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JULY 26, 1849.

THE QUARTERLIES.
1
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.

No. CLXXXI.
A brilliant number of the Edinburgh has just made
its appearance. The least meritorious of the contri-
butions is not without its own peculiar excellence.
Yet, notwithstanding the importance of the question
of " Transportation as it now is"—notwithstanding
the attraction of the "Reign of Louis XV.," as de-
scribed by M. De Tocqueville, the father of the dis-
tinguished Minister under Louis Napoleon—notwith-
standing the interest attached to the defence of "Free
Trade,' a system of commercial government so lately
and triumphantly vindicated by the eloquence and
the logic of Sir Robert Peel—notwithstanding the
scholastic fascination of an inquiry into the merits of
the " Corpus Ignatianum," especially at a time when
the learning of a Newman and the acumen of a Faber
have imparted a new popularity to the writings of
the early fathers—and notwithstanding the graphic
power and elegant faculty of description displayed by
Mr. Tyndale in his historical narrative of " Sardinia"
—we are, nevertheless, bold to give the preference at
once to the other moiety of the Quarterly. The five
articles not yet particularised are, for a variety
of reasons, more to our taste, and to them we
acknowledge, without any ambiguity whatever, that
we have awarded a more careful and appreciative
perusal. " Shakspere's Critics: English and Fo-
reign "—affords another and splendid testimony that
the subject is inexhaustible. Though thousands of
volumes, whole libraries we might say, have been
written by way of annotation, or as commentaries,
on the dramas of Shakspere—still the theme on every
fresh examination is found to be ever new and varied,
unfolding additional beauties never before conjec-
tured, and suggesting topics for inquiry never
dreamt of previously. Here, in proof, the reviewer
avers that one broad field of observation in regard to
Shakspere has hitherto been entirely overlooked.
Thousands of commentators have penned books upon
his immortal productions, and published them in all the
languages of Europe, considering him as a poet, but
not one has treated of the infinite art displayed by
him exclusively, or at least pre-eminently, as a dra-
matist. In the course of his own remarks upon
this particular the writer in the Edinburgh pays
due consideration to Voltaire, for inasmuch as he in-
troduced Shakspere to the French (afterwards to
abuse him as " an inspired savage"), and to Lessing
for inasmuch as he did the same by Shakspere in
regard to the Germans. Hitherto it is maintained by
the critic, that Shakspere's plays have been com-
mented upon solely as poetry, never, or at the least,
never adequately, as theatrical works. His glorious
works have been successively treated according to
three arbitrary or fantastic codes—" according to
classic rules, to the rules of French tragedy, and,
finally, to those of German philosophy." One by
one the insufficiency of each of these plans of inves-
tigation is demonstrated, and the reviewer closes his
inquiry by hinting again and again that—even now—
full justice has not been given to the greatest Poet
who ever lived. " Dennis's Etruria" is a brief but
charming allusion to that most elegant compilation of
scholastic, and arclueological antiquarianism. It
is confessed at the very outset, as a curious
and incontrovertible fact, "that the last twenty years
have contributed more to our knowledge of the arts,
the manners, and the customs of ancient Etruria than
the three preceding centuries." And the entire gist
of the argument contained in the paper appears to
be an endeavour to show that whatever evidences a
superior degree of elegance and a more flexile mobi-
lity of style in the urns and painted vases found in
the Etrurian tombs, is attributable not to the Etru-

rians themselves, but to their Hellenic contempora-
ries. Many of the reasons given by the reviewer for
arriving at this conclusion are undoubtedly ingenious.
Yet, in defiance of their ingenuity, we are satisfied
that he will find very few indeed who will entirely
coincide with him in opinion. We are not ashamed
to acknowledge ourselves to be on this point some-
thing more than sceptical. In the course of
this very agreeable and classic contribution
one striking blunder occurs, which could only
have slipped in through inadvertence. Quoting
a famous passage from Propertius, in which the poet
delineates the aspect of Veii, the reviewer observes
of the lines that " they so accurately apply to its pre-
sent position." Now two of the verses are—
" Nunc intra mutes pastoris buceina lenti
Cantat et in vestiis ossibus arva metunt."
The writer in the Edinburgh himself declares that
the walls of Veii have long since disappeared—and
yet, almost in the same breath, he insists that the
description of the ruined city as giveia by Propertius
"so accurately applies to its present condition." At
length one of the quarterlies has noticed that splendid
epic by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, which on its
first publication was hailed with such genuine and
spontaneous admiration. The criticism on " King
Arthur," in the Edinburgh, is conceived, in a ge-
nerous and manly spirit—apart from all conven-
tional rules and predilections, and wholly without
a tinge of any splenetic sentiment having the
smallest or faintest approximation to jealousy.
The outset is honest and cordial—it is this :—"A very
remarkable poem, written by a man of celebrity and
genius, cannot well be overlooked in the chronicles of
literature." While, however, the strain is genial
enough, the mode of analysis appears to us to be par-
ticularly harsh and uncongenial. Before many para-
graphs are perused the commentator becomes some-
what tedious and irksome. We feel that we could

