The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-03 00:00:00

EASTERN PRODUCE.

Cotton—The market for this staple has exhibited no ani-
mation, and the business done has been exceedingly limited ;
stocks are in consequence rapidly accumulating, but the only
reduction in price which has taken place has been in Dolle-
rah, and that has been more owing to inferiority of quality
than to any other cause.
Opium has declined in price, and may now be quoted at
1,225 rupees to 1,230 rupees per chest for fair qualities.
Silk—There has been a slight rise in Persian and Bengal,
ind Nos. 2,3, and 4 Canton ; other varieties are unaltered
in value.

In other articles the only material changes we have to
notice are an advance of 4 rupees per candy in the price of
Concanee hemp, and 20 rupees per candy in that of ginger;
and a reduction of 5 rupees per maund on the last quoted
rate for long Cardamoms.__

Freights :-Freights to Great Britain has declined since our
laAt, and row may be quoted at 31. 7s. 64. t Ll. los. to Lou-
don, and 31. 7s. 6d. to Liverpool. To China the rate has re-
ceded to 16 rupees per cardv.
MONEY-MARKET.

The continued tightness in the money- market has still
further affected the value of Government securities, as may
be observed from the decline in the prices of paper of the
three latest loans :-
5 per cent. loan of 1823-26 Rs. 107 to 100
4 If 1832 33 „ 99 to 100
4 f , 1835-36 „ 94
5 ~ 1841-42 „ 1 NV!
4 )9 1842-43 „ 93
EXCHANGE.

The supply of bills continues in excess of demand, and the
rate of exchange on England has consequently still further
advanced. It may now be quoted at 2s. od. to 2s. 03/0.
per rupee, at six months, and 2s. at 30 days. On Calcutta,
at 39 days, the rate is 97% rs. to 98 rs.

BANKS.
Subjoined are the current rates of bank shares --
Bank of Bombay ... ... 400 rs. premium.
Oriental Bank ... ... 130 rs. to 150 rs.
PRICE OF BULLION.

Sovereigns, each
Bank Notes, per It

11 16.

ALEXANDRIA.

Aral' 22.—Ibrahim Pasha is expects d to return shortly
to Egypt, and some believe that the Viceroy announced
his intention of going to Constar tinople, not with any
idea of doing so, but in order to hasten the Mum of his
son from Europe.
The barrage of the Nile is proceeding with great
vigour, and the men are made to work both night and
day in order to take every possible advantage of the
present low state of the water. The Pasha's frigates
are employed in bringing cargoes of timber from the
coast of Daramania; these are, immediately squared and
sent up to the site of the barrage with all possible speed.
15,000 men, comprising soldiers and country people, are
at present employed at the barrage, and, owing to the
great fatigue and privations of these poor people, the
deaths are very numerous.
The family of the late Bishop of Jerusalem, Dr.
Alexander, consisting of eight children, under the
charge of a governess, arrived here from Beyrout by the
Eminetge, and proceed to England by the Iberia to-
morrow morning.

The Hon. East India Company's steamer Atalanta,
with the Bombay mail of May, arrived at Suez on ti.,
19th, and has brought fifty-four pa-sPngers, comprising
Price Waldemar of Prussia and the lion. J. 11. Craw•
ford, of Bombay.

PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLT-qc
Prince Louis Napoleon, on arriu; -
..og in London,• ad.
drpsscd the following letter •
dg la Somme : . .0 the editor of the Journal
"
M. Degeorge,—My desire to see my father
more in this world made me attempt the boldest enter,
prise I ever engaged in. It required more resolution and
courage on my part than at Strasburg and Boulogne, for I
as determined hot to submit to the ridicule that attaches to
those who are arrested escaping under a disguise, and a fai-
lure I could not have endured. The following are the par-
ticulars of my escape :
" You know that the fort was guarded by 400 men, who
furnished daily 60 soldiers, placed as sentries outside the
walls. Moreover, the principal gate of the prison *as
guarded by three gaolers. two of whom were constantly on
duty. It was necessary that I should first elude their vigi-
lance, afterwards traverse the inside court, before the win-
dows of the commandant's residence ; and, arriving there,
I should be obliged to pass by a gate which was guarded by
soldiers.

