The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-10 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LGND►ON, SATUR i)AY 'EVEN ING, JANUARY 10 1846

.SPOIVTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
THE DER:M.-15 to 1 agst Brocardo (taken to 251.), 300
to 10 agst lago (taken), .500 to 15 agst Fancy Boy (taken.)
CHESTER CM ".-40 to lon the field. Offers to take 50 to
1 each about W olfdog, Warp, Little Cassino, The Baron, and
Alice Hawthor n. Very little done, and that to small
amounts.
THE HEI:EFORD GRAND STEEPLE CHASE.
Nominations for the Grand Annual Steeple Chase Handicap
of 25 sovs. each, &c. Weights to be fixed on the 17th.
Poulette, The Lawyer, Sacrifice, Puff and Dart, Lattitat,
Culverthorpe, Hope (h b), Exquisite, Pull-Away, Ragman,
The Roarer, Marius, 'Wilson, The Page, Tarantella, Veluti,
Sir Edward, Barnaby Budge, Evergreen, 6 yrs; Boxkeeper,
Lycurgus, Harkey Pankey, Little Tommy, Jerry, Wivarton,
Peter Simple, Cracksman, Jack Sheppard, Brunette, Pio-
neer, Clifton (31 b), Consul, b g by Oliver Cromwell dam by
Stephen, Eagle, Chance, Carlow, Vanguard.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
ASCOT HEATH, 1846.
SECOND DAY.
The Swinley Stakes of 25 soya, each, for three and four
yrs old.
Sir Rupert, 3 yrs—Tragical, 3 yrs—Thrapston, 3 yrs—
Libel, 4 yrs —Joy, 3 yrs—br c by Jerry, out of Tur-
quoise, 4 yrs—Giselle, 3 yrs—Ebotstool, 3 yrs.
THIRD DAY.
The New Stakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old. T.Y.O
Count Bathys.ny's Teresina—. Lord G. Bentinck's bl c
Blackcock, and br f Slender—Mr. Boyce's Cottisford—
Mr. Critchley's .A talanta—Lord Caledon's c by Simoom,
out of Cassandra--Mr. Copeland's Cheapside—Mr. E.
R. Clark's Miles'a Boy—Mr. Cooke's Legatee—Lord
Chesterfield's c by Don John, dam by Ishmael--Mr.
Clifton's Brown Bess and Conceit—Mr. Death's Camel-
ford—Mr. M. Dawson's b g by Camel, or Nonsense, out
of the Queen of the Gipsies—Mr. Drewett na gr f, by the
Saddler, dam by Velocipede—Mr. Drinkald's So Nice—
Mr. Ford's Millwood—Mr. Goodwin's Adroit—Mr.
Gratwicke's Joyful, and Little Julia—Mr. Griffith's
Lady Lift, and Julia—Mr. Greville's Ferina—Mr.
Gully's c by Sheet Anchor, out of Phoebe—Mr. A. W.
Hill's ch f by Plenipotentiary, out of Twilight—Lord
Lonsdale's c by Camel, out of Young Kean's dam,
and f by The Saddler, out of Barbakin—Mr. Mare's
f by The Saddler, out of Mayfly—Mr. G. Maug-
ham's o by Slane, out of Corumba—Mr. Mos-
tyn's b f by -Litnercost, out of Quilt Arnold's
dam, b"f by Piccaroon, out of Her Highness,
and b fby Lanercost, out of Miss Clifton—Mr. G.
Ongley's The Maid of Athens—Mr. Payne's f by Slane,
out of Elissa—Duke of Richmond's Vampire—Lord E.
Russell's Eldon—Mr. C. Smith's Hornet—Mr. Stephen-
son's na b f by Erymus, out of Event's dam—Mr.
Stubbs's b c by Camel, out of Zenona—Mr. S. Scott's
Montem, Golightly, and Wintonia.
BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING,
1846.
The Lansdowne Trial Stakes of 15 sovs. each, for three
years old and upwards. One mile.
Felix, 3 yrs—Pantasa, 4 yrs—The Crown Prince, 3
yrs—Buttress, 3 yrs—Ould Ireland, 4 yrs—Blackbird,
3 yrs—Espoir, 5 yrs—Sweetmeat, 4 yrs—Burlesque, 3
yrs—b c by Chesterfield's dam by St. Govins, 4 yrs—
Cherry Bounce, 3 yrs—Refraction, 4 yrs.
The Weston Stakes of 15 sovs. each, for two yrs old, &c.
Lord G. Bentinck's Glentilt, and Vice-Consul—Mr.
S. Wreford na Madge Wildfire—Mr. J. O'Brien's
Tribute—Mr. God win's Adroit—lslr.Treen's c byEuclid's
dam by Taurus—Lord Caledon's f by Simoom out of
Pergama—Duke of Richmond's Vampire—Mr. Yar-
forth's f by Liverpool out of Redstreak's dam.
DONCASTER, 1846.
Nominations for the Champagne Stakes.
Col. Anson's Lazarillo—Lord G. Bentinck's Projectile,
Glentilt, Slander, and Blackcock—Mr. E. R. Clark's
Miles's Boy—Mr. Clifton's the Field, Dromedary, and
Conceit—Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp and Nerissa—
Mr. Ford's Millwood and George Barnwell—Mr. Lane
Fox's Whitebait—Mr. S. L. Fox's Meaux—Mr. J. Gill
na Neb the Nigger—Lord Glasgow's f by Sir Hercules,
out of Deerslayer's dam—Mr. Goodwin's Adroit—
Captain 0. V. Harcourt's f by Lanercost, dam by Tom-
boy—Mr. H. Hargreave's Spem Gregis and Bit-nibble—
Mr.Hesseltine's Mary Stuart—Mr. Jaques's Diphthong—
Mr. Johnstone's Little Nell—Mr. E. Littledale's Whet-
stone—Mr.Meikla m's Deloraine--Mr. Merry's Limestone
—Sir C. Monck's b c by Touchstone, out of Cast-steel—Mr.
Mostyn's b f by Lanercost, out of Quilt Arnold's dam—
Lord Normanby's Queeu of May—Mr. O'Brien's The
Emerald Isle and Tribute—Mr. Osbaldeston's sister to
Sorella—Mr. Robertson's Noiseless—Mr. W. Scott's
Christopher—Lord Stanley's Meeanee—Mr Taylor's
George Hudson—Mr. Worthington's f by The Provost,
out of Manilla—Lord Zetland's Helias.
The Scarborough Stakes.
Ginger, Burlesque, Fantastic, Fancy Boy, b c by
Touchstone, out of Laura ; The Traverser, Highfield,
Brocardo, Sister to Robert de Gorham, Sheraton,
Caprice.

