The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-22 00:00:00

THE SUN,_ LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1847.

WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICK-
LOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY.
An adjourned meeting of this company was held on Fri.
day at the Oflice, 449, West Strand; Lord Courtown in the
chair.
The CHACR74.AN announced the state of the poll taken last
evening, and declared the directors' motion, empowering the
directors tg go to Parliament for a Bill amending the last
year's Act, to be carried by a majority of in votes.
Messrs. REYNOLD and DicKsox, in long speeches, pro-
tested against the announcement.
The SECRETARY then read the directors' report. It stated
that the company had obtained their Act last session, em-
powering the construction of the line from Dublin and the
port of Kingstown to Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow, as
proposed, except the small part from Dublin to Dundrum,
granted to another company; that they had entered into
arrangements for that part of the line, and for the extension
of the terminus to St. Stephen's-green, Dublin, with the
Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham Company; with the
Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Company, respecting
the line connecting the town of Carlow with the port of
Wexford; and with the Dublin and Kingstown Company
for the extension of their line from the port of Kingstown to
the Bridge of Bray; that the directors recommended the
construction forthwith of fifty miles of the line, via., from
Kingstown to Bray, 7 miles; from the Wexford, arlow,
and Dublin line at Ennisc,rthy to Wexford and the Packet
Station in South Bay, 26 miles; and from Bray to Wicklow,
17 miles; that the Great Western and the South Wales
Companies give their assistance to this line and hold one-
fourth
of their shares.

The accounts subjoined to the report showed receipts from
deposits of 1/. 108. per share, amounting to 112,779/. ; expen-
diture, 39,853/. 16s. 4d. ; leaving a balance i❑ hand of
72,9251. 3s. Bd.
The CMAIRMAN intimated that it was not the intention of
the directors to make the calls of which they had given no-
tice in the report. He then moved the adoption of the report.
Mr. SAINSBURY seconded the resolution.
Mr. REYNOLD asked what was the amount of the out-
standing liabilities.

The SECRETARY—Not above 7,000/. np to the present time.
Mr. Ritirsow, after adverting to a variety of topics in a
very long speech, moved, as an amendment, that the accounts
rendered were not satisfactory, as being too general, and,
therefore, that the meeting should be adjourned for a week,
and Mr. Reynold and a gentleman to be named by the
directors, should be appointed to investigate the accounts
and report at next meeting.
Mr. DICKSON, in a long speech, reviewed the whole history
of the company, and seconded the amendment.
After a good deal of discussion and recrimination, through
a course of four hours, _ _ _

The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, and after a show of
hands declared it to be lost.
Mr. RZYNOLD and Dr. GRAY declared that the clerks in
the office had voted, and demanded a poll.
Mr. HATTER said the clerks in question were registered
shareholders. _ _

The Cumin(Azi intimated that the clause in the report
announcing that a call would be made this month of 11.108.,
and of 11. in November next, would be retained.

....—. ..... _ ...
The poll was then opened till six o'clock last evening, and
The third day's meeting was adjourned till to-day, at
eleven o'clock.

The adjourned meeting of the shareholders of this com-
pany was held on Saturday, at the offices, 449, West Strand,
Lord Courtoun in the chair.
The CnAIRMLN announced the result of the polling last
evening for and against the report of the directors, which
was,
For the report 28,018 shares, being 5,944 votes.
For fhe amendment, 12,477 „ If

Majority for the 115 541 968 ~
original motion) '
The CHAIRMAN moved that the snm of 1,000/. be fixed as
the yearly allowance of the directors.
After some observations from Messrs. PERRY and Bo
and other gentlemen, the resolution was put and carried.
The CHAIR3IAN moved that the salary of the secretary
should be fixed at 1,0001. a year.
After observations from Mr. REYNOLD and Mr. DICKSON,
Dr. GRAY said he differed from those who wished to cut
down the secretary's remuneration. He had found through-
out his experience of an establishment of which he had the
control, that good and sufficient salaries were in the end the
best way to economy; for the well-paid servant both gave
better services, and effected a saving to his employer, much
exceeding the amount of his salary.
The resolution was put and carried.
Messrs. Slade and Codd were then appointed the auditors
of the company at a salary of 201.
Tie cordial thanks of the meeting to the Right Hon.
Chairman, were moved by Mr. SLADE, and seconded by Mr.
REYNOLD, and carried with acclamation.
The Earl of COURTOIIN courteously replied, and
The meeting adjourned.

