The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-04 00:00:00

-THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 184t3.

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G
LONDON, SEPT. 3.—Wind this day at neon N.E., light
airs and fine clear weather.

DEAL, SEPT. 2.—Wind N.E., strong and squally.—Arrd.
-Progress, Wallace, Rio Grande; Alert, Davidson, Canada.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT.L—Arrd. Charlotte, M'Lean, Prince
Edward's Island. Sld. Abberton, Campbell, Sydney, New
South Wales; Abbertod, Parry, Port Adelaide, South
Australia. Off, Tuustall, Pardy, Quebec.
MUMBLES, AUG. 31. -- Arrd. Eliza Kirkbrade; Greig,
Quebe6, for Oran; Mary Dugdale, Simson, Cuba; Agnes
Blakie, Bridgeford, Cuba.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 2.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Europe,
Forsyth, Matanzas; Walton, Pentecoll, St. Domingo;
Diamond, Irvine, Porto Cabello ; John Walker, Muir, Quebec;
Wilson, Stoup, Montreal. Sid., Ist, Hopkinson, Grebow,
Miramicbi •' 2d, Magnificent, Verrill, New Orleans; Fideiia,
Hackstall, New York; Charles Humberston, Strettall, St.
Stephen's, New Providence ; Huron, Driver, Magaguadarin ;
Princess Alice, Oliver, Quebec; Teaser, M'Guffee, Montreal.
DEAL, SEPT. 2.—The Martha, Longridge, from Antwerp
to Liverpool, got on the Shingles early this morning, was
assisted off and brought into the Downs, making sixteen
inches of water per hour, and must proceed to the nearest
port.
YARMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—The Clyde (Schooner), of Hull,
Holmes, was assisted into this port to-day, leaky.
The agent of Lloyd's, at Dover. furnishes the following
particulars of the singular and Providential escape of a
seaman :—The Swedish seaman, Anders Henricksen, of
Gothenburg, fell into the sea from the yard of the brig Al-
bertina, Captain Berg, from St. Übes for Gothenburg, at
seven, P.m., on the 31st August, seven miles off the South
Foreland. A plank was thrown him from the ship, which be
succeeded in reaching, and from which he was taken off at
eleven, P.M., the same night, by the schooner Joshua Carroll,
of London, from Cardiff, and landed at Dover, having been
very humanely and judiciously treated by Captain George.
The man has been supplied with clothes, &c., by the Swedish
consul at Dover, and shipped as seaman in the Norwegian
brig Ocean, of Dronthum. It is feared that very little exer-
tion was made by Captain Berg to reccver his seaman.

IRELAND.

ADDRESSES TO THE LORD-LIEUTENANT,

DUBLIN, SEPT. I.—This day a numerous deputation,
composed of the President, Council, and Fellows of the
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, waited upon his.
Excellency the Lard-Lieutenant for the purpose of pre-
senting him with an address on his appointment to the
Government of this country. On the arrival of he de-
putation at the Vice-Regal Lodge, Phcenix Park, they
were ushered into the presence of his Excellency, when
the Secretary,' Dr. W. Cusack, read the following ad-
dress:—

" We, the President, Council, and Fellows of the
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, beg leave to ap-
proach your Excellency to con;►ratulnte you upon your
arrival in Ireland, and to assure you that we are much
gratified at having an opportunity afforded us of thus
expressing our feelings of respect, a gratification much
enhanced by the circumstance of our being able to claim
your Excellency as a fellow-countryman.
" We beg leave to assure your Excellency that .we
shall at all times be prepared to contribute by every
means in our power towards advancing the welfare of
the public service in our particular department, and that
we shall be glad to receive from the Government such
suggestions as it may think proper to make, to enable
us to carry these, our determinations, into► effect.
" We are anxious to avail ourselves of the present oc-
casion to solicit, most respectfully, the attention of your
Excellency to the state of the medical institutions of
this country, and to express a hope that you may be
pleased to extend to our profession that protection and
support which, from its public services, it is entitled to
claim."

His Excellency returned a most gracious reply.
When the deputation from the Royal College of Sur-
geons had retired, a numerous deputation from the
King's and Queen's Colleges of Physicians were ushered
into his Excellency's presence, for the purpose of pre-
senting to him an address from the President and Fel-
lows of that University, which Sir Henry Marshe, Bart.,
read as follows :

" We, the President and Fellows of the King's and
Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland, bog leave to
approach your Excellency with sentiments of profound
respect, and to offer you our sincere and warm congra-
tulations on your arrival to assume the Government of
Ireland as the representative of our most gracious Sove-

reign_

We gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity to ex-
press our deep-telt satisfaction at this proof of her Ma-
jesty's regards for the welfare of this country, in dele-
gating her authority to an Irish Nobleman so distin
guished by high personal endowments and capabilities
as a statesman.

