The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TVEgDAY I;‘,VENiNG, NOVEIVITBER, 24, 18_0)

Robert, from Gloucester to Dublin, got on the rocks in
Scotch Bay, was scuttled, came off this morning wit'mut
damage. The Favourite, Davies, and the Coquette, of
Limerick, were in contact.,
YARMOUTH, Nov. 22.—The- Tyro, of Pictou, was brought
up in the Code, waterlogged and loss of rudder. The Jane,
Remington, from Goole to London, was assisted in to-day
leaky, &c., having struck on the Whiting Sand.
LYME, Nov. 22.—The George Robinson, Walker, received
damage in the harbour, and must discharge her cargo.
A quantity Of wood-work has been picked up near Brans-
comb, together with a piece of plank with " Lalla Rookh" in
large letters on it.
AXMOUTH.—Several pieces of wreck were picked up on
Seaton and Beer Beach this morning.

CARDIFF.—The Ocean Queen, now in Bute dock, did con-
siderable damage to herself and the basin yesterday morning,
the sea running very high at the time.
LLANELLY.—One of the schooners which foundered yester-
day near.here is supposed to be the Dolphin, of Penzance,
as pieces of wreck have come on shore with that name on
them. _ _

Hula., Nov. 23.—A loaded kid sunk off Brough, during
'a gale yesterday ; crew saved. The Lucksall, from Selby to
Lynn, is sunk in the roads ; 'crew saved.
FALMOUTII, Nov. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Daedalus,
Nicholas, from Shippegan, for Southampton, with loss of
sails and bulwarks, having been thrown on her beam ends in
a gale, on the 19th, in lat. 49, lon. 10.
PlLL.—Arrd. China, Turnbull, Quebec. Off, A. Kenny,
Baldwin, Quebec.
BRISTOL, Nov. 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. China, Atteridge,
Quebec; Ann Kenny, Power, ditto, with loss of main top-
sail, bulwarks, &c., and with decks swept in a gale 20th
inst. Sid. Lady Campbell, Power, New Orleans; Janina
ditto.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
11.6.-E" zurasuit:wre.
SminwiELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 4/; Clover ditto
31 5s to 41 17s; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 13s per load. Both
Hay and Straw sold heavily. and prices were not supported.
CUMBERIAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 83 to 41 2s ; Clover.
ditto, 31 8s to 41165; and Straw, 11 lOs to 11 16s per, load.
A fair average sapply, and a sluggish demand.
WIIITECHAPEL. —Meadow Hay, 215 s to 41; Clover ditto
315 s to Si ; and Straw, 11 9s to 11 13s per load. Supply
good, and trade dull.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked, in the forenoon
yesterday, in the plantations of Osborne House.'
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
pony and walking exercise yesterday. Her Royal High-
ness the Princess Helena was also taken an
,airing yes-
terday, in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline of Hesse
took leave of her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Sun-
day, at her residence, Cashiobury-park, Herts, and pro-
ceeded to town, attended by the Baroness Scheel and
Baron Meysenbuch, arriving at Marlborough House in
the evening. The Princess afterwards went to Fay a
visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
at Gloucester House, and took leave of the Royal
Duchess.
Soon after seven o'clock yesterday morning, the Prin-
cess attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch
went from Marlborough-house to the Bricklayers' Arms
station, and took her departure by the South Eastern
Railway for Dover, en route to the Continent. The
Earl of Denbigh and Mr. Bedford attended her Royal
Highness from Marlborough-house to the railway station.
Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
The Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief
transacted business, yesterday, at the Home-office.
Lord John Russell had a dinner party yesterday even-
ing at his residence, in Chesham•placo.

THE THEATRES.
.DRURY-LAIVE.

