The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-23 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23, 140,

THE AGRICULTURAL AND GENE-
RAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
29,,NEW. BRIDGE-STREET, 11LACKFRI4RS.
Western BranCh, 26, Suffolk...place, Pall Mall ;East.
ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THIS COMPANY,
PROTECTIVE SECURITIES FOR THE BENEFIT •F: THE ASSURED,
NOT PRESENTED BY ANY OTHER INSTITUTION.
• Economical Tables, adapted to the various contingencies of
human life, presenting the lowest rates of premium that can be
offered without compromising the safety Of the Institution.
An Increasing Table for the direct advantage of .parties de-
sirous of effecting assurances with the least possible present
outlay, -or'for temporary and uncertain periods:. •'
. Premiums parable annually, half-yearly, or: monthly.
Ago admitted in the policy.
Polic'es granted for any sum from 101. to 0,0001. •
Claims payable in one month after proof of death ; and 101.
Eer cent, payable upon satisfactory proof thereof, whenever the
circumstances of the claimans shall require the accommodation
Policies effected in Ireland' or Scotland recoverable in the
courts of those countries.
Endowments and Annuities, immediate and deferred, granted
on advantageous terms., • .
. A.Board of. Management sits daily, to effect Policies. and
ether instruments of assurance.
Medical men remunerated for their reports.
C. F. KIRKMAN, Resident Manager.
A liberal Commission alloweil to Solicitors and Agents.
Applications for the Office of Agent to the Institution in the
different towns of the kingdoM arc invited, addressed to the
Resident Manager, at the house of the Company.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

(THURSDAY EVENING.)
TINES.---The speech of the King of Holland on
opening the States-General has, given rilte to much dis-
cussion city, and man have remarked the great
ammeutty or the expressions as far as regards finance.
Thus, it is obseryed, that while the '` deficit of past
years" is fully acknowledged,
that in future the
an
may be- met- with-
out new loans,a hope is expressed
and an opinion stated that new taxes
will not be required,
diction in terms. However, parties who arc well
which seems almost d contra.
,eoavnerd tiro present qualifiel to judge- of• Dutch finance are of opinion
present defieiencya • new loan will be
• to pay the interest of this loan
recourse must be had to taxation. These would in-
terpret the hope that 110 loans will in "future" be
wanted, es implying that after the-present deficiency is
'aetc to
met by a loan no further loans will be required, not
that the " future" is to corn atence from the time the
speech was delivered. Hence there is an opinion that
from the words of the speech a sounder Stet° of finance
in .y be expected, since, the deficiency once covered, it
is hoped that the current expenses may be carried on
without recourse to the perPetual new loans, guaranteed
on the colonial revenues, which have hitherto been el-
recta, and which have not,keted favourably for Dutch
credit in this market. The communications 'respecting-
the state of the finanCes promised "ila this speech arc an-
ticipated with great interest, since, although there has
been na doubt of the actual existence of a deficit, the
amount and particulars have never been properly es-
certein&l.

NATIONAL LOAN IUND, LIFE A 6-
SURANCE, and DEFERRED ANNUITY SO-
CIETY, 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LA MIE HURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. John Rawson, El.
H. Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Lsq.
George,Lungley, Esq., Joseph Thompson, Esq.
A uncross—Dr. 0. Gregiory, ^ R. A. S. ; Professor Wheat-

A correspondent who has been a great sufferer by
Spanish bonds, suggests that as M. Atcadizabal, who
signed_the_Spa.nig,h----Tfea-sury bonds, 'lThich should hair
been Gail about fOur years ago (and which payment was
faithfully promised •by thd Queen end himself), is now
on his way to London, he should be waited upon when
he arrives by a committee of the Treasury bondholders
to ask:UM reason why'so 'solemn an agreement has not
been kept. There can be no impropriety in this, -and. it
may possibly lead to 'tome useful informatio❑ on the
financial affairs, of the country, but it can be of little use
is' itivested with sothe.official
chqaCter`by his Government: - • . .

stone, F.R.S.
Acx uA RY-W. S. B. Woodhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S.
LIFE ASSURANCE. _ _

Besides the perfect security to the policy bolder of a large
paid up capital, and accumulating funds, with moderate rates
of premium, the following is on amongst many of the advan-
tages which belong exclusively to the principles of life assu-
rance and deferred annuities originated by t -e Society, viz.—
Power to borrow, (without delay, expense, or -orleiture) two-
thirds of all premiums paid upon a policy of assurance.

Premium for assuring 1001.

;€: G. d.

s. 4. Age. rk: s. (1.

.21 1 18- 6 35 1 2 1-0 141 45 [ 3 9 4
30 2 4 41 40 1 2 18- 81 50 1 4 4 2

CI-IRONICLE.A- month, we 'belieVe, 'his now
elapsed since Senor' Restyles'. (whom for courtesy we
shall designate' as the'llinister for the Republic of
Chili) addressed it letter from Paris to the Chairman of
the Co'rnmittee of South American 'Bondholders, in-
farming hiM of remitti'nces Which he had received, and
of others which he confidently expected soon to receive,
to make' up a half dividend on the interest of the
Chilian Bonds' at 6 per cent., when he WOUld pro-
ceed' Without delay •to make p'ayment of the same,
agreeably to the orders of his Government... Seder Ro-
sales at the same time stated that the 'ardour of his
Government to- meet their engagements to the English
bondholders inspired him with confidence that 'remit-
tances • would 'be regularly made to satisfy the future
dividends as they should -fill due.
After such an announcement 'We thought ourselves
warranted in -saying that' it would be "an excess of
irreredulity"'-to-dbubt the payment of half of the ()de-
fier tics-Wend ; but cevertheleit, altlicalugh N now
three weeks past due, Senor Rosales gives' no sign.
He has come to • Londoa, however, it appears, and
we hope that, hi,s journey has been made expedite
the necessary arrangements for payment of the hall
whielf-he promised. It roust not,' hotrever, be
suppose that we have good krottrids for the hop•e
which 'we have expressed. lye Merely s 4 ,so be
it is'but reasonable to
,suppose, after the ',expec-
tations excited by the promises held out in his letter to
Mr. Robinson, that Senor Rosales must ha desirous
to 'see diem- fulfilled, He could not, indeed, come
to London at present with any degree of propriety
unless for same sii4h, object.; and we are not
disposed to believe that would. We wait
the result of his mission, therefore. with interest. if it
shall verify his promisei to the Chairman of the Corn-
mitte, as regards the half dividend, so far well ;.but
the ardour" of the Chilian Government is a poor 'sc--
curdy for the payment of interest for the future, and a
determined, stand should bp,,made to get' 'revenues as-
signed in security for the prompt payment of the accru
ing dividends, as well as for a.settlement of the arrears.
The plan adopted by Mexico furnishes a good prece-
dedt_;_alikipike manner, the Government„of. Chili
should appoant.fVaWititssicitit4Otirr ee4;%.'la tto
London a stackuS„proportlon. at their revenues to
meet the it,terest,falling.due to the bondholders. Chili
has no defence against this. She stands in the mean-
time-nt. the-bead 'of the black list of insolvent nations,
stained.witlittlid shameful trotoriety of haiving-ample
means to pay her debts, and having made- no ar-
rangement to discharge them. •We hopz!, however, that
this werdthv republic will soon wipe off the stain, and
showan esipnapra' oe gq,W cotombin,, Buenos
Akres; duct Peru. ip not as,ye(acel,-
dited as Chaim). Chtv:r.,•..e d Affrires at the Bri-
tish dOiirt ; and we hope Lord Pahncrston will make it
a siue qua npu to,the receptiol\ of,his Excellency, or of
any other personage • in that diplomatic capacity, that
first of all an honest settlers eat shall be made .hy the
Chilian.GovernMent of their obligations.to. the English
bondholder's. Such an intimation from her Majesty's
Secrefory of 'Mate for foreign Affairs would speedily
increase " ardour" of da statesmen 0! Chili, and
~roultl, perhaps, also stimulafc Llie flame whichh-po doubt
consumes. the breast of Senor. Rosales. We are almost
inelined. to-think 'that the'.measure should have what is
termed " a retrospective effect.' ,

DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT.

