The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-08 00:00:00

No. 16,970. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING SUN,
FEBRUARY 8, 1847.
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SALES BY AUCTION.

The lath MARQUIS OF AILSA'S noble and delightfully situated
TOWN MANSION IN WHITEHALL GARDENS, adjoining
that of the Duke of Buccleuch, upon the bank of the Thames, with
its handsome and appropriate furniture, and various very valuable
and ornamental Effects.

IVESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and iON are
JL directed by the Executors to announce, that (unless an
acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract) the
distinguished and splendid MANSION of the late Most Noble the
Marquis of Ailsa, in Privy-gardens, Whitehall, will be SUB-
MITTED to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Mart, on
Friday, FEBICARI 2G, at Twelve. It is held by an original
lease from the Crown for a term of ninety-nine years from
July, 11406, at a low ground rent. The mansion is admirably
arranged throughout for the accommodation and comfort of a large
establishment, is in most excellent repair, and immediate possession
may be had, with its appropriate fittings, and with or without its
superior furniture. It has a singularly handsome stone staircase,
the rooms are strikingly cheerful and airy, opening backward to a
lawn extending to the river, and are of fine dimensions, particularly
the saloon or ball-room (64 feet long), its walls adorned with rich
and beautiful tapestry in rare preservation. From its contiguity to
the blouses of Parliament, St. James's I'ark, the Palace, and Down-
ing-street, and from its peculiarly quiet and choice situation, it is
admirably suited for a Cabinet Minister, or any leading Mem-
ber of Parliament ; also for a first-class club-house. The purchaser
will have the reftsal of the capital freehold stabling, ice., near Great
George-street.

No parson can view the house without a card of admis.sion, 'shish,
with every requisite information, may be had at their Offices in
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; also of Messrs. Ashfleld and Clods, soli-
citors, 7, Staple Inn.
Descriptive particulars may also be had of Mr. Cale, House-
Agent, Richmond; and at the Auction Mart.

STAPLETON GROVE.
A delightfully sitaated and capital FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, with
rich and beautifully Timbered Grounds, within a short distance
of Bristol, with immediate possession; also TWO smaller
RESIDENCES.

MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
SELL by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, on FRIDAY, the
26th of February, at Twelve o'Clock, by direction of the Executors
of a gentleman deceased, the above most desirable and complete
RESIDENCE, in perfect order, comprising a handsome substantial
modern stone mansion, containing rooms highly decorated and of
admirable size and proportion, with very superior domestic offices ;
capital stabling and outbuildings, most productive walled gardens,
vineries, and pine pits; beautiful pleasure-grounds, in which is an
Ivy-hound tower, commanding a grand view of Bristol and the ad-
jacent country, surrounded by rich park like paddocks—ln all about
thirty acres, backed on the north side by a bold grove of lofty
timber, and surrounded by the fine wooded domains of the Duke of
Beaufort, the Bishop of Bristol and Gloucester, and of Sir J. Smith.
The mansion is approached from the turnpike-road, through a rustic
lodge, and altogether forms one of the most desirable retreats
of its size in the county ; every part of the premises and grounds
are most amply supplied with the finest water, and the house is
fully fitted with fixtures of the best description. Also a smaller
Residence, on the south side of the grounds, and in a separate lot, a
cottage residence, with lawn, garden, &c., in the occupation of Mr.
Gee, as yearly tenant.
The estate may be viewed, and descriptive particulars, with plans,
had in due time on the premises; of Mr. Brook Smith, solicitor,
Small.street ; and of Messrs. Sturge, surveyors, Broad-street,
Bristol ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and
Son, land agents, &c., Waterloo-place, London.

The famous TOWN MILLS, upon the KENNET, in the heart o
the town of NEWBURY ,
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
SELL by AUCTION, at the end of March, or early in
April next (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by
private contract), by direction of the Executrix of the late Richard
Basing, Esq., the above capital FLOUR MILLS, with the residence
attached, various outbuildings, paddock, &c., held by a renewable
Lease under the Dean and Canons of Windsor, most commandingly
situated in the town of Newbury, upon the Kennet and Avon canal.
The mills are In the occupation of Mr. Leonard (whose term ex-
pires at Midsummer next), when possession may be had ; offering a
fine opportunity for an active man of moderate capital to secure a
first-rate sold-established business.

The Mills may be viewed by application to Mr. James Tanner, of
ilagnor, near Newbupy ; and full particulars may be obtained when
the day of sale is fixed at the chief inns at Newbury, Reading, &c.
and at Messrs. Smith's offices in Windsor, and Waterloo-place,
Pall-mall.

THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER,
The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve
years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S)
chemically purified material has been before it (made into every
metal and ornamental article usually made in silver, possessing, as
it dces, the charaeteristic purity and durability of silver), has called
into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin
Silver," and other so called substitutes; they are at best but bad
Imitations of the genuine articles manufactured, and sold only by him.
Fiddle Threaded King's
Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern,
dozen.. • • •• .
Dessert ditto and ditto ditt0...... 105. Od. 21s. Od. 255. O.
Tea ditto and ditto, ditto.... • • ss. Od. 1 Is. Od. 12s. Od.
Gravy ditto ........
NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. —The REAL NICKEL SILVER,
introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late
RIPPON and BURTON'S) when plated by the patent process of
Messrs. Elkington and Co.,i beyond all comparison the very best
article, next to sterling silver, that can be employed as suck either
useffilly or ornamentally. In tke lengthened and increasing pope.
larity of the material itself, and the high character of the method of
plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W S.
Burton (and by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably
superior to what can be supplied at any other house, wkile by no
possible test can they be distinguished from real silver.
Fiddle. Thread. King's.
Tea Spoons, per dozen • ... les. .. 325. .. 38s.
Dessert Forks „ ••• . . 30s. .. 46e. .. 58s.
Dessert Spoons „ ••• • .. 305. .. 525. .. G2s.
Table Forks „ ...... •• • . 40s. .. 655. .. 755.
Table Spoons „ ••• • • • 40s. • • 745. 80s.
Tea and coffee nets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate
prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process, lqetailed
catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article,
ent (per post) free.

WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock
(4 general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the
world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of
its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it
—39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established in
Wells-street, 1c(20.

PUBLICATIONS.

MR. JAMES'S NEW ROMANCE.
Now ready at all the Libraries.
THE CASTLE OF EHRENSTEIN; its
Lords, Spiritual and Temporal ; its Inhabitants, Earthly and
-Unearthly. 3 Vols. Post Bvo., price 11. I Is. 6d.
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill.

" MECIIPS EXPERIENCE in DRAINAGE "
(price Is. 6d. stitched, 2s. 6d. In cloth) Is just published
by Mesers. Longman and Co., London, and may be had of any Book-
seller in town or country, by giving r.n order.

This publication contiins also air. liechi's Speech at Wickham-
market on the general subject of Agriculture ; and his additional
Letters, 17, 18, 19, and 20.

ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE
HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN
LIFE.

ILLUSTRATED WITII COLOURED ENGRAVINOE,
Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., er free
by post, 3s. 6d.
CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular
Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline,
with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those
suffering front the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence,
terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehert.2
sive Dissertation on MARRLAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy.
Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various
Cases, &c.

By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, Ns. 60, Newman-
street, Oxford-street, London.
Published by the authors ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ;
Noble, 114, Chancery-lane; G. Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; H.
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" The best of all friends is the professional friend, and ix no shape
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on Manly Health."—The New Bell's Weekly Messenger.
Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to
apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it
direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. Gel., or Postage Stamps.
The security of happiness in the Marriage state is the chief anxiety
of all ; but many dread entering upon wedded union, through a
secret fear of unfitness for tho discharge of matrimonial obligations.
This essay is most particularly addressed to all suffering under a
despondency of the character alluded to ; and advice will be found
calculated to cheer the drooping heart, and point the way to renovated
health.

Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consnited from Ten till Two, and
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ON TIIE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
MATURITY.
WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price
2e. 64. or pest paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage tamps
direct irons the Author's residence.
QELF. PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise
Ly on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Matur;iy.
Illuerated with Twenty-flue Coloured Plates on the Anatomy.
Physiology, and Diseases of the Urkiary and Reproductive Organs,
ex?laining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing
the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and ottur
excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment or Nervous
De
hrbuilirteyt,La.ocal and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of
the

By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honoran
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate

Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., Sec.

CONTENTS OF THE THEiTISZ.

CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance-
and 0 bligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative
Organs, their ninctions, structures, and secretions, proving that grea
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
—CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on thi
Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of th,
Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CLIAPTIRS 5 and 6. On
the Disorderr arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonaorhtna
Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra.

DRAINAGE ACT.
Applications for loans under this Act, which appear in the
London Gazette of Friday evening :

Applicant. Lands in Parish of County of Amount.
.4 s. d.
Samuel Chave • • ilalberton ..........Devon ........ GO 0 0
Rev. J. Wannop Kirkandrews on Esk.. Cumberland .. 100 0 0
The Duke of Woolstanton, Ee-
Stafford ...... 18,000 0 0
Swynnerton.... ..
mer,Foston,Stock- I York
Sheriff Hatton, Bul-
.. • ...•
ton
gay Eynesbury, and 7,334 0 0
I Trentham, Stene,l
Stoke.apon-Trent,
Caverswall, New-
castle under Lyme, Sta
Sutherland eleshall, Leek, and
1 Waresley, Gamlin- 1 Huntingdon;
HII. Octavius
Cambridge • •
Dunoombe ..
r BArabmlltstoineY, Yrih. in. -•
ton, Stapleton, La-
nercost, C astleear-
rock, Gillselale,
Farlam, Nether Cumberland ..
and Upper Denton,
Carlatton, Cum-
whitton, Hayton,
Ainstable ........
The Earl of Ilaltwistle, Lainbley.. Northumberld.
Carlisle .... Bulmer, Barton-le-1
Street, Appleton-
le-Street, Hendris-
kelt°, Horringham, North Riding
Buttons - arnbo - of York
..} 47,133 17 01
Sheriff Hutton,i
Slingsby, Terrlng-
ton .. ....
Morpeth, Starming-
ton, Mitford, Bed- Northumberld.
lington ..........
Rev. Thos. Cator Wormseley. . • .... •• • • York ..... •• • 350 0 0
r Askham, Bampton,i
r Clifton, St. Mi- 1
chael's, Appleby,
Kendal, Crosby,
Ravensworth,
Kirkby Lousdale,
The Earl of Morland, Shap, Westmore- 1
30,600 0 0
Lonsdale.. ' Lowther, St. Bees, r land end
Moresby, Enner- Cumberland
(tile, Flimby, Se-
bergham, Seaton,
Holine, Cultrarn,
Dalston, Aikton,
_ Distington ......
(From the Dublin. Gazette of Feb. 2. )
Ffny. Cour- '1 iiiarrymount, ROS- (Down .. . .... I 550 0 0
tenay ..... • j i trevor ..........

[ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES,
No. 2, BUCLLERSEURY, CHEAPSIDE.—FamiIies whose
consumption is large, and study economy, will derive
considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni-
form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a single
pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade.
Black Tea 2s. Bd., Ss., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., ss.
Green
3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., 65., 7s.
Coffee 9
dir,ele to od.,
anyl
s., Ipsa.r2(lo.f, Itso.w4nd.., los.r6dde.r,alsf.ruSind.
One pound sent
the country forwarded the same day; and when the
quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), the carriage is
paid to any part of EngIand.—MANSELL and Co.
wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside .
AN OLD TRICK REPEATED.—The following trick
is as old as the gipsey tricks by which credulous people are
often duped, and only find out the deception after they have
lost their money. On Thursday, the 14th instant, a woman
named Ellen Stevens, called at the shop of Mr. Joseph
Sellers, a grocer in the village of St. Blazey. She stated—
of course in a very cautious and secret manner—that she
had some tea and tobacco to sell that was smuggled; he
should have some of it very cheap, but she could not sell
less than 40 or 501bs. A bargain was made, thegoods being so
cheap, and she was to come again the next day. She failed
to do so, but appeared on the Saturday, and excused herself
to the shopkeeper by saying that Friday was a wet day, and
the " parties" were gone in another direction with goods ;
the tea and tobacco were, however, now ready, and if be
would go to Par with her, he should have the parcels. After
dark they set out, the shopkeper, his brother, and the
woman, and on arriving at the place, there indeed were the
goods, and a smuggler with them. It appeared thus
far to be all right, but to satisfy the grocer beyond every
doubt and fear, the woman took his hand and put it down
upon one of the parcels, where, the paper being torn, the
grocer could feel and smell some very excellent tobacco.
tbhe intignieahamenoafier'ei
!n:gefte' i
Ile had a sack with him, and the ;woman proposed that
the parcels should be emptied from her sack into his as
quickly as possible, for fear the prowling officers of ex-
cise might come and catch them. This was no sooner
said than done, the grocer's brother assisting, and the bag
being thrown across his shoulders, he marched off with it.
The grocer then took the woman to a neighbouring beer-
house to settle accounts with her, and paid her about 71. 13s.
for the smuggled tea and tobacco." He then hastened
to see the
e%2n•(hseotle extent
instant, of his. good luck, he opened
home to take care of his prize, but being rather in a
hurry
one of the parcels the same night, and fousshnaidtb,lytLlitsceovmineatryertihboeer
contained nothing but sawdust 1 Only the top of the
hnuetx tthdeaywonuin inquirieswmwneroet
trci.,.-tabdoe
foaubnodut;
spuaprcpeolssed,coinnsiasstesdmaolfl
atelananortitt3o,baucsc,(y),oualnddpot
whaesforee.
committed,Carly oonn,
and on Monday the
a cameannd io
Fitzsimmons.tti oi oTeorourms e,
ofsth wherehee
was
day
she was app
gave
-dust.
neighbourhood,O
apprehended
charged Ti
subsequently n:slorls.e, informationilti thed
by
to take her trial at the
be the • '
A man said to woman s
assizes for misdemeanour.
the
Thursday,
ly
the
husband, and known by
accomplice with the lady
Jack the Darning-
needle, was charged with
proof not being forthcoming, he
smuggler, but the requisite
after a lengthened
was discharged.' We understand that
at St. Austell and
have been lately practised upon grocers
elsewhere.— IVest Briton. tricks of a similar- kind
JERSEY WHEAT.—The Grey
Jersey, arrived here on Saturday last, . from
took place by some inhabitants of the is
attempt was made to unship her
export of the corn, and an
here the following
rudder. The Zebra smack also arrived
I to clear out
hound smack,
day with wheat, after having had some difficu ty preventristhee
from the island.—Plymouth Journa/. wliat
physician
SECOND THOUGHTS.—Some time ago a
ec
nhdliivhtoeat. A
of Violaines (Pas-de-Calais) was tried for having exhumed
his deceased wife, three weeks after interment, in order
make a skeleton of her. He was found guilty, and
con-
demnedfewdaystaogtol:rageoutirstntttsis' i rupdrgismoonnmt,enitt.waoB
the addition of three months' imprisonment to the three
itiontla already awarded.—Gulignanes Messenger. pelyawl,itha
ncohnifisrma