" While we offer our sincere regards for your Lord-
ship's happiness, and our best wishes for the success of
3 our administration, we at the same time tender to your

-Exc, llency our devoted services in the promotion of any
of those measures devised for the public good which may
be dirhtly or indirectly connected with the sciences cul-
tivated by us, whenever it may please your Excellency
to command our co opf ration."
When Sir Henry Marshe had concluded, his Excel-
lency returned the following reply ,
" I have great pleasure in receiving an address from
such eminent persons as the President and Fellows of
the King's and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland,
and I feel much flattered at the expression of your ap-
proval of the choice her Majesty has been pleased to make
in appointing me to the government of this kingdom.
I accept with the greatest satisfaction the assurance
that I shall receive from you your support in those mea-
sures which may be necessary for the public good, and
which may be directly or indirectly connected with the
sciences to which you have so usefully devoted your-
selves."
The deputation then withdrew.

His Ex•Cellency has appointed to morrow (Wednesday)
for receiving the address of the inhabitants of the town of
Carrick-on-Suir and its vicinity.

APRIVAL OF MR. LABOUCHERE.

The Eight Hon. Henry Lab,uchere, Secretary for Ire•
land, arrived in King,t ,wn this morning, by the Prir.-
cess steamer, end shortly atter proceeded to Dublin
Castle. The Right Hon. Gentleman was accompanied
by his family and a large sulo of attendants.

DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
COPY OF A TREASURY MINUTE, DATED
AUG. 31.

My Lords have before them the Act 10th Vic., cap.
107, " To facilitate the employment of the labouring
poor for t< limited period in distressed districts in Ire-
land," and proceed to consider the revised instructions
which the provisions of this Act, and the experience
which has been acquired from the operations for the re
lief of the people suffering from the failure of the potato
crop in Ireland, since the month of November last, ren-
ders it desirable should be issued to the Board of
Works, and to Commissary-General Sir R. Routh, who
is in charge of the duties lately executed by the Relief
Commission.

No authority can, from the present date, be given for
the execution of any new works under the 9th Vic.,
cap. 1 ; and such works as may be hereafter required
for the relief of the distress, must be presented and
sanctioned according to the provisions of the 10th Vic.,
cap. 107.

;The Board of Works were instructed by the Treasury
minute, dated 21st ultimo, to bring to an early close all
the works under 9th Vic., cap. 1, which were not rt-
quired for the relief of urgent distress ; and the Board
were informed that if the parties interested desired that
works so discontinued should afterwards be recommenced
and completed, it was open to them to take the usual
steps to provide for that object, either by obtaining
loans secured by grand jury presentment, or by other
means.

Their Lordships desire that the Board of Works will
report to what extent works have been discontinued
under these instructions on the ground of their not being
really required tor the purpose of giving relief, and that
it may be understood, in accordance with the passage
above adverted to in the minute of the 21 t July, that it
should become necessary to recommence any such works,
the renewal of them must be provided for either in man-
ner above referred to, or under the 10th Vict., cap. 107.
With a view to give every practicable assistance to
the presentment sessions, the Board of Works should be
prepared with plans and estimates of those works in each
district in which relief is likely to he required, on
which the destitute poor might with the greatest pos-
sible advantage be employed ; and an officer of the
board should be in attendance at the sessions, to furnish
every explanation that may be called for.
In order to prevent labourers from being induced to
leave their proper employments and to congregate on
the relict works, in the hope of getting regularly paid
money wages in return fora smaller quantum of work
than they have been accustomed to give, the following
rules ought, in their Lordships' opinion, to be strictly
observed:—
No person should be employed on any relief works
who can obtain employment on other public works,
or in farming or other private operations in the
neighbourhood.
The wages given to persons employed on relief works
should, in every case, be at least 2d. a day less than
the average rate of 'wages in the district.
And the persons employed on the relief works should,
to the utmost possible extent, be paid in proportion
to the work actually done by them.
Their Lordships suggest, for the consideration of the
Lord Lieutenant, that it may be advisable that in every
case in which it may be determined to assemble extraor-
dinary sessions for the presentment of works under the
10th Vic., cap. 107, instructions should also be issued to
the Lieutenant of the county, to re-assemble the relief
committees of the districts in which such works are pro.
posed to be carried-on, making such changes in the in-
dividuals composing the committees as circumstances
may require ; or, if no relief committees have yet been
organised in the districts in question, to appoint new
c •mrnittees in accordance with the rules prescribed by
the Relief Commission.

