The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-01 00:00:00

CABINET RESIGNATIONS. •

(Front the New York Commercial Advertiser.)

Well : the evil hour has arrived. The machinations
of the conspirators who have been labouring for three
months past to separate the President from the Whif.
party, and to drive from the public service " those ster-
ling patriots and sound-headed statesmen, whom public
sentiment and his own knowledge of their merit induced
the lamented Harrison to place in charge of the several
bran Ches of the Executive Government," have been so
far crowned with success, that the Cabinet is broken,
Messrs. Ewing, Bell, Badger, and Crittenika -sn't in
their resignations on Friday, and successors in their
several departmcnts were nominated to the Senate on
Saturday. The Madisonian of Saturday morning
states, as the impression then prevailing, that the Post
Master General would remain at the post which he has
filled with so much honor and general 'favor. But sub-
sequent advices assure us that in the course of Saturday,
Mr. Granger gave the President notice that his com-
mission would be placed at his disposal on Monday
(to-day).
Thus, of that Cabinet which was not only the pride:of
the venerable patriot who formed it, but of the na-
tion, Daniel Webster only remains. His position,
it is not to be denied, is critical, but he does not
remain without having fully surveyed it, and calcu-
lated its responsibilities. We know, and be himself
knows, that he will be assailed for not having relin-
quished his post with his late associates. his motives
will be impeached by some and questioned by mom But
in the belief that duty to his country, in the present cri-
tical position of our foreign relatiorp, requires hill. to
remain in his present position, at least for a time, at the
special and urgent solicitation of the President he will
remain. And those who know him need no assurance
that having arrived at a conclusion founded upon, the
basis of public duty, he will stand

Like Atlas firm,
Though storm and tempest thunder on his brow,
And ocean roll her billows at his feet.
The determination of Messrs. Ewing, Bell, Badger,
and Crittenden to resign, was formed at a meeting on
Thursday evening, at which Mr. Webster was not pre-
sent, There was a wide difference of opinion among
the Whig members of Congress, as to the course Mr.
Webster ought to pursue. The younger and more ar-
dent politicians demanded his resignation also. Not so
the abler and more experienced hen. Most, if not all,
of the Eastern Whig members, particularly from Mas-
sachusetts, as we are advised, insisted on his remaining
in office. Mr. John Quincy Adams was particularly
urgent upon this point—believing, us he affirmed, that
the question of peace or war with England, in a measure,
hangs upon his continuance in the State Department.
The President himself is equally anxious upon this
subject.
For the present, therefore, at least, Mr. Webster re-
mains, being determined not to act rashly, or in any‘‘ ise
to compromise the interests of the republic by a mea-
sure of mere party policy. And we have strong confi-
dence that time will show the wisdom of his determina-
tion. In this city, so far as we can gather the evidences
of public opinion, that opinion among those who have
substL
ntialinterests at stake, and who look more to the
wain e of the country than to the influences of party
politics, is strong and clear in favour of the course upon
which Mr. Webster has decided.

THE NEW CABINET.
(From the New York Commercial Advertiser of the

instant.)
Walter Forward, the new Secretary of the Treasury,
is a native of New England, but has long been a resi-
dent of Pittsburgh, in the State of Pennsylvania. Ile
is a lawyer of eminence, and some twenty years ago
was a member of Congress, supporting Mr. Crawford
for the Presidency, in the memorable contest which
resulted in the choice of Mr. Adams. It has been er-
roneously stated that Mr. Forward was, a supporter of
General Jackson. Such was not the fact. He was a
stanch friend of the American protective system, and
his views upon the policy of standing by the great
manufacturing as commercial interests of our own
country are unchanged. He was an able Member, and
we believe an officer of the late convention of Pennsyl-
vania, for reconstructing her constitution. He was ap-
pointed First Comptroller of the Treasury by General
Harrison, and it is admitted' on every hand that hepos-
sesses all the requisite qualifications for the head of the
Treasury Department.
Abel P. Upshot', of Virginia, is the now Secretary of
the Navy. lie is a resident of Mr. Wise's district, and
a warm personal friend of the President. He has never
been in Congress, but as a Member of the Virginia Le.
gislature has often shown hiniSelf to be an able debater
and an acute reasoner. • As a Member of the Virginia
Convention for reemodelling her State Constitution, in
1829—a body combining the highest talent of the State
—Mr. Upshur obtained a proud intellectual rank. In-
deed, the honour of the projet of the new Constitution,
and the " form and pressure " it received in the course
of the discussion thereon, are in chief due to him.
His labours were so well-directed and so efficient
in the Convention, that Mr. Madison, Mr. Monroe,
and John:Randolph, :united in pronouncing hiin its
ablest Member. On the decease of Judge Barbour of the
Supreme Court, just at the close of Mr. Van Buren's
Administration, Mr. Upshur, then a Judge of the High
Court of Appeals of Virginia, was named as a suitable
candidate for the bench ; but being a Whig, his high
claims were, of course, disregarded, and a mar. greatly
his inferior was appointed. Judge Upshur is an accom-
plished scholar ; and, as a political metaphysician of the
Virginia school, is said to be the greatest man at split-
ting a hair in the old dominion. But as ropes and not
hairs are used in the navy, there will be little room for
the display of that sort of skill in that department. We
regret deeply to part with George E. Badger ; but
what must be, must ;" and we see no reason why Mr.
Upshur may not fill his place well.
John M'Lean, of Ohio, if he accepts, Will be 'the new
Secretary of the War Department. This gentleman is
now one of the associate Justices of the 'Supreme Ccsurt.
He has been too long and constantly before the public to
require an introduction, and yet we cannot consent to
pass him by in the new station to which he has been in-
vited, without notice. Twenty years ago he was a young
but able member of Congress from Ohio. In 1822 or
1823 he was called to the office of Postmaster-General by
Presi:lent Monroe, as the successor of the late Return
,Jonathan Meigs. He was continued in that office
during the Administration of Mr. Adams, because of
his high moral integrity and the efficiency of his con-
duct of the department, notwithstanding his avowed
preference for General Jackson in opposition to Mr
Adams. But Mr. M'Lean would not allow party politics
to intrude into the administration of his department, and
neither removals nor appointments wore allowed by him
from political considerations. Mr. Adams:approved of
this course ; and, although the principle cost him his
up,otpteohntallok;
place, yet be would Oct displace John'APLean. On the
eadrtrineesonituittilotno
'tae•ac:sstail°cennotfe General
a grand political maChine.• 'To this course John M'Lean
would not consent; and the consequence was, that he was
transferred to the bench of the Supreme Court, to make
NM fora con veniep t Postmaster-General. Such an
instrument was found:in William T. Barry, who filled
the department with corruption to saturation. Judge
brlscati is ;member of the Meth odissEpiseopal Church.
He is a man of activity and energy. lie has preserved
the; ermine of justice spotless ; and if he leaves the bench
for the camp, he will make an able Secretary of War.
I'lugh S. Legere, of South Carolina, the. successor of
Mr. Crittenden, as Attorney-General, as a scholar and
statesman, is one of the ablest and most accomplished
soundness and elegance t his
of the republic. The
men
scholarship were eminent} l • displayed, some twelve to
i
fifteen years ago, in the pages of the Southern uart erly
l• to nam
Renkw—a work which was published,
advo-
cate the peculiar doctrines of the South upon the science
lima' economy He has since
—falsely so called—of po
written occasionally for other periodicals, and the depth
•
of his learning has recently been
displayed in the
the aurae-
ter and age of Demosthenes. .
New York Review, by an article upon
Mr. Legere reputed also
as an able lawyer, as we- know he is an eloquent
speaker. He is descended from an ancient .Ilugue-
not family, which emigrated Ito South
Be.ing the sge of Protestant persecutions in
Be-
ing a supporter of General Jackson, he was
return, in
sent as the
first American Charge to Belgium. On his
1836, he was elected to Congress from Charleston, 115. op-
position to 11. C. Pinckney, the candidate of the I\ll li-
tiers. Ile separated front the administration of Mr. Van
Buren on the Sub-treasury question, and went out or
Congress. During the late political campaign he oils
one of the ablest, and most efficient orators before the
public in this and oilier States ; and inasmuch as we
are obliged to lose Mr. Crittenden, we rejoice that the
President has found Hugh S. Legere. •
Charles A. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, succeeds Mr.
Granger at the head of the Post Office Department,
We know less of this gentleman than of tithes
of his associates hi the Cabinet. lie came into Con-
gress in the early part of General Jackson's admiuistra-

fts-his political frictd.tind -supportcr. Disgusted,
however, with the usurpations and horribly corrnptidr.e
of that admmistr,ition, Mr. Wickliffe soon left the JaC!:-
on ranks, and has since been acting with the Whigs in
the local politics of Kentucky. Ile is a man of energy
and ability, and is understood to be rather opposed to
Mr. Clay. lie cannot make a better Post-master than
Frank Granger ; but we trust he will make as good.

