The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-15 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CXLIX.
It is singular that- the two most remarkable
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me..
in the military and polLical annals of Bri-
tish Inca 7; Lord Clive and Warren Hastin,p,
commenced their career .as commercial clerks
at Calcutta. Neither one nor the other had
been trained to the profession in which he was
afterwards so renowned, or bad the lights of m
; but was
which would
pre-
cedent
wholly sett-
have overwhe
-e.ducated, and at crises
or experience to guide hi
minds, was compelled
to trust to his oN;''l Each attained the
cled inferior .
highest eminence h his
own k.lndia •
footing m as may
resources.
we now possess such • On, it is to Clive and
bid defiance to all opposin '-irms of that power,
denartment; and if
Hastings, who laid the founda. the latter of
that our chief gratitude is due. ,oir is giVen
these two eminent men a copious men., s. not in
in the present Number, penned, howeve., • the
the dispassionate spirit of a judge, but wan
ardent zeal of an advocate. The Reviewer sets
no bounds to his eulogiums on Warren Hastings'
capacity; and when compelled to blame his prin-
ciples, does -so With the utmost gentleness.
Obliged to admit that his hero's administration
was not -seldom degraded by gross acts of fraud,
oppression, and cruelty, lie yet endeavours to
find
.excuses for such acts—especially the trial
and execution of Hastings' personal enemy, the
Brahmin, Nuncomar—in the peculiar circum-
stances of the country, and the trying situation in
which he was placed. This is injudicious on the
part of the Reviewer, for—however well-meant
—it has the effect of injuring the memory of a
great man, over whom the grave has long since
closed, by reviving the old controversy respecting
his character and conduct. The truth is, Warren
Hastings was a statesman whose honesty and
sense of justice none can extol but those who are
determined to shut -their eyes to the truth. His
general, capacity for legislation was unquestion-
able. Fertile in conception, prompt in execu-
tion ; quick to perceive, and take advantage of,
opportunities; calm and resolute in the midst of
peril; full of confidence in his own resources, and
never so much so as when, to all appearance, on
the brink of destruction ;—Hastings possessed
every requisite that a statesman should possess,
except a high and guiding sense of right. To this
he cannot lay the slightest claim. One feeling
only influenced him during his long chequered
career—namely, the gratification of his own per-
sonal ambition. He coveted power, as the miser
covets gold. He was as fondly enamoured of
as ever was Pygmalion of his statue. This lead-
ing feature of his character exhibited itself in
earliest childhood, and did not desert him when,
at past eighty years of age, he sighed for the idle
distinction of a peerage. While at the head of
Indian affairs, he knew there was but one way to
maintain his authority—and this was, by filling
the exchequer of the Company. He succeeded
in his efforts, but how ? By sullying the honour ,
of the British army in the unprincipled Rehilla
war; by acts of the grossest injustice and cruelty
tower& the, Begum Princesses; by his plunder
of the Mogul ; and, above all, by his unprincipled
conduct towards the Rajah of Benares. He has
been accused 'of a sordid love of gold; but this
infirmity cannot be laid to his charge. If he was
rapacious, it was for others, not for himself. He
might have amassed a princely fortune. He came
home, comparatively speaking, a poor man.
When, in addition to what we have already said,
we state that he was possessed of high literary
acquirements, of stern inflexibility of purpose/ of
a perseverance that no obstacles' could diminZab,
of a courage that no dangers could daunt, we
have said all that is necessary to give the reader
a tolerably correct estimate of one of the most
illustrious statesmen of the last century.
In tracing the leading events of 'Warren Has-
tings' career, the Reviewer is naturally reminded
of his inveterate enemy, Sir Philip Francis, whom
he positively asserts to have been Junius, adding
that " the external evidence is such as would
support a verdict in a civil, nay in a criminal,
proceeding." His reasoning on this point is cer-
tainly strong, but it is by no means conclusive ;
and we admire its ingenuity rather than its force
when, in order to establish his hypothesis, the
Reviewer insists that Junius was no more of a
democrat than Francis. Now, if ever there was
a writer whose tendencies were decidedly demo-
cratic; who made it his chief boast that he wrote
for the people ; that, his sympathies and preju-
dices were their's ; and that he regarded the pri-
vileged classes with jealousy, from their general
%las ;n favour of prerogative, Junius was that
He respected, Lord Chatham, chiefly be-
cause be was disliked at Court; and wrote up
Wilkes, because he was a thorn in the side of
Government. Nay, be objected to Horne Tooke
that he was only half a democrat, and attacked
him with the ferocity' ofu. savage, because he
pointed out a few spots on the scutcheon of the
great mob-leader of the day ! There was nothing
of this stern democratic spirit in Francis. He
was not one to go the whole hog with the people.
He had a respect for established authority, and a
leaning towards institutions, no matter how de-
fective, provided they were old. In remarking
on the inequality of :Junius' writings, the Re-
viewer is equally unfortunate. The reasoning in
one Letter is neither better nor worse than the
reasoning in another ; the style is the same
throughout; and the invective not less monoto-
nous. The character of Burke is admirably
pourtra.yed ; but we demur to the assertion that
in 1785 " his eloquence was out of date." On
the contrary, it was more popular then than it
had ever been, and never so much admired as
during the first year of the impeachment of
Warren Hastings. Of thisimposing.trial, Which,
it may be remembered took place in Westmin-
ster Hall, we- have the tbllowing description,
than which Scott never wrote anything more pic-
turesque :

n an.

The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the
great hall of William Rufus; the hall which had re-
sounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty
kings; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence
of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers; the hall
where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed
and melted a victorious party inflamed with just resent-
ment ; the hall where Charles had confronted the high
Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half
redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp
was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers.
The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The Peers,
robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds
under Garter King-at-Arms. The Judges, in their
vestments of state, attended to give advice on points of
law. Near ashundred and seventy Lords, three-fourths
of the Upper House, as the Upper House then was,
walked in solemn order from their usual place of assem-
bling to the tribunal. The junior Baron prorent led the
way—Lord Heathfield, recently:ennobled for his memo-
rable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies
of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by
the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the
great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the
King. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous
by his fine person and noble bearing. The grey old
walls were hung with scarlet. The long galleries were
crowded by such un audience as has rarely excited the
fears or the emulation of an orator. There were gathered
together from all parts of a great, free, enlightened, and
prosperous realm, grace and female loveliness, wit and
learning, the representatives of every, science and of
every art. There were seated around the Queen the
fair-haired young daughters of the House of Brunswick.
There the Ambassadors of great Kings and Common-
wealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no
other country in the world could present.. There Sid-
dons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with
emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the
stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire
thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of
Sicily against Verres; and when, before a senate which
had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered
against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side
by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of
the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from.that
easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads
of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles
of so many noble matrons. It had induced Parr to sus-
pend his labours in that dark and profound mine from
which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition—a
treasure too often buried in the earth, too often paraded
with injudicious and inelegant ostentation ; but still
precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the
voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne
had in secret plighted his faith. There, too, was she, the
beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the aint Cecilia,
whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music,
art has rescued from the common decay. There were
the members of that brilliant society which quoted, cri-
ticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-
hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies
whose lips, more persuasive
.than those of Fox himself,
had carried the Westminster election-against palace and
treasury, shone round Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire.
The Sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced
to the bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed
not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an
extensive and populous country, had made laws and
treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled
down Prieces. And in his high place he had so borne
himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved
him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to
glory, except virtue He looked like a great man, and
rsysP,echtut not gloomy ;—a mouth
;—a high and intellectual
not like a bad man. A person small and emaciated, yet
deriving dignity from a carriage which, while it indi-
cated deierence to the Court, indicated also habitual
forehead self-possession
a
browand p
s e lefnie-
e
of inflexible decision ;—.a face pale and worn, but se-
rene, on which was written, as legibly as under the
great p!cture in the Council-chamber at Calcutta, Olenaqua mid arduis ;—such was the aspect with which the
great Pro-Consul presented himself to his Judges.
" The Letters on the Reign of William the
Third" is an entertaining and instructive article,
but it presumes a more familiar acquaintance
with the period, on the part of its readers, than
many, we fear, possess. The marked allusion to