Their Lordships also suggest that in order to obviate
inconveniences which have been experienced during the
late relief operations, the following alterations should be
made in the instructions under which the local relief
committee have hitherto acted : _

First, with regard to the assistance given by the relief
committees in the proper appropriation of the relief
••provided under the 10th Vic., cap. 107, by means of
public works:—
That tickets should not hereafter be issued by the
relief committees entitlit-g persons to employment on
such public works. That, instead thereof, the relief
committees should furnish (according to a form to be
,upplied to there' for that purpose) the officers in charge
of the works on the part of the Board of Works, with
lists of persons requiring relief, noting them in the
order in which they are considered to be entitled to
priority, either on account of their large fainilies or
from any other cause ; that the committees should re
she these lists from time to time, as occasion miy re-
quire ; and that the officers of the Board of Works,
acting on the information contained in these lists, or
acquired by them from other sources, should themselves
furnish tickets entitling persons to epployment on the

felief works for certain limited period;, according to the
circumstances of each case.
Secondly, as regards the functions performed by the
relief committees, independently of the relief works
carried on under the provisions- of Acts of Parlia-

_
scent :
Their Lordships consider that donations in aid of pri-
vate subscriptions may be made, when necessary, as
heretofore, from public funds placed for that purpose at
the disposal of the Lord-Lieutenant ; and that these do-
nations may continue to be, as a general rule, in the pro-
portion of from one third to one-half of the amount of
the private subscriptions, according to the extent of the
destitution and the means of the subscribers.
But their Lordships are of opinion that, in consideration
of the assistance so to be given from the public purse, the
proceedings of the relief committees in the appropriation
of the funds administered by them, should be subjected
to any degree of control on the part of the Government
that may be considered desirable; for which purpose their
accounts and correspondence should at all times he open
to the inspection of Govern ment_officers appointed for the
purpose, and any further explanations that may he re•
quired on any particular point should be immediately
!tarnished.
In order to ke,,p in check, as far as possible, the social
evils incident to an extensive system of relief, it is indis-
pensably necessary that the relief committees should not
sell the meal or other food provided by them, except in
small quantities, to persons who are known to have no
other means of procuring food—that the price at which
the meal is sold should, as nearly as possible, be the
same as the market prices which prevail in the neigh-
bourhood—that the committees should not give a higher
rate of wages, nor exact a smaller quantum of work, in
any works carried on by them from funds at their own
disposal, than is the case in respect to the works carried
on under the superintendence of the Board of Works,
and that works should be carried on by them only to the
extent to which private employment is proved not to be
available.

Tne serious attention of every person who will
have to take a part in the measure of relief rendered
necessary by the new and more complete failure
of the potato crop, should be particularly called
to this important fact, that the limitations and
precautions which have been prescribed to the Govern-
ment boards and officers in carrying out the relief
operations, with the object of rendering the necessary
interference with the labour and provision markets
productive of the smallest possible disturbance of the
ordinary course of trade and industry, will be rendered
nugatory if the same prudence and reserve are not prac-
tised by the relief committees in the administration of
the funds placed at their disposal by private or public
benevolence ; and their Lordships therefore feel it to be
their duty earnestly to request that every person con-
cerned will, to the extent of the influence possessed by
him, endeavour to secure such a restriction of the mea-
sures of relief to cases of real destitution, and such a
just consideration for the interests of merchants and
dealers, in the free exercise of whose callings the public
welfare is so deeply concerned, that instead of the habi-
tual dependence upon charitable aid which might other-
wise be apprehended from the extensive measures of re-
lief in progress, every description-of trade and industry
may be stimulated by them, and the bonds of society
may become more firmly knit, by the benevolent and in-
telligent co-operation of the different orders and ranks
of which it is composed, to avert a common calamity,
and to prepare for recommencing the ordinary occupa-
tions of social life, with advantages which are at present
only imperfectly enjoyed in some parts of Ireland.
The limited Grant Fund provided by the 10th Vic.,
cap. 109, entitled " An Act to authorise a further Issue
of Money in aid of Public Works of acknowledged
utility in Poor Districts in Ireland," is, according to the
terms of the Act, applicable only to the case of unim-
proved districts, like parts of the counties of Kerry,
Mayo, and Donegal, where, although roads and other
works would be productive of more than usual public
advantage, the districts are too poor to bear the who!e
expense of them; and the Act, therefore, directs, that
in cases in which die repayment of loans to the amount
of at least a moiety of the estimated expense of such
works shall have been secured, and such further con-
tributions shall have been made as the Commissioners
of her Majesty's Treasury Shall think fit to require from
the individuals principally interested in the projected
works, such aid shall be afforded from this fund in the
shape of grants, as the occasion may appear to require.
The applications which may be received for grants
nnder this Act will have to be carefully examined and
inquired into by the Commissioners of Public Works,
who will recommend for sanction those works which
appear to them to combine the greatest permanent utility
with the relief of urgent distress, taking care that the
proprietors specially interested are required to contri-
bute, in addition to their share of the general assess-
ment, for the repayment of half the expense of the works,
sums proportioned, in some degree, to the special bene-
fits they will derive from them.
111 y Lords have considered with the careful attention
which the importance of the subject demands, the mea-
sures proper to be taken with a view to continue the late
commissariat operations to the extent which may be
absolutely necessary for the purpose of providing sup-
plies of food for sale in districts to which the ordinary
operations of the provision trade cannot be expected to
extend, the strictest regard being at the same time paid to
the pledge which has been given, not to interfere in any
case in which there is a reasonable expectation that the
market will be supplied by mercantile enterprise ; and
they will proceed to state the course which appears to
them to be best adapted to secure the important object
in view.