Italy has ever reigned supreme as the Queen of Song.
She is now putting forward strong and undeniable
claims to be considered the Queen of the Dance also.
Carlotta Grisi and Cerito by birth, Taglioni by descent,
are numbered among her daughters ; and to these must
now be added Sophie Fuoco, the beautiful, elegant, fas-
cinating Milanese, who bids fair at no distant period to
surpass all her rivals. She repeated the character of
Betty, in the ballet of The Ways of Wapping, and the
more we see of her the more do we feel convinced that the
day is not very far distant when Sophie Fuoco will be
hailed as "pus excellence," the Deesse de la Dance. She
at once takes her place among choerographic artistes, as
a genius, the originator. of a school and of a style. It is
true, that in speaking of her characteresties, we must
compare her to the originators of other schools, and say
that she approaches nearer to the school of Ellsler and
Carlotte Grisi, than she does to any other, but then the
style of Mademoiselle Fuoco differs to a much greater
extent from that of either of those two great artistes,
than they differ from cne another, and yet no one
would think of classing Carlotta Grisi as of the
school of any of her predecessors. She has formed a
school of her own, so has Mademoiselle Fuoco, and ere
long her disciples will be tar more numerous than even
those of Carlotta Grisi. Ease, grace and elegance, are
the great characterittics of Sophie Fuoco, and she pos-
sesses a muscular power which is astonishing in one so
light, so lovely, and so sylphlike. For instance, what
can surpass in grace and elegance that wonderful art
which she performs entirely on the points of her toes,
it is grace and elegance personified, and it is not until
that pas is finished that the spectator, on reflection, be-
comes aware of the immense muscular power that must
have been put in action during the performance of this
unique and unrivalled feat of choerographic art. Her
acting too is beautiful. There is an espieyle simpli-
city—a naive coquetry about her impersonation of
the character of Copp's niece, that is perfectly
bewitching, and to add to her fa cinations, she possesses
those two powerful magnets of attractions, youth and
beauty. No wonder then that she has created a furore
in France and Italy, and still less wonder that the furors
is surpassed by the enthusiam which she excites every
night of her appearance at Drury Lane. The engage-
ment of Sophie Fuoco is decidedly the greatest hit Mr.
Bunn has yet made.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.--FRENCH PLAYS.
M. Perlet was to have made his debut hero last even-
ing, hut in consequence of the continued indisposition of
the first of artists, his debut was unavoidably postponed.
En Revanche we had Mademoiselle Brohan in three
pieces—in Le Roman dune heure, and in Les Rivaux
d'eux memes, and in Le Bonhomme Richard. The last
piece, VI hich was produced for the first time on Friday,
is one of the best of modern French vaudevilles. It was
only produced in Paris during the last few days of Sep-
tember, and the fact of it being produced at St. James's,
so early in the season, is a proof of the enterprise of Mr.
Mitchell in catering for the amusement of his patrons.
Le Bonhomme, Richard (admirably acted by Cartigny) is
a cotton manufacturer in the provinces of France, a true
Utilitarian, who swears by Franklin, and is constantly
quoting " Poor Richard" as the modern Solomon. He
has a nephew, a certain Mons. Ovide, who has been
domiciled in Paris to learn the mercantile usages of the
capital. But M. Ovide has a taste. He forms a liason
with an eleve du conservatoire, whose friend Fanfinette
(Mademoiselle Brohan) is the most espiegle, and at the
same time the most open-hearted of soubrettes.
Le Bonhomme Richard receives from his Parisian
correspondent most awful accounts of the doings of
Ovide. He frequents the society of Lions, and incon
testibly the good country relations imagine that he must
be either a Van Amburgh or a sacrifice to the carnivor-
ous propensities of the wild beasts of the desert, but
when the letter goes on to state that he frequents
divans, his uncle concludes that he must be turned
Turk, and determines to proceed at once to Paris, to
reclaim him. The uncle arrives, and finds Ovide in all
his glory. Ovide shams sick, but the uncle soon finds
out the sham. His serious lectures are, however, inter-
rupted by the espeigle Fanfinette (Mdlle. Brohan), who
invites him to supper, coaxes him into accepting
the invitation, and by her fascinations, aided by sundry
glasses of champagne, completely gets round Bonhomme
Richard, who discovers that there are other things in
the world worth living for besides getting money. The
acting of Mademoiselle Brohan throughout this scene
was the ne plus ultra of artistical excellence. She
coaxed, she wheedled the old man with the most
fascinating air in the world. It was impossible to resist
her frequent invitations to take wine, and then her
laugh was unapproachable. We have many good
laughers on the stage—one lady excels in the simper,
another in the sneer, another in the conventional
hysteric spasm of the respiratory organs, which gives
what the Americans would call " a pretty considerable
good imitation of a laugh," but none approach to
Mademoiselle Brohan ; hers is the honest, jocund, ab-
solutely infectious " Haw I haw haw !" which, with a
silvery ring, resounds through the house, and sets all
who hear her laughing for very sympathy. Cartigny
in this scene was admirable. He is fascinated with the
charming Fanfinette in spite of himself, and at last dis-
covers that there is something more worth living for
than is taught by the theories of mere utilitarians. The
moral of this piece, which is elicited by contrasts, is ex
cellent. It teaches us that neither mere utilitarianism
nor mere gaite de cceur is sufficient for human happiness,
but that for the judicious admixture of all the qualities
of the human mind, sentimentalism, utilitarianism, and
love of enjoyment, results common sense, that great—
that transcendent quality most praised, yet seldom ap-
preciated, but which when reached is the perfection
alike of genius, of success, and of happiness. The house
was well and fashionably attended.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
TATTERSALL'S.—YMSTERDAY.
There was a very fair attendance yesterday afternoon,
and several horses were in demand for the Derby. The
three leading favourites, however, were not of the
number, and we may pass at once to the Sister to Cob-
web colt, Allertonian, Glentilt, Lunedale, and Old Port,
who were in good favour with several parties. Glen tilt
and Lunedale at 30 to 1 and 1,000 to 30, and the others
at the cdds quoted. The outlay on the Sister to Cob-
web colt must have exceeded 600 L, a large sum to
invest at this period, and, we may add, a large
sum to invest without making any impres-
sion on the market, for the layers were
numerous, and, as it appeared to us, not quite exhausted.
1,000 to 25 each were laid three or four times against
Tantivy, the Marpessa Colt, and Conyngham; 1,000 to
20 each against, Red Hart, Projectile, and Christopher;
and a few other bets of small amount, at the prices re-
turned. One very _liberal bet was laid against West
India Planter, but the market laying price may be fairly
taken at 1,000 to 15. The Military Steeple Chase to
come off at Leamington was not mentioned in the room,
but we were informed that 8 to 1 was taken outside
about Peter Simple, 20 to 1 about the Red Lancer, and 2
to 1 offered against the Switcher. We subjoin the latest
averages on the legitimate events:—*
CHESTER CUP.