Such, with Daniel Webster at its head, is the new Ca-
! binet of President Tyler. It is strong in character and
talent, and thoroughly Whig in its principles. The op-
position, therefore, who have been laying " the inhering
unction to their souls" that they were to gain by the
change they have been labouring, with certain conspira-
tors in our own ranks, to produce, are doomed to bitter
disappointment. And in regard to such a Cabinet, with
characters and capacities such as lots been briefly
sketched, what is our duty ? Deeply as we lament the
course which the President has pursued on the Bank
question, we can nevertheless perceive no good reason
for giving countenance to opposition to his administra-
tion, with such a Cabinet.

A ROW IS CONGRZSS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE :3.

Thursday, Sept. 9.
The House went again into Committee of the whole.
Mr. Cushing hoped the amendment of the Senate
ould rot be agreed to.
Mr. McKeon hoped the amendment would be adopted.
Mr. Cushing replied, and was followed by Messrs.
Wise, Adams, Ingersoll and Stank- ; the latter making
some remarks which reflected on 3,1 r. Wise, that gentle-
man moved to the seat of Mr. Stanly, when they were
soon engcged in a personal encounter, Mr. Wise striking
•the first blow.
The Speaker having resumed the Chair, and order
being restored,
11Ir. Wise got up and said that he rose, perfectly cool,
to make acknowkdgmentS to the House for having vio-
lated its dignity, and asking its pardon, submitted him-
self to the infliction of any punishment which its judg-
ment ini;:ht dictate. He had suffered his feelings to
overcome him, on the utterance of a word front the
gentleman of North Carolina, which he could nut brook,
either in this House or elsewhere, and had struck him.
He had gone to his seat to remonstrate with him.
Mr. Stanly said the gentleman had not attempted to
remonstrate with him, but had attempted to browbeat
him, as he dues every one who dares to differ with the
high-souled He began to warn me. I told
him I wanted none of his warning. He asked me to go
out with him. I told him to go himself, I wanted no-
thing to do with him. He said that what I had said
placed me beneath his contempt. I told him he was a
liar—with that he attempted to strike me, but he failed ;
and if the House had riot interfered, I would have given
him that punishment which his insolence deserved. He
(Mr. Stanly) would ask no pardon of the House, and
if he was in the position of the gentleman from Virginia
he would resign, or submit to the punishment of the
House in silence.'
Mr. Ingersoll was not acquainted with the mode of
proceeding in such cases, but offered a resolution that a
Committee be appointed to inquire into the circumstances
attending the affair, and to recommend such punish-
ment as they might think proper.
Mr. Andrews hoped the resolution would not be
adopted, as it was found at the last session, when such
an affray had occurred, that they could not agree on a
salutary and proper punishment. He would therefore
more to lay the resolution on the table, and move farther
that Henry A. Wise be immediately expelled from the
floor of the House.

Mr. Hopkins moved the previous question on Mr,
Ingersoll's motion, which was seconded, and his resolu-
tion was agreed to. The Committee was ordered to
consist of seven members.

A more minute account of the " scene," is given by
the reporter of the Intelligencer, as follows :
While Mr. Fillmore was in the midst of a sen-
tence, the reporter (who had' noticed Mr. Wise cross
over to the seat of Mr. Stably, and had observed
those two gentlemen in conversation, apparently of
a very excited character) saw Mr. Wise raise his
hand violently, and aim a blow at the face of Mr.
Stanly, who as instantaneously met or returned it.
A violent fight followed, and in less time than it
can be described in this report, a scene of mingled
uproar and fight, such as the reporter in many years'
experience has never witnessed on the floor of the
House, ensued. Messrs. Wise and Staid.), were lost
to the sight of the reporter in the general rush, while
Mr. Arnold, of Tennessee, and Mr. Butler, of Ken-
tucky, were noticed in a violent personal struggle,
striking at and grappling pith each other. Mr. Dixon
11. Lewis and Mr. Gilmer, and others, were seen
in the midst, endeavouring to .quell the disturbance,
which had now reached a point at which it seemed
impossible to arrest its progress. The members had
rushed from all parts of the hall, some rushing over
and others standing upon the tables, literally piling
themselves one on the other, and several canes were seen
by the reporter raised up as if in the act of striking. The
Speaker dpring this time had resumed the chair' in-
formally, but no one paid the least regard to his voice,
and he called in vain on the officers, none of whom were
observed by the reporter, with the exception of the door-
keeper, who was endeavouring to close the doors and
windows against the crowd from without, who attempted
to rush within the hall.

The general melee (of which the reporter was taking
notes) continued from two and a half to three minutes.
It then subsided, as it appeared, though by what direct
process the reporter could not understand ; but he heard
the voice of Mr. Wise, who had returned to his scat, ad-
dressing the chair.

•- - -
THE ATMOSPHERIC RAIELWAY.
For several months past a portion of the Birmingham,
Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway, the project of
which is now abandoned, has been the scene of continual
experiments, performed' with a view to ascertain the
Practicability of a new system for propelling carriages
along a line of rail. The force employed for this purpose
is simply that of atmospheric Dressure, and of the mode
in which this force has been rendered available by the
inventors, as seen in the specimen of their apparatus laid
down for the space of half a mile at Wormwood Scrubs,
we will • endeavour to give a brief description. Be-
tween the rails -upon which the carriages move is laid a
continuous cylinder of cast-iron, having all the appear-
ance of a common gas or water main ; within this tube,
which is interney coated with a greasy preparation, a
piston attached to the leading carriage of the train is
fitted air-tight ; and the slanting iron plate which esta-
blishes the connection between the piston rod and the
carriage passes through a longitudinal and flexible valve,
forming the upper portion of the main. Now, it is evi-
dent that the carriage being in this position, if a vacuum
be formed in that part of the tube which is before the
piston, the air, which gains admittance behind it through
that portion of the valve opened by the iron plate alluded
to, will force the piston forward, and with it the entire
train. This vacuum is produced in the tube by means
of an air-pump communicating with it, and worked
by a stationary engine. It is proposed that when
the system is extensively applied, the tube should be
divided into sections of suitable length fur exhaustion.
and separated by a peculiar kind of valve, constructed
for the purpose ; it will therefore be necessary that a
separate engine be stationed at each of these intervals
throughout the road, and which have been determined
at 2i or 3 miles. The longitudinal valve which forms
the upper part of the main, and portions of which
are continuously • raised as the carriage travels, is
bedded in a composition of bees' wax and tallow ;
and as the carriage moves on, a heated tube runs
over this composition, and seals the valve hermetically
after the passage of the piston ; so that when the
carriage moves from one section of the tube to another,
that which it leaves behind remains air-tight, and is
again fitted for exhaustion. We were recently present
at the performance of some experiments on the apparatus
in question, on which occasion the carriage travelled
over the portion of the rail laid down, which, as we have
said, extends to half a mile, with the most perfect ease,
and, notwithstanding the rough and irregular manner in
which the rails are laid down, was propelled at a maxi-
mum speed of3o miles an hour. To give a notion. of
the time w hich would be occupied in producing a suffi-
cient 'vacuum in three miles of tube, the proposed length
of each section, we will state that from a barometric
gauge in the engine-house, a vacuum equal to 171 inches
of mercury was obtained in one minute; a distance of'
three miles could, therefore, be exhausted in about six
minutes.

having given a rough idea of' the principles of this
new system and of their application, it may be as well
to glance at the advantages which, according to the
statements put forth by the patentees, will accrue from
the adoption of their stlem.-2, These they sum up
in two - important words " economy and safety." The
first assertion they make out by very plausible esti-
mates ; and the second is grounded, first upon the
physical impossibility of a 'collision occurring, since
the motive power cannot act in two directions at
the same time t and second, upon the fact that a train
cannot get off' the rail, as the leading carriage is firmly.
attached to the piston, which travels in the pipe between
the rails, and that, as no engines travel with the train,
accidents from fire or explosions can never occur. It
need be no wonder if a project which promises such
advantages as these has hitherto met but with little no-
tice, as the very men who are likely to have their awn-
don attracted to it, namely, railway- proprietors and
engineers, are those whose interests it appears mostly to
threaten, and who accordingly have generally treated it
with ridicule. Of lute, however, Mr. Pine, the trea-
surer of the Dublin and Kingston Railway Company;has
taken up the subject with great energy, and has pub
lished a letter addressed to Lord 'Homed), setting forth
the merits of the invention, and proposing that as there
appt ars to be some intention of establishing a system
of railways in.lrcland, it should, under the protection of
the Government, receive a fair trial upon an extended
line, with a view, if found successful, of adopting it
tviiich, as the traffic is not
throughout that country, to
considerable, railways with a single track would be found
amply sufficient.
A scheme so plausible in appearance as this, holding
forth a prospcct of so important an amelioration in rail-
way travelling., and against which no valid objectli as
have hitherto been raised, does indeed seem to call for a
fair trial, by which its alleged merits may be attested or
confuted.—Y'imes.

