The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-16 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1850.

SUN,

REPORT ON SUNDAY POSTAL
COMMUNICATION.

We are enabled to furnish our readers with the
subjoined report upon the import&tnt question of Sun--
day Postal Communieation
:
TO THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S

7. That were the duties are such as to prevent the
rural letter-carrier from attending Divine service an ar-
rangement be made for providing a substitute at least on
the alternate Sundays. We apprehend that the addi-
tional cost incurred by this arrangement would be jus-
tified by the importance of its object.
8. That in retaining a Sunday delivery of letters in a
rural district the Postmaster-General be guided by the
prevalent feeling of the locality; and that where the
prevalent feeling of the district is opposed to such deli-
very, the Postmaster-General, after satisfying himself of
the fact, take the requisite steps for suspending it. The
principle has already been acted on to a considerable
extort by the department. The Postmaster-General, in
the years 1848 and 1849, withdrew no" less than 404
Sunday rural posts, 320 wholly and 84 partially. In
some instances, however, the inhabitants, finding the
withdrawal more inconvenient than they anticipated,
subiequently requested that the post might be restored,
which was accordingly done.
9. That an option be afforded to every householder to
suspend the Sunday delivery of letters at his house, on
his written application to the local post-office. It would
be necessary that this permission should be guarded by
proper regulations of the department, in order to pre-
vent the inconveniences which would arise from frequent
changes.

10: That the arrangements already made by the Post-
mastet-General for the withdrawal on the Sunday of
comparatively useless mails be continued upon the same
principles which have been already adopted, and that
they be rendered as complete as possible.
We would also recommend to the attention of the
Poittmaster-General the suggestions made by the sur-
veyors, with a view to his considering hereafter how far
may be practicable to carry any of them into effect.
(Signed) CLANRICARDE.
H. LABOUCHERE.
G. CORNEWALL LEWIS.

Aug. 10, 1850.

'REVENUE, &c., IRELAND.
A re turn has just been presented to the House of Com-
mons, containing accounts of the revenue and expendi-
ture, excise and customs duties, imports and exports,
with amount of stamp duties and postage collected in
Ireland for the year 1850 (in continuation of Parliamen-
tary Paper, No. 520, of session 1849). From this it ap-
pears that the net produce of the revenue of Ireland
paid into the Exchequer in the year ending the sth
January, 1850, amounted to 4,332,4601. ; and that the
items comprising this sum were-Customs, 1,941,1221.;
Excise, 1,231,548/. ; Stamps, 502,073/. ; Post-office,
26,0001. ; miscellaneous, including repayment of
advances, 631,7171. There was of money re-
maining in the Exchequer at the commencement of
the year, 815,371/. 13s. 94d. ; at the end of
the year, 1,026,9901. Bs. 101 d. The total expendi-
ture during the year was 4,071,663/. 6s. Id., and in-
cluded-dividends, interest, and management of public
funded debt, payable in Ireland, 1,386,101/. Is. 2d.; army,
626,0001.; miscellaneous grants of Parliament, 565,9031.
I Is. 7d.; money advanced Out of the Consolidated Fund
for public objects, 554,3361. 14s. 61, &c. The sums re-
mitted through the Excise in Ireland to the Exchequer in
England, amounted to 49,1771. 14s. 10d.' which, added to
the above-named total expenditure, and substracted with
it from the entire net income of 5,147,831/ 9s. 94d., leaves
the balance in the Exchequer, 1,026,9901. Bs. 100. This
tccount, however, shows only the payments made from
the Exchequer of Ireland, and not the whole expen-
diture by the United Kingdom on account of Ire-
land ; but, on the other hand, the receipts from
the Crown lands in Ireland are brought into the ge-
neral account of the Commissions rs of Woods, Sce., and
do nut appear its part of the income of Ireland. The
amount received from rents, and other sources of land
revenue in Ireland in 1849, was 61,531/. 3s. 10d. An
account of the Excise coilectiona in each ravenw, district
of Ireland fur the year ending January 5, 1850, shows
a total of 1,407,8031. 13s. Of this sum the Dub-
lin district contributes 325,733/. 19s. 3d. ; Cork,
204,2861. 14s. 10d. ; Belfast, 192 6441. 19s. 2d. ;
Drogheda, 164,618/. Is. 9d., &e. The gross produce
of Customs duties taken at the ports of Ireland (ex-
clueling casual. and tai:,cellrenecus receipts for the same
year) is 2,165,906/. There was taken at Dublin
924,5331.; at Belfast, 3462024; at Cork, 251,6691.; Wa-
terford, 119,269/., &c.
amounted only to 9/. Accordinglie duties
to
included in this return there have been retained for home
consumption in Ireland during this period
ia another
e r statementa ng dtr
7,228,809
St
r
gallons of spirits, of which 255,476 were foreign.
The quantity of wine of all sorts retained there was
524,662 gallons; of tea, 6,383,6161bs ; and of coffee,
1,013,3991b5. The exports to foreign ports of Irish
spirits were 58,680
gallons; of butter 22,636 cwt.; of
linen manufactures, entered by the yard, 342,620 yards;
of cotton ditto, 596,082
yards; and of linen yarn
11,5571b5. There were also imported to Great Britain
201,811 oxen, bulls, and cows;
9,831 calves, 241,061
sheep, and 68,053 swine-but these exportations of lire
stock are stated on the credit of non-official documents,
and the return of them is, therefore, of necessity, de-
fective. There were, however, according to official
record, 249,489 quarters of wheat and wheat flour;
41,077,364 qrs. of oats and oatmeal exported from Ire-
land to Great Britain, in the year ending January 5,
1850. The total amount of stamp duties collected in the
same year in Ireland was 143,968/. 7s. 64d.; of which
the Cur k district contributA 28,312/. 13s. 10d., and An-
trim 26,524/. Ils. 2id. The return of the amount o
postage collected in each county shows-Dublin
50,767/. Os. 4t1.; Cork, 14,2994 3,;. 7d.; Antrim, 10,438/
17s. 2d., &c.