50 to 1 on the field. •
21000000
tt
eo 3015
agstctg s
AIM
rr
DERBY.
6to 1 agst John Day's lot Con.—taken
15 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton s
SDkaewr ts•a°tnt''ssrtl .Romance—taken
14 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote
18 to 1 apt Mr. Mostyn's Planet
28 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt—taken
30 to I agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken
• ' Van Tromp—taken to 100.
30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—taken
40 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Marpessa colt—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken
40 to 1 apt Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—t and aft. off.
40 to 1 agst Mr. Jardine'sJohnny Armstrong—ditto
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile—taken
1000 to 20 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Will o' the Wisp—takcn
2500 to 50 aget Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—taken
3000 to 60 agst Mr. W. Scott's Christopher—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Mostyn's West India Planter
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. L. Fox's Wild Boy—taken
1000 to 15 each in one bet agst Projectile and Cossack—t.
500 even on the field agst the following twelve :—Van
Tromp, Epirote, Planet, Glentilt, Old Port, Wanota, Red
Hart, Lunedale, Johnny Armstrong, Sister to Cobweb colt,
Allertonian and the Liberator.
OAKS.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander—taken.
SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AND HUNTERS.
The following thorough-bred horses, the property of Mr.
Mytton, were sold with their engagements yesterday after-
noon, by Messrs. Tattersall and son : guineas
The Duke of Sussex, a yearling colt, by Plenipo, oat
of Red Rose

340

Clarendon. 2 yrs, by Lantreo,st, out of Cara
170
Aurieula, 3 yrs, by. Talleyrand
Slutbzadee, 2 yrs, by_ Caesar, out of Leod

Qui Tam, 5 yrs, by Us
The first three go to Smith's stables.
Hunters the property of Mr. McKellar :—Rocket, 100 gs ;
Wild Goose, 150 gs; St. Laurence, 120 gs.
Hunters the property of Sir B. Hall ;—Bramble, 170 gs ;
The Pontiff) 120 gs; Hazard,lso gs.

DEATH OF A FASHIONABLE

SWINDLER.

Several months ago,agentrern—it; of. very eaptivatir,e
manners took up, f s many of our readers w ill very we l'
remember, his temporary abode at the King's Head
Hotel, in this city, under the name and title of the Hon
Captain Wyndham. It will also be remembered that he
made a somewhat precipitate retreat, after having
honoured some of our banks with a kind of. patronage
not altogether profitable or agreeable. He was subse
quently heard of at Slough, at Windsor, and various
other placer, sometimes as Captain Wyndham, and at
other times as Captain Wellesley ; but for some months
past his names and cheers have not been before the
pub-
lic. This is now accounted for—he died—as it has
transpired, on the 20th of June last. We are informed
that when inquiries were rather urgent as to his where
abouts, ho shrouded himself in the great metropolis.
whence, when the fame of his banker's cheques, &C.,
had in some measure declined, he departed into
Wales, and took with him a young female.
The character he assumed was that of a lover
of the picturesque, and he and his companion started
the romantic tour of the Wye, which they pursued to
gethcr for some distance, when the gentleman, while
fishing in the above beautiful river, caught a violent
cold, and was compelled to take to bed at an inn. A
medical man was sent for, who at once informed the
supposed wife that her husband's condition was hopeless,
and that he was in fact on the very point of death. The
female thereupon acknowledged that she was not a wife.
and that her male companion was an entire stranger to
her till they encountered each other a few weeks pre
viously in London, and that she did not know who he
was or who were his relatives.. The fears of the physi-
cian were soon realized—the stranger tourist died almost
immediately, and on examining his luggage, in order to
ascertain who his friends were, that the mournful event
of his demise might be communicated to them, there
were found the engraved copperplates of two address
cards, in the well known names of Wyndham and
Wellesley, together with an itinerary of the
various towns and places which he had visited,
with the names of the different banks, &c., which
had honoured his fraudulent cheques. We believe the
search also afforded information as to his real name and
connexions; and we deeply regret that our tale shout,
have to include the very melancholy incident that on his
death being communicated to his sister, the effect was
most seriously injurious to her feelings, and Lhe also died
within a fortnight. We are also given to understand
that the real name of the deceased swindler was Page;
that ho was of very respectable connexions in the neigh.
bouring county of Hereford, where he has a brother