Amongst the sporting feats performed in the
of Scotland this season, we are informed that
)i
I so celebrated by Sir 11. Davy in his
Si gtatollll le'low4sahon were killed angling between the
10th of March and the 14th of July, by J. Young, super-
htendant of the fishings, during his few spare hours ;
and by Mr. St. George Gore, who rents Sir-Francis
Mackenzie's fshings and shooting there, 152 salmon and
liilll:e;tilisa 7
,rrilsc, between the 15th of July and the 10th of August.
GOOD ADVICS —Keep out of bad company.
for the chance is that when the devil fires into a flock he
will hit somebody.

MA GA Z INE DA Y.
CZ: WOOD'S 11L-IGAZ/XE.
One would almost imagine it impossible, at
this time of day, to say anything novel or inter-
esting on thesnbject'of Homer; yet the Author
of " Homer and the llomeride has written, a
very ingenious and readable essay on this trite
theme. After some lively allusions to the famous
river Nile, the doubtfulness of whose source he
compares to the obscurity that hangs over the
great epic poet of old Greece, hs proceeds to
'speak of the theory of Wolf, that the Homeric
poems were not the production of one, but of
many minds; and adds that this theory is still
upheld by several eminent European scholars.
How this may be, we know not; but for our own
part, we cling to the orthodox faith, and hold
that the Iliad and the Odyssey were the work of
one and the same individual. They could no
more have been a joint production, than " Ham-
let" or " Paradise Lost;" and it needs only to
read them with attention, and mark the cha-
racter of their descriptive touches, to see that such
is the case. it is easy enough to imagine one
Homer ; but to imagine a dozen or more, all
imbued with the same poetic spirit, and exhi-
biting it in precisely the same manner, is an
absurdity to be repudiated by all but a German
Commentator, who, though he may possess pro-
found learning, is apt to be a very way Ward and
fantastic critic. " Vanities in Verse" are by Mr.
Simmons. They are carefully and gracefully
penned, especially the poem on " Holycross
Abbey." " Ambition : a'Farce" is rather a se-
rious affair—very unlike Mr. Horace TWiss's
tragedy of the." Carib Chief,"%vhich is one of the
drollest farces we ever read: lii " England and
her European Allies". there is one sagacious re-
mark—namely, that " the most likely source
whence danger to England and the other States
of Europe may arise,
is France, in her present
anomalous .and unsettled condition." The state
of France is indeed just now as precarious as it
was previous to the Revolution of 1830. There
is a feverishness about her that indicates a very
disordered state of health, and no one can tell
how soon she may break out into open insurrec-
tion. The refusal of juries to convict on the
most flagrant libels ou the Royal authority, is a
truly ominous symptom. Speaking of the Em-
peror Nicholas, the at.cthor says that " in his
public capacity as a monarch, he has conducted
himself with so much enlightened humanity
and justice, that his alliance is a great honour to
whatever people possess it." The decimator of
Poland—the ruthless, inexorable tyrant, who, in
his thirst for vengeance, waged war even against
helpless Polish infancy, is certainly an Idly of
whose " enlightened humanity" a free country,
like
.England, has reason to be proud ! "Brigh-
ton" is a lively rhymed squib, from which we
quote a few stanzas :
So, this is your summer
To meet a new-comer !
The sky.'s black enough to benight one.
From Mondays to Mondays,
(Above all on Sundays,)
It pours down its deluge on Brighton.
If I walk on the cliff
From the sea comes a Whiff,
That whirls off my hat though a tight one ;
If I stroll through the streets,
Every soul that one meets
Looks like a drowned weasel, in Brighton.
If I stir in the day
I'm half buried in clay,
And, 'twixt 'sand, salt, and chalk, I'm a white one ;
If I slip out at night,
Not a glimpse of gas-light •
The temiA.•sts will suffer, in Brighton..
If I ride on the Do.wns
A hurricane frowns
I'm off, 'tis quite useless to fight one ;
On one of those days
I fairly miss'd stays,
And came by the life-boat to Brighton.
For my dreams of gay gambols,
My waterside rambles,
Serenades, promenades, to delight one ;
With an old telescope
In my window I mope,
From sunrise to sunset in Brighton.
Then, as for the shows,
I see none but wet clothes,
Umbrellas, and faces dint fright one ;
Fat squires with lean daughters,
.13y salt and spa waters
All come to be plump'd up in Brighton.
Pray, what's the. Pavilion ?
An elephant's pillion,
A bungalow, (that name's the right one,)
So ashamed to be seen
That it's hid from the Steine-,
It looks like the Bedlam of Brighton.
For concerts and halls
We have nothing but squalls,
Not even a raffle to bite one
Our songs are all psalms,
Our feasts arc all qualms,
Our mirth is all mourning.at Brighton.
" Three Nights in Berlin" is a passable prose
tale. The " World of London" contains several
just, though not very encouraging', reflections.
We have been struck with the truth of this re-
mark :—" If you are a scholar, that is to say, a
poor scholar, go from door to door among the
cabins of' Ireland, where you will be received
with universal sympathy and respect; but of all
curses, avoid the cursed indignity
you meet with
in London, where the ruffianism of insolent and
vulgar wealth knows no restraint—no decency
—no shame— and where every cad with his
pocket full of silver, is more respectable than
you, while his pocket is full. London is a trad-
ing-place, and if you come to London to live,
you must be a trader." Yet there are generous
spirits, even in this trading metropolis, by whom
scholarship is treated. " with honour due ;" but
these are chiefly to be found among the Well-
educated members of the learned professions,
with whom the study of time ledger is not Vie sole
duty of existence. " Notes of Travel" are
hastily but cleverly dashed off; and " Prospects
under the Peel Ministry" are just what might
have been anticipated from the high Tory cha-
racter of Maga.

FRASER'S MAGAZINE.
In discussing " Sir Robert Peel's claim to the
confidence of the clergy "—a question which is
treated at considerable length in the Number
before us—the writer is of opinion that the time
has arrived when the clergy ought to forgive the
Right Hon. Baronet fbr his apostacy on the Ca-
tholic question, and he among the foremost to
rally round him. That the parsons will rally
round Sir Robert, there can be little or no
doubt ; he has too many good things to give
away, and too much power in his hands, to be
neglected by them with impunity; besides, he
is strictly orthodox, and agrees with them in his
notions as regards the Dissenters; nevertheless,
though the clergy may support him, from politic
motives, to the utmost, of their abilities, they
will never, in their hearts, forgive him for his
.conduct in 1529. The " Great Hoggarty Dia-
mond," is the continuation of an amusing narra-
tive, which was commenced last month in
Fraser. It is ,from the pen of Michal Angelo
Titmarsh—one of the liveliest pet iodical writers
of the day, who wields a ready and vigorous pen,
and often reminds us of O'll :Away, whom he
appears to be fond of imitating, though without
servility. An Essay " On Macbeth" will inte-
rest, despite the threadbare nature of the topic.
Macbeth," says the writer, " is in every re-
spect the most dread drama that was ever yet
composed. Throughout it is addressed to the
lintellect and the senses—never to the heart.
Terror and horror uniformly prevail over pity."
We do not altogether agree with this dictum,
for in one of the most remarkable scenes in the
" Notes
play—that, we mean, where the Usurper receives
Election" is sad
tidings of his wife's death, and soliloquizes on his
own forlorn condition, without a friend on earth to
atloletmbe
care for him, the appeal—and a most touching
stuff. " Sir David Wilkie and his Friends"
gives some particulars respecting the earlier
)ortion of this distinguished painter's career. one
or two of the anecdotes are entertaining enough,
and not a few are mere twaddle, as where
the writer assures us that Wilkie was nearly
going mad with nervous excitement, in conse-
quence of his incessantly repeating a humorous
couplet, which he found by chance in Peter
Pindar ! In the "Journal of an Autumn in the
Country" occur some ingenious critical remarks
on the Poems of the Quaker, Green--a man who
has lately fallen into very unmerited neglect.
Green was a poet of decidedly original Powers,
and possessed a vein of quaint humour, which
distinguished him from all the Other writers of
his day. His felicity of expression, too, was re_
markable. In this respect he las not surpassed,
even by Herrick. "Budget of a Blue-jacket"
is a sketchy narrative of the 'Prince de Jninvillels
late voyage to St. Helena, whither, it may be
remembered, he went, for the purpose of con-
- ••• to veying Napoleon's ashcb France. We subjoin
the sketch of Longwood, at the thne of the
party's arrival there :
Alter having traversed a thicket of underwood, as triste
in appearance as the soil wit,: arid, we arrived at Long-
wood. 'Fite two Lilts which form jhe entrance are in
the same state of dilapidation as the day on which the
Emperor arrived. 13etw•cen these huts and the mansion
space of about 800- fOet; formerly planted with gum
trees. Such as were anciently to the left of the road
have been either replaced by re-tree 4 or Lave been
'wholly grubbedup. Long'.'ao Mansion consists of a
very low-ground-floor, the rooms of which are few, small,
'doubt-
`
less
and humid. Their lugubrious aspect was doubt-
less somewhat, though not much, mitigated 'when they

