The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOWDON, THURSDA'Y EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1847

HAYMARKET THEATRE.
A new five act play, from the pen of Mr. Westland
Marston, entitled The Heart and the World, was
produced here last evening, with Miss Helen Faucit
as the heroine. We say emphatically with Miss
Helen Faucit as the heroine, because it is entirely to
her exquisitely beautiful delineation of the character
of Florence Delmar that the success of the play is to
be attributed. Mr. Westland Marston is a true poet,
and possesses in a remarkable degree the power of
conceiving and of developing character, but he is not
as yet a dramatic artist--he knows not how to,
build a play. Could he develop a plot as well as
he can develop a character, he would be a great
dramatist—and this is knowledge which may be
acquired. Let Mr. Marston condescend from
the study of the Elizabethan dramatists for a while,
and go to the playwrights of modern
France to learn
the mechanism of playmaking. This is a species of
knowledge which Air. Marston may despise, but
without it no one in the present day can succeed in
writing an actable play. The Lady of Lyons is in-
debted for its success infinitely more to the skilful-
ness with which the plot is developed than to all other
causes put together. Mais recenons a nos moutons,
thus runs the story of " The Heart and the World."
Sir George Hallerton (Mr. Brindal), (who has mort-
gaged his estates far beyond their value), in order
to extricate himself from his difficulties, con-
cocts a scheme for bringing about a match be-
tween his sister Laura (Miss Julia Bennett),
a heartless coquette, and Vivian Temple (Mr. Cres-
wick), a young man of heart, who has recently come
into possession of a great fortune, and in whose per-
son the combat between the heart and the world is
exhibited. He is full of noble sentiments—his heart
is in the right place, but he wants decision, and dreads
ridicule. " I can meet its frown," says Vivian
Temple, speaking of the world. "It will not in-
dulge thee with a frown," is the reply; "thou must
brave what is worse—its sneer." Here we have the
key to the whole character. Temple, amongst a host
of other gallants, is paying court to Laura, and in
the course of conversation she mentions the name of
Florence Delmar. In the days of her prosperity
Temple had plighted his troth to Florence Delmar :
he hears she is in poverty, his love revives, and
he quits the gay company. We are next introduced
to FlorencelDelmar (Miss Helen Faucit), her mother
(Mrs. W. Clifford), and her cousin Walter Ashbrook
(Mr 11. Vandenhoff), a student. They are in a
humble lodging, where Florence maintains them by
her labour. She bas been invited by Laura Haller-
ton to spend a few days with her in the country, and
this invitation gives rise to a querulous complaint, on
the part of the mother, of the neglect of Vivian
Temple. Warmly is he defended by the confiding
Florence. At length a letter from him arrives, which
explains all. She is still beloved, and he is coming
on the morrow to visit her. The acting of Miss
Faucit in this, the last scene of the first act, was
beautiful exceedingly, and more especially at the
close where, handing her mother Temple's letter,
which she had half read through, she almost whispers
in accents tremulous from emotion, "Read it, mother,"
and sinks upon her mother's shoulder. This scene
secured the success of the first act. The second act
passes at Sir George Hallerton's country seat, where
Laura, Florence, and Temple are assembled, where we
also find Osborne (Mr. Wigan), a heartless man of
fashion, and Thornton (Mr. Howe) a man of intrigue.
Sir George sees with anxiety the passion of Temple
for Florence, and Temple, stung by the ridicule of
his companions, is more than half ashamed
of it himself, The coquettry of Laura at
length completely enthrals him, and the sensitive
Florence perceives that he is ashamed of her. Still,
as a man of honour, he is determined to keep his
word.

"'Twas his oath's extent ;
What could he more than yield the rights she claimed ?
The scene thus continues :
" Florence—The rights of love.
They are so easily phrased—so soon restored ;
Heart-strings a touch untunes, a touch repairs.
Oh, sir, thou canst not love! Love hath no rights,
It doth not know the word. Earth's substance ta'en,
Earth's laws may give thee back. Thy fair repute
Maligned, earth's laws may vindicate. But love
That in it hath no property of earth—
Hath no appeal there. Rights it casts away,
Is proud to be defenceless ; all its bond
The nature it confides in. Break that bond,
It feels is beggary—but pleads no rights.
Temple—Madam I That stately pallor stirs my soul
Mere than a Hebe's blush. It is the form
Haunted my youth ; but crowned, as a throne's heir
Had passed into a monarch. [Aside.] I concede
You triumph here I But show the vanquished pity.
Florence—Ay ; pity ! There's the loss, that we must
learn
To pity what we worshipp'd—Vivian Temple !
%Tint is the master-pang—there is but one—
That wrecks a woman's future ? Pours the world
Scorn on her chosen ? Well ; she takes his hand,
And drops the world's. Is want that crushing pang ?
I tell thee, when of nights her slender hand
Smooths his brow's anxious lines, and soul-filled eyes
Glorify pale, worn faces—she thanks heaven
That taught her, through her very penury,
How love can grow by tuffering. Is it death?
Temple (breaking in, with much emotion)—No, no!
.Florence—l say no too. Then what?
Temple—Oh; nothing, nothing!
Florence—Yes; his full from worth !
Faith rides o'er mountain billows by one light
We deem a star. Prove that a meteor—then,
We strand, we strand!"