living in affluent circumstances, and of high reputation;
and that the deceased was formerly in the army, whicl,
accounts for his assuming so well the military cha
racter, and for the knowledge of military persons
and military incidents which he turned to so good
account in his late dishonourable adventurous career. He
was married, and has left a wife and two children in desti-
tute circumstances; but their misfortunes, we are happy
to hear, have excited the sympathy of a female relative
of the deceased, and she has undertaken to provide fot
them. Thus ends, so far as we are able to disclose it,
the " strange and eventful history " of the Hon Captain
Wyndham, alias .Captain Wellesley,
alias Mr. Page
whose career affords another illustration of the way.
wardness of human nature, and the misdirection of in-
genuity and talent to purposes of fraud acd dishont sty.
which ingenuity and talent, properly applied, might
have made their possessor an ornament to and a valuablt
member of society; and the wretched termination of hi.
career, " in the worst inn's worst room," an outcast from
honourable society, and without relative or friend to
soothe and. cheer his last moments, suggests a moral
which we hope will not be entirely lost on others who are
pursuing a similar career of duplicity and crime.—
Gloucester Journal

IMMENSE LOSS OF PROPERTY
ON BOARD THE AJAX STEAMER.
This noble ship returned to port this morning, alto
experiencing the effects of the gale on Thursday night,
and suffering much from its severity. Indeed were it not
for the great strength and superior qualities of the
vessel, and the prompt and judicious exertions of her
commander, Captain Mowle, it is most likely that very
disastrous results would have followed.

The Ajax left the quays at four o'clock on Thursday-
for London with a very large cargo, principally consist.
jug of live stock and provisions. Until she had wel,
cleared the harbour there were no indications of it
coming on to blow hard, but about eleven o'clock al
night, when she was forty miles from the land, the storm
rose with tremendous fury, and heavy seas struck the
vessel with such force as to tear away the bowsprit and
smash in the forecastle deck. The stairs on the paddle boxes
were at once carried away, and the flooring of the deck
under the mate's berth also stove in. The vessel, having I,
very heavy deck load of cattle, &c., it was found necessary
that she should be lightened as much as possible, and
accordingly out of 120 sheep on deck, all but nine wert
thrown over board—the pigs were next thrown over to
the number of ninety, and then as many as could be of
the bullocks and cattle ; but from the terror and con-
fusion of the deck passengers, of whom there was an im-
mense number, sufficient assistance could not be had to
throw them overboard, and the poor animals were killed
or smothered. Out of ninety-three head of cattle on
board only twenty were this morning landed alive. The
fury of the gale continued till day-break, the ship be-
having nobly all through, when the captain put back and,
laying to off the harbour all night, in consequence of the
number of ships in Cove and the river, he arrived at the
quays this morning, with all on board in a miserable
plight. The poor passengers suffered the greatest
ler
hard-
ships, and their appearance when landing was most heart-
arenndditnhge,irm alinmybost tshvieonallebn from being bruised,
crushed g
ithe i r cl
to torn
et
during the greater part of the time. The deck re-
sembled one vast slaughter-house, animals of every kind
lying dead and bleeding all about. The violence of the
storm and the force with which the seas struck the ves-
sel may be judged of from the fact that one of the chain
boxes, weighing six tons, was carried off the rail it is
usually moved upon from one side of the deck to another,
and thrown on two pigs, who were literally crushed to
atoms under its weight. Men are all day employed un-
loading the dead cattle, and removing them. They were
principally shipped, we understand, by Mr. Jas. Adams,
though not all on his own account, and by Mr. P.
Murphy and son, whose loss no doubt will be consider-
able. A great number of the cattle and sheep also be,-
longed to Mr. Connolly, an extensive grazier and cattle
dealer, near Kilmallock. Fortunately, no loss of human
life occurred, and the injuries which the ship sustained
are of a nature that will admit of being speedily re-
paired.l—Cork Southern Reporter of Saturday.

