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LIGHT DIVISION BANQUET TO
SIR HARRY SMITH.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY. Last evening the
officers of the 523 and 43d Light Infantry and the
60th Royal Rifle Regiments gave a sumptuous ban.
luet, at the George Hotel, as a parting tribute of re-
spect to Sir Harry Smith.
Upwards of sixty officers of the above regiments
sat down in full uniform, Major Fraser, of the 411,
in the chair, having Sir Harry on his right, and
Major Davies, of the 52d, on the right
of Sir Harry.
The banquet was most elegant, and reflected much
credit upon the hostess of the George.
After the removal of the cloth,
Major FRASER gave the usual loyal toasts ; after
which came the toast of the occasion.
Major FRASER said—Gentlemen, I propose the
health of the Gallant Officer who has honoured us
with his company this evening—the gallant com-
rade, I may justly call him, for whose honour we
are now met. It Sir Harry Smith will allow me,
will relate a circumstance-which took place on the
day the dispatches announcing the achievements of
Aliwal arrived in England. Colonel Macdonald and
another gallant officer were engaged, in my pre-
; sence, in looking over a map of the tract over which
Sir harry had marched, and after intently marking
off the line, arose from its contemplation, simul-
taneously exclaiming, " What a magnificent victory !"
I now propose to you the hero of that victory, with
three times three, and one cheer more.
The cheering having subsided,
Sir H. SMITH rose, and thus addressed his gallant
entertainers :—My gallant comrades and soldiers, I
thank you sincerely. Scarcely had I returned to Eng-
land, received as 1 was by my Queen and country,
when all the members of the Light Division assembled
together, and paid me one of the highest compliments
ever paid to an elder soldier, by giving me a public
dinner in London. The scene of their enthusiastic
greetings is now made alive in my ears by the
method which you have adopted this night to cheer
me.—(Cheers.) You, sir, have paid me a far higher
compliment by calling me a comrade of the Light
Division than any encomium that has been passed on
me.—(Cheers.) lt is true I was trained in the same
school as yourselves; and, having been trained in
this school, my gallant comrades, every action that
you see recorded upon these immortal colours (the
52d) I am happy to say that I participated in.—
(Cheers.)
The glory which attaches to ancient deeds
is felt more by those who have contributed to them
than by others—(Cheers)—but when I see that en•
thusiasm with which you revert to the seasons of
ancient glory, then do I feel satisfied that the same
spirit which animated your forefathers operates in the
gallant Light Division now filling the heart of every
one of yen noble looking fellows.—(Tremendous
cheering.) It was always said by his Grace the
Duke of Wellington of the old immortal Light
Division—and when I mention it I beg the officers of
the 60th Regiment to consider that I mean them
equally, for they pertain to the same service in
every respect, they have equally distinguished
themselves " When I have set the Light Di-
vision to do anything which was difficult and
dangerous, requiring enterprise, the next day I found
that division, with scarcely any loss, ready again
to fight."—(Cheers.) My comrades, believe me, the
first duty of a soldier is to destroy his enemy while he
saves himself.—(Cheers.) I glory not in that stupid
courage which smites down men, and makes what we
call a "butcher's bill." He is the best officer who
does the most with the least loss of human life.—
(Cheers.) Having alluded to those memorable words
of his Grace the Duke of 'Wellington, do not suppose
that I wish to detract from the other division of that
immortal army in the Peninsula. It was equally the
fortune of that other division to distinguish them-
selves; and, although we Light Division men con-
sider ourselves an example for fashion and neatness in
the army, believe me, every British soldier, no matter
what the number of his regiment is, and joyfully do I
say it, is covered at this moment with the same glory.
—(Cheers.) The appearance of my old comrades and
friends of the Light Division yesterday on parade re-
joiced every feeling of my heart. I there saw the same
regiment, whether of the present day or the old
soldiers, they were made of the same stuff, the same
spirit in the officers, and the same obedience in the
men ; and although we look back to deeds of glory of
the ancient Light Division, I do believe the present
Light Division to be as glorious, in a moral point of
view, for there is no punishment in it now, as there
used to be.—(Cheers.) Believe me, the tone of
courage is taken from the officers ; whatever the con-
duct of officers is, such will be the soldiers.—(Cheers.)
And, gentlemen, if you knew the feeling of the British
soldier in the field, if you viewed as often as I have
the triumphant bayonet marching equally triumphant
over the enemy, then would your devoted service
be for the comterts and happiness of your men.—
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Do not let it be supposed,
gentlemen, because I talk of the comforts and hap-
piness of the men, that I am one of those officers who,
I regret to say, exist in the present day, who have a
kind of twaddle in talking about " the poor soldier."
In the country I am going to, I regret to hear it is
said " the poor soldier" sleeps here and sleeps there,
" the poor soldier" wants this and wants that. It is
the duty of every officer to provide to the utmost
for the comfort of his men, and when comforts are
not to be had, " bad luck to the shilling."—(Tremen-
dous cheering, long continued.) And, my gallant
officers, believe me, our soldiers are equally gallant
men ; and, where these comforts are not to be had,
they don't call themselves " poor soldiers," they call
themselves the glorious soldiers in the service of her
Majesty—(Cheers)—meeting the hardships and toils
of English military life, such 28 exist on the frontiers
of the land I am going to, with that degree of moral
courage with which they encounter the enemies of
their country, and with the glorious shout of victory.—
(Cheers.) I speak from experience. I never yet
saw the British soldier fail either before his enemy or
in enduring the hardships of a campaign; and it is
because he knows his officers endeavour to procure
everything they can for him. The starving popu-
lation of Ireland do not complain, and say that it
was the rich people's fault that they were in that con-
dition ; no more do the soldiers that they cannot obtain
this or cannot have that. I mean to say that due exertions
and due precautions ought to be taken that every re-
source of the country
is applied to the soldiers en-
gaged in the war. Where this is not the case we
have all a right to say it might have been done better.
The British soldier is a man of indomitable courage ;
he requires, perhaps, to be restrained in his impe-
tuosity in the discharge of his duty, to be honoured
by his Queen and his country.—(Cheers.) I do
assure you, my gallant comrades, on this, which is
probably the last night I may be upon the land of my
forefathers, that I feel towards you, with every ex-
pression I am able to give, what I was designated by
your gallant president—your comrade—(Cheers)—
and whether I am successful or whether I fall, the
glory shall be to the soldier—the blame to me.—
(Cheers.)
to say " FAnd now, my gallant comrades, it is hard
arewell ;"but in the most difficult cases of
farewell, hope cheers us on ; and I trust I may again
return to my native land, to be welcomed by my
country, but above all, by the old and present Light
Division.
Long continued cheering followed this inspiriting
and soldierly address, which was re.echoed outside
the house by some hundreds of the inhabitants, who
gave three-times-three, as the cheers inside subsided.
Major FRASER then proposed " The health of
Lady Smith," to which
Sir Hassey replied—" My Noble comrades of the
Light Division, it is difficult to express ourselves
when the heart overflows. I thank you for the
honour you have conferred on my wife—a wife of
many years, and tried in many circumstances—a wife
who has participated in the hardships of almost every
one of those gallant actions recorded on your colours;
she who was three times besieged in her native city ;
she who was rescued on that occasion, and has fol-
lowed me through the four quarters of the globe.—
(Cheers.) And as she has been honoured by every
s
one of my fellow comrades whom I have led to glory,
has she been respected by those of her own sex.—
(Cheers.) My friends, lam aware you will give me
credit for all I desire to express; and if I do not
sufficiently return thanks for the honour done me, or
fail in expressing what my wife desires as I should, you
will receive as an apology my incapability of doing
so." The gallant Sir Harry resumed his seat amidst
the most enthusiastic cheering.
Major FRASER then proposed " The better health
of the general officer under whom we have the honour
of serving," and said they all regretted his absence
from the field on the previous day, and his inability
to visit the festive board that evening. Lord F.
Fitzclarence's health was then drank with tumultuous
applause.
Sir H. SMITH acknowledged the compliment paid
to Lord Frederick, and said he believed there never
was a red coat with a more gallant heart beating
under it, and mentioned the gratifying compliment
paid him by his Lordship on his landing at South-
ampton, when, it will be recollected, his Lordship
sent over a guard of honour to receive him, com-
manded by the only officer left (as he himself stated
last night on his health being drank) of the old Light
Division—Quartermaster Rands, of the 43d.
" The gallant Light Division," " Captain Knight,
d " Major Fraser,"
"Major Gur woo ,
Major Smith,"
drank, and at half-
past other healths were afterwards
and retired, saying,
Sir Harry " Now
formerly of the 16th Lancers," " Sir Charles Ogle,"
11 o'clock
gen
d must part ; may God
bless and protect you all."
tlemen, the best of frien s

