The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-09 00:00:00

THE RIBBON TRADE.

The following letter has been received from Mr. Ellice.
Subjoined are resoluti9ns agreed to by the Weavers' Com.
mittee :

" Inverness-shire, kith August, 183:3.

" Dear Sir,—l regret I did not receive your letter, which
has followed me here, before leaving London. At the same
time it would have been impossible to have taken any step, if
one should be considered advisable on the subject to which it
refers, in the present session of Parliament. However bad and
injurious in its effects on the industrious classes the half-pay
apprentice system may be, I fear there is no legal provision to
protect those who think they may benefit from it, engaging in
it. The law passed in the present session, regulating the
hours of labour for children, which is equally applicable to the
silk as to the cotton manufacture, may to a certain degree con.
troul the practice; and if that should not be effectual in pro-
tecting the journeymen from the injury they now sustain, I
shall be happy to convey any representations they may consider
it expedient to make to the Board of Trade on the subject,
previous to the commencement of another session. It cer-
tainly is an Act which requires correction, and I hope there
can be no doubt of our being able to arouse the attention of
those who have it in their power to devise a remedy, to the
serious complaints which have so long existed respecting it.
" I am always, dear Sir, your faithful servant,

" Mr. James Perkins."

" EDWARD ELLICE.

RESOLUTIONS.

" That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Hon.
E. Elice, M.P., for his attention to the subject to which
his letter refers.

" That the Committee congratulate their brother
weavers on the probability (should the half•pay appren-
tice system prove legal), of obtaining a legislative enact.
ment to destroy so immoral and ruinous a sy stem."-- The
Coventry Herald.

We have been informed that the LORD
CHANCELLOR honoured the Master Cutler of Sheffield
with his presence to dinner on Thursday.—Leeds Mer.
If report speaks truly, the brother of the Earl
of Egremont has left behind him half a million of money.
The Duke of Orleans has remitted to Bou-
logne the sum of 500 francs, for the relief of the three men
saved from the Amphitrite.
Earl Fitzwilliam is about to divide his large
estates. The English estates, amounting to upwards of
70,0001. a year, are to be settled upo❑ Lord Milton (re-
cently allied to the daughter of the Earl of Liverpool), and
the Irish estates, worth more than 30,000/. a year, upon
the Earl's second son.
The indefatigable ex-whipper-in still remains
in London, except when he is pleased to make excursions
to his villa on the banks of the Thames. The Conserva-
tive Club House on Carlton-terrace seems quite deserted.
A few hangers-un and hungry expectants are now its only
visitors.

Lord ELDON, notwithstanding his advanced
age, managed to travel from the North, by rather a "quick
march," and arrive at Encomb, his seat in the West, " just
in time" to commence partridge shooting on the 2d of Sep-
tember. Lnrd ELDON, we understand, brought down 11
brace of birds the first day.
The Duke of Bedford, accompanied by the
Marquis of Tavistock and Lord Russell, visited his
Princely estate, at Thorney, in Northamptonshire, last
week. The noble party occupied two days in viewing
the drainage works now in progress, and in making
themselves acquainted with the condition of the parish ;
after which they left Thorney for Woburn. Four years
have elapsed since his Grace's last visit to his Northampton
estates.

The Marquis of BUTE has been for some time

in treaty with the executors of the late Mr. KEAN, the tra-
gedian, for the purchase of Bute Cottage, and '• all those
moveables," of which he was possessed at the time of his
death. The agents of the Noble I%larquis have, however,
been somewhat tardy in carrying his wishes into effect, by
which delay considerable inconvenience and expense has
been incurred by the executors of poor KEAN.

Madame PASTA and Signor DONZELLI are
gone to Venice, where they commence their engagement
on the first night of the Carnival. PASTA will certainly
return to the King's Theatre next March.

LISTON, the comedian, has been rusticating
at Margate, Ramsgate, and Broadstairs ; he is now gone
to Brighton to join his friend MATHEws, preparatory to
the opening of Madame VESTRIS'S theatre, where LISTON
is engaged for the whole season.

The French Opera at Lyons had fallen very
low indeed, although it is absolutely under the manage-
ment of forty gentlemen. Recently, however, they have
produced a grand national drama, entitled Life of Boo-
naparte, which has experienced unexampled success. It
is acted every evening to overflowing audiences.
HARLEY, the comedian, and T. CooKE,
the director of the music at Drury Lane, are both in
Paris. HARLEY has been a constant visitor at the theatres
in that gay metropolis. PORTIER, and the other popular
comic actors, have been extremely attentive to HARLEY
ever since bis arrival amongst them.

