The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-06 00:00:00

As the inhabitants from all quarters were collected at
the jubilee in the wood, Lough Corrib was more than
usually still and solitary. The quiet gurgle of the
waters, and the occasional twitter of the lake- birds as
our little bark glided along the sedgy banks, were the
only sounds that disturbed the deep quiescence which
prevailed. Guided by the lights as our pole star,- we
proceeded steadily onwards in our course ; and tilt-high
the current was against us, the Etesian wind of the sea-
son blew strongly up the stream, before which we were
now floating in moonlight and silence. The glittering
coruscations of the bonfires in the distance reminded us
of those night fairs which it is the-custom of the Egyp-
tians at certain seasons of the year to 'hold upon the
Nile ; and the fair lake Moeris itself, when at the zenith
of her glory, with all her pavilions, pyrathids, and
palaces rising from the bosom of her waters, could net
have appeared brighter in the eyes of the young wor-
shippers of Isis than the broad and majestic Corrib
seemed to us as we gaily floated along her green and
moonlit banks.

If, thought we, as our airy hark crept silently along----
if these lone shores want the luxurious groves of the
orange and acacia, with the superb lotus trees which
adorn the scenery of the Nile—if they want the shade
of the tamarisk and palm-tree, with the rich perfume of
the cedar, which flourish along the banks of that sacred,
river—they are, on the other hand, decorated with the,
lovely arbUtus, whose green foliage never deserts therm
till a cheering vernal sun spreads a new umbrageous
mantle over the whole tree ; and when we recollee,
that this beautiful evergreen bears its bright foFage
through all the seasons, that its flowers, so exo- jisiteiy
delicate, of one year and fruit of the precedirg src pre-
sent at the same time, it may be asked wb"..t more could
Elysium offer? It may be said, after Ihmer_
" The stern winter smiles on this auspicious clime,
The fields are florid with unfadiag prime."
There are besides, scattered along these banks, r coups
the wild ash and willow, whose phi nt boughs, interlaced
with each other, may be seen gracefully 'rending over
the dark waters of the lake ; and, as ascending the
stream, the long green slopes under the pale light of'
the moon were successively presented to our view, we
inwardly asked ourselves, " Where, 0 where is there
verdure of the richness and softness of this ?" Yet this
is the country, lovely as it is, there has been a ban
upon for ages ! This is thp 'Sand, to be born in which is
or was almost a crime 1:
—Old Sporting Magazine for Sep-
tember.

1-1113 VING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)
LONDON, SEPT. 4.—Wind this day at noon W.. _ _
DEAL, SEPT. 3.—Wind' RS.E.—Arrived from the
river and sailed the Sultan, for Port Philip ; Guess, Sin-
gapore; Token, Calcutta; OvieneD, Constantinople.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 3.—Wind variable, and light.—
Arrived the Charlotte, Chrichton,; from the Mauritius;
Huddersfield, Jones, Bonny, sailed June 19, and from
Fernando Po the 24th; Sylvanus, Jenkins, Savannah;
Coolock, and Princess Victoria, Quebec. Sailed the Ga-
zelle, for Calcutta, Henry Block, Wilberforce, /saran-
ham ; Sheffield, New York • Elizabeth Dalhousie, Mer-
sey, Genoa. Arrived off, the Dale
the Georgiana, New Orleans.
HASTINGS, SEPT. 3.—Arrived off port the Trident,
from Porto Rico.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—Wind S. to S.W., strong
breezes.—Arrived the Mary Ann, from London, for-
Malta ; Oriential (s.) Southampton, and sailed for Alex-
andria.

