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THE SUN,

anc'ior off Yauntle t, by the Hannah, for Port Natal, both ante rather a large quantity has reached us. The foreign
vessels received much damage. 14th. 'flee Ann. et Jer- impertaiions have been confined to three baskets from
sey, and the Thomas Meare, have been lost en the coast Hamburgh; six b ,Ks, 76 tons from Rotterdam; 466
of Holland ; two of the crew of the latter drowned; the bags from (Thew ; 45 tons from Weener; 80 tons from
remainder, together with the crew of the Ann, have Rouen; and 122 bags from Antwerp. From Ireland,
been brought over by the Lion steamer, from Harlingen. three barrels have come to hand. The low pri eof
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 13.—Arrd. Glenlyon, Muirhead, bread ceritinues to exercise considerable influence upon
Quebec. Si.). B divai', Murray, Port Philip; Diadem, the demand here. Prime qualities only are in request,
Underwood, ditto. at our qunratiocs. The veluo of the inferior kinds is
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 13 AND 14.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrl, almost he:nitre!. The general quality of the arrivals is
Tembler, (Mentos ; Waterloo, New York ; Hibernia extremely good. Present rates as under:—York Re
steamer, New York. Sld. Jeremiah Garnett, Shanghai; gents, 70s to 855; Red Kentish Kidneys. 66s to 80s;
James Alexander, Calcutta ; 'Egress, Calcutta ; Eliza Shaws, 60e to 755; Scotch Reds, 65s to 70s; Foreign,
Perie, Bombay ; Clifton, Africa: Mary, Valparaiso ; 55s to 65, per ton.
Huidee, New Orleans ; Adeline, New Orleans ; Boreas, 1301LOUGU NOP MARKET.
Savannah ; Java, New York ; Siddons, New York ; We continue to be well supplied with all kinds of new
W. H. Harbeck, New York ; Brand, New York ; Hips, in excellent condition. Fine parcels are in good
Robert, Boston ; Europa steamer, Boston ; Frazer, request, at full prices; but all other kinds arc a slow
Cape of Good Hope ; Courier, Lima ; William Russell, inquiry. Notwithstanding the low figure at which the
ozils ; F ny, Gonaivis; Themes, New Orleans; Re- duly is estimated, it is the general impression that pre•
pester, Charleston ; Tuscaror4 Philadelphia. Off sent rates will not be supported. Yearling and old Hops
Port, Wilern, Quebec ; The Duke, Quebec. Besides are yr ry dull, but not lower than last week. Duty called
the gale of the 13th and 14th ult, which is reported to as under:—Rochester, 32,5001; Canterbury, 13,6001.;
h .ve been very severe in the Gulf of Mexico, the ves- Sussex, 19,4001.; Rest. 13,5u01. Total, 79,0001. Present
sets arriving at New York on the 20th encountered an prices as follows:—New mid and East Kent pockets,
other storm on the 19th and 20th ult. The Elipa ship 8/ 10 to 101 105; New Weald of Kent ditto, 61 to 81;
was seen going into Waterford 12th inst., with loss of New Sussex ditto, 61 to 71; Farnhams, 101 lOs to
bowsprit, bead, and cutwater, by the William Penn 11/ 1Is; Yearling Kent, 31 10. to 51 • Yearling Sussex,
steamer, arrived here from Waterford.
KINGSTOWN.— 2/ 16s to 4/ iOs ; Old Hops, 1/ to 41
Arrd. athuebec.
WOO L.
DUBLIN, OCT. 12—TheCh schooner Lark, Isle of Man, The public sales, at which about 50,000 bales have
bound to Scotland, is reported to be lost off Lambay, been offered, have, at length, been brought to a conclu-
crew saved. The Nancy, of Arklow, is on shore on the sion. Those held in the past week have been very mode-
south side of the Mizen Head, but is expected off should rately attended by buyers, and several large parcels have
the wind remain at E.NE. been withdrawn, Port Philip at a decline of ld, and New
WATERYORD, OCT. 13.—The Larne, Liverpool to New South Wales lid per lb. The total quantity disposed of
Orleans, put in here yesterday with loss of bowsprit, at these auctions has rather exceeded 36.000 bales,
cut water, bow stove in, and part of cargo thrown over- being the largest quantity on record. The demand by
board, having been in contact on the 10th instant, be- private contract is in a very sluggish state. In the
tween Holy Lead and Bardsey, with a timber-laden ship, general quotations, however, we have no change to
which lost mainmast; one passenger of the former lost notice. Since this day se'enight the imports have
WIVENROE, OCT. 13.—A bark, supposed to be Danish, amounted to 2,686 bales from Sydney. 1,430 ditto from
was seen this morning lying on her broadside on the Hobart Town, 183 ditto from Rio, 49 ditto from Gib-
Gunfleet Sand, a complete wreck; crew supposed to be ratter, and 9 ditto from Pillars.
drowned. TALLOW.
SKIBBEREEN, OCT. 12.—A vessel of about 200 tons, Since Monday last the market has been decidedly
abandoned, is reported to have been seen 120 miles north active, and prices have further advanced 3d to 64 per cwt.
of Cape Clear; crew supposed to hove been starved out, The deliveries last week were 3,549, and the imports
The Thomas, arrived here, was off Cape Clear for 21 5 251 casks, leaving a stock to-day of 43.562 casks. This
days. morning, P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 37s 3d to
FALMOUTH, OCT. 14.—Wind E N.E„ fresh gales.— 37s 6d, and for forward delivery 37s 3d per cwt. A t
Arr.]. Challenge, St. John's, New Brunswick. these quotations, however, the chandlers are not eager
077 PENZANCE, OCT. 13.—Humber, Richibucto, for buyers. Town Tallow, 37s to 37s 3d per cwt. net cash;
Hull. Sid. Agnes, Buenos Ayres. Rough Fat, 2s Id per Sibs. Our St. Petersburgh letter
states that prices were firmer, with only a moderate
business doing.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.