THE GALWAY ELECTION.
RETURN OF MR. MONAHAN.
The following is the official statement of the High
Sheriff :

Monahan
O'Flaherty 506
Majority 4

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-8 to 1 agst Brunette (taken)
—l2 to 1 agst St. Leger (taken)-12 to 1 agst The Roarer
(taken)-12 to 1 agst Saucepan-13 to 1 agst Culverthorpe-
-100 to 7 agst Red Lancer (taken)-100 to 7 agst Avoca
(taken)-100 to 6 agst Profligate (taken)-100 to 6 agst
Jerry (taken)--100 to 6 agst Cure All-100 to 6 agst Dis-
count.
CHESTER Cm'.-22 to 1 agst Medicant (taken)-25 to 1
agst The Lamb-30 to 1 agst Camera Obscura (taken)—.3o
to 1 agst Punch (700 to 20 laid once)-20 to 1 agst A,Atler
(offers to take 1,000 to 30)-40 to 1 agst Flitch (taken)._
40 to 1 agst Crim. Con.-40 to 1 agst Fitzallen-50 to, 1 agst
Sting-50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond-50 to 1 agst In-
heritress.
No betting on the Metropolitan and Newmarket Han-
dicaps.
DERBY.-15 to 2 agst Van Tromp-10 to 1 agst Epirote
(offered)-12 to I agst Planet (offered)-23 to 1 agst Glentilt
(offered)-25 to 1 agst Conyngham (offered)-1,000 to 15
agst Christopher.
LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE.
Acceptances for the Handicap of 20 Sovs. each and 100 added.
at. lb. st. lb.
Brunette
321RMeiddnLigahnt 10 10
ee.......... lO 10
1212 St. Leger
Saucepanlo 8
Cure-all
Sam Slick ... ......... .. 11 12'Barnard lO 8
Pioneer
Ballybar
Discount .. ... 11 9 Young Lottery ... ...... 10 7
Culverthorpe ll 6 Roarer
Jerry
The False Heir
Pluralist ll 4 Matthew
Frederick .... ....... ... 11 2,Tramp
Railroad ll 2 ,t4uicksilver ........ ... 10 4
Christopher North
Latitat
Marengo
Gog ... ll O'Little Tommy.....
Ragman lO 12 br hby Brown Tom... 9 6
Avoca
The Free Handicap has do:
st. lb et. lb.
Crcesus ........ 11 Repealer ll 0
Counsellor ll 4iValeria
Fireaway
Highwayman . 11 4C Will-o'-wisp
Whistle Binkie ...... ... 11 0 Teresa
Wandering Jew ll 0 Alice
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Mr. Theobald's staghds., Wed., Newton (Suffolk); Sat,
Quv, at 11.
Lord Elcho's hds., Tues., Budle ; Wed., Lilburn ; Fri.,
Twizel House ; Sat., Belford.
Mr. Horndon's hds., Thurs., Chapman's Wells-101/2.
Mr. Roe's lids., Wed., Bigbury Court ; Sat., Crey Combe•
Tiverton lids., Wed., Winsford Village; Sat., Dtfiverton
—lO%.
Devon lids., Thurs., Bradley-11.
York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Dringhouses ; Thurs., Stri-
ven; Sat., Skelton-10%.
1 Sinnington hds., Tues., Dalby ; Fri., Gillamoo-10.
Hurworth hds., Tues., Northallerton ; Sat., Hilton-10%.
Bedale lids., Wed., Hutton Conyers; Fri., Catterick Bridge
101,6.
—Sir C. Constable's stglids, Wed., Hedon-11%.
Cleveland lids., 'Thurs., Guisborough Park.
Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Marston St. Lawrence; Thurs.,
Edgcott Village; Sat., Fenny Compton Wharf-10%.
Mr. Watson's hds., Wed., Warkworth ; Fri., Longhirst
-101/2.
Mr. Hildyard's has., Tues., Swainby Bridge; Fri., Hil-
ton-10%.
Mr. Fane's hrra., Wed., Little Haseley ; Sat., Watlington.
Warwickshire hds., Tues., Whichford Village; Thurs.,
Lower Shuckburgh Village; Fri., Church Tysoe ; Sat.,
Sherington.
V. W. IT., Tues., Hournington Hall; Thurs., Lechlade;
Sat., Charlton Gate.
Berkshire hds., Wed., Tar Wood ; Fri., Step Farm.
Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Nuneham Park ; Fri., Cane End.

with 12 entries.