were furnished and inhabited by. the Emperor. Long-
wo,Al is now completely unfurnished. The Prince was
the first to mount the few steps which lead to the apart-
ments formerly occupied by Napoleon. His Royal High-
ness and all of us (the English who accompanied us in-
' eluded) took off their hats in entering. General Be:-
trand and some of his companions in exile came and
stood by the side of the Prince ready to answer his
questions, put their bearing was sad and mournful. A
profound silence reigned amongst us. The view from
the windows disclosed only stabl7s and out-houses. The
destruction visible all around had not been caused by the
tooth of Time : it arose from the neglect and careless-
ness of man. The chamber in which Napoleon breathed
his last sigh—that sacred spot which a religious respect
should for ever protect—that spat -on which his dying
limbs reposed—on which Bertrand and the faithfrl Mar-
chau on glancing at it exclaimed-7" He lay there—his
head turned towards this side ;"—this sacred chamber is
now no more than a mere barn ; the ceiling in ruins ;
the floor rotten ; the walls damp, decrepit, and full of
holes, and the place wbere his bedstead furniture stood
is occupied by a corn-mill ; the panes are shivered to
atoms ; the window-sashes are rotting away or alto-
gether destroyed ; and the door hangs to the dilapidated
wall but by a single hingi ! Our silence still continued;

not olio amongst us appeared anxious to break for
our sobs.stified the power of speveh within us. On the
spot where the chimney-glass once stood we read a mul-
titude of narne*and of inscriptions in honour of the hero.
Opposite the Emperor's bed, there was formerly placed
a bust and a portrait of the King of Rome, that poor
youth who also died in another exile. Now nothing of
this remains—absolutely nothing.

NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
One of the best likenesses we have yet seen of
the late Theodore Houk, -appears -by way of
frontispiece to this Number, and is accompanied
by a biographical sketch, from which it appears
that he was fir a short period at Oxford, which
we were not previously aware of, ".where he was
matriculated and nearly rejected at the same
time, from his over willingness to subscribe to
the Thirty-nine Articles—' Oh; aye, to Forty, if
you choose,' he said ; ' a latitudinarianism that
somewhat shocked the grave Master ofSt. Mary's
Hall." . On quitting. the University, Hook sup-
ported himself for some years by writing farces
and melodramas for the stage; and during this
period he was, of course, a frequent visitor to the
green-room,
.where he distinguished himself by
his wit, and, above all, by his practical jokes, of
which he was as fond as ever were Tiekell or
Sheridan. The following are a few of his green-
room pranks :
It was during the performance of these pieces that
Hook naturally became a constant frequenter of the
green-rooms of the different theatres ; and those who
had then the privilege of the entree to the couLises can
never forget the fun Which his presence produced. The
entertainment behind the curtain was fully equal, if not
superior, to that enjoyed by the audience before it.
Never shall we forget the effect produced upon Dowton
and the other actors on the stage during one of the
serious scenes of a sentimental comedy of the day, by
Hook's possessing himself of the livery coat of one of the
under performers, and with a tragedy strut marching on
to the stage to present a letter to Dowton, who; taken
by surprise at the sight of the new performer, equld not
utter a word, while the rest of the actors were convulsed
• with laughter. We remember likewise one night during
the performance of Monk Lewis's. melodrama of One
o'Clx:R., or the Wood Demon, that Hook having found
that there was a second speaking-trumpet in the pro-
perty-room,. possessed himself of it, and placed himself
in the flies. When the demon roared into speaking-
trumpet No. I, "My prey—my prey," Hook, with speak-
ing-trumpet .No. 2, continued the speech and the same
voice, " RI. lan devilish hungry," to the great astonish-
ment of the audience. This freak, however, drew down
the serious anger of the manager, who threatened to
expel the delinquent, but contented himself with locking
up the second trumpet as a partieeps criminis.
Theodore Hook's career as a novelist is well
known. He was one of the most prolific writers
of fiction of the day, skilful in bringing out the
odd, humorous points of character, but invaria-
bly deficient in sentiment, which he never at-
tempted without incurring ridicule. We sub-
join the biographer's concluding remark: on this
distinguished wit :

We will venture to assert that no tan wits of the pre-
sent day ever said so many things worthy of remem-
brance as Hook. Had he been blessed-with a Boswell
friend, what a book might be made
,of the good things
which fell from his lips to create bursts of admiration, or
roars of laughter, and to be detailed by the hearers at
other tables on succeeding days. All Hook's early days
were not however passed in fun—sOme of them were
devoted to sentiment. Ire had two serious attachments,
and if either of them had ended as he wished them to
end, hook might have been a different man in some
points, and still the delight of his numerous friends.
One of them was the beautiful daughter of a retired
actor, whose suppers in those days were celebrated for
the wit which sparkled at the table—and the other was
the (laughter of a gallant deceased General whom he
had met during a visit at Taunton. The former was
afterwards married to a member of a noble house, and
still lives the ornament of the circle in which she moves;
and the latter became the wife of one of our celebrated
legal character:l, who has since been Solicitor-General
and a Judge, «Ld has now been dead some years.
Taunton will long remember the period of this courtship,
for his mad pranks and his facetious sallies kept the
whole town alive during the time he was one'of its deni-
zens.

" A Tale of a Trumpet," is a lively poem from
the pen of the new Editor, Thomas Hood. It
cm) tains some smart, satirical hits, but, as a who!e,
reads off rather languidly. " Phincas Quiddy "
is a continuation of Mr. Poole's new novel. The
shrewd, heartless, matter-of-fact character of the
vulgar-minded hero is sketched with a pen .of
caustic power, and bids fair to be one of the
author's most successful delineations. " Gra-.
duates and Undergraduates", is a tale the truth
and force of which will at once be recognised by
all who are acquainted with University habits.
" Foreifin Sporting," by Nimrod, is tedious
and wiredrawn. The style, however, is
manly and unaffected, as is the case
with all Mr. Apparley's writings. In the
essay on " Country-towns," Mrs. Gore throws
off several just and pointed remarks. How true
is the following Country townsare daily los-
ing their physiognomy. The surface becomes
smoother and smoother, like that of our current
coin, till, by the evenness of the superficies, the
value is lessened. It may be doubted whether
they alter for the better. A man may cease to
he the yeoman, without becoming the gentleman.
Superficial polish is often acquired, when the
nature is not intrinsically improved. The hearti-
ness of the country disappears, but the Politeness
of the capital lags behind." The " Suicide's
Burial" is un affecting story that makes its sure
way to the heart by the simplicity- with which it
is narrated. " A Reminiscence of an 'lrish
Squire" will please /those who are content With
good-humoured mediocrity.

