The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-23 00:00:00

CREMORNE GARDENS.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Regiment of Militia—John Fletcher, jun., Esq.,
to be Captain, vice William Weser, resigned, June 27.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry— Lieu-
,enant John Cookson to be Captain,vice Weaverson, deceased ;
Cornet Adam Atkinson to be Lieutenant, vice Cookson, pro-
moted ; Cornet James Henry Hollis Bradford Atkinson to be
Lieutenant, vice Parker, resigned, Sept. 10.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
David Marks, pen manufacturer, Houndsditch.
BANKSRUITS.
John Lamont, ship-owner, Welk:lose. square, to surrender
Sept. 30, at two, and Nov. 5, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurcii-lane, Lom-
bard-street - Linklater, Leadenhall-street.
Reading, Oct. 2, at half-past
two,joh and RndNicohva.r2d,s' jun.,ato nk,baattleier,Court of Bankruptcy. Tur-
quand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Holmes, Great
James-street, Bedford-row.
William Evans, draper, Piccadilly, Oct. 7, at one, and
Nov. 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwarde,
official assignee, Fredelick's. place, Old Jewry; Lloyd, Milk-
street, Cheapside.
Richard Benbow Bradly, jeweller, Bishopsgate-street With
out, Oct. 2, at two, and Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Lepard and Co., Cloak-lane, City.
Peter Thorn, bottled ale merchant, Castle-street, Leicester-
square, Sept. 30 and Oct. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, 13asingliall-street ; Philp,
Great St. Helen's.
William Aston, malster, Lapley, Staffordshire, Oat. 3
and 31, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Jackson, Gray's Inn ; Great-
wood, Birmingham.
George Grant, tailor, Kidderminster, Oct. 13, at ten, and
27, ut half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Boycot, jun., Kidder-
minster.
Edward Swanrick Boult, stock broker, Liverpool, Oct. 6,
and Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Cook-street, Liverpool ; Humphries
and Co., Gray's Inn-square, London ; Forshaw and Co.,
Sweeting-street, Liverpool.
John Orange, boot maker, Liverpool, Oct. 6, at one, and
Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cozenove,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Oliver, Old Jewry, London :
Evans and :Son, Liverpool.
William Lancaster, ship owner, Liverpool, Oct. 6 and Nov,
3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornth wai te and Co., Old Jewry-
chambers, London ; Pemberton, Liverpool.
Matthew Norman, jun., cubinet maker, Richmond, York,
Oct. 8 and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, o.fEcial assignee, Leeds; Jones and Co., John-street,
Bedford-row, London; Harle and Clarke, Leeds.
Ebenezer Hodgson, ironmonger, Richmond, Yorkshire.
Oct. 7, and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court,
Young, edUcial assignee, Leeds; Fiddey, Temple, London
Simpson, -Richmond; Barr, Lofthouse, and Nelson, Leeds.
[Dividends, &c , in our Next.]

NVORM:ATIONS UNDER THE FACTORY ACT.—On
Monday last Mr. George Foster, of Horbury, manufac-
turer, was charged before J. F. Carr and 'l'. H. Mar-
shall, E sqs., at the Court-house, Wakefield, by Mr.
Bates, th a sub-inspector of factories, with neglecting to
perform oemain duties enacted by the Factory Acts.
The first itlft trmation against Hr. Foster was under the
21st section .of the Act, which orders that the machinery
shall be pro] terly fencod off to prevent accidents. The
magistrates inflicted upon the defendant the mitigated
penalty o f 5.1. The second charge against Mr. Foster
was for e ,nridoying a woman named Tamar Hept.onstall
near the machinery not fenced off, and which he had
been circle red to do by the inspector, from which neglect
the poor woman had been seriously injured, from her
clothes g ttting entangled in the machinery. The magis-
trates cm tsidered the case to be a flagrant one, and, as it
proceedei l from the neglect of the defendant, they would
inflict a p enalty of 20/. Mr. Samuel Lee, of Thornes-
hint., kefield, manufacturer, was charged by Mr.
L'ates wit: i having employed four children without sur-
geon's cer as directed by the 11th section of the
Act of Wi !limn IV., and also with employing the same
children tif :fore being duly la gistered. Mr. Lee was
fined t(i. '3' P.. amount of e/. for each child in each offence,
making a34tagether the sum ofi
KEN: ;.NGWON.GARDENS.—The band of the Royal
Horse luards. stationed at Knightsbridge, have dis-
continuet t for this season their promenade concerts on the
lawn in tiensington.gardens, on Tuesday and Friday
afternoons

