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sence of the agents for all parties, the following war,
found to be the official state of it :
For Mr. Alderman Wood 1,644
„ Sir Geo. Carroll 1,653
„ Mr. Alderman Hooper
„ Mr. Alderman Farncomb
, Mr. Alderman Moon 3
The SHERIFF then declared the election of the Livery
to have fallen on Alderman Thomas Wood and Sir Geo.
Carroll, and those two gentlemen would be returned by
the Sheriff to the Court of Aldermen for that Court to
elect one to serve the office of Chief Magistrate for the
year ensuing. _ _ .

' COUUT CIRCULAR.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
Madame Anna Bishop made her debid here last
evening, in the character of Isoline in Balfe's opera
of The Maid of Artois, which was revived for the
occasion. This opera was composed expressly for
Madame Malibran, who created, in the character of
Isoline, a sensation which is now a matter of history
in the records of the English musical drama. The
voice of Malibran was, perhaps, the finest contr'alto
that has ever been heard—that of Madame Bishop is
a pure, high soprano, consequently, the whole of the
music had to be altered to suit the voice of the dé-
butante. Our readers, no doubt, remember Madame
Bishop as Miss Riviere,- 'the most promising pupil of
the Royal Academy of Music. She has more than
fulfilled the promise of her pupillage—Russia, Ger-
many, and Italy, have borne willing witness
to the genius and science of the gifted Eng-
lish songstress—and the prima donna of the
San Carlo has returned from Naples to Eng-
land to assume that position which- is her birth-
right. Madame Bishop (we wish she would sink the
Madame) is, at this moment, the prima donna assoluta
of England. Her grand scena d' entree in the first
act was a triumph, and at once assured her her posi-
tion. Clear, flutelike, powerful, sweet, and exquisitely
expressive, her voice was recognised at once as that
of one of the greatest artistes of the day. With the
freshness of Castellon, she combines the flexibility and
science of Persiani, without that deficiency of into-
nation which was always perceptible, but which,
during her last two seasons was painfully manifest in
the vocal efforts (for latterly they were efforts) of
that otherwise Queen of Song—Madame Bishop
never sings out of tune. In this trying scena she was
encored, and then followed the duet with the Marquis,
in which she was admirably supported by Borrani
(who is a musician), and then came the long and
trying finale to the first act, in which both
vocally and histrionically her triumph was complete.
At the conclusion of the first act she was called for,
and was led on by Harrison (the Jules of the opera),
and was rewarded by the enthusiastic plaudits of a
delighted audience, while bouquets were strewed a la
foison. In the second act, at the commencement,
Weiss, as the slave driver Synnelet, made great play.
His buffa aria "Was there ever known such a set"
was given with more spirit than we have ever before
heard Weiss exhibit, and was much and deservedly
applauded. An exquisitely beautiful ballad " Oh
what a charm it is to dwell," delightfully sung by
Madame Bishop, followed; and then came the great
duet of the opera, between Isoline and Jules, in which
Madame Bishop was well supported by Harrison. In
this act we were introduced to a debutante of some
promise, Miss Isaacs, who appeared as Nynka, and
who as a seconda donna will add greatly to the
efficiency of the Drury-lane corps. At the conclu-
sion of this act, the far-famed air, " The Light of
other days" was given with great pathos and expres-
sion, by Borrani. We have never heard this air more
beautifully given ; and we say this with a vivid re-
collection of Henry Phillipps, in this delightful me-
lody, on the night when the opera was first produced.
Borrani was rapturously and most deservedly en-
cored, but, with a modesty rather uncommon in vo-
calists, he only repeated the first verse. The whole
burden of the third act falls upon Isoline • and ad-
mirably did Madame Bishop sustain it. Her acting
and her vocalisation were perfect ; exquisitely did
she give the opening recitative, and the pathetic aria
whic immediately follows it, " Oh beautiful night."
Harrison was, on the whole, good in this scene,
but he marred it sadly at the conclusion, by
vociferating in the voice of a boatswain, " I could
not share thy life, I will thy death." He shouted
this at the top of his voice. Now, considering that
he has only just partially recovered from a fainting
fit of exhaustion, and considering also that she whom
he loves better than life, is at that moment stretched,
as he thinks, dead before him, it is morally and
physically impossible that Jules should have uttered
those words in such a tone, and consequently it is
artistically a great fault. The audience felt it was
such, for a feeble attempt at applause in the gallery
was instantly suppressed by an universal and ener-
getic hush ! The far-famed finale "The rapture

WINDSOR, THURS.) 1.Y.-11cr Majesty and Prince
Albert walked this morning early in the grounds adja-
cent to the Castle.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince
Frederick of Hesse, visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent at Frogmore House this morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
pony exercise this forenoon in the Slopes.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty and her Royal Consort at the Castle to-day.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will
include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Worcester, Viscount Palmer-
ston, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the
Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, the
Baroness de Speth, Sir Stratford and Lady Canning,
the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, and the Gentle-
man in Waiting on the Duke of Cambridge.