profitably dispense with his eternal periphrases and
his everlasting circumlocution. It is a miracle to us
how so dry a comment could possibly have been
penned on so noble and engaging an original.
Scarcely a dozen quotations are made by the re-
viewer, and none of them selected so as to display to
ad vantage the varied excellences of the minstrel—his

humour: his pathos, his sweetness, elegance, dignity,
and sublimity. Here and there a happy passage of
his hands over the chords is particularised discrimi-
natively, as where it is remarked that the identifica-
tion of the dove and Genevieve is "a singularly fine
poetic thought." Altogether the Edinburgh pro-
nounces " King Arthur" to be " a work designed in a
lofty spirit, and executed with a fine sense of the
noblest functions of poetry." Further on the writer
expresses himself thus emphatically :
" In looking back on the manner in which we have
introduced this elaborate poem to our readers, we find
that, we have, almost unconsciously, handled it as if it
had been a work which had already been acknowledged
as worthy of a permanent place in literature, and the
study of which we desired merely to recommend and
facilitate. A mode of treatment like this implies a high
estimate of the value of the work; and such an estimate
we have no hesitation in expressing. The author is,
we think, right in believing this to bo the least perish-
able monument of his genius. Not only do we confi-
dently pronounce it to be the most vigorous and original
poem that has lately appeared among us; but, while
feeling the uncertainty of all critical vaticinations, we
regard it as not only worthy, but likely, to take its place
among those fine though not faultless performances,
which will hereafter represent the poetical literature of
England in the first half of the nineteenth century"
We are gratified to observe that the deliberate esti-
mate of the Edinburgh Review in regard to the
merits of this splendid production are entirely coin-
cident with the opinions expressed by ourselves im-
mediately after its publication. Equally rejoiced are
we to find that our views in reference to Hungary
are in no essential particular different from those now
avouched by our distinguished quarterly contem-
porary. In the politico-historical article on "Austria
and Hungary," the wrongs suffered by. the latter
glorious country from the perfidy, faithlessness,
tyranny, and ultimate invasion perpetrated on it by
the former, are clearly and explicitly unfolded, and
that too in a comparatively brief but admirably se-
quential narrative. It is asserted at the very
outset that " the first and most prevalent
error is that of regarding Hungary as a
provincc of Austria." Only a day or two since in
our leading columns we quoted from this able paper
the felicitous expression, that " the pedigree of the
immunities of the Hungarians during the long space of
three centuries (1526-1848) continued unimpaired."
Upon one point we cannot at all agree with our con-
temporary, namely, where he declares that the late
successes of the Magyars "are not more owing to
their own valour than to the returning decrepitude of
the Viennese war-office." In this the reviewer
greatly overrates the abilities of Latour—that Minister
by his career in administration having never done
enough to deserve any such encomium. Remarking
upon the noble and even chivalrous disposition of the
Hungarians, it is truly said of them that, " On
the approach of foreign invasion they were
as devoted to the Kaisar as the cavaliers to Charles
Stuart, in asserting their rights they: were as keen
vigilant and unflinching as Pyna, Hampden, and
Somers." In one sentence it is shown very clearly
that the Magyars have long before this, and frequently,
evinced their determination not to submit to oppres-
sion, the people having risen, indeed, five times in
the course of a single century (1606-1711) in de-
fence of their constitution. In another paragraph it
is explained, beyond all contradiction, that Francis
Joseph is neither dejure nor defacto King of Hungary,
but that he is positively, in the language of the Hun-
garian law, " a foreigner." As to the charge that
the present rising of the Magyars in defence of their
independence is sudden and unconstitutional, it is
finally and forcefully replied :
their tone; but the results of sixty years' endurance
" The reforms of 1848 may bare been imperanteiveocl:
scarcely be termed sudden ; nor the rightsassertionofteno invaded—be
fil:"that
—sanctioned for centuries,
justly
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sympathy with assayusastehaseonadrdbuorra
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;fending
spectacle
must be deeply interesting
and enlarged liberties,
that nation which contended against the Stuarts in
ofnul abovepl leoupnlge Hungary
1640, and threw off their yoke in 1688:'
This, we take it, is a very powerful and not
irrational encouragement to our own continued argu-
naeuts, respecting the sympathy of Englishmen ior