By the plan exclusively, developed by tho Society, a single
deferred• annuity is made, nt,t only to answer the same object,
but to equal in amount the entire sum of all the advantages
heretofore only obtained by the middle and industriohs classes
by separate investments in Savings' Banks, Benefit Societies,
and Loan Banks. .

. 1,, A small yeaxly ,or , weekly ~contribution will secure the
molt ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is.
a week) at,2(rWill at-65 giie the 1;0E4 iiolder the ehOiee of an
annuity for life of 47/. 16s. 6d.:' 3941: 11's. in cash; or policy
without further contributions of 466/. at death.
. 2. Two-thirds at,any time lent on deposit of policy, being a
:und always available during sickness pr want of employment.
3. Two-thirds of allspaytneots returned to representatives in
ea,c of premature death.
' The report to the Anntial Geheral Meeting of Proprietors,
pr,spectuses, tables, &d.-• maybe- obtained- at the office-of the
Society, joy dater or oth'ervrise, 26, Cornhill, London.; or al
any of its Branches throughout the country.,,,
e V., FERGUSON C.AMROUX, Sec: •

VICTORIA' LIFE ASSURANCE AND
. LOAN COMPAN
No. 18, Kiii William-street, V
Cify'.• •
•
'r 'Sir JAMS DUKE, M.P., Chairman. '•
BENJAMIN HAWES Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
Allen, Esq. ,John Kull], Esq.
Benjamin Barnard, Esq. Benjamin Lancaster, Esq. •
Charles •Baldwin, Esq. 'I lionris Nesbitt,' Esq. .
James Caektnitn, Esq. Major,General Roberson
" 'Bryan Donkin,-Esq. Daniel Sutton, jun:, Esq.
Aaron Goldanisl, Esq- • O'Bry'an Bellingham Woolsey,
James Law . Esq.:
EOLICITORS.-: Messrs. Lake and Curtis, BaShighall.s:reet.
"AttuA'air Al,lll SiOtIETABAr.—WILLIAM RATRAY.
Ambng other adiantages offered by this Company are—Mo-
derate Premiums.--payable yearly, half yearly, or quarterly.
Participation in Protits.—Facility in effecting.,Assurances On
every OescTiptian of: risk depending on human existence. And
ancl advantageous system of Loan, on 'real or un
doubted-Personal Security, to parties Asiured with this So-

BENEVOLENT FIRE and ',LIFE IN-
SURANCE, and• NATIONAL; BENEFIT SO-
CIETY, 351, Strand
• Capital, 250,0001.
. Under the Managoment of a. Board of Directors.
This Society,ln'addition •to the general business of Insur-
ance Companies, has bi.en for Med for the purpose of enabling
persons of veiTmoderatc means to attaiin tliosc objects hitherto
confined to the morewea_thy, viz.:— • • '
• Ist. Insurkg Their, lives in sums from ..51. and upwards, se-
curing Deferred Annuities as a provision for Old Age; . Weekly
Allowances during Sickness ; and EridoWments for Children',
the Prerniunis being' divided into Monthly Instalments for the,
convenience of the Insured. Also for thh -protection of such
as possess only.f a small personal. property, Ins uraneti; are effect, d
against loss by Fire, in sums from 10/. to 100/., by Quarterly
Payments ; thus Household Goods, Wearing Apparel, Stock
in Trade, Workmen's Tools, &C., to the value of 201. can
be
Insured, on' payment of Sixpende every Three INlOnths, duty
included_
The attention of the Public is particularly directed to this
very novel feature, for the man to whom this fact is known, will
hence:brth deserve little sympathy should he become the victim
of a calamity, against the evils of which he could so readily
have guarded.
Prospectuses, detailing at length the varionsimOdes and rates
of Insurance, can, be obtained on application at the office, 351,
Strand,, or to. arty, of. the Society's Agents.'
HENRY WILSON, Actuary and Secretary.

PROMOTER: LIFE ASSURANCE
ANNUITY' COMPANY, 9, Chatham .Place, Bina-
"Eitablished in 1826.

. . .
DIRECTORS.
W:Gbodenough lislytei•,Esq., M.P.' • Rohert•Palk, Esq.
Charles Johnston, F•sq. • ... , John Louis Prevost, Esq.
John Towgood Kemble, gsq. Samuel Smith, Esq.
John G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. F.R.S. Le Merchant Thomas, Esq.

TRUSTEES. '
John Deacon, Esq., John G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq:, ,F.R. S.,
Charles Johnston, Esq.• '
In this Office Assurers have the option, either of securing
a certain sum at death at a low rate of Premium ; •r of parti-
cipating in 1,1 of the nett profits of the Company on paying an
increased rate• of Premium. •
The following'are the annual Premiums for the assurance of
100/. on a healthy life in either case:—

inTIICiUT PROFITS. WITH PROFITS.
r. --....................A................t..............me, r................—.......—..................,
I
A get:o Age,:3o. Age4o. Age:3o. Agee°. Age 36. Age 40. Age'so.
- - --;-- -- ----
.0 s.. d...£ s. d. X 's. d. £ s. d. £, s. d £ s. (1..£ s. d. X s..:d.
111 8 2 2'2 2 17. 0 4 0 8 116 II 2 !) 2 3 6 6 114 2

A. division of the -profits will take place quinquennially.
Bonuses accrue after three annual premiurns shal have been
paid ; and partiel can receive their bonuses in a present sum,
or have them applied in augmentation of their Policies, or
reduction of their 'future Premiums. . • •

Assurer; on the non-bonus system may contract to pay their
Premiums either in one sum, in a given number of payments,
in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly.paynsents, or en the ascend-
ing or descending scalee.
• Officers in the Army and Navy, when in active service, Per-
sons afflicted with chronic and other diseases, and such as are
:going beyond the limits of Europe, are also Assured at mode-
rate Rates.
Prospectuses, and all necessary information, may be obtained
at the Office. Proposals can• be passed daily.
• • • MICHAEL SAWA RD , .Sceretary.

A SOCRATIC COLLOQUY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE.

Sin,—Walking in the neighbourhood of Mitcham,
in Suirey, a few days since, my attention was directed
to a boy leaning on a gate watching the sheep, and, pre-
suming,,him to be 'one of the many thousands whom
the clergy shamefully neglect, I entered into conver-
sation with him, and the replies which he gave to my
interrogatiOns would be well worth the, attention of the
Bishop .of Lond-ou :—Can you read or write ?—No.
Hoar old•are you P—Eleven years. Does the parson,
or any one in the parish, ever ask you to go to school ?
—No. What is your employment ?—Watching the
sheep on Sundays as well as on week days. What do
you get for it?.Half-a•erowa a week. Would you
like to go to school ?—Yes ; my father and mother ore
poor, and have enough to do to buy bread with whai I
earn. Are there many boys like you near here ?
Yes, very many. Do you know that the minister of
your part'ih is paid to see you are instructed ?—No.
Do you know that the Bishops receive many thousands
a year to see that the people are properly taught P—No.
-What would you think of me, if I were. paid for look-
ing after the sheep in this field, and did not do' it ?
Why, you would be taking money out of the farmer's
pocket, and letting the sheep run Just so it is,
replied, with those who are paid to instruct you ; they
keep the money paid for you, and keep you in ignorance.
The Bishops had better set their houses in
order; and the people should demand the curtailment
of the salaries of those drones in the cathedrals who
parade in priestly pride, caring nothing for the " moral
waste" around them.—Your's, respectfully,
London. AN OBSERVER.

POST."---A considerable amount of speculative busi-
ness continues to lie done at the 'Stock Exchange. The
bargains arc, however, confined almost entirely to the
home secutities, and the result .of these cannot, of
course, be ascertained until a rather distant period,
when the settling-day shall again come round. The
bona :fide money transactions arc extremely limited in
both Wallets.

