The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-20 00:00:00

CHESHIRE,

About EIGHT MILES from the CITY of CHESTER.
VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESFATES for INVESTMENT,
g of the Manor of Manley ; an excellent Residence,'
with numerous Farms, the whole containing upwards of 1,10
acres of productive Land, exonerated from land-tax.
MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received instruc-
, public-house,
tions from the proprietor to offer for SALE by AUCTION
at the Royal Hotel, Chester, in the eusuing month, in Lot., ,
uaattteacihnedthe townships of
Exceedingly valuable FREEHOLD ESTATES, (exonerated
from land.tax,) consisting of a most desirable and substantially.
built residence, recently enlarged and improved, lawn, pleasure-
grounds, walled gardens. &c, and several conveniently arranged
Manley and Kingswood, and distant about eight miles from the
city of Chester. It contains collectively upwards of 1,1(10 acres
with
&c. superior
,r he
propertyagri c u ! tins riai
el
si
rab buildingsidesirably
si
situate
of productive arable, pasture, and wood land, at present in the
cottages,fas
occupation (excepting the residence and about 161 acres in hand)
of highly-respectable tenants, at rents amounting, with the esti-
mated value of the property in hand, to 1,6001, per annum.
upon the propertrare most valuable quarries, with an abundant
supply of white stone for building purposes. It abounds with
game, and is within easy distance of three packs of hounds.
More descriptive advertisements will shortly appear, and par.
titulars, with plans annexed, may in due time bt obtained of G. J.
Nicholson, Esq., solicitor, b, Raymond-but
dings. Gray's Inn ; at
the plate of ale ; and of Xr. W. W. Simpson, Is, autkieroury.

IRELAND.-COUNTY OF ANTRIM.

One of the most improving and extensive FEE SIMPLE ES-

TATES in the United Kingdom, containing 50,000 Acres, the

greater part situate in the manufacturing district of the county.
Mw. W. SIMPSON has the honour to an-
nounce that he has surveyed, by order of the Noble Pro-
prietor, and intends to OFFER for SALE by AUCTION, early
in the month of June, at the Royal Hotel, in Belfast,
The GALOORM or GLENAHERTY, the BRAID, and
KELLS ESTATES, in the county of Antrim. A large portion of
these estates is rich and very productive land, lying In the valleys
of theftiver Main, and the Braid and Kells waters. The Galgorm
Estate includes the fine mansion of Galgorm Castle, on which a
considerable sum has been recently expended in valuable improve.
ments. Attached to the castle is a demesne of about 150 acres of
superior land, in hand. On the property, which embraces a great
volume of water-power, there are many extensive bleach greens,
beetling and corn mills, in the occupation of wealthy and respect-
able manufacturers ; and several of the tenantry are engaged in, or
connected with the various branches of the linen trade; the ma-
jority are Protestants, and, in the highly favoured province of
Ulster, are remarkable for their industry and intelligence. The
bogs attached to the estate are very valuable, and there are exten-
sive tracts of pasturable and easily reclaimed mountain lands,
abundantly stocked with game. The property is in the immediate
neighbourhood of Ballymena, and approaches within a quarter of a
mile of this, the largest inland town in the county and is only 20
miles distant from Belfast. The entire of the estates includes a
surface of about 50,000 acres. The Belfast and Ballymena Rail-
way, the works of which are contracted for, passes through the pro-
perty. as will also two other railways in contemplation.
Particulars are in preparation, and may, in due time, be ob.
tained of Messrs. J. W. Sherlock and Sons, Grenville-street, Mount..
toy-square, Dublin, and Fermoy, Irel-nd ; at the place of sale;
and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, 18, Bucklersbury.
Mr. Simpson, from obvious reasons, which need no explanation
to the public, has recommen:ed his noble and other proprietors of
Irish estates to defer those sales which were intended for April to
the month of June.

Mr. Simpson, while drawing the attention of capitalists to the
above valuable estates, wishes to state that a second edition of
his pamphlet has been published, on which the " Times" news-
paper made the following review :—" Mr. W. W. Simpson, the
well-known and deservedly respected auctioneer and land valuator,
has recently published a pamphlet, entitled A Defence of the Land-
lords oflreland, with Remarks on the Relation between Landlord
and Tenant, The' Dublin Evening Packet,' in reviewing this work,
gives the following character of its author Mr. Simpson, we
scarcely need remind our readers, is an Englishman, of vast ex-
perience in matters relating to the improvement and value of land
in His own country, lie is, moreover, a gentleman of most com-
prehensive views, and possess... se understanding naturally strong,
and a stock of practical knowlege and sterling sense which falls to
the lot of very few persons in his own or any other rank of life.
With the social condition of Ireland he has made it his business,
almost as a matter of necessity, to make himself thoroughly ac-
quainted. He feels for her wants, and has contributed as much,
perhaps, as any man in his time to improve her
e resources,e rt
a bycnt of
s
en-
couraging the investment of British capitalintheevry dore
pahold to be
Irish industry. Such a witness as this we therefore
beyond the reach of suspicion, on the
partiality. His testimony must be regarded
either of interest or
ed as invaluable, as it is
unquestionably unistpeacbable.'

LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.
The Committee of Shareholders on the London and York
Railway view. with satisfaction, the advertisement in this morning's
papers from the London and York Directors, and signed by the Se-
cretary, J. R. Mowan, announcing that their attention is being
directed " to the l•raeticability of treating with any rivals upon
terms advantageous to the London and York Shareholders."
The Committee feel that the steps they are taking will reduce
from theory to practice the wish of the Directors, and facilitate in
the most effectual manner the attainment of the object which they
now for the first time announce their intention to accomplish, and
the Committee have much satisfaction in apprising the Share-
holders that the answers they have al:eady received establish be-
yond a doubt that the Proprietors will adopt the views which led
to the formation of this Committee, and which they consider as the
only means of escape from liabilities and engagements of a most
ruinous nature.

By order of the Committee,
Committee Rooms, 4, Sise-latie. HENRY PHILLIPS.

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LITERATURE.

CREATION ; A VISION OF THE SOUL.

As a suggestive production, this book deserves a casual
perusal. Nevertheless it might almost be reprobated for
the extreme audacity of its conception ; pretending (as
it does) to be an amplification of the most sublime
narrative ever presented to the human race. " Canebat
de creationi mundi, et origine humani generic !" exclaimed
the Venerable Bede, and here the " Christian Platonist"
has dared to echo his announcement, and repeat his en-
deavour. That, however, which has been sanctified in
the divine records of Genesis, and which has likewisf
tasked the inspired imagination of our incomparabl.
Milton, was a theme scarcely compatible with the size.
arrangement, or impoverished language of the present
volume. From the ineffable vastness of the subject, a
failure in this respect was a necessary consequence of
the undertaking. We cannot, of course, blame the author
of this work for allowing his fancy the most unbridled
scope in meditating upon the creation of the universe ;
what we blame him for is, the reduction of a series of
very crude and rambling ideas to print. Still, undoubt-
edly, as a suggestive essay, the present can hardly be
read without some little profit ; the mind of the reader
is exalted by the consummate grandeur of the subject
itself ; it glides back. to a remote antiquity, when
chaos was being merged into order by the will of Omni.
potence, and looks on awe-stricken and enthralled at the
prodigious workings of the Divinity. If for one other
consequence alone this " Vision of the Soul "
is, to a certain extent, meritorious, it serves again and
again to demonstrate the perfection of the opening de-
scriptions contained iu " The Book of books." So
solemn, so entire, so earnest, so stupendous, are the brief
verses in the commencement of Genesis, as contrasted
with any human endeavour to delineate that epoch of
eternity when " the Spirit of God moved upon the face
of the waters ;" whether that contrast be with
the word-glories of Milton, or the choral
majesty of Haydn, or the singular bathos of
our Christian platonist. Holy writ has ever
commanded the admiration of infidelity itself ; its
majestic utterance moved even the heart of sceptism.
Byron, amidst the vortex of his most libertine excesses,
hung over its pages with a reverential awe ; Shelley,
in the haughtiest moments of his disbelief, drank
deeply from its mysterious wisdom. It is stamped with
the signet of its celestial origin even in its composition.
And, as we are willing to conjecture that it is from his
love for the Great Book the present publication has been
called into existence, we may concede a negative ap-
proval of the notion, and overlook the non-success in
the execution of the work before us. There are, how-
ever, some discrepancies and incongruities scattered over
its pages, which require an especial deprecation. Thus,
for example, when the writer is attempting to depict
the creation of birds in a peaceful anti sinless
Paradise, he describes the blood-thirsty chase
of a vulture after a dove, and subsequently a similar pur-
suit of a fox by hounds and horses. These, besides be-
ing anachronisms, are very mean adjuncts to a picture
like that of a new-born world. Again, he represents the
Deity as promising a Messiah and Redeemer to Adam and
his race before the fall of our first parents ; a circum-
stance which, if conscientiously maintained, would be
nothing less than broaching a doctrine most incon-
gruous to Christianity, namely, the doctrine of predes-
tination. A little more caution should at the least have
been observed by the author before he presumed on the
publication of such a work, even granting that the sub-
ject itself was a fitting one for a prose disquisition. One
other fault there is—the language is at times most into-
lerably turgid. An epic has yet to be written recon-
ciling the expositions of geology with those of revealed
religion.