MAGAZINES (CONTINUED).
COLBURIV'S UNITED SERVICE.
In the present number we have the first of a
series of papers detailing the 'aHistory of British
Intercourse with Japan." In fact, it was an English-
man, 'William Adams, of Gillingham, near Rochester,
who first piloted the Dutch to Japan, where, through
the intrigues of the Portuguese Jesuits, the crew of
the vessel were imprisoned, and their goods confis-
cated, until by the tact and prudence of Adams they
were all liberated and their goods and ship restored.
Adams himself became so great a favourite at the
Court of Jeddo that the Emperor retained him near
his person to instruct himself and his subjects in
geometry, astronomy, and navigation ; induced him
to build two ships for him according to the European
method; created him a noble, and settled a large estate
on him ; and sent him in command of a fleet to
Siam, on his return from whence he directed
him to write letters to England, inviting his
countrymen to come and trade with the Japanese.
It was through the interest of Adams, and through
his interest only, that the Dutch were permitted to
remain in Japan, or to send vessels there to trade ;
and yet in the Moniteur Orientals—a publication
making its appearance regularly at Hague, under
the patronage of the Dutch Government—although
the history of this first expedition, which sailed
from Rotterdam in 1588, is minutely given, all allu-
sion to William Adams, the Englishman, is care-
fully avoided, and from the beginning to the end
of the history his name is riot once mentioned. In
consequence of the receipt of the letters of
Adams, Captain John Saris, an Englishman,
undertook an expedition to Japan, and arrived
at Firando on the 11th of June, 1613. He
was exceedingly well-received by the King, per-
mitted to purchase a factory, to land his cargo, and
to trade. The Japanese towed his ship into the
harbour, and, according to his own statement, " they
anchored before Firando, in five fathoms oozy ground,
so near to the shore that they could talk to the people
in their houses." This account proves how absurd it
is to rely upon the modern Dutch accounts of
Japan :
"For they maintain that every harbour of that country
is so shallow as necessarily to exclude all but small ves-
sels ; whereas we find, from Captain Saris's experience,
that in the harbour of Firando, which is veri, far from
beingithe best in the country, a line of-battle ship may
cast anchor within pistol•shot of the shore. But our
neighbours have carried their misrepresentations much
farther than this, since they have been at the pains to
construct false charts of the Japanese coast and publish
asor.nf,i,vals • an act
sot
ehf
tm atrocity
'Witha,
rt i
article
ecol
arrival
ord
concludes.
r vwn
at
chol
ucomhdf i
esctslhe.aeaprdtelaiahnnrede
swf,
ae, rrwHei
sc
dtheti'leSpikrh;e
piksaattrtohalrleyl,iierrl
and the Punjaub is continued to the eve of the battle
of Moodkee ; and our old friend Colonel Firebrace has
an admirable paper on the absurdity of promotion by
purchase. We are glad to see that the editor has
taken Colonel Mitchell to task for the " extraordinary
whimsicality and obliquity of judgment" which he
has manifested in his history of Napoleon's Military
Life. This article is to be concluded in the next
number. There are a great variety of other inte-
resting paper on professional subjects in this number
of the United Service.

COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. No. VIII.

By Gilbert Abbot A'Becl:ett.
This is certainly the strangest History of England
ever composed, but it is no less true than strange, and
exposes the errors of other historians, after the most
facetious yet the most convincing fashion. It will be
recollected that all the historians agree that Henry
the Fifth, when he set out on his Agincourt cam-
paign, left Southampton for llarfleur with one thou-
sand vessels. On this Mr. A'Beckett says,
" We must request the reader to bear in mind, that
though all the authorities justify us in announcing ono
thousand as the number of the ships constituting Henry's
fleet, we should not advise any one to believe the state-
ment, who has not had an opportunity of counting the
vessels. Either the ships in those days were very small,
or Southampton harbour has been fearfully contracted by
the contractors who have since undertaken to widen it.
We have been accustomed to place implicit faith in the
rule of arithmetic, that a thousand into one won't got'
nor do we feel disposed to alter our impression in favour
of a thousand of Henry's ships being able to go into
Southampton harbour. We suspect that a hundred would
have been nearer the mark, for posterity is greatly in the
habit of putting on an 0, and really believing there is
nothing in it."

How-ever humourous this may appear, there is no
doubt much soundness in Mr. A'Brokett's obser-
vation. History can only be properly studied under
the influence of a judicious scepticism. His account
of the doings of Joan Arc is admirable.. His theory
of her inspiration is quite as good as any that has
been propounded, and infinitely more probable.