Bishopric
us.e_d
esrTaßeAdShirleyti Man.ha s been appointed
lastW fewl weeks Mrs. HoGsvinell
whole family by typhusin. fever:FTeAfThi:envivTa
FATALITY.-Durins
g
herthe
was just published our obituary, and now we have the
deathir: of her husband
melancholy task of stating
f that her two daughters, from
ten to twelve years e
years old, have each age, and her lust born son, three
other) victims to this fallen (a few days apart from the
is
messenger of death, while the
mournful widow is in an advanced state of pregnancy.
It is a singular circumstance that Mr. Rowell was in. a
profuse perspiration, in the act of catching a runaway
horse, when he took cold,and was heard
to say that he
should di
of his father, which was brought on
in a similar manner, by running after a horse which had
escaped from his
owner—both cases terminating in
death by fever.—Cambridge 7.71b ridge Independent Press.
A few days back, a billiard-table, that had been
ol
carried away by late inundation of the Loire, was
found in a field near Blois.
Biois. It belonged to a oaf* in at
Orleans, little commune near l5 or 20 leagues from the
spot where it was found. Galignani.
ELGIN BURGHS.—Si Leith Hay, the pres ei it
representative of these r A.
burghs in Parliament, has at -
nounced his
intention
of again
offering himself at nowt t
election.—Seoach Paper.
DANGER OF LUCIFER MATCHES.—Yesterday aftez •
noon, about four o'clocl
attended with fatal c:, an accident, which was neari• v
of age,
occurred to a litti; ,
girl about ten years n
residing in agelnamed Sarah Griffiths
gone to take her husband Park-street,
Kennington. Her mother had
his tea, and during her ab-
sence her daughter c re^ he d some lucifer matches from a
shelf in the room, anti was playing with them, when,
some of them ignited, and set to her pinafore. &
woman living next door, on hearingfire her screams, ran to.
her assistance, and succeeded extinguishing the,
flames. The child was so severelyin
burnt about the arms.
and legs that it was thought necessary to convey her to.
a surgeon's close by, who dressed her wounds. It is ex-
pected she will recover.
THE EXPLOSION AT OLDBURL—An in quest on the,
bodies of the two sufferers by the explosion
ker's pit, at Oldbury, was held yesterday at in
Mr.
Par-.
Dudley..
pi
Several of the men who worked in the •
t said they
h ad
i
complained of the imperfect ventilation, and of the col-
lection of "sulphur," but that no notice had
been takent
of their complaints. One of these witnesses, named'.
Edward Foley, nineteen years of age, said
hhe had beenr
so frightened by the accumulation of " sul ur," and by,
"comical dreams," that he did not retureto the works;,
and so escaped. Mr. Elwall, a mine inspector, sid time
principal defect of the pit was, that the air heading w.ts
too narrow, and had not been carried far enough,and he
said the accident might have been preventclh ad the air
beading been cleaned out more frequently.
public meeting was held in that town yesterday, for tint
purpose of memorialising the Government to appoiiEl
"mine inspectors.
THE GRESIIANL LECTURES.—Last evening, Pro.
fessor Taylor commenced his series of lectures for tint
present term, the subject selected beingthedr arna.
music of England. He proceeded to consider the state
of music generally, and the state of the theatrical
fession, at the commencement of the reign of Geepre_
the Third. At the period alluded to, glee writing underl
that name commenced, stimulated by the Catch Chita.
which was established some time previously. At firsti: i
was confined to bacchanalian purposes, hut gradually. at I
these compositions improved in character, they `were
introduced into the most polished circles, and formee, :a
prominent feature in the best concerts. Attention x vas%
then drawn to several operas, which were, at the '
per).c '1
more immediately under consideration, the princip's 1
favourites with the public, and Artaxerxes was chosat i
for the purpose of illustration. The duet, " Fair Aurovis ,
prithee stay," was given effectively by Mr. Hobbs am 1
one of his pupils ; as were also "In infancy our hope s
and fears," " If o'er the gentle tyrant, Love," and sever
ral others, which, as the lecturer remarked, though
perhaps known to Illtaly, were welcome to all. With
the quartet, " Let not rage thy bosom tire," the lecture
closed. •
It is reported that the marriage of our respected
county Member, Captain Dalt.) triple, with the eldest
daughter of the Duke de Coigny, which has been the ,
subject of private rumour for some time, is to take plarm
I
early in December.—Galloway Advertiser.
.

THE POSSESSION -of the LATERAN

CHURCH.