"The operatives are idle and slovenly, arid, in many in-
stances, of intemperate habits. If a gentleman wants to
have a house repaired, he is tortured by workmen, who will
undertake half a dozen jobs at the same time, and not finish
any of them, neither at the period promised, nor in a work-
manlike manner. A good English carpenter, mason, or plas-
terer, would be ashamed to turn out such defective work, and
would execute as much in a day as one of these will do in
two or three: erery trifle takes off their attention and causes
them, like children, to loiter and look abut them ; and, what
is worse, while some of them frequent the cider-houses and

take holidays as often as they can, their wives are per-
petually labouring, and experience the greatest want of s) m.
pathy and affection on the part of their husbands: this is,
alas! a crying evil among our British labourers and me-
chanics also.

4" The Norman temper is notoriously quick and7iolent, and
some of the most faithful and honest servants will give im-
pertinent answers on the slightest contradiction of their
wishes, and exhibit the most childish petulance; yet, with
this great fault, and others of a minor character, besides ex-
treme want of method and tidiness. they are a good class,
.ind universally abstemious in eating and drinking. If they
(lo not execute as much work as an English servant, nor in
the same satisfactory style, they are, on the other hand, much
less expensive in every particular. The best servants (I
speak of females, for the men are usually idle, profligate, and
troublesome) are in the service of French families, in which
they are treated with a degree of kindness and familiarity un-
known to our more reserved and formal habits • yet, though
they are allowed so much freedom of conversation andi man-
ner, this privilege does not engender ix them a presumptu-
ous deportment.
" The lady mistress of a French family often sits in her
kitchen and talks to her maids, and such is the reciprocal
attachment between the heads of the family and their do-
mestics, that lengthened servitude is very common; small
annuities to faithful dependents, and if a servant marries in
Service, a dinthr is generally provided by the master or mis-
tress, who entertain the bridal party with the utmost hos-
pitality."

These rambles are profusely illustrated by beautiful
wood-cuts. The doctor, in his preface, half promises
that he will next year conduct us over Brittany and La
Vendee. We shall be glad to ramble; over those chi-
-1-

valrous provinces accompanied by such an intelligent and
amusing guide.

111EMOIRS OF 7HE JACOBITES. Vol .111.
By Mrs. Thomson.
On the appearance of the two preceding volumes of this
oistory, we took occasion to comment upon their impar-
tiality and completeness; the third and concluding
volume, now l‘ ing before us, has similar claims upon our
mention, and a similar title to our applause. Mrs.
rhomson has filled up a gap in our national literature,
and, conscious of the responsibility which devolved upon
erself in the undertaking, she has laboured cautiously
:Led resolutely to untold what was hitherto enigmatical,
and to explain what was hitherto incongruous. Her task
has now reached its completion—her perseverance has
conducted her to the goal towards which she has been
striving—her scattered materials have resolved them-
selves into a certain symetrical form—her " Memoirs of
the Jacobites," as far as could reasonably have been
anticipated, arc dispassionate and succinct. In the por-
tion just published, five of the principal personages who
engaged the observation of their contemporaries, in that
stormy and romatic age when the representatives of the
Stuart dynasty were stigmatised as Pretenders, and the
hopes of their adherents crushed on Drummossie-moor,
are pourtraved in their actions and analysed in their cha-
racters. The handsome and prudent Lord George
Murray, the chivalrous and noble-hearted Duke of
Perth, the luckless and generous Earl of Kilmarnock,
the haughty and courageous 'Charles Radcliffe, and that
renowned heroine whom Walter Scott has so inimitably
delineated in all her pensive elevation of heart and un-
)stentatious amenity of temperament, are here grouped
•ogether with an earnestness of purpose very creditable
to the authoress. Her bosom seems animated with a
,incere desire to commemorate in adequate language the
;elf-forgetful and disinterested chivalry of those cele-
brated men who, undaunted iy perfidy, unquelled by
,nisfoqune, and unhatched by chicaneries, strove to uv-
;Iola the family towards whom they conceived their
dlegiance to be sacred and obligatory. However some
'ney have abused their trust, end however much the
atrocities committed by their contemporaries may cause
us to blush for our species, these historical personages
loom upon us from the darkness of the past with a lam-
bent integrity of soul and a fervid purity of
heroism most consolatory to all who are anxious to be-
hold the balance, at least of good and evil, in the human
race. No matter what may he the political bias of the
reader, no matter what may be his prepossessions, it
would be as impossibe to lay down these volumes with-
out a deep reverence for the moral, and a full admiration
ror the bodily intrepidity of the majority of the Jaco-
bites, as it would be to resign the Memoirs of Marat
and his revolutionary accomplices, without a shudder of
abhorrence. It will afford no little satisfaction to all
who have listened to Mr. Wilson's songs in reference to
Prince Charlie and his followers, and to all who can
sympathize in the sufferings of good men, to find, ac-
cording to the Preface of Mrs. Thomson, that an inter-
esting collection of Jacobite songs is being accumulated
by Miss Charlotte Maxwell, whose enthusiasm for the
memory of that " party" is only surpassed by her in-
dustry, in preserving their relics from oblivion. This
volume is embellished with three portraits, those of
Flora Macdonald, Prince Charles, and Lord Balmerino,
the latter of which, however, we are inclined to regard
as somewhat unflattering : it affords us some inkling of
the resolution of his character, but has no indication
whatever of the sustained and elevated valour of his life.
These " Memoirs of the Jacobites" require sic recom-
mendation, in the same manner that Izaak Walton's
" Lives" render any panegyric superfluous.