VANITY FAIR. No. 11. By W. M. Thackeray.
In this number all Miss Rebecca Sharp's hopes of
becoming Mrs. Joseph Sedley are blasted. The party
go to Vauxhall, where Mr. Joseph gets so uproariously
drunk upon rack punch, just as he is on the point of
" popping the question," that he is obliged to be
taken tome and put to bed. The next morning he is
so ill and so ashamed, that he dares not meet Miss
Sharp, but writes a note, requesting his sister to
apologise for his conduct, and announcing his inten-
tion of setting off to Scotland for the recovery of his
health. Miss Rebecca consequently proceeds to Sir
Pitt Crawley in the capacity of governess. We are in•
troduced to Captain Dobbin, a kind, clever, excellent-
hearted brother officer of George Osborne s, but a
shy, retiring, awkward man, who is much attached to
Geolrgken,oawndthwathtoheistudneestiinaem hl is d to be, we imagine, a sort
of military Tom Pinch. The number is overflowing
with wit—wit of a high order. Take the following
as an example, which is almost like a stray fragment
from
Piysecryorain mildg
one of the brilliant prefaces of Beaumarchais,
on e,
(although there are some terrific chapters tr
pre-
sently-) and must beg the good-natured reader to
remember, that we are only discoursing, at present,
about a stock-broker's family in Russell-square, who
are taking walks, or luncheon, or dinner, or talking and
making love as people do in common life, and without a
single passionate and wonderful incident to mark the
progress of their loves. The argument stands thus—
Osborne in
esvccea.
Osborne in love with Amelia, has asked an old friend to
dinner and to Vauxhall—Jos. Sedley is in love with
sub-
ject now in hand.
mightWilhlenteel,
subject in the g
or in the romantic, or in the facetious manner. SuPP°se
we had laid the scene in Grosvenor-square, with the very
ahveemtraerartyedher
this? That is the great
Suppose we had shown how Lord Joseph SedleY
same adventures—would not some people have listened?
fell
in love, and the Marquis of Osborne became attached
to Lady Amelia, with the full consent of the
Duke, her noble father: cr instead of the supremely
genteel, suppose we had resorted to the entirely low, and
described what was going on in Mr. Sedley's kitchen;—
indeed
he black Sambo was in love with the cook (as
he was), and how he fought a battle with the coachman
in her behalf ; how the knife-boy was caught g
cold shoulder of mutton, and Miss Sedley's new femme
de chambre refused to go to bed without a wax candle;
such incidents might be made to provoke much delight-
ful laughter, and be supposed to represent scenes of
' life.' Or if, on the contrary, we
had taken a fancy for
• al burglar, who bursts into the house
chambre a profession
the terrible, and made the lover of the new
_femme de
with his band, slaughters black
Sambo at the feet of his
master, and carries off Amelia in her night-dress, not to
be let loose again till the third volume, we should easily
tale of thrillinginterest,
have constructed a
hurry,
panting."
the fiery chapters of which the reader should
Then follow specimens of each of the above styles, in
Steen and ink
Mathews. The illustrations, which fusely
scattered over the book, are all full of character.
which the writer proves himself quite a

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of Spain. " The Roll of Battle Abbey" is continued.
When completed, it will form a most interesting re-
publication of a valuable antiquarian record. The trial
for the month is that of " Beau Fielding (the Or-
lando the Fair of the ' Tatler') for intermarrying
with the Duchess of Cleveland (Charles the
Second's Lady Castlemaine) his first wife being
alive. It is a very curious story, and would
dramatise effectively. He married his first wife by
mistake. A regular fortune-hunter, he bribed a
certain Mrs. Villars to introduce him to a
rich
widow, a Mrs. Deleau. Disgusted with his impru-
dence Mrs. Deleau caused another woman without
as
sous to assume her name and character. As Mr
Deleau she was introduced to Fielding, as Mrs. .
De-
leau she was married to him, and when, en di
covering the trick, he left her and married -
Duchess of Cleveland, he was indicted fGr bigamy

THE MIRROR.
Mr. Percy St. John's tale, entitled " The Miser's
Will," is continued in the present number, and the
interest of the story increases ill each succeeding
chapter. The first book is concluded in this number,
and at the opening of the second we are introduced to
" the Japanese Minstrels," who lodge with a Mrs.
Lewis opposite the mysterious dwelling of the myste-
rious stranger in the borough. These Japanese Mins-
trels promise well. From an admirably written
" History of Lloyd's Coffee-house," by John A.

Heraud, we extract the following curious state-
ment :

" A singular instance has just occurred, showing the
increasing influence of Lloyd's. Captain Grover, who
has directed his attention to the short-comings of the
Foreign Office,
,after having corresponded with Lgrd
Aberdeen, in relation to the case of the crews of the
ships Margaret and Conner, who were murdered or im-
prisoned by the Moors, while, a year and a half ago, in
search of guano on the coast of Argum, an island in lat.
20 deg. 27 min. N., and long. 16 deg. 37 min, W., but a
few days' sail from Plymouth; and having received un-
satisfactory answers to his inquiry, bethought of apply-
ing to the committee of Lloyds. A copy of his applica-
tion now lies before us. Government having failed in
procuring the rescue of the captives. Captain Grover
proposed that the committee of Lloyd's should provide,
without delay, an armed steamer for the purpose, com-
manded by Captain Northwood, and dispatched at the
same time a copy of his proposal to Lord Aberdeen. This
course of proceeding was at once respected by his Lord-
ship, who lost no time in writing to the mother of one of
the sufferers, stating that Government would take steps
for their deliverance, and the punishment of their captors.
Captain Grover according suppressed the appeal he was
about to make to the merchants of London, Liverpool,
and Bristol. The unfortunate men, after being in cap-
tivity about twelve months, owed at last their liberation
to the kind exertions of the master of a merchant vessel,
Captain Isemonger. It was thus granted to the spirit of
commerce, rather than to that of Government, to vindi-
cate the honour of the country. Repeated instances of
similar abandonment must tend to stimulate the same
spirit to yet farther exertions, while Captain Gover's ap-
plication suggests an extension of its authority and influ-
ence, which csnnot fail of being beneficial in some high
places of the state."
The Mirror contains several other excellent arti-
cles. Indeed, all the papers in the present number
are of more than average merit.