The solemn function to be celebrated on the Bth of
next month, the taking possession of the Lateran
is so peculiar in its nature, and so antique in the
form in which his present holiness is about to restore it
(his immediate predecessors having departed from the
original) that we are sure some account of its institution
will be reed with interest by all.
The Lateran is considered the mother and head of all
churches on earth, having been founded by Constantine
the Great, and dedicated to the Saviour, to St. John the
Baptist, and to the Evangelist of the same name. For-
merly the Popes resided in a palace adjoining-it, and
after their coronation at the Vatican, used to return in
procession, with all their court, to visit the sanctuary, and
solemnly enter into the occupancy of their sacred office.
Bence the origin of the function called the "possesso,"
which at first immediately followed the rite of corona-
tion, but after the pontiffs left the Lateran Palace, in con-
sequence of the unhealthy atmosphere to which it is t:x-
posed, a later occasion was fixed on for the formery cere-
mony. The earliest "possesso" of which we have a full
Account, is that of Leo 111. in the ninth century, accord-
ing to the order of which the pontiff received the tiara
(in form of a helmet of " white cloth," probably ailver
tissue) at the foot of the stairs before the Vatican
Basilica, whilst the priors, or chief magistrates of the
civic districts, chanted three times in Latin, " Our Lord
Pope Leo, whom St. Peter has elected in his chair, to sit
therein many years." He then mounted his palfrey,
and attended by all his court, passed through the crowded
streets to the Luaeran. Some of the pontiffs were
crowned out of Rome, but so important was the cere-
mony in the Lateran considered, that it always followed,
as in the case of St. Silvester, who, after his coronation
in the church of St. Mary of Collemaggio, without the
walls, returned to the city on a white horse to celebrate
the possession.
The popes who resided at Avignon, of course dispensed
with this rite, but a procession was substituted for it, in
which, after receiving the crown, they passed through
the city in great magnificence. When Clement the
Sixth made this progress, the Duke of Ncrmandy, eldest
son of the King of France, the Duke of Burgundy, and
the Lord of Dauphiny, acted as his grooms.
After the return of the Popes to Rome, we find the
custom in use of throwing money to the people, who
were allowed the privilege of taking possession of the
horse, with its trappings, on which the pontiff had ridden,
and of the canopy borne over his head. This practice
gave rise to the most dangerous tumults, and similar
lawlessness, whether from motives more malignant,
actually proved fatal to two, Piusll. and Sixtus IV., after
which the perquisites of the horse and canopy were with-
held. The accounts given of the magnificence of the
progress from the Vatican at the time the procession
was celebrated on the day of the coronation, are such as
call the most stately picture before the imagination.
The cardinals and prelates all rode in their mitres,
copes, rochets, or other most solemn attire, the fantastic
richness of the liveries worn by the lairs who assisted,
the glittering of arms and waving of plumes, the spark-
ling of gems on the caps and collars of princes and
ambassadors ; these were the details of the gorgeous
accumulation. An ancient usage was then followed, of
flaying the blessed sacrament borne in a golden ciborium,
on the back of a richly caparisoned white mule, sur-
rounded by twelve assistants with great wax torches.
En the ceremonial of Innocent VII. we read that as
soon as the Pope left the Piazza of St. Peter's, a marshal
of the court, called the soldano, bearing attached to his
saddle two sacks of money, scattered the coin with both
hands among the people, so skilfully that the more they
thronged around, the farther off the specie was thrown,
to prevent the impeding of the procession. The della-
ties of the Jews presented themselves on the way, with
a copy of the Pentateuch, and thus addressed his holi-
ness:—" We, Hebrews, 0 most blessed father, in the
name of our synagogue, supplicate your holiness to
deign to confirm and approve the Mosaic law given on
Mount Sinai, by the Omnipotent God, to our Pastor
k. Moses, in the same manner as other supreme pontiffs,
predecessors of your holiness, approved and confirmed
it." The pope answered—" Ve praise the law, but
.;ondemn the observance and intelligence in which you
hold it; inasmuch as Him whom you say is yet to come,
the church teaches and preaches in all lands, to be already
come, and our Lord Jesus Christ." It was an incident
Aaracteristic of these wild times (1484), that when Pope
fnnocent was borne on the portative chair from the
church of St. Clement, where he had left his horse, to '
the Lateran, the impetuosity of the people was so great,
that the soldiers who carried him were driven into the
church with a violence which placed the pontiff in no
slight danger, and in their way to the portal from the
high altar, many of the cardinals were thrown down
before them. When the Pope was seated at the altar,
the antiphon was raised "De Atercore erigit poperem," &c.,
to remind him that he owed his elevation to the provi-
dence of God, and not, like secular princes, to birth or
ancestry. He then scattered copper money among the
people, saying, " Silver and gold have I none, but such
as I have will I give thee." After the ceremonies in the
Lateran, he was taken to the adjacent chapel of St. Sil-
vester, and seated at the portal in a porphyry chair,
where the prior handed to him a rod in sign of correc-
tion, the keys of the Basilica and of the palace, the sym-
bols of his apostolic power; and then girded him with a
zone of red silk, from which hung a purse containing
twelve jewels allusive to the apostles, and a porticn of
musk, allusive to the words of St. Paul, " We are a
sweet odour of Christ." _ .