A YELLOW IhnE.—On Wednesday Mr. James
Adams, of Woodson, went out shooting with a party of
friends, shot, on his own estate, a fine young yellow
hare. The eyes of pussy wore rather peculiar, being of
a kind of pink, but which, we believe, changed to a
darker colour in a day or two. We unierstand Mr.
Adams has forwarded the quadruped to Worcester to
be stuffed.— Worcester Chronicle.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.
TO CAPTAIN CLAXTON, R.N.
We, the undersigned, certify that we have, at your
request this day been on board the steamer Great
Britain, now lying on the gridiron in the Prince's
Dock Basin; and both inside and out have examined
the means adopted by the foreman boiler maker, Mr.
John Crew, for stopping the leaks in the bottom of
the vessel whilst lying in Dundrum Bay. We find
the principal holes to have been six in number, vary-
ing in dimensions from 2 ft. 12 in. to 5 ft. 9 in.
',••1 16 in.; and there are other formidable holes and
cracks of smaller dimensions. From their size and
position, under the keel of the ship, we_ are of opinion
that it must have been a work of extreme difficulty
to make them in any degree water-tight. We are
informed that, besides the water in which the ship
lay, there was never less than 2f or 3 feet of water
and sand in her hold after the damage she sustained
from the gales in the early part of the winter; and
taking this fact into consideration, with the other
difficulties that had to be encountered, we are of
opinion that the greatest ingenuity and perseverance
must have been exercised to stop the holes in such a
manner as to enable the vessel to float. The method
adopted by Mr. Crew for this purpose was as follows :
—A plate of sufficient size was passed edgeways
through each hole from the inside, having a screwed
bolt attached to it as nearly in the centre as possible.
This plate was then adapted to cover the hole on the
outside, and was drawn tight up by a screwed nut
and crossbar from the inside, being packed with felt
to prevent leakage as much as possible.
On the whole, as boiler-makers' or iron-ship-
builders' work, we consider it to be a most extraordi-
nary performance, which, regarded from before hand,
must have appeared of almost hopeless execution,
and must have been one of the greatest amongst the
numerous difficulties over which the energy and de-
termination of the rescuers of this vessel have ulti-
mately triumphed.
We do not conceive that it would have been pos-
sible, under similar circumstances, to stop holes of
the size mentioned in the bottom of a wooden vessel ;
and we may further remark, that the iron of which
the frames and plates are made must have been of
most excellent quality.
FAWCETT, PRESTON, and Co.
EDWARD Boss, Engineer.
THOMAS BAKER, Engineer.
EDWARD PARGETER, Foreman Boiler-maker.
NICHOLAS FURLONG, Engineer.
W. B. M'ALLISTER, Foreman Boiler-maker.
Liverpool, Sept. 2, 1847.

ANOTHER CASE OF POISONING.
TIVERTON, THURSDAY.—For several days the
magistrates and Mr. Leigh, the coroner, have been
engaged in investigating a charge of murder against a
young married woman, named Ann Fisher, who is
suspected of being concerned in causing the death of
her husband, Richard Fisher, by administering arsenic.
It appears that the deceased was a farmer's labourer,
and had been employed by a lady of the name of Par-
tridge, at Woodford. He thet e became acquainted
with Ann Lee, the sister of a publican's wife at
Washford Pyne, and was married to her three months
since. They went to live at Stubborn Farm, near
the village of Morchard, five miles distant. They
apparently lived happily together until the latter end
of last month, when, from some cause or other, she
left him, taking with her some papers, which bore the
amount he had saved, and which he had left in charge
of Miss Partridge. On the 27th ult. he called on the
parish clerk, to solicit his assistance in obtaining the
documents she had gain ,d possession of, she having,
as it was proved by Miss Partridge, endeavoured to
obtain the wages he had saved. The deceased then
was in good health. The next morning he was a corpse.
At the coroner's inquiry it was shown that the
prisoner had returned to the deceased. She slept
with him the night previous to his death, and at four
o'clock in the morning she sent for her sister, Mary
Hodge, as her husband had been taken unwell, and
then left to go to the surgeon at Woodford. Very
soon afterwards he died.