CORN-EXCHANGE—MONDAY.
Letters from nearly the whole of the leading country
markets, held on Saturday, state that must kinds of
Wheat, especially selected qualities, were in good re-
quest, at an advance in the quotations of is per quarter.
Spring Corn and Flour were 'steady at full prices.
Advices just at hand from the near continental ports are
to the effect that very few transactions have taken place
in Grain for shipment to Eoghnd. Our New York let-
ter, dated the 29th ult., states that very little disposition
was shown to invest in bread-stuffs. Up to our market.
last week, the arrivals of all grain of home produce were
very moderate for the time of year. A few cargoes of
Oats came in from Ireland and Scotland. The foreign
imports amounted to 7,616 quarters of wheat; 6
.526 (10.
of Barley; 26,849 do. of Oats; 505 do. of Beans; 2.174
do. of Peas; 552 do. of Tares; 2,685 do. of Linseed;
1,581 do. of Rape Seed ; 102 do. of Mustard Seed ;
106 do. of sundry Seeds, and 570 sacks of flour.
The supply of English Wheat received fresh up to this
morning's market, from Essex, was very small. That
from Kent, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, &c., was but mo-
derate. As the attendance of both town and country
buyers was somewhat on the increase, and the stands
scantily filled with samples, the demand for all kinds of
Wheat of home produce was decidedly firm, at an ad-
vance in the quotations obtained oa Monday last of from
is to 21 per quarter, and at which a good clearance was
readily effected. The general condition of the supply of
Wheat was not to say first-rate. The number of offers
at hand from our agricultural districts to ship Wheat
was comparatively small. With Foreign Wheat we
were but moderately supplied. As several of
the millers appeared to be 'short of stock,
the sale for most descriptions was steady,
though not to say brisk, and the currencies
rose quite is per quarter, and at which rather
a large business was transacted. In floating car-
goes very few sales took place, yet the owners refused to
sell except at is per quarter more money. The supply
of Wheat actually afloat is small. The quantity of
English Barley oa show was limited, that of foreign
moderately extensive. Malting and grinding parcels
were selling somewhat freely, at full prices, but distilling
sorts ruled dull at barely late rates. With Malt we
were fairly supplied. All descriptions moved off
slowly. In prices, however, we have no change to notice.
Very few home-grown Oats were on offer; but the supply
of foreign was extensive. Really sound Corn Ras sell-
ing at full prices, but damp qualities were 6d per quarter
lower. The sale for Beans and Peas was slow, at last
week's prices. Indian Corn and Meal were neglected.
In some instances, fine parcels of barrel Flour were 6d
higher. All other kinds were quite as dear as last week.
• CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier 593 to 6fs
lied, New.. • . 388 to 458 Oats— Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, Sew 42a 52s Lincolnsh., Feed. 158 ifs
Norfolk and Lin- Potato • • • 183 23s
coin, •• 38s 46s Youghal and Cork,
Ditto, White.. • • 40s 47s Black . •••• • • 14s 163
Irish, lied.. •••• 3 ,s 388 Cork, White • • 16s 185
Dltto,Whlte.... 425 443 Scotch, Feed. 19s 213
Rye—Old ...... •• • • 235 25s Beans—Tick • 25s 305
New....... ••. • • 23s 268 Pigeons ...... .. • . 36s 38
BarleY—Grinding .... 22s 25s Peas—Grey 273 285
; Malting . .... •• • • 26s 288 Maple. •.•. • • • • 285 31;
Chevalier •• • 298 303 White.— •• •• • • 25s 27.
&hilt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers
f01k...... •• •• •. 56s 58s Flour—Town-made... 358 408
Brown ......• •• •• 46s 48s Suffolk
..... :Is 33,,
Kingston and Ware 578 .58s Stocktu & Norfolk 31s 33i
SEED.
Very 'few purchases have been effected in Canary
Seed since Monday last, and prices of the inferior quali-
ties have given way 38 per quarter. Winter Tares are
also lower to purchase. Linseed is somewhat higher.
No change in other articles.
TurnlNWhite, per bush. 108 to 11*
Red aud (lreen... • lOs 11e
2dustard, 8r0wn.... • Ss Its
White .....• •• .. 78 108
Tares, New •• • • 58 58 6d
01d........ ••• • •• 48 5s
Canary, per quarter • • 72s 85,
Rye grass•• -• ••• 20s 24s
Clover, Red (cwt.) 353 503
White ••••• • • • • 348 42s'
Foreign Red ...... 308 40s1
White.... 24s 428
Trefoil •••• •• • • .....• 143 18s
sairrizrizza).
The total importation of foreign stock into London
since Monday last has amounted to 5,092 head, being
a falling off in the arrivals, compared with those of the
preceding week, of 1,498 head. They have, however,
as will be seen by the annexed comp irative statement,
been large for the time of year. The total imports
during the corresponding period in 1847 were 3,898, and
in 1848, 3,860 head.
IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam 427 ... 1,837 ... ... 100 ... 25
Harlingen ..... 140 1,-425 5 31
Antwerp
..„ 29 ...
Bremen
•••
Ostend
Hamburgh 86 ...
Amsterdam — •••
419 •••
... 45 ...
Nieu Diep
•••