The Two Years-old Stakes.
Nottingham, Bingham, Planet, Projectile, Devil-me-
care, Slander, f by Lanercost, out of Moonbeam ; Miles's
Boy, Legatee, Van Tromp, Nerissa, f by Lanercost, out
of The Nun ; f by Cardinal Puff, dam by Figaro ; New
Year's Day, Neb the ,Nigger, f by The Provost, out of
Miss Whip ; Spem Gregh;, Mary Stuart, Sir Martin,
Duncan, Deloraine, Limestone, fby Touchstone, out of
Caststell ; c by Lanercost, out of Miss Martin ; fby
Lanercost, out of L'llirondelle ; The Liberator, Emerald
Islse, f by Lanercost, out Camp Follower ; Sister to
Sorella, Hyderabad, Foreclosure, Prestwich, 'Erna,
Christopher, Infringe, Prince Alfred, Rayner.
Nominations for the Gascoyne Stakes.
Fancy Boy, Malcolm, Sting.
KELSO, 1846.
Nominations for the Beaumont Stakes.

Mr. J. Wauchope na b f b Camel or Nonsense, out of
the Queen of the Gipsies' dam, and Legatee—Mr. W.
R. Ramsay's Belted Will, and Maid of Motherwell—Sir
J. Boswell's t by Caliph, out of Bella, and br c by Krem-
lin, out of Nike—Lord Eglinton's Eryx, and Nerissa—
Mr. Merry's Limestone, and Maid of Motherwell.
EGLINTON PARK, 1846.
The Two Years-old Stakes of 20 sous. each.

Maid of Motherwell, Eryx, and fby Caliph, out of
Bella.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

Crawley and Horsham lids., Mon., Rusper Village; Wed.,
West Grinstead; Fri., Handcross
Quorn hds, Mon., Alexton ; Tues., Burleigh Hall; Thurs.,
Baggrave Hall ; Fri., Wattenbv Pits.
Mr. Meynell Ingram's hds., Mon., Catton ; Thurs., Snel-
ston ; Sat., Loxley-10i.
Donington hds., Mon., Lockington Hall; Wed., Hathern
Turn ; Sat., Little Eaton-104.
Rufford hds., Mon., Ley Fields; Wed., Epperstone Village;
Sat., Kelham-104.
Lord Galway's hds., Mon., Blyth Law Hills; Thurs., Bole
Guide-post ; Sat , Gatefore Toll-bar-10i.
Lord Henry Bentinck's lids., Mon., Bardney ; Tues, New-
bold Common ; Wed.' Potterhill Toll-bar; Thurs., Falding-
worth Grange; Fri., Norton Place; Sat., Saxilby-11.
Suffolk Lds., Mon., Pakenham Street; Sat., Moulton.
Duke of Beaufort's hds., Mon., Draycot Park ; Wed., Cor •
sham Park ; Thurs. the Bell, Sodbury Common ; Sat., the
Mermaid, Christian Malford.
Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon., Red Rice; Tues., West Woods;
Wed., Wherwell Wood; Thurs. Chute Lodge; Fri., South
Grove • Sat., Roche Court-11.

Mr. Candler's hds., ➢lon., Copcut Elm ; Wed., Martley;
Fri., Monkwood-10.

Shropshire hds., ➢lon., High Ercall ; Weil., Pimbill ; Fri.,
Atcham Bridge—lat.
Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Kingerby Wood; Wed.,
Crosby Village; Fri., Blyborough Hall-11.
Holderness hds., Mon., Brandesburton ; Tues., Evering-
ham Park; Thurs. Tickton Bridge; Fri., East Dale House;
Sat., Bessingby
Sir Tatton Sykes's hds., Top of Garraby Hill ; Wed., How-
tham Bridge; Fri., Birdsall House-10i.
Brighton harrs., Mon., Patcham ; WTed., Race-course; Fri„
Dyke-11.

Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels-
combo Tye-10i.

THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
acted very wisely
Srn,—The Anti-Corn-law League have
in turning their attention from the old boroughs,hetd
ilviehose free-
men will always sell themselves to the highest
e
counties, which can be rescued from the aristocrarcs,y to
owtihti
ease. Whilst the free traders are serving their country
without even expense to themselves—for their investments
will yield good interest—they are improving the dwellings of
the poor, who will find a great difference in having free
traders for landlords instead of landholders.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE.

We understand that circulars have been issued re-
questing the early attendance of the ministerial Members on
the meeting of Parliament.

The Earl of Carlisle continues much in the same
state, Viscount Morpeth and Lady Mary Howard are the
only members of the family at present staying with the
Noble Earl. The Hon. Captain and Mrs. Edward Howard
are at present on a visit to the lion. Mr. and Mrs. George
Ponsonby, at Woolbeding, Sussex. The Hon. Charles D.
Howard, M.P., is expected to return to town in a few days
from a visit to Mr. Baron Parke, in Bedfordshire.