THE FUNERAL OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR OF
ENGLAND.—The last mournful obsequies to the remains of
the late Sir Launcelot Shadwell were performed at Barnes
Church yesterday morning, in the presence of a numerous
assemblange of-the inhabitants of Barnes, Putney, and
Mortlake, to whom the Vice-Chancellor bad become greatly
endeared from a long residence of nearly twenty years, and a
continued unostentatious exhibition of benevolence. All
the principal shops in the villages alluded to were closed,
and along the whole line of road which the mournful caval-
cade had to pass from Barn-Elms-park to the church, every
gentleman's residence showed outward signs of mourning.
It was the last and earnest wish of the late Vice-Chancellor
that he should be buried in a brick grave in Barnes-church-
yard, in which one of his daughters had been laid, andimore
recently his lamented son, Mr. Louis Shadwell, whose
sudden death by drowning, about a twelvemonth since, had
left an impression upon his bereaved parent which was
never removed. He also requested that his funeral should
be unattended with any pump, and that none should follow
him but the members of his own family and one or two
very old and intimate friends. The carriages of the local
nobility and gentry were also dispensed with, and these in-
structions were strictly carried out by Mr. Aviss, of Putney,
the undertaker. The body was inclosed in a shell, leaden
coffin, and outer coffin, covered with black cloth, which bore
the following inscription :—" Right Hon. Sir Launcelot Shad-
well, lint., Vice-Chancellor of England barn May 3, 1779,
and died August 10, 1850." At eleven o'clock precisely the
melancholy procession left Barn Elms, consisting of
.the
hearse and four mourning coaches, containing the following
members of the family : —Mr. Shadwell, the eldest surviving
son, Mr. Alfred Shadwell, Mr. Julius Shadwell Mr. Arthur
Wood, deceased's eldest chughter,
a son-in-law, and Mrs.
W. Montague Short, and Dr. Willis,
Shadwell, and Mr. Augustus Shadwell, the Rev. r. Wood,
Miss Shadwell, and Miss Sarah Shadwell, the Vice-Chancel.
funeral •
his medical attendant. Theservice was performed
, the vicar of Barnes.
by the Rev. R. E. Copleston
lor's eldest brother, Mr.