The band of the First Regiment of Life Guards
attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band
afterwards attend in the Castle.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
her Serene Highness the Princess of Hesse, and at-
tended by Frances Lady Clinton and Sir Andrew
Barnard, arrived at her residence Marlborough House,
Pall-mall, at a quarter before twelve o'clock yesterday,
from Cashiobury-park, Herts. The Queen Dowager
and the Princess left town in the afternoon, soon after
five o'clock, proceeding to the terminus at Euston-square,
and travelling by the London and North- Western Rail-
way to Cashiobury-park.
Sir George Grey arrived in town yesterday. Mr.
Hope, Governor of the Isle of Man, had an interview
with the Right Hon. Baronet in the afternoon at the
Home-office.
The Railway department of the Board of Trade re-
moved yesterday from the office of the Board of Trade,
Whitehall, to 29, Great George-street.

The Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and Secondary then re-
tired to the Court of Alderman to make their return to
that Court. After an interval of upwards of three hours,
the Lord Mayor, accompanied by a large number of the
Court of Aldermen, entered the hall. Among them
we noticed Aldermen Sir G. Carroll, Humphery, Laurie,
Wood, Duke, Copeland, Farebrother, Sidney, &c. On
the Lord Mayor taking his seat,
The RECORDER came forward, but was for some time
unable to obtain a hearing. Silence being in some de-
gree restored, he said—" Gentlemen of the Livery, I am
directed to inform you that the election has fallen on
Alderman Sir George Carroll, citizen and spectacle-maker,
to be Lord Mayor of this metropolis for the ensuing
year." The noises that shook the hall on this announce-
ment being made were fearful, and the Learned Recorder,
although he patiently awaited a calm for some time, was
at last obliged to make a precipitate retreat.
Sir GEORGE CARROLL, having been invested with the
insignia as Lord Mayor elect, theft came forward and
said—Gentlemen, by your suffrages, I have had the dis-
tinguished honour of being returned as one of the two
senior Aldermen in rotation to fill the distinguished
office of Chief Magistrate for the year ensuing.—(Cries
of " Oh, oh," and cheering, the former greatly prepon-
derating.) I need scarcely assure you that it will be
my pride and pleasure to support all your rights and
privileges, and to exercise all those hospitalities which
my predecessors have done.—(Cheers and groans.)
Gentlemen, I beg leave to thank you sincerely and
kindly for the support you have given me, and to assure
you that I will endeavour so to do, that, at the end of
my year of office, you will have no reason to complain
that your choice has fallen upon me.—(Cheers and con-
fusion, in the midst of which the Mayor elect retired.)
Mr. Alderman WOOD then stood forward, and the ap-
plauses which greeted him were so deafening that we
were for some minutes unable to hear a word. The
cheering having subsided, the worthy Alderman said—
Gentlemen, I regret that you did not hear Sir
George Carroll.—(Cheers.) (Here a person strode across
the vacant space in front of the platform, and with the
most intemperate action, and his " eye in a fine frenzy
rolling," shouted out " You have stained your gown,
sir; resign your gown, sir." Confusion became worse
confounded, and some " gentle voices" urged that the
violent gentleman should be ejected from the door by
a rather summary process. The police having politely
waited on the offending party to the outside, the pro-
ceedings were again allowed to proceed.) I have had in
this contest no personal feeling with Sir George Car-
roll, nor has he had any with me ; neither will I
complain with regard to the accusations made
against me. The return which the Livery ultimately
made was the very same for which on the first day the
show of hands was taken.—(Cheers.) We have been
occupied since eleven this day in the Court of Alder-
men discussing a question which might have been settled
in a quarter of an hour, and at its rising the Court re-
fused to read the documents which their own committee
had sent up in reference to the charges against me.—
(" Shame.") I do not wish to cast blame or censure
on any one. It is my duty to thank you, and to repu-
diate those calumnious newspaper reports which have
appeared in the shape of anonymous letters. These
reports I have this morning already demonstrated to be
utterly destitute of truth.—(Cheers.) I only advert to
the circumstance for this purpose, to assure the gen-
tlemen of the Livery, some of whom have expressed

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
!ME CESASEWITCH STAKES.