" Not wishing to communicate my design to any one, it
wa, necessary to dingliise myself. As several rooms in the
part of the building I occupied were undergoing repairs, it
was not difficult to assume the dress of a workman. My
good and faithful valet, Charles Thelin, procured a smock-
frock and a pair of sabots (wooden shoes), and after shaving
off my moustaches, I took a plank on my shoulders-
" On Monday morning I saw the Worknieri enter, at half-
past eight &clock. Charles took theta some drink, in order
that I should not Meet any of them on my passage. He was
also to call one of the gardiens (turnkeys) whilst Dr. Con-
neait conveised with the others. Nevertheless, I had scarcely
got out of my room, before I was accosted by a ,workmafi,
who took me for one of his comrades; and at the bottom of
the stairs I found myself in ituht of the keeper. Fortu-
nately, I placed the plank I was carrying before my face,
and succeeded in reaching the yard. Whenever I passed a
sentinel or any other person, I always kept the plank before
my face.
"Passing before the first sentinel, I let my plank fall; and
stopped to pick up the bits. There I met the officer on duty,
but, as he was reading a letter, he did not pay attention to
me. The soldiers at the guard-house appeared surprised at
my dress, and a drummer turned round several times to
look at me, I next met some workmen, who looked very
attentively at me. I placed the plank before my face, but
they appeared to be so curious that I thought I should
never escape them, until I heard them cry, Oh it is
Bernard !'

"Once outside, I walked quickly towards the road of St.
rQiaugene,tisnh.ortClyhaorvleetst,awakbomteh, eaadtvabeafrotr.eNd engaged a
.car-
e at St. Quentin.
" I passed through the town on foot,"having thrown
off my smock-frock. Charles procure a after
-chaise,
pexwrietthaitlyofogbositnacgletso, Catamvbarleani.cie‘aVneesa,rwrihveerde, tinder
I took meeting
rail-
way. I had procured a Belgian passport, but nowhere was I
asked to show it.
" During my escape, Dr. Conneau, always so devoted to me,
remained in prison and caused them to believe I was
ill, in
order to give me time to reach the frontier. It was neces-
sary to be convinced that the Government would never set
me at liberty, before I could be persuaded to quit France, if
I would not consent to dishonour myself. It was also a
matter of duty that I should exert all my powers to be able
to console my father in his old age.
"Adieu, my dear M. Degeorge; although free, I feel my-
self to be most unhappy. Receive the assurance of my sin-
cere friend3hip, and, if you are able, endeavour to be useful
to my kind Conneau. "LOUIS NAPOLEON."

James
Stubb,EXTRAORDINARY
ofß a
wMtuo
nS,II .MUSHROOM.--On ;Mc.
surprised that one of the flags just within the threshold of
his door had been so far displaced by some invisible agency,
that it had become almost imp ,ssiGle to open or shut the
room, measuring
flag which was tilheuasr'3; o—rigOlentonS,awtallsrdsloamyev,ltt,
door. To discover the hidden cause of this strange effect, the
Ikg was removed, and underneath it was found a fine mush-
thisahlefaa
t.;‘.o-amrd
itsin pcilraccienni,f3e,rtehnece
fungus, was two feet long by eightetn inches wide, and two
Who thick I—Jracclegeld crier.ox • upstart The