the Hungarians. When we remember that Hungary
contains an area of no less than 110,000 English
square miles, with a population of at least 14,000,000,
it is sufficiently clear that such a territory and such
a population cannot be very readily subjugated,
especially when it is notorious that the country is, as
the reviewer observes, "adapted to every species of,
warfare from the guerilla to the dense battalion.',
The devotion of the people and the genius of their
leaders are warmly and deservedly eulogised. Alto•
gether the article is penned in a wise and generous
spirit, and deserves a very wide and very attentive
perusal. The number terminates with a criticism
on Macaulay's magnificent "History of England."
Nor does it need our assurance that the
tone of the Edinburgh is other than eulogistic.
To act otherwise would have been impossible, not
only from taking into consideration the masterly
eloquence of the production itself; but the relation in
which the organ stands in regard to its distinguished
author. One of the most illustrious of its intellectual
children, Macaulay could not be regarded otherwise
than with peculiar complacency by the Edinburgh.
Upon one of the cardinal merits of the history the re-
viewer speaks as follows :
" lie (Mr. Macaulay) is the first who has succeeded
in giving to the realities of history (which is generally
supposed to demand and require a certain austerity of
style) the lightness, variety, and attraction of a work
designed only to amuse. All historians we have ever
read—not excepting Gibbon and Hume, and including
all others in our language—are open to this remark.
To read them is a study, an effort of the in-
tellect—well repaid indeed by the result, but
still necessarily intent and laborious. Mr. Macaulay
has, with an instinctiye sense, both of truth
and of the power to realise it, pfarceived that a true
story may be, and should be, as agreeably told as a ficti-
tious one; that the incidents of real life, whether poli-
tical or domestic, admit of being so arranged as, without
detriment to accuracy, to command all the interest of an
artificial series of facts; that the chain of circumstances
which constitutes history may be as finely and gracefully
woven as in any tale of fancy, and be as much more in-
teresting as the human countenance, with all its glowing
reality of life, and structure, and breathing beauty,
excels themost enchanting portrait that ever passed from,
the pencil of Kneller or of Lawrence."
And reverting subsequently to the singular attrac-
tions of the historian's style, it is emphatically (we
opine rather too emphatically) remarked, that " Mr.
Macaulay's tediousness, if it can be so called, is less
fatiguing than the liveliness of most other writers."
After speaking very happily of Cromwell as one
" who ruled with a just, though an iron rod," the
critic has a sarcastic but well tempered sneer at the
financial reformers. It may be found about the middle
of page 269. One allusion made to the reign of the
good Queen Victoria is so strikingly just and beautiful
that we make no apology for its quotation :
" Although this spirit of jealousy (the reviewer is
speaking of the constitutional jealousy of the preroga-
tive) has, since the revolution, been dormant at intervals,
it has always been ready to be aroused from its lethargy,
and has never been aroused in vain; till, at last, the
practical as well as the abstract limits of the prerogative
have been so securely and precisely fixed, that under the
reign of one who wears her constitutional crown with so
much true knowledge of the laws, and love of the people
of her country, whose virtues have given the throne a
stability, and whose accomplishments have shed over it
a grace it never, in the best of former days, could boast,
we may safely hope that this long contest, the hottest
fire of which it has been our author's task to record, is
at last sinking in its embers."
In the course of an excoriating. flagellation ad-
ministered to the anonymous assailant of Mr.
Macaulay in the Quarterly, the Edinburgh quotes the
witty remark made upon it, that "the writer of it, in
attempting murder, had committed suicide." The
exposure of the ignorance of the writer of that article
in the Quarterly is altogether frightful ; and yet (to
an indifferent spectator like ourselves), amusing
withal, eminently amusing. Due and eulogisic
mention is made of the scholarly and generous-
hearted review of Macaulay's history, penned by
Archibald Alison, in Blachwood's Magazine. After
our foregoing analysis of the contents it is unneces•
sary to say that the Edinburgh, for the July quarter,
displays more than usual ability.