DEATH FROM ATTENDING A FUNERAL.—On Fri.
day, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the King's Arms, Mal-
wall, Poplar, on the body of Ellen Mahony, aged forty years,
of Paradise-row, Poplar, whose death was accelerated by
attending a funeral. It appeared that the deceased had for
some time past been suffering from a cold and cough. On
Sunday last she was invited to the funeral of her deceased
cousin, who was to be intepted in the Catholic chapel of
Poplar. She was advised not to attend, but she persisted in
doing so. After her return she appeared very unwell, and
retired to rest. On the following morning she was found
dead in bed. She was much affected by the dampness of
the chapel and the coldness of the weather, which no doubt
accelerated her death. The jury returned an open verdict of
"Found dead."
PRINCESS'S FDEATRE.—Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Uambridge, the Princess Mary, his Serene High-
ness Prince Frederick of Hesse and suite, honoured this ele •
gant place of amusement on Friday with their presence.
The boxes were filled with fashionable company, and the pit
and gallery crowded. Bellini's beautiful opera eerie, Normu,
commenced the performances ; the singers were in excellent
voice, and gave immense satisfaction. The beautiful duet
in the second act was given in admirable style by Miss Anne
Romer and Miss Bassano; the former, by her sweet simpli-
city, won the hearts of all her hearers, whilst Miss Bassano
gave a truly impressive feature to her portion. The Hem-
ming Family pleased the royal party excessively ; the grace
and ease with which these talented artistes execute the dif.
ficult feats is Only wonderful ; we have seen nothing ap-
proaching them, excepting the Risleys, and it is difficult to
wound up the evening's en
say which would bear away thetepratlamin.meTuhtse; panto-
mimegitra:a.dsdience
g•
on the taste and libe-
rality week it was produced. The entire per-
formanceas much as the
repre-
sented for the last time, but notwithstandingtodeli ihtthtahsebaeuen per-
formed fort}'-seven
of the lessee.
reflectedsev hhtisg,hietsstecermededit
OF GUARDIANS.—On Fri-
dayST. AIARYLEBONE BOARD
paris • hof St. Marylebone was he in .
enthnei.g
eu in the chair; when
workhouse, New-road, Mr. Mallil
report of the trustees
the weekly meeting of the
wl.iardtheofhogaurydromonms ofof the
Mr. Thorne, the secretary, read the
t be the Duke of
a benevolent nobleman (since ascertained. e
divided amongst the
Portland) had offered to give to be
tonfos2tsi3leLa,ervilin
appointed to distribute a portion of the sum of 500 g.. which
/ of that
t stated that -00 .
sum had been received, and 53/. added to it, making a sum
rmaoissetddhesveravuihnsgurpipotoirono.f tTheheparriepsliu., if a similar sum could be
gichobhjaedctsbeienn
Sir J. J. Hamilton moved, and Mr. Bird seconded, that the
report be entered on the minutes, and that a vote of thanks
be passed to the trustees for the way they had distributed
tehqeu equally distributed
d iatricta ot amongstthe
parish. the
the money, was carried.
The Duke of Wellington on Friday inspected
• Brunetti's model of ancient Jerusalem. The Duke expressed
belt Laub gratified.

LITERATURE.