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and polishing the surface when used crossways,
the hair warranted never to come out; in four strengths—
viz., No. 1, hard, No. 2, less hard, No.
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The
between new
the teeth, when used
up and
3, medium, No. 4,
soft. The double anti-pressure nail-brush, which does not
divide the quick from the nails. The triple hair-brush, which
thoroughly searches and cleanses the hair in one-fourth part
of the time of anyo ther method, and acts as both comb and
brush combined. The medium shaving-brush, being a se-
lection of the strongest badgers' hair, so well secured in the
socket as never to come loose. And, though last not least,
the newly invented" Renovator" clothes brush, which makes
an old coat look like a new one, and a new coat to look new
double the usual time. Invented and made only by Rossand
Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London.
THE CONFLAGRATION AT GRAVESEND.—Yester-
day a meeting, convened by public advertisement, was held
at the house of Mr. James Ward, the Weavers Arms, Crown-
street, Finsbury-square, for the purpose of originating a sub-
scription for the relief of the uninsured and poorer class of
sutlerers by the recent calamitous fire at Gravesend. The
chair was taken shortly after eight o'ciock by Mr. William
Self, and several respectable tradesmen of the neighbour-
hood were present. A letter from Mr. W. Squire Plane, the
Mayor of Gravesend, was communicated to the meeting, and
informed them that the poorer of the sufferers having had
sufficient time to remove the bulk of their property before
the tire reached their dwellings, a small sum, probably about
101. or la., would cover their loss. Resolutions in further•
ance of the objects of the meeting, were submitted and
agreed to, and a committee nominated for the collection of
subscriptions, Mr. Ward consenting to act as treasurer. The
proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair•
man, and to Mr. Ward, for the use of his room.

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TonqnAy REGATTA. The meeting Of the com-
mittee was held at Hearder's Family Hotel on Wednesday
evening, in order to make final arrangements; for the 23d
inst. His Imperial Highness the Prince of Oldenbnrgh has
subscribed liberally to the regatta fund, and has comated to
act as one of the stewards. TrumaresTlyin2 Post.

out completely puttirg an End to the collection and
delivery of letters, and tther Post:office packets on
Sundays, we recommend the adoption of the followieg
- arrangement :
V,rifh regard to the London Post-office, we think that
the system which eves in force at the time spr
and which hes not been affected by the recant order,
should be continued.
With regard to the provincial post-effices, we recom-
mend that a delivery of letters cn the Sunday should be
resumed, subject to the following restrictions, many of
which have been sanctioned by the previous practice of
the department:-
1. That there be only one delivery and one collection.
2. That the delivery be made at such a time as shall
not interlere with the hours of Divine service, especially
of morning service.
3. net this delivery be made either by letter-carriers
or at the window of the post-Alice, according to the
plan pt eviousiy pursued on Sunda)s iu ouch place. In
Edinburgh, Glasgow, end most other towns or Scot-
lend, it has been the practice to deliver It Vent only at
the window on Sunday. The inhabitants of these
towns have become habituated to the arrangement,
and v.e do not therefore alvise its discontiauance; but
we do not propose its extension to other towns, where
such a usage hes never been introduced, because it itifoids
less convenience end security to the public, while it pro-
duces no diminution of Sunday labour.
4. That, as tar as posible, every post-office be closed
on a Sunday at 10 A.M. fir the remainder of the day,
with the necesesry exceptions arising from the lute ar-
rival of mails which have heretofore existed.
5. That no money
Payment for inland letters be re-
ceived at a post-„thee on a Sunday; and that no such
letters be received except such as are stamped or unpaid.
6. That whenever the letters, which were delivered
the Sunday morning, reach their destination by
eight o'clock on Saturday night (which is the case in
some of the more remote parts of the kingdom), the de-
livery be made the same night instead of on the Sunday
morning.