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.
Among the reminiscences of " Charles O'Mal-
ley, the Irish Dragoon" contained in this Num-
ber, we find a touching account of his return to
his uncle s house, after a long absence on the
Continent, which he reaches just in time to see
the funeral procession of hii relative moving
away from the door. His reflections on this
subject evince much true feeling; and we have
been pleased with the following remark :—" For
the loss of those in whom our dearest affec-
tions were centred, there is no solace; the ter-
rible never' of the grave knows no remorse ;
and even memory, that in our saddest hours
can bring bright images and smiling frees be-
flme us, calls up here only the departed
shade of happiness. The desolation of the heart
is never perfect till it has felt the echoes of
a last farewell on earth, reverberating within
it." In the article headed " Letters from the
Coast of Clare" occur several racy descriptive
touches. "A Proposal for the Reconciliation of
the Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches"
is recommended only by its extreme t,implicity.
It is the suggestion, it seems, of an Irish parish
priest, who, when he can preVail on the wolf to
lie down with the lamb, and the fox to- sport in
playful
,fellowship with the denizens of the
poultry yard, will stand some chance of effect-
ing a reconciliation between the two antagonist
churches. Till . then his proposition must be
content to rank among the dreams of a Utopian
visionary. From the " Last of our Poetic Gar-
lands' we quote the following pleasing sonnet:—
The wood 'wind-shaken, and the lofty mountain
Dark shapes, that hover round each mist-wreathed •
height :
Lone glen, wild waterfall, and rippling foafitaia
The majesty and mystery of night
Blend in one mingled spell. All heaven is bright
With stars unnumbered, through the blue profound,
Calmly revolving in unvarying round,
Speaking of peace supreme, eternal might.
And cans't thou gaze on all this splendid scene,
Nor feel within a consciousness sublime
Of something greater than the eye hath seen?
Something unchecked by space, unworn by time
That pants from earth, and earth's vain dreams to fly,
And find its mate and home in yon blue sky.

TAIT' S MAGAZINE.
The great question of 44 What will Sir Robert
Peel do ?" is discussed by Tait this month
.with
considerable animation. He comes, however, to
no clicering conclusion, for he says—" The truth is,
poor Sir Robert is himself as much at a loss about
what he is to do, or more correctly, about what
he may be able to accomplish, as any one of the
guessers. lie has surrounded himself with a
Cabinet, some of whom are as difficult to drive
in the r:gilit direction as Tipperary pigs. Sir
Robert Peel's best hope, at present, seems
the old Whig trust the Chanter of Acci-
dent; the unknown something thatl may arise
which he craves." during the respite
then goes on to show that agitation -must neces-
sarily increase; and that as this is the chief ele-
ment of popular freedom, he trusts it will be kept

up.with spirit, but in _a. constitutie,nal• manner,
until there shall ho a large extension of the suf-
frage, gradually embracing all, and a pure elec-
toral system. The article is well, and in places,
ibrcibly written, but there is not that un-
compromising sturdiness about it, that we should
have expected, from so stern and zealous, a
Radical as Tait. The manifest duplicity of the
Tories has not sufficiently stirred his bile. He
condescends to keep terms with them; hopes
that they will "respect public opinion," and that
" under the guidance of Peel, and the pressure
of necessity, they may extinguish some of the
grosser monopolies." A " Cry for Bread," is a
poem whose_ sentiment is better than its versifi-
cation,
which halts sadly at times; we prefer,
therefore, to quote the " ConQuerors, a Glance
at History,' wherein a melancholy truth is thus
insisted on :
They like meteors through the rack,
Flinging brightness round their track—
A purple glory, such as streams
From tropic sunshine's parting beams,
Mantling the waste at daylight's close
With richest blush of Eastern rose.
Go, studying lump of breathing clay,
And scan millenniums pass'd away ;
And o'er the waste of perish'd years,
What worth thy ardent gaze appears !
What but the great mankiller's power,
The splendours of the conquering hour
Who heeds the wreck of' human joy
When conquering satraps shout, " &stn.)? 1"
And what's the worth of million groans,
Of flaming, towns, and rorish'd thrones ;
But added ruby light to fling
Around the forehead of a king.
With kindling eye and throbbing heart,
Go thread the maze of history's chart ;
Track ago on age of glory, bright
With battle's wild and bickering light ;
And what amid the blaze appears!
One conqueror girt with million spears !
Earth, with its mountains and its floods,
Luxuriant plains, and waving woods,
Its sunlight, and its thaasand springs,
Its myriad haunts of living things,
Is but a scene where wildering plays,
Of victory' light, the lurid blaze.
From Nimrod, seek to Zenghis Khan,
The mystery of life in man ;.
From Irak's prophet search ye on
To myriad-starred Napoleon;
And own 'tis folly closed in death,
The sport of every conqueror's breath.
Historian, what the boon so vast,
On human kind thou lavished bast ?
Is it that o'er a nation's name
Thou fling'st some mighty felon's fame?
And o'er the duet of empires blent,
Thou rear'st a Ciesar's monument ?

The " Fairy Surprised" is a pleasing story,
told with that unaiii?eted earnestness which wears
the impress of truth. A young man meets a,
beautiful girl at a fancy ball at Salisbury, dressed
in the costume of the fairy queen Titania; on:
quitting her presence that night, he does not
meet her again till five years have elapsed, and
she has ripened into a lovely six cimen of
womanhood ; he then renews his acquaintance
with her; reminds her of their first chance
meeting at the ball, which she has long
forgotten ; awakens an interest in her heart;
and. while telling her one day a dream lie
had the previous night, becomes so suddenly
overpowered by his emotions, that in the agita-,
tion of the moment he raises her hands to his
lips, while she, in the most charming and natural
manlier possible, sinks into his arms.. Of course,
they are soon after married, and the author takes
leave of them at the church door, leading us to
i. fer that they were as happy as the day is long.
" Chapters on English Poetry" contain some
sound criticism on the merits of Moore, Keates,
Crabbe, and others. One on the difference be-
tween Crabbe and Elliott, the Corn-law
Rhymer, is pal titularly felicitous. " Amenities
of Literature" is a notice, interspersed with
copious extracts of Mr. D'lsraeli's latest and
most elaborate piiblication.

UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.
Among the most interesting papers in the pre-
sent Number is one entitled "The Confessions
of a Spy," in which a minute account is given,
evidently by one who was on the spot at the
time, of the state of Paris during the Reign of
Terror, and particularly towards the close of
Robespierre's career. Though we have narra-
tives in abundance of this extraordinary period,
yet • it is one which will never lose its interest,
so dramatic was its character, so strange were
the actors, and so crowded was everyday with
startling events. The "British Colonies con-
sidered as Military Posts," is an article replete
with serviceable information ; and of the " Cam-
paign against Meheinet Ali" we may say that
it tells pleasantly what has been told a dozen
times already.

SPOI?TING MAGAZINE.
In the Number before us, we have two cle-
verish engravings, one, "A Day with the Phea-
sants;" and the other a pretty sylvan sketch re-
presenting Sir Henry IVotton's fishing-seat near
Datchet, where old Izeac Walton used to be a
frequent and a favourite visitor. The literary
contents arc of the usual calibre, and the most
acceptable paper is " A Sportsman's lteeollec-
dons of the Woods and. Waters of Canada."

METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE.
Mrs. Trollope's "Blue Belles of Eng'hind" is
here continued. There is little in the story to
interest, and still less in the dry, hard manner
in which it is told. The present chapters are
specially dull. " Tales of the Pump-room" are
told with vivacity ; a little judicious abridgment,
however, would not have been amiss. " Auto-
Biographical Sketches " furnish us with some
pleasant reminiscencies of James Hogg, espe-
cially of the splendid literary dinner that was
given to him by his admirers at the Freemason's
Tavern, on the occasion of his visit to London.
Mrs. Crawford, the authoress of these
`cSketches," who is an enthusiastic admirer of
the Ettrick Shepherd, says, "Greatly as I ad-
mire Burns, who sprang from the same ranks as
Hogg—the one a ploughman, the other a shep-
herd—l cannot but feel that the latter is by far
the more surprising man of the two. The lan-
guage of Burns has strength and energy, and
often melts into pathos, but it is frequently rude
and unpolished, the rhythm lame, and the
rhymes still more defective. The diction of
Hogg, on the contrary, is fervid, poetical, and
elegant in a high degree, and his versification
harmonious and complete." " Acting on Sus-
picion" is an agreeable story, which inculcates a
useful moral.
ST"

ATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND.