THE NEW TIMON. Third Edition.

Our opinion of this very original poem hasbeea con-
firmed by public approbation; its popularity has already
(Ica
oon conducted
ue
eoa
hass a
bthird
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xee
tda
esi
not i
dno
en
dt,
oa
tnsodu
shrink
bihnyekt haf
from
osthmmo jahnes Saet nni
nouncement of his name in connexion with the present
production; though we would fain imagine he is reserv-
ing that disclosure until he can couple it with the pub-
lication of a work more entitled to the applause of pos-
terity. We have regarded the "Romance of London"
with satisfaction, rather as a promise than an achieve-
ment—rather; as a harbinger than as an ultimatum,
rather for its inferential than its positive excellence
as a whole. We do not retract one iota of our
applause; onthe contrary, a second perusal has unfolded
to us fresh beauties which were overlooked in our first
sense of gratification; the delineations of character ap-
pear more congruous; the plot is more transparent and
more appreciable; the vein of thought throughout is, if
possible, deeper, richer, and more suffused with the
andbe soh—the
though.
"Newbloom poesy.
in no single particular comparable with " Queen blab" is uAndsouabtefidrlsyt reeffmoarrt—t
kateif
—that marvellous first effort of Shelley—the author
tl Journal,"
oforAelveexn with
need not fear the effect of its juxtaposition (as a first
efibrt) with Byron's " Hours of Idleness," Chatterton's
,re:s‘o three,
tion Pope. Compared
"Letterha s tt o e
hFeultiuln'aidriliteehya'tstihvßee
Pastorals"
tion in hazarding the opinion that the
saying " New Timon"
contains infini,ely more promise. In this, how-
ever, we do not for a moment • y l that the author is a
Pope, or a Chatterton, or a Byron in embryo
infer from the comparison that the writer of w
this
srecent merely
poem gives good augury of his powers. The realisation
however of this augury rests entirely with himself, with
his self-tuition, with his industry, with the real vigour
of his intellect. Experience has too often shown the
fallacy and impossibility of drawing any just conclusions
of a poet from his first production—so many have leaped
forth, like Pallas, fully armed, only to wither into their
original obscurity—so many have, as it were, emitted
corruscations of poetry as evanescent and solitary as
they were brilliant. If the capacities which are indi-
cated in " The New Timon" be eventually realised, the
present poem will live as the first of a series; if, on the
other hand, its author fails, like so many others, in the
justification of his own promise, it will die ! Of itself,
it cannot survive the lapse of generations—as associated
with more matured successors it may taste of immor-
tality. We have written this much, because of the in-
dications here given of a real
.genius for a divine
art, and because of our anxiety that a genius
so propitiously announced may not be rendered
null and unprofitable either by the precipitation
or indolence of its possessor. Whoever has written
t
this " Romance of London" has a means of carvinfite%
a niche for himself in the poetical gallery of
he has the
he has paved the way to public. attention;
ke n ) for accomplish-
faculty (or we are singularly
mistaken)
the courage and the
ing greater things; may he
.h.av
before us, the
inclination ! In the third edition,. g
binding and typograp yv
decorations of the book, as to
beauty sa literary pro-
are commensurate with its
het as
ar sad the boudoir,
duction. It is suitable for
studt lib
exterior delicate,
with
the drawing-room and the itsy;with apple green and blazonry; its interior is adorned
-
with elevating sentiments and genuine poesy.