DANGEROUS AMUSEMENT.—Yesterday afternoon,
about three o'clock, some mischievous boys having fastened
a string to the iron railing of the house about a foot from the
ground in Jermyn-street, St. James's, stood on the opposite
side and drew it tight, for the purpose of tripping foot passen-
gers, by which means a poor woman named Margaret Ni-
chols was thrown to the ground. The woman was completely
stunned by the fall, and bled much from a wound on the fore-
head. She was taken into a surgeon's, when it was ascer-
tained that, with the exception of the wound, she had escaped
serious injury. The authors of the mischief made their escape
though hotly pursued.
DEATH OF DR. D'OTLEY, RECTOR OF LAMBETH.
We regret to announce the decease of the above-named and
highly respected Churchman, who expired on Tuesday even-
ing, at his country residence at Sunbridge. Dr. D'Oyley has
been rector of St. Mary's, Lambeth, for many years ; and we
need scarcely remind our readers that it is to him, in con-
junction with the Right Rev. Dr. Mant, the present Bishop
of Down and Connor, that we are indebted for an elaborate
commentary on the Holy Bible, which has become a text-
book in our Universities, and has been generally recognised
as a standard episcopal examination. The Rev. Divine had
attained a venerable age. We believe the proximate cause
of death was an accident, which Dr. D'Oyley had the misfor-
tune to meet with some months since. The extensive parish
of Lambeth will henceforth be divided into districts, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Sir Robert Peel's Act.--Post.
SERVING NOTICE FOR THE 111nrrie.--Yesterday
morning the parochial authorities of St. Marylebone, St.
Pancras, and St. George's, Hanover-square, commenced
serving notices, to be filled up at the inhabitants' houses, for
the intended ballotting for the militia.
ROBBERY BY A RAILWAY SURVEYOR..--InfOrllla-
tion was yesterday forwarded to the Metropolitan and City
police-stations, that a surveyor named Richard Davis, who
had lately been engaged on the Severn and Avon Valley
Railway, from Rugby to Gloucester, had stolen a valuable
fowling-piece, the property of Mrs. Jeffs, wine and spirit
dealer, High-street, Tewkesbury.
THE FRENCH EMBASSY.—We understand that his
Excellency the French Ambassador, Count de St. Aulaire,
has been detained in Paris considerably longer than was
originally expected, his Excellency's detention arising from
family matters, or the Noble Count and the Marquis St.
Aulaire would have returned to this country at least a month
back. The Ambassador, accompanied by the Countess and
, the Marquis St. Aulaire, is now expected at Manchester
House by the leith ivat., at latest.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert drove out in an open
pony phaeton on Thuresday afternoon. Colonel Bou-
verie was in attendance on horseback.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were
taken their accustomed pony and walking exercise yes-
terday morning in Claremont Park.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual
early walk in Claremont Park yesterday.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and other Cabinet
Ministers visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
Lord Lyttelton attended at the Colonial-office yester-
day, and entered on his duties as one of the Linder-Secre-
taries of State for the Colonial Department, in the room
of George William Hope, M.P., resigred.

Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
The Postaiwiter-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer on Thursday.

THE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF
LONDON.
The annual festival of this Society was celebrated on
Thursday evening at the London Tavern, and was at-
tended by a highly respectable and numerous presence
of its friends and members. We believe this is its
seventh anniversary, and, from its increasing strength,
we augur well for its being now thoroughly established.
Like its neighbour, the Royal Highland School Society,
it deserves the encouragement and assistance of all who
value the blessings of education, which is so liberally be-
stowed by its benevolence throughout the Highlands and
Isles of Scotland.

A great many gentlemen appeared in the costume of
the Gael, among whom were Robert Hepburn,
Esq. (the President), Captain Charles Forbes, Esq.,
George Bain, Esq., James Davidson, Esq., John
Boucher, Esq. (the Vice-President), W. Shand
Low, Esq. (the Hon. Secretary), John Murray, Esq.,
Gray, Esq., Patterson, Esq., Professor Khul, &c.
Among the gentlemen present we observed Captain La-
mont, RN., Charles Landseer, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Red-
path, John Mouatt, Esq., John Murray, Esq., James
Wylie, Esq., &c.
The galleries were filled with elegantly-dressed ladies,
and the hall was beautifully decorated with emblematical
devices, and hung with scarfs of various clan tartarns,
which gave a lively description of the enthusiasm of this
body for its " home manufacture." At the head of the
hall the royal arms of Scotland were displayed on white
satin, embroidered in gold.
The President was marshalled to the chair by the
Stewards, headed by Mr. Angus Mackay, her Majesty's
piper ; and after an excellent dinner, characteristic of
Messrs. Bathe and Beach,
The PRESIDENT, in proposing the health of the Queen
and her Royal Consort, Prince Albert, said—Gentlemen,
When I look around this large assembly and see so
many happy and joyous faces before me, I feel it almost
impossible to enter upon the proceedings of the evening
without first simply expressing to you the great satis-
faction I feel at beholding you all once more around this
our anniversary table, and allow me, at the same time,
to congratulate you on thus meeting you together under
such cheering circumstances—circumstances not only
peculiarly favourable to the general interests of the Cale-
donian Society, but to that to which it is also connected,
that which is the firmest basis, the surest foundation, of
every good institution, the cause of Christian knowledge
and charity. To the many friends who have honoured
us with their presence, and who we rejoice to see
amongst us on this occasion, I am sure no apology is
necessary for any display of national feeling we may ex-
hibit this evening, for on such a Scottish festival as this,
when we are surrounded on all sides by so many emblems
of our native Caledonia—when the claymore again seems
to glisten, when the tartan of every clan meets the eye,
the sound of the war-pipes bursts upon the ear, and re-
miniscences of auld lang syne crowd upon the memory—
surely it cannot be wondered at if, in the midst of these,
we should, like weary travellers meeting on a bright
green refreshing spot in the midst of a great
desert, forget present cares, and bestow a wandering
thought on the " land we left behind us ;" the
more especially when imagination, aided by these asso-
ciations, draws aside the curtain, and again we behold
the hills and vales of " puir auld Scotland," the land of
our birth, the home of our childhood, the grave of our
fathers—

" When again we see
The broom wi' its tassel on the lea,
An' hear the lintie's sang o' our ain countrie."
If I were an Irishman, I should say to the ladies who
throng the platform, and who throw such a bright
colouring into this Highland picture, " Coed mine failte,"
but being only a plain Scotchman, I can only give that
which is given in sincerity by every one here—a heart-
felt Scottish welcome.—(Cheers.)—Air, "The Royal An.
them," by Mr. Sinclair.
The other loyal toasts followed in succession, and
wore received with cheering, and Highland honours.
The " Army and Navy" were given in eloquent terms
by the CHAIRMAN, who said that, in Campbell's words,
" England needs no bulwarks,
No towers along the steep,"
while she had her gallant defenders by "sea and land,"
the " army and navy."
Captain LAMONT, R.N., returned thanks on behalf of
the naval branch of the service, and dwelt on the effi-
ciency of the officers and non-commissioned officers com-
prising that body.

Captain FORBES thanked the company for the welcome
manner in which they testified their esteem for the army,
and he could assure them that nothing pleased soldiers
better than to hear such encomiums given them by their
countrymen. He would reiterate the assurance on their
part that his gallant friend gave of the navy,t hat the
British army never was in a higher state of discipline than
at present, and when an honourable opportunity pre-
sented itself they would maintain the high stand they
had hitherto held among the nations of Europe.—Air,
" Rule Britannia."

The VICE-PRESIDENT rose to propose a toast that he
was sure would be responded to in a manner worthy of
its merits—" The land we live in."