Mr. Wood, a druggist, residing at Tiverton, de-
posed to two females coming to his shop some weeks
since to purchase arzenic. They asked for poison for
rats, and he sold them half-an-ounce. He believed
that the widow of the deceased was the party to whom
he sold it. On hearing what he intended to state to
the jury as to what she had purchased at his shop, she
denied ever being there, and added, " You are come
to swear away my life."
Mr. Haley detailed the result of the po►t•mortem
examination. The presence of white arsenic was
clearly indicated, and he believed the quantity to have
been sufficient to have caused death. _ _

The jury, however, found " that the deceased died
of poison taken in his stomach and bowels, but by
whom administered there is no evidence to show."

The widow being apprehended on a charge of hav-
ing poisoned the deceased, was examined yesterday
and remanded.

DEATH FROM AN OVER DOSE OF OPIUM.—An in-
quest was held yesterday by Mr. Bedford, at the West-
minster hospital, on the body of Elizabeth Tolley. The
deceased was the wife of a hawker, and for some years
had suffered much from rheumatism, and was in the
habit of taking small quantities of opium to make her
sleep. On Saturday last she purchased a penny worth of
opium at the shop of Mr. Saxeby, chemist,- in Tothill-
street, who gave her twenty grains, which she took on
the following morning. Deceased was very sleepy, and
she was allowed to remain so all the day until nine
o'clock at night, when Mr. Pierce, surgeon, was called
in, who applied the stomach-pump, but without any
effect. She was conveyed to the above hospital, where
she died on the following evening. Verdict—" Died
from swallowing opium, but there was no evidence to
show that it was taken with suicidal intent."
ALARMING FIRE ON THE DUKE OF SUTHER•
LAND'S ESTATE.—TWENTY-FIVE STACKS OF GRAIN
CONSIIMED.—SHIFFNALL, TUESDAY..--An awfully de-
structive fire broke out on Saturday on the estate of the
Duke of Sutherland, at Burlington, near this town. It
originated abaut eleven o'clock in the forenoon, in the
rickyard of his grace's homestead, tenanted by Mr.
Bellis, where some labourers were engaged in thrashing
wheat. A lad, it appears, had occasion to light a lucifer
match, which he incautiously threw down, igniting in-
stantaneously a quantity of straw that was strewn over
the ground. The flames speedily communicated to an
adjacent wheat stack, and the labourers exerted them-
selves in a very vigorous manner to stay the progress of
the destructive element. All their efforts, however, were
of little avail, for in a short time no fewer than five
ranges of corn stacks, numbering twenty-five, of this
year's produce, and occupying the entire side of one
portion of the farm, were in one general blaze. The
engines belonging to the Duke and the Earl of Bradford
were promptly brought to the spot, as also two from
Shiffnall. These were got into active operation, and,
being well directed, the many farm buildings, which at
one time had caught, were preserved. The conflagra-
tion raged the entire night, and attracted thousands to
the scene. The amount of grain destroyed is estimated
at between 2,0001. and 3,0001.
FRACAS BETWEEN A CORONER AND A JUROR.—
Last night, in the course of an inquest held by Mr.
Payne, the City Coroner, at the Sun and Anchor, St.
Dunstan's-hill, Thames street, on the body of Morris
Sheen, aged nine years, who was accidentally drowned,
in consequence of the Coroner having to dispatch a
messenger for a witness to give additional evidence, the
jury were unavoidably kept waiting for a short period,
when a Mr. rlemmingfield, on the panel, by his insolence
to the Coroner, gave rise to much confusion, and the
following fracas took place :—After several observations
directed to the Coroner, expressive of his dissatisfaction
in having to wait, the juror said—l think this a most
unnecessary waste of time, and I cannot understand why
we are kept in this way. The Coroner—Because the
officer was not aware this evidence would be required,
and, besides, he had no time to procure it. Juror—
Well, then, things ought not to be done in such a hurry,
and the body was only discovered this morning, and here
we are called together to-night, and before the evidence
is half got up—the inquest ought to have been fixed
for to. morrow. Coroner--The body has been in the water
six days, and it would have been in an unfit state for the
jury to view to morrow night. Juror (with much
warmth)—l say the inquest ought to have been held to-
morrow instead of keeping us in this way; besides re-
collect we are not paid for our services, and the coroner
is, therefore it does not matter to him. Coroner—lt you
don't be quiet I shall fine and commit you, sir. Juror—
I don't care for that; you can do so if you please; I am
right to maintain my own opinion. Coroner—These ob-
servations are very indecent, and I say again, if you do
not behave yourself, I shall fine and commit you. No
man studies the convenience of the jurors more than I
do, and, therefore, the least they can do is to treat me
with respect. Juror (much excited)—Well, then, if you
commence again, I must say something, for I wont give
in to any body. Coroner—l am surprised you should
persist in those indecent remarks, sir. Juror—Well,
don't know that lam wrong. Coroner—l tell you, sir,
you are wrong. This ended the dispute, and the addi-
tional evidence having been brought forward, a verdict of
" Accidental death" was recorded.
Advices from Germany mention that the railroad
between Berlin and the Rhine is almost entirely com-
pleted, and that the whole line will be thrown open on
the 15th of October, the anniversary of the King o
Preasia's birthday. On that day a meeting will be held
of delegates_ from the railways of the various German
states and of Belgium, to arrange co-operative plans by
which a harmonious working may be adopted, so as to
book passengers and goods for the entire route from
Trieste to Ostend, one payment at either end sufficing
for the whole. Mr. Waghorn, who has taken an active
interest in the matter, is to be present at the proposed
meeting.
The members of the Westminster Literary and
Scientific Institution were much gratified last night by a
discourse by Mr. Field, on the creation and attributes of
man, accompanied by musical selections from the great
masters of the sacred drama. Mr. Field's execution of
the recitative " And God created man," and the air,
" In native worth," from the Creation, justly elicited
warm applause for the manly, earnest tone in which it
was given ; while his " Deeper and deeper Still,"- from
Jephtha, if it did not remind us of Braham, for Mr.
Field's style is his own, proved that we possess a
vocalist of considerable power, who has an intellectual
appreciation of Handel's finest compositions, and the
capability of rendering them with the purity and finish
of an artist. The lecture and illustrations were received
• with many tokens ofapprobation,

COUIIT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of

business.