FINE ARTS.
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.

As the last of the popular series of sporting prints
known as "Moore's Celebrated Winners," the Flying
Dutchman is, of course, above all others, the most
attractive. Nor is the engraving as a work of art
unentitled to a large share of approbation. Painted
by T. W. Ilillyard, it has been excellently copied by
the graver of C. N. Smith, and coloured " to the life."
The renowned winner of the Derby Stakes at Epsom,
1849 ; the property of the Earl of Eglinton ; valued
at 6,320/. ; by Bay Middleton, out of Barbelle, dam
also to Van 'froinp ; trained by J. Fobert ; ridde❑
by Charles Marlow—looks a brother in blood to his
more celebrated predecessors, Harkaway, Eclipse,
and Flying Childers.

PORTRAIT of .111ADE11IOISELLE ALBONI.
A graceful little memento of this admirable song-
stress has just been issued from the photographic es-
tablishment of M. Claudet—being a clever profile
sketch in lithography by W. Bosley from an original
Daguerreotype.

MR. ()TWAY 'S LECTURES ON
SHAKSPERE.
All our actors are loud in their complaints of the
neglect of Shakspere, and of the national drama, by
the aristocracy and upper classes, but none of them
appear to have adopted means so effectual to remedy
the evil as Mr. Otway. He has undertaken
the gigantic task of creating a taste for Shakspere
among the aristocracy, by delivering lectures on his
plays at the various public schools at which the dite
of the aristocracy and gentry of Great Britain receive
their education. This certainly is the most effectual
method that could be adopted for attaining the de-
sired end. To what are we to attribute the present rage
for foreign plays and operas, but to the fact that the
greater number of the existing aristocracy have re-
ceived their real education on the continent ? Trans-
ferred from Eton and Harrow, from Oxford and
Cambridge (where no English dramatic per-
formances are allowed), at once to Paris, or Milan,
or Vienna, their first acquaintance with the
drama has been in a foreign language, their
dramatic taste is formed on foreign models, and
they, as a natural consequence, prefer the foreign to
the English drama. By his lectures, however, which
he has delivered at the principal schools and colleges
in the kingdom, and which have been every-
where received both by Principals and Pupils
with the most enthusiastic delight, as the
numerous testimonials which Mr. Otway has
received bear witness, he has indoctrinated the
minds of our young aristocracy with a National
and Shaksperian taste before they have been exposed
to the meretricious fascinations of the continental
theatres, and thus is preparing a store of future patrons
for our national drama. In this good work he has
been most successful. An excellent actor, a sound
critic, a ripe scholar, and a polished gentleman, Mr.
Otway seems by nature designed for the enterprize
he has undertaken.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
The doors of Old Drury were opened last night for
the benefit of Mr. Kenney, the author of Sweethearts
and Wives and many other successful pieces. The en-
tertainments, which were of a very attractive nature,
and supported by the elite of the profession, commenced
with the popular vaudeville of A Curious Case, in which
Mr. C. Mathews sustained his original part a Mr.
Twiggleton in bis usual clever manner. Gay's Beggar's
Opera followed, the cast of which was immensely strung;
it comprehended the name of Mr. Sims Reeves (who
appeared last night fer the first time as the gallant
Captain Macheath), Mr. Webster, Mr. F. Matthews,
Madame Vestris, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Miss J. Coleman,
and Mrs. Tayleure. Tu particularise the performance
of the Beggar's Opera, supported as above, would in-
deed be a work of supererogation; suffice it to say that
Mr. Sims Reeves was as successful as his most ardent
admirers could have wished. A concert followed, in
which the Lablaches, Garduni, Ernst, Mdlle. Corbari,
and several other most talented artistes took part. The
evening's entertainments concluded with Mr. Kenney's
farce of Love, Law,' and Physic, in which Mr. Wright,
Mr. 11. Roll, and Miss Woulgar appeared. The even
ing's performance, which was under the patronage of
the Queen and Prince Albert, was eminently successful.
And now we have to announce, with deep regret, the
demise of Mr. Kenney, who expired early yesterday
morning. Well may we exclaim—
Alas! poor Kenney!
Mr. Kenney's first farce was produced in 1803, and
the most celebrated of his pieces are full forty years yld,
but his name is still fresh in the memory of the theatrical
public of London.