Mr. SHAND Low trusted that the company would
show their attadunent, their love, and sympathy with
their sister island ; for in doing so that evening they
would at least prove that they all esteemed the kindness,
the talent, and the honest bravery that was so charac-
teristic of their brethren of Ireland ; and, remembering
the sentiments of a favourite poet, whose stirring effu-
sions had been quoted, exclaiming,
" Is there a son of generous England here,
Or fervid Erin ?—he, too, shall join
To pray that in eternal union dear
The rose, the shamrock, and the thistle twine."
They were all types of a race who would the invader
scorn, and in this great metropolis they all lived as
brethren. He would propose to them, " Long may the
shamrock be entwined with the rose and the thistle."—
Drunk with all the honours, the piper playing " St.
Patrick's-day."
Mr. MURRAY rose to propose " the Health of the
President," who had so ably and eloquently acquitted
himself in the discharge of his duties. He had been re-
sident in London for many years, and took great delight
in institutions such as they were that evening met to
countenance. He belonged to those men who came from
the " hill side," where honesty and singleness of mind
were characteristic of them—where the men of " God's
own aristocracy " were to be met with ; and, therefore,
as a Highlander, he called upon the company to dedi-
cate a bumper to Mr. Hepburn.—Drunk with the High-
land honours.
Mr. HEPBURN returned thanks.

Mr. BOUCHER was called upon to propose another
toast, and in doing so he dwelt upon the services of his
countrymen in both the civil and military departments,
and referring to the glorious deeds of the Highland
regiments whenever they were railed upon to defend
British honour, he instanced Alexandria, Corunna, and
Toulouse, down to the crowning victory of Waterloo,
as battles in which they were mainly instrumental in not
only:checking, but in defeating, the " tried soldier's of
Napoleon." He would announce to them a toast, in
which all, he was sure, would join--" The Land o' Cakes."
—Drunk with Highland honours, and every demonstra-
tion of enthusiasm.
"Auldr Professor
Mr. Sinclair followed this national toast by singing
rose
yope "prosperityjoosininginchoo
tworusi
roii
sync," the
roo to
kindred institutions, and dwelt upon their use and assist-
ance to natives of Scotland—"The Royal Highland
School Society, and the Scottish Hospital.'
Mr. THomPsoN, as Honorary Secretary, returned
thanks for the former institution, to which he more im-
mediately belonged, as did Major Adair for the latter.
Mr. WYLIE reminded the company that there was
another institution worthy of their consideration, and
one, he was sure, all of them were acquainted with. Its
object was that of educating boys and girls, the sons and
daughters of soldiers, sailors, and poor men, natives of
Scotland —" The Caledonian Asylum."
Captain FORBES returned thanks on behalf of the
governors and friends of that benevolent institution.
He was thankful for their kind notice of this useful and
benevolent society, and be was proud to say that its
merits were worthy of their extensive patronage.
The PRESIDENT gave " Prosperity to the Highland
Society."
GEORGE BAIN, Esq., returned thanks. Before sitting
down he proposed "Success and prosperity to the Cale-
donian Society of London."—(Cheers and Highland
honours.)
The PRESIDENT then, in an impressive and highly
eloquent speech, gave the " Memory of Burns." In con-
cluding his address, the President said that, instead of
drinking to his memory in silence, he proposed that it
should be done with acclamation.—(Applause.)
A Highland Reel was then danced by Captain Forbes,
George Bain, Esq., James Davidson, and Mr. Bruce, to
a strathspey played by Mr. Angus Mackay.
After which, by an unanimous call from the company,
the Sword Dance, or " Gillie Callum," vt as skilfully per-
formed by Mr. Davidson, to the delight of all present.
We cannot forbear expressing an opinion of admiration
at the very splendid and unique Highland garb in
which this gentleman appeared. For a combination of
taste with splendour—(the splendour subservient to
taste)—we never saw it excelled.

Tlie greatest hilarity prevailed throughout the even.

ing, and the Caledonian Society were—unremitting in
their attentions to their friends and visitors, who will all
remember with lively pleasure the evening of their
" Festival." We, cannot finish our account of this en-
tertainment without mentioning the delight felt by the
company with the charming singing of Miss Birch,
whose talents and graceful manners are well known to
all. Her songs drew forth loud applause, and her will-
ing acquiescence to an encore showed her anxiety to
please. She was relieved by Miss Lucombe, who also
sang several favourite ballads with considerable taste.
Mr. Sinclair was in excellent voice, and we only regret
that he does not favour his admirers more frequently.
Mr. Guiness, with his excellent band, occupied the
orchestra, and played several appropriate airs during the
evening. They were occasionally relieved by her
Majesty's piper's thrilling gatherings and marches from
the national instrtunent,