The superb acting of Miss Helen Faucit in this
scene saved the play. It had dragged heavily
through the second and the greater part of the third
act, but this scene electrified the audience, re-
awakened their attention, and kept it up to the end.
Thornton has taken advantage of certain circum-
stances to induce a belief that he has succeeded in
undermining the virtue of Florence. Temple, who
still loves Florence sincerely, but who is betrothed
to Laura, plunges into dissipation ; and Laura, who
loves Walter Ashbrooke, is determined to ascertain
whether Florence loves Temple, and if so, to
bring about a reconciliation. Florence mean-
while, with health and prospects blighted,
and with fame tainted by the calumnies
of Thornton, is living with her mother and Walter, to
whose exertions they are indebted for subsistence.
Walter ardently desires to marry Florence, and her
mother urges Walter's suit, and asks how it chances
that she could bear him such regard and yet not love
him ? Florence replies—
" Oh ! speech is poor to paint a difference
I feel so vast ! Trust, honour, tenderness—
The all that friendship asks—compose not love !
Friendship still keeps distinction. Friends arc twain,
But lovers one !

Friends are two kings in dear confederance join'd,
That still rule separate empires ; but in love
Both realms united, take one name, one tongue,
One law, one faith, one consequence, one crown I
Friends are two banks a kindly stream divides ;
Lovers—twin clouds into each other blent
And bath'd in the same beam. Friends are like trees
_ _

That stand with arms enlaced but parted roots ;
But that we love is grafted on one stem,
Fed with our sap, and nurtur'd by our dews,
And wither'd in our blight I "

Laura Hallerton, in an interview with Florence, has
discovered the secrets of two hearts, of Florence's
and of her own—Florence loves Temple, she loves
Walter Ashbrook. Temple, stung to the quick by
the inueadoes of Thornton against the character of
Florence, forces from him a confession of his falsehood.
Laura weds Walter, and Florence weds Temple,
who frees Sir George from his embarrassments, and
thus ends the story of the Heart and the World. As we
have before said, its success was entirely owing to the
exquisitely beautiful acting of Miss Helen Faucit.
Cresswick was full of power and energy, but his un-
fortunate habit of emphasising monosyllables marred
his efforts sadly. Wigan made the most of a weak cha-
racter, and Miss Julia Bennett did her best for one
completely out of her line, and succeeded in making
it very effective. At the conclusion Miss Helen
Faucit was called before the curtain, and the author
bowed his thanks from the stage box, The piece
was announced for repetition every night of Miss
Helen Faucit's engagement. The house was crowded.

MR. JOHN REEVE, JUN.— The Liverpool Chro-
nicle, in speaking of the de6iit of this gentleman, says,
" The principal event of the week was the Liverpool
debilt of Mr. John Reeve, the son of John of glorious
memory.' We went to hear him with forebodings that
he would not prove an exception to the usual run of
sons of great men ; we were, however, agreeably sur-
prised to find ourselves mistaken. Mr. John Reeve,
certainly, is not the racy comedian which his father was
at the close of his career, but we much question if his
father was as good an actor at the commencement of his
histrionic life. As Bill Downey, in the Unfinished
Gentleman, he leaves but little to be desired, and that
little will soon be supplied by practice. His voice is
rather weak, or perhaps he wants the power of managing
it, which can only be acquired by practice and perse-
verance. Mr. Reeve is certainly the best young actor
we have seen ; there is no exaggeration in his persona-
tions ; all he wants is power, lie possesses a good ap-
preciation of character, and great capabilities for repre-
senting it. In the society of Mr. Buckstone ho will
learn much of his father's peculiarities, and we believe
vie man will better perpetuate them than the son, who
in some particular scenes reminds us forcibly of him
whose merry jests have heretofore enlivened half the
kingdom."

Lord John Russell received the Earl of Auckland
and a select circle at dinner on Tuesday last, at his
residence at Richmond Park.