BENTLEY'S MoITEVNLITERATURE.—The
Letters of Horace Walpole, 6 Vols. The Letters of
Lord Chesterfield, 4 Vols.
On the first appearance of this serial publication we
took occasion to remark upon the numerous excel-
lences by which it was characterised, and upon the
advantages it afforded those who were desirous of
making substantial and valuable additions to their
libraries. Since then sufficient time has elapsed to
test the merits of the publication, and to show whe-
ther the promises of the prospectus have been capable
of fulfilment. According to the arrangements of the
publisher, the various copyright works comprised in
his plan have continued periodically their course of
publication without any intermission, and without any
abatement in the style of their " getting-up." Twice
every month a separate Part has been issued ; once
every month a Volume, massively bound and ele-
gantly emblazoned, has appeared, so that twenty-four
parts or twelve volumes are forwarded to subscribers
in the year. While the paper is richly glazed, and of
a very durable texture, the type is large and clear,
the printing distinct, the arrangement of the contents
complete in all respects, and the embellishments nu-
merous and appropriate. So many advantages,
coupled with such remarkable moderation in price,
cannot fail to redound to the credit, and to ensure the
compensation of the entrepreneur. It would savour
more of affectation than of judgment to volunteer
any critical remarks upon the epistolary works
here republished by Mr. Bentley, the celebrity
of the letters of Horace Walpole and the Earl
of Chesterfield being equivalent to the extra-
ordinary abilities they display. Of Horace Wal-
pole, garl of Orford, as a correspondent, it is impos-
sible to speak too highly. His " incomparable let-
ters" are beyond all panegyric. It is upon those
apparently ephemeral, but really
immortal, composi-
tions that his fame rests, more perticularly than upon
any of his more laboured production productions, al-
though we have an eminent authority for rating his
other literrry pieces at more than their ordinary va-
lue. We remember that Lord Byron, in the preface
to his splendid tragedy of "Marino Faliero," thus
vindicates Horace Walpole from the contempt with
which he is too generally regarded :—" He is the
father," says Byron, "of the first romance and last
tragedy in our language, and surely worthy of a
higher place than any living writer, be he who he may!"
We are not prepared to go so far as Lord Byron has
gone in this momentary ebullition of spleen or enthu-
siasm; but bating the conduct of Horace Walpole to
the wonderful poet, the author of" /Ella," and his
frivolities at Strawberry Hill, and his ridiculous
jumbling together of oligarchism and democratism,
we regard Horace Walpole as entitled to our esteem
as an author, and to our gratitude as the writer of
his delightful and matchless Letters. The epistles,
again, of Phillip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of
Chesterfield, though redolent with pedantry,
and ludicrous from their aristocratic primness,
are always pleasant, always sparkling, and al-
ways instructive. The present beautiful edition
is illustrated with editorial notes by Lord Mahon.
Boob series, namely both the Walpole correspondence
and the Chesterfield correspondence are rendered
peculiarly attractive and interesting from the cir•
cumstance of their being accompanied by numerous
letters now first published from the original manu-
scripts. In the present deteriorated state of the
bulk of periodicals, " Modern Literature " is a
welcome and deserving innovation.

HISTORY of EUROPE from 1789 to 1615. Vol I.
13y Archibald Alison. Seventh Edition.
Any criticism upon this splendid and elaborate
historical composition would be superfluous. The
great work of Archibald Alison, has, both from the
European importance of its subject and from the
eloquence of the narrator, assumed a position in our
national literature as elevated as it is permanent. An
analysis of its character and an examination into its
merits were consequently unnecessary. So much
has already been written upon the dramatic and
elegant style of Alison, as well as upon his endeavour
to maintain throughout his pages a scrupulous im-
partiality, so familiarized is the general public with
his magnificent production, and so fully are the abilities
of our historian appreciated that we shall content our-
selves with simply commenting upon the peculiarities
which exclusively characterise the present edition.
In its publication the utmost care has been taken to
preserve every portion of the original, unmittilated
and unabreviated, so that in the compass of a most
portable volume are comprised the entire contents of
an octavo, or even of a quarto. The classification,
the arrangement of the chapters, the footnotes, and
the marginal references are singular for their com-
pactness ; and this supervision has even extended to
the enumeration of the authorities quoted in the nar-
rative. A merely superficial glance at this catalogue
will be sufficient to show the enormous research and
labour required in the composition—a research ex-
tending over many hundred volumes, and necesitating
a perusal of documents in German, French, English,
Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Ru,sian. Even in ex-
ternal appearance the work is remarkable for the
attention paid to its general character, the binding
being at once chaste and substantial. As a frontis-
piece there is a beautiful engraving from the admir-
able bust of the author, produced in the studio of Mr.
Patrick Park. A better edition, suited to the public
at large, could not possibly have been issued. It is
observed by Mr. Alison in the interesting preface
affixed to the commencement, that " a subject
so splendid in itself, so full of political
and military instruction, replete with such great and
heroic actions, adorned by so many virtues and
darkened by so many crimes, never yet fell to the lot
of an historian." No one will dissent from this esti-
mate, no one will deny that " the annals of modern
Europe will be sought in vain for a parallel to that
brief period of anxious effort and chequered achieve-
ment ;" and no one will hesitate to aver that in
earnestness, in enthusiasm, in perspicacity, and in
judgment, Mr. Alison has shown himself competent
events,to
o grapple
that
wi th
hisam n e
thateveasstt ssis n
multitudeotusually
of
modu-
lated by his impartiality, his enthusiasm tempered by
his justice, his perspicacity varied by his illustration,
and his judgment unswerving upon the most delicate
and complicated questions.