the "heavy heart" of William -is Perfectly war-
ranted by the memoirs of the time. Never did
King ascend an English throne with such hopes,
or experience such cruel disappointments. The
very men who brought him over were the first
to intrigue against him; Whig and Tory com-
bined to thwart his wishes; those whoth he had
loaded with fitvours held secret correspoadenee
with the exiled family; and the last years of his
reign were clouded by the mortifying conviction
that he could trust nobody. Yet he deserved
respect and gratitude, for if we except a few
prejudices,. which it were scarcely to be ex-
pected he would leave behind him in his na-
tive dykes William was an upright, tole-
rant Sovereign, and though on an emergency
he showed a disposition to stretch his prero-
gative too fia, it
,was because he was forced
into severe measures by the desperate factions
that then convulsed the country. Smohlett's
character of this Prince is one of the chief de-
fects in a history full of blemishes. In the review
of " Pepys's Memoirs and Correspondence" we
think we can trace the lively pen of Leigh Hunt.
portrait of the odd-natured Journalist is
-(1 with eacommon grace and spirit,
sketch. •.„
most portraits, it is somewhat too
thou-rh
apostacy and servile courtier
flatterin. Pc,
• be disposed of by a coin-
propensities are •to
passionate shrug of 1, ie shoulders. The adven-
turer, who, commencing fife as a trooper under
the Commonwealth, eras among the first to vo-
lunteer going to Holland, to .‘b..tch home the
Royal family, is scarcely entitle°. to the gentle
appellation of the " most harnileo of turn-
No man is " harmless" ivaao sets a
bad eiample, whether in public or ..jr" pri-
vate life. The " Gypsies of Spain" is a reYiew
which ought to have been interesting, but which
is unaccountably dry and tedious. The same
may be said of " Poor-law Reform," which
seems to have been written with a pen dipped
in laudanum. "British Field Spouts" abounds
in piquant anecdotes, gathered from a variety of
sources. Here is one respecting Naylor, a well-
known whipper-in :—" Naylor is considered a
wag, and while he was at York a gentleman
rode up to him, and addressed him thus :
Now, Naylor, you must mind what you are at
to-day, for Nimrod will be out, and will have
you in black and white.' Lord bless you, Sir,'
repliod Naylor, ' I have fbrgotten more than
Nimrod will ever know.' " it is astonishing
how few really original sayings there are in the
world ! This repartee was first attributed to old
Sergeant Maynard, upwards of a hundred years
ago; it was then ascribed to Dr. Johnson; it
then crossed the Atlantic, and was assigned to
Dr. Priestley; then came back again, and was
given to Dr. Parr; and now we find a Yorkshire
whipper-in claiming it as his own property !
Talk of the travels of a Marco Polo! They are
nothing to the travels of a joke. The following,
however, are new to us; and with them we
close our notice :

It is no secret that Captain W lost an eye through
the mal-adroitness of his late Royal Highness the Duke
of Gloucester, who, when the gallant officer gave vent to
a little natural irritation at the circumstance, used to
complain that " W- made such a fuss about his eye."
There is a current anecdote, to the effect that a distin-
guished general, who had gone through the whole of the
Peninsular campaigns without a scratch, once received
two or three small shot in the legs during a shooting
excursion. " Who fired that shot ?" " I," exclaimed
the unconscious offender., " Then bold up your hand."
The hand was held up; bang went the General's fowl-
ing-piece, and a sharp peppering (though at seventy
yards' distance) about the wrist, gave the youngster a
lesson which he is not very likely to forgot.

FINE ARTS.
TIM' RHINE, ITALY, AND GREECE.
Fisher, Landon, 1841.

A more varieu :Ind interesting Landscape An-
nual than the one be:..ire us, has not made its
appearance for many a setn.—•"e The Rhine has
been frequently illustrated writ:: more or less
ability ; but never till now in com,...ection with
Italy and Greece. The union of the tti:ee has
given the Editor an opportunity of furnishing' !Is
with as picturesque a collection of scenic
sketches as was ever yet assembled in one
volume, and such as we may vainly seek in works
which are confined to the illustration of the na-
tural and architectural beauties of one particular
country. In turning over the leaves, the eye
cannot rest on any one landscape that is not of
a character to.. call forth the Warmest admira-
tion. Here, for instance, is a view of the
" Castle of Thumberg on the Rhine." How
majestic the aspect of the old fortress,
crowning the summit of a steep and
lofty crag, and throwing its dark shadow
far across the " exulting, and abounding river"
that glides swifty beneath it! On glancing at this
impressive ruin, one's thoughts instantly revert
back to the feudal ages, when its battlements
bristled with cannon ; when some robber chief-
tain's banner waved from its topmost tower; and
the glad voices of steel-clad warriors were heard
in its festive halls. It looks cheerless and soli-
tary enough now; the walls are thickly over-
grown with moss and ivy; the towers arc roof-
less ; and not a chamber but seems open to all
the winds and rains of heaven. We never saw a
more perfect picture of stern desolation, not even
among those wild mountain scenes which Sal-
vator Rosa loved to paint. It is the very anti-
podes of one of Claude's sunny, cheerful land-
scapes. Of course, such a castle could not be
long without its characteristic legend; and ac-
cordingly we learn that it is haunted by a fiendish
enchantress, in the shape ofa WhitelNlaiden, who is
addicted to all sorts of goblin pranks; and once upon
a time decoyed a noble youth within the ruin,
where she hocussed and burked him with all
the skill and coolness of a Bishop or a Williams.
" Isola Lecchi on the Lego di Guarda" is a scene
of a totally different character. It is all smiles
and softness, and sleeps beneath as clear and
brilliant a sky as ever hung over that fairy-land,
of which Collins, as Johnson tells us, was so fond
of dreaming. The little island which forms the
middle ground of the picture is fringed with
luxuriant copses, above which peeps an Italian
villa, remarkable for its chaste architecture; and
in distance, to the verge of the horizon,
ap-
pears a long billowy range of Alpine 'rocks and
• mountains. lii front, the clear, sparkling waters
of the Lake stretch away on either side, as if to
infinity, and one or two boats arc floating lazily
on its bosom, under the guidance of Italian
peasant-girls. This attractive plate, the original
design for which has been furnished by Leitch,
does credit to the taste of the artist, whose
lightness and freedom of touch are everywhere
apparent. The " Temple of Jupiter Panhelle-
nius at iEgina," is a magnificent ruin placed on
a worthy site. If we remember rightly, Lord Byron
has described this striking vesture of antiquity in
one of the earlier cantos of his "Childe Ihrolde."
Of the various Venetian sketches, we may say
with perfect truth, that they are far superior to
the generality of similar sketches ; and the Edi-
tor's literary descriptions form an admirable ac-
companiment to them. One hasty remark, how-
ever, we must correct. In speaking of Venice,
we are told that " it tamely submitted to the
arms of France," in 1797. .Now this is not the
case. The city submitted only because it had no
alternative left. Itcould oppose no adequate
force to the invading hosts of Napoleon ; it was
deserted by its allies; and was, besides, reduced
to extreme weakness by the democratic and aris-
tocratic factions that raged within it. In a word,
it fell because its hour was come.