Mr. BUNN, the Lessee of the Metropolitan
Theatres, who was at the Haymarket Theatre on the even-
ing Miss E. PATON made her successful debut, has, we
understand, engaged her for the ensuing season, and at a
very liberal salary. This active manager is now on a visit
to the various Theatres in the provinces, for the sole pur-
pose of availing himself of any dramatic talent worthy to
be transplanted to Covent-garden or Drury-lane.
LAPORTE, immediately after he has finished
the business connected with the last season at the King's
Theatre, intends to visit France, Germany, and Italy,
for the purpose of engaging the most prominent talent in
each country for the next season. LAPORTE entertains
sanguine expectations that he will be enabled to open the
Italian Opera House in February, with even a more
efficient company in its various departments than the
last. TAGLIONI and PASTA are already engaged. MA-
LIBRAN is not.

The supper recently given to SHERIDAN
KNowLEs, by the Members of the Shakspeare Club in
Edinburgh, was attended by all the literary and dramatic
talent in the Scotch capital. Professor WiLsoN, who
was in the chair, addressed Mr. KNowLEs in one of the
most eloquent speeches ever delivered, embracing an in.
teresting history of the drama from the earliest period.
Mr. PATRICK ROBERTSON, the barrister, well known for
his convivial and improvisatorial powers, was the Vice-
President on the occasion.
YATES, of the Adelphi, and his pretty
wife, are returned to London, after " scouring the country
round" on a professional tour; where, in all quarters,
they have met with very great success. Cheltenham was
the last town they visited ; there YATES gave a dejeuner,
which was attended by upwards of six hundred persons.
MATHEWS and YATES will commence their regular season
at the Adelphi Theatre, on the :30th instant. Previously,
however, YATES intends to visit Brighton, and give his
old friends a" touch of his quality," in one or two nights'
entertainments.

PAGANINI.—This prince of fiddlers is re-
alising an immense sum in this country, At Manchester
the anxiety to hear him on Wednesday night last was so
great, that all the places in the boxes of the Theatre
Royal were taken several days previously, and long before
the doors were opened, hundreds had assembled beyond
the number which the house would contain. Numerous
disturbances occurred during the evening, in consequence
of the over-crowded state of the house. The receipts
were upwards of 3701. At the small theatre at Bolton,
on the evening Paganini performed, the receipts were 180/.
DoN PEDRO.—A letter from an officer of his
Majesty's ship Hyacinth, dated Rio de Janeiro, July, 11,
says :-.-'6A Bill hes just been brought into the House of
Assembly here, to proclaim Don Pedro a traitor to his
country, but it is thrown out for the present, and has not
passed ; still, shouli he make his appearance in any part
of the Brazils, it is very doubtful (according to rumour)
whether he would not be seized upon and treated accord-

ingly. The young Emperor, who is about eight years of
age, is residing at the Palace at Rio, and, although so
young a child, is taught to look on the English with the
utmost contempt."

A notice from the " Subway Company" di-
rects all letters to be sent under cover.
StafFord races are fixed for the 9th and 10th
of October.

Our races commence on Wednesday next, and
from the excellent condition of the course, much sport is
expected.—Leicester Journal.
On Saturday last, DOUGLAS FOX, Esq., was
❑ominated to serve the office of Mayor of Derby for the
year ensuing, commencing at Michaelmas next.
The Archbishop of Cashel has now the entire
patronage of the extensive dioceses of Waterford and Lis.
more, exclusive of his Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
A large porpoise, weighing nearly 500 Ibs.
was driven ashore at Grimsby during the storm of Satur-
day night, of which several of the inhabitants possessed
themselves.—Hull Packet.

LARGE HER RING.—In one of the stake-
nets near the mouth of the South Esk, at Montrose, there
was caught, the other day, a herring of extraordinary size,
weighing 1 lb. 10 oz. English !
BUTE ELECTION.—We feel much pleasure
in being enabled to announce, that Sir WILLIAM RAE was
yesterday unanimously elected to represent the county of
Bute in the next session of Parliament.
BUTLIN, a young artist of considerable pro-
mi,e, has just finished in clay a model of Lord ALTHORP,
eight feet high, which is intended to be cast in bronze,
and placed in the Town-ball of Northampton.
Sir Grey Skipwith, one of Members for South
Warwickshire, is understood to have a larger family than
any other individual in the House of Commons. Sir
Grey's sons and daughters number one dozen and a half;
ten of the former, anti eight of the latter.
The Orkney herring fishing has not been so
abundant this season as formerly. By the last account in
town it has entirely failed. Along the Caithness coast,
however, the fishers have, it is said, been pretty successful.
Greenock Intelligencer.

PROSPERITY OF FALKIRK.—It is stated, as
a proof of the prosperity of Falkirk, that there was lately
in it a town drummer worth 17,0001., a grave-digger
who wore a gold watch, and a baker who kept a pack of
hounds.

Accounts from Toulon state that the com-
mand of the naval part of the expedition against Boujeiah
will be intru,ted to M. Parseval Deschenes, Captain of
the frigate La Victoire, and that the rest of the naval
division will be composed of brigs, corvettes, transports,
and one steam-vessel.