,The, hare Market exhibits no symptoms of iM-
rove pancashire; where there Is ordinarily a
- --- .
mr.,n.t:. ln !,
goo deal doing in the
railway shares more particularly,
the same stagnation_ for .it in. fact almost uuamounts to
.this--is felt as with vs. The late. change made by the.
aink of -England, with respect to the class of bills ad-
mitted by them as eligible for discount, has • evidently
done much to contract this sort of business at both
places. The sign may be regarded as satisfactory, and
we trust it •is one which will presently be equally con-
•sPiciibus in the Stock. 111iirketS, if it be not so already,
as it is precisely the wild work carried on by gamblers
and jobbers of 'various grades and descriptions that it
must have been the object of the Directors to strike at,
rather'than at the legitimate pursuits of straightforward
commercial men. , i ,
Great disgust has been expressed by our commercial
men to-day at the appearance in the London ne;ws
Papers of an advertisement inviting tenders, on
stl.o
• t of British subjects, for the supply of masts, spars,
par
Amity., and other iship-buildi•materials, for
chip-building, , the use
olthe French navvy. A loan for' the French "service
has for- sonic time been talked . of, and it soma neQes„,
sary only to bring this matter openly. forward to 'ton-
surnmate.the impudence:of the 'f biers Administration,
an advertisement similar to the above having yesterday
been introduced into the journals, respecting tenders -for
the supply of coals and other stores for naval purposes.
The only doubt seems to be whether or not our neigh-
bours may not, after all, proceed yet one step further,
and send -over to our shores for sailors with- whom to
i
man their vessels. •

To 13g READ BY ALL, AND DISREGARDED
BY NONE.—Signs of the approach of Apoplexy, Giddi
ness, Headache, Heaviness, Drowsiness, Profound Sleep,
Frightful Dreams, Ringing in the Ears, and Indistinct
Vision:—Predisposing Causes—lst. Plethora; 2d. Se-
dentary occupation; 3d. Mental anxiety (or excitement);
4th. Over-feeding; and, lastly, Hard drinking. Apo-
plexy mast frequently attacks between the age of 30 and
60. Cure :—Dr. Perrengton's Anti-Apoplectic and
Head Pill; the most valuable discovery in the annals of
medicine.—Sold, with fu 1 directions, at is. I Na., 2s. 9d.,
and ils., at 'the central depot, 44, errard-street, and 6,
Bruton-street, Bond-ate eet ; Wilkinson, 24 S, Strand ;
5, 'Bridge-street, Westminster ; Johnston,
63, Cornhill ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, and the corner
of Southampton-street,' Holborn. N.B. Dr. P.'s Tunic
Aperient Liquer, for indigestion, debility, stomach, bi-
lious, and liver complaints, is sold by the above agents.
" An (=client cordial aperient."—Dr. Sigmond.

tehxeileplafier
to
offewnhdlecrisi
importanced
basi
,ly the
eo or. feGoouvr
c Southrnknown.
Thel
importance, and only
mother state, they
HERALD-
01ibatneucoreloliies
country,i s b c ecroisnega
Ment 'hut a
are grown
againstintoioiunis 7llhocesntselee:ivpnsognot
tifeoat
dlia, land, and
have. powerful auxi-
few years since, as tleiceaon-uplnttc3er_woafs
ibleccome. the most
the:parts ad-
Only a short time
thCrettirni for our own '
lhii:grkesiapsGerde„atwhliernitatihnis
manufactures Were sent from
require From A
us
t Jr auao".
the-Eastern Archipelago, ~bot!_..ithe population' of New"
jacent; has
so much increase. as,to render it far more
profitable to forward the:produce there than to send, it
home. To this the
South Wales, Van Dialen a
advantage derived by.the mother
country from imports of Id.t?wn colonial produce must
be' added,' Of late, in ad
.1 ion to more than sufficient
wool for our own consumption, enough has been left to
export ;.the valuable
fishery must also be taken into
account, and the more
valuable, from the decline which
has taken place in the produce of the north.
Port Phillip bids fair soon to become the emporium
of that quarter of the intowork,.more esPecially when New
Zealand has been brought
h full operation as a pro-.
doting country, and it !,s, t, erefore to be hoped that
greater encouragement will be given, and fewer impedi-
ments thrown in the way of colonising these new places,
than has been the Cusewith the old ones. . The papers
are full of complaints of the
. inattention of the Govern•
meet to the wants and wishes of. the inhabitants, more
• partieularlyin checking the.immigration of respectable
labourers. The commercial Accounts state. that the
of trade.with- China was beginning to be
stoppage the
felt, anLt that all the prod.uce.?f that country, tea espe-
cially, was rapidly rising m jwice. Corn, coming more
frt'efv' into the market, had not only caused a decline,
'but had removed much of the apprehension that had
existed of a continued scarcity. u
Bri.,s,
tl goods in gene-
ral were in good demon __L..

.inFotl7thdea
; end, after touch-
SUN.—For immediate transfer Consols went down
month of November
tinog'BB64,tocloSs6ei
aetarBl7y.
they ranged from 87i to 87i, leaving off at 871

PRICE sd.

buyers. Exchequer Bills realised par to prem., am:
India Rands did not' go lower lthan'los. -discounz.
Bank Stock fell again to 1 per cent, the current quo-
tations being 159i,ta 161. ,Frpm the limited numbf.r
of dealers in Bank Stock, a comparatively trifling sale
has a sensible cEct on'the market vallie.' The New'
Three-and-A-Half per Cents. did not fluctuate beyond
96a to 96i, and India Stock
,was dull, at, a decline
from 243 to 242. . . .

for of -anything as ex-Chancellor, and in case of a sva-
"ha- would " speak volumes againSt the enemy. The
thunder of his talk would be equal to a small cannon-
ade. As for Lord Holland, we cannot but regret that
he ever had 'anything to do with tbe ,aetual business
'and ',personal responsibilities of political life. For
such a position he was utterly unfit. His 'character—
his acquirements—his temper—all were better suited
for something else. On the other hand, they who
had the pleasure of his private tlequaintanee will feel
that" they 'have lost one who' 'adorned social life with
more than -common , abilities and information, .who
gave to diteratw-e and literary Men the boncer and
cousi:leration: •Wh'ch are their. due, :-and :who im-
parted to:the c:-(iinary co!dness of the .-British aris
teeratical temper a glow of fervour and of sympathy,
which warmed while it erd!ghtened the_so:eial circle.
(From the Morning Advertiser.)

Money Vis pretty easy in the. City, but it is doubtful
how long this may continue.
The Foreign Stocks were quoted intich the same as
yesterday, except French Rentesi. which were rather
higher. Spanish Active Bonds closed at 21, for Money,
and 2111 for Abceunt ; Portuguese (New) Five prr
Cents. at 32-4 ; Colombian' Six per Cents. at 22;
French Five per Cent's. at 1071. 50c. ;. and Dutch
Two-and-a-,Half .per Cents., at 49.
The Share Market was dull, and barely former.
prices :iere Obtainectfor'the few baigains'effeeted. The
:eat Western were, 10. to 11 ; the New, 31; the
Gosport Junction, 1 ; and the Manchester and Leeds;
New Railway Shares, 3 prem. The Brighton Shares
were 12/ to 123 ; the Birmingham and Gloucester, 21 ;
and the Bristol and Exeter, 27 dis.; London and West-
minster Bank Shares were 21 prom.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC. JOURNALS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
(From the Morping Chronicle.)
We have elsewhere availed ourselves of the account
in an evening Contemporary, announcing the death of
Lord Holland, which took place yisterday morning.
Llrd Holland's maiden speech in the House of Lords
was delivered on the 9th Januar), 1708, in the debate
on the Assessed Taxos Bill. I!, was a speech of great
prornis2, and the admirers of Chqr!es Fox were de-
lighted to trace, in this firs! effort 'of Lord Holland, a
res;:mb,:aoce, both in matter' and style, to his distil:-
4u:siled relative. In the course of years the rescrn;.
blance became more and more striking. From the
time of the. No-Popery cry in 1807 down to a fee:
years back, when 'bodily infirmitfei'secm to have pressed
heavily on his Lordship, he took a most active part i.i
the proceedings of. tha House of Lords. There was
hardly a question on which he did not 4elivcr
his sentiments, and his speeches bore evidence
of extensive reading and - profound thinking, while
they were enlivened with flashes of wit, which,
like that of Charles Fox', was perfectly free
from ill-nature. His. ideas seemed to struggle for
utterance, and the first impression en a hearer was that.
of pain at. the effort Which. he. witnessed.. But every
feeling. of this -kind was soon lost in the contagious
warmth of the speaker, -to whom no one could listen
unmoved. His whole. heart appeared in everything
that fell from him, and .he appeared alvrays full of his