CXIIL

KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME. No.
Bacon; his Writings and his Philosophy. Vol. 111.
On this excellent abstract of Lord Bacon's philoso-
phical and miscellaneous writings, arranged by Mr. G.
Craik, we have already spoken at some length. Now
that the
production is completed in the present
vo-
lume, it would be a matter of supererogation to insist
upon advantages which are so generally acknow-
ledged. In the miniature compilation of Mr. Craik,
the very kernel of the wisdom of "the wisest of man-
kind"is contained. While, however, the elaboration
of the great originals of the immortal Verulam is
evaded, there is no sacrilegious mutilations of his
thought and dogmas—even the quaintnesses of his
manner are preserved, and we are rejoiced at this, for
those quaintnesses form the most characteristic gar-
ment of the Baconian philosophy.
THE CABINET HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

-
____ _________ ....___ _
Vo/ XX//
andA smainliatebrryidgement
History,"o tihne
thechaptersPictorial
entitledistii‘e‘
History
yiveilf
England, accompanied with a continuation up to the
present time, by the author, Charles MacFarlane, this
pocket edition of our national records is singularly
complete and sensible. It has now proceeded to a
sufficient extent to enable us, in a great measure, to
estimate the value of the work as a whole, and it is
impossible to deny that it is deserving of particular
commendation. While the main narration possesses
all the staidness of Goldsmith, its minor episodes are
sketched with brilliant and effective pencil. As an
example, we may quote the description of the closing
scene of the Reign of Terror. The master murderers
"aw-bone with apistol-shotbespierre has broken his j
__ _
in attempting suicide. Coffinhal has hurled Henriot
are caught in their lair, at the Hotel de Ville. Ro-
from a window into an open sewer. Lebas has killed
himself with a bullet. Saint Just had armed himself
with a dagger, and Couthon has crawled under a
table, when they are surprised by Leonard Bourdon 1
and his associates. 1
~ When Leonard Bourdon burst into the room, fol-
lowed by some gendarmes (himself, according to some
accounts, including his own, being disguised as a com-
mon gendarme), Robespierre was sitting bleeding on a
chair, with a knife in his hand ; Couthon was lying
under the table as though he were dead ; the municipal
officers were throwing off their scarfs, and apparently
preparing for flight. One or two pistols were fired by
the gendarmes, and then all the conspirators quietly
submitted to be taken and bound. Henriot, badly
wounded, disfigured, and covered with filth, was dis-
covered in the foul place where he had fallen ; Augustin
Robespierre was also found alive, though with limbs
broken and a skull fractured. Some of the armed people,
who were now crowding into the council-chamber and
running over every part of the vast building, dragged
out Couthon by the heels from under the table, andTwuhilieerhies.proßvyed
pro-
posed throwing his carcase into the Seine ; but here-
upon he opened his eyes and gave them to understand
sthhaotuthiengwa,:vnioetto)::
Idevadic,t,n,r7l,:oLmeouneahrdasßdo)uirndg,
consT h e.
wounckd were put upon brancards or stretchers, and,
rducteda g e s
,tendthem
thtihsattinatheoisinte, who
between three and four o'clock in the morning. At fourwa
o'clock in the afternoon, after suffering insults, out-
triumphed were as ferocious as those who fell, Robes-
pierre, his brother Augustin, Saint Just, Couthon, Hen-
riot, and sixteen others, were carted at the • '
tortures, to the
Conciergerie
to be carried through the busiest streets f
Place de Is Revolution. The carts Wereo Paris to the
countless multitude, and the windows followed by a
and
housetops are
said to have been more crowded than
ever they had been
before. Jestings and laughh.g, filthy puns and quodli-
hots, were mixed with dire curses, shrieks, and anathe-
mas. During a halt, a band of women, formerly his own
Ti icoteuses, or Furies of the Guillotine,
executed an in-
fernal dance round his cart, with
clapping of hands and
other dt-monstiations of joy. On arriving in the Place
it
de la Revolution they laid him down u the ground at
, the foot of the scaffold, for he was to be executed last of