PRIVILEGE OF EXEMPTION FROM ARREST fOR DEBT.

Mr. ANDERTON gave notice of a motion, " That the
Court petition the Home of Commons that the Mem-
bers of that House shall not, by virtue of their being
so, be privileged from arrest upon writs of execution
issued against them by their creditors, for enforcing
the payment of their judgment debts."—(flear.)
The Chairman of the Markets Committee brought
up a report recommending the approval of the bye-
laws, rules, orders, and regulations for the control of
Billingsgate-market, the same having been approved
by the Committee of her Majesty's Privy Council for
Managing the Affairs of Trade.
Agreed to, and ordered to be carried into effect.
TRH OFFICE 01' UNDER-SHERIFF.
Mr. R. TAYLOR brought up the report of the
Secondaries' and City Courts Committep, to v‘l-rich
the subject of the last appointment of the clerk of the
county of Middlesex was referred.

The report stated that tre committee, upon pro-
ceeding to the inquiry into certain statements, to the
effect that a judicial appointment had been dispozed
of for a sum of money, by one of the under-sheriffs,
who had served in the office some years ago, were led
to believe there were grounds for the imputation, by
the remarkable fact that the gentleman alluded to as
the principal in such transaction had refused to answer
the question put to him by the members. That how-
ever, upon further investigation, and upon the solemn
assurance of the suspected official that the situation
had not been sold, and additional testimony in proof
of the incorrectness of the charge, the gentleman sup-
posed to have been a party to the sale of the place
was completely exonerated from reproach or insinua-
tion.

Mr. TAYLOR said he had been induced by his sense
of duty to the Court, which he considered to be mo-
rally as well as legally responsible for the conduct of
the shrievalty, and to be empowerQd to exercise a
control over the execution of the office, to go into the
inquiry.—(Hear, hear.) He was convinced that the
court would be of opinion that, as under-sheriffs were
in the habit of requiring the sheriffs to sign bonds,
giving up to their deputies the whole of the profits
which might accrue in virtue of the shrievalty, it was
necessary to look with jealousy to the course pursued
by the former, and that the question should undergo
due consideration at a futnre time.—(Hear, hear.)

. ,
The report was ordered to be entered upon the
minutes of the court.

THE PURCHASE OF SHAIESPERE'S HOUSE.
Mr. THOMAS WHITS brought forward his motion,
"That the Court subscribe a sum of money in aid of the
subscription for the purchase of Shakspere's house."
Other public bodies had, he said, come forward to
contribute to the purchase of the house, which was
well known to have been once the residence of the
immortal poet, and which was an object of such
powerful interest to the nation, and he trusted that the
Corporation of London would not hesitate to join in
the attempt to prevent the destruction of that national
monument,—(Hear, hear, and some murmurs.)

Mr. R. TAYLOR seconded the motion. He thought
that every means should be adopted to render
honour to the greatest name in this or any other
country. The Court had expended a large sum in
the purchase of a single signature of Shakspere,
and they could not consistently refuse to join with a
number of other_bodies in saving from destruction the
house in which the greatest genius the world ever
produced was born.
Mr. ANDERTON.—No, no ; he was not born in

it.—(Laughter.)
Mr. TAILOR said it was well known that his friend
Mr. Anderton did not like to follow what other men
begun, and that his opposition might of course have
been calculated upon. The Court would not, how-
ever, be jeered out of its good feelinu, nor prevented
from adding moderately to a subscription to which
were affixed the names of the Sovereign and her
Consort, and of the highest nobility in the land, by
the comments of that gentleman. It was the fashion
of an individual who was once a member of the Court
of Common Council, and who had also become a
Member of the Legislature, to accuse the Corporation
in the House of Commons of being an ignorant as-
semblage of persons, to whom intellectual imnrove-
ment was matter of great indifference. It happened
that the gentleman to whom he alluded had had no
education at all himself; and the speeches in which
he abused his brethren afforded abundant proof of his
deficiency. It was to be hoped that the Court would
not be induced, by the opposition of Mr. Anderton,
to give colour to the charge.—(Hear, hear, and a
laugh.) It was to be hoped that they would, by
adopting the motion, do honour to a genius which
raised the name of England above that of any other
country in the world.—(Hear, and murmurs.)
Mr. ANDERTON said he had as much respect for
the genius of Shakspere, and for the character of the
country and of the Court of Common Council, as
any man ' • and, impressed with that feeling, he was
convinced that the honour and dignity of all would
be best consulted by an acquiescence in the amend-
ment, that the question be not put.—(Hear, and a
laugh.) It was said as argument in favour of the
motion, that the money was to be paid for a house in
which Shakspere lived. It was not the only house in
which that great man had lived, and if they were to
join in the purchase of that house it might be reason-
ably expected that they would subscribe to buy up
every house in which he had resided, and every theatre
in which his masterly performances had been repre-
sented. It was true the Corporation had purchased
the autograph of Shakspere, but that signature related
to property within the city of London, and was a
literary curiosity connected with the transactions of
the corporation itself.—(Hear, hear.) Very different,
indeed, was the subject of the present discussion. It
would reflect but little honour upon Shakspere to put
a large sum of money into the pockets of the present
owners of the house in which he was stated to have
resided, and which, in all probability, was so com-
pletely transmogrified that, if he could start up from
the grave like one of his own wondrous creations, he
would not be able to speak to its identity.—(Hear.)
There was not even the argument of a fixed sum to
be pleaded in excuse for the motion. The auctioneer
was to go to work to raise the biddings to the highest
amount, and all for the advantage of the present pro-
prieters; so that the money of the Corporation would
be merely instrumental to the pleasant occupation of
adding to their inordinate demands.—(Hear, hear.)
He trusted that the Court would not acquiesce in the
proposition. If they subscribed to buy the house of
Shakspere, what excuse could they have for not buy-
iug the houses of Milton, Newton, and Wellington ?
Such a mode of testifying admiration for extraordi-
nary powers of mind would certainly have the cha-
racter of originality about it, but it would, at the
same time, be attended with inconvenience and ex-
pense greatly disproportioned to the honour it Could
confer.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BLAKE was decidedly in favour of the motion.
He wished to know whether it would be consistent

that in one page of the Corporation record' it was set
down that, in the year 1844, the sum of 1401. was
given for the autograph of Shakspere, and that, in
1847, the same Corporation refused to aid in pre-
venting the destruction of the house which had been
always recognised as the favourite residence of the
poet.—(Hear, hear.) Whatever the Court might
think proper to do, the purchase would certainly be
made, and he hoped they would participate in the
honour.—(Hear, hear.)
Here a voice cried out, " Nobody has seconded the
amendment of Mr. Anderton, "Ihat the question
be not put.' "
Deputy PEACOCK—Indeed you are greatly mis-
taken. I seconded the amendment.