From the multitude of horses in the market for this event
we may select half-a-dozen as having been prominently in
favour, viz. :—Tom Tullock, The Terrier, Jonathan Wild,
Auricula, Glossy, and Cherry, the latter in consequence of
her victories at Derby ; the outlay on the first three of this
lot and Cherry was rather heavy. Sting, The Baron, and
Sir Tatton Sykes were not in good odour. The last prices
were-
-6 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Tom Tullock-7 to 1 taken
freely
12 to 1 agst Mr. Croekford's Terrier—taken to a good
deal of money
12 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild
16 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Mytton's The Baron
20 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Kesheng
25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren—taken
25 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Khondooz—taken
25 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Glossy—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting
25 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Dulcet
25 to 1 agst Sir J. B. Mill's Giantess
25 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moor's Wolfdog
25 to 1 agst Mr. E.R. Clark's Conjuror
25 to 1 agst Lord W. Powlett's Fort William
28 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Cherry—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's nd Flahowlagh
30 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wit's-end—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Mytton's Auricula—taken.
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
lago opened first favourite, but soon gave way to Mr.
Nunn's colt, which was backed heavily at 9 and 10 to 1,
and at the last at Bto 1. At present very few horses are in
the market, but appearances are in favour of its becoming a
good betting race. Closing prices :
8 to 1 agst Mr. Nunn's Sister to Johanna colt—taken
10 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago—taken
16 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Rolt's Evenus—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. R. Boyce's Colleen Bawn—taken.
NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1846.
SATURDAY.
Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Mytton's
Baron, Bst. T.M.M. 1,0001. h ft.
DERBY RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Chatsworth Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of
5 sovs. each. Mile and three-quarters.
Lord Chesterfield's Cherry, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Sharpe) 1
Sir C. It. Cockerell's Duke of Richmond, 3 3 rs, Bst 31b ... 2
Mr. Wildman's the Heiress, 5 yrs, Bst 21b
Won by two lengths.
The Chesterfield Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added.
Three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. Wadlow's Romance, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (Marlow) 1
Lord Chesterfield's f by Don Juan, 2 yrs, 6st 41b 2
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Fowler's Rauthos, 2 yrs, Est 51b—Mr. Scott's Abdiel, 2 yra,
6st 91b—Mr. Greenwood's f by Elis, out of Antler's dam,
2 yrs, Est 21b—Mr. Critchley's Atalanta, 2 yrs, 6st—Mr.
Langham's Elimea, 3 yrs, 7st 12113—Mr. S. L. Fox's Chapeau
Rouge, 2 yrs, 6st 21b—Lord Chesterfield's Arkwright, 3 yrs,
Est 91b—Mr. W. Scott's Mr. Mansfield, 3 yrs, Bst 31b. Won
easy by a length.
The Innkeepers' Plate of 501. Two miles.
Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs, Bst 11b...(G. Whitehouse) 1
Sir C. R. Cockerell's Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs, Bst llb
Mr. S. L. Fox's Psalmsinger, 4 yrs, 9st 21b .........
Won in a canter.
The Ladies' Purse of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs.
each. Heats. One mile.
Mr. Knight's Jolly Beggar, 5 yrs, 9st 1011) ...... 0 1 1
Mr. F. Robbins's Sweetbriar, 3 yrs, 7st 1ib........... 1 2 2
Mr. Langham's Elimea, 3 yrs, 7st llb .. 2 3 dr
' Mr. Whittaker's Nosegay, 3 yrs, ist 111 b 3 0 dr
Mr. Wildman's The Heiress, 5 yrs, 9st
Won easy.
A Match, one mile, between Mr. Berrington's Gallia, 4
yrs, Bst 71b (Crouch), and Mr. W. Robinson's Easter Mon-
day, 4 yrs, Bst 71b, was won cleverly by the former.
KNUTSFORD RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Knutsford Cup of 60/., added to a Subscription of 10
sovs. each. Two miles and a dis. (11 Subs.)
Mr. Johnstone's Fair Helen, 3 yrs (Ryder) 1
Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 5 yrs
Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah, 5 yrs 3
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. Heats. Mile
and a half.
Mr. Standish's Lady Hampton, 5 yrs (Francis) 1 1
Mr. Whitelock's Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs: 2 2
Mr. Mostyn's ch fby Revolution, 3 yrs
YORKSHIRE UNION CLUB MEETING--WEDNESDAY.
The Champaigne Plate, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 soya.
each. One mile and three quarters. (3 Subs.)