1845. 1846. 1847. 11848. 1849.
Stock thfs day .... • . 16,251 7,489 26,349 28,289 43,562
Price of Y. C. •
f 41s 9,1 48s Od 46s Od 45:. 3d to 37s 6tl
48s 6 45s 66s Od OOd
Delivery last week'• to
.. 2,4180 d to
2,702 d to
2,3454 42,.62 to
3,549
Ditto from June 1.... 3,211 25,815 30,133 35,230 28,904
Arivals last week . 8,013 3,699 17,239 10,417 5,251
Ditto from Ante 1 ... 8,249 32,717 i 48,333 55,9%8 46,993
Price of Town •••• .. 443 3d 50s 6d 50s 6d 47s 6d 39s 6d
STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETERSBURGH.
1849. 1843. 1847. 1 1846. 1 1845.
r--
Tallow dispatched Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks.
from Cronstadt to
the 9th Sept., O.S. 81,795 88,956 88,249 61,607 83,865
In shies loading and
lighters .......• .. 15,806 18,169 18,723 21,355 10,192
Total loaded off •••• 97,601 107,125 106,972 82,962 94,057
Loaded afterwards • . .• .. 22,379 24,892 30,261 18,951
Total at the close of --
the navigation.... •• • • 129,504 131,864 113,223 113,008
London... ••• •• • • 30.890 48,497 38,449 26,069 38,575
Liverpool .. ...• .. 15,093 10,136 12,167 9,457 16,487
Bristol ... ...... . 2,882 4,231 3,239 1,795 2,429
Other English parts 9.044 10,113 8,950 7,905 6,5 i 1
Ireland ...... •• • • 4,267 3,544 6,615 5,90 i 5,426
Scotland
Germany .. ..- • . 8,911 5,521 6,128 5,014 4,358
France . ...... ... 6,8155 291 6,796 965 6,955
W.- -- --
81,795 88,956 88,249 61,607 83,863