LIEUT.-COL. MARCUS BARR, C.B.
We deeply regret to have to insert, in our obituary of
this day, the death of the above lamented officer. His
name is now added to the list of eminent men who have
nobly fallen in the service of their country.
In our columns we have frequently recorded the gal-
lant achievements of this distinguished soldier, not only
at the splendid victory of Maharajpoor, under the walls
of Gwalior, on the 29th of December, 1843, but also at
the recent glorious victories of Moodkee, Ferozeshah,
and Sobraon, on the banks of the Sutlej, during which
campaign Colonel Barr held the high office of Acting
Adjutant-General of her Majesty's forces. Thus he
saw the commencement, progress, and final success of
a series of triumphs which will be ever memorable in the
eistory of India.
Some extracts from a letter by Major-General Sir
Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.8., with which we have been
favoured, conveying to the family of Colonel Barr the
intelligence that this brave and accomplished officer was
no more, will be read with much interest.
If aught could assuage the poignant g.rief of his rela-
tives, it is the tribute of the hero of Aliwal to the me-
mory of his friend.
Sir Harry says in his dispatch, dated Camp, Latteala,
on the road to Simla:—
" Would I had a far less painful duty to perform than
that of telling you I have lost one of my dearest and
most valued friends! you a brother—an honour to his
family, and to his profession, and to his country!
" You will be aware he was severely wounded in the
battle of Sobraon; the large bone of his left arm was
much shattered by a musket ball. It was not ampu-
tated, and although, while at Forozepore, we were in
constant alarm for his welfare, he reached Kussowlee, a
hill station near Simla, in charge of the very able surgeon
of his own regiment; where, it appears, the wound had
sloughed, and the artery must have become diseased; for,
on the 26th of March last, a violent hemorrhage ensued,
and our noble Marcus sank under it!
" You know the friendship which existed between me
and Marcus. I know by your letters to him how brothers
and sisters can love! Judge, therefore, of my incompe-
tency to write all I feel; nor can I attempt to offer any
nselation—no mortal can ! Our appeal, trust, and hope,
is in heaven! to where lam sure he is gone—for he was
a good man'—and where we must strive to meet him.
" No soldier ever lamented the loss of his friend and
comrade more than I do. For his ' future' I hope in the
belief of a Christian—for the past' I know nothing in
his career to regret. lie was a man' in every sense of
the word—a truly honest and upright Englishman !
time had not diminished his amiable nationality, lie
was universally beloved and respected throughout India.
As a soldier he was pre eminent, and the tears of sorrow
rolled down the veteran cheeks of that bravest of men.
our Commander-in-Chief, Sir Hugh Gough, when we
talked of our most valiant comrade this day ; for yes-
terday we had good accounts of him.
" When the heart is full, it is eased by pouring forth
its contents before a friend ; such is my case whenl thus
write and dwell upon my painful loss to the brothers
and sisters who have been so bereaved !"
Sir Harry Smith, we understand, writes still more
touchingly, and with surpassing kindness, as regards his
late friend and the feelings of the family. But enough,
we trust, has been said for the satisfaction of those who
have expressed so much kind solicitude.
The military career of this valiant and much esteemed
officer is now closed ! His grave has been honoured by
the deep regrets of his brave and excellent friends
Lord Gough, Sir Harry Smith, and his other gallant
comrades.
No doubt these feelings will be responded to by a
grateful country, to which he was fondly attached, and
for whose honour and interest, in the disharge of a sacred
duty, he ) ielded up his breath
" How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest !"
Worcester Chronicle.