The crown was conveyed to the House of Lords
by Sir William Martins.
His Excellency Count de Mensdorff Pouilly and
Count Alphonse de Mensdorff Pouilly were present
in the House of Peers during the prorogation of
Parliament.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace at five
minutes past three o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
visited the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
The Ju ige Advocate-General had an audience
of the Queen yesterday, and submitted to her Ma-
jesty the proceedings of some courts-martial.
His Royal Highness the Prince Albert presided
yesterday at the council for the management of the
Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy-office, Somerset
House. His Royal Highness was attended by Lieut.
Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yes-
terday afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Com-
mission for the promotion of the Exhibition of the
Works of Industry of all Nations, to be held in the
year 1851.
His Royal Highness arrived at the new Palace of
Westminster about five o'clock, attended by Colonel
Bouverie. The Commissioners present were Earl
Granville, Lord Overstone, Lord John Russell, the
Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Sir Richard West-
macott, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Eastlake, Mr. Pusey, M.P.,
and Mr. John Shepherd, chairman of the East India
Company.
Mr. Scott Russell, secretary to the Royal Commis-
sion, was in attendance.
Colonel Reid, chairman of the Executive Commit-
tee, was present. Dr. Lyon Playfair and Colonel
Lloyd attended.
The meeting broke up at half-past six o'clock.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Italian
Opera-house with their presence last evening. Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied
by Count Alphonse de Mensdorff Pouilly, and were
attended by the Viscountess Canning, Lord Elphin-
stone, General Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday morning,
at the Foreign-office. Lord John Russell, the Lord
Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of
Minto, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey,
Sir John Hobhouse, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere,
and the Marquis of Clanricarde, attended.
The Council sat one hour said a half.
Captain Huish had an interview with Sir George
Grey at the Home-office yesterday. Mr. G. W.
Sperling had also an interview yesterday with the
Right Hon. Baronet.
Mr. John O'Connell and a deputation had an in-
terview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing street.
Sir James Weir Hogg had an interview with Ejrl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Eagland had
a general meeting yesterday.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood left town yesterday morning for Hickleton,
Yorkshire.

COWES, ISLE OF WIC T.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, AUGUST 15.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.
THIRD DAY.
Royal Yacht Squadron Cup of 1001. value. By all
yachts of the squadron (no time allowed for tonnage).
Course, round the Isle of Wight. Three to start or
no race. To start at ten o'clock. ,
YACHTS ENTERED.
Stations No. 1, nearest to Cowes Castle.
*l. Wyvern, schooner rigged, 205 tons, the Duke of
Marlborough.
2. Gondola, cutter rigged, 87 tons, W. H. Wood-
house, Esq.
ttan
*3. Destiny, schooner rigged, 107 tons, W. Wells, EN.
ss,, TW.c. hCainurblienrg, iay Esq,
s,sq.
*4. Fernande, schooner rigged, 125 tons, Major M.
56.. FA rMreraaokrLicntt.
cuttert e r
rrigged,igged 8 o
60 1
n
7. Brilliant, schooner rigged, 392 tons, G. 11. Ackers,
Esq.
8. Constance, schooner rigged, 218 tons,the M •
Marquis
of Conyngham.
9. Sultana, cutter rigged, 100 tons, R. C. Naylor, Esq.
10. Mosquito, cutter rigged, 49 tons, Lord Londes-
boroug h.
11. Alarm, cutter rigged, 193 tons, Joseph Wild, Esq.
*l2. Bianca, schooner rigged, 32 tons, C. P. Leslie, E,q.
13. Aurora, cutter rigged, 47 tons, Le Marchant
Thomas, E,q.
Those marked with a star did not start.
The nine yachts without a star started with a nice
breeze from the N.N.E., crowding all sail fdr the Needles,
but before they reached Yarmouth the wind fell off.
The Aurora was thought at first to have the advantage.
then the Freak, then the Mosquito, the wind favouring
the smaller vessels. Had the wind they had at starting
lasted, the general opinion was that the Alarm would
distance the others; indeed, the pilots and yacht captains
not in the match expressed their opinions very freely
that Mr. Wild ought not to have put the Alarm in, it
being like putting a race-horse of the first class to run
against a lot of ponies. Four out of the six schooners
were vtithdrawn, having no chance with so light a breeze
against the small cutter-yachts, much more the great
Alarm. At midday the bret ze died away, and a drifting
match commenced. Towards evening a light breeze
sprung up from the S.W., but at the time of going to
post the yachts had not made their appearance to the
eastward.