Their Lordships have already giver► directions that
no portion of the stock of meal remaining in store in
the different depots should be sold merely for the sake of
disposing of it.
It has been fully established by the experience of the
late operations, that the ports on the northern, eastern,
and southern coasts, from Londonderry to Cork, and
those parts of the interior which are ordinarily supplied
from them, may safely be left to the foresight and en-
terprise of private merchants; and it will only be neces-
sary for the Government, so far as this part of Ireland
is concerned, to take effectual precautions that the sup-
plies introduced by private traders from abroad are pro-
perly protected, both while they are in the transit and
when they are stored for future consumption; and for
this purpose their Lordships rely upon the Lord-Lieu-
tenant making every necessary arrangement in commu-
nication with the Commander of the Forces in Ireland,
and the Inspector General of the Constabulary Force.
Acting on this principle, their Lordships have directed
that the supplies of food now in store should be concen-
trated without delay at the following depots :
In the interior--Longford, Banagher.
On the coast—Limerick, Galway, Westport, Sligo.
And the Commissary-General lievvetson has been in-
structed to take immediate steps for the transfer of the
quantity remaining in store in the depot at Cork to
Limerick, in the charge of which depot he will relieve
Commissary-General Coffin, who will remain on full
pay with a view to his being employed hereafter, as the
occasion may require.

Subordina-te depots will be established under the
charge of the constabulary, at other places on the western
coast, as the necaisity for taking such a step may become
apparent.
Their Lordships desire that it may be fully under-
stood, that even at these places at which Government
depots will be established for the sale of food, the depots
will not be opened %bile food can be obtained by the
people from private dealers at reasonable prices ; and
that even when the depots are opened, the meal will, if
possible, be sold at such prices as will allow of the pri-
vate trader selling at the same price with a reasonable
profit.
The relief commi,sion ceased on the 15th instant,
since which period Commissary-General Sir Randolph
Routh has continued to transact such business as re-
quired immediate attention ; and, considering the expe-
rience which has been acquired by that officer, and his
well-proved ability for the task, their Lordships are of
opinion that the duties confided to the relief commission
during the late operations may-with great public advan-
ttge be entrusted to Sir Randolph Routh, a.,2ting under
the authority of the Lord-Lieutenant, and Li constant
communication with this board.

Their Lordships have taken steps to procure the early
arrival in this wintry, from the stations where they
are employed abroad, of a sufficient number of well-
qualified commissariat officers, not only to take charge
of the depots which it has been determined to retain,
but also, under the orders of Sir Randolph Routh, to
communicate vk ith the local relief committees, and to
afford, through him, to her Majesty's Government, cor•
rect information as to the state of the districts in which
they will be stationed.
Measures have also been taken for strengthening the
Board of Works, to enable it to meet the coming
emergency, on which subject a separate communication
will this day be mad? to the Board of Works and his
Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant.
Transmit a copy of this minute to Mr. Redington,
and request that he will move the Lord-Lieutenant, if
he shall concur therein, to give the necessary directions
in regard to such of the arrangements as more imme-
diately depend upon his Excellency for carrying them
into effect.

Also transmit a copy to the Commissioners of Public
Works, and to Commissary-General Sir Randolph Routh,
for their information and guidance.