- -
The Earl and Countess Grey gave an elegant din-
ner on Tuesday to a distinguished party, at their man-
sion, in Belgrave-square. The guests included his
Excellency the Duke de Broglie, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde
and Lady Emily de Burgh, Viscount and Viscountess
Palmerston, Viscount Anson, the Right Hon. T. B.
Macaulay, &c.
A FRAGMENT.—" And will you always—always,
dearest Alberic, love me thus?" said Constance. "Ever,
while this heart beats with life !" passionately exclaimed
Alberic. " Then could you lend me 51.?" murmured the
lady, " for really things are so bad in the City, that I,"
&a &a &a—Punch,

LITERATURE.
STORIES AND STUDIES FROM THE
CIII?ONICLAS AND HISTORY OF ENG-
LAND. fly Mrs. S. C. Had and Mrs. .1. Foster.
2 Vols.
Of all the branches of study which occupy the
attention of youth, it might be supposed that history
would be universally the favourite. Treading as it
does so closely upon the borders of romance, corn
bining so effectively the marvellous, the terrible, and
the mournful, exciting by turns every varied emo-
tion, anger, sympathy, admiration, pity, and amaze-
ment. Yet, notwithstanding these attractions, to render
the study of history agreeable to the young reader much
depends upon the manner of the historian. All
children, whatever their age or disposition, have in
variably a great predilection for anything in the shape
of " a story," and almost as invariably as great an
antipathy for all manner of dry details, date-, &c. A
history combines, to a certain extent, the characteris-
tics of both, and in proportion as it approaches nearer
the one or the other, as it resembles more a dry
epitome of barren facts or an amusing se-,
ries of marvellous adventures, so do its at-
tractive powers diminish or increase. The great secret
of writing history for the young would seem to be
the knowledge of how to combine the greatest
amount of amusement with the greatest amount of
information. This juste milieu has been very nearly
attained by the authoresses of these little volumes.
They do not profess to give a regular history of
England, their avowed object is only, by giving
the young reader a sample of the interesting
treasures of historic lore, to induce him to
seek further into them for himself. Accord-
ingly they give but a brief sketch of every
reign, followed by a story illustrative of each epoch.
These " stories" are of a most interesting and novel
character, not consisting, as might have been ex-
pected, of a repetition of a few well-known incidents
familiar to the reader of every historical abstract, but
of a happy selection of striking and suggestive narra-
tives, taken not only from modern histories but also
from the old chronicles. Many of these arc given in
the quaint language of their ancient writers, and
are curious and instructive as specimens of style.
The first story commemorates the " British Veturia,"
a heroine of times long past, and the last page, of
course, closes with the British Victoria, and tells of
a very different epoch. Between these many most
interesting narratives intervene; one of the most at-
tractive, " The First British Martyr," gives a beauti-
ful and touching account of the death of the
first Christian who suffered martyrdom in
England, on the spot which now bears his name—
St. Alban's. " The first British Printer," " King
Charles's Tale of Boscobel," " The Porteous Mob,"
and many others, combine useful instruction with en-
t ert a
generali n m ernetg,
aarndd. render
ft
ehwe lliat
st lt e wokreigr e s d ehsaevrev i nbge
eonf
treated in almost too summary a manner, neverthe-
less we find one remark about William IV. which we
do not remember to have seen before, namely, that he
was the first, second, third, and fourth sovereign of his
name----the first William of Hanover, the second of
Ireland, the third of Scotland, and the fourth of Eng.
land.

THE ENGLISHWOMANS FAMILY
LIBRARY.
A series of works intended especially for the
perusal of the mothers and daughters of England,
could hardly commence more auspiciously than with
a volume of the tales of Hannah More. Some of
these, " The Two Wealthy Farmers " in particular,
in which the vices of worldly vanity, and a love of
display are so truthfully and inimitably portrayed,
cannot be studied too attentively by the domestic
fireside. The conductors of this new library have
shown their discrimination in commencing with this '
work. The second volume of the series contains
Montgomery's " Sacred Meditations."

OYCE'S SCIENTIFIC DIALOGUES. By
Pinnock.
"Joyce's Scientific Dialogues," in which the per-
plexing rudiments of science are rendered facile of
comprehension, and, consequently, full of interest,
are happily too much known and too much appreciated
to require either comment or criticism. This new
edition is more especially deserving of attention from
its having been revised and arranged by Mr. Pinnock,
of catechism celebrity.

WORKS OF G. P. R. JAMES. Vol. X.
The last volume of Mr. James's works contains his
romance of " The Brigand"—the last volume that we
have seen, that is to say, certainly not the last of the
series, for the appearance of his new novels almost
keeps pace with the re-appearance of his old ones.
However, in process of time both new and old will be
collected in this edition, which will, without doubt,
be most welcome to his numerous admirers.

CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. By Albert Smith.