hIA
RLBRO'-STREET— (THIS DAY.)
Mr. Neville Daniels, a surgeon-dentist, residing at No.
20, Albert-terrace, Bayswater, was brought before Mr.
Bingham, charged with having been drunk and disor-
derly in Oxford-street.
Police-constable 271 D stated, that on Saturday night
about ten o'clock, he was on duty in Oxford-street, when
he saw the prisoner sitting on the step of a door, near
the Scotch Stores, in a state of intoxication, bawling as
loud as he could for a cab. A cabman left the
stand, and asked defendant if be wanted a
cab to convey him home ? Defendant told him
he did not, and he had better be off. Another
cabman then came up, and asked defendant what
he was going to stand? Defendant then put himself in
a fighting attitude, and told the cabman to take it out
of that, at the same time pushing. his fists in his face.
Witness, seeing that be was incapable of taking proper
care of himself, conveyed him to the station.
The defendant, in an excited manner, said, with all
due deference to the magistrate, he begged to deny inde-
fatigably the charge of drunkenness. Ile had been
spending the evening at the Scotch Stores, when on
leaving he was assailed by the cabman and some other
persons, one of whom set a dog at him. He was much
excited at this, but he denied being in liquor.
Mr. BINGRAN said, whether defendant was drunk or
not he could not tell, but if he conducted himself on
Saturday night as he had done in the court, he (Mr.
Bingham) had no doubt of his drunkenness, and should
fine him Ss. accordingly.

BATTY'S EQUESTRIAN TROUPE

IN HULL. _ The good people of Hull have been regaled these
last two weeks with Batty's celebrated troupe of
equestrian artists, whose unrivalled talents astonished
and delighted a thoroughly wide•awake Yorkshire
audience at the Queen's Theatre, on Monday. evening,
October Ist.

The opening piece selected for the occasion was the
grand military spectacle of Mooltan and Qoojerat,
embracing a stud of highly trained steeds front the
" Astley stud," and produced under the auspices of
Mr. Caple and his dramatic corps, who at present
occupy the lesseeship of the above theatre; and so
great indeed was the reception of this magnificent
spectacle, that it was received with thunders of
applause from all parts of a densely crowded house,
arid the efforts of Mr. Batty were crowned with
reiterated approbation, which was duly merited,
seeing that he ordered all the wardrobe properties and
appointments from his London theatre, in order to
throw in all that spirit, energy, and effect that so
prominently characterizes his magnificent London
establishment, and we are happy to say that the tout
ensemble was not only highly successful, but was
greeted with the loudest approbation from a delighted
and applauding audience.
Among the many male and ,female artists of thei
arena who had the honour of making their debtit in
Hull, we were much pleased to see some of our old
London favourites. Madame M'Carte, that highly-
finished and talented lady Equestrian, completely
took the Yorkshiremen by storm, while Madlles.
Valentine and Lafayette particularized themselves by
securing a good round share of the well earned plaudits
of a crowded house. Messrs. Moseley, Antoine, Mil-
ner, Bridges, &c. &c., and last, although not least, the
clever little manoeuvring clown, Mr. Wheels, attracted
by their superior abilities the generous approval
of a gratified public. Above all, however, we
must not omit stating the pleasure we
feel in finding the great personal respect the public
seems to hold for the character of the ever-enterprising
Mr. Batty. For ourselves, we know not whether to
admire him most as a man whose strict honesty and
integrity has gained for him the estimation of a great
number of many warm and sincere friends, or as the
straightforward, hard-pushing, speculating manager,
whose care seems to be the finished development of
the equestrian art upon a scale of scientific munifi-
cence.