74f-Out readers will ace; from an article in another co-
Intim; that Lora Hollandlas paid th:e debt of 'nature,
and is now no more. There is no tribute wlmh.we could
p.ay to his memory which would be (Taal fo his
merits. He was a great philosopher and-a great states-
man--,--he -was .a nobleman whoie consistency was never
doubted—he was a Whig of the old sehcel, and, like

an old English gentle-Inn, he was always pleased to see
Li:, friends around him. He was at once witty and
humorous, kind and hospitable. He was a patron of
science .and of scientific men. His purse, as well as
his table,was always:at -lbe command of.all deserving
persons, and his death is a loss -which is greatly to be
deplored.
Events are in rapid progress towards the accomplish-
.ment.of the results, which from the beginning we fore-
told to be the first and most certain consequ:Aaees of the
war cry lately so insensately raised in France. 'We, in
common with all conversant with the state of opinion
in France, foresaw that' whatever might be the pretext
of war, its first victims would be M. ThLrs and
Louis Philip pe. Thy main body of the war party
in Franbe, in all its divis!ois, cares not a straw about
the settlement of the dispute between the Sultan and
Mehemet Ali. It seeks, or aff< cts to seek, war
abroad only in the hope of facilitatiai. revolution at
home. Of this Louis Philippe, more premiyant than
his Minister, -was deeply impressed with the alarming
conviction. N.
.Thie;-s-,- .on the contrary, urged on
the war.,,ery through his -organs of the - press ; and
already the life of the King of the Trench has been
attacked by an assassin, and the Minister-himself seeks
only the means of falling with dignity—lt is' against her
domestic enemies that 7France is de'sirous to'direct her'
incljgnattan ;, and, therefore, however.:tbereyolutionary
press of France may chafe, we are .but little apprehen.
siva that the peace of Europewill,ba interrupted. The
doom of M. Thicrs is irretrievably sealed. It is said,
that he leas tendered his resignatioti,- —which Louis
Philippe refused to 'accept uptil tlie-Cnarnbers should.

. - . •
subject, and never to be occupied with himself. His
ardour and generous overflow of soul left no one listless

have,an opportunity of pronouncing its opinion on the
,policy of his'Government, ,M. Thiers himself, throng('