HER MAJLSTY'S THEATRE.—Yesterday the re-
hearsal presented to;us once more Rossini's chef d'auvre,
Otello. Revived, after so many years' neglect, it re•
appears with all the charms of novelty, and its pure
melodic richness and its distinct lyrical elaboration, and
returns to us with all the freshness of the brightest days
of musical inspiration. In this opera Madame Sont,ff
finds a heroic part adequate to her genius; and
how-
ever high was the opinion we previously entertained; her
dramatic rendering of Se it padre m'abandona," and
of " ornbra d'uu salice," con-
her pathetic singing
veyed to us the full reach cf her lyrical gifts
adm
blac irably supported by Moriani, Belletti, Calzo. Shelari,is
and
Lahe.

A LAD DROWNED AT WATERLOO-BRIDGE.—Last
night a lad about ten years of age, named John Leader,
whose parents are poor people residing in New Church-
court, Strand, went with some older lads to bathe in the
Thames, near Waterloo-bridge, on the upper Middlesex
side, but having been washed into the current, disap-
peared. Tisdale, a Waterman at the pier, put off from
the shore to save tha deceased, but he sunk in deep water,
and before brought to the surface by the drags life was
extinct. Notice has been sent to Mr. Higgs, the coroner,
for an inquest.
Jealousy is said to be the offspring of Love. Yet,
unless the parent makes haste to strangle the child, the
child will not rest till it has poisoned the parent.—Eliza
1 Cook's Journal.

S V /4

THE NEW J
The announcement that the lead
cu,t, Ur. Sergeant Talfourf, had
va:ant judgeship, created a feeling of satisfaction
amongst the bar which it would be impossible to describe.
From the new leader to the junior there was not a single
member who did not seem to rejoice as if the pronce.tion
of the Learned Sergeant had been the uppermost wish of
his heart. We believe that no other leader was ever so
truly loved, admired, and respected by his professional
brethren. All loved him for his genuine geedre ss of
heart and kindness of manner. Ile never said an unkind
or ungenerous thing of or to anybody. Even to a witness
he could not have retorted unkindly or harshly; and so
never had recourse to whet is commonlycalled the brow-
beating system. He so overflowed with the milk
of human kindness that even if he would
he could not do such a thing. He was admired
for his thorough knowledge of his profession
(for that he possessed beyond all doubt, notwithstanding
the common cant of plodding dolts that genius is unfit
for drudgery), for his general literary acquirements,
ready fancy, and great eloquence, and was respected for
his honesty, purity of thought, love of justice, and, in
short, all those cognate qualities that contribute to com-
pose the character of an advocate of the highest order,
his freedom from and dislike of those characteristics
which would have qualified him for doing the general
business of such great city firms as that of " Quirk,
Gammon, and Snap." In fact, it was well known at
the bar (and these things may be mentioned now, as ho
is beyond the reach of attorneys), that the slightest
suspicion that his case had a tincture of fraud or
dishonesty rendered his advocacy less efficient
than his clients expected, and adversaries frequently
took advantage of this failing, which, like all his
others, " leaned to virtue's side." By the juniors
he was deservedly looked upon as the model of a circuit
leader. We should be disposed to enter into an enume-
ration of the qualities which so endeared him to them,
but that we really fear any attempt of the kind would be
regarded as inadequate to his merits. One peculiarity
of his advocacy ought to be mentioned, as it was the
common topic of observation with all the circuit bar, that
whatever subject he handled, no matter how dull, dry,
or insipid it was, he invested it with singular grace,
charm, and interest. We record these opinions of his
circuit brethren respecting him as facts which cannot be
devoid of interest to the public at the present moment.
The Learned Gentleman having received official notice at
Stafford, on Tuesday, of his appointment, immediately
returned all his briefs except one, which was in a spe-
cial-jury cause that had been part heard. He addressed
the Jury for the defendant, and then, confiding the
management of the evidence to his jun!ors, left the court,
all the bar rising en masse on his retirement. The
verdict was for his client.—Herald.

HAMBURGH FUNDS.
LIAIkIBURGII FUNDS, JULY 17.