8 15, P

The steamer that accompanied the yachts is just re-
turned; they passed the Needles about 5 o'clock in the
following order:—The Freak, Arrow, Sultana, Aurora,
and Musquito. The latter being about five minutes
astern of the first; in nine minutes afterwards the Alarm
passed the Gondola, being seven minutes after her. The
Constance rounded the rucks at half-past five; the Bril-
liant being considerably astern. The steamer only fol-
lowed them as far as Freshwater, when, finding there
was no chance of their reaching Cowes till after mid-
night, she left them to their fates and returned.

'Spoken in the Needles Passage, the Bremen barque,
Maria Francesca, bound to Cowes.
The Roadstead Is one forest of masts, there are above 50
yachts of the squadron, independent of other yachts and
pleasure vessel.; a great infitec of company has taken
place this week, and many houses have been taken, but
the town is far from lull.

At the annual dinner of the R.Y.S. yesterday, the
Commodore, Lord Welton, took the chair; the vice
chair being filled by the Vice• Commodore, C. R. M.
Talbot. Esq., M.P. There were present the Marquis of
Bath, Lord F. Fitzolarence, Lord A. Fitz&arence, the
Marquis of Ormond, Viscount Exmouth, Sir B. Graham,
and about 5U other gentlemen. The dinner gave uuiveraal
satisfaction.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE,
AUGUST 15, 1850.
ARRIVALS.
Aug. 10.—Destiny schooner, Wm. Wells, E q, from
the Eastward; Sultana cutter, Richard Naylor, Esq.,
from the Clyde.; Wiz ird cutter, Wm. Delaiield, Esq.,
from Cork; Wyvern schooner, Duke of Marlborougn,
from the East coast of Scotland; F risk cutter, Richard
Frankland, Esq., from Ireland.
13th.—Mirage schooner, Marquis of Ormond', from
Ireland; Ballerina, John Davenport, Esq., from Nomal.
14th.—Freak cutter, Wm. Curling, Esq , from Ire-
land; Maud shooner, T. Legh, Esq., from Dublin

SAILINGS.

YACHTS AT AND ABO LT THE STATION.

Schooners—Xarita, Capricorn, Constant.', Wyvern,
Brilliant, Sibyl, Fair Ro>amond, Ballerina, Maud, Mi-
rage, Gipsy Queen, Bianca, AriO, Fernande, Nuvice,
Destiny, Merlin, Titania, Hawk.
Cutters—Pearl, Alarm, Wizard, Elizabeth, Frisk,
Osprey, Gauntlet, Turquoise, Stonnauch, Sultana, Au-

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen went in state yesterday to the House of
Lords, to close the session of Parliament with a speech
from the Throne.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Mistress of the Robes, the Lady in Waiting, and the
officers of state, descended from the state rooms by
the grand staircase, to the garden entrance, at twenty
minutes before two o'clock. The state procession was
then formed in the following order :
A carriage, drawn by a set of hays, conveying
Colonel Masters, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, and Capt.
the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Gentlemen Ushers
in Waiting,, and Captain Phibbs, Exon in Waiting.
A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying
Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, R.N., Groom in
Waiting; Colonel .Wylde, Groom in Waiting to the
Prince ; and Messrs. Gordon and Cameron, Pages Of
Honour in Waiting.
A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying
General Wernys3, Equerry in IVaiting ; Colonel
Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince ; and
Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, Groom of the Robes.
A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying
C.,lonel Parker, Sifter Stick in Waiting ; Colonel
Lascelles, Field Officer in Waiting ; and the Right
Hon. William Sebright Lascelles, Comptroller of the
iousehold.
A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying the
Alarquis of Donegal, G.C.H., Captain of the Yeomen
of her Majesty's Body Guard ; Lord Elphinstone,
G.C.H., Lord in Waiting ; Lord George Lennox,
Lord in Waiting to the Prince ; and Lord Marcus
Hill, Treasurer to the Household.
A carriage drawn by a set of black horses, con-
veying the Viscountess Canning, the Lady in Wait-
ing ; the Marquis of Westthinster, Lord Steward ;
the Marquis of Aylesbury, K.G., Gold Stick in Wait-
ing ; and the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G., Groom of
the Stole to the Prince.
The Queen's Marshalmen.
The Queen's Footmen.
The Yeomen of her Majesty's Body Guard.
The state coach, conveying her M.4jesty the Queen;
his Royal Highness the Prince Albert. K.G.; the
Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes; and
the Duke of Norfolk, K G., Muster of the Horse.
Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard, Vice-Chamberlain,
conducted the Queen to the state coach.
A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards was on
duty on the .Palace lawn, and received her Majesty
with the usual honours, the band playing the National
Anthem.
A detachment of the Life Guards formed the es
tort.