- . e
for a single mirtute, and' while it -often happens to much his organ the Conetitriteionnel, now labours as hard to
more finished orators than Lord Holland that the close' appease the wet' ry as he'did.preViously to provoke it.
of their speeches: is eveerly welcomed, 'notmile ever He now appears for the first time to puke eliieoeered, to
wished this Lordihip to sit down. Such is tl'e difference use the language of the Constitutionnel, that
between the mere-rhetorician, and the naafi Who appears "..Tnere ieein France, a art whiiich. desires war at any
to. speak from. thefulhaess of.his heart... , His fine cowl- price, whether the momo'ntPbe 37'1: -1::z1 or mot—whether
tenenee, too, which was always an index to the various the me ens of supporting the w:re orr whethernot—ssim the
emotions by Which he was agiinted;added'-pd;serfully to there he declining, o cient reason for declining
the effect of his language. Lord Holland seldom en- interests and honour of the nation being satisfied; leave Ile
tercd on..qaestions, of epeculative politics. ,Wc doubt i fair prqest for entering upon it. All are alike to this
even whether he approved of Parliamentary Reform, on paiey. Its aim is war; war not for- national advantage,
.but to charge the dynasty and the Government. It looks
any other ground than the necessity of eiMcediurr what
the people- were bent on obtaining,. He was distrust- upon leer merely as the means •of internal revolution.
Government can • hope &ither to
NI of _abstractions, and Jeoked with apprehension-to 'Co:ne,vionaLran:OotrtYlti. oca:r. ast t;bdi si:fy' .
_who
are
also
for
rota. party, but a group of
experiments on organical reform. While he was a
sfrennous-ariVoCatia or civil'and'eeligioui liberty, loathed people,votl
i%n! price—that is, a war
whatever partook-, of oppression,- and ewai always thee. horeiest the peceent 'Cabinet,
i3n•c!c.c.usedef being
foremost ee
.deponeeeeceery,infraction of _right, every ahourilly Warlike whenever it ihoWs fi,.
pusillanimously pacilc nh.eti it acts wit'h 'n
.--' an
of
beingl
attempt to invade the sanctuary of theb conscience—he . . , .c peoole.fiaci, it wrong.- -we need
„rade:lm Ni.iiat..
ever Ministers do, the- ,
'seethed to" 'hale 'doubts whether" bid*a --'l t
no...reply to SU:lll.systematic oppeneres." * ."
- might be conducive to the promotion of the.-objects at
WO warned M. Thiess of all this lon since, hut he
o '
which he aimed., He certainly was not•the diepe.of the, ,t b e.,,,pecteci to conVert to the' purpgSes of leis own
theory that three independent powers could co-exist in ahmlottion the exciteMent which is -noel% about to effect
1-VarrilonY.; and' we are much mistaken if keVernl 'of the me.oeerthrow. His
.or6n, the Co;estieuiionizd, then
'articles in elle early numbers of the-Edinburgh Review, rented ,ant raved tegemst the Pewera..epuiiiactio,g in the
ia which that _theory was. combated, and .the various treaty of London forethe, adjustment of the differedceS
forces of ehe Constitution were stated to centre in the i
house of Cornin'Ons, did' net OriginatO with 'his Lord- ietween the Sultan and Mehemet Ali; as if ' these.
'Powershail conspired-against thehorthar and interests,
'ship. The period during which • Lord Holland distin-
guished himself in the House :of Lords was that ef of France: As yet Franee. has not adduced' a tingle
reason for refusing to participate in the treaty 'of Lon-
the vigour of Earl Grey, and, of the MarqUis: cion. On the contrary; the combined ingenuity of ''‘a
of Wellesley, of Lord ' Grenville, Lord Liver-
sections of the French press has failed to diseOv.er..K.
pool, and Several other gteati speakers. As an orator
he was greatly inferior to Ler! 'Grey, Lord. Grenville, the whole treaty a single clause on whielitO liingeeven.
• the shadow of a cases beltz.,
and the Marquis of Wellesley, the first of whom in pa-
, :.(Pram theelforning Heralds) •
titular, in his best days, was one of the best speakers •- ' -
Who ever opere'de his lips in the House of Lords. But The sentence passed
_upon Captain Reynolds is no
there was a peculiar raciness in all that fell from Lord other than was-expected. 'lt' is at 'once acknowledged
Holland whicli- fully compensated for the higher east thae.the soldier who pens a ehallenge..tO n superior of] '
of oratory pcssess.cd by the :spezhers to whom we have ear strilvs, at the same time, his onin name from the
Army List. Captain' Reynolds is cast ierad—banishcd
al!utled . In bearing this testimony to the effectivene-ss,
iiito the -obscurity'of civil life ; and- the ,Estl--OPCardi--
.otLord Holland as a public -speaker, we should he
can still remains tl:., 1...t:-ened Golcnc.4 of" Prince Al-
outraging thy truth if we attributed to him large
heft's Own." The suiv:::- of manners—the views or indications of a great grasp - of 'mind. superiority..
He woe, however, acute and varied, and full iof mind, that •adds-a lustie -to tha-arist •
=the-cordial; manly.
of the most happy • illustrations ; and what he simplicity (true relic of talleY-solfdreannk-7
vary! ,' tf.ia has herefofere liihtened- the labou'rsnholi'
urged was always most apposite to the question
befeeeeheHoese. He was, perhaps, happiest in his military life, and 'shed its kracch en the mess•room of the*
attempts to' eiPbsointelerance; df which in every shape Eleventh Hussars, still serenely triumphs in the person
.tlioNo -arl,.to.the- cl ownal of.;Ricard. Anthon
hel was an enemy.' 'His effotteiinstifer'eanso ;of religi'o'usof Reynolds,ble late ceptain, now f
civilian. h y
The Earl of
liberty were .not confuted to alp House of Lords • mid.
7.C. indiganhailhad to .contend-rvitlf•the'd. d ' '
we believe the Emancipation Act teas not a little' prci- isa vanteges of
.a long peace ;: Fe has, neverthelelis,' with the'!restless
Meted hy; the labouri".of his Lordship at . meetings of
energy of genius,raanaged to disting,,uish Llin,elf, His
Dissenters; to induce them to join in thogreat work.
name is aszeciatedWith cloistered-Canterbury, and floats
It, would be superfluous to offer any remark on his
Lordships well-knoin benevolence., By universal ad- as the song has it; along
- - -:: "The banks Of the blue' Meselle.'
thiSsidn, he- was one of the .lii Is
ndeSt. and most generous.• .
14w,, do we mark him, hurling defiance at the miller .
of men!; . and we fear-his loss will: not' soon be sup:. `
plied in, this metropolis. It would be invidious to se- -of Kent--(Quixotte tilted at the milk)—and' now do
e aeknowledge his -military-- genius, concentrated, like
parate his Lordship, as a politician, from the Cabinet, .
Asmodeur, in a bottle! His 'last crowning triumph
to which he belonged, . and. therefore we will not ishOwever . dated " Horse Guardi, Octelititllo i" his
allude to: the -rumours which have: some time been
current as to the side lie espoused in a question which I se. substitute far laurel the torn ccintrei'es`mon of a
' broken captain! Will the Noble Earl be content with
now agitates Europe..
' A vary 'strong sensation has been' produced by the this sprig, or will lie (meek Cesar!) cover the
baldness
.of peace . with new- additions? 'Captain
publication of-the sentence on Ceptain It. A. Reynilds. Reynolds was, doebtless, wrong in the tenor of his
We, are qiiite ieuedated,with letters from parties enter-
seeond •letter.. He might have. coMplaine4 to the
eaining the most opposite opinions in polities, but agreed
in -Opinion as" ici the 'doctrine protriulgated be-the Court-
Though we Horse GUards against the inkery o cbiValrously in-
martial. It'it absolutely-quite revolting. . flitted upon' him in . Etri Cardigan's ball-room. He,
hate only made a selection from the letters, we have yet however, iii tfio mildest; meekest phrase, solicits the
Earl by one word to satisfy him : if the second letter
published more than we should have done ' under a less
insub-
pressing call fbr sympathy frith the: victim of oppression. of Captain Reynolds be taken as evidence of
Wee may observe: Oat we agree, with one of our corre, ordination, we may surely advance his first mis-
-sive es -a felicitous specimen of respectful vet manly
spondents, that in refusiog.to.receive evidence as to the
'bearing. This lettsr is unanswered, and then follows
provocation received by the prisoner, the Court-Martial a circumstance wialeh, if the Berl of Cardigan be
violated every principle of late, whether Military or civil ; made of the same clay as an ineeriier offieer—whether
for, as various punishments attach to insubordination, eel- II of the black-bottle, or Reynolds of the hall-
deuce es to previous provocation was called for to enable' :room—he knew. must irritate and goad the young man
the Court to judge of the exact measure of culpability. to the-commission of the very act, which he hiss so
But all other Considerations mergd in the indignation
dearly answered. If it be necessary to " the established
tvbioli.the horrible' doctrine propounded by the Court, order of military discipline" that men, however outraged,
in addition to their sentence, •is calculated to excite 'in should seem as statues, let us, whilst we-pthish the in-
every bosom not destitete of f
, all manly feeling. Sugh a '
tingeMent of the rulc,--let us at least not hold 'him
doctrine would excite universal detestation even an. guiltless who with reckless arrogance, or worse,' with
Russia.. The most relentless despot would pause balm
he propounded a doctrine which would degrade inTteiir s cold, calm acorn.—lces pardonable by its' very sense of
; security--ventures these needless experiments on human
own eyes all from whom he exacted obedience. infirmity. It may be held, necessary that, Captain. Hey-
not a party question. ' The victims of oppression in'the 1 nolds should forfeit his commission ; the discipline of
.I 1 th Hussars are all Conservatives, as well as Lord the. service may demand it ; but whilst we punish in-
Cardigan and the majority. of the Court-martial. Its subordination, arc we also to blink our eyes to tyranny?
every society, no matter what the political opinieni of Are, we still to multiply instances of the truthfulness of
the parties are, the sentence of the Court-martial is the poet's saying?
spoken of with absolUte execration. . " That in the colonel's but a choleric word,
(From the Morning Posts) l, , Which in the captain i 3 flat blasphemy."
The death of Lord Holland is perhaps of more. poll-- .1/Ye-regret to. find the sentence of: the court-martial
tical importance at
.ehe present moment than it would closed with the following :
have been at any former period of his public existence. "In the course of the evidence to character, wit.
He has been generally understood to have led a sort of messes have stated, that they considered the accused
was int:nimble of insubordination without some 'ex .
Cabinet opposition to Lord Palmerstpn upon the .Turk- was
causes of provocation; or unless under prove.:
ish question, and to have not only favoured: hut vehe-
cation which no tnan of honourable feeling could endure;
inanely seconded, the objects of time French Miniiter
upan that question. He has :even been lately poidted thin epeerently
of private
thtet.idea,h.thhatiathaearide might
ae I
at by a Ministerial: journal which espouses ,the Pal- firi6rmivatthee iersrtaahitiosihi
muster) views, of foreign policy es intriguing With ci line—a. doctrine so totally subversive of the furolamen- ,
VoTelTe7ltaarecaftlnoe e7l order of military clYis-
M. Thiess for the defeat 'of that 'policy which the d principles by which all armies are governed, that the
majority of- the British-Cabinet-had determined upon. Court,fecls called upon to stamp it with marked reproba. 1
It - may, we suppose, be presumed that whoever con."
:may he chosen to fill his.place, if given a seat in ;the In the case 'of Captain Reynolds " extraordinary
Cabinet, will not. vote- against 'Lord MelhOurne and causes of`ProdoCatiteeivere'Proved'; 'aid if the service
Lord : Palmaiston in the • Cabinet e.Coermile . `Lord demand the punishment—of those whose sensibilities
Holland's office, however (that of Chancellor. of the cannot he drilled into the required military 'stoicism,
Duchy of Lancaster), is not alwaYS'a- Cabinet office, does it not , alsooerequire of commanding officers a
and, as the choiceof a Cabinet colleague 'thight at this reasonable deference to the weakness of the human
moment be rather an embarrassment, it is very possible heart, even though it swell beneath a uniform ? Is
that no new Cabinet Minister may be
.appointed in Lord the , whole vial of wrath to be emptied on Captain
Holland's room. As to the House of Commons, there Reynolde, the victim of extraordinary provocation,
is not in it a single supporterof the Government, under and not one monitory drop to fall upon the Colonel,'
the rank of a Cabinet Minister, whomit. would not be 1 as, at least, to his future comportment? Would the,
palpably absurd to elevate to that petition. How would I service have lost aoy dignity by such admonition—
Lard Melbourne like to sit in Cabinet deliberation with I would it have been made less desirable, less '
The palatable
Mr. Ward, or Mr. Baines, or Sir Charles Grey ? The 1 to men of honour; though not of title?authori-
taking in of Mr. T. B. Macaulay was distasteful enough, I ties : at the Horse Guar& think otherwise
; and so,
and we apprehend that the experience of Lord Mele , ;Captain Reynolds is cashiered ; and for his triumphantt
bourne since that event heti by no means reconciled him i Colonel, why, " Ala :toccata carries it
toenother such-dose. • .As to the House. of Lords, they 1 Earl of Cardigan, however, has his meritasway h.. h The
may perhaps get some quiet Whig there, of gentlemanly.t humbly' conceive, may be turned to great;w which,
we
manners, who will consent to the temporary honour of i use. . There is at Woolwich an establishment
joining' them in the Cabinet ; but we own that we we believe, the " Proving flett.e ~
hardly see at the Moment who the man would be. ness of new artillery is severely
Perhaps, by waY 0 f Puking a better and more perplex- ! recommend the 'Earl 'of Cardi
inn joke of the Cern-law question in the Cabinet. Lord I as a kind of "proving Co/onLa'n'
Melbourne-might- fancy to ask. Lord Radnor or LOrd 1 collar discipline. shall be tried
Fitzwilliaa 40- join-Abe Downing-street group. The ‘, manifest the extent of what,
solemnity .of the latter would no doubt . afford much tiidee,"' men may be made
amnsement, but both are apt io he on :seine occasions look-of " insubordination?"
- more than a little mulish—as obstinate as the poor Peer ,gtleat utility in the
who is,gon,e, and without .a particle of his fiery vivacity. will," 'in the'
We recommend Lord Brougham to Lord Melbourne s have we
canald6tafioti;l4 fancy he would as soon be Chancel. ~ p •military
. called,
, t in which the sound-
, ested. May we not
to the Horse Guards,
, —an officer whose pc-
Upon future captains, to
or the cause of "military
to bear, without one word or
Earl Thus viewed, we.
accidents
more of Cardigan. Some aecidentt
case of Captain Reynolds,
occur ; le
as At ' the
great hopes of very general. succe •
rovuog-house," .
pieces-of:, artillery ,clo • occasionally