I - We are informed that a favourite cat, belonging
to a feroily t Uovingham, having lost her kittens, of her
owuaccord atiopted a chicken of the pheasant fancy breed,
which was o %,1 nesticated. The chicken appeared highly
pleased with la sr nurse, and puss on capturing a mouse
or obtaining an y other food, carefully carries it to the
chicken, which has imbibed many of the peculiarities of
the cat, and the two now lay comfortably together, puss
putting her paw over the bird to protect it from harm.—
Yorkshire Gazeti *e.

On Monday afternoon, Mr. Charles Green made his
last ascent this season from the above gardens, in the
"Nassau Balloon." The unusually fine weather of the
present season has not been allowed by the proprietors
to pass unheeded; the public have therefore, at short
intervals, been presented in rapid succession, with a 1
fresco breakfasts, balloon ascents, Ws champetres, &c.
The announcement, that on Monday evening's accent
would be the last made by Mr. Green for some time,
succeeded in attracting vast crowds to the gardens,
which were at an early hour thronged to excess by a
very respectalsle company, who appeared highly de-
lighted with the process of inflating the balloon, which
was performed through the medium of the huge dry gas
meter. At about five o'clock, all the preparations having
been satisfactorily concluded, Mr. Green entered the
car, and the balloon was allowed to ascend into the
regions of air. The wind blew somewhat strongly
from the east; the balloon was therefore soon lost
to the view of the gratified spectators assembled
in the gardens. Mr. Green was accompanied in
his serial voyage by eight of his friends. The
ascent of the balloon was immediately followed by a
grand promenade concert, a la Afusard. We have before
alluded to the excellent manlier in which the music it
given here. The performance last night was in no way
inferior to that of former occasions. Among the pieces
given by the band were, overture, Masaniello ; introduc-
tion and waltz, Bohemian Girl; fantasia, "The Night
Patrol ;" and, for the first time, the " Warsaw Polka."
In the vocal concert which was given several songs met
with much applause. There were, " Wanted a Gover-
ness," "All, why do we love?" " Tyrant, soon I'll burst
thy chains;" " The Gondolette;" " Ladies' chit-chat,"
&c. The performances in the theatre consisted of Mr.
Cowell's " Yankee Entertainment," a favourite dance by
Miss Parkes, and the never-tiring evolutions of M.
Corvi's monkeys, dogs, and goats. After these varied
entertainments dancing was commenced with much spirit
on the Parisian platform and in the ball-room. During,
the dancing the orchestra performed the following fa-
vourite music:—" The Sylphide, Bayadere, and Cre-
morne Polkas;" " The Nino Quadrilles;" " The Ibra-
him Pacha Quadrilles;" " The Heidelberg Quadrilles,"
&c. The performances terminated about midnight with
a grand display of fireworks.

MARYLEBONE REGISTRATION.
At eleven o'clock yesterday morning the REVISING
BARRISTER took his seat upon the bench, when he in-
quired if Mr. Laudet, whose vote had been objected
to by Mr. Greenwood on Monday, was present?
Mr. Laudet appearing, the REVISING BARRISTER in-
quired whether he had made any application to the late
collector, from the 6th of April up to the time of his
death?
Mr. Laudet replied in the negative.
The REVISING BARRISTER said there was an interval
of six weeks, during which he could have tendered pa) -
ment. This appeared to him to be a neglect on the part
of Mr. Laudet. The law held persons responsible
when there was a possibility of their complying with
its provisions.
In reply to Mr. Moylan, Mr. Laudet stated that
he had called at the house of the collector
a day or two after his death, and tendered
the amount of his taxes. At the time he did so he
was aware of his death, but he was under the im-
pression, as were a great many others, that as his books
must necessarily be in the hands of the executors, a
tender of the amount to them would prevent him from
being disfranchised. The lady whom he saw at Mr.
Northcote's, the late collector, referred him to
Mr. Laudet, but that gentleman had not
then been appointed, nor was he, until an
application had been made to Sir James Graham, and
subsequently to Lord John Russell, by a large body of
the parishioners. Were it not for this application 1,500
persons would have been disfranchised, because Mr.
Laudet accepted the office six or seven days sooner
than it was otherwise determirred, in order that such a
lapse should not occur on the registry.
The REVISING BARRISTER inquired whether there
were many votes likely to be disputed under the same
circumstances as that of Mr. Laudet ?
Mr. Laudet—Very few ; he believed only that of
Mr. Crickinay, which was decided yesterday.
The REVISING BARRISTER said it appeared that Mr.
Laudet bad nearly two months to pay Mr. North-
cote, the late collector, and having neglected to do so,
the law could not be strained to enfranchise him,
although it might be the custom not to pay at so early
a period. It also was evident that he had ten days be-
tween the appointment of the new collector and the last
day for making the payment ; and although it appeared
that no formal application had been made to him for the
tax, still that was no excuse for his not complying of
his own act with the provisions of the statute. Under all
the circumstances of the case he felt bound to strike the
name off the registry.
Mr. Ivimey applied to know whether the Couri would
admit of an appeal.
The REVISING BARRISTER said the whole case hinged
upon a mere matter of tact—whether the taxes were
paid—without at all involving any point of law ; and
he therefore considered that he would be leaving him-
self open to a rebuke in the Court of Common Pleas if
he were to consent to an appeal.