I. ETERA TIME.
A GALLERY OF LITERARY PORTRAITS.
By George Gilfillan. Second Notice.
Without exception, this is the most eloquent volume
that has appeared for years • and in the twenty-six
Portraits which it contains, 111 r. Gilfillan has poured
out the whole flood of his admiration and idolatry of his
favourite literary contemporaries. Gifted with great
analytical sagacity, and a strange abundance of lan-
guage, the author groups around each of his subjects
the intensity of his love for them in words of the most
peculiar and appropriate beauty. His style has the
impress at once of youth and age youth in its hot
enthusiasm, age in its discrimination of merits. With
this unpretending-looking book in our hand, we
would hazard the assertion that George Gilfillan is a
man of the most masculine intellect, the most tender
sympathies, the most catholic taste, and the most
genuine earnestness that has for some time adventured
in the school of criticism. His sentences are the
gushings of a heart filled with an affection for
everything noble, and beautiful, and good : they are
occasionally overloaded with magnificence, but that
very failing proves them to have burst forth
honestly and spontaneouly. He is cramped by no
rigid rules of composition' he is retarded by no dread
of the hypercritic, his soul is stirred to the innermost
with new thoughts upon each of our great modern
minds, and his gratitude to them rolls forth in all the
sincerity of an ardent nature,' But what renders this
volume so strikingly original is the audacity with
which its writer seizes upon all sorts of epithets,
rugged or euphonious—hap-hazard—without a mo-
ment's pause for selection, anxious only to clothe his
sentiments in just such expressions as may recur to
his memory on the instant. And though, at first
sight, this peculiarity. might savour somewhat of a
blemish, it imparts, such an air of truthfulness and
fervour to the entire work, that we should regret the
diminution of such a characteristic. In this respect
same passages resemble the florid energy and
glitter of oratorical displays, rather than the disquisi-
tions of authorship—the impetuous music of the
lips rather than the out-flowings of a pen. He heaps
allusion upon allusion, he iterates iteration, he gra-
diates step by step up the complication of a climax
in defiance alike of length, intricacy, and obscurity,
yet sustains throughout such a brilliancy of meta-
phor and force of language, as to rouse the interest
and startle the imagination. As an evidence of this
singular and really fine propensity, take the following
synopsis of Carlyle's " Sartor Resartus :"
" We have only of late become acquainted with this
singular production, but few books have ever moved us
more. It turned up our whole soul like a tempest. Who-
ever has struggled with doubts and difficulties almost to
strangling—whoever has tossed for nights upon his
pillow, and in helpless wretchedness cried out
with shrieks of agony to the God of heaven—
whoever
has covered with his cloak a Gehenna of
bitter disappointment and misery, and walked out,
nevertheless, firm, and calm, and silent, among his fellow-
men—whoever has mourned for all the opprelisions
which are done under the sun,' and been ' mad for the
sight of his eyes that he did see'—whoever has bowed
down at night upon his pillow, in the belief that he was
the most wretched and God-forsaken of mortal men—
whoever has felt all the wanderer in his soul,' and a
sense of the deepest solitude, even when mingling
in the business and the crowded thoroughfares
of his kind—whoever at one time has leaned
over the precipices of Mount Danger, and at
another, adventured a step or two on that dreary
path of destruction, which led to a wide field
full of dark mountains, where he stumbled and fell,
and rose no more ; and at a third, walked a gloom
amid the gloomy of the valley and the shadow of death--
whoever has, at last, attained not peace, not happiness,
not assurance, but child-like submission, child-like faith,
and meek-eyed blessedness let him approach, and study,
and press to his breast, and carry to his bed, and bedew
with his tears Sartor Resartus,' and bless the while its
brave and true-hearted author. But whoever has not
had a portion of this experience, let him pass on, the
book has nothing to say to him, and he has nothing to
do with the book. It is above him like a star—it is
apart from him like a spirit. Let him laugh at it
if he will—abuse it if he will—call it German trash,
transcendental Neologism, if he will—only let him not
read it. Its sweet and solemn Evangel' —its deep
pathos—its earnestness—its trenchant and terrible
anatomy of not the least singular or least noble of human
hearts—its individual passages and pictures, unsurpassed
in power and grandeur, as that of the Night Thoughts'
of Teufelsdrockh, when he sat in his high attic, alone
with the stars'—the description of bis appearance on the
North Cape, behind him all Europe and Asia
fast asleep, and before him the silent immensity
and palace of the eternal, to which our sun is but a
porch lamp,' the discovery to him of the glories of
nature, as he felt for the first time that she was his
mother and divine,'—his wanderings in vain effort to
escape from his own shadow'—the picture of the
power and mystery of symbols—with all this, what has
he, the reader of Martin Chuzzlewit' and the New
Monthly to do ? These' he may comprehend and enjoy,
but the other l--

Still from a mere fragment, glorious though it be, no
conception can he formed of the copiousness, fire-like
emphasis, splendour, elaboration, and tumultuous en-
thusiasm, with which these portraits are conceived and
developed. Loving Shelley for his dreamy mysticism,
and Carlyle for his Germanic forcefulness, and
Brougham for his vast capacities, and Coleridge for his
density and solid range of metaphysics ; paying heart-
homage to Wordsworth in the forest walks, and Wil-
son by the lonely tarn, and Elliot with his golden
music-reeds, and Hazlitt with his sad pale
face; breaking out alternately in paragraphs of
stormy eulogy and words of solemn mourning
—Gilfillan throws a lustre round him as he
writes—the lustre of high sentiments expressed
in language of the loftiest character.. To every wor-
shipper of recent or living genius—to every one who
can appreciate the sterling sense of Foster, or revel
in the wild and wizard day-dreams of De Quincey—
this volume will afford a treat beyond expression. It
is a work to be feasted over by the fire-side, or on a
flower-bank in the sunshine. As a companion, to and
a commentary upon, our modern heroes of English
literature, " Gilfillan's Gallery of Literary Portraits"
will have a corner on the bookshelves of the future.
It, is the honest and splendid ebullition of its author's
heart.

SKETCHES FROM LIFE. 3 Vols. By Laman
Blancha2d.
What pleasant and gentle recollections are con-
nected with the name of Laman Blanchard in his
long association with the magazines and floating
literature of the age ! What tender and mournful
reflections, when we call to mind the gloomy and
desolating character of his death ! Now that this
amiable writer is snatched from us for ever, now that
his ever-welcome outpourings of quaintness have sent
their last gush into the monthly periodicals—
now that, like his contemporaries and co-
partners, Tom Hood, and Barham, and Hook,
(alas for the catalogue !) he may be enumerated
among the bygones, a collection of his effusions,
scattered over a variety of sometimes unattainable
pages, is at once a fitting monument to his memory,
and a mark of extreme value to the many with
whom he had become a favourite. In the three
elegant volumes before us these articles from the
pen of poor Blanchard are admirably arranged,
beautifully printed, and exquisitely embellished.
Honour to Daniel Maclise for that evidence of his
genius and his friendship in the frontispiece, a likeness
of Laman Blanchard " drawn from memory !"
Honour to Kenny Meadows for that touching group
of the dead author's children weeping over his tomb,
the lyre traced overhead, as a symbol of his fate,
with its strings rent asunder ! Honour also to Buck-
stone for the anecdotes which he furnishes, bearing
testimony to his late friend's sweetness and amenity
of disposition ! But a triple honour to Sir Edward
Bulwer Lytton for the tender and melancholy
earnestness of the memoir prefixed to this compilation !
There is something eminently pathetic in the tone
which characterises this biography, whether it arises
from a predisposition to sadness in the reader's
mind, or the sorrowing heart of the biographer
breathed over every sentence, or the constant presence
of the catastrophe which more particularly led to its
production. Our regrets for the departure of Laman
Blanchard are, if possible, doubled, on learning the
real character of the man as delineated by one of his
intimate associates, a character fraught with such a
self-forgetful generosity, such a winning suavity of
manner, such a never-flagging gaiety of disposition,
such an unjealous admiration for his various and more
fortunate rivals in the school of letters. In the early
portion of his career he appears to have battled up
the steep and rugged acclivity which every literary
aspirant encounters at the outset, and to have done
this, moreover, manfully, resolutely, courageously.
Not the least acceptable part of Sir Bulwer Lytton's
narrative is that in which he interpolates some deli-
cious sonnets written by Blanchard at his commence-
ment of authorcraft, and assuredly did they justify
the biographer's augury of still higher achievements
of their composer. The sudden and terrible calamity,
however, which, in the February of 1845, stilled his
heart and shrouded his imagination, for ever pre-
vented the accomplishment of his own views and as-
pirations—in the production of some substantial effort
of dramatic poetry, a class of writings for which he
wawhichssoeln tit
eminently gifted.
there tedth.lnth " Sketches from
Life," e
volumes,
we neverthe-
less possess sufficient evidence of his capacity as an
essayist to entitle him to our unqualified regard.
They body forth his own peculiar and charming tem-
perament, namely, a great shrewdness and sagacity
of observation, a
ervattoitoanl,abasevnecrey doeflibgihtttfeurineassn, and an d genial
excel-
lentmerri-
ment,
purity in thought and language. For these
characteristics they are valuable additions to the
library of modern literature. As Addison and Steele
reflect their own stilted and furbelowed generations,
so has Larnan Blanchard, in his " Sketches from
Life," mirrored forth the variable and motley pecu-
liarities of the present day ; they have but to be read
to be admired, and admired they will be read again.
Thousands must remember the pleasure they have
derived from articles in the Monthly and in Ainsworth
identified with the name of Lamtm Blanchard, pour.