Part X I V.
In this number Christopher meets with and is re-
cognised by Dr. Aston, and the two proceed to
Chester, and the two proceed to the inn where Chris-
' topher was born. They find the old waiter still there,
and dispatch him in search of Sam Piper, the post-
boy who had driven the unfortunate mother of Chris-
topher to the inn. In the mean time Sir Frederick
Arden pursues his disgraceful career of low black-
guardism, and involves himself and his mother inex-
tricably in the clutches of Gudge, until, at length,
they are unable to raise even the smallest sum of
money. At this juncture he meets with Fanny
Hamper, at the school ball at Mrs. Sadler's, and
recollecting that she has a few hundreds in her own
right, he proposes an immediate elopement, to which
she consents, and they set off that very night, in Sir
Frederick's dog-cart.

VANITY FAIR. By W. M. Thackeray. Part X.
The fate of poor worldly-minded Miss Crawley is
settled in this number. Mr. Pitt Crawley goes to
Brighton, and introduces his aunt to the pious Lady
Southdown, the mother of his affianced bride, Lady
Jane. Mrs. Bute Crawley, as a last resource, dis-
patches her son James to the rescue. He is at first
received graciously, and installed as a guest in Miss
Crawley's house; but he gets drunk, and smokes
a pipe in his bed-room _ _

s" That pipe of tobacco finished the business : and the
Bute Crawleys never knew how many thousand pounds
it cost them. Firkin rushed down stairs to Bowls who
was reading out the Fire and the Frying Pan' to his
aide-de-camp in a loud and ghostly voice. The dreadful
secret was told to him by Firkin with so frightened a look,
that for the first moment Mr. Bowls and his young man
thought that robbers were in the house ; the legs of
whom had probably been discovered by the woman under
Miss Crawley's bed. When made aware of the fact,
however—to rush up stairs at three steps at a time—to
enter the unconscious James's apartment, calling out,
Mr. James,' in a voice stifled with alarm, and to cry,
For Gawd's sake, Sir, stop that 'are pipe,' was the
work of a minute with Mr. Bowls. 0, Mr. James,
what 'ave you done,' he said in a voice of the deepest.
nwe,thseiri;rogesmseesnctaonu,tt
aobfidteheemw.ifidow.
pathos,what
'aveas he
you threw
" Missis needn't smoke,' said James with a frantic
misplaced laugh, and thought the whole matter a
cellent joke. But his feelings were very different in the
morning, when Mr. Bowls's young man, who operated
a ex-
upon Mr. James's boots, and brought him his hot water
to shave that beard which he was so anxiously expecting,
handed a note into Mr. James in bed, in the handwriting
of Miss Briggs.
" Dear Sir,' it said, ' Miss Crawley has passed an
exceedingly disturbed night, owing to the shocking
manner in which the house has been polluted by tobacco;
Miss Crawley bids me say she regrets that she is too
unwell to see you before you go—and above all, that she
ever induced you to remove from the ale-house, where
she is sure you will be much more comfortable during
the rest of your stay at Brighton.'
" And herewith honest James's career as a candidate
for his aunt's favour ended."
The Rawdon Crawleys are in Paris, where Rebecca
is the admired of all observers; but even these suc-
cesses fail to mollify the heart of Miss Crawley, whose
rage knew no bounds when she read in the papers the
announcement of the birth of Rawdon Crawley's son
and heir :
" The intelligence, expected as it might have been,
caused a crisis in the affairs of the Crawley family.
The spinster's rage rose to its height, and sending in-
stantly for Pitt, her nephew, :and for the Lady South-
down, from Brunswick-square, she requested an imme-
diate
celebration of the marriage which had been so long
pending between the two families. And she announced
that it was her intention to allow the young couple a
thousand a year during her lifetime, at the expiration of
which the bulk of her property would be settled upon
her nephew and her dear niece, Lady Jane Crawley.
Waxy came down to ratify the deeds—Lord Southdown
gave away his sister—she was married by a bishop, and
not by the Rev. Mr. Bartholomew Irons—to the disap.
pointment of the irregular prelate.
" When they were married—Pitt would have liked to
take a hymeneal tour with his bride, as became people
of their condition. But the affection of the old lady
towards Lady Jane had grown so strong, that she fairly
owned she could not part with her favourite. Pitt and
his wife came, therefore, and lived with Miss Crawley :
and (greatly to the annoyance of poor Pitt, who con
ceived himself a most injured character—being subject
to the humours of his aunt on one side, and of his
mother-in-law on the other) Lady Southdown, from her
neighbouring house, reigned over the whole family—
Pitt, Lady Jane, Miss Crawley, Briggs, Bowls, Firkin,
and all. She piteously dosed them with her tracts and
her medicine ; she dismissed Creamer, she installed
Rodgers, and soon stripped Miss Crawley of even the
semblance of authority. The poor soul grew so timid
that she actually left off bullying Briggs any more, and
clung to her niece, more fond and more terrified every
day. Peace to thee, kind and selfish, vain and generous
old heathen!—We shall see thee no more. Let us hope
that Lady Jane supported her kindly, and led her with
gentle hand out of the busy struggle of Vanity Fair."
The agonizing struggles of pride and affection in
old Osborne's heart, on hearing of his son's death,
are most thrillingly described. He goes to Brussels
and visits the spot where George fell, but refuses to
recognise or assist his widow, who has been in a state
of derangment since her husband's death. Poor (.
Amelia, thanks to the kind-hearted William Dobbin,