THE DRAWING-BOOM SCRAP-BOOK.
Fisher, London, 1841.
The appearance of this Annual forcibly re-
minds us of poor L. E. L., who for some years
was its avowed editor, and contributed to its
pages not a few of her best poems. It is now
produced under the superintendence of Mary
Howitt, a lady well qualified for the task,
inasmuch as she combines talent with
industry, and just that fine tact which is
so much needed in works of this sort.
ller own compositions are among the best in the
volume, which isaccording them no mean praise,
for much of the prose and verse is far above
the general run of Annual productions ; and we
may point out for especial praise the dramatic
sketch entitled " A Dream of Life," which is
characterised not less by fancy than by feeling.
The " Cypress Tree" is another able poem, the
thoughts in which, though occasionally ex-
pressed somewhat quaintly, are yet true to
nature; and, as such, will find an echo
in the heart of every reader. But it is the pic-
torial embellishments that lend its chief value
to the " Drawing-room Scrap-book." Some of
these are exqusite, and all are above mediocrity.
Their variety, too, is surprising. Every quarter
of the globe has been laid under contribution—
made to supply the materials of illustration.
The " Interior of the Great Temple at Balbec"
presents to the eye one of those striking scenes
which, once seen, are never afterwards forgotten.
The ruins are of the most imposing gran-
deur; vast in dimension, of wonderful solidity,
and exhibiting specimens of the purest architec-
ture. The group in the foreground, who are
seated on some broken pillars, tend greatly to
relieve the scev.e, which would otherwise be one
of unbroken gloom and solitude. The " City of
Pestilence" is engraved—and well engraved—b -
Lightfoot, from an original sketch byb a French
artist named Mignard. It is a realisation of the
descriptions given by Defoe in his " rlistory
of the PlalTe," and by Wilson in his noble
dramatic poem on the same subject. Sights
of the most ghastly nature meet the eye in
whatever direction it turns. In one place, a,

► mother is administering a cordial to an infected
daughter, apparently at her last gasp; in an-
other, a craven husband is turning away with
horror and disgust from his wife whom the
plague has just seized. Here, a reckless group
is shouting and revelling in the very madness
of despair; there, corpses are lying-, piled
confusedly one upon another, as on one of Na-
, poleon's great battle-fields. But we wil-
lingly turn from these ghastly objects to
the " Three Sisters"—an engraving executed
with the utmost care, and representing three as
lovely women, glowing with youth and health,
as even Lawrence himself ever poutrayed on
canvas. The majority of the plates are not un-
worthy to vie with these; but, indeed, the
"Drawing-room Scrap-book" has always been
remarkable for the beauty (Wits embellishments,
and the present volume fully equals its prede-
cessors.

VENTILATION OF THE NEW

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HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

REPORT BY THE LORDS' SELECT COMMITTEE.
That the Committee have met and considered the
matter to them referred, and have examined witnesses
thereon, and have come to the following resolution,
viz.

" Resolved—That it appears from the evidence of
Mr. Barry, that the only expense necessarily to be in-
curred in the course of the next six months, with the
view of making preparation for the adoption of the plans
prepared by Dr. Reid, for ventilation of the new Houses
of Parliament, by means of a central tower, consists in
strengthening the foundation of the central saloon;
that, under these circumstances, and adverting to the
fact that, according to the evidence of Dr. Reid, he is
still engaged upon a course of experiments upon the
subject of the ventilation of the Houses of Parliament,
it appears to the Committee that it is not necessary to
owe to a final decision upon the matter referred to
them before the next session of Parliament."
That the Committee recommend in the meantime
that authority be to Mr. Barry to increase the
strength of the foundation of the central saloon as ad-
verted to by Mr. Barr:, in case it should be found ne-
cessary, before the next session of Parliament, to pro-
ceed with the foundations of that part of the building.
October 1, 1841.
Their Lordships examined only two witnesses—Dr.
Reid and Mr. Barry, the architect. The following are
extracts from the evidence :
The Lord President in the Chair (September 27.)

David Boswell Read, Esq., Mai., examined.
Do you think it desirable to carry the air from the
new Houses of Parliament through one chimney in the
manner which has been proposed ?—I do.
Will you explain the course which the air would
take in passing through the buildings, and the way in
which you propose to manage it?—This is a general
illustrative section (producing a section), intended to
represent the principle, not the details. We find that
the air as it is discharged generally from various alti-
tudes in London passes horizontally much more fre-
frequently than in any other direction ; hence, it' there
was a considerable discharge of foul air from any chimney
or shaft, either from the houses or the neighbourhood, it
blight enter at one part of the building but not at an-
other; it is accordingly recommended that there should
be two openings provided for the ingress of fresh air, so
that if the external air were blowing in one direction,
and the foul air being discharged in the same line, one of
these might be shut, and the other being opened we
should have a purer atmosphere introduced, while at
the same time the natural force of the wind filling with
a plenum movement all then chambers below, and there
tending to pass into all the several apartments from this
reservoir in the basement, and having been led sub-
sequently into the individual apartments, its entrance
into each of those being regulated by valves, its own
.ascending power, arising from the heat communicated
to it, would not be lost, but added, as it were, to
the original impetus communicated by the wind,
and tend to convey it from each individual apartment
till it all centered in this large shaft ; so that, were this
shaft adopted, or any central discharge equivalent to it,
there would be at all times and seasons a power of
movement upon the atmosphere throughout the whole
of the buildings which would perpetually renovate the
tjr, whether machinery were employed or nat. :Out it
is ~,,..eidered desirable (more especially since I have a een
at the bb: of the House of Lords fuly nine Alernbers
of the House of Commons upon every square yard, that
is, a man to every foot), in order to check and prevent
entirely the draughts which under those circumstances
are apt to be perceived if a qufliciency of air bo intro-
duced, to assist from time to time a mechanical power
whenever the apartments are crowded, by placing '
machinery nntier the central ball ; so that even on thote
days when the air is dull and sluggish, from a simi-
larity of temperature within and without, this moving
power may be brought intu operation in suLtelping the
proper quantity of air without incurring the risk of
partial draughts at the doors. Further, it has been
recommended strongly, that while fire-places may be
introduced in the individual apartments, still it would
be important to warm the air generally in the centre,
which may be considered the heart of the building ;
so that, instead of local currents flowing unequally,
there would be a general warmth communicated to the
atmosphere of the whole building, so as to sustain not only
the apartments but also the passages at a comparatively
uniform temperature. It has been further suggested,con-
nected with the general outline represented here, that
smoke might be entirely avoided mar: particular kinds of
fuel adopted which arc quit: competent tt,.prod nee a cheer-
ful and ageealle-looking fire, as I an prcpa:ed to demon-
strate by models, and also by fire-places whici, have been
constructed for the purpose, the flues being led from
each individual apartment, and being carried ie to fire-
proof channels communicating with the central ,shaft.
Then the risk of fire would be very much avoided,
all sweeping would be rendered unnecessary, for whic:,
there is a very considerable expenditure annually even
in the present buildings ; and at the same time, while
comparative security from fire and general ventilation
would be attained, there would be a complete and en-
tire prevention of all return of smoke, or even where
no visible smoke was produced, all return of foul air
from the chimneys would be utterly and entirely averted,
from the certainty of discharge insured by the power of
draught in the central shaft.
Suppose this to be the east and that to be the west,
if the wind is in the east you bring the air in here by
this valve, and you shut the other valve ?—Yes.
Then the air coming in here, you bring it to that
point, and it expels the foul air up this chimney ? It
does. I would beg to add, that since I had anything to
do with these houses, I have sometimes found that the
demand for air is exceedingly great. On the late occa-
sion, when Parliament first met, which is the first time
that there have been crowded houses in the auturno,so
tar as I have had an opportunity of observing, we found
that 50,000 cubic feet per minute was far too small :
in both houses they called for a larger supply of air, and
I was obliged to put on additional power by the action
of heat, which increased the supply to abort 70,000
cubic feet per minute. Now, the observation I wish to
connect with that is simply this, that if the pure air be
driven down into those vaults below which have been
left expressly for this purpose, then, during warm and
oppressive weather, we shall not only bo able to obtain
air of comparative purity, but we shall also have the
power of cooling this atmosphere in those extensive
vaults, which will warm the air as much in winter as
they will cool it in summer.
Would it bo possible to apply this method of let-
ting in the pure air and driving out the foul air only to
the Houses of Lords and Commons, without extending
it to the other apartments, and would that decrease
the expense very considerably ?—lt would certainly de-
crease the expense considerably, but I should question
whether it would increase the comfort, or whether it
would diminish the annual expenditure. After the ex-
periments which I made with one hundred people in an
apartment constructed expressly for this purpose, I
found that the great difficulty in all cases of ventilation
was, that when a great amount of air was required, when
a number of individuals sat within a certain space, there
were sensible currents. This led me to the idea of uni-
versal diffusion in introducing the air, which forms the
principal peculiarity of my plans ; but in adapting that
universal diffusion to the new Houses it occurred to
me that if certain arrangements are permitted con-
nected with the mode of placing the seating, the same
extent of diffusion might be obtained without the risk
of any portion of the air coming through a part of
the floor on which a foot had trod. I would also beg
to be permitted to say another word upon this point,
namely, that even with universal diffusion, it is difficult
to reduce sensible currents It is found that in this
city there is a difference of temperature extending to
a range of thirty-five degrees as far as different indivi-
duals like or dislike the atmosphere introduced. An
average, therefore, can only be attained under such
circumstances ; and in endeavouring to attain this, and
knowing the desires and requests which are continually
urged upon those who are in attendance for the pur-
pose of regulating the state of the atmosphere, I think
I have at last ascertained that by introducing air in a
large quantity, and at a more elevated temperature than
is generally given, there is less dissatisfaction connected
with the amount of supply than in any other way . . • •
Are you aware that frequently Peers have been ob-
_
liged to leave their scats on account of the currents of
air that came in at the back of the neck? I haveto b
the
-e
informed that they have, and I attribute this
conflicting opinions entertained by different Peers as to
amount,
currents can be checked in an insta.nt
the amount of supply required, for thetfooraeney of these
by the present arrangements, were inirutctions given to
that..t
ee ffect.
demandslt
are mafrequentlyde
ad
postmoment.a t he
most.
may
ho I was limited to
the House of Lords were introduced,
eat happensthesam et
be permitted to state, that when the alterations in
a given sum before any estimate was made, the Com-
mittee considering it notesirahie to expend a larger
sum when they
had the prospect of occupying the new
Houses in a few years. At the time that sum was
allowed I represented at the Office of Woods that it
would be desirable to make some addition to it at all
events, which was agreed to as 1 represented, as I was