Mr. WHITE replied. He hoped the Corporation
would not be influenced by the objections which had
been raised to the proposition to do honour to them-
selves, but would at once aid the subscription.
The question was then put, and
The LORD MAYOR declared the amendment to be
carried.

Mr. WHITE demanded a division.
The RECORDER, on informing the Court that a
division was to take place, said—The Lord Mayor
says those who are for the amendment must go to
the right, those who are for Shakspere's house to the
left.—(Loud-laughter.)
The Court then divided, when there appeared to
be—For the amendment :-62 commoners, 5 alder-
men, 2 tellers. For Shakspere's house :-36 com-
moners, 2 tellers. Majority against Shakspere's
house, 31.

MONTTPdENT TO SHAKSPERE.

Sir PETERLAUWE, who entered the Court at the
conclusion of the last discussion, rose to give notice of
a motion that a sum of money be subscribed by
the court towards the erection of a suitable monu-
ment in the metropolis in honour of 'William Shalis-
pere.—(Hear, hear.) He had lately returned from
Scotland, where he had seen with admiration a great
monument to the memory of Sir Walter Scott. From
that monument he determined to submit a motion to
the corporation on the subject of raising a monument
to the greatest man that ever lived, and he knew that
he should obtain the eager assistance of every man
who knew anything at all about the poet of England.

ELECTIONS
Mr. JAMES SCOTT, one of the sons of the late highly
respected chief clerk of the chamber, was elected clerk
and registrar of the coal market by a large majority
over three other candidates, and Mr. Jupp was elected
without a contest chief clerk under the London (City)
Small Debts Act.—Adjourned.

Mr. Leigh Hunt was entertained on Wednesday at
dinner by the members of the Museum Club, W. Fox,
Esq., M.P., in the chair.
In a company of rustics, the other day, at a coun-
try alehouse, a man was saying that the Italians haft
no win their language. " How then," demanded a
countryman, with a mingled air of triumph and con-
tempt, "do such chaps as them spell wagon ?" This
WAS I poser.

CITY of LONDON REG ISTILA TION.
The registration and revisiqn of the list of voters
for the City of Londot, commencer'. at ten yesterday
morning, before T. Y. .11.1‘Christie, Esq., in the Court
of Comni,,n Pleas, Gui!dhsP. Thp L:heral party
were re.pres‘-nted by Mr. Sidpey Stni.., and Mr.
Ledger, and the Conservative-by S. 13, own. The
entire morning was occupied in receiving and veri;-
fying the lists of voters. It will appear from the
annexed statement that no less than 9,782 votes will have
to be inquired into. Names which have been omitted
from the overseers' and livery lists, 1,853 ; new names
which have been placed on the lists (politics un.
known), 3,890; Conservative objections, 2,279 ;
Conservative claims, 76; Radical objections, 1,181 ;
Radical claims, 503 ; total, 9,782. In the above list
of objections, 409 have been taken by both parties,
which will reduce the number for inquiry to 9,414.
The frst case decided was that of Mr. Francis, of
the Apothecaries' Company. This voter was described
on the printed list of his company as being of " Lea
Park," and the'deseription was objected to on the ground
of insufficiency. It was further alleged that, in fact,
Mr. Francis lived more than seven miles from the
City, and it was attempted to be shown that he re-
sided at Ramsgate.
On behalf of Mr. Francis it was proved that he
lived at Lea Park, Blackheath, and that the only
ground for assuming that he resided at Ramsgate was
that he occasionally visited his daughters there. A
similar oljection having been taken ineffectually last
year, the Revising Barrister told Mr. Brown that he
must pay 20s. and costs. When asked to state the
ground of his decision, the Learned Gentleman said
it was that the objection was a groundless one, and
had been repeated after being overruled.
Mr. Brown said that if he were unable to obtain:- a
case for the Court of Common Pleas he should pre-
sent a petition to the House of Commons complaining
of the decision.

The REVISING BARRISTER—You may do as you
please about that.

Mr. Brown complained of the hardship of compell-
ing the payment of costs when Mr. Francis had not
been at the trouble of attending the court.
The %WISING BARRISTER said he should adhere
to the decision he had pronounced ; the voter had
employed another person to defend his right, and was
fairly entitled to costs.
In a somewhat similar case to the above, that of a
Mr. Hoard, of the Baker's Company, and for many
years a common councilman, the Court allowed the
vote, which was objected to by the Conservatives, and
gave costs, notwithstanding an inaccuracy in the de-
scription of the residence. The Revising Barrister
founded his decision on the doctrine laid down by the
Court of Common Pleas that residence forms no part
of the qualification, and said he could not admit that
the principle was inapplicable in the case of livery-
men. He agreed with Mr. Arnold as to the necessity
of discouraging speculative ottjections where the quali-
ficatiGn was evidently good in substance. It was
then arranged that the business for to-morrow should
commence at the Barbers' and end at the Fruiterers'
Company.
The Court adjourned at half-past five o'clock.

WESTMINSTER REGISTRATION.

Yesterday a notice was issued by Francis Smedle;,
Esq., the High Bailiff of the city and liberty of West-
minster, stating that Francis Bailey, Esq , the bar-
rister appointed to revise the list of voters for that
city, would hold his first court on Tuesday, the 28th
instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, in the Vice-
Chancellor's Court, Westminster Hall. The number
of claims and objections are very great. The Liberals
will be represented by Mr. Huggett, and the Conser-
vatives by Mr. Score. On concluding the NVesttnin-
ster registration, the same Learned Gentleman ,A ill
revise the lists of the boroughs of Marylebone, Fins-
bury, and the Tower Hamlets.