RAMBLES IN NORMANDY. By James Hairby,
M.D.
This is a very delightful book. Normandy is one of
the most picturesque of the French provinces, and Dr.
Hairby is a most amusing travelling companion. It ap-
pears that his object in wandering through Normandy
was to discover some pleasant and cheap place of resi-
dence, where he could secure good society for himself
andthe
who
are me
nega
an o
gs
edf educationao
a similar
sr h e
ari
es
hc children—and ren—
recommend d to
Da lrl.
Hairby's book as a vade mecum—they will find the
respective claims of Granville, and Avranches, and Har•
flour, and Havre, and Caen, and fifty other places, amply
discussed, and will be enabled, in many instances, at once
to fix on the locality most likely to suit their purpose.
His descriptions of scenery and places are graphic, and
his sketches of society kindly-hearted, and at the same
time amusing. Some of his hints to Englishmen as to
French etiquette are valuable: for instance, attention to
the following may prevent the commission of many a
bitise in an unconscious stranger:—
" 'lle Frenchman (says Dr. Hairby) notices what he con-
siders a great radenesa in us, of which many Englishmen, on
their first arrival in France, are unconscious of. The instance
to which I allude is this: one man, accompanied by many
others, meets a lady whom he knows, walking in the midst
of a party, amongst whom are gentlemen with whom he has
no acquaintance, he bows to the lady, every gentleman on his
side raises his hat, and every gentleman in her suite returns
thesalute. Nor is this etiquette limited to intercourse with the
fair sex. The same courtesy is observed between groups of
men; a bow to one is the signal for a general salute. Now
John Bull, at first, under the circumstances stated, takes no
notice of a raised hat that is not elevated to himself indi-
vidually; and says to the ladies, in his company, afterwards,
when they, perhaps, school him for his rudeness, Why
should I take off my hat, when they did not bow to nze
Of course such a person is deemed a bite, in the first instance,
by the Frenchmen. One never loses character by civility;
my countrymen ought invariably to bow to the female of any ,
shop into which they enter; and should take off their hets to
the inmates of the humblest lodging-house where they may
search for accommodation."
ELECTION OF LORD MILTON.—The election of Lord
The folbwing hints, too, will be found very valuable to
Essqp.eecOhn,
Milton as one of the representatives of the borough of Mahon took
place onrmWednirisadalerylmetff.
effective speech,
Milton was proposed by James
atusiidlothoef nhoamndinatien us
persons propusL g to settle in Normandy:—
1 dr_
sailb,illpyniiiams,
Yedjodhunly elected, and returned "'thanks Lord-
vert,abisepeech
" On matters of graver moment, I am unwilling
steal
ate., I,
though there is one point of morality to which I "ddeecdl abr
if which (owing to the inclemency of the weather)' was Judiciously
the indifference to truth, which is so oftena
exhibited, even by persons, who, from thei:Flism
an'cr :on. brief. At live o'clock, a party (limbering about 50) of the prinet-
might be supposed to consider their word g pal inhabitants met his Lordship at dinner at the Talbot Inn.
The Brott-h-bailiff took the chair,d his right by Lord
elusive in their transactions. I instances to thissth
supporte on _
I shall forbear from giving individual
not v-ry for" "
rn his lett by Lord Milton, and other distinguished
hie!, is, probably tiliam acted as vice-president. Various toasts
sto let a hous tio were proposed, gnd ksq.,
nt speakliiir
honamefuilley,
effect, but I may mention a cas w _ero.ce.ensued Man Lords
rare—that of a proprietor, who Tilling
tenant, that he shall orp,‘th and Mil'ton, Ainiru.cTihoemmes'one(brotber-In-law to Lord Milton),
certain rent, assures G. T. Farsyde, Esq. (a barrister on the northern circuit), W. C.
d teal tin Ant bid* CoPperthwalte, Esq., William Allen, En., James Dunlop, En., Jeba
meantime, he is offered a
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very cuoll , on the day when he had prom iseci to give peg;
session, that he had let the house to another. 'But, Sir, yeti
promised to let me have it, and offered to sign
the lease this
day;' to which the other replies, with that peculiar shrug
which a Frenchman alone can give with full effect, True,
but then the agreement was not in Writing.' In short, a
verbal promise is not considered binding, and, therefore, a
disregard for one's word may be fairly inferred. I fear that,
in the transactions of business, this want of principle will be
found very common.
" The Normans are proverbial for cunning and extreme
exaction in their dealings; but I have not found them so,
and lam glad to compare the lights with the shadows of
their character. The meanest servants will not steal, and,
with rare exceptions, are most scrupulously honest; they
seldom pilfer in your house, the doors and windows of which
are left open—no rogue enters them; house-breaking or
house robbing, in town, and may be country, are scarcely
known : you feel secure of life and property in the most
lonely retreat. Can we say as much for our own people?
Again, there is a confidence in your integrity, on the part of
tradesmen and shopkeepers, which impresses one with a high
opinion of the correctness and regularity with which debts
are paid, at least in the part of France under my immediate
observation; and though a fete loses have been sustained by
the shopkeepers of Avrenches, from the defalcation of
English customers, they are, on the whole. as civil and
ohligirg as any people in their situation can possibly be.
Those who may report the contrary, and complain of rude-
ness or great exactness of dealing from the bankers or
shopkeepers, will be found on inquiry, in nine cases out of
ten, to have formed erroneous views, or to have given
cause for doubts as to their own solvency, or reasonable
grounds of complaint, from want of punctuality, or an im-
propriety of some sort.