The " possesso" of Alexander VI. (1492) had sur
passed all former ones, but the full blaze of splendour
was reserved for that of the magnificent promoter of the
intellectual interests of his age, the great Maecenas of
the church, Leo X. This pontiff ascended the throne
1513, and from the beginning of his reign displayed that
taste for the gorgeous which distinguished him no less
than his generosity towards the intellectually gifted. He
determined to ride in the procession to the Lateran on
the horse that had borne him when taken prisoner, a
year before, by the French, at Ravenna. He did not use
the ,' trireyno" of his predecessor, Julius IL, but another
of cloth of gold, with three circlets of gems, and decked
with peacock's feathers. A crown of these feathers had
been used also by Innocent 111. (1198), their introduc •
tion being intended to convey a symbol of the transi-
toriness and, apart from divine aid, the feebleness of all
earthly power. In the procession of Leo, coins of gold
and silver were profusely scattered amongst the people;
two hundred horsemen in white and red livery opened
the train ; then followed the servants of the cardinals
and a hundred signors of the houses of Orsini, Colonna,
and others ; then musicians, grooms, chamberlains,
standard-bearers, two figures of Cherubim borne aloft
on poles, the Gonfalonieri of the Roman people, of the
Knights of the Teutonic Order, and those of the Order
of Jerusalem, the standard of the church, borne by the
Duke of Murone, the horses of the papal stud, legates,
nobles, princes, and other assistants. The palfrey bear-
ing the blessed sacrament, surrounded with torches and
shaded by a canopy sustained by eight Roman citizens,
preceded the more solemn train of ecclesiastics, with the
canters of the papal chapel, and other officials. After
his body guard, rode the Pope, under a canopy, his bridle
held for the first stage of the journey by the Duke of
Ferrara, and the last in the pageant was the bearer of
the canopy called the " Umbrella pontificate," in complete
armour, but bare-headed. As the procession moved,
the collegiate bodies of the churches it passed presented
themselves with censors and chanting of hymns. Altars
had been erected in the streets, resplendent with tapers;
and triumphal arches, with devices in which mythology
Was sometimes blent with Christian imagery.
One of the above-mentioned arches presented, at one
façade, a figure of Apollo, between two fountains of
wine, and on the other, Christ giving the keys to St.
Peter. Another presented the statues of Numa Pompi-
Hue and Antoninus Pius, two of the wisest monarchs of
ancient Rome with the inscription, "Non de casorunt
numero, fusoque cruore, sed de sperata pace trophea damns."
On another were bas-reliefs, representing kings and
princes embracing each other, children burning the
weapons of war;with their torches, in appropriate allusion
to the peaceful auspices which greeted the new reign.
According to the rubrics for all these occasions, the
procession, on reaching the Gesi Church, turns in the
direction of the Capitol, where the senator of Rome, at-
tired in purple and cloth of gold, with a jewelled collar
and a sceptre of ivory, attended by his judges, officials,
and guards, receives his Holiness kneeling, and, in a
brief Latin address, promises him obedience and fealty
in the name of all the senate and people of Rome ;
to which his Holiness replies in the same lan-
guage. Descending the Capitol, the cortege passed for-
merly under an arch whose erection was the hereditary
duty of the Dukes of Parma, and afterwards of the
King of Naples, the heir of their property; and in later
times, instead of the presentation of the Scriptures, the
Jewish deputies were admitted to pay homage to the
supreme pontiff in the " Campo Vaccino," and after
wards, for motives of convenience, at the Arch of Titus,
the memorial of their overthrow, a strikin;ly signifi-
cant, if accidental, arrangement. The ceremonies within
the church have long been observed according to an in-
variable order, whether the use of horses in the pr, ces-
sion was dispensed with or not. (Amongst all the Popes,
only nineteen are recorded to have gone otherwise than
on horse-back.) The chapter of the Lateran meet his
holiness outside the church, with two crosses and two
pavilions borne before them, implying the pre-eminency
of their church over all others, " Orbis Ecckstarzan
Mater." After receiving their homage,
.his holiness enters
the portal, kneeling at its threshold to kiss a golden cross,
presented by the cardinal arch-priest, hen ascends a
throne, where, after vesting for the rites within the church,
the same cardinal presents him with the keys of the Ba-
silica, one gold, the other silver, in a gilt basin filled
with flowers, addressing
.him, at the same time in Latin.
The clergy of the Basilica then pay homage, and his
holiness is carried into the church on the portative throne,
first to the altar of the blessed sacrament, where all
kneel to adore, whilst the Tc Deum is sung, afterwards to
the high altar, for a second actof worship before the relics
of St. Peter and St. Paul: thence he passes to the throne
in the tribune, and on receiving the obeisance of the car-
dinals, places in the mitre of each the " presbyterio," a do-
nation of two medals of gold and silver. The first cardi-
nal priest, with the auditors of the ikta and Concis-
torial Advocates, then passes to the altar, where the
lauds, " Exaudi Christe, 6-c." are sung. His holiness
then repairs to the seme altar, and gives the benedic-
tion, leaving a purse of silver money as the accustomed
offering at the confessional, or shrine of the apostles.
The cardinal deacon then places the triple crown on his
head, and re. ascending the portative throne, he is borne
to the loggia of the grand facade, where the benediction
is given to the people in the usual form. The procession
returns to the apostolic palace. in the same order.—
Abridgedfrom time Roman Advertiser of October 24.