RENNETT, a very clever boy, now at Harrow
School, has written a little volume of poems, which he
intends to publish under the title of Theodore, or the
Romantic Manual. The youth has permission to dedi-
cate this first offspring of his muse to Mr. KENNEDY,
one of the master's of the school.

EDINBURGH AND DALKEITH RAILWAY.—
We are informed that the number of passengers which
flock to the Edinburgh and ailkeith railway continues
undiminished. During the month of August no fewer
than 32.367 persons availed themselves of this delightful
and invigorating excursion.
FACTORY INSPECTORS—We understand
that Alinisters have determined that the factory inspectors
shall be locally unconnected with the district over which
their superintendence is to extend. The appointments
have not, we understand, yet issued from the Home office.
—Leeds Mercury.
SIR WALTER SCOTT—An " Abbotsford
subscription" is announced in the Nova Scotia papers. It
was set on foot on the 30th of July, by the most influen-
tial persons at Halifax, and several sums were immediately
subscribed. A committee was formed, and persons
named to receive donations, both in Halifax and other
towns of Nova Scotia.
Mr. JOHN GALT still remains in a most
precarious state of health ; during the past week his life
was considered by his physicians in the greatest peril.
He bas finished the correction of the last page of this
autobiography, which closes with a most complimentary
letter from Lord DALHOUSIE to the author, to whom it
has been a great solace in the midst of his sevete
A GENTLE HINT.—" Your hand annoys
me exceedingly," said the Prince of La Roche-suryon to a
talkative person who was sitting near him at dinner, and
who was constantly suiting the action to the word.
" Indeed, my Lord," replied the gabbier, "we are so
crowded at table, that I do not know where to put my
hand."—" Put it on your mouth," said the Prince.
On Thursday afternoon, a French lady, resid-
ing in Regent-street, on alighting from a hackney-coach
in Piccadilly, and walking a few yards, recollected that
she had left her reticule, containing banknotes to the
amount of 1361. and 22 sovereigns. She ran to the next
stand, and ascertained that the coachman had been ob-
served to drive away at a furious rate.

PUBLIC HEALTH.--We learn from autho-
rity that the Government Medical Inspectors of the me-
tropolis have reported the sanitary condition of London
and its vicinity to be highly satisfactory as regards
cholera; and it is, therefore, presumed that clean bills of
health will be issued by the Customs in a few days as
heretofore.—Morning Post.

CURIOUS RENCONTRE.—On Tuesday last
a furious contest was observed at FuHord, near this city,
between a cat and .a viper, which was terminated by the
latter being destroyed by one of the spectators. 'When
dead, the reptile was found to measure one foot eight
inches in length, and two and a half inches in circumfer-
ence.— York Courant.

DESTRUCTION OF BIRDS BY THE STORM,

—At Needingworth, near St. Ive's, in consequence of the
extraordinary quantity of rain, accompanied with a very
sharp driving wind, which happened on Saturday last,
great numbers of birds perished thereby. In one place,
under some trees opposite Mr. John Harradine's house,
were found the amazing number of between seven and
eight hundred sparrows.

It appears from an article in a foreign paper,
that in consequence of the retiring of the sea at Leba, in
Pomerania, a vessel laden with oak for ship building,
which was sunk off that port 80 years ago, has become
visible at low water. This vessel was bound for England,
and the cargo was estimated at several thousand dollars.
Some of the timber has been got out, and it is found to be
in a state of perfect preservation.

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DEAN JACKSON.—Dean Jackson passing
one morning through Christ Church quadrangle, met some
under-graduates, who walked along without capping.
The Dean called one of them,
.and askeri, " Do you know
who I am ?" " No, Sir." " How long have you been
in college ?" " Eight days, Sir." "Oh very well," said
the Dean, walking away, " puppies don't open their eyes
till the ninth day."
" I recollect," says Mrs. Carmichael, a
" domestic negro going to England with his master, and

on being asked his opinion of-it, replied that ' England
very fine country to be sure, but nothing to be had there
without money ; people there very mean, they'd sell any
thing, they sell sand, massa. Would you believe it,

massa—they sell the very black soot out of the chim-
neys ?' "

As a proof of the fruitfulness of the season
we have been informed by a correspondent that there is a
piece of orchard land, not more than three-quarters of an
acre in extent, near Lougtown, on the banks of the Mon-
now, the crop of apples on which is so remarkably large
that it has been computed by competent judges, that it
will produce from 2,000 2,500 gallons of prime cider.—
Hereford Times.

A girl at Thornhowe, named Yaxley, had the
misfortune, a few days ago, to kill her own mother in the
following singular manner :—The old lady was scolding
her, and the daughter, feeling a little irritated at what her
mother had said, took up her work bag and threw it at
her. There were some penny pieces in it, and these
striking her on the temple, she fell down and died on the
the spot.—Doncaster Gazette.