A SECOND " BOY JoNEs."—A man named Michael
Homes, who appeared to be labouring under a fit of in-
sanit), and who is a stonemason by trade, was on Satur-
day lust charged before the magistrates with scaling the
outer-walls of Baker's Bazaar, in Dudley-street, at five
o'clock that morning. The case was proved—but it
appeared that since the unfortunate man had become
insane he had shown a climbing propensity, which no
precaution on the part of those who were connected with
him could by any possibility control. In consideration
of the mental hallucination under which the prisoner
laboured, he was discharged.—Birmingham Adverti,er.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT Sea JOHN ‘VEllt HOGG'S.—
An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Bedrk.,rd, at St.
George's Hospital, on the body of William Bidnell, a
carpenter. On the morning of the 14th instant the de-
ceased and others were at work at the residerce of Sir
John Weir Hogg, No. 16, Grosvenor-square. He and a
man named Bailey were standing on a temporary scaf-
fold, about eleven feet high, when the part on which de-
ceased was standing gave way,.and he fell and received
a fracture of the skull, which caused his death the same
afternoon. Verdict, " Accidental death."
TIIE CONVICT LEITH.—We understand a com-
munication was receive.) on Saturday by the acting
chief magistrate of Dundee, intimating the decision of
_ _

the authorities in the case of Leith, to the effect thut—
" The law must take its course." The information was
intimated to the unfortunate man, who heard it without
manifesting any emotion. He still professes innocence
of the crime for which he is condemned to suffer. A
pi,tition for his pardon was on St.turday night trans-
mitted to the proper quarter, signed by from four to five
thousand individuals.—Dundee Advertiser.

- NAVIGATION or THE TAY.—Captain Denham has
arrived at Dundee for the purpose 01 maki; g an inves-
tigation into the way in which the Tay is lighted. One
fact justifies, we think, the present investigation—the
great loss annually sutf; red by vessels being wrecked at
the mouth of the river. We have endeavoured more
than once to get a list of the losses which have been
sustained during the last ten years, but we know of no
regular reeord having been kept, nor of any way by
which one could be supplied.--Dundce Advertiser.
JENNY LlND.—This fair vocalist was literally be-
sieged in the New Royal hotel yesterday forenoon, and
Mademoiselle could only get an airing by the ruse of
sending her coach round to the back door in Register-
street.—Caledonian Mercury.
HEROIC CONDUCT.—Ott Saturday week the mate
of one of the steamers fell into the river, when Mr.
Ebenezer Bates, of 62, Seacombe-street, plunged into the
water, and after a struggle of a quarter of an hour suc-
ceeded in rescuing him. He was insensible when brought
t r shore, but after being at the Northern }respite' for a
day or two recovered. On the following Monday Mr.
Bates was the instrument of saving another life. On
this oecasion a man, named William Westby, fell from
the Sarah Davison, to which vessel he belongs, with a
tar barrel and a bucket in his hands. Had it not been
for the truly heroic exertions of Mr. Bates, poor Westby
would, in a few minutes, have been a corpse.—Livervool
Standai d.
During the gale which prevailed on the night of
the 3d inst. several accidents occurred among the ship-
ping on our coast. The ofJoseplirli:ckiliexteonodkerhe,r crew
this port,
was run into by the Hope, w
board, and she was brought in here a derelict, having
been picked up the following morning by the Commer-
cial, of Newcastle. She had a valuable cargo on board,
and proved a fine prize. The sloop Joseph and Mary
Anne, of Goole, was also run into by the brig Beevor,
of Sunderland, by which the crew were brought to
Yarmouth the following day. She went ashore at Has-
borough, and it is feared will become a wreck. The
brig Violet, of Newcastle, was also run into by a large
brig, and was deserted by her crew, except the master
and mate, who succeeded in bringing her into Yarmouth,
though with loss of bowsprit and other damage.--Yar-
mouth Advertiser.
com-
pletely DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT RUTHERGLEN.—Yesterday
(Sabbath) morning, Newfield Mill,tto
pro-
perty of Mr. M'Naughtan, co
destroyed by fire. About one o'clock the fire
was first discovered, when a mesbenger,a.s dispatched to
Glasgow for the fire engines. The Glasgow fire-brigade
ni:suptlifienrgerie,n ;a thes
and the West of England fire-engine were soon upon the
'spot, but, by the time of their arrival, they
infound it im-
possible fury. Two adjoining
tire raged with uncont
" h had caught fire were saved by the
to save any portion of the mill,_ which the
buildings which
exertions of the firemen. In a stable close to the mill
one or two horses were so seriously burnt that they bad
to be destroyed, while the others were rescued with
considerable difficulty. The value of the progpienratytedeohna-
sumed we have not learned, but it must be very consider-
able. We understand, however, that the loss will be
partly covered by insurance. By this event a number of
—berGorlaesgAolwr.PCaoprerry., o n
people will be thrown out of employment in this th
dullest season of the year. How the fire ori • a
the body of
MANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERIOOL.— kn •
hneoltdbeoenn
Wednesdaya s c e ascertained.—Glasgow
inquest was
John Towers. From the evidence of
Taylor, it appeared that deceased a witness named
an
to-
gether with a man named George d the witness,
drinking at a public house Smith, had been
i
wrestling together. De in Hood-street, and were
Deceased, who was very much in-
toxicated, afterwards threatened Smith, and expressed a
struck desire to fight, when Smith ,a
blow in the
face which felled him to the ground. him Witness picked
him up, and took him home to his wife, and assisted him
to bed. About half-past three the same morning de-
ceased's wife called witness, saying that he was dying.
In the course of the morning he got worse, and died at
half-past eight o'clock. Other witnesses were called,
and corroborated the main facts of the case, one of them
only stating a blow was struck by prisoner.—Mr. Han-
nah, surgeon, who was called in, said he found deceased
in a state of insensibility, with symptoms of depression
of the brain. There was a small wound over and be-
hind the left year. He had since made a post modem
examination. Death was caused by contact with some
hard substance, which caused effusion upon the brain by
rupturing the blood vessel. It was possible that effects
like those seen might have been produced by the man
falling from intoxication. The jury returned a verdict
of " Manslaughter " against the prisoner, who was com•
mitted for trial.

ANIMAL SAGACITY.—The West Briton gives an
affecting anecdote of a crow who had built a nest in a.
Wesleyan Chapel, but finding a cat occasionally looking
in, took measures tor self-defence. This is all vary well.
and very pretty, but it i 3 nothing to an old female
sparrow of our acquaintance, who, having hopped the
twig—that is to say, flown away from the hetiges—re-
tired to a sacred edifice to build her nest; but, with a
beautiful instinct of preservation from feline enemies,
took her departure on ascertaining that she had got into
a Mosey ite church.—Punch.

