration of the present law, there being altogether
214, signed by 30,000 persons, he thought he was justi-
fied in asking them to rally round the society to which
alone could they lock for protection to their interests.—
(Cheers.) The Chairman concluded by giving the health
of the Queen, which was warmly responded to and was
followed by the Nati,,nal Anthem.
" The health of Prince Albert and the rest of the
Royal Family," was the next toast.
Mr. flAwatris proposed "The Metropolitan New
Publicans' Protection Society."—(Cheers.) The beer
traic would have been crushed years ago if it had not
been for the society, and now that another attempt, and
perhaps it might be the last, was about to be
made to put them down, it became doubly
necessary fur those engaged in the trade to
unite together.—(Cheers.) But besides protecting their
own interests, they bad voted eight poor widows 104
each, and they had yet funds at their disposal to vote
more.—(Cheers.) They were going, also, to nominate
a pensioner upon the society, and he would never rest
satisfied until they had alms-houses, like the licensed
victuallers.—(Cheers.) The beer-seliers of the metropolis
were now rising into some eminence, and it became ne-
cessary that they should provide for the support of their
aged poor.—(Cheers.)
The toast was enthusiastically received.
Mr. J. BISHOP, the secretary, proposed "The Brewers
who have already supported this aociety, and may those
who have not soon recognise their duty in supporting
that from which they derive their support." The time
was now come, he said, when the brewers must make
their election whether they would be for or against them,
and when they must take their stand accordingly.
(Cheers.) lle could state as a fact that the heads of
three or four of the leading brewery establishments were
privately circulating a memo ial to the Government,
praying that the beer-seller might not be licensed by the
Excise, but be placed at the mercy of the magistracy of
the country.—(hear, hear.) He did not wish to im-
pugn the county magistrates, than whom there was no
more respectable body, but the fact was that on licens-
ing days, what ho called the real, staple magistrates
did not attend, but the jobbing magistrates.—(Cheers.)
Their own rights were, however, not only involved in
this matter, but the rights of the public also, and the
question was whether the public should have beer and
ale at the place where they could get it best and cheap-
est.—(Cheers.) Among the brewers who had contri-
buted to the support of the society were the following;
—Mann and Crossman, 20 guineas ; Elliot and Co.,
Pimlico, 10 guineas; Wood and Co, 10 guineas; and Mr.
Thomas Harris, Hampstead-road, 10 guineas.—(Cheers.)
These were the four pillar's to the quadrangular
structure, but there were many other smaller pillars in
the interior of the temple.—(Laughter.) In asking the
brewers for their support, it was nut to be forgotten that
they were only asking them to do that which would be
the means of maintaining themselves.—(Cheers.) In
conclusion, he would urge the members of the society to
do their duty; if they did not all wholesome competition
would be crushed, and the beer-trade would be a matter
of history and nut of fact.—(Cheers.)
The toast like the preceding ones was warmly re-
sponded to.
The health of Lord Monteagle and the rest of their
Parliamentary friends, and the Press, were drunk with
much enthusiasm.
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A brass band enlivened the festivities of the day, and
some capita
songs and glees were sung by the vocalists.
isisiing Of Mr. Seigtord, Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Simmonds,
con
the leave' Fatuity.
Mr. Higgs made a most active and efficient toast-
master.

following noblemen, who will be in Dubli❑ to receive
her Majesty :—The Marquis of Conyngham, Earl of
Caledon, Earl of Mayo, Earl of Howth, Earl of Kin-
noul, Lord Cremorne, Lord Carew, Lord Bellew, and
Lord Naas.

His Grace the Lord Primate having requested the
Bishops to meet him in Dublin, for the purpose of
presenting an address to the Queen on the occasion
of her Majesty's visit to Ireland, the Lord Bishop of
Cashel has postponed the visitation of the diocese of
Cashel and Emly to Thursday, the 16th day of
August next, to be held at Cashel. The Bishop of
Cashel held his annual visitation of the diocese of
IVaterford in the Cathedral, Waterford, on Thursday.
On Friday the Lord Bishop of Limerick, and on
Saturday the Lord Bishop of Killaloe, leave for
Dubin, to attend a summons of the Primate in Ilar-
courth, where the prelates will prepare an address to
the Queen.
The Bishop of Down presided at a meetingdress
toefthhies
clergy at Belfast yesterday, when an address
Queen was agreed on.
MoAndmayee.tinfleof
hcousnhteyrktro,f flonrmtatigkhin
Most Gracious Majesty.
d
in a few pithy obsleilrevnat-s
said, the object of the meeting was to igtviadieeljt,es I chair,h?n
Sir JAMES STROL%t:
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hofe the county
of the Chairman, moved that an address be presented
to her Majesty.
Colonel BLACKER would reiterate the sentiments of
the High Sheriff, assured, as he was, that the county
Armagh was ever ready to pay due homage to the
monarchy, and to the virtues of their amiable Sove-
reign. Their county was proverbial fur loyalty,
which, when tested, would never be found wanting. If
would be superfluous to advocate the propriety of the
resolution, as the general sentiment of the whole
county was
by
seconding
wa sw arth
l i t s favour. The Gallant Colonel
on
the resolution, which passed
with acclamation.
An excellent address was then adopted.
The High Sheriff of Tipperary presided at a meet
jog of the grand jury of that county. On the motion
of Sir Thomas Dancer a congratulatory address to
the Queen was adopted.
DEATH OF && NICHOLAS FlTzslMoN.—The Mail
of last night announces the death of Sir Nicholas

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AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.—The members of the
Dramatic Institution gave a private performance last
evening of the tragedy of Macbeth, and of Mark Lemon's
drama of Gwynneth Vaughan, at their theatre in Gough-
street, Gray's Inu-I oad. Although the stage manage-
ment was detecrive and the players not altogether perfect
iu their parts, the performance on tlae whole was ore-
ditable to a company of amareurs, and gave promise that
by practice, und, perhaps, a more correct appreciation
of their respective characters, they might do better
ttlinw. In the drama, Mils Fanny Kingston as Gwyn-
neat, and Air. J. Marr as Owen, acquitted
ithemselves
very admirably, and showed that they not ony pos-
stieesis,t,idevg
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storms. W e are glad to observe, however, that no ma.n
te violent thunder
al damage is in any quarter reported as having
occurred to the growing crops. Potatoes continue to
present a healthful appearance,, and promise to yield,
ingely.—Glasgoto Constitutiona.