Carraway ••• • .. 28s 34s
Coriander ...... ••• • • • 16s 25s
Hempseed, per quarter 32s 35s
Linseed, Eng, :owing.. 54s Ms
Crushing •• • • 40s 43s
Baltic .• . ••• .. 3es 43s
Odessa ........ 405 43s
Linseed Cake, pr. 1,000--
English • • .91 Os 10/ Os
Foreign, per ton 61 Os 71 103
Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 5s 4110 s
Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 28105 3010 s

••••• ••• ..... •• • ...." ••• ....
40 ••• -.. ••• --- ••• -

T0ta1..... 1,124 ... 3,775 ... 134 .. 59
Corresponding
week in 1848.. 656 ... 3,087 "-151 ... 70
Same week. in
1847.. ..... . 791 .. 2,903 .. ... 145 ... 33
The outport arrivals have been about 1.800 head, while
by sea, from Ireland, 33 Oxen and 50 Sheep have arrived
here. The supply of foreign Beasts and sheep here to-
day was again extensive, but of very midling quality.
The number of foreign Calves was small. From our
own grazing districts, the arrivals of Beasts fresh up this
Morning were very extensive, even the time of year
considered; but the general quality was inferior; indeed,
scarcely a single really prime Scot was offering. The
primest.Beasts were in fair request, at last week's quo-
tations, viz., 3s 8d to 3s 10d per Blbs., but all other
kinds of beet—as the dead markets were extensively
supplied—moved off heavily, at a decline in the prices
of Monday last of 2d per Blbs. From Lincolnshire,
Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, we received about
2,400 Short Horns; from the eastern, western, and mid-
land counties, 900 Herefords, Bunts, Downs, Irish Beasts,
&C., and from other parts of England, 1,000 of various
breeds. The remainder of the bullock supply was chiefly
derived from abroad and the neighbourhood of London.
With all breeds of Sheep except Downs, we were well
supplied. The quality, however, was indifferent. Gene-
rally speaking the Mutton trade was in a Very sluggish
state, at a tall in the quotations paid on this day se'onight
of 2d per 81bs. The highest figure for Mutton was 4s
per Blbs. Although the supply of Calves was very
moderate, the Veal trade ruled heavy, at Friday's de-
cline in value of from 2d to 4d per Blbs. Prime small
Porkers sold steadily at full prices. In other kinds of
Pork next to nothing was doing.

GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY.—
This line, as was expected, will not be open to the
Blackpool terminus before the 29th instant, on which
day the London and Dublin mails will arrive two and a
half hours earlier than at present. The arrival of the
mail will cause an alteration in the departure of all the
country mails from this city—a dispatch which will be
of considerable importance to corn dealers and traders in
the several towns throughout the county. It is also
understood that the Post-office authorities intend to do
away with the mail car from Cork to Youghal, which
has been the source of great annoyance to the gentry
and inhabitants of the several towns between this city
and Waterford. By the present plan letters posted in
Cork must go to Waterford, and !rom that city thence
to Lismore, causing a serious delay by this long and
tedious route. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire,
since bis arrival at Lismore, has been in constant com-
munication with the Post-office authorities on this
subject. representing the injury resulting by the present
conveyance, and suggesting the propriety of running a
coach and four horses direct from Cork to Waterford, as
heretofore. The request of his Grace will, it is believed,
be acceded to, and or the advantage of it there cannot
be a second opinion—Cork Examiner.
On Wednesday, Captain Lane, of Bury, WAS
elected Governor of the newly-erecied borough gaol at
Manchester.
NARROW ESCAPE PROWL DROWNING.--On Thursday
afternoon week, whilst a young gentleman was out on
Windermere lake, near Graythwaite, in a sail boat, a
whirlwind caeght the sail, and she swamped and went to
the bottom. Fortunately the young gentleman had a
life-preserver upon him, with which he kept up till an.
other boat could be procured to rescue him from his
perilous situation.

TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
• Beasts. Sheep. Calves.
I P 2143.
I
4, 919 29,240 141
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
I
Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. Pigs.
1,013 2,5(.0 66 10
Per ilbs. to sink the offal.
s . d. to s. a.
s. d. to I. ti.
IS::'ee:tliQdrenuce4istt3,s••• 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 6
Prime large 0,e,•:
• ••.. 3 0 3 2 Coarse-woolledditto3 6 3 3
a 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 310 4 0
Prime Scots ...... 3 8 310 Ditto out of the woo] 0 0 0 0
Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 2 Large Hogs ...... 3 2 3 6
Prime small ditto .. 3 4 3 6 :mall Porkers .. .. 3 8 4 2
Suckling Calves —lB 0 25 0 ;Natter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0
Inferior Sheep .. . 3 0 3 3 Lambs ..... .... 0 0 0 0
sl:
ooe our l NEWGATE AND LEADENZIALL.
"Last rep rt nearly 1.000 carcases of Beef and
Mutton, with a few Pigs, have arrived from various parts
of on,
and the supplies on offer, killed in the me-
troPnlia, have •b, en consid rablv on the increase. The
'very priniest Beef and Pork have been in steady request,
at lull prices. Veal has sold slowly, at a decline in the
quotations of from 2d to 4d per 81bs. In the value of
other kinds of meat, we have no material change to
11°tice. From Hamburgh or.e basket of meat has reached
°IL The quality of the supplies is by no means first-
rate- About 2,000 cat cases of foreign meat have been
Oa sale.

- At Glasgow, on Wednesday night, two lads, who
slept in a room in which a fire had been left burning to
dry the newly-plastered walls, were suffocated by the
noxious fumes of the coals. An unfortunate lark,
whose csge had been placed in the room, shared their
tufr.

CIIARTERVILLE, MINsTER LOVELL.—We hear that
distraints Inve lately bean put in fur the non-pay-
ment of rent due from several of the allottees on this
estate to the owner, Mr. Feargus O'Connor.—Oxford
Journal.
'the sensations of joy felt on approaching the home
of u beloved one, are like the twilight of morning before
the sun has become Cook's Journal.
The total number of brewers in the United King-
dom is 2,460; the number of victuallers, 88,465; the
number of persons " license j to sell beer to be drunk on
tbt• prculises," 34,606; tho number of rot rsons licensed to
sell beer not to he drunk on the premises, 3,400.

At per stone by the Carcase.
a. d. r. a. s. d. to s. d.
Leel,niterior...... 2 4to 2
6 Mutton, inferior • 2 It) 3 2 Middling •. 2 8 2IC middling.. 3 4 =
pritnelarge 3 0 3 2 prime •• 3 8 310
Prime smell •• 3 4 3 6 York, large— •• •. 3 4 3 8
.7"'I• ••••• • • • • 3 2 3 6 smell ....• 3lO 4 4
730UOUGH .aND SPXTAIXOPIELDS.
The a-risald ut Pot itues, eu,tlt•A is-, ;luring th,, past
w''elt, bar., amounted to about 950 totes, obi :AV from
800 t d, Yorkshire, And if•ssex. By railway cooTey-