RAILWAY MEETING.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
A meeting of the shareholders of a Manchester Rail-
way, under Sir Robert Peel's recent orders, requiring a
Furth, r testimony of the feelings of the shareholders in
favour of the prosecution of the undertaking, was held
in Manchester on Saturday last, and although a motion
for the continuance of the company was made, and se-
conded, and supported—by the directors, an amend-
ment for the immediate winding up of the concern, was
carried by the shareholders.
Considerable surprise was excited at the meeting by
the discovery that the acting directors of the company
had taken up only twenty five shares a-piece ; and that.
consequently, none of them had ren.iered themselves
responsible by signing the deed for more than 5001.
It appeared that, on the Onset of the project, the di
rectors had looked after their own interests, and at a
very early meeting passed a resolution that each of the
body should be entitled to have 250 shares, with a fur-
ther control over all the shares that might by any
chance remain unappropriated, Haying thus protected
themselves for any etnergenee—either for the making
of a tittle fortune, by the sale of 250 shares or upwards,
in case the railway mania continued long enough to
hatch and bring out the scheme—or, on the other hand,
to have the pi ivilege of taking, only a homeopathic al-
lotment of shares, in case the tide of affairs should have
taken a turn ; the directors had nothing to do but luxu-
riously to occupy their seats at the board with perfect
composure. The announcement of this act of self-pre-
servation and protection on the part of the board of
directors electrified the meeting ; and it may be consi-
dered a pity, that this instinctive quality of a director—
this provision of human nature—was not previously
known, as it would, doubtless, have operated upon the
minds of the shareholders who have been called together
to act upon a Dice and counsel, emanating from similar
sources. The fever having passed its height (before the
scrip could be fairly tint), the komanpathic dose was
taken by one and all of the directors, the quantity vary.
ing from 15 to 25—the highest number of shires taken
by any director being 25, This was the extent of
the confidence of the directors in the undertaking—this
was the amount of their responsibility—and it was
quite enough to govern the decision of the meeting, and
to induce the shareholders to give the like measure of
confidence to the directors. Assertions that the whole
number of shares had been, unfortunately, exhausted
before the directors had time to think of themselves,
might he attempted to be tnade—arguments of all kinds
might be adduced—the engineering report might make
the difficulties to vanish as dew before the sun—a tunnel
of three miles through the hardest stone in the mouns
tainous county of Derby offered no obstacle worthy of
consideration—the engineer's wand was to be passed
over it, and magic seemed to be sitpplyiti the pltet, of
navigators. The etipthin or the traffic. tables, big with
numbers and prospective profits, might bring all in
g
array in the most favourable light: The litwytir Might
try to seduce the ehereheldete with a notion that it
would not coet more than sixpence per share, iii addi-
tion to the expenses already iiicurred, to pass the Bill
through both Houses of larliament, and get the sanction
of the Legislature—a lopping off of part of the original
line, and a consequent reduction in the anionnt of
capital, might be suggested, Indignation might be put
on by an aspiring director;
who had enjoyed the brief
authority of his office, with its concomitant sweets, and
a more experieneed dietctor might try the effect of
his I?eretteel.'ve powers ; but all to no effect—the spirit
or 'ine autumnal dream of 1845 was changed—the
gineer's wand had lost its ma
castles were found to be built only in the air—the en-
had been wrought in the minds of the shareholders
that the coly parties benefited by making the line
en-
magical effect—,a conviction
would be the officers of the Company and the inha-
bitants of Leek, who wanted an outlet for their obscure
town to be made at the risk and expense of other par-
ties t ih Short, the shareholders had come to their
senses, and the She ffield. Buxton, Leek, and Crewe
Railway was consigned to the general vortex for all such
schemes of absurdity.
A proposition was afterwards carried that a Com-
mittee of three gentlemen, selected from the share-
holders, should be appointed to investigate the ac-
Counts; and an immediate return of a portion of the
deposits was ordered, and the meeting was then dis-
solved.

PORTUGUESE VEGETAELES.—A further. importation
of putatees likiS taken place At
,the pdrt,of Liverpbtil. A
i're.isel, Called the Fernandez, which has arrived at that port
from Lisbon, had on board, in addition to a cargo of oranges.
oil of olives„ and wine, 100 boxes of potatoes, and the large
number of 350 boxes of onicns, the produce of the place.
The importations of potatoes and other vegetables from Por-
tugal appear to assume it degree Of importance, bdth with
respect to the extent and quAlity of the arti'clei_i, which until
lately *a3 not the case.
RAPID PASSAGE. The last trip of the Princess
Royal steam-ship, from Glasgow to this port, at which she
arrived on Friday, was accomplished in fifteen and a half
c ht
wideture andoee a
ne n gi
itself
hours, or at the speed of upwiKili of fourteen miles art hottr.
in
envajoapl eda
will become one general. " railway," or certainly a water
131 ftiflaidrltiihger
tpirnouvet ts
to b e
made to avoid hills or favourite country seats, and
ithe gra-
levAel,‘aviidtToi: which no
tinacsotnwveeneikenotnecuorfve:hewgilal
mhaevkentpoerbse
gra-
dients to be encountered only Stree; head gales.—Liverpool
Standalifi
„etity year's ago a nest of young erov.s, from the
at Eglinton shot a *bite crow.
'the bird has red eyes.
About
sam
erotokerv, was sent to our office, of which one of the
birds was white, one piebald, one grey, and one with white
talons, and a white bill.—lrvine New Letter.
DEATH or Miss WAGSTATF, THE VOCALIST.—We
regret to announce the decease, from consumption, of Miss
Eliza Wagstaff; a vocalist well known at our concerts a few
years since, Who was a pupil of the Royal Academy of 11fusic„
and professor of singing lately at Leamington. Miss Wag-
staff was the daughter of Mr. Wagstaff, who is the organist
of Battersea Church, and for many years has been a
violinist in the Opers, Ancient; and Philharmonic orchestras;
an excellent Musician, and highly esteemed by his brother
professors.
A printed letter has been circulated by Mr. Peter
Dixon, lately one of the directors of the Newcastle and Car-
lisle Railway, in which be sets forth his reasons for retiring
from the eoard of management of that undertaking. His ob-
jections to the course of business pursued by his colleagues in
office are various, but they seem to be particularly levelled
at the high rates for coal transit, and, what is more impor-
tant than all, to the system of declaring larger dividends
than the revenue derived from traffic has actually produced.
This is a charge so serious in itself, that not the least delay
on the part of the Company should be suffered to take place
in refuting or explaining the circumstance alluded to, as an
allegation of the kind is likely to do serious damage to the
interests of the concern, without a prompt answer is afforded.
Mr. Dixon also accuses his colleagues of making important
arrangements without proper deliberation, and expresses a
strong opinion against the success of the extensions and
branches, which it appears win involve a further outlay of
about 600,0001. The original shares of the Company can
scarcely be deemed a goo l investment, when, according to
his calculations, the revenue is not equal to more than three
Tox“philite Society, urvivr the patronage of his
per cent. upon the amount of capital subscribed,—Tinges.
Highness Prince Albert, are to have their annual
shoot for the gold and silver medals presented by
meeting
president, the Earl of Aylesford, on Friday, the 19th
their
of June. They fixed upon
have Friday, the 26th of Jamb
fora ball at the LiodGe.
RoTyahle