Put back,

PENZANCE, SEPT.• I.—Arrived the Pioneer, from
Smyrna. Sailed Pero, for Malta.
BRISTOL, SEPT. 2.—Arrived the Adelaide, Dovelle,
front St. Vincent.
GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 3.—Arrived the Cumberland,
Metcalf, from Miramichi.
SWANSEA, SEPT. 2.—Arrived the Catherine, Grain-
ger, from Cuba.
MILFORD, S pT. 2.—Arrived the Mary, from Bristol,
for Nevis ; I.tedeliff, for Alicant ; Hudson, from New-
port, fe:r Liverpool, with cargo shifted and sails split.
.T.b.t:British Queen, bound to London, in beating down.
the River yesterday, ran on shore in Langan Pool, but
aot off lost night without damage.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 3—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E.—
Sailed her Majesty's ship Pique, for Halifax ; her 'Ma-
jesty's ship Impregnable, Madeira ; Edward Quebec. Off
port the Dart.
DUBLIN, SEPT. 2.—Arrived the Albert, Guth, from
St. John's New Brunswick ; Sir Walter Scott, ditto.
CORK, SEPT. I.—Arrived the P. H. Dean, from Leg-
horn ; Duke of Roxburgh, London, for Sydney, her Ma-
jesty's ship Belliesle.
DROGHEDA, SEPT. 2.—Arrived the Larch, APAdam,
from St. John's New Brunswick ; Jane Elizabeth, from
Quebec.

VESSELS SPOIiEN WITH.—The Ganges, Liverpool to
Swan River, July 17, lat. 10, N., lon. 22, W.; Living-
stone, Liverpool to Sydney, New South Wales, July 29,
lat. 10, lon. 24; Refronte, Genoa to Monte Video, July
21, lat. 11, lon. 25; Barclay, of Westport, North Ame-
rica, 9th ult., lat. 36, lon. 40, by the Huddersfield, ar-
rived at Liverpool. London, Liverpool to Mauritius, July
22, lat. 10, N., lon. 23, by the Charlotte, arrived at Li-
verpool. Emily, Bristol to Demerara, 14th ult., by the
Star, arrived at Plymouth. Oberon, Liverpool to Lima,
May 2G, lat. 19, N.,10n. 34; Two Friends, from Cadiz
July 12, lat. 2, S., on. 38, by the Linnet Packet, arrived
at Falmouth. Merlin, Clyde to Calcutta, June 1, Ist 30„
S., lon. 22, W., by the Panope, arrived at the Cape of
Good Hope.