is conveyed to her father's, and recovers her senses
on giving birth to a son. 'William Dobbin still loves
her to distraction :
" This child was her being. Her existence was a
maternal caress. She enveloped the feeble and uncon-
scious creature with love and worship. It was her lire
which the baby drank in from her bosom. Of nights,
and when alone, she had stealthy and intense raptures
of motherly love, such as God's marvellous care has
awarded to the female instinct—joys how far higher and
lower than reason—blind beautiful devotions which only
women's hearts know. It was William Dobbin's tisk to
muse upon these movements of Amelia's, and to watch
her heart ; and if his love made him divine almost all
the feelings which agitated it, alas ! he could see with
a fatal perspicuity that there was no place there for him.
And so, gently, he bore his fate, knowing it, and con-
tent to bear it."

THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By
Gilbeit Abbott a Beckett. No. XI'L
The reign of Charles I. is concluded in this
number, an the author thus discusses the question
raised y the manner of its conclusion :
" The king being now dead, the Republican beggars
were on horseback, and began at a rapid pace tlse ride
whose terminus we need not mention. On the sth of
February, 1649, a week after the execution of Charles,
the Commons had the impudence to vote the House of
Peers both useless and dangerous.' One of the next
steps of the Lower House was to vent a sort of brutal
malignity upon unfeeling objects, and having no longer
a king to butcher, it was resolved to break up all his
statues. The Commons thought, no doubt, to pave the
way to a republic by macadamizing the road with the
emblems of royalty.
" Considerable discussion has been raised upon the
question of the right of a nation to decapitate its king;
and, of course, if the people may do as they please
with their own, they may do anything. The judgment
of posterity has very properly pronounced a verdict of
`Wilful Murder' against the regicides, and we have no
wish to disturb this very fair decision. It is very
unlikely that a similar state of things will ever arise
again in England
; but, if such were to be unhappily
the case, there are, in these enlightened times, numerous
pacific and humane modes of meeting the emergency.
Between dethroning a prince and punishing him, there
is,' as Hume well observes,
a wide difference;' and
unless the professed humanity-mongers should get fear-
fully ahead—unless the universal philanthropists should
gain an ascendancy over public opinion--there is no fear
that kings or aristocrats will ever be butchered again,
for the promotion of universal love' and ' brotherhood.' "
The fun is kept up with great spirit, and the descrip-
tion of the dissolution of the Long Parliament is
capital. Tke illustrations by Leech are full of
humour.

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
A most ingenious contrivance for registering the
speed on railway trains has within the last week been
deposited in this establishment, and if adopted gene-
rally , no doubt, prove a great
check greatmanagement of the train
o to n
thosera railways
whoays would, no
whilst on the journey, inasmuch as it would show,
beyond the power of dispute, the precise rate at
which the train had been travelling throughout every
record of the journey, what time they arrived at the
different stations, how long they stayed there, and, in
short, every particular connected with any change of
speed that might arise. It is, however, one of those
things that a description, unaided by diagrams, will
barely be sufficient to convey an adequate idea of;
we may briefly say that the paper which is to receive
the register is a long slip, about one inch broati, and
length proportioned to the time the trains may be
upon the journey ; this paper is rolled upon a small
cylinderfasttoa , and one end is made
eresize (about eight or nine
inches in diameter), this cylinder is then made to
eiynlitohdeerfirosftainlasrtagne
revolve by means of a clock attached to the apparatus,
so that it turns once round every half-hour, conse-
quently about three-quarters of an inch of the paper
passes any given point every minute. A pencil is
now fixed to the upper part of the apparatus, so that
it presses on the paper, and, consequently, as the
paper moves round would make a straight line upon
it, were it not that the pencil itself had a lateral mo-
tion given to it; the arrangement is so attached to
the train that the pencil moves from one side of the
paper to the other every quarter of a mile that the
train travels ; by this compound motion a series of
diagonal lines are produced upon the paper, the num-
ber of lines indicating distance, whilst the length
taken up indicates time; as soon as the train arrives
at a station a straight line is merely produced, and by
observing the length of this line it indicates bow long
the train was at the station. The apparatus is the
invention of a gentleman by the name of Richard
Ricardo ; the idea is certainly ingenious, but the
mechanical portion of the arrangement will admit of
simplification to a great extent.