EVENING JUNE 3, .1846.

SIXTEENTH REPORT FROM THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY BILLS
CLASSIFICATION.
Mr. Pakington reported from the Select Committee ap-
pointed for the Classification of Railway Bills according
to the resolutions adopted by the House, that they have
considered the several matters referred to them, and
agreed to report as follows :
Your Committee recommend that the Monkland and Kir-
kintilloch Railway Bill be removed from Group No. 10, and
placed in Group No. 61.
Your Committee recommend that the Caledonian Rail Way
(Clydesdale Junction Railway Deviations) be removed from
Group No. 10, and placed in Group No. 61.
Your Committee recommend that the Great Leinster and
Munster Railway (No. 1, Carlow to Kilkenny), and the
Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. 2, Kilkenny to
Clonmel), be referred to Group No. 65.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and
four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended
by Baron Knesebeck, left town yesterday for Cirencester,
to honour Earl Bathurst with a visit. His Royal High-
ness travelled via Great Western Railway.
The King of Saxony has conferred on Mr. Colquhoun
the rank of Commander 'of the Civil Order of Merit of
Saxony.

Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for tha Governor of Gibraltar.

PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
take the liberty of addressing you on the sub-
ject of re-paving Great Russell-street. What I have to
complain of is, that the Paving Board or the Committee
of Management for St. Paul's Covent-garden, in sub-
jecting the inhabitants, as well as the public, to the
greatest inconvenience and loss by having the causeway
stopped at this season of the year—the busy time com-
mencing at the market, when the number of carts, &c.,
is considerably increased. Surely the parties might
have chosen a more proper time (say two months back),
when the inconvenience would not have been so great.
By inserting these lines you will greatly oblige
AN INHABITANT.
Great Russell-street, Covent-garden,
June 2, 1846.

SPORTING INTELLJ GENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
The settling for the Derby and Oaks took place yes-
terday, and, as we anticipated, went off pleasantly. The
only great winners were Mr. Gully and his friends, to
the extent, it is said, of 40 0001, in addition to the two
stakes, which exceed 9,0001. There were a few losers
of from 1,0001. to 4,0001., but the bulk of the money has
come from the pockets of the backers of horses—i e.,
"the public," will, like the eels, are " used to it," and
suffer quietly. Paying and receiving was not brought
to a close until nearly half-past six o'clock. A little
betting took place afterwards, at the following prices:—
THE EMPEROR'S VASE.
7 to 2 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm
7 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog—taken
8 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's Jericho
to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Mentor
10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando
15 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Corranna
15 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Peri colt—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Wall's Crown Prince
25 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Khondooz
900 even between Jericho and Mentor.
We are authorised to state that Pyrrhus the First,
Old England, Weatherbit, and Winchester, will not go
to Ascot, and that Mendicant's appearance there will
depend on the Handicap to come out this day.
DERBY.
4,000 to 80 agst Colonel Peel's King of Naples
4,000 to 80 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb c.—t.
2,000 to 40 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port—taken.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
MANCHESTER RACES—TUESDAY.
Free Handicap of 10 sm. each, and 30 added. One mile
and a quarter. 4 Subs.
Mr. Fox's Psalmsinger, 6st 41b (Abdale) 1
Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal ... 2
Mr. Phillips' b-f Physician, out of Theano
Mr. Dawson's Step. and Fetch-it
The Manchester Cup of 1501., added to a Handicap of 2 soya.
each, 10 ft, the second to receive 301. Twice round and
a dis.
Mr. H,Sseltine's The Slayer's Daughter, 3 yrs (Edwards) 1
Mr. Critchlev's Cur de Lion, 4 yrs 2
Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 6 vrs 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Worthington's Hooton, 6 vrs—Mr. Whitelock's Fair Rosa-
mond, 5 yrs—Mr. Hobson''h Bedale, 4 yrs.
Plate of 50/., for three yrs old, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; 5 yrs,
Bst 91b; 6 yrs and aged, Bst 121 b; mares, &c., allowed 31b ;
the second to receive 101. Heats, two miles and a dis.
Mr. Griffith's Lucy, 5 yrs (Styche) 2 1 1
Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs
Mr. Mostyn's Chartist, 3 yrs