THE NEW HALL, LINCOLN'S INN.—The public
are now admitted to view the interior of this building by
benchers' orders.
OFFICE OF MASTERS IN LUNACY, LINCOLN'S INN-
FlELDS.—Wednesday notice was issued at the office of
Master:, in Lunacy arid visitors of lunatics, that, during
the vacation, the office would only be open on Wednes-
days and Fridays between the hours of twelve and two.
CoNvEnsioNs TO CATHOLICITY.—A correspondent
informs us, that on last Sunday, the 23d instant, in the
parish of Kilianne, five members of a Protestant family,
named Hughes, were received into the Catholic Church
by the Rev. P. Rossiter.--- Wexford Independent.
PRINCE ALBERT'S LATE VISIT TO LIVERPOOL.—
Her Majesty has sent to the Mayor of Liverpool and
the Chairman of the Dock Committee, proof copies,
most magnificently framed, of Winteralter's portraits of
the Royal Family, as a mark of her satisfaction at the
reception given to her illustrious consort in July last.
They were accompanied by a very flattering letter from
Mr. Anson, written by royal command.
THE GOVEEN'IR-GENERAL OF INDIA.—As it has
been mentioned in some circles, and by some of our contem-
poraries, that Lord Hardinge wishes to quit the government
and return home, we have much pleasure in communicating
to our readers his own words upon that point, as written to a
relat ion, from Simla, 19th of June, 1846 :—" Yesterday was
the 31st anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. How im-
petuously time flies 1 The reminiscences of bygone days
flash across my mind, when I used to receive from you and
my cousin many acts of friendship. It makes me feel that I
am getting very old, and from the incessant work I have to
encounter here I shall be glad when I can retire with
honour; but you are all so generous in your distinctions and
rewards, that I must not abaucloa my post whilst my duty is
Impede/I:tied."

LITERATURE.

STABLE TALK AND TABLE TALK. 2 Vols
By Harry Hieover.
The author of these very agreeable volumes is
quite a Democritus in his way; he cannot philosophise
without a chuckle, neither can he chuckle without
philosophising. He is always in excellent humour
both with himself and with his subject, and as plea-
santry is—thanks to a merciful dispensation !—as
contagious as the potato murrain, his readers are un-
consciously infected with the spirit of the chapters,
and resign the book at last on equally excellent
terms with themselves, with sporting generally, with
" Stable Talk and Table Talk" in particular, and
especially with Harry Hieover himself. Besides
being of this well-tempered character, these volumes
have given us very considerable satisfaction, inas-
much as they afford a comprehensive coup d' cell
of the histories and mysteries of everything
relating to the turf, the stable, or the road—of every-
thing equine in short. Other scribes have vouchsafed
the public their table- talk—Hazlitt, for example, in
sentences worthy of his intellect, and Coleridge in
fragments of the very balderdash of metaphysics ; but
table talk, generally speaking, is such a miserable
compeund of self-sufficiency, affectation, and twaddle,
that we conceive Harry Hieover has done himself in-
justice in thus designating his lucubrations. The
two volumes before us are indeed neither the diluted
skimmings of conversation, Nor the produce of flip-
pancy and egotism, such as their soubriquet might
imply: on the contrary, they are composed of
various articles of a substantial character,
descriptive of sporting life, and illus-
trative of sporting knowledge. As the author
facetiously observes, upon his title-page—the book is
intended to serve as " spectacles fur young sports-
men ;" and the young sportsman must be purblind,
or, in other words, a dullard, if he sees not better
into the subject-matter after a perusal of " Stable
Ta!k," or if its pages do not " open his eyes" to a
few facts with which he was hitherto unacquainted.
We may best afford our readers a notion of the va-
riety of the materials condensed into these two volumes
by referring to the index. Among other sections,
we have " Scenes in the Life of a Sporting Roue,"
and capital scenes they are, too—picturesque and
animated. We must particularly individualise one
character described in this portion of the work, we mean
the wight better known
.as " Elbow Jaques." The
portraiture is admirable—to the life—to the hair !
We have seen " Elbow Jaques" a thousand times,
and though he has not often " borne us on his back
' Horatio,' we could yet muse over this clever delinea-
tion of him as Hamlet did over the cranium of Yorick.
Every one will recognise the original—it is unmis-
takeable; not so much as the representation of an in-
dividual as of a genus. Then again we are treated
with a " Hunting Song"—not a spurious piece of
shouting and swearing, such as certain nondescript
gentlemen are in the habit of singing in back parlours
at Camberwell, with a view to Impress their hearers
with the notion that they (the singers) are thorough
Nimrods, No : but a sterling, roystering, glorious
hunting song, fit for the best huntsman that ever
cleared a fence in pursuit of Slyboots. However, we
will enable our readers to judge for themselves by
transcribing a few verses—premising that they are
carolled to the air of the " Lincolnshire Poacher :"
A HUNTING SONG.
I am a jovial Sportsman, as every man should be,
A hunting life and a country life is just the life for me:
Our horses and our hounds are such no other climes can show,
For 'tis their delight in the foremost flight with a fox afoot

to go.

We are such hardy fellows we newer fear a fall,
But boldly face the fence or gate, the spreading brook or wall ;
For those who crane or seek a lane we hold as shy and slow,
And will ne'er delight in the foremost flight with trumps like
us to go.

