The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-12 00:00:00

DERBY SWEEPS AND UNLICENSED MUSIC.

The CHAIRMAN took occasion to observe that the
Court was determined to put down those petty lotteries
called Derby Sweeps, which were now so general in
public-houses. The Court had received no return of
the houses in which those illegal and mischievous
schemes were carried on. But be now called on the
inspectors of police to attend in future to this duty, and
licenses would be in future withheld from those persons
who abused them for purposes so different from those
for which they were granted. On the subject of musio
licenses the Learned Gentleman also observed, that
there was a strong feeling amongst the members of that
bench that there was a very prevalent abuse amongst
houses which had not obtained music licenses, but in
which musical entertainments were given to the injury
of those houses- which had been duly licensed. He
wished that the police would be particular in their seve-
ral districts, to report every house in which the illegal
practice was carried on, and the owners of those places
would find, when they came before the Court, that their
licenses were in jeopardy.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
Walter Sturt Tonge, a clerk at the Victoria Cemetery,
was charged with embezzling various sums of money, the
property of the company.
It appears that this elegantly laid out burial place has
been opened about three years, and that during that
period the prisoner has been employed to receive monies
for the opening of graves, &c., &c., and from the fact of
his being most respectably connected the utmost confi-
dence was reposed in him. A handsome residence was
provided for him, and he was also allowed a
liberal salary. It was the duty of the pri-
soner to pay in to the company's solicitor, Mr.
Humphreys, from time to time, the amount he had
received, and his conduct in this respect was apparently
unimpeachable. At length, however, certain discrepan-
cies on his part were discovered by Mr. Humphreys,
which led to an investigation into the prisoner's ac-
counts, which resulted in his being given into the cus-
tody of a police•constable.
A gentleman, on the part of Mr. Humphreys, sug-
gested the propriety of a remand, as, in addition to the
delinquencies which were then ready to be gone into,
there were a number of others, some of which would
perhaps be more conclusive against the prisoner.
The Magistrate acquiesced, and the prisoner was'ac-
cordingly remanded until Wednesday next.

Mr. Hudson, M.P., accompanied by Mrs. and Miss
Hudson, Mr. Hudson, jun., Mr. Duudas, M.P., and the
Rev. Mr. Brown, took their departure from Lowther
Castle; on Wednesday last, for Newby Park, the latest
accounts from which place represent Mr. Hudson to be
perfectly recovered from his recent indisposition, and as
actively engaged as ever in the discharge of his multifa-
rious duties. On the same day, Miss Lowther and Miss
Ellen Lowther left the castle, where they had been visit-
ing during the preceding week, for Distington.
Colonel Macadam, K.H., has arrived at Bath, from
Torquay.
Colonel and Mrs. Chatterton left town yesterday
morning, on a tour in North Wales.
'Miss Burdett Coutts, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Brown, passed through Ulverston on Friday week,
on their way to Furness Abbey, where they remained
that evening. After visiting on the following day Cn-
nishead Priory, they took their departure for the Ferry
Inn, on the banks of Windermere.
FUNERAL OF THE EARL OF CARLISLE.--The
funeral of this lamented nobleman is expected to take
place on Tuesday next, The mortal remains of the de-
ceased Earl will be consigned to the family mausoleum in
Castle Howard demesne, where his father was interred

MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED).
TAIT.
Tait for October is scarcely worthy of its reputa-
tion. Besides an additional fragment of the Com-
munist tale of "The Counsellor," we have, it is true,
the continuation of Mr. Percy St. John's clever story
of the French Revolution, " Miranda." Beyond this,
the magazine is more than merely indifferent. The
political chapters entitled, " Revolution in Europe,"
are remarkable for a bigotry of opinion, which, to
ourselves, is altogether inexplicable in a publication
pretending to the merit of liberality. The chapter on
Italy, for example, where the writer roars with the
fanaticism of a zealot as fierce as any who ever talked
evangelical fustian from the platform of Exeter-hall,
is a melancholy contrast to the Ministerial Act of the
last session for the renewal of our relations with the
Court of Rome. Had the present Pontiff been a
man of tyrannous and obsolete principles, the bigotry
might at the least have been comprehensible. But
with the great and good Pius IX. upon the throne of
the Roman States, the rabid tone of the article is
wholly pitiable and irredeemably wretched. The
other contributions, especially those which are dig-
nified with the title of " Poetry," are of a character
quite compatible with the foregoing as literary com-
positions.