(ATIONAL LAND AND BUILD-

ING ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of the nreriher; and friends of this institution was
held on Monday, in the coffee-room of the National Associa-
tion Hall, 24, High Holborn, for the purpose of giving effect
to the resolutions of the public meeting at which T. Wakicy,
Esq., presided, those resolutions having strongly recommended
the measure to the adoption of the working-classes throughout
the metropolis and the provinces.
As the best means of giving effect to the resolutions, it was
then resolved---‘4 That an Auxiliary Committee of fifty per-
sons be at once appointed, for the purpose of disseminating a
knowledge of the institution in their respective localities."
The Committee have since met, and reported favourably of
the progress of their operations. Several letters were read
from different parts of the country, expressing great interest
in the institution and its proceedings, and a desire for its ex-
tension into the provinces. A letter was read from Stafford
Allen, Esq., of Cowper-street, Finsbury, expressing his ad-
besicift, and manifesting his sincerity by a liberal subscription
to the auxiliary fund. This gentleman is a wealthy member of
the Society of Friends, and has been active in the Temperance
movement, in the Peace Society, and other publie measures of
progressive improvement, rendering his adherence to the as-
sociation the more important.
A letter was also read from the Hon. Member for Finsbury,
T. Wakley, Esq., proving that his interest in the success of the
measure was not limited to the assistance rendered at the pub-
lic meeting, for the letter intimated his intention of being pre-
sent "at the next meeting of the committee, being anxious to
afford the undertaking every aid in his power."