Mr. Bowler's Alicia (late Ada). 4 yrs
Mr. Hopwood's Gothic. 4 yrs
Mr. Morriss's Alice, 5 yrs dis

CRICKET.

VISIT OF PRINCE A LISERT TO LORD'S.—MATCH IN HONOUR
OF N. Faux ESQ.--Shortly after the resumption of this
match yesterday, his Royal Highness Prince Albert rode into
Lord's cricket ground, and remained a spectator for nearly
two hours, during which his Royal Highness manifested great
interest in the proceedinga. His Royal Highness was warmly
greeted, and was instantly waited upon by Mr. Kynaston and
Mr. J. H. Dark, the proprietor of the ground, of whom he
made numerous inquiries as to the nature of the game, in the
course of which Mr. Dark exhibited to the illustrious visitor
a bat, a pair of spiked shoes, and a new ball, the uses of
which he had the honour of explaining. His Royal High-
ness, with great urbanity, expressed his acknowledgments
to Mr. Kynaston and Mr. Dark for the information they had
afforded him, and ere he departed, intimated his gracious in-
tention of quickly paying another visit to "Lord's."
The ground was again crowded by nobility and patrons of
the game.
Mr. Felix's side went in for 162 to tie. Box and G. Parr
were sent in, and a finer exhibition has rarely been wit-
nessed. 59 runs were scored ere the first wicket fell, 65 ere
the second had been taken, and 96 before the third was
levelled, Parr having carried' out his bat when "time" was
called, with 58 runs attached to his name.

Mr. Tavlor, Mr. Mynn, Dain, Clark, and Dean, have to go
in for 66- runs to win, and odds were laid that they ac-
co►nplished the tasks It is one of the most exciting contests
we hate seen,

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Halldel'S oratorio,
Judas Maccalieus is to be performed at Exeter•hall on Friday
heit, to Celebrate the Centenary of its composition:
The number of witnesses summoned to give evidence
hi the trial of Leconite is said to be forty.
We understand that Mr. Cubitt has sold the noble
mansion built by him in Chesham-place, to the lion. Richard
Cavendish.
'the Icing of Sa*ony has conferred on Mr. Colquhoun
the rank of Commander of the Civil Order of Merit of Saxony,
WEST INDIA PINE- APPLF:S. —By adyices received
front the tiaharitas, it appears that from the dryness of the
season the crop of this delicious fruit for the present year is
very early and most luxuriant, and nearly 10,000 are an-
nounced by the Tweed steamer, which will be due at South-
ampton on the 7th instant. Since they first became an ar-
ticle of import, a great improvement has taken place in
their cultivation, the English mode having been success-
fully introduced in additiott to which, the time for cutting
and packing them has been ascertained; sd that they arrive
in a state very fit for the table. Along with these there *as
to be made a shipment of turtle, in a live as well as a pre-
served state.