LONDON

LITERATURE

LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS.
Second Edition By W. E. Aytoun.
A second edition of Mr. Aytoun's spirit-stirring
ballads so soon after their first publication suffi-
ciently justifies the admiration expressed by our-
selves, and by many of our contemporaries. The
public, generally speaking, are not prone to overlook
anything at all approaching to real poetical merit, so
long at least as the bard appeals to their hearts' emo-
tions in the homely but electric language of simpli-
city. This Mr. Aytoun has certainly done in his
touching and effective " Lays of the Scottish Cava-
liers." In those lays there is nothing recondite,
nothing beyond the instant appreciation of the most
unscholarly, not a syllable removed from the appre-
hension of the least lettered yet still civilized portions
of the community. This and the attractive character
of his subject, beautified as it is by graceful imagery,
sonorous diction, a chiming and resonant rhyme, and
a truly exquisite felicity of rhythm, accounts for the
rapid popularity of the poet's recent composi-
tions. lie has carved for himself a niche in the
temple of hit country's literature. What
renders the present edition particularly interesting,
is a masterly argument appended to it—in examina-
tion of the statements in Mr. Macaulay's " History of
England," regarding John Grahame of Claverhouse,
Viscount Dundee. The decisive but measured tone
of this Appendix is in every respect truly admirable,
and attests no less the strength of Mr. Aytoun's
convictions than the suavity of his temper and the
imperturbable serenity of his judgment. Regarding
Claverhouse as a man of noble character, whose me-
mory has been most unjustly reviled, and whose ac-
tions have been distorted into all manner of atrocities
by a multitude of successive annalists, from Wodrow
to Macaulay, Mr. Aytoun demonstrates the fact that
this same IVodrow's evidence is altogether inadmis-
sible, and that Mr. Macoulay's servile attention to him
(Wodrow) as an authority, coupled with his (Mr.
Macaulay's) slovenly annotations and wilful omissions,
yield reasons enow to justify an examination of the
accuracy or inaccuracy of the statements made
in his ' recently published " History of Eng-
land" regarding Claverhouse. Our author, namely,
Mr. Aytoun, lays particular stress upon the
circumstance of Mr. Macaulay speaking of James
Graham, of Claverhouse ; James Graham being, in
fact, the famous Montrose, and John Graham being
Claverhouse. It is observed, and with considerable
show of reason, that this apparently trivial blunder is
in reality of much significance, Mr. Aytoun insisting
that it could never, by any chance, have been com-
mitted by any man really familiar with the history of
Scotland—he might just as well, he intimates, have
spoken of the good Sir Joshua, of Douglas, or of To-
bias Randolph, Earl of Moray. Besides this; Mr.
Macaulay designates Claverhouse "rapacious ;"
whereupon Mr. Aytoun challenges the historian to
give any authority whatever for the imputation con-
veyed by the epithet. The tragical incident relating
to the execution of Brown is all but proved to be a
fabrication • and Mr. Aytoun then turns from the
treatment of Claverhouse to the treatment of games
the Second by Macaulay. -As to the account given by
the latter of the " cruelties " perpetrated
by 'that unfortunate monarch before his accession,
while in authority at Edinburgh, the present
commentator, familiar with documents so intimately
appertaining to the annals of his country, and so
accessible to him in his position at the University of
Edinburgh, asserts (p. 340) that the original records
of the Privy Council, still preserved in the archives of
that city (" and which," says he "I have examined
very minutely"), taken in connexion with Fountain-
hall's explanatory Diaries, furnish ample proof that
" the charges brought against King James are without
foundation.' As to those alleged fiery persecutions of
James, " which," says Mr. Macaulay," waxed hotter
than ever from the day on which he became Sove-
reign," Mr. Aytoun thus continues :
" That day (namely the day of ascension) was the 6th
of February, and on the 26th of the same month he
issued u full pardon and indemnity to all offenders below
the rank of heritors, (with the exception only of those
who were actually guilty of the murders of Archbishop
Sharpe, Mr. Pierson, and two others), and that cloiged
with no other condition than the taking of the oath of
allegiance. The proclamation was published on the 2d
of March, and on the 14th the Privy Council ordered all
prisoners whatsoever to be set at liberty, upon their
abjuring thß.fanatical declaration of war, and likeivise
solemnly giving their oaths never to rise against his
Majesty or his authority.' Surely never yet was perse-
cution inaugurated by suck liberal measures as these!
It is right to observe, that the reader will fail to discover
the smallest mention of them in the pages of Mr.
Macaulay."