Bills. Money.
Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent;.• • • 105 105
Ditto, 3% per Cent. ............., .._ _
Bank Shares.... ••.. • ............... ._... _
Prussian 5 per Cent. ........ •• . • ... 102 % 102%
Russian Certificate .................. 9554 95
Anglo-Russian Loan ....
Ilainburgh Certificate, 5 per Cant ....
Russian 4 per Cent...................
34 and 4th Series, Hops and Co. .... 90%
Ditto Stieglitz .. ••—•• • • • • ........ 82% 82%
Belgian Loan, 2% per Cent.......... • • --
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••.• • • 67 665(
Ditto,s per cent. .......... •• • • .... 92 91%
Anglo-Swodish Loan ................ 98 98
Ditto, Transport Loan ••••••. . • • .• • •
Norwegian Loan, 1848 .• •••• • • • •• • • 99% 9934
Spanish New 5 per Cent.............. 11
Ditto, 3 per Cents. ...• ........ .. 253, 25%
East India Loan, 4 per Cent ••••• . • • . • '—
Ditto, 1846.. ...... — •
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent .•
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. •••
Ditto 3 per Cent.... •—•-•. . • • • • •
National Bank Shares ••—••• • .•
American, 6 per Cent. ........ ...... 1094 1(9
RAILWAYS.

Hamb. Bergd. ••.•••••..•• • • • • • • •• • • 8914 80
Ditto, Priority Shares ... ........ 101%
Berlin and Hamburg ........ ..... .. • 71 ' 71
Ditto, Priority Shares .. ... ••• • • • 91% 94%
Cologne and Minden .. • ..... ... •. • . 883, 83%
Ditto, Priority Shares ...... ...... 94 Mecklenburg ....... .
.... ............ 35
Altona and Kiel ......... ••••• • • • .. 96 98
Gluckstadt .............. • • ...... _
Rendsburg.. •. . . .. ...... • • •• • • • • • • • . 110
Hanseatic Steam Company ..........

REPRESENTATION OF BOSTON.—BOSTON, JULY 25.
—Last evening a meeting of the freemen and electors of
Boston was held at the theatre for the purpose of hear-
ing from Mr. D. W. Wire, one of the candidates for
the repres: ntation of the borough, a declaration of his
political principles. Mr. Wire, on presenting himself to
the meeting, was greeted with loud applause. He said
he had been induced to become a candidate at the re-
quest of a large number of the most influential electors.
The political opinions he held were not mere names, but
principles, neither to be changed fcr the convenience
of parties, nor compromised to suit the purposes of fac-
tion. lie believed that the stability of England's
insti-
Lotio❑s was based upon their devotion to the people, for
whom they were designed. He was an advocate for
such an extension of the suffrage as would make
the counsels of the nation the true reflex and
voice of public opinion, and for such a se-
curity for the independence of electors as
the ballot could alone effect. The application of
the economical doctrine of free trade to our industry and
commerce rendered it essential to our capacity for sus-
taining a mercantile competition with highly taxed
nations that our burdens should be equalised, and re-
duced to the lowe,t amount which was compatible with
the effiLiency of the public service. He would, there-
fore, if elected, vigilantly guard the issues of the Ex-
chequer, enforce a wise economy, and every practicable
retrenchment. He would strenuously contend for order
at home and peace abroad. Ho held that religious opi-
nions should form no test of civil qualification or politi-
cal exclusion, and he would support the rights of all
sects irrespective of creed. 'While he was desirous of
improving the laws which regulate the relief of the poor,
he was of opinion that it was essential to remove the
causes of pauperism by the encouragement of industry,
and the removal of all obstructions to the free develop-
ment of commerce. Several gentlemen addressed the
meeting, and a resolution, acknowledging Mr. Wire's
claims, and pledging the meeting to support him in the
forthcoming contest, was agreed to.

Lord and Lady Brougham entertained a distin-
guished circle to dinner on Tuesday, at tho Noble
and Learned Lord's residence in Grafton-street. The
Noble Lord and Lady leave town next week for Broug-
ham Hall.