the twenty-one, and he could not stand—indeed, he too
was now almost dead, his face was livid, his eyes were
sunk in his head. At the fall of each head the countless
multitude shouted and waved hats and caps, and they
shouted the loudest when Sampson held up the heads of
Saint Just and Couthon. At last, Robespierre's turn
came, for the axe had clanked down twenty times, and
there remained none alive but he. As his ghastly figure
and well-known sky-blue coat (now torn, and streaked
and clotted with blood) slowly emerged to the surface
of the scaffold, there was another universal roar of voices,
and a still more enthusiastic waving of hats and caps.
Samson tore off his coat, brutally wrenched the foul linen
bandage from his jaw ; the broken left jaw fell, and then
a horrible cry or scream proceeded from him, being the
first sound of lamentation or suffering he had been heard
to utter since his arrest. This fearful cry was still
ringing in the air, when the heavy axe, wet with the
blood of his brother and his friends, clanked down once
more. Samson held up the frightful head ; the specta-
tors shouted and applauded for several minutes, and
then went away singing. It was towards seven o'clock in
the evening of the 10th Thermidor, or 28th of July."

We perceive that Mr. Mac Farlane takes the most
charitable view of Robespierre's character, regarding
him as a madman. We suspect Mr. Carlyle would
be indignant at the insinuation. Albeit, the incon-
gruities of the incorruptible's character and conduct
are only reconcilable on the supposition of his in-
sanity.

7HE SHOES of FORTUNE, and Other Tales. By

Hans Christian Andersen.

This little volume contains translations of many of
Christian Andersen's children's tales, and a de-
lightful little book it is. There are very few authors so
well qualified to write for the amusement of the young
as is Christian Andersen; it is not necessary for him to
assume a new style, or to write in a different language,
when addressing juvenile readers, for his habitual strain
of thought and form of expression is always simple and
natural, and, in the true sense of the word, childish.
So much is this characteristic apparent in this little vo-
lume, that so far from writing down to suit the capacity
of his little readers, he appears rather, in most instances,
to be only expressing his own thoughts and feelings. So
great," the simplicity of this little book, so extravagant
are the fancies of its author, that, we doubt not, many
of the precocious juveniles of " the rising generation"
will look down upon both work and author as too
childish and too ridiculous to afford them any amuse.
ment. On the other hand, all, of whatever age, who
can appreciate the natural, and, remembering the fan-
cies of their once youthful days, can sympathize with
the childish, will experience pleasure in looking over
these miniature tales. Andersen gases abroad on the
great field of nature with the imagination of a child, and
the appreciation of a poet. With the imagination of a
child, however strange the expression may appear, with
the imaginative fancy, which invests every object with
life, and thoughts, and feelings, and with the power of
speech. To him there are literally,
" Tongues in trees, books in the running brook,
" Sermons in stones, and good in every thing."
Yes, " good in every thing," for many of these simple
tales, besides evoking smiles during their perusal, are
calculated to inspire some moral reflection at their close.
The " shoes of fortune," which give its title to the book,
are founded upon a not very uncommon contrivance in
fairy tales, the transporting or transforming of some fa-
voured individual into the place and person he might
happen to desire. By putting on the " shoes of for-
tune," the poor man takes the place of the rich, the
poet is metamorphosed into the bird carolling above his
head ; the would-be traveller longing to behold the
beauties of southron lands, finds himself suddenly in
disagreeable quarters in a well packed diligence, and of
course in all these and the other changes occasioned by
the wonderful shoes, the favoured object of fortune finds
no reason to approve of his change of state, and learns,
it is to be hoped, a lesson of content. The first trans-
formation occurs to one Councillor Knap, who always
admiring the days of King Hans, some four hundeed
years ago, finds himself, on putting on the fairy shoes,
transporting to that ancient epoch, on which his admira-
tion gives place to very different sentiments, as we sus-
pect would, under similar circumstances, be the ease with
those who talk so much of " the good old times." It is
unnecessary to particularise the various tales ; to those
who can admire or appreciate one, the whole will bo
most attractive, and the little volume a delightful re-
creation. We could hardly find a more amusing hook
for those children in years who are not too wise or too
learned to be really children in feelings.