And now we greet the well-known Meet, we quickly leave
the hack,
And jump upon our hunter, who is waiting with the pack :
Then crashing through the covert both the hounds and hunts-
men go—
Oh ! it's their delight in the foremost flight to tell Pug he
must show.
Hark! there I hear a challenge—it is old Music's note—
A chorus joins—whatjoyous sounds new on the breezes float !
"Hark forward !" cries the Whip, for he has heard the
huntsman's blow;
They'll soon be right in the foremost flight to show how they
can go.
"Yoix, at him !" cries the Huntsman : " hold hard !" for
there l►e breaks;
And straight across the open now his country he takes :
He's fairly gone, so now we'll give a rattling " Tally-ho !"
And now we're right in the foremost flight like jolly bricks
to go.
To reach yon distant covert now in vain game Reynard tries,
Old Venom runs in to him, and he, gamely fighting, dies.
" Who-whoop !" now cries the Huntsman, who so late cried
" Tally- ho !"
'Tis pure delight in the foremost flight in a run like this to go.
Here's to fox-hunting and fox-hunters, and may we never
trace •
The man within old England's shores who would put down
the Chase L
For such a man at once I scan as British Sportsmen's foe,
Who still delight in the foremost flight like bricks and
trumps to go.
Besides what we have already particularised the
author has afforded us both amusement and instruc-
tion on a multitude of other matters appertaining to
the same pursuit. Among others—hints upon " the
effect of weight and other weighty effects as applied
to horses"—an elementary disquisition upon the
" education of horses"—a capital dissertation anent
" Sporting prints and Sporting pictures"—a curious
essay on " Aphitheatrical Horses"—memoranda re-
specting La Chasse Etrangere—a true tale entitled
" The Doctor," a few remarks on " training race-
horses"—and so many other matters that we must
beg to be held excused from even enumerating them.
Harry Hieover has here performed an inestimable
service to an amusement, the excitement, the ex-
cellence, the perils, and the healthfulness of which,
his previous writings had so well exemplified.
Though we mourn that Nimrod is no more, we can
rejoice that Harry Hieover is still alive and vigorous.

MAGAZINES—CONTINUED.
HOOD'S
MAGAZINE.
Although this is a somewhat unequal number, it is
likewise in some respects an unequalled number,
since the man we all loved and honoured so much—
Thomas Hood—departed from among us. Another
act is added to the drama of " Ignez de Castro"—
namely, the fourth. It partakes of the beauties and
blemishes which were apparent in the preceding por-
tions. " A word with Dr. Johnson " is also conti-
nued; as bold as ever, and as elaborate. Another
serial is resumed in the shape of " Nell Gwynne,"
and with a trifling improvement. Of " Blanche
Neville" we can say but little in praise; and
of the " Bushranger" we have spoken so fre-
quently, that for the present we are com-
pelled, from sheer exhaustion, to remain si-
lent. It is in the " culled dainties," and casual
fragments of verse that Hood is so peculiarly esti-
mable. Nevertheless the three sonnets upon The
Accursed Lash," by J. Jones, are scarcely worthy of
his reputation and capacities. They are animated by
a generous and charitable feeling, but they do not
define that sentiment musically. Perhaps, however,
we are expecting too much in looking for melodious
numbers in deprecation of the,cat-o. nine-tails ! Mr.
William Smith O'Brien, the lineal descendant of
Brian Born, bath, in his epistle to " my dear Ray,"
spoken of the transcendental prose, or something of
that sort, of the Nation newspaper. Let him, in the
name of common sense, turn either to the Nation of
August the first, or to page 284 of this magazine, and
he will find the following specimen of that transcen-
dental prose—" Ay ! on the bleeding knees of her
heart shall England atone, but never to beggars !"
Altogether this number is excellently readable.