THE COTTON CROP OF 1849.—As much impor-
tance is attached to the growing crop of American cot-
ton in the present buoyant state of the cotton market,
we have much pleasure in stating that, from private in-
formation received by the last packet, there are good
grounds for anticipating something more than a fair
average yield. It is true that many of the newspapers in
the southern states speak in very desponding terms re-
garding the new crop, but that is easily accounted for,
without supposing that the plant has sustained any ma-
terial injury. The following statement on the subject is
from a gentleman v,ho has excellent means of acquiring
information, and who has no interest in misrepresenting
the real state of affairs. In a letter, dated July 3, he
says, " We saw yesterday a large cotton-dealer who has
just returned from New Orleans, passing through the
cotton-growing country. The cotton plant never ap..
peared better, being very strong and healthy, and only
about ten days behind the usual time. If the frost
should be late, the crop will be very large. It now de-
pends entirely on the time the cold begins in the autumn."
It appears, then, that the main dependence of those who
calculate upon being able to maintain a speculative ad-
vance in cotton lies in the chance of a❑ early winter in
the cotton-growing states. Under these circumstances,
and taking into account the large stocks in this country,
the spinners in this district will scarcely be induced to
purchase very largaly beyond their present rate of con-
sumption.—Mane/rester Eratniner and Times.

LEWES Wool. FAIL—The annual Sussex wool
fair was held at Lewes, after a dinner at the White
Hart Hotel, at which Sir Henry Shiffner presided, in
the absence of the Earl of Chic Lester, who was at-
tendinc, tne grand meeting at Norwich of the Royal
Agricultural Society of' England. With a rising mar-
ket the sellers expected higher prices than the buyers
felt inclined to give ; and the consequence was
that little business was transacted. Mr. J. Elliman
.ffered his hogget wool at 15d., and his ewe and
wether at 131 per lb.; 1,500 fleeces half hogget, but
could obtain no purchaser. Mr. Thos. Eliman off a-cd
210 hoggets and 440 ewes at 365. per tod, and after-
wards at 355. Mr. Legg offered ls. a pound, or
325. per tod; but no deal took place. Mr. Colegato_
offered 120 wether fleeces at 325. He was eflEreoa!
30s. ; but no sale was effected. Mr. Cane,at f
Berwick, offered 800 fleeces, one-fourth hogget, 335,
of Steyn-
and sold to Mr. Adams at 325. Mr. Gas
"'an d 140 togs.
ewes
lot of 84
ing, obtained the same price for 1809
The only sale at a higher rate: was
to Sir Henry
fleeces, one-fourth hogget,
id belonging
of Lewes, purchased at
Shiffner, which Mr. Chatfield, 'of the day, and as was the
12d. This was the first sale
lt was the highest at the fair
CaSe at Croydon
ofrvDartmouth is gradually reco-
veringserious illness, and as soon as her
the Noble Earl
L-dvAhii) haswill go to their seat in Stu&
tess and Family
g,„i cnua
rrhe
from Countess
iierilaatesi d
strength,
lOF CaNTEABAND TOBACCO.—On Sunday
t 1 15 A.M., whilst George Darcey and
ight, boatmen, in the preventiie service,
Jeremiahf
night,r g ; zi r
aue
ba.
Enr
belonging to the Shamrock, in obedience with the orders
of Li, utenant Clayton, their commander, whilst patrol-
ling as detached guard, near Blue Bell-hill, about half-
way between 'Maidstone and Rochester, they fell in with
a four-wheel cart, covered with canvass, and drawn by
one horse. On seizing the horse's head, the driver
jumped off the cart, and made his escape into: the
neighbouring wood, it being very dark at the time. The
vehicle was found to contain sixteen bales of tobacco,
each weighing 501b5., two empty hogsheads, and two
empty egg packages. The van, the articles it con-
tained, together with a good horse, were taken to the
Custom-house, at Rochester. The seizure is Talusd at
about 1201.

FADREADFUL MURDER.—A convict, named Pearce,
was murdered by four other convicts, M Carrickfergus
gaol, on Monday morning.
THE WESLEYAN CoNFEERNCE. --- MANCHESTER,
WEDNESDAY.—The election of President took Hate
day, when the Rev. Thomas Jackson was chosen. The
likely
to occupy the attention
the next tortnight.
ob
fu st ihnee sass
see fmcbol
en
pr er ne
ac is
r ce
h ,
THE PARIS!' of ST. BRIDE.—We have seen a
letter from the Lord Mayor, stating that a number of
additional hands were put on yesterday at Whitet'riars-
dock, amd that in the course of to day it is expected that
all the offensive matter will be removed.
The Turks have a proverb which says that " the
devil tempts all other men, but that idle men tempt the
devil."—Eliza Cook's Journal.

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