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STRANGE OCCURRENCE.—During the ab-
sence of the workmen from the shop of Mr. Allen, wheel-
wright, in Manchester.street, Oldham, on Thursday, some
person entered, and, with an axe, amputated the forefinger
of a hand, and left it in a quantity of blood on a stall in
the shop. The finger so amputated is in the possession
of Mr. Braddock, druggist, Oldham, and from its slender
formation is supposed to have belonged to one of the softer
sex.—Bolton Chronicle.
PARSON'S FEES—.The Vicar of Newarkhas
long demanded 10s. 6d. as a fee for every head-stone
placed in the church-yard, but it has never been the
custom to pay any additional fee for having a stone cleaned,
&c. A person named Fotherby, being on a visit to his
native place, wished to have the head-stone of one of his
forefathers cleaned, and the letters re-painted, &e..--

Accordingly, the painter was sent, and the stone beautified,
without being removed. What was the chagrin of the
good man to find that the Vicar &Mantled a further fee of
2s. 6d. for having it painted, although the fee 'dad been
paid in the first instance for putting it down !--Lincoln.
shire Mercury.
Saturday a number of persons assembled
within the Tower to witness the funeral of two soldiers
belonging to the Grenadiel' Gudtels. On Saturday week
th€y marched from Kingston to London dtrng die heavy
rain, and arrived at the Tower quite exhausted, and With
their clothes saturated with wet. They imprudently drank
a quantity of cold be;:-, which. caused a,violent inflamma-
tion of the bowels, and they died in a few boors. They
were buried with the usual ceremonies.
A STRONG RECOMMENDATION.—A pedlar
wishing to recommend his razors to the gaping crowd,
thus addressed them :—" Gentlemen, the razors I hold in
my hand were made in a cave by the light of a dims-lona,
in the province of Andalusia in Spain. They cut as quick
as thought, and are as bright as the morning star. A
word nr two more, and I am certain sots will buy them.
Lay them under your pillow at night, and you will find
yourself clean shaved in the morning."
MACHINERY.—Mr. Stuart, of the Ordnance
Wharf, has several circular saws worked by a horse in a
moderate-siz .d walk. They are intended for cutting and
boring tenons used in the hollow thasts and by this
process, with horse power, at least 30 tenons nia7 he
completed in a minute, with greater accuracy than a man
could make one in a quarter of an hour with the common
hand-saw and gimlet. This single piece of machinery
must, therefore, do the work of 450 men.
Thomas Taylor, jun., of Thorpe Satchville,
on Tuesday last summoned a man before the Magistrates
at Melton Mowbray for stealing two apples from a tree in
his orchard. On appearing before the Bench, however,
the accuser, having sacrificed too freely at the shrine of
the Jolly God, caught the eye of the presiding Magistrates,
who, greatly to the amusement of the auditors and the
amazement of the complainant, fined him ss. for being
drunk. Doubtless this is the highest price that will be
paid for apples this season.
Halifax papers to the sth of August have
been received. An order from his Britannic AIAJESTY
had been issued at Frederickson, New Brunswick, on the
31st July, discontinuing until further orders the collec-
tion of the quit rents in that province, the same having
been suspended in Nova Scotia. This measure was sup-
posed to have been adopted in compliance with an address
of the House of Assembly of that province to his HAJESTY
and upon the understanding that the House would either
make provision for commuting the rents, or provide for a
part of the civil list.
It appears by the Paisley Advertiser, that
Mr. Blair, manager of the Johnstone Gas Works, has
made a discovery, which, if it becomes of general appli-
cation, will, in a great measure, ruin the Sheffield cutlers.
Some time ago a portion of the moist lime, by which the
gas is purified, fell by accident on the back of a dog, and a
small bit of wood having been used to scrape it off, the
hair was at once brought completely away with it. Mr.
Blair extended the discovery by practising on his own
beard, which now requires no razor. The lime, of the
consistence of cream, is laid on the beard, and, after three
or four minutes, scraped off with the back part of a knife
or thin piece of wood.--Scotch Paper.
MONEY CLUBS.—As an instance of the
large sums persons will give at the present day for a little
temporary accommodation, we state, from good authority,
that at a money club in this town, one night last week,
the sum of five guineas was sold, as it is called, for
2/. 4s. 6d. ; and the bidder actually received three shares
at that premium, so that for a loan of 15 guineas, he has
to pay 6l 13s. 6d., and interest upon the whole, until
repaid. Souse of these money clubs have subscribers of
1,0001. each, and the engagements of this nature in Not-
tingham and its neighbourhood, are far greater than is
generally understood.—Nottingham Review.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CHERBOURG HAR-
HOUR. —A formidable French squadron is lying in Cher-
bourg harbour, without any apparent object. We are
informed that the improvements made in that harbour by
lengthening, raising, and strengthening the breakwater,
and by the excavation of an immense basin, in addition
to the former two, have not a little astonished our
yacht men and naval characters who have attended the
late visit of the French King at that port. The break-
water is mounting with 120 pieces of heavy cannon,
and several mortars in three forts, and the basin will hold
nearly 30 sail of the line, with a depth of 32 feet water,
and this within 60 miles of the Isle of Wight.
Saturday an inquest was held at the Grand
Surrey Canal Tavern, Camberwell, on the body of Mr.
John Barurck, aged 60, in the employ of Mr. Perry, a
confectioner in the Borough. The deceased had bad some
difference with his wife respecting the loss of two or three
sovereigns which he had missed. On Wednesday morning
he went to the Canal Tavern Bridge, where, notwith.
standing the opposition of his young son, who bad sus-
pected his intention and followed him, be threw himself
into the water. The drags were immediately sent for,
and the deceased was taken out of the water in less than
five minutes, but animation could not be restored.--
Verdict, Temporary Derangement.

DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND--We are in-
formed that a wide district of country in and about
Maiden.hall, on the borders of this country, and con.
venient to Charleville, is in a state of alerming disturbance,
large parties of men being assembled in arms, traversing
the roads and fields, and firing shots, They are composed
of two adverse factions, enlisted to support the relative
claims of two gentlemen of that neighbourhood, Mr
Maxwell and Mr. Holmes, to the chattel property of the
late Major Samuel Maxwell of Charleville. On Monday
the adverse parties met in deadly conflict, and two men
are reported killed, and several wounded. Mr. Clanchy
and Mr. Russell, magistrates of the district, have take❑
every precaution, with the small police force at their
disposal, to preserve the peace and counteract this dan-
gerous assemblage, but to no purpose. Thomas P. Voices,
Esq., has since ordered all the disposable police force of
the county to the scene of outrage, in order to restore
tranquility. One man, we have just learned, was shot
dead, and his body lies in the Bridewell of Charleville for
an inquest.—Limerick Chronicle.

Upwards of 300 Magistrates, Clergy, and
other inhabitants and visitors of the town of Cheltenham,
have signed a public declaration, expressing their convic-
tion that the Races annually held there are become an
intolerable nuisance, by driving away r.-iany of the most
respectable residents from the town during their continu-
ance ; and in their stead are congregated hordes of black-
legs, gamblers, swindlers, pickpockets, and vagabonds of
the worst description. The persons signing the declara-
tion express their determination to employ all legal means
to effect their immediate suppression. In consequence of
this declaration, the Cheltenham Turf Club met on
Saturday, Lord Segrave in the chair, when resolutions
were passed, expressing regret that "such discreditable
.;,enes took place at the last Races." Lord Ellenborough,
Fulwar Craven, John Browne, It. H. Lucas, J. Peel,
Esqrs. and Captain Lloyd, R. N. concurred in the expe-
diency of removing the Races from the new course to
some place so remote from the town as to prevent a re-
currence of the disgraceful scenes which accompanied the
last Race..— Oxford Journal.

OLD SARUM AND THE DEAR TORIES.-
r.ourn, ye Tories ! representatives of ruined wall and
grassy mound ! Members for brick and vegetation ! Men
whose constituents must last for ever, for nature will ever
be fresh, and walls will still be durable ! Mourn ye, mourn
ye the oak of Old Sarum, under whose broad arms you
bribed the electioneering independence of the neighbouring
daisies, marigolds, and buttercups ; that tree which
" Stood like to Caractacus, in act to rally
His host with broad arras 'gainst the thunder stroke,"
(Of corruption, doubtless,)—that oak sacred to liberty,
religion, and Toryism, the Salisbury Journal tells us, is
blown down by the late relentless storm—net the political
--but the storm of Friday last. By this event it is evident
that the last branch of the old system has been blown
away; the Tories now will bite less than they will bark
--the leaves of office they will take, and not the loaves;
and as they have been the root of all evil, they have, in
the most handsome manner, as a redeeming point in their
character, packed up their trunk to be off'.—Town.

IMPRESSMENT OE SAILORS.—The ques-
tion of impressment is one of pounds, shillings, and
pence. The country takes by force that which it should
purchase for money. Instead of knocking up a bargain
with Ben Block, they knock him down and take him on
board. It is a ready reckoning, but immensely hard for
the receiver. If a carpenter or any other workman in
London were earning at a certain shop 30e. a week, what
would he say if Government were to take him by force,
and oblige him to work at barracks for half that sum?
Would all the horse-guards, foot•guards, and police be
able to support even one such solitary instance of infringe-
ment of the liberty of the subject? Never ! Yet a sailor,
having, in all probability, a wife and family, or, if not,
aged parents, depending upon him for their support, is to
be seized by brutal force, and if he refuse to go :peaceably
to have his head cloven with a cutlass, to be taken out of
a merchant's vessel, in which he has been earning his 41.