Sir J. Gerard's Perpetual Motion, 4 yrs (Capt. Broadley) 1
Sir J. Gerard's Grimston, 4 yrs
Mr. Cookson's Lucy, 5 yrs 3
Won in a canter.
The York and Ainsty Handicap of 20 sovs. each ; h ft, and
sft only if declared. One mile and a half.
Mr C. Boynton's Poussin, 6 yrs, list (Owner) 1
Gerardn d
WonPrince,n
a 6
canter
rs, hlit lfshtree lengths.
Mr. Bell's Fiddlestring, 3 yrs, 9st 71b
Mr. H. Baker's Redskin, 5 yrs, lOst 61b 3
Mr. Wormald's Quadruped, 3 yrs, 9st 71b 4
Mr. Dawson's Obscurity, 5 yrs, list
Mr. L. Fox's Little John, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b 6
Sir J.
7
The Dinner Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. One mile
and a yrs,
Sir J. Gerard's Grimston, 8 yrs,
by
losthalf.
...(Capt. Broadley) 1
Sir J. Gerard's Pantasa, 4 yrs, 10st 91b 2
Mr. L. Fox's June, 4 yrs, lOst 91b
Captain Williams nd Jinglepot, 4 yrs, lOst 91b 4
Won in a canter by four lengths.
The Tallyho Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 12st each, the winner
to be sold for 2001., and the last to pay the second horse's
stake, one mile, were won cleverly by Mr. Baker's Porto Bello,
6 yrs (owner), beating Northumberland, 5 yrs, and The
Snob, 4 yrs, by a length.
MACCLESFIELD RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, mile and
three-quarters, were won in two heats, by Mr. Stagg's
Hector, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b, (owner), beating Grand Seignior,
Maggie Lauder, and two others.
The Tradesmen's Plate of 201., added to a Sweepstakes of
3 soya. each, mile and three-quarters, was won by Mr.
Hibel's Chartist, 3 yrs, 7st (Evans), beating Lady Flora,
9st, Tottenham, Bst 21b, and four others.
The Hack Stakes were won by Butcher's Boy.
WEDNESDAY.
The Ladies' Purse of 20/., added to a Sweepstakes of
sovs. each, thrice round and a dis., was won by Hector,
9st 41b, (Stagg), beating Lady Flora, 9st, and another.
The Innkeepers' Plate of 201., added to a Sweepstakes of
3 soya. each, mile and three-quarters (4 Subs.), was won in
two heats, by Grand Seignior, beirg Jack and Hector.
The Consolation Stakes were won by Mr. Ird's Totten-
ham, 9st 21b (Stagg), beating Lady Flora, 9st 121b,Maggie
Lauder, 7st 121 b, Brunette, Bst (killed herself by running
against a tree), and two others.

to myself the fact that they withheld their votes from
me because they were imposed on by the statements
in a letter signed " Truth"—( Cries of" Shame.")—that
that letter contained the most infamous falsehoods ; but
although I had prepared in the Court of Aldermen this
day papers which belied the allegations of " Truth," I
was not allowed to enter upon them. Whether that
man is in my hearing or no I care not ; for I am aware
that these words of mine will go forth to the public—
but I say that he has imposed upon a respectable journal,
he has imposed upon the public at large, and I challenge
him to come forward, and I will brand him with infamy.
—(Cheers). (" Resign your gown," said a person in
passing.) I will do no such thing.—(lmmense cheering).
I have a great work to perform. I have a paramount
duty to discharge, and I will do so before I retire from
my aldermanic position.—(Great cheering.) While I
live, and while I retain the feelings and the
heart of an Englishman, my time and my atten-
tion shall be devoted to the service of those
brave and good men who have recorded their
names on yonder lists.—(Loud cheers.) Some have
ventured to impugn their respectability, but, thank
God. there are names there that will rank with any
other name—ay, let it be the first, the most respectable,
the proudest in the city of London. Gentlemen, in every
contested election there are different classes who re-
cord their votes on one or the other, or on the
same side. They exercise the legitimate fran-
chise, but shall it be said that the vote of the
man of humble circumstances is not as good as that of
him placed in a higher station?—(Cheers.) To cast
such an imputation upon some of those who have re-
corded their votes in my favour is therefore unworthy
of citizens and discreditable to Englishmen.—(Loud
cheers.) Gentlemen, the struggle was not between
myself and Sir George Carroll, or, as I will now call
him, the Lord Mayor elect. The object of those who
used the name of Mr. Alderman Hooper was evidently to
give the Livery an opportunity of disgracing me by not
returning my name to the Court of Aldermen at all.