STATISTICS OF WIGGERY.
During a most minute investigation of a regular series of
English portraits, which I was led into by a friend, I was
induced to look for the origin of wigs in England, and their
various sorts and successions, by commencing at the time of
William the Conqueror. In this search I was not able to
find any representation of wigs earlier than those worn by
King Charles the Second upon his restoration, in proof of
which I refer to Faittiorne's numerous portraits of that
Monarch, and he will find that that sort of wig
contined to be worn, with very little deviation, by
succeeding kings till George the Second's time, with
whom it ended. King George the Third commenced
his reign with wearing his own hair dressed and pow-
dered, in the style of Woollett's beautiful engraving of
his Majesty, after a picture painted by Ramsey. It is
worthy of observation, than in the reign of King Charles
the Second, the Lord Mayors of London followed his Ma-
esty's example by wearing wigs precisely of the same make,
and equal to those worn by the royal family, the highest
courtier, and persons of the first eminence in official
capacities. Nay, indeed, Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, a wood
and coal-monger, wore wigs of this shape, perhaps because
he was a justice of the peace within the King's Court. The
same kind of wig, equally deep, but with curls rather looser
and more tastefully flowing, was also worn by the following
high literary characters in the reigns of Charles the Second,
James the Second, William the Third, and Queen Anne—
Waller, Dryden, Addison, Steele, Congreve, Vanbreugh, But-
ler, Rowe, Prior, Wycherly, &c. Of these, perhaps the two
last mentioned were the most foppish in their wigs, particu-
larly Wycherly, from whom the rots of large and beautifully
engraven combs of the finest tortoiseshell are named. With
these combs (which were carried in cases in their pockets)
the wearers of wigs adjusted their curls, ruffled and entangled
by the w:nd. I have somewhere read that Wycherly, who
was esteemed one of the handsomest men of his day,
was frequently seen standing in the pit of the theatre
combing and adjusting the curls of his wig whilst
in lolling conversations with the first ladies of fashion
in the boxes. Most of Sir Godfrey Kneller's portraits were
pa*t:Lted in this flowing wig, particularly that celebrated
series entitled" Queen Anne's Admirals." The actors of this
time wore immense wigs, particularly Bullock, Pinkethman,
Sec. ; L'ibber's was in moderation. It must here be observed
that I now allude to their private wigs—their stage wigs
were, as they are now, purposely caricatured to please the
galleries. I believe that the first wig worn by an English
divine was that of John Wallis, engraved by Burgers, and
published at Oxford in the year 1699 ; it was profusely curled.
but not so deep over the shoulders as those of statesmen.
There were many singular, and indeed learned characters,
whose wigs were peculiarly shaped—such, for instance,
as that of Bubb Doddington, Lord Chesterfield, and the
Duke of Newcastle. MacArdell's print of Lord Anson, after
a picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, was, I have every
reason to think, the first of the shape erroneously called
the brushy. This sort Dr. Samuel Johnson, Armstrong,
Hunter, the Rev. George Whitfield, Lord Monboddo, &c.,
wore in their latter years. The earliest engraved portraits
of Dr. Johnson exhibit a wig with five rows of curls, com-
monly called ' a story wig.' Among the old dandies of this
description of wig we may class Mr. Saunders Welch, Mr.
Nolleken's father-in-law—he had nine stories. So was that
won by Mr. Nathaniel Hillier, an extensive print collector,
as is represented in an engraved portrait of that gentleman.
Dr. Goldsmith's wig was small and remarkably slovenly, as
may be seen by Brotherton's etching. Sir Joshua's portrait
of him is without a wig. Mr. Garrick's wigs (I mean his
private ones) were three in number the first is engraved by
Wood, published in the year 1745 ; the second is by Sherwin,
engraved for Tom Davis; the last is from a private plate by
Mrs. Solly, after a drawing by Dance. I will leave off here
with the wig, and give a few instances of the tails. These,
perhaps, originated with the Chinese; but the first specimen
of a tail, which I have hitherto been able to procure, to which
a date can be given, is in Sherwin's print of Frederick, King
of Prussia."—Smith's Book for a Rainy Day.

ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAYS IN FRANCE.—(FROM A
CORRESPoNDENT.)—It is most probable that the French at-
mospheric lines will be constructed after the system of M.
Hallette, of Arras. According to the report of M. Seguier,
read at one of the last meetings of the Institute, it is, besides
some other advantage; the method of closing the tube pro-
posed by bL Hallette which deserves commendation. The
closing of the tube, whence the air hasbeen extracted, is not
done (as chiefly proposed in England) by greased valves, but
by smaller tubes of caoutchonc, adequately inflated. These
lie on both sides of the fissure of the main tube, and their
inner segments close towards each other, which is effected by
the air (both the outward and that contained in them) press-
ing on the vacuum of the main tube. M. Seguier says, that
to become convinced of that, he had water thrown on the
India-rubber tubes, which, however, remained on them,
without the least penetrating into the main tube. As, how-
ever, the content of air in the smaller tubes is to be a con-
front one, every guard is to be provided with a small hand-
pump, by which he can introduce the necessary quantity of
air into the elastic tubes, which is indicated by a manometer
placed in the inside.—[We may add that M. Hallette's
English friends, who some time since formed a company (the
offices of which are at Winchester-house, Broad. street, Lon-
don) for introducing his system into this country, have taken
a plot of ground at the Rosemary Branch, 'F'eckham, on
which they are constructing a sufficient length of railway, to
enable those interested in the advancement of the railway
system, to form an opinion of the merits of his improvements ;
and, we understand, this experimental line will be opened on
the 22d of the present month.] —Mining Journal.
COMMITTAL OF A YOUNG BURGLAR.—A boy, about
thirteen years of age, named John Kearns, was brought be-
fore Mr. Mottle, at the Manchester Borough Court, on Satur-
day, charged with the following burglary :—The prosecutrix,
an aged widow, named Winifred Cerro], residing in
Watkin's-court, Spinning-tield, stated that herself, and a
young woman who lodged with her, went to bed about half-
past eleven o'clock on Thursday night, having previously
secured the door and window-shutters before they retired
to rest. On rising next morning, about half-past four
o'clock, she heard a knock at the door, and on going
to see who it was, a man gave her two pockets, which
ha had found outside, and asked her if they belonged to
her. She at once recognised them as the pockets of her-
self and lodger, and found that the contents had been
abstracted, somewhere about eight shillings having been
taken from her own pocket, and a quantity of ribbon
and other articles from the pocket of her lodger. She dis-
covesed, on examination, that the shutter had been forced
open, and access gained to the house through the windows.
She informed the police of the robbery, and told them that
she suspected the prisoner, who had lodged with her about a
fortnight ago, but had been turned out in consequence of
having stolen two handkerchiefs. The prisoner was appre-
hended the following day (Good Friday), at a low lodging-
house, and several small articles were found upon him, which
had been stolen from the house of the prosecntrix. The
keeper of the lodging-house stated that the prisoner was
out all night on the evening of the robbery, and did not
make his appearance until between four and five o'clock in
the morning. when he was in possession of money, and paid
for his previous night's lodging. He was committed fur
trial at the assizes.—Manchester Courier.