o.le of our Alid-lient district reports says,—" The
mould is likely to du much mi,abief in some of the
grounds, as it is upon the increase, and the wet warm
weather is is its favour ; there are some grounds free
from it to any extent at present. Tae result h looked
forward to with great anxiety. The blue looks wall
and grows freely, and, except the mould, has a very
promising appearance."

Another correspondent. says,—" I have seen Farn-
ham and Worcester, and have been with their best
planters. It is their opinion as well as my own,
that though the bine is generally good the fruit is
likely to be too late. Hops are a fortnight too back-
ward, and without the weather be more genial than
the last few days, we shall fall far short of the.duty
now estimated. The complaint of Sussex is back-
wardness, and slackness of burr, as they say 'it is
too far apart.' Mould, in our neighbourhood, is much
to be feared. It does not exist merely in the ima-
gination; it is too visible."

WORCESTER.—There is nothing new to report this
week as to the growing crop, which progresses most
favourably, and the produce is likely to be abundant
everywhere. The accounts from Kent speak of
mould among some of the best grounds, but with the
present bright warm weather the disease is not likely
to spread to any extent. Our market is quiet, and
prices the same as last week. Duty for the district
20,0001., and 190,0001. for the whole kingdom.
FOREIGN Ilors.—An importation of some packages
of hops has just taken place by a vessel from Lisbon,
as a portion of her cargo, of Portuguese produce.
This is the first time an arrival.of hops has taken place
from this southern state of Europe since the introduc-
tion of the article from foreign countries, and the
arrival is, therefore, of interest.

OUR " ANGEL SIDE."
Good and evil, like plants of earthly growth, in-
crease by culture ; but in order that they may be
cultivated they must be discerned and recognised.
The great system under which evil has grown up, is
one which takes note mainly, if not entirely, of the
defects and frailties cf humanity, which is intended to
repress vices rather than to cultivate virtues, and
hence has grown up the practice of imprisoning in-
stead of teaching—of punishing instead of prevent•
ing—of relying upon force rather than upon affection
—of appealing to fear, the lowest and most degrading
of man's attributes, instead of to love, the highest and
most ennobling of his qualities—in order to prevent
vice and crime. Few people seem to have thought
that it is better to create truth, than to punish error.
There has been a want of perception of the fact,
that good and evil may be compared to two spheres,
spreading over, and occupying the whole surface
of the human mind; that as one is expanded the
other is necessarily decreased, and that the true
way to diminish the sphere of evil is by good gentle
agencies—by high and holy teaching—by forbear-
ance, patience, and charity, to extend the sphere
of good. From this not being generally understood,
the attempt has been hitherto to govern men through
their vices, instead of their virtues—through their pas-
sions instead of their affections ; the " angel side" of
humanity has been forgotten, while its demon-like as-
pect has been brought into glaring prominence, and
vice has grown and spread like a foul ulcer, mocking
in its power the ill-directed and futile attempts to
check its ravages. * * * And so, through all the
phases in life, in the world, and in the home, love is
the true civilizer, the creator of unnumbered benefits.
It is affection which links families together with a
stronger chain than laws can find to bind empires ;
and when that fails, no law can supply its place ; no
authority can gather together its broken parts, can
weld them again into one. It is love that calls out all
the good of which man, in the varied relations of life,
is capable. Where that cannot entor, all good is barred
out for ever ; but perhaps there never yet lived a being
upon earth—perhaps there never was a murderer so
brutal, or a
,robber so hardened—that some touch of
human sympathy did not linger in him, and gild even
his crimes with a holy ray of human sympathy, the best
evidence that the lowest and most debased has still an
" Angel Side."—.Eliza Cook's Jou) nal.