THE UNITED SER VICE.
The present number is supplied with articles of
considerable interest. It opens with a sketch of the
military career of the present chief of the executive
power of France. Eugene Cavaignac was born at
Paris on the 15th of December, 1802, so that he was
40 years of age before he reaped those laurels in Al-
geria which have given him a distinguished rank
among the numerous heroes of the French army. In
. the number of this month, however, only the earlier
portion is described of his valiant services against the
legions of Abd-el-Kader. " Tristram" continues his
pungent annotations on the Algeria of Lamarche,
" the Parisian paper sailor." In the " Leaves from
the Tropics" Major O'Connor gives a sad ac-
count of the rank growth of slavery in Cuba. Its
bitter curse prevails universally in that magnificent
island. Upwards of half a million of wretched ne-
groes drag out their existence within its confines, of
Whom 115,000 are employed in sugar plantations,
and each slave, male and female, makes nearly three
hogsheads of sugar. In Cuba, the work is un-
ceasing throughout the crop season ; four
hours in the twenty-four of every consecu-
tive day, Sunday included, for eight months
of the year, can only be granted to the slaves for
meals, rest, the common wants of life ; as to the do-
mestic, they are never dreamt of. We recommend
his observations on Cuban matters to the attention of
the reader. " Shots from a Six-pounder " close with
the eleventh number. Portfire proclaims his ammu-
nition spent. The African cruiser recounts a slash-
ing night's engagement with a pirate schooner, which
goes to Davy Jones, with all hands on board. Did
our space permit, we would extract largely from
" The Adventures of a Swimmer," and " A Requiem
Upon Duelling ;" the latter furnishes some singular
instances of that once fashionable but now justly-
exploded folly. Major R. Bennett's contribution, en-
titled," Army Education Professionally Exemplified,"
affords, however, the must interest in a professional
point of view. It is illustrated by simple, but most
useful diagrams, and in a small compass contains hints
and instructions well worthy of the consideration of
all commanding officers.

THE SPURTING RE VIEW.
A well-executed portrait of the Hero, the winner
of the Emderor's Plate at Ascot, in '47 and '4B,
illustrates the October number, which is of an
average excellence. The editor very properly speaks
nu I like a man on behalf of Robinson, whom some
caitiffs sought to " make eat dirt " at Doncaster, but
signally failed in aspersing his character. He
speaks but the truth when he says, " Robin-
son is, and has long been at the head of
his profession, both for unimpeachable honour
and the perfection of his horsemanship. In the
finish of his style he stands alone ; in the matter of
character he is second to none of his contemporaries."
Maxwell gives a few pages on woodcock shooting in
Ireland, a day of which is worth, in real sport, a
week of the battue butcheries so shamefully patronised
in this country by men who ought to be able to
appreciate the pleasures of genuine sport. There is
also a biography of the lamented Lord George Ben-
finck, in whom the British turf has lost its right
band. He was zealous in striving to purge the
betting-ring of its scum and filth, and if his example
had been followed more generally in refusing to
sanction the instalment system of paying bets (evi-
denced by his threatening to put on the defaulters'
list a loser to him of four thousand pounds, who made
an offer of ten shillings in the pound, with a promise
of the residue by instalments, remarking, " Sir, no
man has a right to bet if he cannot pay should he
lose), there would have been fewer of those vermin
7clept " Levanters" found plotting at the Corner, and
in sundry other localities.