EVENT N G EDITION.

burst; and under the hands of the Noble and proving
Earl, we may naturally expect that; as of late, a cap-
tain may now and then be broken. Still, for the phi-
losophy of the service, we trust our suggestions will be
duly considered.

(From the Times.)
Iri pursuance of the.intentiou we originally expressed,
of deferring till the Onclusion of the proceeding such
'remarks as we might have to offer upon the recent
Court-martial on Capt. R. A. Reinolds, we have
waited for the decision of the Court before adverting,
in any way to the subject. n e are nri in possession
of the sentence, confirmed by her Majestyl• and we
have read it with a feeling of pain, in which we think
the majority of our readers will have participated.
That Captain R. A. Reynolds, has been -guilty of a
very serious military offence—that he has written a
letterto his commanding officer which,. even from a
}civilian to a civilian we should disaaprove—must be ad-
mitted; that the rigour of military discipline may pos-
sibly require such an offence tq be visited ,with the
heaviest penalty; is more than we can venture to deny.
BLit then we feel, and the public will feel with e 3, that
if justice without mercy is to be dealt out to Captain
Reynolds, there are other parties who ought, not, to
go unpunished. An officer whose ,character for subor-
dination, for perfect acquaintance 'with, and ttriet atten-
tion to his military duties, and for gentlemanlike sten-
duet, during 15 years of service, has been such es to
coneidate the respect alike of his equa's and of- hi: su-
periors, is driven (for we will state the casems strongly
against. Captain Reynolds as we caa) flute acts of gross
insubordination by what he eceems to be wanton insults
effered to him in his. private-. capacity- bye Lew conk
!needing officer. It may be necessary that such an o
ficer shotfid be cashiered. It nray be necessary, but it
is a grievous less and injury inflicted on the public ser-
vice ; and who, by his conduct in a superior position,
has been the cause of changing a good' officer into a
bud one, and made
.it necessary to punish . one who
formerly deserved nothing but praise, is surely the
snore real foe to military discipline, of the two.
Let us sisppose the case of a Lieutenant-Oiiloncl,
whose conduct towards his subordinates had mad,e
his retirement from the service a meteor of in-
dispensable necessity. The gracious clemency of the
Sovvreign, relenting after a short period of well merited
disgiace, restores him to his rank, and gives ,hira tte
.command of a regiment distinguished for the elcieney,
the discipline and subordination, and the harthony and
mutual good feeling of its officers. Utiastrueted, ens
softened by adversity, the same temper, the same 'de-
meanour, appear to accompany the restored Lieutenant-
Colonel into his new position. lie speaks of his (Boers
in disparaging terms in private society, sows dissension
among those who Woreettnited,•.produces dieeff„,etion
where there existed nothing but zeal and eflieiene,y, and
chant' eas the tirest regiment in the servidd into one
notorious for heerthurnings and discontents. -Weshould
like to 'know what the summitm jus which dins con-
demned Captain R. A. Reynolds fo be cashiered'would
do with such a Lieutenant-Colonel as this ?
tdrst'clisciplinentyieinrer punishment than Cashiering,
unaeiibtedly it'ought to be his fate if the rule., applied
so strictly in the one case, were, equally extended to the
other, Dce we say that this is the case of .taterd Cardi-
gen ? We do not say so, because it has not been proved.
, But, inasmuCh as all
.this, and more, has been said
.of that noble Lord, by those who profess themselves
able and Toady to prove it—and as itt rests solely with
the same- authority- which; on Lord Cardigan's- appli-
cation; instituted 016 preceedings, against Cnotaie R.
A. Reynolds, lo determine whether the"alleged- proofs
shallrbe offered or not—we'haVe a right 'to ap;.ct that
inquiry rill: he...:made before-a. co:tripe:era tribunal into
the truth or falsehood of these assertions. :If such an
refused; ''of the aol.ll64defendant
will be' no longer presumable, and we shall be fbrced
to say-e- , •_ „.

_ .
" Pudet Esse opprobria cobis
Et diel,potuissc, et non
,potuisse
Captain Harvey Tuckett, Captain )*lia.s
noldi Cap-
tain, J. W. Reynolds, Major Morse Copper, andCapraiu
Forrest, five honourable men, all, till thoycame in contact
with Lord Cardigan, of unblemished professional cha-
racter (and some of them are so still); have made, and
offered to s4bstantiate, .number of specific statements
concerning his Lortls?)ip, which amount, when taken
together, and' cotiiidered in relation to the admitted
stet.; of the regiment, to a charge of habitual ruiscou-
duet towards his inferior officers at 'least as, serious as
Abet for which be waformerly cAshiend. It would bo
idle to hope that, harmony can be restored to the rued-
rOom of the llth Hussars, or satisfaction, given Co the
i.uhlie mind, if the same hand which lies vieited with all
the terrors of military discipline the offence of the senior
Captain should persist in screening from investigation
the,acts of .the aoble Lieutenant-Colonel. We repeat,
Co make )at bad 'Officer is, if possible, ti wortre crime
iigtiinSr the stiths; and a gre'ator injury to the service,
even thaii.to be one:. With reipOt to Cdptain R. A.
•Itt-ndldihims‘e.if, 77c cannot but hope;tha`t, Ater serenity
ha 3 taken its course
,for a sufficient time ib operatz as a
.s:s.lutary warning, the same clemency which placed Lord
Cardigan in his actual position, ar,d which suffered

the-long services 'of General to weigh againft
tl.e highest conceivable act of inzuberdinauonthe
arrest of his next in command for executinz the
orders of the Commander-in-Chief himseif—m-ay
t:,-;,,ktoi if it does not entirely remove, the disgrace in-
ilicted by the present sentence. We do not consider.
nor: was it maintained by any of the of who gave
evidence upon the court.m4rliai in Captain Ite.yooNis'
favouf, " that acre might b eireumitaoces of private
irritation justify a soldier bregkince from
r the establishedo; der of military dinciplibe ;" nor do we
sec how the Courl can hive arrived at the conclusion
that such a doCirine (which it very, properly., thaugh we
think somewhat gratuitously, reprobates) ie. ," apPri-
.rently sanctioned", by any thing • which toose ofifevrs
stated. But, untioubtediy,'thcre arc conceivable pro-
vocations which, as a matter of fact, would probably
induCe the strictest martinet in the service to depart
from the established order .or discipline ; and such pro-
vocations, while they certainly do.not justify, do as cer-
tainlY exteriudte; the' fault -of' rttch' a departure. And
such we comsidei to haiC." been th'n case of Captain
Reynolds:

.„,
RENDERING A REASON.—Dr. Ferrier was
once in a party of his brethren and a few,of' the Camero-
nian communion, going in ens of the Canal pa.syge-boats
to join their respective synods in Edinburgh, UrAlcn there
happened to be a passenger apparently much under the
it.fluerico of ardent spirits. The manner, howevnr, in
which he was demeaning himself showed that a co.nsider.
able portion, of his behaviour was put on; an-Ciltt'nk the
mask under
,which_. he chase to assail the,-.44yenen.
Every effort a'as . made by him to insult the elotli, but
they paid no attention to his rudeness. At last he (same
near where a group of the-raini.:ters wCre standing con-
versing, and remarked, " Well, it is singulair„ yes it is,
and so I am ; yes,_ thatl never get,dr.unk but
.sit in 06. com-
piny of you sober clergymen ; ni, neiek" . ill iri no-
tice was taken—mini& main came the assailant. " Oh,
yes, I never get drunk, but' in the company of you sober
clergymen." " Do you know," said. Dr. Pl.rrici t.t.r.:ing
round with a look both of pity and indignatsen, ‘, whet is
the rca-on that. you never get drunk, but in the company
you mention ?" .. " N..?, kOn't, b,u...l;f3uppke%9 lou can tell
_me." " Yes, I can ; because there you get all the drink
to yourself."—Laird of Logan.. ... ~
COSTUME IN THE TIME OF HENRY VIII --
Four several Acts were passed in his reign fortlareforma-
'tion of apparel,:and that all but the Royal Family were pro-
hibited from wearing " any cloth of gold of purpure colour,
or silk of the same colour," upon pain of forfeiture of the
same, and 201. for every offence. Shirt buds stud zuffies
of gold were worn by the privileged, but none under the
degree of Knight were permitted to decorate their shirts
with silk, gold, or silver. Henry VIII.'s " knitte gloves
of silk" are particularly referred to, and also his ‘‘Jiand-
, kerchers" edged with gold, silver, or fine ,rieffle,reork.
These handkerchiefs, wrought with gold and silver, were
not uncommon in the after. times. In the h.alad of George
13L,rnivell, it is said of igiivrood—
" A handkerchief she had,
All,wrought with silk and gold,
Which she, to stay her trickling tears, _
Before her eyes did hold." .
—The Art of Needlework, by ate Countess of Wilton.
MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL CHIT CHAT.
—John and Morris Barnet have engaged J. Loder, of
Bath, to be the leader of a hand of 40 performers et the
Prince's Theatre, St.' James's, and Mr. Hatton, te
pianist, as chorus master ; the aortas to consist of 30 effi-
cient vocalists. They have also engaged H. Phillips and
Morley (basses), Frazer and Barker (tenors), Miss A.
Cooper and Miss Collett (sopranos); hut. who the prima
donna is to be has not ' been settled. The management
were in treaty with Miss Romer ; but, as we have heard,
in consequence of some stipalation made by the latter re-
specting the performance of an opera. composed by her
brother, which the foerner did not feel justified in acced-
ing to, the negotiation has broken off. The theatre will
open with a new opera, by John Barnett, on the itizh of
next month. Operas by E. J. Loder, Malefirresa, end
others, have been accepted.
THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY...a-This magnificent
piece of work is 227 feet in length by 20 width,
inches
n cdh e i
ss treasuredj n
is usually kept at the town-hall in Rouen, the hemeof
as the most precious relic. I
some long and learned dissertations astawtionsfoorfm aenrtliyq
rians, amongst whom Montfaucon'
conspicuous. During the French
surren-
der was demanded for the purpose uaria hide-
tn
haps- ranks most
Rpeev its
per,
of covering tbo guap
I fortunately, however, a priest _naarte better knew its
Bonaparte succeeded in concealing it
until that storm was overpest. B
value. It was displayed for somm. Den
on
had theParis,an chargedafter-
wards at some seaport towns.
tise u afterwardsusurper's
threatened invasion of
of it committed to him by Bonapatuvrte,
tbimuteo; t
it v
restored to Bayeux.
lohtuwr country at
ountry that so much value was.bpmainsetackeonunttoesesxofhibiwitheiLroll,
attached to, and somatic
The Art rf NNeedlework,g .
THE REMAINS OF BUONAPARTEb.--A gentle-
;. man just arrived from St. Helena, which. e left in July,
h authorities in that island were making,
, 1 states
great preparationsthat for the removal of the varea-the
of 86.
The road leading from the tomb to the shore
"Parr°. rdandwidenedgreatly, is being levehe
'ditto ihe procession that is.to accompany the ashes of the
' * hero to the beach, thence to be put can board the French
ship of war that is to carry them to France. The
1 innkeepers of James Town regret exceedingly the removal
of the relics,, which ,they have long
fun
source of attraction to voyagers thetouchi.ngaotdto be a
islaud—
.
i ' Taunton Courier.

VEN ING EDITION.

•

SPLENDID STAG HUNT.

CAPTURE OF THE STAG IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.
WATCHET, OCT. 17, 1840.—This peaceful village
presented a most unusual scene of btistle and animation
yesterday evening, by the entrance of nearly 200 horse-
men, dashing through the town at full speed. The
" Devon and Somerset Stag Hounds" met in the
morning, by appointment, at Cotherstone Park, the
seat of T. Esdale, Esq., where a numerous field ct"
sportsmen. from all parts of Devon and Somerset (about
400 horsemen) assembled, amongst whom were Colonel
Tynte, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Hon. N.
Feilowes, Messrs. Luttrell, Colonel Luttrell, Messrs.
Esdale, Captains Maher, Harvey, Beadon, Bernard,
Messrs. Collins, Butt, Gillam, Poole, Gillet, Coles,
the Rev. S. Smith, and several masters of packs, &c.
&c. On the tufters being thrown in to Bagbro' Plan-
tations, no less than ten or twelve forresters were
roused, most of them hinds ; one splendid stag was
seen to break over Cockereoombe, upon which the
hounds were laid ; they rattled through extensive co-
vers, descending into the open country for several
miles ; he turned towards the Bristol Channel, into
which, at Tincyford, he plunged in gallant style, the
hounds close upon Ftim. For some time he was
visible from the shore, steering straight for the Steep
Holmes ; but a breeze having sprung up at the
turn of the tide, it being low water and a heavy
swell, he was lost sight of. In the course of half
an hour, most of the horsemen had arrived at tho
beach, and various were the conjectures as to the
fate of the stag, when a boat was seen to put off from
Watchet ; the two leading horsemen, Captain Maher
and Mr. Bull, rode along the beach to this place, about
two miles, and launched a boat from a collier, ran her
for nearly half a mile over the beach to the water, and
with three men put off in her, and after pulling for
nearly two hours, sometimes seen at the top of the
water, and again lost in the trough of the sea, the object
of pursuit was tallyed about two miles from the shore.
On discovering his pursuers giving chase, be, for a short
time, kept a head, but was at length captured, by having
a running noose fixed over his antlers. For some time
he made a desperate effort to get free, and would have
drowned himself, but being hauled up close to the stern
of the boat, and his head kept above water, was towed
into Watchet, where he was bled, and received every
attention. He was this morning conveyed in a cart back,
to be turned out amongst his kindred, to whom he will,
no doubt, give an interesting account of his adventures
by field and flood. This splendid stag is upwards of
five years old ; he was, by Captain Maher, christened
in the market-place " Prince Albert," upon which the
crowd gave three cheers for the Queen and Prince
Albert.—Sherbourne Journal.

Woodcocks have made their appearance rather
earlier than usual, and several have been killed in this
neighbourhood. A remarkably fine bird was shot on Tues-
d ty, in Paradise Copse, the property of Sir T. D. Ac!and.