No. 33.
T his Part includes the account of the
twelve parishes of the island of Shetland
and a part of the county of Renfrew. The
population of Shetland is 'about 30,000, and
appears to be decreasing. A great number of
the young and able-bodied men have left the
country, and the consequence is, that in many
parishes the women are in proportion to the men
as two to one. In some parishes the mode of
supporting the poor is singular. Each parish is
divided into districts, and a pauper is appointed
to each, who resides a given number of days in
the house of one fitmily, or receives a certain al-
lowance for maintenance. There appears to be
no compulsory asseF:sment. The statistical ac-
count of Greenock will be read with interest on
account of the great increase of the trade in that
thriving sea-port within the last half century,
and also as being the birth-place of the cele-
brated and amiable James Watt, the improver of
the steam-engine.

THE DOMESTIC DICTIONARY Part 111. This little family book, which will be com-
pleted in ten monthly parts, contains much-in-
Prench as well as Eng-
formation on cookery,
lish, with numerous, instructions for making
pickles, jellies, sauces, wines, Sz.c. It serves the
purpose both of a recipel and cookery book, and
the articles appear •to have been drawn up by
one who is a judge of such matters. We do not
profess to be connoisseurs in these arts, and will. therefore leave our readers to judge fur them-
selves from a specimen :
Musmtoom C.yrsuP.—Having skinned and peeled the
large field mushrooms crush theta into a pulp, adding a
table-spoonful of salt to every quart of pulp : let them
stand for a day and a night ; then pour oft' the clear
liquor, and add to every quart about twenty cloves,
thirty peppercorns, and the same quantity of allspice ;
boil very gently for about half an hour ; then putlnto,
bottles with the spices. Some persons add port wf_nr;
but this rather injures tha.l improves the flavour, and
Weetionable fur many sauces. A little mace .may be
added, but it is not essential.

HEREFORD ELECTION. The Tories here
could only get up 200 names to a. requisition to a resident
gentleman of their politics, Mr. Edward Griffiths, of
New-court, to come forward for the vacancy created here.
Mr Griffiths, like a prudent man, knowing that this
number 'did not much exceed one-fourth of the whole
constituency, and did not reach within three, hundred
and forty of that which voted at the last election for the
present Liberal .Member, at once declined what he
knew must prove a hopeless contest. Mr. :Hobert Puls-
ford, of Hyde Park-terrace, is canvassing- with every
prospect of success on the Liberal side. In his canvass
he is accompanied by those popular gentlemen Sir
Hobert Price, Arr. Kidgwin Hoskins, Mr. Bolton Clive,
and Mr. Biddulph. ‘:`e have every reason to think that
if Mr. Freshfield (Tory), who is mentioned as coming'
tin-ward, having already failed in so ninny attempts to
get a seat in Parliament, he will be left in a minority of
at least two hundred

EVENING SUN

WEST INDIES. • '
Her Majesty's packet Swift, Lieut. Douglas; arrived
on Wednesday at Falmouth.' The following were her
sailing dates :—From Barbadooa August 13, St. Lucie
and Martinione 15, Dominica and Guudaloupe 16,
Antigua 11/47, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitt's 18, Tor-
tola 19, and arrived at St. Thomas's on the same day,
where she remained for the Leeward Islands and
Jamaica mails until September 5, when she left for
England. To the date of her starting there was no
intelligence of the arrival at Barbadoes of the follow-
ing packet, the Magnet. She has brought on freight
about sixty thousand dollars ; and passengers, Mrs.
Jeffers and family, Mr. Trot, Mr. Hope. Mr. M`Evoy,
Doctor Phillips, and Signor Alliago. The House of
Assembly at Jamaica was further prorogued by his Ex-
cellency the Governor, from August 30 to Octarber 5,
by proclamation. It had boen mooted that the jurisdic-
tion of the Courts of Quarter Session should ho extended
from 201. old currency to SOL sterling. Ills Excellency
the Governor commuted the sentence of death, passed
on William Young fur th': murder of a policeman, to
transportation for life.

We regret to state that our accounts from tho islands,
particularly from Dotninica, Martinique, Guadaloupe,
St. Kitt's, and Jamaica, represent the continued veva-
lence of sickness ; and among the deaths recorded we
find that of the lady of the Lieutenant-Governor of
Dominica.

Letters from Trinidad demonstrate the proskrity of
; that island and an assuranu is afforded of, at least,
5,000 hogsheads of sugar being realised next season be.
yond that of the past.
By the arrival of the Jane, at Kingston, Jamaica, front
Carthagena, we are" informed that the rebel General
Cormona still besieged that place. The Jane reports,
that on reaching her destination she made for a small
harbour in the vicinity, named San Domingo, where
she landed her cargo without any obstruction ; but that
the Little William, which followed her from this port,
made direct for Boca Chica, where she was laid hold of
by Carmona's gun-boats. Fortunately, however, her
Majesty's schooner Pickle was in sight, and went up to
her relief. Carmona made :ome how of resistance, Int
did not venture an attack, and the Pickle bore her off in
safety. On Sunday night, when the Jane left, the Su-
san, another venture from this port, was also going in to
San Domingo, all well.
Desertions were still taking place at Carthag,nnm, an d
no faith or dependence was to be placed in eitlier party.
The Government squadron had returned, as was ex-
pected, with another vessel—the Santander, which they
fell in with at Zapote, taking in cocoa nuts on account of
a Mr. Gregg ; and being under Colombian colours, they
had pressed her into the service.
-A French vessel of war had arrived from Santa Mar-
tha on the 12th. Hort:lichee had retired in disgust, a n
gone to Rio le Hacha; Collaros still remained in Ocan
Hernandez in the Savannahs, and Mande in rapayan
with 600 men, hemmed in by' Flores on one side, and
Mosquera on the other.
The sloop Jane Ann, Capt. Durant, sailed from Ja•
maica on Aug. 24, for Carthagena, convoying important
despatches (received by tne schooner Vcloz) from the
Constitutional Governor of Rio nacho., to him of Car-
thwena' and also a small cargo of tobacco, rice, and corn,
for the use of the garrison. Another larger vessel will,
we believe, sail within a few days, with an additional
supply of provisions for the troops in Carthagena. The
brigantine Jane, Capt. Robinson, likewise sailed on the
next day for Rio Hacha, having on board th,, few butt-
dred stands of arms required by the Governor for tAo
accoutrement of his forces.
The accounts from Texas, by these papers, state that
three Commissioners had arrived in San Antonio, front
Mexico, for the purpose of proposing a suspension of
hostilities between the two countries, and opening a direct
trade between the Texan and Mexican provinces. This,
it is considered, is all that is wanting to impel the voting
Republic to the utmost state of prosperity with unparal-
leled rapidity. •
President Lamar bad arrived at Galveston. It was
generally understood that the object of his visit was to
despatch Corn. Moore, with two armed vessels, to the
coast of Mexico, to co-operate with the Yucatanese and
Federalists against Vera Cruz, in consequence of the
indignity lately offered Judge Webb, as minister. A
large portion of the citizens of Vera Cruz, it is said, are
friendly to the cause of the Federalists, and it is be-
lieved the province could be revolutionised with little
difficulty.