ing forth, month after month, in lorg succession.
These articles are here assembled together in a con-
crete mass, and, consequently, the disjointed pleasure
which they excited is condensed into a compact and
more austailied gratification. Let all lovers of our
British essayists, all worshippers of our Goldsmiths,
and our Lambs, and our Hawkesworths, and our
Leigh Hunts, add these three volumes to their pre-
vious collection ; they are good, honest, sterling,
healthy " studies from the life," and as such we com-
mend them, with a God speed, to the public.

WADE'S LONDON RE VIEW.
The editor opens the present number with the in-
troductory chapters of a new romance, entitled the
" Phases of Love," which promises well. The next
article contains some interesting biographical anec•
dotes of List; the great musician. We have, in ad-
dition, an excellent paper on Persian poetry, and some
good reviews.

THE POST MAGAZINE ALMANACK for 1846.
We perceive by the title-page that this work has
already reached a second edition, and we are not sur-
prised at it, for, considering the immense mass of in.
formation which it contains, and the reasonable price
at which it is published, it is a marvel of cheapness
even in these days of cheap literature.

THE SPORTING 1?ErVIE
The present number is rich in embellishments.
We have, in addition to a beautifully-engraved title-
page, illustrated by a bijou of a vignette by Rucker,
the subject of which is wild duck shooting, a beautiful
line engraving, by Beckwith, of Phillipps's Portrait
of R. M. Jacques, Esq., and the first plate of Her-
ring's High-mettled Racer, engraved by Hucker. The
literary contents of the number are also very good.

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THE JANUS STEAM-SHIP,

Price.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Stn,—The frequent articles inserted in your universally
circulated paper relative to the Janus, indicate that the suc-
cess or failure of the engines, boilers, and lines of construc-
tion are subjects of public interest.
Being thus confirmed in my opinion, I enclose to you
the last report made on the original revolving engine
erected by the late Admiralty in Portsmouth Dockyard, the
performance of which engine gave to the present Board
the confidence they have manifested in promoting the at-
tainment of an object highly interesting to the naval service.
Those only who attempt to introduce an important no-
velty can estimate the effects of jealousy and prejudice. I
confide, however, in your liberality to aid in their removal,
and beg that you will inquire whether any reciprocating en-
gine has ever performed duty equivalent to thirteen conse-
cutive double voyages from England to America (as the
Portsmouth engine has done), almost without repair?
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Portsmouth, Jan. 8. D UND ONALD.

REPORT ON TEE EARL OF DUNDONALD'S ROTATORY ENGINE

ERECTED IN HER MAJESTY'S DOCKYARD AT PORTSMOUTH.

On the 22d of December, 1845, two years and nine months
of constant performance of the rotatory engine expires,
during all which time it has been working in the most effec-.
tual and satisfactory manner, no derangement of consequence
having ever taken place,
It is presumed that these two years and nine months of
constant and laborious operation (requiring no more than
slight attention by the workmen) have gone far to establish
that quality which, until now, had not been sufficiently de-
veloped—namely, durability, and consequent continuity of
operation..
_

The principal repair the engine has required was taken in
hand about nine months ago. This was so trifling, that
six men could have accomplished it in one day, but having
been much pressed with work at the time, one man only
could be spared, which consequently protracted its comple-
tion for one week.

Thus after four years and nine months constant working
as a prime mover, two years and nine months of which
have been so successfully performed, nothing more can be
wanting even by the most sceptical to establish its merits
as a powerful, economical, and durable engine, equal in
point of efficiency to any reciprocating engine in her Ma-
jesty's service.
Should additional evidence be sought to establish further
claims as a rival in steam mechanism, it is to be found in the
simple fact, that this first essay on the Earl of Dundonald's
principle, although at first altered and mutilated to bring it
to perfection, is nevertheless at the present time perfectly free
from those indications of weakness and declining energy
s, might
which any other engine, under similar circumstance
probably evince, as is proved by its exhibiting a vacuum at
principlev is its freedom from liabi-
lityesgreat confidence in the utility
d applicability all times equal to 28 inches of mercury.
Another fact which
of thisehriacnhgiement, and consequently the service
n
to internal derangement,
in which it is engaged is scarcely ever inconvenienced by
to
engine has not been opened for examination since
s Tphpea geens
g.
July last.
Her Majesty's Dockyard,'l rrA
P igrt,smEonugtihn,eer
Dec.an d 3 11,1,1a1c8h4i .