BARTHOLOM EW FAI R.—The usual procla-
mation for holding the fair was not made by the Lord
Mayor until four o'clock on Friday afternoon, instead of
at noon, to the great disappointment of the various stall-
keepers. According to ancient usage the beadle of
the Merchant-tailors' Company went round Cloth-
fair and the district to examine all the measures of
the drapers. On their return from meeting the
Lord Mayor, the Piepoudre Court was opened with the
usual proclamation at the Hand and Shears public-house,
in Cloth-fair, by Mr. Martin, the steward of the manor.
The fair has much fallen off this year, as " piccage and
stallage" was only paid for eighteen stalls and one show,,
whereas last year there were twenty-eight stalls and
three shows. The clerk of the pariah of SL Bartholomew
was in attendance to receive the usual fee of 4s. 6d., of
which 2s. 6d. was for the rector, and one shilling each
to the clerk and sexton, which have been paid from a
very remote time. Wombvvell's menagerie contains.
a large and very interesting collection, amongst which
are three giraffes, three elephants, a lioness with
four cubs, a tigress and three cubs, a pair of beau-
tiful gnus, and a rhinoceros, which has been for three
years in the collection. Several of the animals went
through a series of surprising performonces under the
direction of Birt, the keeper. The weather was very
unpropitious, and the period of holding the show has
been curtailed to this day and Monday, with the
strictest injunctions that every place shall be closed at
ten at night. There was a large concourse of persons
yesterday, but every thing was conducted with decorum,
the strong attendance of the City Police ensuring
due order.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The general
half- yearly meeting of this Company took place on
Thursday, in the large room of the newly erected
station, Temple Meads, Bristol. The principal matters
were as follow :—The total amount of receipts for the
half-year enclitic, the 30th of June last was:
187,7801. 16s. 2d., and the expenses were for the same
period 84,38C1. Os. 7d., being nearly 45 per cent. on the
receipts. The number of passengers conveyed was
659,537 for an aggregate number of 15,587,798
miles. Total profit is 110,3301. 14s. 6d., 63,5901. 16s. Bd.
of which had to be applied to the payment of
interest, and the remainder to be applied as a divi-
dend. The Directors hb.d therefore declared a divi-
dend of 31. per cent. per annum. The receipts since the
opening of the line throughout (on the Ist July) showed
an average on four successive weeks of 14,844/. 11s. per
week. The total amount of capital required is 6,150,000/.,
independent of a plant to work the two lines (Great
Western Union and Bristol and Exeter), which was esti-
mated at 150,0001. more. After expressing their regret that
their expenditure should have exceeded their estimates, the
Directors recommend an issue of loan -notes to the amount
of 550,000/. The several resolgtions adopting the report,
authorising the issue of loan notes, and sanctioning the
reduction of the Board of Directors, were subsequently .
passed, and the meeting, which was very fully attended,
separatt.
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.—Nothing e0,l1e1:1_
be more cheering than the favourable state of the ,`
tiler for field labour at the present time.
1, out in
week that the crops in this district were
tutrinialin was an-
many instances comparatively much better than
to alter
ticipated ; and we have not since heard an).
this opinion.—Dover Chronicle. We
.stateu last
a e shooting com-
in this neigh-
SEPTEMBER IST.—Partn g
to
too soon for the
menced on Wednesday last,ethreerriudanttiiltlythofe
grain uncut very little sport was enjoyed
bourhood. September Ist is alwayssittithe northern counties,
commencement of this sport
and by general consent r?
dteile has advertised that par-
twelfth. The Earl of Lons.owe _
d on his grounds till the
tridge shooting will not be but o
no. remarkable, f
so ar as pan
have The coveys are not
tied
reptcsen as about an
have learnt, but are gener y
average.—Kendal Mercury.
Ab NEW INCOME T AX. Imay be confidently
relied upon, that it is the intention of the New Ministry
d t •
braduate income-
un ax immediately, on all
to impose a ool.—Sda y Ti
mes.
persons possessing
At Marlborough-street Police-office, on Fri-
day,V'lliam Grant, the conductor of the Bayswater
William Grant, -3 was charged .
n ibus, No. 3,0, , was with assaulting Ann
omnibus,
under the following circumstances :—The com-
plainant, accompanied by two children, got into de-
fendant's omnibus in Coventry-street, but finding there
was a child inside which had the hooping-cough, she be-
came alarmed for the children, and requested to be let
out, which Grant refused until she had paid the full fare,
and although one of the passengers said she had not
ridden any distance, lie persisted in his demand, and on
her attempting to leave he tore her shawl off, and a locket
that she wore was thrown down, and her brooch entirely
lust. Defendant denied all this. The Magistrate said
the complainant had been grossly ill-treated, and although
she did not charge him with robbery, the disappearance
of the brooch was suspicious, more particularly as the
locket was found under the omnibus. He then fined
him 51. and costs, which was paid.
NEW JEWS' SYNAGOGUE.—The foundation
stone of Jews' synagogue was laid on Thursday se'n-
night, IA Bath, by J. Abraham and B. Samuel, the elder
of the; Jews' congregation. The usual ceremonies were
performed by the Very Rev. Wolf ; the erection being
in .memory of their late much respected benefactor and
friend, Moses Samuel, Esq., late of this city. The day
.iappening to be the birthday of Prince Albert, all the
additional prayers were, according to the invariable prac-
tice of the Jews on such commemorations, read .by the
officiating minister with that loyal fervour which has eve
characterised the Jewish people.