-Plymouth Journal. -
SUSPECTED CASES OF POISONING CHILDREN
TO OBTAIN THEIR BURIAL MONETSOITIC sensation has

been caused in Stockport in consequence. of a report having
been spread that one or two children had been poisoned
by their parents in order to obtain the burial fees allowed
by a Sick and Burial Society, of which the parents were
members. An inquest has been held, which was adjourned
order that the body of one of the children might be dis•
interred, and an examination made to ascertain whether or
not it had been poisoned. The inquest was accordingly
adjourned till Tuesday, the 27th instant, and Robert and
Ann Sandys were taken into custody charged with the
horrid offence of poisoning their children. The general
opinion is, that the children had been poisoned merely to
obtain the funeral money.
MR. CLOWES' ESTABLISHMENT.—And .in
thus sketching Mr. Clowes himself, let me say a few
words respecting the extent of his printing premises. The
statement of the simple fact, that the average number of
hands constantly employed in his establishment is nearly
350, must of itself convince the reader that it is one of un-
common magnitude. But, perhaps, the general reader will
be able to form some definite ideas on the subject, when
we mention that from twenty to thirty large works arc
usually in the act of being printed by Mr. Clowes at one
time. The average size of the works, and the extent of
the impression, will be inferred from the fact, that the
astounding quantity of 1,500 reams of demy, royal, and
post paper, each ream consisting of 500 sheets, is printed
weekly at the Stamford-street establishment. Were the
paper thus printed made up into books, it would make
about sixty post-octavo volumes, allowing upwards of 300
pages to each. Let any one, then, only imagine in his own
mind what must be the extent and what the capabilities
of an establishment which can thus issue into the world
every week no fewer than sixty volumes, or ten such
volumes every day. The stock of paper kept constantly
on hand by Mr. Clowes is, on an average, from 6,500 to
7,000 reams. The sum he pays for ink alone, in the
course of a year, varies from 1,400/. to 1,6001. The cost
of the paper he consumes in the same period is estimated,
in round numbers, at 100,0001.—Portraits of Public
Characters, by the Author of " Random Recollections."
MANCHESTER POLICE.--The election of eighty
Commissioners of Police, in place of the eighty going out
of office by rotation, on the fourth Friday of the present
month, commenced at the Town Hall, on Monday morning
last. The meat active exertions had been made on both
aides to obtain a good muster of voters in each district ;
and in one instance we heard of a coach having been dis-
patched by the Tories, at a very early hour in the morning,
to Radcliffe, to bring up three gentlemen (relatives) re-
siding there, to poll in one of the districts. There was
" no mistake" as to the nature of the contest, which was
in reality a question of Corporation and anti-Corporation,
so far as regarded the feelings and wishes of the voters.
So much was this the case, that every where the char-
tists and Radicals (so called) were seen voting for the
lists of their Tcry allies, and the cry of "anti-corporator;"
was repeatedly raised, in marshalling their forces. The
large room was separated into three apartments by tem-
porary partitions ; and at the entrances or approaches to
all the five rooms, persons were stationed who suffered no
one to enter until they bad carefully examined the church-
wardens' list to sec if his name was therein. From our
report of the election for five out of eight of the districts,
it will be seen that the Reformers have gained the election.
—lllanchesttr Guar( ins.
HERT s REGISTRATION.—The total gain of
-

the Reform interest on the recent registration is to

which 113, gained on the last, will Make 214 in the te o
years' registration. We heartily wish that every county,
city, and borough, may make a report so gratifying to our
readers, and to the cause to which we have always given
our best aid.
GOOD FORTUNE.—A remarkable instance of
good fortune has lately happened to a Mrs. Phelp, aged
aeout eighty years, who has been dependent on parochial
relief and private bounty. She has just become unex-
pectedly possessed of property to the amount of many
thousand pounds, in consequence of the death of a rela-
tive, from whom she never had any expectations. The
old lady, alteough extremely infirm in health, is in perfect
possession of ail her mental faculties; and the use to which
she has applied a portion of her newly acquired pro-
perty, proves that she is quite deserving of her good for-
tune. Her first act was to call upon the parish authori-
tes for an account of tl e disbursements on her behalf,
from the time she first became chargeable; and on receipt
of the account, she gave directions far the immediate pay-
ment of the full amount. On Michaelmas day last she
assembled her poor relations, who, with their children,
numbered 97 individuals, and distributed among them
nearly 5001. She thus affords an example worthy of ge-
neral imitation, and another proof that sterling generosity
and worth are not confined to any station in life.—Corn-
wall Advertiser.
FRENCH COACHING.—A 2 for a French road
coachman, there is no such thing in Louis Philippe's do-
minions, either in appeararce or practice ; but the follow-
ing is a faithful portrait of the person and performance of
a young man who drove a coach from Boulogne
to Calais, in opposition to another in which I
chanced to be a passenger. He wore a blue smock.
frock after the fashion of the country, but stockings
oa his legs and gloves on his hands were consi-
dered non-necessaries. His whip was also after the
manner of his country—a rude stick with a thong like
Homer's bow-strings cut out of a bull's hide, and fastened
to the stick by a long lead ern keeper. But all this is
nothing compared with his " performance." Although
the day was excessively hit be suffered his leaders to
ran close up to the bind boot of the coach that had the lead,
thus depriving the poor animals of the advantage of what
little breeze there was. But what, even in the hands of an
e.iport coachman, would have been the situation of his team
on this very hilly road—l might add of his passengers—
bad one of the wheel horses of the coach in advance of
him fallen, and thus suddenly
l stopped it Why, one or
b.Jth of hi:; leaders mightl
have een killed. And what
bores were going, with their noses touching the other
coach? The fact was, the fellow had a young woman be-
side him on the box, to,
whom he was making the agree-
able; and as no Frencan can talk without the action
way of more
of his hands, bystrongly enforcing his argu-
ment, perhaps avowing love, e would every now and
than place the reins under him and sit upon them, and this
while descending rather steep
be ha I a three-legged hors hiltc, and notwithstanding
at wheel, no
and bearing reins,
only oee pair of band reins to four horses, one dread_
ful,y broken-kneed leader as well ! Nimrod" 211 the
New Monthly.
BRUSSELS,
OCT. 21.—The average price of
Woeat last wet k was 211.. 12ei,., and that of Rye 121. 45e.
per hectolitre. Exportation therefore is still prohibi:ed ;
the importation of Wheat, duty
yl
fOroeoe,k”d that of Rye,
rtaorapniaesss. a \feVwe
King2loud.
liable to a duty of 21f. 30c. per
hear that the Queen intends to go
days with the royal family. of F
to
King of
Count Gustavue de Launcy is appointed byat thte.'
go to the Hague to el.:liver to the new g the Nether-
lands his 3lieesty's answer to the notification of his acces-
sionßaron Van Zuylen Van
g,2rashnocrellSyg
to the throne, brought by
Nyeveld.
M Dronet, Secretary ta the Belgian Lega-
tion at London, has arrived at Brussels express, with
dispatches from our Ambassador, and it is said from the
Queen of England from King Leopold.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LI FE.—The marriage o f
Sir Frederick Johnstone, Bart., t o the Lady Louisa
elajen, will be solemnized by special licence, at the Earl
of -raven's mansion, in Charles-stre. et, Berkeley-Square, on
Sefton,
• sof Craven,
SatulaY next. The noble female
Easton, Pitzro
Goraea,.,
el y, Berkeley, Eseourt, Buckley, Granfell,
VoilortiabieAtB will be present at the ceremony. The
and Scotland, posscssesvery largeestates in England
Nrliametrasy iiitt'alosein America, and has considerable
Jckn Johnstone "net. He is grandson to the late Lord
King of Hanover t: dy Pulteney. His Majesty the
ceremony will be i 3 trustee and guardian. The
Rector of Hartshor i permed by the Rev. Henry Buckley,
,ein 4 Derbyshire, and Rural Dean of
that district. - -