BUCRFASTLEIGH.—The woollen trade of this town
remains exceedingly dull, numbers of workmen are out of
employment, and in consequence of the high price of provi-
sions and the scarcicity of potatoes, numerous families are
suffering the greatest privations.— Western Timis.
THE " GENEVESE TRIVELLER."--MattheW L.
Davis, Esq., of New York, is the writer of the letters
which, under the above signature, appear in the Times. He
is also the author of " The Spy in Washington," of the
" Biography of Aaron Barr," and is now the writer of
a series of articles, signed " A Calm Observer," which
appear in the Washington National Intelligeneer.
RETIREMENT or MR. EVERETT FROM POLITICAL
LIFE.—The Hon. Mr. Everett, the late Minister to this
country from the United States, will shortly quit the
arena of politics for the peaceful paths of learning. The
Corporation of Haward University, near Boston, Mas-
sachusets, a short time previous to the return of Mr.
Everett from England, addressed to him a letter, re-
questing him to be put in nomination for the office of
President of the University in place of the Hon. Josiah
Quincy, resigned, and informing him that, in that case,
he would receive the unanimous vote of the Board for
the appointment, which, on the meeting of the Board of
Overseers, would be laid before them for their confirma-
tion. Mr. Everett has recently given an answer to the
application, in which he has consented to receive the
ape?intment.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT WITH VlTRlOL.—Yesterday
morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a young man
named Samuel Holmes, residing in Church-street, Padding-
ton, was lifting a large bottle of vitriol off a shelf, when the
chair on which he was standing slipped from under him and
he fell to the ground, the bottle breaking upon his head, and
the burning liquid flowing over his face and person. So
dreadful is the injury he has sustained, that no hopes are en-
tertained ef his recovering the sight of both eye-s•
It is understood that this year the Parliamentary
dinners on the eve of the assembling of both
' •
, liament will be confined to those nurusterial Houses of Par-
meetings at the
. Duke of Wellington's and Sir .Robert Peel's..

' THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND -
THE PROVINCIAL DIETS.
The Berlin, State Gazette gives the following, as the replies•
made by the Government to the demands addressed to it by
the Diet of the Province of Prussia :
"1. Participation of the lay members of religious commu-
nities) in the discussions and resolutions on ecclesiastical
affairs. Reply—The Government has already decided that
laics should be called to form part of the first general synod,.
which is to be shortly convoked ; but as it has been deter-
mined not to accept any proposition on the changes to be
introduced into the organisation and constitution of the Pro-
testant Church, except from the ecclesiastial authorities
themselves, it cannot decide anything relative to the future
organization of the provincial synods, before having heard
the prepositions of the general V synod. 2. Amelioration of
the revision of the codes and the introduction of the jury.
Reply.—Considering the importance of the question, prepa-
ratory studies of great extent are required, and they are not
yet terminated. The Diets are therefore recommended to
wait with confidence the result of the deliberations of the
competent authorities. 3. Meeting of the States-General,
and proclamation of a constitution for the whole kingdom.
Reply-.—The Diets, in their address of March 10, 1845,
having expressed their confidence in the promise which we
made in 1813, relative to the development of their constitu-
tion, we do not see why they make mention of the petitions
addressed to them on this subject. We thank the minority
for having shown the Inutility of such a proceeding. 4. Pub-
licity of the discussions in the Diets, within certain limits.
Reply.—We refuse to comply with the prayer of this petition.
5. To communicate to the Diets at least six weeks before the
opening of the session the propositions which the Government
wishes to bring forward. Reply.—We shall communicate to
the Diets such propositions as we please, and when we think
it advisable. 6. To reduce the amount of ten years of terri-
torial possession, required as one of the conditions of eligibi-
lity for the representatives of towns in the Diets, and in ge-
neral to increase the circle of eligibility in town.!. Reply.—
Peremtory refusal. 7. Reform of the legislation rb.!ative to
the press, and less severity in the censorship. Reply.--The
complaints of the petitioners are anything but well-founded;
The press, in fact, needs an amelioration, but only to pre-
vent in a more efficient manner the transgression of the
limits which are imposed on it, in the interest of public
order and of the reputation of private individuals. 8.
Emancipation of the Jews. Reply.—The Government is
busied with a general system of legislation for all things re-
lating to the Jews, in a civil as well as a religious point of
view. 9. To replace the duties OR the grinding of corn and
the killing of cattle by a direct tax. Reply.—Not at pre-
sent; but the Government will see if it be possible to lower
by degrees the amount of those imposts, and to prepare a
general modification. 10. The Diet pronounces against pro-
tectivo duties, and demands the free entry of iron into the
province. Reply.—ln the changes which are to be effected
in the tariff, the Government will take into consideration the
interests of the whole kingdom. As to the free entry of iron,
it cannot be granted."

THE FREE-TRADE MOVEMENT
AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.
NEWCASTLE .ON-TYNE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The
meeting held in this town, on Monday evening, has
produced an effect which it is impossible yet fully to
estimate. The immense and highly respectable multi-
tude that assembled on the occasion completely puzzled
the opponents of the League, who have been in the habit
of asserting that Newcastle felt indifferent to the free
trade question. That they are unable now to repeat.
Throughout yesterday and to-day little else has been
talked about than the " demonstration," as it is here
called, which appears to have exceeded the anticipations
of the most sanguine of its promoters. In the account
it was mentioned that many were present who
usually display an utter disregard of politics, and not a
few who belong to the Conservative party. As one of
the former, may be mentioned Chevalier Dillon,
the French Consul at this port, a gentleman enjoying in
a high degree the confidence of the mercantile portion
of the community, and who necessarily avoids all ex-
pression of political opinion. The presence of gentle-
men of this class, and their evident sympathy with the
cause of commercial freedom, adds to the impression
produced by the admirable address of Mr. Cobden.
This evening a meeting has been held at the Claren-
don Hotel, for the purpose of giving effect to Mr. Cob-
den's recommendations.

Mr. G. Crawshay occupied the chair, and, in opening
the proceedings, suggested that Newcastle should be
made the seat of an auxiliary to the League, having its
separate council, and 'corresponding with, and directing
the operations of, the surrounding district.
The speaking at the meeting was purely conversa-
tional. Arrangements were made to carry on the quali-
fication movement, and a considerable number of appli-
cations were made by persons desirous of securing votes
for South Northumberland and North Durham.
. .

Subscriptions were afterwards opened for the League
quarter of a million fund. Amongst the sums contri-
buted were—Mr. Crawshay, 1004; Messrs. Pow and
Falcus, North Shields, 504; Messrs. J. Lee and Co.,
Newcastle, 501.; Messrs. Bell, 301.; Mr. H. C. Arm-
strong, 25/.; Mr. John Shield, 211.; Mr. James Shield,
201.; with many smaller sums, the total subscribed on
the spot being upwards of 310/.

SUGAR DUTIES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Lord Stanhope, and he is a great authority, has
threatened, that should the corn-laws be annihilated,
and protection be withdrawn from agricultural industry,
he will be amongst the first to assail all other monopo-
lies. He has declared that he will not stand with his
arms folded and see the farmers and labourers paying a
protection price for the articles they or their families
may require, while the produce of their industry is
obliged to be sold at its real value ; and he is perfectly
right and just in the view he takes of the affair in that
respect.