A few days ago, while the workmen on the New-
castle and Berwick Railway were excavating a pertien
of the line near to Bothal Castle, thel found the skeleton
of an animal having a single horn growing from the
centre of the forehead. The workmen generoth.ly made
a present of it to Mr. John Cragg, watchmaker, Mor-
peth, a well-known naturalist, who often superintends
the herculean works going on in that locality.—New-
castle Chrpniele.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, NOVE3LBER 23.
STOOL EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Chester and Birken-
head, 204 Shares, % p.—Eastern Counties, York. Extension,
1 134 p.—Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, Halves, 814—
1 Lancaster and Preston, 81,4 p.—London and North-Western,
1944—Ditto, Quarters, New, 131/4 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 161/4
p.—Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 21 p.—London and Manchester,
and Birmingham, 74;4—Midland, 125 ex new—Ditto, New,
45is p.—North British, Quarters, 5 Is. 3d. p.—South-East-
em and Dover, New, No. 4, 11 s. 3d. p.—York and New-
castle, ex new, 39—Ditto, Preference, 5 p.—Clydes-
dale Junction; 14 p.—East Lancashire, New, No. 2, ex
add. sh. 4% p.—lludderstield
_Canal and Railway, ex int.,
4% p.—Ditto, Extension, 11A p. —Leeds and Dewsbury, 13%
p.—Di. to, Branchei (blue), 9 p.—Ditto Extensions (green),
2 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 21/4 dis.—Ditto, New, 14 dis.
Liverpool and Bury, 314 p —Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton, 41,•4 dis.—Birlienhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction, 6s. 3d. p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 6%
p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 3s. 9d.
dis.—London and York, % dis.—Newry and Warrenpoint,
PA p.—North Staffordshire, 31/4 p.—North-Western, % p.
—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1/2 dis.—Sheffield
and Lincolnshire, % dis.—Goole and Doncaster, 14 p.—Man-
chester, Midland and Great Grimsby, 21s. 3d. dis.—Dutch
Rhenish, 1 % dis.—Dublin and Drogheda, 1214 dis.
MANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 23.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire 1% p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 6% p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 114 dis.— Chester and
Birkenhead, 52—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 11-16
c. p.—East Lancashire, :No. 2 (late Liverpool, Ormskirk,
&c. ), 4 5-16 p.—lluddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, 4:% p.—Ditto, Thirds, 1% p. —Leeds and Thirak,
2 dis.—Ditto, New, 14 dis.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man-
chester, 15 p.—Ditto, Branches (blue), 9 3-16 p.—Ditto, Ex-
tension (green), 2 p.—Liverpool and Bary, New, 3s p.—
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle, 5-16 p.—London,
Manciiestexond Birmingham, Quarters (B), p.—Man-
chester, Midland, and Grimsby, 21s. dis.—Aanchester and
Southampton, 1h dis.—North Staffordshire, 3111 p.—North-
Western, 1/2 p.— Oldham Alliance, 1 3-16 p.—Shrewsbury
and Birmingham. (A), 11,4 p.—South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4, 9-16 p.—West_Lancashire Coast, 12s. dis.

LEEDS, NOVEMBER 23.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, 5 p.
—Ditto, No. I, New, 4% c. p.—Ditto, No. 2 (late Liver-
pool, Ormskirk, &c.), p.—East and West Yorkshire,
10s. dis.—lluddersfield and Manchester, 61 p.—Ditto, Ex-
tensions, 61-A p.—Leeds and Dew sbury,l3 p.—Ditto, Branches,
734' p.—Ditto, Extensions, 13/ p.—Leeds and Thirak, 1%
dis.—Ditto, New, 2s. Gd. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction,
15s. p.—Midland, Preference, 4% p. —Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 13 p.—North British, Thirds, 2% p.—Ditto, Quarters
(late Carlisle Branch), 525. p.—Ditto, Extensions (scrip),
20s. p.—North Staffordshire, c. p.—Wharfdale Junction,
14 dis.—Yorl: and Newcastle, Preference, 4% p.—York and
North Midland, Preference, 94; p.—North-Western, Bs.
p.—Shelneld, Rotherham, and Goole, p.—West Riding

SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 23.

STocx.- EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham and Ox-
ford, 6% p.—East Lincolnshire, % p.—Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Extensions, 30s_—North Western, 9s. 6d. p.—
Sheffield and Lincoln, % dis.—York and Newcastle, Pre-
ference, 5 t/i p.—Goole and Doncaster, % p.—Leeds,
and Midland, 15s. 6d. dis.

HULL, NOVEMBER 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—To-day our market is dull, and the
business consequently limited. Ipswich and Bury St. Ed-
munds were inquired for, and sales were effected at a con-
siderable advance upon our last quotations. The sales are
—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, ss. 6d.—East Lanca-
shire, 4% p.—East Lincolnshire, Ils. p.—Fleetwood, Preston,
and West Riding, 2s. dis.—Hull and Selby, Quarters, 23174
Ipswich and Bury, 2% p.—Lcicester and Birmingham, 3s.—
North British, Quarters, 51. ls. c. all—Ditto, New Quar-
ters (scrip), 205.. p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North-
Western, 9s. p.—Shropshire Union, 9s. dis.—York and New-
castle, Preference, 4% p.
NE W CASTL E-UP ON-TYNE, NOVEMBER 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Carlisle.
110 scrip, ex new—Ditto, New, 71/B—North British, Thirds,
23% p.—Ditto, Quarters (thirds), 565. p. cum new—West
Riding Union, 11/8,_.,_