Brougham. By clothing the more abstruse portion
I of human knowledge with the seductive garb of elo-
quence; by divesting their elucidation of all unne-
cessary technicalities ; and by expounding the most
profound truths of science with a perspicuity which
coull admit of no misapprehension from the previously
uninitiated, Arago has conferred a boon upon the
people which can never be forgotten, and the remem-
brance of which must perpetuate his name for the
gratitude and admiration of remote ages. Lord
Brougham will ever retain the most supreme position
amongst the noblest benefactors of the human race;
he commenced the true crusade of civilisation; he was
the first who ever attempted to disseminate a love of
learning among the illiterate by rendering philosophy
more alluring, and by rendering the secrets of philo-
sophy more accessible. By establishing the " Library
for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" by aiding
that memorable association both as president and as a
literary contributor, from the first moment of its
formation to the close of its most humanizing
and benevolent career, Lord Brougham has
acquired for himself a glory more beautiful, more
truthful, more permanent, and more lustrous, than
any that can be achieved merely by military prowess
or legislative sagacity. Some persons are ignorant
enough, or frivolous enough; or, shall we say, heart-
less enough, to remember some of the Noble Lord's
peccadillos in Parliament, and to forget his imperish-
able deeds for the fostering of the intelligence of the
multitude : they can ridicule the sylvan sports of
Lord Brougham on his estates at Cannes, but do
not possess sufficient magnanimity ever to allude to
Lord Brougham's " Discourse upon the objects and
pleasures of Science"—the most admirable discourse
that was perhaps ever penned upon that most admi-
rable of subjects. As one of the principal followers
of Lord Brougham in this effort to make
knowledge more palateable to the mass, M. Arago
deserves the grateful recollection of his fellow men.
He has endeavoured to emulate the conduct
of his great predecesor : and in doing so he has ac-
quired an enormous popularity. May he long con-
tinue to enjoy that popularity, and may the career
which commenced in 1786 be protracted many years!
We thank the writer of the article, in the Magazine,
for the praises he has so elegantly and worthily be-
stowed. "Strauss' Leuben Jesu," is precisely the
paper we have long desired to peruse. Infidelity is
most pernicious when it is enforced by erudition, and
rendered attractive by the generosity of its accom-
panying sentiments. Such an infidelity is a poison
which may be rendered innocuous by a timely anti-
dote. Again do we encounter a long article on
"Algeria"—commend us to a broad-sheet of railway
advertisements instead! "Signor Formica" is a de-
lightful translation from a story by Hoffman, com-
menced in the preceding number. "The Black
Prophet" proceeds, and will, when completed, form
one of the most successful performances of one of
Ireland's best novelists, William Carleton. There are
several other contributions, the ablest of which is
devoted to the consideration of the "faith, features,
farms, fisheries, politics, and people" of Scotland.

ALMANACK OF THE MONTY.
Having already, under a separate heading, given
one extract from this most amusing little miscellany,
to wit Angus Reach's admirable quiz upon the in-
temperate temperance mongers, we confess that it is
hardly fair to trespass further upon its pages. Never-
theless, we cannot resist the temptation of presenting
our readers with the following beautiful lyric from
the pen of Mark Lemon. It is a gem.
I will sing no more of sorrow,
Sadly doubting of the morrow.
Seated here beneath the shade,
By a sweet-breath'd jasmine made,
From the heat of sultry noon
Till I hail the pilgrim moon,
I will laugh and sing to thee,
Merrily, Joan, merrily.
What though Time be swiftly flying,
We but urge him on by sighing.
Hark! the birds trill in the sun,
• And the streams in music run,
Whilst not e'en the flowers are mute,
And the wind sings like a lute.
Merry sounds are everywhere,
Why should I but sing of care?
No! I'll laugh and sing to thee,
Merrily, Joan, merrily.

THE COMMERCIAL MAGAZINE.
The second number of this periodical fully main-
tains the character which its first number has ac-
quired. It is in every respect worthy to be the
organ of the commercial world. The following
digest of railway law, as far as it is at present settled,
will be found useful to all, who, having become sub-
scribers to railway projects, are desirous of clearly
understanding the exact legal position in which they
stand.

" 1. RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF ALLOTTEES IN ABAN-

DONED SCHEMES.

" It is now clearly established that an allottee who
has paid his deposit upon shares in a scheme which is
abandoned without applying to Parliament, can recover
back his deposit from the promoters of the scheme,
without any deduction for preliminary expenses. Thus,
where the promoters have failed to allot the requisite
number of shares, or having allotted them, have aban-
doned the scheme without applying to Parliament, or
have induced the public to apply for allotments by
means of fraudulent representations, in all these cases
the entire deposit may be recovered back, and the ex-
penses must fall upon the managers. In most of them
the allottee may bring an action at law, or file a bill in
Chancery, against any one of the promoters who has
acted, or held himself out to the world as acting, in the
formation and carrying out of the scheme.
" The allottee of shares in such an abandoned scheme
cannot be sued for the pay meat of the deposit, if he have
not paid it, nor can he bc,. compelled to contribute
towards the payment of the debts and expenses which
the promoters have incurred.

2. RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF ALLOTTEES IN
SCHEMES WHICH ARE NOT ABANDONED BY THE
PROMOTERS.

"The position of an allottee who applies for shares
in a scheme which the projectors do not abandon,
but carry out so far as by the prospectus they may have
contracted to do, or go far as the conduct of the allottees
will enable them to do, is somewhat different to the po-
sition of those who have formal the subject of our first
division. These allottees, if they make default, may
probably be liable to an action to recover damages from
them for the breach of their contract with the pro-
moters, or to a suit in Chancery for the double purpose
of recovering the deposit, and enforcing the execution
by them of the parliamentary contract and subscribers'
agreement.