THE CORNHILL AND LIME-STREET WARD SCHOOLS.
—The interesting cereifidny Of liking the foundation stone of
these ward schools took place yesterday attettiodni between
four and five o'clock, at the school-house, St. Mary-Axe, In
the presence of a large company of ladies and gentlemen,
and of eighty of the children assembled for the occasion.
It Was peifornied byte light Honv the Lord Mayor, who
*as attended by the Rev. Charles Varebrothet (his Chap-
lain), the Mace- bearer, the Sword bearer, Alderman F
_ ire-
hrother (the I, fesidetit), Alderman Sir John Pirie, Bart. (the
Vicesliresidant), William Chaplain, Esq. (Sheriff), the City
Marshals, the clergy of the three parishes, and a great num•
ber of gentlemen and municipal officers, who assisted at the
ceremonial., The procession was arranged at the church of
St MatY Tindersilan; at a quarter before four o'clock, and
proceeded iinm •ciiatelv to the rite, Whefe; With the Company
present, it awaited the arrival of the Lord Mayor and
Sheriffs. Prayers were read by the Rev. Charles Farebrother,
and the deeds, coins, &e., with which the vestry-clerks of
the three parishes had come prepared, were used in the cere-
iflany: The thlldrep; who appeared , extremely happy,
joined in a prayer, and in an appropriate address to the
Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, and the Rev. Gentlemen pre •
sent. They afterwards sang the Hundredth Psalm, and the
company separated, making emtribution.s to the fund as they
passed out.
tfdgical event occurred the
day before yest =rday at La Villette. A young man who is
a drummer of the National Guard in that commune, and
who was employed in a sugar refinery, had fallen in love
with a girl, but her hand had been refused to him by her
parents. As the girl returned his love, however, they con-
tinued to have clandestine meetings, and the day before
yesterday, whilst walking together in the country, the young
man, in despair, told the girl that he saw no chance of their
Unions and that the best thing they could do was to destroy
themselves. At first the girl, more attached to life than her
lover, refused; but at length she yielded to his entreaties,
and consented to die with him. As he was in uniform at
the time, he drew his sword and plunged it in her bosom.
She fell bathed in blood, and suffering great pain, implored
him to put an end to her. He attempted compliance, but
the sight of her blood paralyzed his arm, and the other
wounds that he inflicted were trivial. He was, besides, so
overpowered with emotion, that he was unable to plunge
the sword into his own body. Such, at least, it. appears,
is the account that he gives of the transaction, and it is said
to be confirmed by the girl, who was found by some persons
who were passing, and removed to an hospital,
with little
chance of recovery. The young man is in custody.—
Galignani.
DEATH BY DROWNING.—Williarn Howe, aged 20, in
the employment of Messrs. Henry Meux and Co., brewers,
Tottenham-court-road, was drowned on Monday,
lvhile
bathing in the Thames, near Datchet. He had been to
Windsor, with porter, and on his return he and a fellow-
workman decided on a dip in the river, and hence the acci-
dent, the deceased having sank into a hole from which bal-
last had been taken. Verdict of the Coroner's jury, "Acci-
dental Death."