DIVISION ON FRIDAY AGAINST
LORD STANLEY'S MOTION.
HOUSE.OF LORDS?
DUKE. ZARLI. saitorto.
Norfolk Granville Hunedos
MARQUISES. Spencer Beaumont
Lansdowne • Shaftesbury Montcagle
Sligo Waldegrave Crewe
Westmeath RIMIOFS. Audley
EARLS. St. Asaph De Mauley
Fitzwilliam Hereford Foley
Grey BARONS. Byron
)(into Lord Chancellor Montfort
Clarendon Camoys Campbell
Auckland Paget Oriel
Radnor Somcrhill Vivian
Fortescut Strafford Lilford
PAIRS.

AGAINST.
Portman
Norwich (Bishop)
Colborne

ROE.
Brougham
Tankerville
Wahingham.

FALL OF TWO HOUSES IN KENT•STREET.-011
Thursday morning, shortly after four o'clock, an accident of
a most alarming nature occurred in Kent-street, Southwark,
by which seven persons nearly lost their lives. For some
time past the house numbered 215 in the street, formerly
used as a chapel, had been considered unsafe, notwithstand-
ing which, an elderly lady, named Smith, and her two
daughters, continued to reside therein. On the morning in
question, owing to a violent gale of wind, a lofty stack of
chimneys, together with the party wall, fell with a crash
resembling a peal of thunder. The heavy mass falling upon
the top of that house, and on the one adjoining, known as
the Temperance Union Coffee-house, both roofs were forced
in, and also the floorings, so that the interior of both houses
became filled with bricks and rubbish. At that time Mrs.
Smith and her two daughters were in one building, and Mr.
Smith, the landlord of the coffee-house, with his wife and
two sons, were in the other. For some time it was feared
that all the parties had perished, but the joists and flooring
having settled upon the top of Mr. Smith's bedstead, they
formed a kind of arch, which protected the inmates, and they
thereby escaped. Mrs. Smith and her daughters also, by
some extraordinary means escaped destruction; one of the
parties only received any personal injury, and that merely a
cut on the head. The upper room of the coffee-house was
decorated with tents and canopies for the use of the society
termed " The Sons of the Phcenix." The whole of the para-
phernalia has been destroyed, and Mr. Smith has lost furni-
ture valued at upwards of 100/.

HANOVER, 'FEB. S.—DEARTH OF Foon.—ln this
place, as well as in all others, the want of provisions begins
to be severely felt, and there is every appearance of things
becoming worse, for, except in the case of the larger pro-
prietors, there are few agriculturists who will be able to draw
their supplies of bread even from their own stock until next
harvest. Th. majority of these are already compelled to
purchase rye, and in larger proportions than would have
happened had not the potato crop failed. General relief
committees have therefore been formed, and the States.
General have themselves recommended the ministry to devise
proper measures to meet the calamit":4
APPREHENDED FEVER ON BOARD THE IRISH PRO-
VISION SQUADRON.—We are glad to state, with reference to
a report which has prevailed, that the famine fever in Ire-
land had made its appearance on board her Majesty's ships
on the coast, and to ascertain the truth of which report
Dr. Lindsay, R.N., Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, was dis-
patched by the Government on Sunday last to Ireland, that
dispatches have been received in London from the naval
Commander-in-Chief at Cork, assuring the authorities that a
strict investigation has taken place, and there are not the
slightest grounds for apprehending so direful a calamity.
The crews of the ships are healthy, notwithstanding their
incessant and arduous employment, night and day, in the
humane task of conveying provisions to the distressed popu•
lation on the coasts.