THE MUSICAL HERALD. Part IX.
We are glad to perceive that Mr. Hogarth is re-
viving some of those classical pianoforte compositions
which were the delight of our younger days, but
which are now never heard by any chance. He has
done the cause of music good service by re-publish-
ing in this part the fantasia on the Russian air by
the Abbe Gelinek, who, as he justly observes, was
one of the most agreeable and popular pianoforte
composers of his day. We hope Mr. Hogarth will
enrich the pages of the Musical Herald with some
more of Gelinek's pleasing compositions. Classi-
cality, however, is not confined to th® compositions
of by-gone musicians. What, for instance, can be
more classical, more harmonious, more graceful, than
Mr. Hogarth's own trio, " Love is just like April
weather," which we find in the present number.
We have, too, a very baautiful Tempo di
Minuetto, . F. Graham, never before pub-
lished; besides a variety of other pieces, all of which
are good and pleasant melange of musical gossip.

THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Vol. 11. Edited
by John Sounders.
Having taken occasion to express our opinion upon
this periodical, as it appeared from month to month,
there is little necessity to say more than that the
binding is elegant and appropriate, and that the
" numbers," when collected together into a volume,
present a right goodly appearance. Besides, there is
no positive necessity for saying more on the score of
ensuring it the readers and subscribers it so well de-
serves : it is already so great a favourite with the
multitude, as to be able to dispense with any such
assistance to its circulation. Still we are so fully
satisfied with the talent visible in the pages of the
People's Journal, and so favourably impressed by
the generous and gentle tone with which the bulk of
its contributions are written, that we should be
doing an injustice, both to it and to ourselves, did
we not make the acknowledgment. The people will
not be losers by storing the volumes of the People's
Journal on their book-shelves.

RAIL WA Y REGISTER.
The very valuable series of papers by Mr. Hyde
Clarke, on the subject of Indian railways, is continued
in this number. As in several parts of India railways
will come into competition with boat traffic, it is ne-
cessary to be acquainted with the rates of charge per
boat, in order to calculate the probability of the suc-
cess of a railway. To this subject Mr. Clarke devotes
the present paper, which is a complete collection of
the statistics of boat traffic in India. There are
several other articles of great interest to the engineer-
ing and the railway world, and in the Portfolio Mr.
Clarke continues his republication of the original
prospectuses of the various railway schemes.

THE POTATO DISEASE.
On Saturday evening, a conversazione was given by
Professor Smee at his residence, No. 7, Finsbury Circus,
at which a considerable number of scientific gentlemen
present. The subject which formed the principal attrac-
tion of the evening was an exhibition of the potato plant
in various stages of the disease—from the incipient affec-
tion of the plant to the matured form of the evil. Po-
werful microscopes were arranged round the room,
through which could be seen the various species of the
aphis vastator—the insect whose ravages have caused the
failure of the crop during the last year. Tho appear-
ance
it presents is very much the same as that
presented by the common flea, when viewed
through a powerful magnifying medium, but the insect
is not one-twentieth part of the size. There were seve-
ral specimens of the infected plant sent by the Right
Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, the Speaker of the House
of Commons, and the appearance presented by them,
when viewed by the naked eye, was exactly the same as
that presented by plants from other parts of the king-
dom, but the form of the insect appeared to vary with
the district. Another source of attraction was the va-
rious domestic vegetables, prepared so as to form bread
exactly resembling the ordinary wheaten bread. The
vegetable substances from which the various kinds
of bread were formed were—the white beet root,
the carrot, the marigold wurzel, the Iceland
moss, thel artichoke, the sweet-potato, the Indian
corn, common rye, the turnip, common barley, common
beet-root, sweet beet-root, the parsnip, and though last,
not least, bread prepared from hay—a sweet smelling
and not unpalatable food. The Iceland moss bread alone
was nauseous, all the other varieties were well tasted, and
presenting the appearance of the ordinary loaf, and in-
dicating by the smell the vegetable from which it was
prepared. By way of washing down these novel kinds
of food, a jug of ale prepared from sugar was introduced,
and although not disagreeable, it certainly did not realise
an Englishman's idea of Barclay, Perkins, and Co.'s pre-
paration. There were various instruments, showing the
application of galvanism to medical purposes, and Pro-
fessor Smee's ether inhaler was exhibited. A descrip-
tion of this instrument has already appeared in the
Illustrated London I'Vews,:and therefore it is unnecessary
to describe it any farther. It is sufficient to say, that
from its simplicity and portability, it bids fair to super-
sede any other instrument of the kind ever produced.
Mr. Saunders, of the Morning Advertiser, was the first
to inhale the ether, and after the lapse of a minute almost
complete insensibility was produced. Other gentlemen
were then subjected to the infinence of the ether, and in
one instance, after inhaling the vapour for 45 seconds,
perfect insensibility was produced, which lasted rather
more than two minutes and a half. There were various
specimens of the electro statues introduced, and some
beautiful Daguerreotype views were placed round the
room. Refreshments on an ample scale were provided
for the visitors, of whom there were, in the course of the
evening, no less than 150 present. The parties all left
apparently much gratified with the entertainments,
which were materially enhanced by the kindness of
Professor Smee and Dr. Mullinder, in explaining the
various objects of curiosity to the visitors.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Sir C. Constable's stghds, Wed., West Newton.
Baron Rothschild's stghds., Thurs., Hardwick-11.
Bedale hds., Wed., Hutton Conyers; Fri., Bedale-1014.
Berkshire hds., Wed., Wittenham ; Fri., Longcott.
Cleveland hds., Thurs., Kildale.
Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Stratton Audley ; Thurs., Ry-
cote Kennel ; Sat., Marston St. Lawrence.
Durham County hds, Wed., Kennels; Fri., Whitton-10i.
F. B. hds., Fri., Ladock Wood.
Hurworth lids., Tues., Croft Bridge ; Sat., Girsby Scar-
-101,4.
Oakley hds., Tues., Ravenham Bury; Thurs., Cranfield ;
Sat., Halsey Wood—u to 11.
Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Holton Stone-pits; Fri., Nuf-
field Common-10i.
Puckeridge hd.s.., Wed. Widdington ; Sat., Cumbelowe--
10 V,.
Sinnington hds., Tues., Helmsley ; Fri., Dalby.
Tindale hds., Thurs., Nafferton.
Mr. Watson's hds., Wed., Ulgham Grange Wood; Fri.,
Nunriding-104.
York and Ainsty lids., Tues., Ribston Park; Thurs., Cop-
grove; Sat., Skelton-101,4.
Carlisle hds, West, Halfway House, Dalston Road ; Fri.,
Coathill.
Eamont hrrs., Wed., Kirkbythore ; Sat., Great Salkeld-
-1.0%.
Cumberland hds., Thurs., Armthwaite-111/2.