UICIDE OF A MAN OF COLOUR.—Considerable
excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Clement's-
Lane and Clare-market during the whole of yesterday, in
consequence of a report to the effect that a man of colour
had destroyed himself under the following singular cir-
cumstances:—The name of the deceased was William
Douglas, by trade a cooper, residing with his wife at 17,
Clement's lane. On Tuesday night he went to 1)(11
about eight o'clock, apparently quite well in health, but
about four o'clock his wife was awoke by the sound of
the fall of a heavy substance in the apartment, and upon
getting out of bed she discovered her husband upon the
floor, bleeding profusely from the head, and quite insen-
sible. Supposing that he had injured himself whilza in
a fit, assistance was obtained, and he was conveyed to
King's College Hospital, where he shortly after expired.
Mr. Baker, the beadle of St. Clement Danes, upon hear-
ing the above particulars, about eight o'clock the same
morning went to the house of the deceased, and upon
looking around the apartment, discovered beneath the
bed a pistol, and in a corner of the room a bullet, arid a
subsequent examination of the body of the unfortunate
man showed beyond the possibility of a doubt that his
death had been caused by a pistol shot. In the after
part of the day it was ascertained that the deceased had
obtained the pistol found by Mr. Baker from a shop in
Great Wild-street, in exchange for an old sword.
Neither the wife of deceased, or any one in the house,
beard the report of the pistol.
MURDEROUS AFFRAT.--Late on Thursday night
the precincts of the Royal-square were the theatre of a
savage attack made by an Italian on two young men. It
appears that a young man of the name of Nowlan had
some words with the Italian, when the latter drew a
large clasp knife, and stabbed him twice, once in the
abdomen and once in the chest. A comrade of Nowlan,
named Treadaway, who was with him, went to his
assistance, when the Italian struck him several times in
different parts of the body • once under the region of
the heart. The fellow immediately made off. The
assistance of Dr. J. Dickson, jun., was speedily procured,
who dressed the wounds of the two sufferers. The stab
under the heart must have proved fatal, had not the
blade of the knife touched the bone and glanced off
obliquely. Treadaway is not out of danger. The
assassin (named Buenoforte,
a painter, aged about 23)
was arrested early on Friday morning in a house of ill
niter
fame, by Mr. Cente • Du Parcq, and taken to gaol.—
Guernsey Star.
"
Tau LOST AERONAUT.—A letter from St. Peters-
burgh of the sth states that no intelligence has been re•
ceived of the French mronaut M. Ledet, who, it will he
day. Madame Ledseite
remembered, ascended in a balloon on the 12th from
that city, and has not since been heard of, though his
set out in the hope of finding him, balloon fell into the Lake of Ladoga. On the evening of
the day on which M. Ledet made his ill-fated ascent, his
sister was attacked with • k s of which she died the
next
Aar .wI cj i
FIOE t r.
..._s hisnes ' wife, who was at Mos-
cow, immediately on learuia that he had disappeared,
advanced state of
pregnancy.
Yesterday 1 'le
spt e da UNFOUNDEDy
afternoon
him, notwithstanding her
.CHARGEBakoerr
resumed,PoTsoN-
INGM
for the third time, at the Cape of Good Hope, Com-
mercial-road East, an inquest on the body f Mrs.
Louisa Brown, aged 37. The deceased was the wife of
Mr. James Brown, who formerly practised as a surgeon,
though unqualified, but recently was employed as an
accountant. She died on Tuesday week; and since,
these rumours had been circulated—that her husband
had given
was killed her some medicine to procure abortion—that
the child —and that ahe herself died from the
effeets of the medicine. Dr. Letheby, lecturer on
chemistry, at the London iT
Hospital, has been for the last
five days engaged in testing the
contents of the stomach,
and yesterday stated the traces he analysis. He said,
that he thought he perceived of arsenic, but upon
analysing the contents of. the stomach, he was not
enabled to detect the existence
of any poison. Mr.
Cummings, surgeon, said h_ e. attended the deceased, who
was suddenly attacked h
witinflammation of the stomach,
on Monday week, and died the next day, after giving
birth to a dead child. The i
dury, after a long discussion,
returned a verdict—" That the deceased died a natural
death, from inflammation of - the stomach, and after
giving birth tof a dead child." There was not the
slightest cause for suspicion against the husband of the
deceased.
•--
ANECDOTE OF Pius IX • We find the following
anecdote in some of the Paris journals :--‘• Cardinal
Lambruschini wrote to several religious communities en-
gaging them to offer up p'r'ayers that the Pope might be
removed from his state of blindness. One of these
letters was sent to Pius IX., who w
caused the Cardinal to
be invited to come and see him. The Cardinal having
replied that he was ill, and could only go the next day,
the Pope sent a message that he would wait on the Car-
dinal. On this the Cardinal hastened to the Quirinal,
and on being introduced to the Pope, the lloly Father
placed in his hands the letter which he had addressed to
the communities. When the Cardinal had read it, the
Pope said, 'You now understand that I could not go to
bed without pardoning you. •
DOING PENANCE.—It having been reported that, in
consequence of a decision of the Ecclesiastical Court,
a young snag named Laurence would do penance in
church, at teno'clock
on Saturday
Cheltenham parish
defamed
the
character of a Mrs.
morning, fur having
~. .
edifice was filled by several htin•
Lucas, the venerable t
the hour specified. Half an hour
dred persons a
penitent appeared, and then he imme-
diatelyelapsed before the
into the vestr .
disappeared
read y There, we
_-room from a paper
proctor some words
were informed, a pro
—an acknowledgment, we suppose, of the offence—
which the penitent declared to be true, Mrs. Lucas, at
ra
the same time, facing hi • This was the commence-
mentf the ceremony, much to the and conclusion o
dis-
appointment of persons present, who fully the
in
i din a white sheet, with taper
to see the man enve,ope
he church
to do penance.—
hand, standing up in t
Chel-
tenham Journal.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert took their usual early walk.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and pony
exercise this morning in the slopes adjoining the
Castle. The Princess Helena was also taken an wring.
Her Majesty rode out this forenoon, in a pony car
riage and four, attended by the Duchess of Suther-
land. The Equerry in Waiting was in attendance on
horseback.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out
shooting this morning with his Serene Highness the
Prince Lowenstein. His Royal Highness was attended
by the Earl of Morley and Colonel Seymour.
The Duke of Wellington, the Right Hon. Sir Fre-
derick Pollock, and General' Sir George Pollock, left
the Castle to day.
The Countess of Desart has arrived, and succeeded
the Countess of Gainsborough as the Lady in Wait-
ing to the Queen.
The Earl of Morley and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore
have arrived at the Castle, and have succeeded Lord
Byron and General Sir Edward Bowater, as the Lord
and Gro,lm in Waiting to her Majesty.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyle are expected to
arrive this evening on a visit to the Queen.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
is expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, his Excell ncy the Chevalier Bunsen, the
Duchess of Sutherland, his Serene Highness Prince
Lowenstein, the Duke and Duchess of Argyle, Lady
Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Miss L.
Dawson Darner, and ir George Couper.
The Band of the Grenadier Guards will attend
during dinner. Her Majesty's private Band after-
wards attend in the Castle.
The Band of the Royal Horse Guards attended
yesterday evening in the Castle, and performed the
following pieces :
Overture—" Stradella"
Selection—" Huguenots" Meyerbeer,
Waltz—" Hyacinthe"
Andantee Final—" Eighth Symphony" Beethoven