That object has •been signally and triumphantly
asede-
feated.—(Loud cheers.) You have confirmed the
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I am neither dispirited nor disheartened ; I
these hustings with the kindliest feelings for you irlYe
(Cheers)—and with the expression of my earnest hope
that we shall one and all of us live to see each other yet
under happier and more triumphant circumstances.
Mr. PRYOR said that when last he had the honour of
appearing before them it was to propose a vote of thanks
to the Sheriffs of last year, and that vote had been
passed unanimously, but he found that, according
to the terms of the Common Hall to render the vote
formal, it was necessary that the Lord Mayor should be in
the chair, and as their esteemed chief magistrate now
presided, the vote he was about bringing before the
citizens of London would be in regular form, and not
even technically mar the sense they entertained of the ser-
vices of the respected gentleman who served the office of
Sheriffs during the past year. The vote he had
to submit to them was—" That the thanks of the
Livery in Common Hall assembled are justly due,
and are hereby given to William Chaplin and
John Laurie, Esquires, for their humane and
benevolent attentions to the unfortunate persons
under their care as criminals ; for their earnest endea-
vours to mitigate the effects in after life of their present
punishment, by the exercise of a judicious and temperate
policy ; for the manner in which they upheld the just
rights of the Crown, and supported the rights of the sub-
ject; and for directing so forcibly the public attention to the
present state of prisons, and endeavouring to cause the
introduction of a better and more effectual system of se-
condary punishments, and, by obtaining employment for
criminals on their discharge from custody, enable them
to support themselves, without being compelled by in-
evitable necessity to resort to their old courses." Having
read the motion, he thought it would be su
pererogation if he were to address any obser-
vations in support of it to persons who had so
many opportunities of observing the conduct of Messrs.
Chaplin and Laurie during their term of office. They all
must have observed the great and benevolent exertions
made by Mr. Laurie for the amelioration of the social
and moral condition of that miserable class of society,
who, in many cases, are found by necessity to throng
the gaols ; and he was sure they would all join with him,
when he said that few men in later days had done more
towards effecting this object than the worthy Sheriff.
Mr. KING, in seconding the motion, said, as his
friend had alluded solely to Mr. Laurie in pro-
posing the resolution, he (Mr. King) thought
it his duty to say a few words with respect to
Mr. Sheriff Chaplin.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that
in bringing the name of Mr. Chaplin before the Livery-
men of London, he was submitting to them the name of
a gentleman whose ability, discretion, and integrity
would not be questioned by any assemblage.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Alderman WOOD said it was with great pleasure
that he recorded his sense of the conduct of the Sheriffs
during the late election. There was one point to which he
wished to allude. He wished to do an act of justice to the
gentlemen connected with Mr. Alderman Carroll's
committee. There was a letter signed by Mr. An-
derton, produced in the other room, and I am bound to
say that I think and believe firmly the committee had no
knowledge whatever of that letter, and also he should
say he believed that upon no occasion had the com-
mittee acted otherwise than straightforward and fair in
their orposition. He had great pleasure in moving that
the thanks of the Hall be given to the Sheriffs for their
conduct during the election.---(Cheers.)
Mr. BENNOCH seconded the motion. He had found
from his connexion with the Common Hall, and the pro-
minent position he took in the present election, the very
great facility with which the actions of men might be
misrepresented and villified. He was not in the habit
of defending the delinquencies of any man, but he
called upon those who made charges against
others to come forward and state their proofs,
and then leave the Livery to judge. His sole
object had been, and was, to show, in the course
that some alteration ought to be made
he had pursued,
in the Court of Aldermen, that it ought to be radically
changed.—(Cries of " And so it will.") There were many
in the Court of Aldermen far more black than Alder-
man Wood.—(Cheers.) To this it was said, two blacks
did not make a white, and to that he answered, don't
have any blacks at all.—(Cheers.) By adapting the
Court of Aldermen to the times in which they lived, by
making the election of its members periodically, they
-
would secure the best results.—(Cheers.) If the_ Liver
" had placed Mr. Alderman Wood at the head of the poll,
the Court of Aldermen would then not have bad the op-
portunity they had now of sheltering
themselves behind
their acts. It had been admitted in the papers of that
day that what he had stated with respect to Alderman
Wood was true—everything with respect to him had
been cleared up, and it was now the business of
the Livery to see that he got a proper committee to in-
quire into his case, which the Court of Aldermen had
refused to give him.
The motion was then put, and declared to be carried
unanimously.