TURKEY.
• (From the Augsburg Gazette.)
Tahir Pacha menaces considerable changes when he
gets back to Constantinople. He is to be Grqind Vizier
himself, Halil Scraskier, whilst Reschid is to 'be restored
to the post of Reis Effendi; Rizi to remain 74us/iir of the
Palace. This is unlikely; but Reschid 'regains lose
ground. He endeavours to win the priests'and the popu-
lar voice to him. The circumcision of his sons was cele-
brated with unusual splendour, and the richest presents
made to the linait Ins. His salons at the feast thronged with. white •turbaned.ulemas. Reschid's 'carriage is now fre-
quently seen tt the gate of the Syhiek-el-lslatn and the
liairaskere. Munn these caresses may tut succeed to
bend the Iligh-priest's party. The old s),stem is
likely
to triumph. For example, 111111 Mustapha Paella WU
named military and civil governor of the island of Mi-
tylene, thus uniting military and financial authority
against the provisions of Gulhane. The pin„gins caravan
for Mecca has set oT, the Porte having given five mail-
lions of 'piastres for the expenses.
The Emperor Minh Menh, of Cochin China, is dead.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The advances on stock which the Bank
made yesterday, without previous notice,- have been the
subject of much conversation in the City. There is no
doubt that not only were advances made by the Bank-
broker, but that money could actually be had on stock
from the Bank itself during a certain portion of the day.
Such an operation, offering as it does the fullest encou-
ragement to speculations for a rise in the Funds, is in
itself most illegitimate, be:. without a notice it is parti-
cularly blameable, as it shows a design to carry on a plan, almost in opposition to the notice last put forth.
The Directors theraselves must have soon perceived the
wrong course they had adopted, for the plan was soon
given up, and even in the late part of yesterday money
could not be procured by a deposit of stock, nor are any
such means at hand to-day to relieve a pressure for
money. Thus the whole remains a matter of great mys-
tery as to whether it was intended as an aid to the Trea-
sury, or as an operation of their own ; but whichever
view is taken, it seems to place the Bank in an unsatis-
factory position. The Directors certainly ought not to
have embarked in a transaction meant to supply the de-
ficiency in the subscriptions to the proposed conversion,
unless they were quite sure of not being obliged to stop
short in the middle of it, since, in so doing, it was cal-
culated to embarrass rather than to assist the Treasury.
If they originated the advances for purposeS of their own,
they are still less to be defended, for nothing is more
fully admitted in banking affairs than that loans on stock
,by a Government Bank are not a strictly legitimate ope-
ration. To begin it, however, even if fora purpose of. their
own, and then suddenly stop short, makes it something
more than an error of judgment, and almost ridiculous.
POST.—The advances made by the Bank, in connec-
tion with the Government measure for the reduction of
the unfunaed debt are, we hear, limited to parties who
have sub icribed for the furnishing of Exchequer Bills.
They are made upon the deposit of this class of paper
until the operation shall he completed, so as to prevent
the ready funds of subscribers from being unnecessarily
locked up during the interval. Such an arrangement
cannot be fairly complained of on the score of partiality
or otherwise when the merits of it come to be properly
understood.
A circular has, it is understood, been sent to some of
the Shareholders of a large Joint Stock Bank in the
country, the management of which has been frequently
animadverted upon of late, calling a special meeting fur
saani(eLatrolyd
edayter tni
eofbojrcecht oh
tsuch
omdeee
ot ifnpgr be
eede
1,1
gi t
to
be adopted at the annual general meeting of proprietors
about to take place shortly. No comment need be made
on this display of official cirmunspection.
SUN. There was a heavier Market tbr Stocks to-daYt
money continuing very scarce. The sooner the present
Government issues the Scrip. for the new lit" :,11,1:
better, for at present all parties suffer from..
us
eircumstam.a of 2() per cent. on each tender sent s
deposit money beintg4locukbeldic up, ,lawrgiteh.out afrortliyeenirly.
accommodatiun to
tainly yields an interest to the subseaa'Lethros7l'l'4ll'rhn!
other hand, if the Scrip were in the 31arket,
went would derive all the benefit of the monecyb'.une
i while the public would have the use of some t
range twain
repre-
senting that money. Consols took the sal , tobByi
to-day, viz., 88i to 89i forpreseut transLfelr,
s. °"
I to 13s. for Account. Exchequer Bills
werdiseount, being
pre-
mium, and India Bonds
were heavy at
theshade
N lowerew T hforre
ecaaenld) a
adii
fa
98i to 98i.
remained at .
223. to 22j: ; and
Active Spanish Bonds
63_
and 66. Mexican
Bondsßnizi
at 29. Portu-
at _art,and
per tsl.
were at 301 ; Danish at
guese New Five
l Swtrrek
801 to +, and Dutch Two-
Share 3
pSett:occk2esi.irtese.eded to 246, and
accepted for some of the
extent, and easier rtesv ruse from Gf
istern brought the New 4, the
Tho,
bargains t-T:;ctl:we per
rCee titots.a
limited.
tlitinli d
Railways. Great \ '
e 7 the Thirds 21, the York and North
Birmingham " South Western premium. The
the 3lidland Counties 26, the
Midland 26, and4t2
New 8, and the Birmingham
:43 iietisoctelslt'etnt. Colonial Bank Shares were
Loudon Joint-Stock
J t-Stock 2 premium.
aNßnrodirgtGlititltotti
devsE.
5 to .51, and

. . The Quarterly Review is remarkable for
igno.
Of the latter quality we gave a
co and impudence.
to promote the public happmess. Of
choiceran specimen on Tuesday. That journal boldly recom-
as this is of its impudence. When
-ntlleenfdosrniuteorreqpualiatr tile first page of the journal as
es
proof,
delivers a lecture, he requires but one
single voice reads for all the auditory. In
of cases the lecturer reads better and more
one of his auditors, and certainly
iabimeogeuprt strikingktretearset
sttrTnlia.ad.aje :oh:
iissttl3:a n
any
far better than the greater number of them. The dis-
course is more impressive than individual reading.; it
serves for all who hear, and no copies more than one is
required. Lecturing, then, is a great means of saving
time and money, and of obtaining an improved instruc-
tion. The Quarterly Review is, however, ignorant of
these effects, and therefore concludes that lecturing, to
be beneficial, should be confined to lectures on subjects
requiring the exhibition of plans, di:lol%lms. models,
specimens, or e.xperiments. W
to admire—the hapudenee, or the self-conceited ignorance
of the Quarterly.
e arc at a foss which most
on h T
Tursday last. 'in every respect a great iin•
he new iron bridge at Newnbam was opened
it is
prevenient and ornament to that part of the town.—.
Cambridge Advertiser.

E YEN I

G SUN

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM DAILY TAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

GLOBE.—The Times of This morning indulges in a
column of regret, which is inJ,srTersed with a due
seasoning of menace, on the course that is .likely to be
taken with regard to the Poor-law by the new Cabinet.
There is something in the time of the leading journal so
curiously alternating between blarney and bluster, that we
are reminded strongly of the individual who expressed in
the most polite terms his profound regret at being com-
pelled- to use his horsewhip, while at the same time he
was " laying it .on " with an energy which proved the
zest he felt in bestowing the flagellation which circum-
stances compelled him to administer. The Ministers
have already given great offence to their leading organ,
by " departing from the discreet reserve which upon
other subjects they seemed to have prescribed to
themselves, for the purpose of disappointing, in a
most material point, the hopes which we (the Times)
and many others had conceived of them." It is clear
from this that the best chance the Government has
of holding together is in standing still ; fur, like a
house built with cards, motion would be fatal to the
flimsy structure, which is bound together on scarcely
any subject by one principle of union. The delay that
is asked Ministers for the purpose of making up their
minds, is indicative of the fact that much " making
up" is requisite. The only cement the party can
boast is that most inferior stuff which, under the
name of self-interest, binds, like bad mortar, for
a very brief period, and is apt to crack and give
way beneath the sunshine of prosperity. It can-
not be said of the Times that it does not know
how to speak out when it is desirous there should be
" no mistake" as to what it means ; and we are told this
morning, as plainly as language can tell us, that unless
a certain course is taken by Sir R. Peel's Government,
of which the Leading Journal has little hope, its con-
doctors will " wage war with as much perseverance as
ever upon principles with which the Ministers whom we
(the Times) support will from this time be identified."
Our Contemporary evidently, by its expression, "ftom
this time," regards the new Cabinet as already identified
with the principles upon which war is to be waged ; and
we may therefore look for an immediate resumption of
the bludgeon, with which, in the good old times of the
Reform Bill, the editor was wont to belabour the whole
Conservative party, not forgetting some smart incidental
cuffs for the Queen, who had " done it all," when a
check was given to the liberal hopes of the irritated
journalist. But we find, from the concluding paragraph
of the article in the Times, that it will postpone until
next Session a further explosion of its anger, and Sir
Robert Peel may then expect a volcano, indeed ; for the
jetting loose, after a five months' bottling up and cork-
ing down, of the concentrated essence of thunder, must
lead to a blow-up of the most alarming and desolating
character.