DUBLIN UN I VEIVTY.
The number of this magazine for the present month
i 3 calculated to awaken feelings of deep melancholy
in those who feel as deeply interested in all that
affects the sister island as we do. We •perceive with
sorrow the dearth of poetry in a periodical usually
overflowing with the richest and raciest, with poetry
'worthy the pen of Moore, and which has hitherto
Placed the Dublin University at the head of itscon-
temporaries Has the Gorgon of political discord ba-
nished the muses from the land of song ? Have the
reieet tones of the national lyre been drowned in the
'wild sounds of the war tocsin from the southern
Mountains ? Have the sad realities now being enacted
there dried up the poet's fancy, and scared di-
/in° Poesy and its " sweet amenities " from
•that lcvely but unfortunate land ? Alas !
-we fear the causes we have hinted at have had much
to do with the want of which we complain. We
trust it is but for a season, and that we shall see it
fully supplied in the next number; we hope to see
the poetical contributions to this excellent magazine
oc.cuhpy once again their usual space, delighting us
their flowing numbers, and shedding lustre upon
their sweet island home.
degree compensated for We are, however, in some
Tresen the dearth of poetry in the
of which it t number by the many other interesting papers
is made p The notice of 111 r. Sharpe's
Conquest by the Arabs, in
he
History of Egypt furom. the Earliest Times till the
intense 640," will be read with
revi interest. The mariner in which the
ewer treats
a master this work is done with
ou in band ; the errors which he points
t Mr. Sharpe's work as arising from a
misinterpretation of Burton's " Ehica,"
are of the greatest importance
toxcer allpta whoHiero woguld be
critically acquainted with the historical facts of this
most interesting
nest period and people. The reviewer
esent turns to a work by Mrs. Osburn, designed to
pr to the Christian reader a few examples of the
extent to which the Bible is susceptible of illustration
from the remains of ancient Egypt, now that the
Mode of interpreting hieroglyphic
writings has been
discovered. The reviewer next notices a translation
plof the Chevalier Bunsen's work—" Egypt's
ace in Universal History." The next paper
a short tale of fiction, entitled " Mary
M'Alister ; a Tale of the Antrim Glens,"
:which will be read with deep interest by the gentler
fortiori of creation. Under the head of " Recent
Tourists in Italy," we have two works from the pens
of Messrs. Geale and Whiteside, the latter the emi-
nent Irish advocate, at present defending Mr. O'Brien
against the charge of treason in Ireland, and whose
speech on the occasion, which we have just seen, pro-
duced such intense effect upon his auditory. Mr.
Whiteside's quick and nice conception, his strong
and clear intellect, peculiarly fit him to make any
tour interesting, but he is quite at home in describing
the sunny land of Italy. The other papers in this
number " The Pythonic and Demoniac Pos-
sessions in India and Judea " " Cotemporary
Writers," by Mr. Thackeray—" The Bride of the
Elord"—" A Day in the Hebrides," and the "History
of the Twentieth Century," are all excellent, and well
worthy perusal. On the whole, we are happy to see
the Irish Magazine fully sustain its prominent place
amongst the literary periodicals of the day.

BANKERS' MAGAZINE.
"Statistics of the Railway Expenditure; its Effects
Kin the Monetary and Commercial Affairs of the
Kingdom," the first paper for the present month, re-
lates to a subject of deep importance to the banking
and commercial interests generally, but still more so
to a large and influential body of our fellow-subjects,
who have invested a large amount of capital in the
construction of the different lines, by which the
eountry is intersected. Although many projects of a
fraudulent character were originated during the period
when almost every one dabbled in railway specula-
tions, and many persons suffered considerably from
having incautiously meddled therewith, it affords
no reasonable ground for the absurd panic that has
recently prevailed, and which has led to the sacrifice
of shares in the very best lines, at little more than
half their real value. The subjects of the present
article (which is to be continued) are "Railway
Capital proposed to be raised," and " Railway Capital
authorised to be raised." A list of calls on English
and foreign lines in 1847 and 1848 is also given.
short mmary of the provisions of the recent statute,
which although originally intended to apply to the
entire cOUntry, was at the last moment limited in its
operation to Ireland. "The Bank of England Divi-
dend" offers a few observations respecting the recent
contest between the directors and the proprietors of Bank
Std k, without taking any very decided part on either
. " Agricultural Statistics of Ireland" is avaluable
document compiled from a Parliamentary paper just
issued. "The Second Report of the Committee on
Commercial Distress" is also given, together with
.tbe evidence of Mr. Al`Donnell, the Governor of the
'lntik of Ireland, and Mr. Murray,, the Managing