Such flagrant perversions of the truth as are fur-
nished by such an omission as this of the splendid ,`and
generous amnesty granted by King James the Second
on his becoming Sovereign, and such another mon-
strous omission (referred to by ourselves scarcely a
week back as recorded in Ebony) of the great
naval victory, gained by the same heroic monarch,
when Duke of York, off the coast, near Harwich,
may go very far indeed to justify Mr. John
O'Connell's remark inihis new work (" Recollections,"
&c.), that Mr. Macaulay is now publishing " a great
Whig pamphlet." For, assuredly, a work written in
this unfair and uncandid spirit is rather the work !!:.f. a

partizan than of a dispassionate and impartial his-
torian. No matter how magnificent may be the
rhetoric of the books, or how various may be their
attractions as mere literary compositions, the facts of
their worthlessness, as authorities, must, if proven in
many more instances, at last glare upon the public
knowledge, and lead to their consignment to the
book-shelf, if not to the butter-shop and the trunk-
makers. That party spirit was recognizable in the
work we more than hinted in our criticism upon
the first volume, a criticism printed in these
columns shortly after its first publication.
Since then our opinion that Mr. Macaulay
had sunk the annalist in the partisan in
his estimate of the Prince of Orange and of
the last of the crowned Stuarts, has been confirmed
not only in reference to James IL and William 111.,
but in regard to other matters treated of in the second

volume of his history. Considering the resplendent
talents of Mr. Macaulay, this is a subject most deeply to
be regretted. At the same time we cannot but feel

grateful to any one who, like Mr. Aytoun, shall eluci-
date with the calmness of a gentleman and the
lucidity of a logician the various and intricate inac-
curacies of his production. At all cost Aire would
know tliat,the national, mind is not fascinated into
error.

THE WRONGS OF POLAND.
A poem with the above designation has just issued
from the press, recounting in three cantos of blank
verse the wrongs and sufferings of Sarmatia, and com-
prising among other incidents a description of the
Siege of Vienna. The effusion, which does more
credit to the heart and the historical knowledge than
to the poetical ability or rhythmical skill of the
writer, is dedicated of course to the Noble Lord the
Member for Marylebone. Many of the notes are not
only interesting but really valuable.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the
Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting, Hon. Lucy
Kerr, Maid of Honour in Waiting, Lieut.- Colonel
the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and the Master of the House-
hold, left Buckingham Palace at ten minutes past
one o'clock on Saturday afternoon for Windsor
Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were
conducted to their carriage by the Lord Steward, the
Vice-Chamberlain, Sir Edward Bowater, and Colonel
Wylde.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were escorted
by a detachment of Hussars from the Palace to the
Nine-elms station, travelled by a special train on the
London and South-Western Railway to Datchett,
and were escorted by a detachment of the Ist Life
Guards (commanded by the Earl of Mountcharlea)
to Windsor Castle, where they arrived at a quarter
past two o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince
of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the
Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess
Louisa, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton,
Miss Hillyard, Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, and
Mr. Birch, left Osborne at half-past nine o'clock on
Saturday morning, and arrived at Windsor Castle at
twenty minutes plat one o'clock on Saturday after-
noon.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert walked this morning in the grounds adjacent
to the Castle. •

The Royal Family took their accustomed airings.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household,
attended Divine service this morning in the private
chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wel-
lesley officiated.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg
Strelitz, and the Princess .Mary visited her Majesty
the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Bentley Priory,
Stanmore. His Royal Highness Prince George
visited the Queen Dowager on Friday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended
Divine service yesterday morning, in St. Luke's
Church, Sloane-street.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge at-
tended Divine service yesterday afternoon, in Gros-
venor Chapel, South Audley-street.
The Count and Countess Neuilly visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Cla-
rence House, St. James's.
The Chanceller of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood left town on Saturday, for their seat, Hickleton
Hall, Doncaster..

C. E. kichele, for many years a'principal editor of
the Morning Past, has been appoilite,l Consul-General
for Great Britain at St. Pettrshargh. The salary of the
post is 1,4004 per annum,