, to 44 10e. A MoMil without the risk of life, to serve on
heard a King's ship for 1/. 10s. or 21. per month, with
every contingent of fire, battle, or wreck.—Metropolitan
, Magazine.
' EFPECTS OF FREE TRADE.—At this mo-
ment in Portsmouth harbour, we see the mortifying fact
there are four Prussian vessels, ard one Norwegian, dis•
, charging cargoes of timber from their respeive countries,
whilst there is but a solitary British vessel, with a targo
of wood from our own colonies. The appearance and
equipment of these foreigners sufficiently indicate the
benefits they derive fro:rt hehlg permitted to engross the
supply of odi. merketS, With their cheaply sailed ships and
coarsely fed crews. To talk of reciprocity between
people and things so dissimilarly sittiateri as these aliens
and our own shipowners, is perfect madness', end' could
only have originated with men whose interests were iden-
tified with every country more than their own. That
these men, who are well known i should advocate such a
system can excite no wonder, but that British Statesmen
should foster and uphold it is most extraordidatyd,a-Hants
Telegraph.
FILMAL AFFECTION AMONG CONVICTS.--•
Having gone out With Irish convicts on a former occasion,
I Lind a sad difference between the English and them.
The one polished, artful, and vicious-a-poor Pat, simple,
innocent, and as tractable as a child ; with a civil word
you can do anything With Paddy. In one of my voyages
from Cork, there happened to be among the rest a father
and two sons for sheep stealing. Old Murtagh was ad-
vented in life, the sons fine athletic young men. Two
days after ernhar!tation, I observed Rory, the eldest, eyeing
me very wistfully, iirit apparently unwilling to trespass ; I
beckoned him aft, anil de4real to know what was the
matter, hoped the old man ket,t up' his spirits, Bsc.; em-
boldened by my manner, he simply hented, " if your
honour would tie pleased to divide the bolts between me
Dennis, for the ould man's getting tinder, God help hire
and ram afi-ar':i he won't get to the end of the journey
any way." I felt astiattted at having overlooked the poor
old man so long (he was fourscore, but I did not know
he was so nit) and n.tantly removed the old man's irons,
amidst the prayers and bon-dittti:tri. t.f the whole party.—
Surgeon Oshorne's Notes on New South Wales.
LADIES DRESSES 50 TEARS SlNCE.—The''
costume of the !aides at my time, Ithich is now much
ridiculed, was then ot. an extraordinary richness and
brilliancy, worn with infinite taste, and chastened in all
its exaggerations. With all this paraphernalia of feathers,
rich stuffs, hoops, and flounces, a woman was forced to
use a slow majesty in all her movements. I have seen
some very fair ladies who, when powdered, and drawing
after them their long trains of white satin, and balancing
with skill the spotless plumes that waved over their fore-
heads, might be truly compared to some bird like to, hut
much more noble than a swan. Perhaps a white turtle
dove is the better type—for the delicate little bodies con-
cealed amid enormous folds of silk and replications of
muslin, with the long wings of lace that fell from our
arms concealed us as the dawn does the dove ; and when
we thrust out from beneath this graceful pile of white
our little balancing feet in those high-heeled shoes, that
allowed only the extremities of the toes to meet the
ground, it was truly then that we feared to touch the
earth, and that we walked with the disdainful caution of
a little shepherdess on the border of a brook.—" Confes-
sions of a Lady of Quality."—Metropolitan Mug.
EXTRAORDINARY SWINDLING.—A man,
with the usual number of aliases, who bad been in the
employ of a respectable coachmaker of this place, as a
workman from London, for the space of ten months, exhi-
bited letters to his master and fellow workmen, stating
that the sum of 20,0001. had been bequeathed to his wife.
On the strength of this extraordinary piece of good for-
tune, he quitted the workshop, and hired a large house in
Bedford-street, Abercromby-square, ordered from an up-
holsterer and other tradesmen the necessary supplies for
this mansion, and, by way of payment, gave references to
his late master, who, believing the story, told them that
he had got the 20,0001. and it appears that he conse-
quently found but little difficulty in getting possession of
1,4001., some of which was delivered so late as Monday
week. He likewise advertised for offices, and Mr. Harri-
son, of Hanover-street, accommodated him with some;
sold him goods, and was under engagements for the deli-
very of more. Circumstances of a suspicious character
induced Mr. Harrison to suspect the truth of his tenant's
representations, and the result was the discovery that the
whole course of his proceedings was a complete fraud.
Part of the furniture had been packed up and sent off to
London ; but on Saturday last the creditors took posses-
sion of whit remained, and stopped in transitu some
packages in the carrier's hands.—Liverpool Mercury.
STEAM CARRIAGE.—On Wednesday our
townsmen, Messrs. Heaton Brothers, made another ex-
periment with their steam coach, to ascend the hill at
Bromsgrove Lickey, which is a loose sandy surface, ad
much so, that the wheels of their machine (about fifty
hundred weight) carried a bill of sand before them about
three inches deep. The hill is about seven hundred yards
long, and rises on an average one yard in nine, and in some
places one yard in eight, and is declared by eminent sur-
veyors to be the worst piece of road in the kingdom. This
hill was mounted by their machine, with a stage coach
attached, fifteen hundred weight, and nine persons, in nine
minutes, in the presence of about two hundred spectators.
They then took up their friends, twenty in number, they
had brought from Birmingham, with five in addition,
making twenty-five, and proceeded on to Bromsgrove, as
far as the Market-place; there they turned the machine
round, and returned to the Crab Mill Inn, about fifteen
miles ; this was accomplished in two hours and twenty.
two minutes, including all stoppages. Having staid a con-
siderable time at the Crab Mill Inn, they returned, calling
at the various places where they called in the morning,
and receiving the congratulations of their friends at hav-
ing accomplished the greatest undertaking in the history:of
steam locomotion on the common road. They arrived in
Birmingham, bringing with them up Worcester-street, an
ascent of one yard in twelve, thirty-two persons. We un-
derstand from them, that it is their intention to proceed
with the erection of others with suitable carriages, and
ply them on the roads in our neighbourhood.—Berming,
ham Journal.