STANDARD.—" What is the principle of the New
Poor-law ?" This is a question which it has become ne-
cessary to resolve, as far as we are able, notwithstanding
the proverbial wearisomeness of such inquiries. Sir
James Graham declared on Tuesday night that
he still adhered to the principle of the new
law, and as he may be supposed in this res-
pect to speak the sense of the Government, it is, in
the actual state of public feeling and public opinion,
very desirable to obviate any mistake upon the subject.
Our respected contemporary the Times gives the fol-
lowing as its understanding of the principle of which we
are in pursuit :—" A floating legislative discretion in
th© place of law, and the substitution of a central for a
local authority." We can never dispute the interpretations
of the Times without diffidence; but here we are convinced
that the journal is in error. Aprinciple must be permanent.
Now, by the very terms of the law, the Commission is but •
temporary and provisional, and with the Commission
must expire both the floating legislative discretion and
the central authority. As we understand the law, the sole
purpose of the Commission and of its authority, whether
legislative or administrative, was to bring the country by
dis;ipline into a certain order, for the operation of the
new provisions of the law, some of these provisions being
confessedly experimental, and that having done this,
the Commission will be functus officio. The Com-
mission then can be no part of a principle according to
our understanding. The Times proceeds to say that the
workhouse test is another principle of the law—" the
principle of the administrative system." The workhouse
test has a deeper root than we could wish; it is the
nee try consequence of
the union system—the origin
of most that is objectionable in the law, and itself
the effect of parsimony,. whether the saving - of money
was or was not the primary of ject of those by whom
the law was passed; but the workhouse test is net a
principle. Neither the workhouse test, however, nor the
system of unions, can be properly called a principle. The
first has been to some extent already departed from, and
must be very generally abandoned in' the end ; and the
second is far too uncertain and arbitrary to deserve
the name of a principle. That cannot be principle
which leaves it still doubtful whether two or
20, or 200, or 2,000 parishes, shall be incorporated.
The formation of unions we regard as one of the
confessedly experimental parts of the law ; and it is
an experiment that has failed for every purpose,
except a momentary saving, to be balanced by a
frightful pecuniary loss in the end. It must be
given up. Sir James Graham and his colleagues
are too wise men not to see that the system of
unions cannot be permanently maintained, even were
it desirable to maintain them. For the present they
are preserved only as part of the provisional discipline,
contemplated from the first as only. provisional by all
the great- men who supported the introduction of the
law. These are our reasons for respectfully differing
from the Times as to the proper understanding of the
words employed by Sir J. Graham.

THE MARKETS.
COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.

Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I scans. rem.,

Per Quarter
Ruston
itramtiee
rs ighton
C.inibridge
Dunmow
Grantham
Grimsby
flailsham
Hitchin
Ipswich
„ewes
Maidstone
Norwich
Petworth
Rumford
bandwich
riletford
9Voshecti
Withian
Yarmouth

s. to a.
55 74
52 70
58 78

62 74
55 63
60 73
56 74 j
ttl 78
50 73
50. 76
56 17
(1 68 1
55) 76
58 72 k
73 7) '
t 6 78
62 71
60 64
56 63
60 70
60 74
Kit POOL
White,

Li V
WHH:ATE Engli

a. to a. I. to 5.
22 19 18 22
27 34 93 29
29 25 29
34
;30 34 24 28
36 37 23 29
26 33 22 29
29 33 16 21
1.0 30 23 I,:gf
29 34 22 no
29 36 21 26
26 20 212 25
36
30 34
39 50 24
WI 5-2
33 34 k2B 30
Q 9 39 15 26
30 36 1:0
30 34l 26 30
32 36 21 24
28 134 IS 20
132 37 27 31
130 32 124 30
CORN At VOCE:F.-
, per 701 b..»

scotch. Welch, and Manx
Irlah, White

.

-- Foreign
04111, English. Welsh, and Scotch, per 4:11b..-
--- Irish
---- Foreign
r,,PLEY. English, Malting, per hup. quarter
Scotch and Irish, pet Nibs.
- Feeding
Mime, k.;:yrtish, per Imperial quarter
--- Idisc.
- Foreign
PRASt, Engl.sn, per I crii:crial quarter .....
Foreign
fi.oug, English, per Llerrillt.
Irish _ _ .

to
39 48
35 40
40 41

A. to S.
35 38
91 38
41 43
40
44 46
33 37
36 40
136 40
137 39
84 45
I 31 40
'34 39
31 38
38 40
34 40
42 44
:31: 44
35 43
39
43 4:3
137 44
138 40
—14.0. 23
119..91 to 10,
0 6 9 10
00 90
8 :4
70 9 0
8 9 10
29 3 3
3 1 3

38 40
37 43

24 36

26 41
34 38
34 211

3S 40
40 4'
32 38
33 4)
38 41
34 37
31 38
39 40

1081111:AL, English and triuh,per -24intis ......
Intimi CUUN, 1K r 48011).
Rim, per Impel-al quarter
MALT, per Imperial quarter ........

P v 0 CI
4 4
..... 4 2 4 4

,„ 43 6 46 0
AO 0 41 C
44 0 44
40 0 44
40 0 4i 0
S 1 0 50

43 0 ii e

0 :Ai 6
3, 0 40 4'
, 330
, 4B 0 C 4 0

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S
ESSELBSrOI: EN' IV ITU. —The Cosmopolite, from
London to (lat:iee, on the 11th inst., lat. 44, lon. 49 ;
James Harris, 1.10 inst. ; Albion, bound to Newfound-
land, 25th inst., lat. ;;O, lon. 14, by the William 'Thomp-
son, arrived at Bristol. Jane Walker, Narva to Liver-
pool, 18th inst., lat. 56, lon. i ; Baltic, Quebec to Clyde,
12th inst., lat. 46, lon. 43 • Thotll..:s Carty, Liverpool to
Haiifax, 15th inst., lat. 47, lon. 36 ; 'i',le:nachus, Poole
to NVivfoundland: 21st inst ; Ann Eliza, Liverpool to
3biranhaul, 21st inst., lat. 48, 1;11). ;'Margaret Pollock,
of Glasgow, steerw-
W., 23d inst.. lat. 50, lon. 12, by
the Feron!a, arrived at Bristol. tiollr, Havre to New
York..6th inst., lat. 43, lon. u 6 ; Avrsht,-., Liverpool to
s% Johns, N.B , 13th inst., lat. 47,10 n. 40 ; John Hale,
Cardiff to Portland, lath inst., lat. 49, lon. 18, by
the Ville de Lyon,
arrived at Havre. Ocean, of London,
for New York, 23d inst., lat. 50, lon. 11, by the Miracle,
arrived at Liverpool.

—We record with
DEATH OF LADY RUCHE.
feelings in which we only sympathise with all who
knew her inestimable value, 'the death, at Carass last
night, after a painful and protracted illness, borne. h
s•L'unissive resignation, of Lady Roche, the beloved
wife of Sir David Roche, Bart., M.P. for this city.
Lady Boche was daughter of J. Ormsby Vandaleur,
Es., of •.al-Addenstone House, county Kildare, and was
q married on the 14th of February, 1825. She has left
four interesting children to mourn her early demise, by
which many families of distinction in this city and
county, and the counties of Clare and Kildare, are thrown
into mourning.—Limerich Reporter.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 29.—A requisition to the
Mar,.-, to hold a Towns meeting to :memorialize her
Majesty, has been this day presented with 3,500 names
appended to it in two days. A meeting for the purpose
has been called fur Saturday evening next, at seven
o'clock.
HEARNE v. STograLt.—This case of libel,
which has attracted so much attention in the Roman
Catholic world. has been postponed, for further considera-
tion, till next November.

RS-T-0-11.;-: On Thursday week, a
violent thunderstorm passed over the eastern district of Vita,
shire, accompanied by frequent and vivid lightning. The fol-
lowing instance of the effects of the electric fluid is peculiar,
and worth recording :—At the mansion of Bialkc isle, one 01
the young cattle, grazing in the lawn, was knocked down by
the I,ghtning, and upon examination appeared to he in the hos
agonies of death. On being raised up, however, it began to
revive, and, after staggering about for little in a state of ap-
parent insensibility, walked off with its neighbour, who stood
(*mud it in great consternation. During die 640,1100 n it
bad quite recovered. Ou examining the spot where the aegis
happened no traces of the destructive fluid could be dis-
covered. trough a strong sulphurvoiii; odour was very pereep-
libe, --Edinburgh Cournnt.
The following fraud is said to have 1)11
recently detected at Gravelines. The Government
grants premiums for the encouragement of the herring
fishery. Several boats, having been uueuceessful them-
selves, have, instead of persevering in their endeavours,
•or submitting to their bad luck, supplied their detleieney
lby purchasing
cargoes of the more successful English
fishermen, and brought theminto port as the produce
of their own exertions. The Custom-house officers,
made acquainted with this trick, have seized their boats,
with all their contents, valued at 1,000,000 E

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Sept. 30.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his scat on the Wool-
sack shortly before Five o'Clock. _ _ _ _ ___ _

The Frogmore Estates Bill and the Royal Gardens
Bill passed through Committee, and were ordered .to be
read a third time to-morrow.

Messengers from the Commons brought up the Ex-
piring Laws Bill, Clayton's Name Bill, .the Duke of
Marlborough's Estate Bill, Liddle's Estate Bill, and other
Bills.