His Lordship will very soon probably be in a position
to carry his excellent threat into execution, and away
goes protection to hats, shoes, waistcoats, and a long et
cetera of other articles which the farmers and labourers
are obliged to purchase. Perhaps the better way for his
Lordship to adopt would be to commence his task forth-
with. If he be really the friend of the agriculturists and
their labourers, he will not fail to do so—to talk wildly,
as some Noble Dukes have recently, about the propriety,
of maintaining these starvation corn-laws, is all moon-
shine; their fate is determined, and they know it. Far
more rational would it be to place the agriculturists
in a secure position, as Lord Stanhope declares
they shall be, before the corn-laws are abolished,
than after that period. The farmers and labourers
ought in fairness to have the opportunity of supplying
themselves and families with all commodities at their
actual value before they are compelled to part with
articles, the result of their own industry, on the like
terms. To advocate this practical right is far wiser and
more prudent than to abuse their understandings by
flourishing speeches about their theoretical rights—the
right to plunch r consumers of food by forcing them to
pay more for it than its actual worth. First and fore-
most the colonial monopoly stands for clearance; can
any person adduce a sane reason why the agriculturists
should be obliged to pay fifteen pounds a ton more for
the sugar they purchase than it would fetch anywhere
else ? or why they should give thirty-seven shillings
and fourpence per cwt. more for their coffee than is
necessary? Remarks to the same effect might be made
upon all other colonial articles. Supposing this colo-
nial monopoly destroyed, as well as other monopolies
which enhance the prices of wearing apparel, the farmers
and labourers would be gainers by the loss of the pro-
tection new given to food.
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
Brighton, Jan. 9, 1846. B. S. R.

THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE IN LONDON.—The
following statistical account of the several offices filled by the
undermentioned officers may prove interesting to our read-
ers :—ln the principal or secretary's office, exclusive of the
Postmaster-General, there are 64 officers, thus classed
Secretary, assistant secretary, private secretary, chief clerk
to secretary, senior clerks—first class 3, second class
86,
juniors—first class 9, second class 14. Surveyor's office, ;
third solicitor'sditto.
ryeyor and
clerks to ditto, 16; surveyors—Scotch, 2; clerks to ditto,3,
In the mailcoach-office there are 43, viz
messenger. Account-
superintendent, first clerk, seniors 2, juniors ; inspectors
office,ofma4il,cvoiazc._hesso,
18ichorraifilwrsetycleelrek,
Nsec2o7n.d thedlnitto,
ars office, 17—receiver-general, chief clerk,
Receiver-General's
Account-
ant-General's office, 31 : accountant-general deputy,
chief eputy,
chief clerk, principa clerks 3, seniors 6, juniors 19.
Money- order-office, 170 president, chief clerk, first-
classseniors 3, juniors 9, extra clerks 2,
senior clerks, 4, second class 25, ditto 50, junior pro-
bationary class, 89. Inland and foreign office, 645—Super-
intending president ; presidents, 4 ; assistant presidents ;
vice presidents, 3 ; senior clerks, 9 ; assistants, 33; clerks,
36 : junior clerks, 50 ; clerks to superintending presidents, 3;
inspectors of official correspondence, 4; officers in charge of
Indian mails, 3 ; packet mail clerks, 2 ; officers at paid
windows, 4 ; clerks of letter carriers' accounts, 2 ;
instructor of junior clerks; senior messengers, 2; junior
ditto, 49 ; watchmen, 2. Inspector of letter carriers' office,
whick is an adjunct to the inland office, contains an inspec-
tor, assistant inspectors, 7 ; sub-sorters, 147 ; letter earners,
281. Ship letter-office, B—lnspector, chief clerk, senior
clerks, 2 ; juniors, 4. Dead and return letter-office, 21—
Inspector, first clerk, seniors, 5; juniors, 14. London dis-
trict, late twopenny-office, 623—Superintending president,
chief clerk, assistant clerks, 5 ; surveyor, remittance clerk ;
sorting offices—presidents, 2 ; vice-presidents, 4 ; window-
men, 2 ; clerks of divisions, 14 ; first assorters, 12 ;
second ditto, 12 ; sorters, 10 ; sub-sorters, 31; inspector,
assistant-inspectors, 2 ; junior-inspectors, 8 ; stampers, 16 ;
letter-carriers, 500. This makes a total of 1,626 persons
employed in the London Post• office, and within the circle of
the district post delivery. The increase of business in the
various offices during the last few years has been very con-
siderable. Money-orders have increased about thirty-fold,
and in the newspaper-office not less than 100,000 newspapers
are dispatched nightly, besides a great number which are
now sent by the many morning mails out of the metropolis.
The considerable reductions which have recently been made
in the rates of foreign correspondence have tended very ma
terially to multiply the duty in that department, and it has
been found necessary to afford additional facilities in con-
nexion therewith, by taking down the stone staircase at the
eastern entrance to the portico from Foster-lane. The space
which it occupied is now fitted up with pigeon-holes and
boxes, to be used for the purpose of facilitating the duty.
The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, Lord and
Lady Seymour, and a select circle, have been enjoying the
hospitality of Mr. R. B. Sheridan, M.P., and Mrs. Sheridan,
at Frampton House, Dorset.
The Duke of Cleveland will take the chair at the
meeting of the County of Durham Agricultural Protection
Society, to be held in the city of Durham,
OnMonday
to adopt a memorial to the Queen, and petitions to both
Houses of Parliament, in support of protection to agriculture
not less than at present existingL
ARREST or OLE BULL.—Phis eminentviolinist was
recently arrested at Baltimore, Ohio, under the follow-
ing circumstances :
—A contract was made by Ole
Bull's agent with Mr. Barton, of Philadelphia, for Ole
Bull to play four nights at the Arch-street Theatre. Mr.
Barton agreed on his part to furnish a full and complete
orchestra to accompany Ole Bull, who went to Philadel-
phia from Boston to fulfil the engagement, taking with
him Signor Le Mauna to conduct the orchestra. 'Upon
his arrival he found Mr. Barton could not procure the
orchestra, and wished him to play with a piano accom-
paniment, which he refused to do. He.thereby was at
considerable expense in going to that city to fulfil the
contract. Thus the matter stood for more than a year,
until, not long ago, in Baltimore, Mr. Barton had him
arrested, just as he was about leaving his hotel for the
purpose of performing at his concert. _