EDINBURGH, JAN. 30.—The north of Scotland is
nearly in a state of insurrection. At Burghend, two vessels
laden with meal for export were deprived of their cargoes.
At Lossiemouth and Findhorn several carts laden with oats
were seized, and the captured victuals lodged in storehouses.
The other places in the neighbourhood being in a similar
state of excitement, forty soldiers from Fort George have
been stationed at Elgin; and a company
.from Aberdeen has
been sent to Port Gordon, intowhich the inhabitants of Keith
an inland town, are said to be
.pouring in large numbers.
Passing over intermediate districts, the food riot folly has
also reached the south. In Stranraer, disturbance was raised
because two meal-dealers would not sell their meal at 2s. 6d.
per stone. Carrots and loaves were also stolen, but the
promptitude of the authorities prevented the riots from reach-
ing any great height. The Edinbugh Destitution Fund
amounts to-day to 24,099/. 6s. 2d. The Scotsman's "com-
missioner" to the Highlands appears to think that the High-
landers are by far . too indolent, and that the distress, al-
though revere, has some instances been exaggerated.

SELECT COMMITTEE ON CLAS-
SIFICATION OF RAILWAYS, 1847.
The Committee of Classification have directed that the groups
of railways formed by them be deposited in the Committee'
Clerks'-oflice-, and that notice be given to the Parliamentary
agents promoting the several Bills.
The Committee will entertain any suggestions for an aitcr-
ation in the groups, provided that the agent suggesting the
alteration shall have communicated to the agents of the other
Bills in the same group the nature of the proposed alterations,
and the time at which is intended to bring them under the
consideration of the Committee.
The following groups have been formed, and the numbers
included in each group refer to those in the general list of peti-
tions for private Bills; but, to avoid mistakes, Parliamentary
agents are requested to inspect the groups themselves, in the
Committee Clerks'-office.
GROUP No. 1, OR NORTH KENT GROUP.
10. South-Eastern (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge),
Lewisham to Tunbridge.
36. London and Brighton and South Coast Railway (Kent
Railway to Maidstone, Canterbury, and Tunbridge).
48. South-Eastern (Lewisham to Croydon, with Branch to
Bromley).
49. South-Eastern (Maidstone to Great Chart).
50. South-Eastern (Strood to Maidstone).
54. South-Eastern (Strood to Chilham).
320. Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction.
Gnour, No. 2.
23. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate (Deviations, &c.)
32. Direct London and Portsmouth.
121. Direct London and Portsmouth and Brighton and
South Coast Amalgamation.
308. London and South-Western Railway Acts Amend-
ment.
349. Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham
Extension and Deviation.
397. Direct London and Portsmouth (Brighton and Chi-
chester, and London, Brighton, and South Coast, and
London and South-Western Railway Companies Act Amend-
ment).
413. Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, and Brighton
Junction.

GROUP, No. 3, OR METROPOLITAN GROUP.
55. South-Eastern (North Kent and Bricklayers' Arms
Junction).
76. London and Brighton and South Coast Railway (Lan-
don Bridge Station Enlargement).
77. London Bridge Railway Termini (General Enlarge-
ment).
78. London and Brighton and South Coast Railway (Ex-
tension to London Bridge ).
182. South-Eastern (Widening of the Greenwich Railway).
183. South-Eastern (London Bridge Station Enlargement).
GROUP, NO. 4, METROPOLITAN.
29. Regent's Canal Company (Paddington and Lime-
house Railway).
202. London and Blackwall (Improvement and Branches).
251. Eastern Counties (Tottenham to Guildford-street).
328. Eastern Counties (Enlargement of the London and
Stratford Station ).
329. Eastern Counties (Stratford to Victoria Park).
GROUP, No. 5.
27. Great Western (Branches to West London Rail-
way, &c.)
London, Brentford, and Great Western Junction.
28. Great Western (Branches to Egham, Staines, &c.)
71. Windsor Railway.
196. London and South-Western, widening thereof, &c.
197. Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Richmond to
Windsor).
193. Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Staines to
Ascot, &c.)