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left
town yesterday morning for Fawsley Park, North-
amptonshire, to honour Sir Charles Knight with a
visit.

Males
Females

TRINIDAD RAILWAY.
A meeting of the shareholders in this company was
held yesterday afternoon, at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of receiving a report from the committee of
management. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq., presided.
The report which was circulated among the share-
holders, stated that the committee intimated to the
shareholders, at the meeting which was held on the
19th November last, that they would continie the
negotiations in which they were engaged, for the
purpose of obtaining such concessions as they con-
ceived they were entitled to claim on behalf of the
company. In pursuance of that intention, and or the
resolution then passed, the committee entered into
communication with Earl Grey., the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, who promptly gave the subject
attentive consideration. After some correspondence
and several interviews, during which Earl Grey
manifested an earnest desire to promote the company's
undertaking, as one of the greatest importance to the
island of Trinidad, and at the same time a jealous
care of all the interests of the colony, an outline of
an ordinance was sanctioned by his Lordship, and re-
commended in a dispatch to Lord Harris, Governor of
Trinidad; and was, in due time, submitted by him to
the Legislative Council, but they declined to entertain
it. Another was substituted in the form of resolutions,
which were passed by a majority. Even to these a
strennous opposition was made ; and a memorial from
a great body of influential inhabitants of the island,
disapproving of their adoption, was transmitted to her
Majesty's Government. Upon an attentive consider-
ation of the modified conditions thus offered by the
Legislative Council to the company, and of all the
circumstances of its actual position, the connuittee
has come to the conclusion that it would be expedient,
not only to refuse their assent, but also to recommend
the shareholders to abandon the prosecution of the
undertaking and to resolve to wind up the affairs of
the company.
The CHAIRMAN said he would state in as short a
manner as possible the object for which the meeting
had been called together; and in doing so he would
take the liberty of reminding therm what took place
at the last meeting. On that occasion the directors
were empowered to proceed with the undertaking,
in the expectation that they would be able to obtain
such a concession from the colony of Trinidad as, in
their opinion, would justify them not only to recom-
mend the proprietors to proceed, but in at once pro-
ceeding themselves to commence the undertaking.
Accordingly several propositions were agreed to and
sanctioned by Earl Grey, who transmitted them to
the colony. The Legislative Council, however, de-
clined to entertain them, and they sent back counter-
ter-propositions, which were so different from those
originally suggested, that the directors determined
at once to reject them, and proceed no further
with the undertaking. The directors were desirous,
however, that the shareholders should understand that
this determination had no reference whatever to the
state of money affairs in the country at the present
time. They had been guided solely by a desire to
proceed with the undertaking if they considered it
likely to prove profitable to the shareholders, and to
abandon it if it would not. The reasons why they
considered it not advisable to proceed had been com-
municated to Earl Grey, and his Lordship had con.
curred in that resolution. The directors, therefore,
recommended that the money which remained in
hand, after allowing sufficient to discharge all lia-
bilities, should be divided among the shareholders ;
that 20s. per share should be returned at once, and
that the directors should undertake to discharge al
liabilities with the balance remaining in their pos
session.