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 13.—Yesterday his Majesty
transacted business with the Minister of War, and
gave several audiences. Her Majesty expected to set
out for Beverloo on the 20th or 22d. The King and
the Royal Family manifest much interest in the agri-
cultural exhibition, and much success is expected to
result from this assemblage of the various products of
the kingdom. The farmers in several places have
hesitated to send their produces some because they
cannot send them until very late, and others because
poverty of the soil where their produce was culti-
vated places them in a disadvantageous light with
others who had not this difficulty to contend with.
The Minister of the Interior is about to issue a cir-
cular stating that these points will be taken into con-
sideration, and that a special recompense will be
awarded to those who send good produce from un-
fruitful soils.
The various productions and instruments are being
placed with much ingenuity in the Palace of la Rue
Ducale, and the preparations continue with much
order and activity.
TRIESTE, SEPT. s.—His Majesty the King of
Prussia arrived here from Is
chi, and this evening
will prosecute his journey to Venice, in a steam-boat
belonging tt. the Austrian Lloyds.
VENICE, SEPT. 6.—This morning, at ten o'clock,
his Majesty the King of Prussia arrived here in the
Imperator. The mall war-steamer Messagere was
sent to meet his Majesty on his entrance into the
mouth of the harbour. The eagerness of the Captain
of the large steamer, who wished to measure his
speed with that of the swift Messagere occasioned the
unpleasant circumstance, that that steamer was run
upon the sands, in one of the immense windings of
the canal, and the tide was just going out, the steamer
remained immovable, and it was impossible to set it
afloat again until the evening. His Majesty ob-
served the strictest incognito, and went to the hotel
Daniele, and intends remaining here for three days.
Immediately after his arrival the Archduke Frederick,
the Admiral, and the sons of the Vice-king, who are
here at present, waited on him at the hotel. His Im-
perial Highness the Archduke Raiwe left Venice on
the 31st of August, in order to trarel in the Lom-
bardo-Venetian kingdom, accompanied by the Min-
ister of the State Count Fiquelmont.
BERLIN, SEPT. 4.—Ludvig Von Mieroslowski,
the accused Pole, is said to be employed in the prison
of this city in the completion of a work called, "La
Revolution et la Contre Revolution," the publication
of which, perhaps, will soon be permitted. Except
Dr. Liebelt Mieroslowski, he is undoubtedly the most
intellectual, distinguished, and gifted among the
Poles, who are here under arrest, and his explanation
of the late revolutionary movement among the Pules,
in its more connected form, have the more interest
because the majority of his fellow-accused country-
men have lost sight of the national point of view, and
have degraded themselves by miserable reasons to
screen their persons.
ANTWERP, SEPT. 6.—M. Rogier, the Minister of
the Interior, and M. Veydt, the Minister of Finance,
have just been re-elected, the former by 640 votes, the
latter by 648. The number of voters present
amounted to 638.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 13.—Two persons have been
arrested on suspicion of being the authors or the
accomplices of the murder at St. Gery. Some indi-
viduals, however, state that they were with the pri-
soners on the night of the murder. If this case be
proved, they will of course be set at liberty, and the
authorities must direct its investigations to other
quarters. On Saturday, at four o'clock, the police of
Ixelles arrested a person who has been before in cus-
tody. A doinicilary visit was paid to the place where
he lived, and all his effects were seized, a passport,
dated 2d Sept., for going to Holland, and a sum of
70 francs, which he had in his possession.
MURDER OF A RAILROAD GUARD.—FRANYFORT,
SEPT. 6.—During the night of Friday one of the
guards of the third section of the railroad from Berlin
perceived that on one point of this section several
rails had been raised, and that not far from the spot
logs of wood and small heaps of stones were laid
across the lines. A train arrived at that moment
from Frankfort, on the Oder, the guard made a signal
to stop it, which was immediately done by the con-
ductor of the engine, and thus the train happily
escaped the danger with which it was threatened.
Towards morning the guard was found murdered
alongside the railway, his heart was stabbed in various
places with a knife. The author of this atrocious
crime has not been discovered.—Bruseels paper,
Sept. 15.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AHSTEaDAM, SEPT. 13.
Money. Rills
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • • • • 54 13-16 55%
Ditto, 3 per Cent • ... •• • ........ 66 Si 67 !.4
Ditto, 4 per Cent.• ••••• • • • • ........ 86% 8714
Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent.. 85 !4 83%
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .• 167 167%
East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • •. •• ••
Exchasge on London, at sight .• .• .. 12
Two months..• • • • • • • .. 11
On Ilamburgh, a.t sight •• 35%
Two months... .. •• • • ...... 35
On Paris • ••• • • • 57
Two months. •••• • • • . 56 9-16
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRViiEL9, SEPT.
Actual Debt, 214 per Cent • •••••• • • • • • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent
Loan•••••••• of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent•. • .
Ditto Three per Cent ••••. • • • • • ........
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto
Ditt0,ditt0,1840...... • • • • • • ...... 98%
1842......................• • . • • • 9834
Ditto, 1844. ••••. • • • • • • • 92s
Ditto, 1836.. • • •••••••• • • • • • • • •
Ditto, 1838 • • • • • • • • .• .• • • • • •
Ditto of the City, 1832
Ditto. 1843
Bank of Belgium ..... . •
—Brussels Papers, Sept. 15

05
9214

PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BRILLIN, SEPT. It.
Bills. Money.
St.Schul,l Sch., 314 per Cent 9314 92:s
Prusi. English Bonds, 1839, 4 per Cent...."
Foreign Exchanges ........................
Exchange on London. £1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 24S 6 '2414