!J: VENING SU

afraid li should do more harm than good if some in-
crease. or. is not allowed ; bat it was impossible with the
sum that was granted to put it exactly upon the saute
footing su the House of Commons.
Suppe! ing, that the Committees of the Ileuses of
P4rliatr, es It were to decide against having this great
tower or spire, in what way would you thou propose to
conduct v.be ventilition should propose under those
eircums'ai aces to retain everything. else as it is repre-
sented, I.sut to have the moving power here (pointing to
the mac hincr; under the central ball) increased to such
an cite: tt az to possess an equivalent power to the total
discharve of the shaft. In the plan
contemplated the
moving power is proposed to be the shaft, conjoined
with to achinery to ba used on particular occasions ;
then, if the shaft be dispensed with, it would be. neces-
sary to Ettcrease the moving power.
Mr. Charles thrry examined.
You are aware of the plln which has been proposed
by Dr. -Reid for the purpose of ventilating t..e row
Houses-1i:- Parliament, and the buildings geoerelly ?
I ant quite aware of it.

And you have prepared a plan with reference to it ?
—I have.

Dr. Reid having stated the advat.t)ge of a central
egress fOr the a;r, ycu have prepared a drniving (..f
acldit.on to the building in the centre fur that purp.iso ?
—I have.

How high is it to be above the roof of the ir..esent
building —The height above the central hall of the
intended building will be 150 feet to the aperture
beneath the spire.

Then is all above that solid masonry ?—No ; it
would be hollow, and might be pierced for the egress of
air. Th,,re would be no difficulty in making the spire
available tor the egress of air, as well as the louvcr
beneath it.

Would there be any necessity for this addition of the
tower f,r any other purpose but for the ventilation of
the houses'?—There is not any positive necessity for it,
except far the purpose of carrying into full tffect the
proposed eystem of ventilation.

But there is co other reason why you would wish to
have this Additional building ?--I cannot say that acre
is no other reason, because I think that the addition of
a tower t o tile intended building, in the siteatiou and of
the form proposed, would enhance considerably the im-
portance u.pd picturesque effect of the mass, and there-
fore upon cinat account I should be anxious to hare it
adopted.

Have you made as estimate, and are you, therefore,
enabled to state what the additional expense would be
of the erecton proposed for the purpose of ventilatieg,
independently of the fire-proofing and the apparatus ?
Independently of the fire-proofing the expense of the
ventilating tower would be 20,000/., of which about
8,000/. or 10,000/. may be considered for external de-
coration.

Under any principle of ventilation, supposing several
egresses to be made in different parts of the building, it
would be equally necessary to have flues for that pur-
pose ?—Certainly.

Therefore the whol3 sum of 86,000 is not fairly attri-
butable to the tower alone ?—Certainly not ; only
20,0001. of that amount is applicable to the tower.
Therefore the increased expense of the proposed
tower, beyond the expense of ventilating by means of
several egresses, would be only 20,000/.2—That would
be the actual cost of the tower itself ; but if Dr. Reid's
system of warming and ventilating should be adopted,
the differealce in the cost occasioned by the central
tower would be about 10,000/., as in case of dispensing
with it other works would be necessary, the cost of
which would be above 10,000/.
This is including the provision of making the whole
of the floors fire-proof ?—Yes. The estimate of 86,0001.
includes the cost of the works which are necessary to
render the entire building fire-proof.
What part of the banding was originally intended to
be fire-proof P—The whole of the public rooms of the
building were intended to be fire-proof, such as the two
houses, the committee-rooms, the libraries, &e., as well
as the whole of the basement and ground floors, but not
the official residences.

Was. the roof intended to be fire-proof?—No ; the
roof is proposed to be framed of timber in the usual way.
Is this system of ventillation intended to apply to the
official residences as well as the committee-rooms and
the houses themselves ?—I understand so.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Tablo of Mortality i■
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registeren in the week ending Oct. 9, 1141." Tko Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :

CAUSES or DEATH.

Weekly
Total. Average

1838-9-4-0
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases l4B 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerres, and Senses 126 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
lichiiir:tion
Diseases of the Hea-t and 13loocivessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

_
Org.ns of agestion
Diseases of the Kidn:ys, &c.
Chilobed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &e 1 1
Disea sea of Uncertain Seat
Old A go, or Natural Decay 4B 71
Deaths. by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 25 25
Causes riot specified 7 8
Deaths from all causes Bl6 -
Average Weekly Deaths
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths, IP3R-9-4-0
Western Districts ..... ... 118 ...... 139
Na.-th Districts
Central Districts 159 . ••••• 190
East Districts
South Districts ...

Total Bl6 9•X
It is stated that under the term Metropolii are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City if Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties erf
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of lt/ortelity,
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith (Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
,:ington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Bros*
Icy
,), St. Mary-le-bow, Camber A ill, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and L. t. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
:
cnummxted in 1831, was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
1838, 180,
and 1810, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three
years by 156.
Tx mPEILATITAI IN THE WEEKS ENDING
Oct. 2. Oct. 9.
67' 61°
49 48
59 54
14, 1811.

Highest

Loivest

ll,kily Mean ....... ........ .
General rte,gister Office, Oct.