The SHERIFFS returned thanks.
Thanks were then voted to the Lord Mayor, who
returned thanks, and the Hall was then dissolved.

dwelling," was exquisitely given by Madame Bishop,
Her foriture in the finale was beautiful exceedingly;
her voice sounded like a beautiful flute, perfectly
under the command of the most accomplished per-
former. The expression was all that could be desired,
but more than all, there was a truth to nature, which
entitles Madame Bishop to take high rank as a dra-
matic artist of the highest order. It was given,
musically speaking, most delightfully, most correctly,
most artistically, but with a degree of exhaustion
which one would naturally expect from the situation,
that of a person just recovered from the jaws of death
in the desert. Madame Bishop exhibited throughout
the opera a fine appreciation of the various phases of the
character, and nowhere was that more finely or more
correctly exhibited than in the finale, where a less
accomplished artist would have sought rather to exhi-
bit her own powers of vocal execution than to have
been true to nature. The audience, we were glad to
see, properly appreciated the artistical conception of
Madame Bishop. She was called for at the conclu-
sion, and led on by Harrison, and bouquets in profu-
sion were again showered upon her. When she had
withdrawn, there were loud calls for Borrani ; in
obedience to which he at length appeared, and was
greeted with loud applause, and never was applause
more richly deserved. The house was crowded to
excess in every part long before the rising of the cur-
tain. Places even in the slips were at a premium.

We understand that Mr. Justice Erie will go to
the Queen's Bench, and Mr. Vaughan Williams to the
Common Pleas.
MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL.—The title of " Men
of Capital" prefixed to a new novel in this era of rail-
roads, and the fortunes grown out of them in a single
night, like the bean-stalk in the fairy tale, affords us
strong hopes of entertainment. The railroad Kings and
Queens of the day have already furnished nearly as
many amusing anecdotes to fashionable London as the
Dukes and Duchesses of Bonaparte's newly-created
court used to supply to the Faubourg St. Germain, Let
us hope that Mrs. Gore has done justice to her subject.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITIITION.—Dr. John
Ryan yesterday commenced a series of lectures on
endiometry and ventilation, as applicable to buildings,
dwellings and shops. Public instruction on matters so
important to the health of private individuals, as well as
to the community at large, ought always to be received
with satisfaction ; and we are quite assured that no one
could attend one of this talented gentleman's lectures
without receiving so much condensed information as to
enable him, by means of the usual apparatus, to ascer-
tain the purity or impurity of any atmosphere in which
he might be placed. The varieties of endiometer, were all
carefully explained by the Professor, and the proper•
formula for calculating the amount of oxygen, as well as
watery vapour and carbonic acid, were most simply com-
municated. The principles of ventilation, recently so
warmly contested, were also very carefully and philo-
sophically explained, so as to meet the comprehension
of the numerous classes who attend the establishment;
and we trust that this course of interesting lectures, so
useful and so instructive, may be still continued in the
lecture-room of this popular institution.
A Durup TRADESMAN.—A watchmaker resident
in the City required a temporary loan of 501., and, in
order that as little delay as possible might be incurred,
advertised in one of the morning newspapers, stating
his wants, and offering to deposit property immediately
available as security, together with his note of hand,
payable in three months. The advertisement was an-
swered, and a meeting at Garraway's to transact the
business was appointed. The parties were soon in com-
munication. After some brief negotiations, the un-
suspected loan-seeker deposited with the supposed lender
sundry gold watches and other valuables, together with
his note of hand for the stipulated sum, receiving in re-
turn for the amount a cheque upon an eminent banker
at the west end of the metropolis. It was soon pre-
sented, but the drawer was entirely unknown. The
watchmaker hastened back, and ascertained that the
lender was also unknown there. Thus he was minus his
property, and his • note of hand, -of which he will-pro-
bably hear when it comes to maturity,

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 164.6

LITERATURE.

THE NEMESIS IN CHINA. From the Notes of
Capt.: W. H. Hall, R.N., and the Personal Observations
of W. D. Bernard, Esq., A. M., a Ten. Third
_Edition.
Mr. Colburn is entitled to the gratitude of the
reading public for republishing in a cheaper and more
accessible form this, the most amusing and instructive
" voyage" that has appeared since the days of Anson.
The Nemesis, it will be in the recollection of our
readers, was the first iron steamer that ever doubled
the Cape of Good Hope. She took part in all the
operations of the Chinese war, and as at Hong-Kong
during the time that colony was founded and settled.
A review of the first edition of this work appeared in
The Sun shortly after it was originally published.