A SHAREHOLDER observed that the actual loss to
the company would then be about 12,2001.
The CHAIRMAN replied that it would.
Mr. INNES suggested that the plans prepared by
the company, which were of great value, should be
preserved, in order that they might be disposed of
when an opportunity occurred, and the proceeds
returned to the shareholders.

A SHAREHOLDER thought it would be advisable to
return 11. per share at once, and not dissolve the com-

pany, but leave it in abeyance. In that case they
might receive a more advantageous offer from the
colony, and be enabled to make use of the plans.
The CHAIRMAN said the directors would not take
upon themselves that responsibility unless they re-
tained all the money now in their hands. Besides,
there was no prospect at present of the Colonial Legis-
lature consenting to their terms, and to show the
apathy of parties at Trinidad he might state that not
one landed proprietor held a single share in the
company.

After some further conversation, resolutions to the
following effect were unanimously passed :—" That
the company be forthwith, and is hereby declared to
be dissolved.—That out of the sum of 685,185/. in
the hands of the directors, and 12,0001. in Exche-
quer-bills, the balance of the receipts and payments,
11. per share be returned to the shareholders, on sur-
rendering the scrip, and releasing the company of
all claims and demands whatsoever.—That the balance
remaining after such payments be retained by the
committee to defray the expense of winding up the
company, and the payment of expenses, and
.that the
plans and the surplus be disposed of in such a way
as the committee shall think fit.

A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman a
directors, and the meeting separated.

LONDON DERRY and ENNISKILLEN

RAILWAY.

A special general meeting of the shareholders of
this company took place yesterday at the company's
offices, in Church-passage, Guildhall, for the purpose
of receiving the report of the directors, and upon
other business connected with the company.
Shortly after one o'clock, John G. Frith, Esq.,
took the chair; and the usgal preliminaries having
been gone through,
The SECRETARY read the report, which was re-
ceived, adopted, and agreed to ; after which, the fol-
lowing resolution was proposed and adopted :
" That a committee of five shareholders, not in any
shape connected with the present management (three to
be a quorum) be elected to investigate the affairs of the
company, with power to report, as early as conve-
nient, to a meeting to be specially summoned for that
purpose, on every circumstance connected therewith,
both as to its present state, as well as its future pros-
pects upon the several allegations contained ir. the
letters of Mr. Letham and Mr. Bond, and their expla-
nation thereof. To report also whether any and what
reduction can be made in the expense of the manage-
ment both in London and Londonderry. That this
committee be authorised to require from the directors
any expense that they may incur in the employment
of an accountant, if deemed necessary, in furtherance
of the object for which they have been elected by the
shareholders."
The following gentlemen were appointed as a com-
mittee :—Mr. Vanderput, Dr. Conquest, Mr. Lavers,
Mr. Bates, and Mr. Fuller.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and direc-
tors, and the meeting broke up.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS,

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 16, 1847.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 309
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 81
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 112
Diseases of the • Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ..• ... 224
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 24
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs

of Digestion... ...
Diseases of the Kidney s, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bunes, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Old Age, or Natural Decay ... . 46
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 14
Causes not specified
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES

... 21
••• 9

953

Population Average weekly Deaths
Enumerated, Deaths, 1842-6. in the
1841. Five Summers. Week.
West Districts... 301,326 . • 137 ... 136
North Districts.. 376,396 ... 175 ... 163
Central Districts 374,759 ... 173 ... 173
East Districts ... 393,247 ... 212 ... 216
South Districts .. 502,483 ... 244 ... 259
Totals... ..... 1,948,211
_ _

... 953
... 471
... 482