WHITEHALL CHAPEL.—During the time
it was in contemplation to convert the Chapel at White-
hall into a National Picture-galllery, the exquisite paint-
ings of Reuhens were taken down from the ceiling ; but
sfter the debate on the subject in the House of Commons,
and the resistance given to the proposed plan, the pictures,
which are painted on canvass, after being cleaned, were
restored to their former situation, and there they now
remain. The different subjects are painted in compart-
ments, and when placed against the wall of the chapel,
and even with the eye, they had a very singular and
strange appearance, except to an artist who could appre-
ciate their beauties and the profound skill of a great
master in their execution. This arose from the very
great foreshortening of the figures, which was necessary to
give them the fine effect produced on viewing them in
their present position. Nothine could more clearly display
the work of a great master, and the magic of the art, than
the contrast in the appearance of the pictures when they
were tiken down and when they were replaced. This
painting on ceilings was never in good taste, because the
pictures in fact are useless except when placed over the
head of the spectator, and then they are inconvenient to
look at and painful to the sight, and so far an exhibition
rather to be shunned than admired. If the chapel were
to be converted into a National Picture Gallery, the pre-
sent paintings on the ceiling, being intended to ornament
a sacred edifice, would but ill accord with the character of
a chamber for depositing pictures on the various and mul-
titudious subjects which a national collection of the arts
would embrace.

REPRESENTATION OF NAPOLEON Buo-
NAPARTE BREATIIING.-It was the praise of Praxiteles
that his statues seemed to breathe; but this honour, fur
so many ages enjoyed exclusively, the immortal sculptor of
ancient times must now submit to share. A formidable
rival to his fame appears in the person of an ingenious
modern Frenchman, by whom a figure of Napoleon Buo-
naparte has been formed, which moves, not in appearance
only, but actually, as in the act of respiration. This arti-
ficial figure yields to pressure, except in those parts
wherein the living body bones would present resistance;
and on the removal of the external force resumes, almost
like real flesh and blood, its original shape. Even the
motion of respiration, as we have just mentioned, is by
some artifice represented, and we question not that this
Promethean imitation of humanity, if exhibited within
the territories of the Holy Alliance, would be seized and
sent to keep company with the shade of its great prototype
in St. Helena. We do not know of what substance the
figure is formed—probably caoutchouc is the chief
material—but its elasticity, though surprising, is not ex-
actly of the same sort as that which is felt in the touch of
human flesh. Putting aside the ingenuity of the inven-
tion, the figure is not without merit as a work of art. The
parts of the body which are exposed, namely, the face and
hands, bear a strong resemblance in form, colour, and
texture, to the human. The figure represents Napoleon
in his best days—before his person assumed that corpu-
lency which disfigured its appearance in the latter years of
his life. It is dressed in military costume, and reclines
on a couch, seemingly asleep. The little cocked-hat is,
of course, not forgotten, and, to make the exhibiton more
taking, one actually used by the late Emperor has been
procured.

In 4~,_

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BARNET RACES, SErr. 7.

Mr. Dunkley's bl. f. by Muley 2 0
Mr. Hall's Silvertail 4 0

Heats twice round.
Mr. Tilbury's Zulima 3 1 1
Mr. White's Punctual 1 4 2
Mr, Bacon's Fairy 5 2 3
Mr. Westley's litantrap
Mr. Sawell's Blinker

Each heat was woa cleverly. A lad narned-Crouch
rode both the winners to-day, and Landrall on Friday,
with a degree of ekill and patience greatly to be LN•ni..
mended.

After this there were some hack races, of no interest
to the public, and for which we did not think it worth
while to wait.

MORPETH RACES, SEPT. ti

and a half.
Mr. Dawson's Brown Stout
Mr. Healey's Flambeau
Mr. Mais's Laurel Leaf
A Hunter's Stake of 5 sous. each, with 10 added. Heats

a mile and a half. Gentlemen ri‘lers.
Mr. Boag's Pilot
Capt. Potts's Coronet (late Corporal)
Mr. Moor's Mermaid
A Silver Cup, given by the Town, added to a Sweepstakes
of 2 soya. each for the beaten horses. Two miles and
a half.