LTTERATURE.
THE PENSCELLWOOD PAPP:4LS: 2 Vols.
Considerable research has been expended upon
these singular essays. Almost everybody has read
" Dr. hook well," and hence we are persuaded that
almost everybody will read the "Penscellwood
Papers," seeing that they are from the pen of the
• same accomplished and ingenious writer. For these
reasons, therefore, we are most solicitous that the
first article in the two volumes under notice may be
perused simply as a literary curiosity, that the reader
may not be cajoled (or rather fascinated) into an
erroneous belief merely by a few clever conceits, that
the composition may be regarded simply as a game at
logic, and not as the serious advocacy of an ethical
theory. The purport of the disquisition in question
is fully explained in its very title—" On the Future
Life and Souls of Animals." No debating society
has, perhaps, ever been established in which the
question has not been broached whether animals are
endowed with reason or instinct. And every one
who has erer heard that question contended knows
that very adroit arguments may be advanced in sup-
port of the former as well as in favour of the latter
opinion. Until the debater, however, can by a spon-
taneous metempsychosis transfer his intelligence into
the carcase of a pig, or a dog, or some other animal,
he can never demonstrate to himself, beyond all cavil,
whether the sentience of an animal is the sentience of
reason or the sentience of instinct. 11'e must con-
sequently, in default of this impossible demonstration,
revert to the fundamental part of religion—Faith.
Christianity is always right wherever and whenever
merely human intelligence is at fault. If we were
red Indians we might unquestionably coincide with
the author of these volumes in anticipating the future
existence of animals, and even expect to be accom-
panied by our favourite dog to the great hunting
ground beyond the grave. But being as we are, we
can look upon man as the only creature endowed with
higher or reasoning faculties, and as alone destined
to enjoy life hereafter. That mysterious draughtsman
Blake once drew the portrait of the ghost of a flea,
as it appeared to him in one of his visions, and which
portrait we remember to have seen recently. Some-
what as authentic and conclusive is the testimony of
the future existence of animals given by the author of
the " Penscellwood Papers." Nevertheless we are
not inclined to argue this matter seriously, but rather
take his lucubration as it was doubtless intended to
be taken namely, as a quaint and agreeable eccen-
tricity. It is quite a vaudeville of metaphysics. As
it may possibly tend, moreover, to enforce those sen-
timents of tenderness to the dumb creation which are
incorporated in Martin's Act, the effusion is accept-
able. The retention or abolition of "Capital Punish-
ments" is the theme of the second paper, and, while
it evinces considerable talent in endeavouring to
emphasise a principle it is animated by a very winning
earnestness. It will be examined with peculiar
interest at this moment. The remaining portions of
the second volume are of equal merit with the pre-
ceding; and we would especially direct attention to
the observations upon " The Established Church,"
and " The Education of the People." What we
would particularise as the most striking and com-
mendable characteristics of this work are—a great
freshness of manner, a singular originality and
freedom of thought, and a most genuine and honour-
able benevolence of tone. For these features " The
Penscellwood Papers" will he admired, and the
author respected.