The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-07 00:00:00

LO WE'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

The first and most popular paper in the present
month will, we are satisfied, be the one respecting the
" Restoration of the Jews." It has doubtless been
suggested by the enterprise of Sir Moses Montefiore,
and the return of the Baron Lionel de Rothschild as
representative for the city of London.

QUARTERLY JOURNAL of AGRICULTURE.
Among not the least important of the various pub
licstions of the Messrs. Blackwood is this Quarterly
Journal (or Agriculture, and the transactions of the
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.
And important as it has hitherto been during the
time when the agricultural interests of Great Britain
were stunted by the baleful principles of the system
commonly called Protection, it becomes doubly and
trebly a matter of interest now that the farmers
of England, Ireland, and Scotland, are brought
into wholesome competition with those of
foreign countries. Ever since the passing of the
great measure of commercial emancipation, intro-
duced to Parliament by Sir Robert Peel, the welfare
of our farmers and landowners has become doubly
a matter of consideration with the multitude. The
invidious barriers heretofore raised between them and
the popular affections have been demolished. Industry
in all its branches has been placed upon an equality,
and henceforth the lucubrations of the Quarterly
Journal of Agriculture—one of the most distinguished
agricultural organs in the country—will command
more general and more serious consideration. The
very best paper for the present quarter 13 that upon
the condition of the agricultural as compared with
the manufacturing population.

FINE ARTS.
THE ART UNION JOURNAL.
Two exquisite engravings—one by Wildblood, the
other by Hall—are the principal embellishments in
the October number of the Art- Union. The first is
from the graceful picture of Pollack, called " The
Mother's Welcome," beautiful in outline, beautiful in
finish, and beautiful in sentiment. The second is
from Baily's celebrated composition, " The Sleeping
Nymph;"—it is of infinite delicacy; worthy of the
genius of the sculptor of " Eve at the Fountain."
Mrs. S. C. Hall's fairy tale of " Midsummer Eve" is
continued without either any diminution of fanciful-
ness on the part of the writer or her illustrators. The
woodcuts scattered through the tenth part of this
imaginative series are characterised by their usual
refinement. Among the most valuable contributions,
both in a literary and pictorial sense, in the present
part of the Art- Union, " The Exposition of Indus-
trial Art at Brussels, in 1847," is conspicuous. It
merits more than a cursory perusal, as showing the
progress of industrial art on the continent, and as
forming a fresh elucidation of how artistic ability may
be applied without degradation to domestic decora-
tions. An interesting account of an exhibition of
modern pictures at Amsterdam is furnished by a cor-
respondent. In an admirably toned paper on "Picture
Dealing," we are glad to perceive that our estimate
of a painting recently exhibited in St. James's-street

is corroborated by the Art-Union Journal. The pic-
ture represented a carouse of Flemish peasants, and
was stated to be a veritable Rubens. It will perhaps
he 'remembered by our readers that several weeks
since we doubted whether the painting ever came
from the easel of Sir Peter Paul. In accordance with
this opinion, the Art- Union terms the picture " a
coarse, ill-painted repetition of the scene by a painter
of very mediocre ability as a copyist." There is also
a clever critical synopsis of the private collection of
the Marquis of Lansdowne, in Lansdowne House,
Berkeley-square. The miscellaneous critiques and
paragraphs are plentiful and judicious.

THE REGISTRATIONS.
MARYLEBONE.
(Before Mr. F. BAILEY.)
Yesterday Mr. BAILEY held a Court in the vestry-
room, Gordon-square, for the revision of the list of
voters in the parish of St. Pancras.
In consequence of some misunderstanding, notice
had, on the previous evening, been given to all the
parties interested, that the revision would take place
at the vestry-rooms recently erected at the work-
house, St. Pancras-road, and the result was, that when
the revising barrister was about to commence the
proceedings in Gordon-square, only two persons, in
addition to those officially emplo3 ed, were present ;
one claiming to be enrolled on the Conservative inte-
rest, and the other to correct an error in the list as to
his residence. In the meantime a considerable num-
ber of claimants and others had assembled at the new
vestry-rooms in St. Pancras-road.

Mr-. M‘Gahey, vestry-clerk, after adverting to the
mistake which had been committed, craved a post-
ponement of the proceedings. He stated that in-
formation had been sent to the returning officer that
the premises in which the Court was now met had
been disposed of, and a new building take❑ possession
of as a vestry-room at the workhouse. It had also
been intimated to the parish that the revision would
take place in the new premises, and, accordingly,
almost all the parties concerned would attend there;
but, finding no one present, they would probably
leave again. He believed that many questions of im-
portance were likely to arise in the course of the pro-
ceedings, and it would not be right that these should
be decided in the absence of the persons interested.
Mr. Green wood (who attended for the Conserva-
tives) had no objection to a postponement so far; but
he suggested that the general business, such as the
correction of the lists, should in the mean time be
proceeded with.
Mr. BA [LEY thought they might go on with the
correction of the lists, and at the same time the cases
of any claimants who might come forward could be
attended to.

This arrangement was accordingly agreed to. The
Court proceeded to examine and correct the overseers'
lists; and occasionally, as a claimant came in, his
case was taken up and disposed• of. All other claims
and the objections to parties remaining on the roll was
postponed till Friday.
The only claim which possessed the slightest inte-
rest was the following :
Mr. C. Le Blanc claimed to be enrolled as a voter,
as occupier of the premises, 50, Tavistock• square,
for the preceding twelve months, in consequence of
having married the then occupant in the month of
February last.
Mr. BAILEY said there was no clause in the Act
which gave the right claimed in this case.
Mr. Greenwood—No such right could be claimed
under the Act. It was not possible that Mrs. Le Blanc
could convey to her husband a right which she did not
herself possess—the right of voting.
Mr. Le Blanc—The same might be said with re-
gard to freehold property, which, if acquired through
a wife, conferred the right to vote.
Mr. BAILEY—The 18th clause in the Act, which
referred to 40s. freeholds, applied only to counties.
As to cities (not counties in themselves) and boroughs
it was laid down in the 35th section that all rights
acquired since 1831 were excluded. Mr. Le Blanc
claimed a right to vote in virtue of the occupancy of
the lady he had married. This was not rec )gnised
by the Act, and he must, therefore, disallow the
claim.

The claim was accordingly rejected.
On the overseers' lists being revised, the Court
adjourned till Friday, at eleven o'clock, then to meet
in the new vestry-room, Old St. Pancras-road. This
day the Court sits in the court-house, Dlarylebone-
lane, to take up the lists, ice., from the parish of
Paddington.
The number of persons who have given notice in
St. Pancras of their intention to claim are—in the
east division, 10 ; south division, 7; west division, 6 ;
north division, 27 ;in all, 50. _ _ _

The objections lodged are—in the east division, 56;
south division, 41 ; west division, 102 ; north division,
70 ; in all, 269. The whole of these objections have
been made by the Conservatives. Yesterday no agent
was in attendance on the part of the Liberals.