Mr. Healey's Flambeau
Mr. Mais's Laurel Leaf
Captain Potts's Sparrowhawk

DOR CHESTER RACES, SEPT. 5.
The Dinner Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft,, with a bonus of
10 sous. each. Heats about a mile and a half. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Taunton's Coronet 1 1
Mr. Finch's Clara
The Ladies' Plate of 50/. Heats about one mile and a half.
The winner to be sold for 1201. if demanded.
Mr. Tobin's Kittums
Mr. Hill's Tourist
Mr. Smith's Romer 3 dr
Mr. C. Finch's Cecilia 6 1 4
Mr. Houldsworth's Terror 4 2 3
Mr. Poole's Comus 5 3 dr
Mr. Jones's Forest Lass

BECCLES RACES, SEPT. 5.

Town Plate of 50 soya. Heats, two miles and a half.
The winner to be sold for 200 soya. if &c.
Lord Berner's ch. c. by Oscar 1 2 1
Mr. Munro's Lady Charlotte
Mr. T. J. Wood's Ambrosio
Each heat won by scarce a head.

A Handicap Stakes of 3 sous. each, with 10 added.
Heats, to start at the distance-post and go once round.
Mr. Pcirson's Cannon Ball
Mr. G. Fenn's Grapeshot 2
Mr. Warner's Haphazard

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
There has been a good deal of business at the following
prices. There is a report propagated here that Belshazzar
will not go.
11106204
itt000:
aaaaiggssssitt
3Bill‘cilleoauelcr,sl;
eeheiyans(zga:z!rael Moloch (taken)
14 to 1 agst Mussulman
18 to 1 apt The Mole (taken)
18 to 1 agst Revenge
40 to 1 agst Tutor
None others named.

CURRAGH SEPTEMBER MEETING,
SEPT. S.

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. h. ft., with 20 added. Conolly's
mile. Second horse to save his stake.
Lord Sligo's Veneer .. . ... 1
Mr. J. Osborne's Concave 2
Colonel Westenra's Mountebank
Mr. Hunter'a Distingue 4
Sweepstakes of lb says. 10 fry for now weanling fillies, to
run when two years old. Conolly's mile.
Lord Sligo's Elm
Lord Portarlington's b. f. by Emilius .,
Mr. Watt's b. f. by Legacy 3
Mr. Hunter's Lupin
Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. 15 ft. for foals dropped this year,
to run when two years old. Anglesey post.
Mr. 'Watts's ch. c. by V. Blacklock, walked over. Six paid.

Rt. dig
ire to be performed at the Berle time, and as these learned
pluralists are not birds or chickens either, and consequently
cate...abe in two places at once, permit' rut to ask if it he
competent lc them to bold both situitions, in to receive
the emoluments. Etaached to them. Mr. Bingham and
Mr. Cockburn, who ate eslso Commissioners, were ap-
pointed Revisers, but, like honourable men, they declined
the latter, deeming it inconsis,ent with the former.
Quere—Has Mr. Justice Alderson ex.-rrisel a sound
disteretin is appointing these worthies Revisers, when he
knew that they were Corporation Commissioners, It is
evident that the jobbing system is not yet at an end.
BE4'

The races terminated on Saturday, and if the company
was less numerous than on Friday, there was no falling offs'
in the sport, which commenced at two o'clock, and did
❑ot terminate till dusk. We are given to understand that
by next year the course will be enlarged by the addition of
three fields, which will make it nearly a mile and a half
round, and that other alterations will be made to remedy
the inconvenience arising out of its present limited size.
The Barnet St. Leger formed rather an imposing com-
mencement to the racing yesterday ; the gr.indeur, how-
ever, was, in some degree, supported by the extent of the
field, ten horses having appeared at the post for a sub-
scription of 5 sovs. each and 25 added. Heats twice round
and a distance. The winner to b%, sold for 100 toys. &c.
The result was as follows:
Mr. Fleming's Landrail
Mr. Sewell's Blinker
Mr. Bacon's Fairy
Mr. Messer's Zarina 3 0

Won easy. The winner is well known at Newmarket,
where she has appeared several times under the colours of
Mr. Wagstaff; she carried 10lb extra for running on
Friday. She was claimed.
The Champagne Plate of 50/. for the beaten horses.

Tae Gentleman's Subscription Pl►te of 501. Heats a mile

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CORPORATION COMMISSIQ-N -"
REVISING BARRISTtRzt
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TO THE EDITOR OF WW: Ili,
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Sit,—T perceive that Mr. Jardine and Mr. Garal :7 .411'
have been appointed Corporation Commissioners, an r. 4 , j. 6
Revising Barrister& Now as the duties of these 0 ces