turgid
secureotr :
t.
ht
..
o, r
the sth inst., sloop, believed to be the
on Tuesday,
Dundee,a Captain Rollo, laden
THREE MEN DztowNED.—During the gale
Margaret and Mary of .
with coals
Berrovlstouness. Carrying too
was seen to go down off
was thrown nearly on her
from Alloa, having three persons, on. board,
much canvass, as it is said, she. It . . .
beam-ends with her mainsail in the water. is contec-
which do not seem to have been properly
by the hatches,
that while in this position she had filled with water
d as one has sincebeenfound
floating. On right-
, gave
lurch or two, and went
.
right-
ing, a, The Diana, for Grangemouth, wAs within a few
vessel a heavy
yard s , .
torm,
her, but being to leeward, and lia,.ing lost their
bunt
the crew could render ac: assistance.
Ab boa
instantly manned, and put off -from Borrow-
tourniet 3 wast
for the fatal spot. A Grangemouth pilot
also, who Ilan cued to be there, notwithstanding the
tt is Llt ! s
.: k. of the w.ither, bravely set his sail, and folio* A
the tyample ;
severity
v. .
but ilieir praiseworthy efforts were of no
avial. Nothing of the vessel was seen save an empty
cask 'floating, and the cres7 T had sunk to rise no more.---
Edinburgh l'uper.
Mr. Frederick Randall, solicitor, of this town,
in recently arranging some of his father's old papers,
discovered amongst them the original charter granted
to the Corporation of Cambridge by King James they
First, with a portion of the Great Seal annexed, and at
the foot the autograph of Lord Chancellor Elles-
mere, who was High Steward of the Corporative
It is Mr. Randall's intention to restore this Charter
;fern
to the custody of the Town Clerk. The late
Randall was in early life the partner of '1,1:5'8. and
Day, who was Town Clerk from 1756 Sel'ajnongst
it is supposed that this charter was put anal'• consists
other documents, and forgotten. The char_. Ais .
of two skins, and is in very good preserva; n
-/ an raing-
somewhat singular coincidence that a gfut „ the orighal
in Wales has recently come into possessoienYa`m h
c briuge --,Y
charter granted to the Corporation of _
d miniature of
Charles the First, and which has a.Psaman portion, how-
the King and the sign-manual. A
oft, though the teat is
ever, of the charter has been torn 0,
ads of the Toll
On the /.I
of co iies of
in capital preservation.
use of office. /
de
Causes, the Corporation ma
esume. at considerable
these charters, procured,
"t'ethPerliolls' Office are not re-
expense, as the gentleman.an
of
their charges.—Cant-
markable for the moderation
.
bridge Advertiser.
It is statedin Mobile and New Orleans men-
account of the cotton crop is, this
year and for the
lars, that the annual
future,.ito
be made up at the end ofAugust, instead of
iceel)
September—an arrangement which
certainly
the growth of the different years
more distincti
has previously been. We do not,
thant
gam bother this change has been aCquiesced
however,
le w Savannah, and New York. As no an-
nual'at Charleston,
in of the crophasbeen received, we rather
statement
I is some difference of opinion on the sub-
infer that tateer
letters contain a variety of speculations as
to the prov
Jed. Pri.ra
a,i, le amount of the growing crop. Estimates
00, to
from 1,800,02,000,000 a .
vary
Guardian.
ADULTERATION OF FLOUR AT NIWGIAS-
TLE-UNEIER-LYNE.—A case was heard before Captain
Mainvvaring, and other County Magistrates, at Newcas-
tle, last week, from which it appeared, that a new firm
having succeeded to the Union Mill, Mr, Isaac Cottrili,
the active chief constable, gave them an order for some
flour, which made his children ill, and an investigation
took place, the result of which was, that in all probabi-
lity the men employed to separate the adulterated from
the good flour, had made a mistake, rejecting three sacks
as adulterated which were good, and
retaining as good
three which were vdulterated. This was explained, and
the Magistrates e:Zonerated both the old and new firms
from blame.—Manchester Guardian.
THE LATE RAINS,—On Monday night week,
the rain fell in such torrents that the roads in the neigh-
bourhood of Gainsborough were so flooded as to prwrent
very many persons attending the market on the following
day, and if the wet weather continues much longer fearful
apprehensions are entertained with respect to the potato
[ crop.—Doncaster Gazette. • •

EVENING SUN

SECOND EDITION

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES. &c. &c. &c.

LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 15.
Number Dividend Price
Of per CANALS. ver
Sares. Annum. Paid. Share
1,7(6 7 per cant. Ashton & Oldham... Ayerage97l.lss.sh. 104%
1,482 41. Ashby.de.le-Zouch .....Average 1131.5 h. 72
.1•160 ........ Basingstoke... 1001.3h. 5
1,065 511. Brecknock and Abergavanny -1501. sh. 92
5,000 1.16 th. 101. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ... .811. & 711. 200
4,C00 ...... Ditto & Liverpool .lunct. Pell. sh. 100 TA 25
000 N. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. sh. all g I -
40 51. Chelmer and Blackwater .....« 1001. sh . 105
100 321. C0ventry.......... ........... ....... lool.sh. 14.05
Cr0yd0n........... Avenge 31i.25, 10d. sh . -
2, 00 51. Os. Dud1ey.„......... 1001. sh. 94
No 13, . Derby lool.sh. 120
0,0,0 4 per cent. Danube and 511yn0 411.135. 4d .pd 30
4:-,754 4' Ellesmere and Chester AVArZge 1:33:.51a. 50%
31 El Erewasn
,fx-.17 351. Forth 4nd Clyde tverave.4oo/. 16s. la. 6:0
41.F00 71. Grand Junction 1001. s n 110
.F.. :{4of 255, Grand Union lool.sh . 20
,500 ..... Grand Surrey..., lool.sh. 15
1,000/ 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan.-- lOOl.
1106 Grand Western
600 131.125. ed. Glamorgan:hire, Avt-r. cost 171:1.136.4d. 220
749 125. (Iranthion .... ..... ..... ........... ..1501.5h. art
6 238 21. Os. Hudtlersfi-111 Average 51/. RS. ed. so. 27
108
2%. 328 11.1 Cs. Kennet end Avon, Av. .33i. 18s. 100. sh 22 ',l,
11,6991 11. 7s. Lancaster Average V/. (s. 5d 23
2,5078 3N. Leeds and Liverpool 10111.,h 710
545 f 111. • Leicester ................... ....... l4Ol. 11 150
1,897 5/.os. Leicester & Nort!zampton Aver 531.10 s 70
4109 101, Monw.outhsliire .......... 1001.sli 200
250 101. Melton Mowbray - ..... ...Welsh. 20!:
300 251. Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh. 530
3,000 21. 10s. Macclesfieldlool. ah. all pd '2:l
247 17/. Ncath '001.5.. 325
2,,00 Si. Peak Forest A vvi.ge about 7Cll.sh. 71
21,419 SS. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.1d4.8d. sh. 8%
5,669 RI. 30ch:1.21e
500 81. Shropshire ... ................. ..........1251.5h. 137
SOO 101. Os. Somerset Coal ..... . ....... ........150.!. sh. 153
. _