The present edition, in addition to the illustrations
contained in the two former editions, is embellished
by a portait of " Afah," a Chinese boy, at present
resident in England, of whose romantic adventures
the following interesting account is given by the
editor in his preface to this, the third edition.
When the island of Chusan was taken by the com-
bined English forces on the Ist of October, 1841, they
found there, in a state of complete destitution, a Chinese
boy, whose father, a military man, had been killed in the
attack, and the fate of whose mother could never be as-
certained. The child was in consequence without a
home, without a friend, and nearly famished. Captain
Hall took him on board the,Nemesis, and the kindness
with which he was then?, treated soon reconciled him to
his new abode and protectors. •
On the following day, this boy, whose name was Afah,
went ashore and visited Tinghae, his native city, but
could learn no tidings of his mother or any of his rela-
tions. The former had no doubt fled with many others
to the hills in the interior of the island, when our troops
began to bombard the town ; for the terror of all, but
especially of the women, was extreme. He appeared de-
lighted on his return, when he found himself once more
on board the Nemesis. His visits to the shore were
frequently repeated, and he met with many of his old
play-fellows, whom he treated to sweetmeats. From his
smiles and manner when on board, he appeared to be
perfectly contented.
He soon picked up a few words of English, and, to
keep up the knowledge of his own language, he was
sent to school to Chusan ; but such was his dislike to it,
that he invariably tried to get excused from going, and
so completely was he domesticated with his new friends,
when the Nemesis proceeded northward with the expe-
dition, that he expressed no wish to be left behind.
In a few months, Afah learned sufficient English to
be useful as an interpreter, and was very serviceable in
assisting to procure fresh provisions for the fleet, which
was in great need of them, especially for the sick and

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No. XL. _

wounded:
On one occasion, there was a warm dispute between
the two Canton interpreters and a mandarin, who had
undertaken to procure oxen and vegetables at a mo-
derate price for the troops, on condition
_that they
should not molest the inhabitants of his town, a few
miles distant from the place where the Nemesis and
Dido lay at anchor. The mandarin explained, through
Afah, that those interpreters " no good and_no speak
proper ; they want plenty things first before they talk
about your pidgeon (business)--not so with the little
boy, he speak all proper." The consequence was that
all the extensive purchases at that place were ever after-
wards made by Afah : and, whenever foraging parties
were sent out to collect supplies for the expedition, it
was absolutely necessary for their success, and to keep
up a good understanding with the natives, that Afah
should accompany them.
At Nankin, Afah was in great request to attend par-
ties to the far-famed porcelain Pagoda ; and at that
anchorage he was frequently seat for by the captains
of ships to clear up any misunderstanding that might
arise between the Chinese and the English, when bar-
gaining.
An English party, rambling one day on shore near
Nankin, came upon a farm-house, where a woman, on
seeing the strangers, instantly ran and threw herself
into a deep pond. With difficulty she was taken out
alive, and nothing but the assurances of Afah that no
harm would happen to her, prevented her from throw-
ing herself in again : but at length she walked off to a
neighbouring cottage, persuaded that she had no injury
to fear from the English, and that they were not so bad
as they had been represented.
At dinner one day on board the Thames transport at
Chusan, Sir Charles Burdett, of the 41st Madras Na-
tive Infantry, said to Afah that, if he would pronounce
his name, he would give him a pistol. The little fellow
immediately ran to Captain Hall, and inquired what
was the name of that soldier-gentleman, pointing to
Sir Charles. On being told, be found the task a diffi-
cult one, exclaiming, " Too much hard, no can." He
persevered, however, until he mastered it, when he
hastened to Sir Charles,' and calling out his name,
claimed the reward, which was duly presented to him.
A few days after receiving the pistol, he accompanied
Captain Hall and a party to Nhigpo, to act as interpre-
ter. One of the public offices was allotted for their re-
sidence during their stay. In one of the rooms required,
lay a Chinese soldier, half asleep, and who could not
get out of bed. Afah was summoned : he entered the
room, pistol (not loaded) in hand, and pointed it at the
man's face, telling him at the same time, " Suppose he
no get up, he makey shoot." The fellow, in great
alarm, roared out, " No fire ! Igo ! Igo !" and ran
out of the house to the great amusement of all present.
During the action at Woosung, when the shot were
flying about rather briskly, and one of the crew had his
arm shot off, to the no small surprise of Captain Hall,
he perceived Afah upon the bridge which runs across
from the paddle-boxes, and on his asking him what
brought him there, the boy replied, "he only came up
to see the fun and what go on." Of course he was im-
mediately ordered below.