AN ENGLISRDIAN'S TREATMENT.—There is now a
poor man in Mansfield, belonging to Papplewick, whose wife
is confined to her bed through illness. Having been removed
from Mansfield to Papplewick six years ago, the poor man
applied at hia place of settlement for assistance. He met
with relief then by being offered work to break stones by
piece work, and actually travelled fourteen miles a day
(seven there and seven back), for the scanty pittance he
could earn at stone-breaking—a description of work he had
never been accustomed to. Here is an Englishman's treat-
ment in England! Where is the Englishman of ordinary
feeling who does not blush that his country should thus be
disgraced? Dr. CurAam, the vicar of Mansfield, has
written to the Poor-law Commissioners upon this subject,
and we hope to be enabled to afford the public further infor-
mation as to this extreme case of hardship. The name of
the individual referred to ie, we believe, Fraucoies ; big age
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MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED.)
BENTLEY.
The present number of Bentley opens with a continua-
tion of " Brian O'Linn," to wit, chap. xii., which is some-
what heavy ; but
"Aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus,"
and when a three-volume novel is published bit by bit in
a miscellany, it is impossible that all the fragments
should be equally amusing. This is followed by an ex-
cellent magazine tale, entitled "Jeff Linton's Oak, or May
Day," being a May-day legend of 1738, and then the
arcane of " the Corner" are opened to us in a paper en-
titled " Tattersall and Tattersall's, with a glance at the
Lions and Legs of the Betting Ring." Albert Smith
follows with his glorious " Popular Zoology," the
subject of the present month's demonstration
being "The Boys in the Street," and admirably
does he dissect those said boys, and most learnedly
and scientifically does he demonstrate their
peculiar idiosyncracies, training them up from the tad-
pole state—" which reptile," as he sagely observes,
"they somewhat resemble in their active wriggling and
love of water"—to their final destination, when "they
become grave and dull, and you would not "recognise
in the porter, the journeyman, or the carman any of the
eccentricities that marked their earlier career." Miss
Costello continues her series of "Legendary Cities and
Towns," the subject of her present illustration being
the interesting old town of Lewes. A. Fibb
aßlearnneedinga'rtistcnied
gifv
,rnesa
.us a most amusing paper on social
onl3 r
theW.
C. T aaynldo contributesTroubadours.
Then we have a quaint treatiseAlbigenses
on the " Pump," from
the practised pen of Peter Prendergast; and then follows
a paper ~f a higher order thanth
meet with in Bentley ; it is from
the
are accustomed to
the Archbishop of Dublin, and pen of his Grace
is entitled " The Danger
of Debating societies to Young Men." It appears there
exists among the students of Trinity College, Dublin, a
debating society entitled " The HistoricalgSeoC • iety:-," and
the Archbishop thus describes the occ • asion which led
him to devote his attention to this subject.
"The occasion of my offering these remarks was a letter
addressed to the Provost by a member of the Colleges (of
which the writer sent me a copy, as one of the Visitors),
in reference to one of the questions proposed for debate, and
announced as such in the newspapers—' Whether a Member
of Parliament sh6uld vote in accordance with the expressed
opinions of a majority of his constituents when they differ
from his own?' And the writer deprecates the discussion
of such deep political questions by persons who cannot be ex-
pected to possess the requisite knowledge. This he con,iders
as likely to generate a habit of talking without thinking,
and to weaken the action of the mind while improving the
volubility of the tongue.' "

The Archbishop enters freely into the subject, and al-
lows that thepractice of debating may confer upon those
engaged in it a readiness and a fluency which they could
not otherwise acquire. He thus meets that portion of
the argument :

" But a premature readiness is more likely than the oppo-
site extreme to lead to incurable faults. And all the dangers
that attend this kind of exercise, the learner who is engaged
in it should frequently recall to his mind and reflect on,
that he may the better guard against them ; never allowing
himself, in one of these mock debates, to maintain anything
which he himself believes to be untrue, or to use an argu-
ment which he perceives to be fallacious.
" The temptation to transgress this rule will often be very
strong; because, to such persons as usually form the majority
in one of those societies (youths of immature judgment,
superficial, and half. educated), specious falsehood and
sophistry will often appear superior to truth and sound
reasoning, and will call forth louder plaudits ; and the wrong
side of a question will often afford room for such a capti-
vating show of ingenuity as to be, to them, more easily
maintained than the right; and scruples of conscience, re-
lative to veracity and fairness, are not unlikely to be silenced
by the consideration that, after all, it is no real battle but
a tournament; there being no real and important measure to
be actually decided on, but only a debate carried on for
practice-sake.
" But, unreal as is the occasion, and insignificant as may
be the particular point, a habit may be formed which will
not easily be unlearnt afterwards, of disregarding right
reason, and truth, and fair argument. And such a habit is
not merely debasing to the moral character, but also in a
rhetorical point of view, if I may so speak, often proves hurt-
ful. It has often weakened the effect, to a far greater degree
than most persons suppose, of what has been written and
said by men of great ability : by depriving it of that air of
simple truthfulness which has so winning a force, and which
it is so impossible completely to feign."

The views of the Archbishop are in every respect new,
but they seem founded in truth, and at all events his
letter (which is addressed to Dr. Cooke Taylor) is
welt worthy the attentive consideration of all
heads of colleges and other academical institutions.
" Tipperary Hall" is continued with as much fun and
fancy as ever. Verily, the mantle of Maginn has fallen
upon the shoulders of him of Tipperary Hall, and long
may this " broth of a boy," be he who he may, live to
wear it, for we are sure he will wear it worthily.
The pictorial illustrations of this number are, a scene
from "Brian O'Linn," by John Leech, and an admi-
rably engraved and • life-like portrait of Washington
Irving, accompanied by a short biographical memoir.