Group, No. 6.
13. Bristol and Exeter (Branch from Bleadon to Wells,
Glastonbury, &c.)
17. Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary
Branch).
30. Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Hants
Railway, &c.)
33. Yeovil and Bridport to Exeter, with Branches.
34. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth (Amendment, No. 1).
35. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth (Amendment, No. 2).
98. Chard Canal and Railway Company.
151. Salisbury and Yeovil (London and South-Westdrn,
with Branches to Shaftesbury, &c.)
' 164. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches.
212. Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act Amendment.
226. Blandford and Bruton.
341. Great Western (Amendment and Extension).
Gitour, No. 7.
141. Southampton and Dorchester (New Forest Deviation
and Branches).
142. Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch).
143. Southampton and Dorchester ( Weymouth Branch).
225. London and South-Western (Andover and South-
ampton).
310. blanche3ter and Southampton.
GROUP, No. 8.
82. Bristol and Exeter Extension (Crediton to Launces-
ton).
122. Liskeard and Launceston Branch Railway.
163. Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth Railway.
288. Taw Vale Railway (Deviations).
340. South Devon Railway (Extension and Amendment).
347. Taw Vale Railway and Dock.
GROUP, No. 9.
72. Liskeard and Caradon Railway Act Amendment.
137. West Cornwall Railway Branches and Improvement.
291. Cornwall Railway Act Amendment and Deviation.
471. Plymouth and Dartmouth Branch.
490. Falmouth and Helstone.
Gitour, No. 10.
126. Eastern Union (Manningtree to Harwich).
250. Eastern Counties (Ilford to Tilbury Fort and
Southend).
309. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Branch from Ips-
wich to Woodbridge).
372. Eastern Counties Coal and Coasting Dock and Junction
Railway.
374. Eastern Counties (Purchase of the North Wool-
wich, &c.).
484. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway, &c.

Gnour, No. 11.
252. Braintree and Halstead Railway.
327. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead
Railway (Stour Navigation Purchase).
353. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead
Railway (Extension to Milford, Lavenham, and Clare).
354. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead
Railway (Extension from Lavenham to Bury St. Edmund's).
355. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead
Railway (Lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's).
356. -Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway (Sale
to the Eastern Union Railway Company).
381. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Branch, Stow-
market to Sudbury).
Eastern Union and Hadlegh (Alteration and Extension to
Lavenham).
394. Eastern Counties Railway (Maldon, Witham, and
Braintree Railway Purchase).
Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury Amalgamation.
Ciaour, No. 12.
59. Norfolk Railway (Branch from Thetford, to join the
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway.)
106. Lynn and Ely (Extension to Bury. )
127. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 2. )
189. Newmarket and Chesterford (Extension to Thetford).
375. Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Act Amend-
ment (Repeal of Provisions, &c.)
380. Ipswich and Bury (No. 3.)
GROUP, No. 13.
18. Lowestoff Railway and Harbour (Alteration near
Needham).

33. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Extension to Yar-
mouth).
60. Norfolk Railway (Branch from Wymondham to the
Norwich Extension of the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's
Railway).
79. Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Extension from the
Station).
81. Nortolk Railway (Thetford to Lowestoff Railway,
&c).

GROUP, No. 14.
14. Lynn and Ely, and Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn
and Dereham Amalgamation.
80. Norfolk Railway (Norwich to Aylsham).
262. Lynn and Ely Railway (Lynn and Wormegay Na-
vigation).
305. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Aylsham and
North Walsham).
306. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 5).
373. Eastern Counties (Lynn and Ely, and Ely and Hun-
tingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railway Lease).
GROUP No. 15.
200. Eastern Counties '(Cambrid
Ware &c. ge, Royston, and
201, . Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge to Bed-
ford, &c.)
342. Eastern Counties Railway (Somersham to Ramsay).
350. Royston and Hitchin Railway Act Amendment
(Extension from Royston to Cambridge, &c.)
351. Royston and Hitchin Railway Act Amendment (sale
or lease of line).
444. Cambridge, St. Neot's and Bedford Junction Railway.
GROUP No. 16.
65. London and North-Western (St. Alban's, Luton, and
Dunstable).
232. Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford to Hitchin, &c.)
277. Great Northern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield, and
St. Alban's).
459. Enfield and Edmonton Railway Extension.
GROUP, No. 17.
64. London and North-Western Railway (Newport
Pagnel, Olney, and Wellingborough).
159. Midland Railway (Syston and Peterborough Devi-
ations, &c.)

171. Midland Railway (Extension from near Leicester to
/litchi. &c.).
'254. '4reat Northern Railway (Deviations between Lon-
don and Grantham).
256. Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern
Junction Railway.
GROUP, No. 18.
536. London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway and
Britnches (Cheltenham to Tring, &c.).
229. Cheltenham and Oxford Railway (Great Western
Junction, &c.).
446. Midland Railway (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junc-
tion).
448. Midland Railway (Branch from Mangolsfield to
Bath, &c.)