On his arrival in England, Afah became an intimate
in the family of Mr. Pope, of Manchester-square, who
received and continued to befriend and protect him. As
he possessed only an oral knowledge of the English lan-
guage, and was necessarily ignorant of the first princi-
ples rof religion, Mr. Pope was induced, on the recom-,
mendation of the rector of St. Marylebone, to place him
for a time in the infant school attached to the rectory.
There he soon became distinguished for his general good
conduct and his aptitude for acquiring knowledge ;
and, after careful previous instruction, he was baptised
by the rector, by the names of William Leong Afah. He
was afterwards sent by Captian Hall to a good board-
ing-school at Hanwell, where he continued to improve,
and became a favourite of his teachers as well as of his
school-fellows.
When on board the royal yacht at Woolwich, Captain
Hall left him one day to go to the Admiralty. On his
return in the evening he was informed that the boy was
missing, and it was feared some accident bad befallen
him. Captain Hall, thinking it likely that he had hid
himself, ca-Nd him aloud by his name, "Here I am,
Sir !" he instantly answered from his cabin. The cap-
tain asked him why he had locked himself up ; he re•
plied, " Soon you go away, plenty of people come on
board the yacht ; all want to see China boy ; China
boy no want to see them ; they no your friends, every-
body friends. I tried and go into your cabin, and lock
myself up till you come back ; all the sailors look for me
and call China boy. I no answer till I heard your
voice."
During her Majesty's visit to Scotland, Afah was on
board the royal yacht with Captain Hall. When at
Dundee, he came up one day without shoes and stockings
and asked leave to go on shore. "Go on shore without
shoes and stockings !" said Captain Hall ; certainly not."
He immediately answered " The women in Scotland no
wear shoes and stockings ; why should I not go without
them all same ?"
To the great delight of the little fellow, her Majesty
and Prince Albert were graciously pleased to notice
him, and, with their usual benevolence, inquired into his
history and asked if he had any relations left. The
Princess Royal, who was present, appeared much
amused : she wished to shake hands with him, and
sweetly expressed her sorrow, when the Prince told her
his father had been killed. These will be precious re-
collections for Afah, and, should he ever return to his
native land, they will no doubt be proudly and grate--
fully detailed to his countrymen ; and it is impossible to
calculate what beneficial effects may some day accrue,
either to the land of his birth or to the British Empire,
from the humanity, kindness, and protection extended
by Captain Hall and other benefactors to the Orphan
Boy, and from the Christian instruction and the Eng-
- lish education which they have taken care to give him.

Because, possibly, of the inherent romance and in-
terest of the subject, we conceive that the article en-
titled " The Church in the Catacombs" is the most
admirable in the present collection. No chapter, in-
deed, of religious history—in other words, the more'
and intellectual history of man—possesses anything
comparable in solemnity and beauty with the narra-
tive of the privations and the constancy of the early
Christians in the Catacombs. The sublime heroism
of those neophytes of the new Church, their voluntary
entombment in those territories of the dead, the piety
that lived in those subterranean passages, extending
for miles under the palaces of the eternal city, and
the desolation of the Campagna, filll the imagination
with astonishment and awe. And it is from these
considerations, probably, that we are inclined the more
readily to discern excellence in anything relating to
that extraordinary epoch in Christianity. The re-
viewer enters into the full examination of the various
topographical data appertaining to the Catacombs,
and in doing so evinces his admiration
of the confessors and martyrs with whom
their dark and intricate recesses were
once populous. A multitude of most interesting par-
ticulars may be gleaned from his observations. The
famous story about the " Nag's Head" tavern in
Cheapside is revived in a curious article ; where the
controversy as to whether it be authentic or apocry •
phal is sifted to the bottom. " Civilisation" is the
heading of a paper cleverly compiled from the first
volume of Mr. Mackinnon's elaborate work upon that
vast branch of political philosophy; and in another
article in the review the question as to the amount of
civilisation observable in the present generation is
endeavoured to be answered. The article to which
we make reference is quite a literary curiosity ; the
idea of it is admirable ; but the manner in which that
idea is carried out is so amazingly incongruous that
we conceive it might have been omitted without con
siderable injury to the publication. It is entitled
"The Books and Knowledge of the Day." Great eru-
dition is discernable in some parts, and remarkable ig-
norance of historical and bibliographical facts displayed
in others. Many sagacious hints are, nevertheless,
thrown out in the midst of this jumble of crude and
mellow thoughts. The RevieWereWith some show of
justice, doubts the superior learning of this age.