" 3. BIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF ALLOTTERS IN SCHEMES

WHICH ARE REJECTED BY PARLIAMENT.
" Before a scheme is brought into Parliament, the
usual deeds are invariably signed by the allottees, and
these deeds confer upon the promoters ample powers to
carry on or abandon the scheme, and to pay all necessary
expenses attending the same. Therefore, i❑ cases where
the promoters have done all that is necessary to place
the merits of the scheme before Parliament, but Par-
liament rejects it, the allottees must submit to the terms
of the deed they have signed ; and probably the only
power they possess is that of checking the promoters in
any improper payment or dealing with the funds of the
company.
" But where the allottee has signed the usual deeds,
but the proper number of shares are not subscribed, or
any fraud was practised upon him by the promoters, or
the scheme is abandoned in an unauthorised manner, he
will have the same remedies against the promoters as if
no deed had been signed by him.
" 4. RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF SCRIPHOLDERS.

" A mere purchaser of scrip, or of letters of allotment,
or of banker:•' receipts, has no rights against, and in-
curs no liabilities to the promoters. If the scheme in
which he has acquired an interest be abandoned, he
must look to the party from whom he bought, and it is
vory doubtful whether he has any implied rights against
him. The case of Thomson v. Sanders, which appears
to establish such rights, is not relied upon by lawyers,
although it has not yet been expressly overruled. It is,
however, poisible that the holder of these documents
may have a right to use the name of the original allottee
for the purpose of proceeding against the promoters, but
there are many difficulties in the way of such a step, and
the point has yet to be decided.

" RIGHTS OF CREDITORS TO SUE THE PROMOTERS, EN-
GINEER, SOLICITOR, OR OTHER OFFICER OF A SCHEME.
" The creditors, like the allottees, may sue any of the
promoters who has acted, or held himself out to the
world as acting, in the formation and carrying out of
the scheme. These parties constitute the company, or
project, or scheme ; and each and all of them is or are
liable for all debts properly incurred for the advance-
ment of the common design.
" The engineer, solicitor, secretary, or other officer of
the company, may, by their conduct, render themselves
personally liable ; but the mere circumstance of their
holding office in the company, that is to say, being the
servants of the company, cannot render them responsible
for the debts of the company, their employers.
"On the other hand, they have no power to bind the
company by virtue of their offices alone ; such a power
must be expressly conferred upon them. Therefore,
the engineers' assistants, or the solicitors' clerks, or any
other sub-contractors, cannot sue the projectors or com-
pany. If this were suffered the confusion it would
cause would be indescribable. It would be just as
absurd as to allow all a tailor's workmen to sue a cus-
tomer who had ordered a coat from their master for
wages due to them from him for making the coat.
"6. RIGHTS OF DIRECTORS OR PROMOTERS.

"The directors or promoters may recover contribu-
tion from each other for all expenses connected with the
scheme which they are called upon to pay. At law
they may recover the proportionate part of each, with
reference to the whole number of promoters, but with-
out any regard to the solvency E,f the others : thus, if
there are ten, and one pays a debt, only a tenth can be
recovered from each of the others ; but in equity an
equal contribution can be enforced from all the solvent
parties, without any regard to the original number of
promoters.
"The promoters are the parties with whom all the
contracts connected with the scheme are entered into.
They must all of them sue for any breach of contract
on the part of allotters, engineers, or others. As the
promoters are generally very numereus, and have in
most cases undergone changes, it will be difficult to
maintain proceedings on such contracts ; because the
same parties must sue with whom the contract was

I made, and the mere fact that one director is elected to
succeed another in a scheme which has no charter or
I Act of Parliament, will not give the party so appointed
any power to sue upon his predecessors' contracts.
hence appears the indiscretion of entering into con-
tracts by a general name o' office, as ' Garimittee,' or
Directors,' &e. It will be important for ;he future to
have contracts with companies of this kind made with a
certain numker of parsotis as trustees.
" After the Act is obtained, the directors have gr 4 at
and summary powers given to them to recover deposits
from shareholders, and to act general in the affairs of the
company, whi,h wilt be found in the general atom special
Acts relating to the subji ct. They must, however, be
careful not to exceed these powers. The recent Act for
facilitating the dissolution of certain railway companies
(9 and 10 Vie. e. 2S), will also require attention, but we
must reserve our notice of its provisions for a future
paper."

SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL.
The most valuable and unquestionably the most in-
teresting contribution in the colonial for September,
is a biography of "Baron Metcalfe." Although it
occupies a sheet and a halt; it is not a single senLnce
too long, and might have been very considerably ex-
tended without becoming wearisome to the readers of
the magazine. The character of the late Governor-
Gmieral of Canada appears to be tenderly regarded
and earnestly esteemed, by the inhabitants of that
gigantic colony. Mr. Leigh pursues his fiction about
Australia, and Mr. Hooton his realities about Texas,
with unahatit;g liveliness. Unlike the generality of
serials, their termination will only prove a source of
regret. Various other articles, with these, begin the
ninth volume admirably.