MINIATURE NEWSPAPER.—We have seen a copy o
what we believe to be the smallest newspaper in the country.
It is named the Pittenweem Register, and consists of a single
slip about thirteen inches long, and of the breadth of a news-
paper colum, containing ten small paragraphs connected with
the locality in which it is printed. The object of the pub-
lication is to furnish the inhabitants of Pittenweem and its
vicinity with a brief account of the various incidents that
occur lathe district, for the purpose of transmitting these to
friends or natives of the town who may be residing at a dis-
tance, without the labour of writing them in detail in a letter.
It is published weekly, and has now been in existence for
more than a year.— Scotsman
mooting
of
Tato.pa
payers
te oh'eclvocesktryo.nrootidofaysta.
ST. CLEMENT DANES
Clement Danes, the Rev.pasWs.t\i‘ir. Ellis, rector, in the chair.
to elect churchwardens,
accounts,
and to make a rate for the quartere churchwardens'
iweittnrdensl.aeTstries. jcrukinereh-
and Woodward were elected churches
and their wardens' receipts were 1,2691. aze s
disburse-
ments figured 1,1401. 15s. sd.
quet
observed,npenny rate for the
that the cm-
quarter was carried. Mr. Jac
plaints regarding the state of the parish churchyards, and
the numbers buried in them, were groundless, and made by
parties who knew nothing about them.
TRADE OF DUNDEE.—We have only to confirm our
last report of the state of our trade. The flax market is
steady, with only limited transactions in all our descriptions.
Tows and codillas continue saleable at full rates. East India
jute meets with buyers at former rates, ranging from 16/. to
19/. per ton, according to the quality of the parcel. Yarns
and linens are still of dull sale, and stocks of some sorts are
accumulating. The arrivals consist of one vessel from Altona
and one from Rotterdam, with flax and tow, and codilla.—
Dundee paper.
The Censeur de Lyon of the 14th says:—" Yesterday
evening, at the Grand Thddtre, a part of the audience called,
for the Marseillaise.' The commissary of police imme-
diately girt himself with his scarf. and said, What! gen-
tlemen, is the enemy at our gates ?' A Homeric laugh im-
mediately filled the house. The magistrate, upon this, had
the good sense to promise that the Marseillaise' should be
sung at the end of the performance, which was accordingly
done."
• Ewa PRICE OF CATTLE AND SHEEP.—The prices
which farm stock have brought at all the markets this year
far exceeds the average of many preceding years; and, in-
deed, as regards fat sheep, the rates are wholly unprece-
dented. No doubt, to some extent, the higher wages for
labour now current will account for so much of the rise as
has been caused from the increased demand ; but we under-
stand that other causes have occurred in producing the pre-
' sent state of the market. The chief want in cattle is in two
and three year olds, which are those usually bought for fat-
tenalp, for the market ; and there is a great dificiency in the
supply of these, owing to the panic caused by the tariff three
years ago, which had the effect of checking the operations of
many stock growers. As regards sheep, the high price is
generally attributed to the great demand for England, con-
sequent upon the oxcessive losses from foot rot in many dis-
tricts lust year. At late markets the supply has uniformly
been under that of the previous year, owing to the large sales
of the six touters and two year olds last autumn ; and to make
yip stocks adequate to the demand is attributed the rise in
rots of pastures of all kinds this year.—Perthshire Courier.
27,76 MAN WHO WOULD liAvE TAKEN NELSON.—In
debateLsoN.
on
the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, during the
the naval estfmates, M. Lemercier announced the following
startling fact,
which will probably be as new to the British
the French Chamber. The orator said,
public as it was to
Lucas was boarded by thel
"May Ibe allowed to relate a fact which is not sufficient y
well known? When Captain
Victory, and taken by it, th, e tri-coloured flag would have
Boated over Nelson's s pf
131 if a three-decker, called the
Bretagne, had net come to insist the Victory." To have
made the matter complete, Captain Lucas ought to have
served the Bretagne as he intended to serve Nelson.