.3,e001. As per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. les. sh. 114
700 361. Stafford and Worcester 1401.5 h, 6SG
3.00 i 5/ Shrewsbury....,. 1151.1,h. 280
300 91. 3teurbridee....... .... 1451.5 h. 396
3.647 21. Os. Strat ford-en-Ay eii el Ce' 791, 9..
led. oh. 35
533 I^}l Swenwe lool.sh. 265
3,762 2!. 16i. Seeern and Wye and Itallwey A r. 351. sh. 45
1,600; sit. .i2l. ies. Treat and Mersey, e share lOOl. sh. 5! 0
53.149 .... ..... Thames an.' liltdivay Av. 191.55. ed. sh. 2
1,0305h.1 161. Warerice and Brrraisigha:n 1001.3n 230
ileeeiesh.3
940 13'. Warwick and liaesen 1001.3 h. 13n
7.000 L. Worcester & liirminehem Av.7fiil.9s. sh. 55
6,1)00 26.. Wilts awl Berko Avert= 671. 10s2S°d. sh,
ee‘se 6s. Welles and Essington 125!. oh '74
~,f
.26 ..... ... Vio.siseaen ........ ........ ...............e... oh. 30
205 li Wey and Arun lia en. :04
DOCKS.
1;f05 ,6°esh. 1 3p. c. Commerc al ...... .............0e 1001. sh. 61
5 per rent. East and West India 5e.,.......e Stock 101
8,728,310;e 31. p. ct. London
10072 'teck 4
Ditto Bonds
2,309 31.65. 5,1. Bristol ...... .....- ..... Average 14"/. Is. ,h 75
68,324!. 51. percent. Ditto Notes, various amount: .......
352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine.,, Stock 112
500,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds .................«..•.. lOO4
.10V.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ....... ..... ... P 7
Deptford Pier .. 2Ol. oh. 201. pd 10
BRIDGES.
1,600 11. liammeesenite • sO/. sh. 21
3,231 Southwark, Old ...... ...Av. 631..25. (Id. oh. 3,,
1,700 It. 158. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent., .sel.sh. 16
.4100 ........ Water 100....., 1001. oh. 3%
5,000 205. Od. , Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 eOl. pik 21
5:200 19e. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. ...... ...401. pd 18%
au,oool. Si, per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,848 27s Vauxhall ......... Av trage 701. 100.3 d. oh 26
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3110 s Albion soel. oh. 501. pd '72
50.000 i-6 per cent
*1 Alliance British &Foreignlool.sh. 111. pd 14
and 158.
e0,(00 6 percent. Ditto, Milne lOOl sh. 5/. pot 5
21,000 4/. per sin Atlas 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 14
1,400 I,h. 51. Birmingham t ire... • '250/. sh. 551. pd 107%
VieeW 41. per cent. British Fite 250/. sh. 50t. pd 40
17,000 el. per cent. British Commercial .521. Ft% 51. pd 6
5,010 5/, pc r cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 100t.sh.2110s pd 4
4,1100 310 s County lOOl. oh. la pd 1e
e,ooo ss. Eagle. ... ..... 5O!. en 51. pd 5
c 5 per centl
21)0t noel 301 bo.s Economic Lite 16001. sh. 250/. pd 406
'2,271 221 e percent. European Li, s eO/. sh. all pd £2
50,000 Os. Ditto, New °Ct. oh. 21. pd 1%
.000,C00/. leper ct Globe Stock 1 le%
22,000 sl* Guardian
snow 4s. Oa. Hope 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 54
2,400 51. 124 6d. Imperial Fire 'OO/. sh. 501. pd 1e.3
7,500 9s. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 10
13,459 51. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOOl. oh. Vt. pd %
2,020 31 les Kent Fire 5Ol. oh. all pd 92
3!. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 66
10,000 les. Law Life lOOl. eh. 101. pd
3,000 les. London, Fire 951 oh. 121. lee. pd 184
3,000 10s. London, Ship °U oh. 12/. Ills. pd 184
5.000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. eh.
5'111,0004 - .... . . ....21. ss. pd 1%
5:;,r()) 5/, per cent. Palladium Lite .50!. sh. 21. pd 21 es
50,000 5/. per cent. Protector I; fa eel. sh. 21. pd 18s ed
liven 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....ICO4 sh. 5/. psi 5%
2,5(N) 1!. Provident Lite lOOl. sh. 101. pd 20
200,000 4s. Od. Rock Life .... ........ -- - ....... .... 24 pd 4
89,9.201 Si. percent. Royal Exchange Stock 150
6,009 5 per cent. University Life ICOL, oh. 5/. pd 51S
18,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. oh. 51. pd 74
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,000 .... ..... Agric. and Corn. of I rel and2sl. sh. 10/. pd
• 15,000 B per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 40!. pd 55
10,006 10 percent. Bank of Bimingbam ''o, sh. 101. pd 13
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 'V. oh. 101. pd 19
33,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 100!. sh. 204 pd 20%
60,000 5/. London Joint Stock.... 504 oh. 10/. pd lele
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl oh. el. pd 30
25,000 Iff per cent. Liverpoei/ 100/ eh. 1241. pd 19
50,000 7e per cent. Manchester and Liver-push. la
pas 10.
poolDistriet
20,000 7 percent. Manchester lOO4 sh. 10/, pd 43%
20,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of Irelandloo/. sh. :151. pd 404
10,000 6 rer cent National Bank of Ireland 504 sh. 1721. pd 154
10,000 6 per cent National Provincial Eng.loo4 oh. 35/. pd 34
10,008 ...... ~. Ditto New.... 101 oh. 101. pd 10
00,000 Gloucestershire........-.....501. oh. 10/. pd 32
6,000 leper cent. Hampshire ................ 50/. sh. 5!. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 les 011 Bath 201.1,h. lel. pd 22
5.000 ........ British.... .......... 4Ol. sh. 101. pd 18
5,000 15,101V4.11 Ditto Provincial .201.1,h. 191. pd 244
928 51 les Birmingham .501. oh. 96
4,250 21 es Bristol ... ......... -----..- .201. sh. 36
2,250 SU les Brighton 2O/. oh. 133,(
750 31 103 Ditto, New .20! oh. 18/. pd 9
2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General .201. sh. all pd 916
4,000 71.103. Continental Consolidated -.734 621/.pd 109
1,000 101. City 01 London ....WO/. oh. all pd 195
1,000 61. Ditto, New 1001. sh. 751. pd 150
4,0101 3/.os. Equitable 5Ol. pd 20
10,000 3/. per cent. Imperial 564 sh. 59
800 51. per cent. Isle of Thane! 254 oh. 20/. pd 1834
2,350 61. per cent. Independent 301. sh. all es. 56
6,000 4/. per cent. Phenix O4 sh. 391. pd 30%
1,000 4!. per cent. Ratclifl .......... .............. lOW. sh. 32. pd (3
elOO ... South Metropolitan 501. sh. 19/. pd 16
),000 51. per ceist. United General 301. oh. 47/. pd 31
240 5/. per cent. Warwick 504 oh, 50
400 61. per cent Waxefield
0,000 3/. Westminster Chartered ..... 504 oh. 58
6,000 12s. Ditto New .......... .5( 1. oh, 10/. pd 11%
780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd
WATER WORKS
4,800 345. Birmingham 251 .h. 25/. pd 21
4,423 71. East London 100/. oh. 162
5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. 133.4 d. oh. 54
2,000 21. Kent 1001. oh. 52%
372 111/. Liverpool Bootle .... ....... ...- 2204 oh. 326
1,500 2110 s Ncw River London Bridge Water Ann... 60
6,486 21 les Manchester and Salford 109/. oh. 55%
1,000 5 per cent. South London ........... ....... .. . --leash. 98 •
8,294 441. West Middlesex Average 631.1125. 90. oh. p.O
1.360 11 14. York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 ..... .... Birmingham and Derby ...... ...... 1001. pd 55
9,560 ......... Birmingham and Gloucester ...ClOO pd 5434
15,600 .... ..... Bristol and Exeter .....-..1001. oh .60 pa 27
7,500 .. Cheltenham& G. Western 1001.e5e 62 se 1. 17
3,000 ......... Clarence 1001.8!,. 1001 pd 20
8,600 ......... Dublin and Drogheda 1.001, eh, Si. pd
MAO ••••••••• Eastern Counties !'esl. sh. 231. pd 7%
10,000 .... .... Great North of England 1001.3 h. 901. pd 63
10,918 Taper cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 1,00
2.5, 06 3 per cent. Great Western MI. sh. Mi. pd '75
25,030 Ditto New 501. oh. 50/, pd 54
6,000 5 psr cent Gosport Junction.. 50/. sh. 50/. pd 52
9,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. pd 145%
8,000
2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65%
Nii'o 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10(1.sh. lON. pd 199%
7,9 8 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 501. pd 90
11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 254 pd 45
35,600 ......... London and Brighton 501.1,h. 504 pd 40
94,000 ..... .... London and Blackwell 251. sh. 234 pd NIS
it01,e(10 S per cent. London and Greenwich -.eel. sfs. 20/. pd 74
25,000 8e per cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. 901. pd 157
250,0 21. Cs. Ditto Querter Shares -.264 sh. 51. pd 21%
31;250 .....- Bit o New Shares :121. sh. at/. pd 53
36,000 5 per cent. 'London and S. Western Av. 381,175.116. 511,(1
33.000 ......... London and Croydon]
..- ..... Ditto New Scrip . Av. 134 15s. 9d, M 4
13,000 3 per cent. Manchester and LC.e.d5...100/. sh. '7Ol. pd . 5-7--je
01,000 Ditto half Shares 5Ol. 251. p.' 24
10,000 ......... Manchester and Birmingham ;ash... Ye/. 2154
- - ...... 1 )itto Extension
15000 21.105. Midland Counties ...... ...:004 sh. Y,lf'fl. prlPd •7‘..14
el. ns. North elidland ... ...... 1.01. sh. lOW pd 66
1/.los, Ditto New
10.256 ..„..... Northern and Eastern,,,. co, ;i.,...t1i. ril 3;254
2,660 Preston and Wyre •••••••i'Ji. sh. 304 pd 6 28,000 ..... .... South Eastern and --
..
1,000 Japer cent. Stockton and DarliDnlPSns .........1004 sh. 2sfq
oveo ...... .Pd 1./4
9,000 ......... Thames Haven
. 50514 pd
ini 78
6,0470
....... York and North Seeeija";o°s6.slll.; hsh
Mllete,
6,000 ......... Albion Cone;
4,000 11. 51. Alten ~ .... .7..........757: ............ sii,e;Pp3 102
10,006 see.... Any,to 51exic..an". .
Ditto Subscription'. 51.
Pm.;1131/1. th •
101. leolanos . - "ier,7°'''''''''ll'du 11
2.000 ... ........... ..
I g',1,j4"):0 ..110T•ss MBracazaiuhbasan leen' tP:,:,:::;;;loll;.P*mn:.ed...'2s''Qhi.i.s.sshhh..2:o,l/.11. pd
31
11,000 ... ..... Ditto St. Joh
1C ,000 Bolivar Co- °..1-,',llReY ••0404 sh. 14/. ndPd 4
Ditto - ter essmpaeo 200 oh. e-- 1%
141,,i)09 •..................."... ; e
~,
.S.l
i':‘ t: lej e.roo ipnpPe..r............................... 5001° /I*. sit 21610111:. Prde
. ......... Cate Br.inca ...." .............. 51* sh. e4lO Pd 1%
Cand0nga................--""" ........ "41' (1711
10,000 11 COPIaPO ....... ..,, ~.
..... """e0 7tl. p 4 5
Columbian, 14. 54 pin....4.55t5h0 5,131 i. 04pd 10
14,500 ..•31..
.2,ebo English ..... .. .... 0.0.0.- ........ . 14t
20,000 .. ~ ..... General liige,aseciaoi .....- . C 3.
Pfd 2'.
. r .
g. i 7:
e. n.
:1 0 I/
.1
.Is.
.hh: 1:8 4i
.pd 1•:4
Mexican Comp:
36:000155 ..
......... Polberou ConsolsY -1"1. sh* b7it• pd 6
.......
11.500
......... Real del Mont U- ...
Ditto Loan N0te5...............
.15.07.-. 2%
1/1",000 .....00.
United Mexican, iss. 2 pre, eed" h Pd 160
• 3 all pd
Dittt. Scrip
Ditto New 5crip............. .. , ..... 41. pd 34
West Cork ................501,a an 501. pd ge
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1.04,4
.....
... London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. sh. 14%
4510 London University 100!. sh. all pd '7
. ‘ ••... .....
190 .... Russell 25gs sh. 6
King' College lOOl. 19%
MISCELLANEOUS,
enstralien Aericultural.loo/esh. 28/. pd 39
20, o) 15e. A _ A, ~
6,3(41 1. per cent. eiritish American Land Ce,ripany.,..l./. pd 9
11. lid 28
10,060 61. per cent. Canada Company 103.. oh. .2.
Do,oix 5.f. per cent. Useter Canada Loan
City Bonds, 4 per cent lOO
246e0 11.65. GeroralSteam Navigation 151. oh. 14!. pd 25
104 per cent Heidson's Bay Stock ...... ...............
408 U. London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh 19%
008 ......... Caoirtchouc Company 1241. pd 12%
New Brunswick Land Compaisy...sol. pd le
2,154 5!. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd •95
9,6ai 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/ oh. WM pd 107
4.00 J
IM" 6s. Van Diemen's Lend.... 1001. oh. 1311, pd 7%