RAILWAY ROBBERIES.—On Friday information was
forwarded to the police of a robbery committed at the Cam-
den Town station of the North-western Railway, of a box,
directed to Mr. J. Groom, Harwici containing 19.000 dozen
of Harwich, Norway, and flatted hooks, manufactured by F.
Field, of Redditch, and a brown-paper parcel, addressed to
Mr. J. Jones, of Jermyn-street, London, containing nineteen
gross of Carlisle trebled-bronzed books.
MONTE VIDEO..--By the William Piele, which ar
rived in the Mersey yesterday, we are put in possession of
papers from that city to the 16th of December last, but they,
are enttrely devoid of any news political or commercial. It
was reported that Riveira was up to Uruguay with a force
of 3,000 men. In commercial matters there was a stand
still. Trade was dull, and very little business of any de-
scription doing.
DREADFUL FIRE AND Loss OF THREE LTV Es.—
N EWTOWN, MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Early on Wednesday S—
. last a fire broke out on the premises of the Queen's
Head Inn, and although the engine of the Shropshire and
North Wales Assurance Company was on the spot, under the
management of Mr. D. Thomas, jun., the Company's Agent,
and every exertion used to stop the progress of the flames,
nearly the whole of the premises, together with the furni-
ture, &c., were consumed. We are grieved to add that Mr.
Peplow, landlord of the inn, the ostler, and Mr. Ferry, malt-
stet, of Clunton, near Bishop's Castle (the latter was staying
there for the night), were all burnt to death. The furniture
and stock were insured in the above-named fire-office, but the
loss is considerably grsater than the amount for which they
were insured.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.
PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES.—The
Elsinore and Southerner, from New York, and Lord Duffe-
rin and Martha, from New Orleans, which were reported at
Liverpool on the 18th inst., bring 6,940 barrels of flour, 1,205
sacks wheat, 14,306 bags and 12,604 bushels Indian corn, 530
barrels Indian corn-meal, 1,886 packages beans, 1,516 bags
peas, and 100 boxes biscuit.
A VETERAN.—The Journal des Daats announces
the death, at Nancy, of one of the veterans of the French
army. Jean Louis Turpin, native of Bordeaux, who enlisted
as a volunteer at the age of 18 years, made his first cam-
pai n under Louis XV., and continued his military career
under Louis XVI., the Republic, and the Empire, until the
year 1804, the period when he was placed on the half-pay
list, after 34 years of glorious services. This veteran captain
was uncle to the celebrated Admiral Turpin.
CONSEQUENCES OF THE CORPORATION CONFLICT.—
Thursday the inconveniences of the Civic conflict, from the
non-election of the corporate officers by the Court of Common
Council, was made apparent. Thursday was one of the days
appointed for holding the City Sheriff's Court at Guildhall,
but in consequence of Mr. Commissioner Bullock, the judge,
not having been re-elected and sworn in, the Court was
obliged to be adjourned, to the serious inconvenience of
suitors and of all persons having business at it. The Court
is one of record, and has jurisdiction to hear summonses
under the Small Debts Bill.
DUNDEE TRADE, FEB. 16.—We have no particular
change in the state of our market to notice. It is under-
rood, that the sales of flax during the past week have been
of considerable extent, and at full prices. Tows and codillas
are in demand, and have been sold at an advance on the
prices previously paid. In the value of jute there is no alte-
ration. Linens continue in fair demand as well as yarns,
although some particular kinds are rather neglected. No
arrivals from foreign since our last.—Courier.
Major-General T. Cunningham, late Colonel of
the corps of Royal Engineers, died on the 17th intant, at
his residence in the metropolis. He entered the servi •ce
ui 001.