BERLIN, SEPT. 3.—Frau Vettina Von Arnim, im-
mediately after the sentence had been passed upon her
in the affair with the magistrates at Berlin, retired to her
country seat. It is said that she does not mean to make
an appeal against the sentence of imprisonment, for as
she has once before been fined for calumny she can now
be acquitted only by the annulling of her sentence by
the King himself. The right of appeal to the King in
eases of private wrongs, has been in force in our law for
the last 10 years.
CONTINENTAL COMMUNICATION. WEDNESDAY,
SEPT. 15.—The South-Eastern and Continental Steam-
Packet Company's steam-ship the Queen,of the Belgians
left Folkestone for Boulogne at 12.5 A.M.; the Queen of
the French arrived at Folkestone from Boulogne at 1.40
A.M., and again left Folkestone for Boulogne at 1.30
P.m., with 97 passengers; the Queen of the Belgians
arrived at Folkestone from Boulogne at 2 P.M., with 92
passengers. The Princess Mary left Ramsgate for Os-
-9.30 a.m., with 36:passenger:; and the Princess Helena
arrived at Ramsgate from Ostend, at 11 a.m., with 34
passengers.
THE LEAGUE PORTRAlTS.—Yesterday the por-
traits of distinguished members of the Anti-Corn-law
League, painted in:water colours by Mr. Duval (being
the originals from which the well-known engravings are
taken), were sold by auction at the sale of Mr. Agnew's
stock, in Exchange-street, Manchester. The following
were the prices realised:—Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P..
26 guineas; George Wilson, Esq., 8 guineas; William
Rawson, Esq., 6i guineas • Right lion T. Milner
Gibson, M.P., 6 guineas ; 'John Bright,. R.q M P
6 guineas; Joseph Brotherton, Esq., M.P 5} guineas;".:
Henry Ashworth, 5i guineas ; John 'Bright E
(second portrait), 5 guineas; John Brooks,-E; -4i
guineas; Colonel Thompson, M.P. 4i guineas; Robertl
Hyde Greg, Esq., 41i guineas; Right 121,m. C. P. Villierm,
4 guineas; Right Hon. the Earl of Ducie, 3i guineas;
Dr. Bowring, 3f guineas; W illiam Brown, Esq., M.P.,
3 guineas; Rev. Dr. Massie, 2 guineas.—Manchester
Guardian.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, SEPT. 15.
This morning a detachment was inspected at this gar-
rison by commandant, Colonel Simpson, and his staff,
consisting of 150 men of the 22d and 86th Regiments.
These troops march to-morrow for Gravesend, whence
they embark on board the ship Diana, 574 tons, Captain
W. H. Gilson, for Bombay ; eight women and five
children also embark. Also the following officers :
Brevet-Major F. Darby, George, and Ensign J. Alex.
Fead, 22d, and Lieutenant Archibald E. C. Forster,
28th Regiment. And on the 18th instant, detachments
consisting of 172 men of the Bth Foot (King's Regiment),
and 49 men of the 28th, and two men of the 78th High-
Irders will embark at Gravesend on board the ship Sir
has Gresham, 593 tons, Captain W. Walmsley, for
Bombay, to join the head quarters of their respective
Corps- Lieutenant J. Ball Campbell, Bth Foot; Captain
M. Andrews, and Ensign Henry Baxter, 28th Foot, with
Assistant-Surgeon J. AVN abb, of the 78th Highlanders, also embark. Chelsea
with Mr.
Thomas C. Gaulter,
of Chelsea Hospital li ci)rFasson, deputy secretary
of the establishment,
and .l
Invalid Hospital, Fort Pitt, have h. W'eldMa. Fordboar d,
for
tt
hh
e
purpose of examining into the cases
lid
of 234 soldiers of
different regiments about to be invalided on pensions.
Many of them were for length of service, and others dis-
abled and wounded in the late war in India. The pen.
sions will vary from I s. to 3s. per day.
A horrible parricide was committed last week at
Anneau (Euro et Loire). A man named Leroy, 7‘)
years of age, had given up to his son the whole of his
property, reserving to himself a certain annuity, and a
lodging in the house with his son and daughter-in law.
As a stipulated allowance bad fallen into arrear until
a sum of 1,200 f. was due to the old man, he was obliged
to summon his son before the juge de pair, who esta-
blished the demand, and made an order for its payment
rise to of 100 f. a month. This proceeding gave
te constant quarrels between the father and son,
and even to blows. As the father was not seen for two
days. the neighbours suspected foul play, and called in
the magistrates, who, on entering, found the body of
the poor old man mutilated in the most shocking man-
lirs7,4ner, tho skull beingfrhaicsti.7ed so that the brain pro.
' • - tinded, and seven of
'r-_ "stud his wife were takes ilnbtao beingo
dbyr ka eland. h
aTv he e b see onn
committed for trial.
THE POTATO CROP IN
hGUERNSEY,—Potatoes
are
now being generally dug throughout large quantities are being shippj Londonfoourtthe island, and
else-
where at 2s. and 2s. 3d. per bushel. and
ue consequence
of :the premature ripeness of this root, the
blight which fell on it about two months since, whereby
its growth was checked, the produce is very
ably under an ordinary average. In many cases it i-ksm
said not to amount to half a common crop,— Guernsey
Stan

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HOW TO KEEP A BOARDING-
HOUSE AT BOULOGNE.
Take a house on the port, and write up "English
Boarding-house" in large letters, to strike the eye of
every Englishman arriving by the steam-packets.
Put on a smiling face for the reception of strangers,
and in reply to questions about terms, mention forty-
five francs per week, or something exceedingly mode-
rate. This will not at all diminish your profits, for
when the time for payment comes, you have only to
say that you meant shillings, and could not have said
francs, -which at once places more than fifteen per
cent. on your charges. You must remember, also,
that extras are not to be lost sight of. People who
come to boarding-houses have their beds included in
the weekly sum, of course ; but the beds are to be
made, and who is to pay for making them ? This
must form a separate item in their account, as well as
kitchen-fire and attendance; for, though the meals
are no doubt included, how are they to be cooked and
brought to table, unless you are remunerated for
making your servants do so? Remember, also, that
as francs swell into shillings when the day of pay-
ment comes, so centimes magnify themselves into
i sous when you have to be reimbursed for any outlay
vou have been put to on account of your boarders.
Thus, a rushlight that has cost you five centimes, or
a sous, will amount to five sous by the time your
bill is to be made out ; and a bottle (X wine, which
cost one franc when you sent out for it, will have
risen to five francs when the consumer in your house
has to pay for it.
As to servants, they cannot do better than follow
their mistress's example : you must make them dun
the inmates until something is extracted in addition
to what you have already received in their name, as
there will probably be some difficulty in -getting
boarders to pay twice over for attendance which they
have Dever, perhaps, received at all ; for they must,
of course, help themselves, if your limited number of
domestics should be otherwise occupied.
Your only real expense will be a gratuitous boarder
to sit at table every day, and puff each meal, declaring
there are so many good things he hardly knows
what to choose, and confidentially telling every new
corner—but this must not be attempted after the first
day—that yours is the best and most liberally con-
ducted boarding-house in all Boulogne. By follow-
ing these instructions you will re4p a tolerable har-
vest, while it lasts ; but as it cannot last long, you
must reap away with the most prodigious activity.—
Punch.