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES

OCT. 9. 1841.
BANK.i.
1•410.00(1R, 1,000,00(i, el. 61. p. ct. Bank of
Scotland ...B'il . as. 8d: sh. all PI liis9
p. ct. Tical of Scotland 1001. n , .1 n'
'ware 81. p. ct. British LiPen Comp an y 1001. sh. .41 pd ...15
.I? - 500.000 1. 61. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 1001. pd
1001. sh. 10/. pd 14
auo, We.. g n. et. National
..000. aukl.oo.ll. B!.p. ct. Glas.g wr Union 250/. sh. 504 85
pd , .
001.01. 6P. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd 69
INSURANCE
1130,0005 h. 61p. ct. Scottish Union "01. sh. 11. pd 253.0 d.
11311 WO 19 P. ct. Ilercules 100/. sh. 10/. pd 13
50. .(•„„..tg° .100 p. ct. P. ct.
N_lnsurance Co. of Scotland .1)1. sh. all pd 9%
0,-,o to British.. .200/. sh. 10/4 d 17
I,CkO 10 p. et. Caledonian Fir Z..... lOO4 sh. 101. pd 20
5,600 10 p. ct. Edinburgh Lae... lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 11%
)(WOW 3} p. et. West of Scotland lO/. pd
MISCELLANEOUS.
4,SIS ......... !din. and 0 las. Un. Canalso/, sh, all pd 10
IDitto A110cated........ ~.....9rl. sh. all pd 41
112500( Si per tent. Edinb. Joint Stack W;ter.2s/.sh. all pd 34
1000 21
per ceat. .000sb per cent. Shotts Iron Founacrv......sot sh 48/ pd 45
3 Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o/.sh. 16/. pd 3%
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ..... ....25/. sh. all pd 49
4,450 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas ... ..........2.5/.sh. all pd 52
750 71 per cant. Leith Coal pas
_....... .201. ah. all pd 20
1,154 ......... Edinburgh and Dalkeith rlaihray 50/. sh 30

FLOOD IN THE NlTH.—Such has been the
deluge of rain up the Nith, that the river ia now rolling
triumphant between
... bank and brae. Indeed, for four-
teen years the Nith has not, we believe, been larger.
The Cattle Sands and the Dock were completely covered
with an irresistible sheet of moving waters.—Lumfnes
Times.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS D.Y.
GLOBE.—It is a fine thing fur the destinies of the
most densely peopled of commercial countries, and the
most dependent (whatever may be brayed by her clodo-
crate) on foreign supplies to eke out her deficient produc-
tion of the first necessaries—it is a fine thing for such a
country to be ruled by statesmen who hold out a premium
of official adoption and countenance to the grossest fal-
lacies and the plainest blunders, on matters connected
with national subsistence and commerce. It will soon be
known to all Envoys and Consuls of England in foreign
parts, that a grand central depot of all the ignorance and
delusion they can scrape together from every quarter on
the Corn-laws, is opened in Downing-street. Plausible
misinformation may be addressed to the Premier ;
whatever is too strong for him, to the Home or
Colonial Secretary ; or if too far above proof
even fur throats so well seasoned on both sides, then
to the Paymaster of the Forces, or the Lord Privy Seal.
The occasion of our present remarks is the monstrous
bugbear which Lord Stanley, in his last speech at
Lancaster, made of certain statements of Sir Ed-
ward Baynes, our Consul at St. Petersburgh, which
the wily Premier touched very tenderly. But the
Hotspur of the Cabinet flies at all game ; there is no
reclaiming him. It amounts to an advertisement to all
rivals of our manufactures that they can cram cur
Consuls with any nonsense they please ; and that our
Ministers will repeat it ! It will go forth to all Europe
that the Anti-Commercial interest rules England ; and
that no figment is too gross to be received and retailed
by the chiefs of that interest, and palmed upon a people
resolute for commercial suicide ! The Times has
done, for once in a way, good service to the cause
of free trade, by giving an abstract, in its this
day's columns, of the correspondence procured by the
late Government from our Consuls residing in various
parts of Russia, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Prus-
sia, Hamburgh, Holland, Belgium, and Sicily, rela-
tive to the price at which foreign grain could be im-
ported into England. The general result of that cor-
respondence is the utter exposure of the absurd ap-
prehensions of an overwhelming deluge of low-priced
corn. One article, however, of that correspondence
was calculated to increase that apprehension by state-
ments absurd on the very face of them. It is hardly
necessary to say that this is the article pounced upon
by our present rulers, and retailed with exaggera-
tion of exaggeration by the Noble Secretary of the Co-
lonies. Truly this offers a most instructive contrast
between the past and present Governments. The for-
mer, by a Circular dated 30th June, 1840 (a sufficient
proof that their Free Trade measures were not the
mere offspring of the moment), called for informa-
tion on all the particulars requisite to be known in
order to opening the British trade in corn at a moderate
duty. The latter made no other use of that informa•
tion than to extract from it, and implore upon the only
gross and monstrous mare's-nest they could find in its
pages People of England, this is the exchange you
have made of Governments—from one which sought in•
formation to benefit, for one which perverts it to
delude you!
STANDARD.—Experience has abundantly proved
that there are two, and but two, effectual modes of ob-
viating the ill effect of a seditious movement. The first
is to put the sedition down with a strong hand—and
this must be resorted to when immediate danger to
the state is threatened. The other is to leave the evil
to burn itself out—neither feeding it by concession,
nor fanning it by feeble opposition. This latter is the
course which a prudent and a firm Government will
always prefer when it can be adopted with safety ; and
this is the course which the present Administra-
tion will, we. doubt not, pursue with regard to the
O'Connell sedition in Ireland. But in order that Sir R.
Peel and his friends may be at liberty to pursue this wise
course, it is absolutely necessary that all of us who
wish well to the present Cabinet exercise a little reserve
and take a little courage—that we imitate, at such dis-
tance as suits our respective conditions, the forbearance of
the Ministers; and in order to &so remember that Daniel
O'Connell commanding a servile Cabinet was a much more
formidable person than the same Daniel O'Connell
thrown upon his own resources. We yesterday offered
at some length our objections to Lord Alvanley's scheme
for the pacification of Ireland ; but after all the general
objection is—that it is a scheme. The state of Ireland is
not to be remedied by any project ; we have had enough
of them to prove that the condition of that part of the
-United Kingdom, like hydrophobia, hooping-cough,
and other " opprobria medicorum," the alleged spe-
cifics against which are numerous in proportion to
their inefficacy, defies nostrums. Rest from change is
the only remedial process that has not been tried and
found to fail ; and therefore rest from the scheme=
of projectors affords the only rational ground of Lope
for a cure. Projectors are not, however, lie only
persons who may interrupt the prudent course of treat-
ment which we trust to see persevered in. Many,
alarmed at the open treason in which Messrs. O'Con-
nell, Steel, &c., indulge at the Repeal Associa-
tion meetings, and on other occasions, may call for
an interference on the part of the Government. We
have, however, proof in the history of the last 00 or 30
years that such interference is worse than useless—that
it gives
importance to proceedings and persons that weuld
be otherwise justly contemptible, without in the least
checking their malignant activity. We hope that
the Government will be wise enough to know
nothing of these treasons ; and, for our part, we
shall take care not to give to them an undue notoriety
by our aid. If the Conservative Press of both islands
would only for six months leave Mr. O'Connell, Mr.
Steel, and the rest to themselves, they would soon ha-
rangue to empty benches, or bring matters to an issue
admitting an easy and satif,.,ctory solution.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS EVENING.)
NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING,
THURSDAY.
Sweepstakes of 10, govs. each, for 2 yrs old; colts, Sst 71b;
and fillies, 3'st 51b. Winner to be sold for 1501, &c.
T.Y.C. Cr subs.)
Mr. Pettie's Michaelmas. day (Pettit) 1
Mr. Berralgton's Proof Print 2
Lord Cirford's g f, by Clearwell 3
Mr. ew ton's f, by Jerry, out of Sheetanchor, by Lapdog 4
Col_ Peel's, brother to Vulture
Yin Higgins's c. Vigo
Betting-7 to 1 agst Proof Print, and 2to 1 agst
Michaelmas-day, who made all the running, and won by
a length.
Lord Exeter's Albion, 6st 101 b (Pettit) beat Lord
Albemarle's Minaret, Bst 101 b. T.Y.C. 100 h ft. 7to
2on Minaret. Won by half a length.
Mr. S. Stanley's Flambeau, 9st 21b, received forfeit
from Lord Exeter's Cesarewitch, 7st 21b. A.F. 200, h ft.
Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Nat)
beat Mr. Booth's Colchicum, 5 yrs, Bst 51b. T.M.M.
100, h ft. 6 to 4 on I-am-not-aware, who won by a length.
Duke of Bedford's John o' Gaunt, Bst 71b (Robinson),
beat Lord Chesterfield's The Knight of the Whistle, Bst
41b. D.M.. 500, h ft. 6t04 on the Knight. Won
by six lengths.
Handicap Plate of 1001., for 3 yr3-old, &c, A, F.
Mr. Goodman's Isabella, 6 yrs, 7st 61b (Crouch) 1
Lord Exeter's Silistria, 4 yrs., 6st 71b.., 2
The following also started, but were not placed :
Mr. Forth's Camelino, 5 yrs, Bst 12'in ; Major Hay's
Retriever, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ; Mr. Grc.-eille's Rory O'More,
8 yrs, Bst 21b ; Mr. Beresford.; s Bob Peel, 4 yrs, Bst ;
Mr. J. Day's Tamburini, 5 'rs, 7st 10ib; Mr. Smith's The
Jovial Bachelor, 4 yrs, ; Mr. Bell's Thirsk, 3 yrs, ist
Lord Oxford's Y. Q:..0 Minus, 3 yrs, Est 91b ; Mr. Pet-
tit's Langolee, yrs, Est 71b ; Duke of Rutland's Sir
Hans, 3 yrs, Crist 71b; Lord Verulam's f Concertina, 3 yrs,
Est Mb; a;acl Mr. Negus' Portsoken, 3 yrs, sst 91b.
'Won by a length.
TIURSDAY NIGHT.—The 500 sous. Match between
John o' Gaunt and the Knight of the Whistle disap-
pointed general expectation : the odds quoted in our
account from the heath wore laid to a considerable
amount, but turned out to be completely opposed to the
merits of the horses, as John o' Gaunt made all the run-
ning, and won by six lengths.
The A. F. Handicap Plate was a very interesting race,
no less than fifteen having showed at the post. The
running was made by Silistria, Isabella waiting on her
right into the cords, when she went up and won cleverly
by a length. Rory O'More, Sir Hans, and two or three
others, were well up. The winner was scarcely mentioned
in the betting; 10 to 1, taken once or twice, being a mere
nominal price.
BETTING AFTER THE RACES.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
7 to 4 agst J. Day's lot
to 2 agst Dawson's lot—taken
8 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's lot—taken
3 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Melody coit
6 to 1 agst Lord Palmerston's Iliona
10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's The Young-'un—taken
10 to I agst Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen
12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Broadwath—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Denham's Compensation—taken
agst
dt LscwocoroLidtrtrA
siT.tosrlißote—Enew.nstiptaail:knrßeecanky's scratched. Attila—taken
3 Half-Caste
Bracelets
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13 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lot
a:agisitttt 11,,,l‘lIeorrsr..t edlrvV Scott'scec —reuf otaken
Lord
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Westminster'ssa ' s C
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William rao
Auckland Curator---taken
Gros—taken,
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1000 to 15 agst Mr. Cooke's Palinarus
EDINBURGH RACES.—TUESDAY.
Plate of 50/., the gift of W. R. Ramsay, Esq. Heats.
Once round.
Mr. Meiklam's Wee Willie, 6 yrs. (Tempieman) 0 1 1
Mr. Maitland's Zoroaster, 5 yrs ..................... 1 2 2
Mr. Glen's Crescent, 5 yrs
2 3 3
Two others ran. Won easy.
Her Majesty's Plate 105/. Heats, two Miles.
Mr. Johnstone's Charles Twelfth, 5 yrs, walked over.

FIRE AT ISLINGTON.—Last bight a fire, at-
tended with considerable loss of property, took place in
the house of Mr. Stannard, Annett-terrace, Lower-road,
Islington. It originated in the upper floor, and was
discovered by the opposite neighbours on retiring
to bed, who alarmed the inmates, and sent
for the parish engines from Islington-green, but
they were of little use, till at last the London Esta-
blishment and West of England arrived ; but, not-
withstanding they were well supplied with water,
property to the amount of at least 4001. was destroyed.
It is supposed to have originated from the spark of a
candle dropping on the bed-clothes of the front room.
All the family were absent at the time, no one
having been left at home but the female servant. Mr.
Stannard is insured in the Licensed 'Victuallers' office.
We are sorry to report the continuance of scar-
let kver of a serious character in the town and neigh-
bourhood.—Wiltshire Independet.