FINE ARTS.
THE JUDGMEN7' OF PARIS. Painted by
W. F:tty, 11.,-1. Engraved by C. W. Wass.
The picture from which this engraving is taken is
the first and best picture on this subject that Etty
painted. His later picture, exhibited at the Royal
Academy in 1846 or 1847, is crude and jejune in
comparison vvith the picture, which Mr. Wass has, in
the strictest sen ,e of the term, reproduced in the very
beautiful engraving now exhibiting, (with the original
picture) at Mr. Grundy's, in Regent-street. The
visitors to the exhibition of Etty's pictures last year,
at the rooms of the Society of Arts, will recollect
this as one of the gems of that collection. Mr. Wass
seems to be the only engraver who thoroughly under-
stands the handling of masses of colour, and hence he
is, par excellence, the engraver of Etty's pictures. So
delicate is his handling, that he has succeeded in
giving to every shade of colour in the original its
corresponding light or shade in the engraving, and
has thus succeeded in rendering in black and white a
perfect fac simile of the original. Nothing can be
more beautifully harmonious than this engraving.
The figures of the contending goddesses, of Paris, and
of the nymphs are all exquisitely engraved, and the
figure of Mercury is a miracle of correct and beauti-
ful drawing ; nothing can be conceived more perfect
than the foreshortening of the legs and arms in this
figure. The engraving is mixed mezzo-tint and
stipple, and is as near as may be a perfect engraving
from a perfect picture.

PORTRAIT OF GARDONL
This is a beautifully soft lithograph of the far-
famed tenor of her Majesty's Theatre. As a likeness
it is unmistakable; as a work of art it is worthy of
every commendation.

PORTRAIT OF AMALIA FERRARIS.
This is a life•like portrait of the most youthful of
our Deesses de la Danse, the lovely Amelia Ferraris.
M. Salotn6, the artist, has been fortunate in catching
and transferring to the canvass one of those marvel-
lous and graceful flights of aerial choerography with
which Atnalia Ferraris at once delights and astonishes
the audience of her Majesty's Theatre, and M. Selb
has been equally happy in transferring to stone the
production of M. Salorne's pencil.

THE LAD MUSIC.
Y ALICE. The Poem from " House-
hold Words" Written by William Allingham, Esq.
Composed and arranged by T. Hurries Wilson.
,
evidently
Tho composer of the music of " Lady Alice '
a man of genius and originality, and bids
fair, if we mistake not, to originate an entirely new
school of musk which shall combine the power of
the descriptive school of Henry Russell with the
tenderness of the Haynes Bailey School, but without
the. coarseness, in some cases approaching to vul-
garity of the first, or the namby-pambyism of the
last. The music of " The Lady Alice" is dramatic
in the highest degree, and yet written within the
comkniss of any ordinary tenor voice; while the har-
monies of
the accompaniment are full and almost
Handellian in their massiveness. Mr. Harries Wil-
son is an accompliLhed musician, who understands
and loves his art. We hope to meet with him again
are long.

nEl'Ant Or ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK..--MT. W.
F. Rock, in a letter to the editor of the Builder, says—" In
reply to a letter in your columns on this subject, I should
indeed rejoice if the funds at the disposal'bf the commission
f the repair of this, the chef d'ecuvre of Sir Cleristopher
Wren, enabled them. to do all that is desirable to 'London's
architectural gem.' This would entail buying and removing
stthe house attached to its tower, chipping oft its unsightly
ucco, and working down to the original stone, or possibly
have refacing it from the ground to the balustres. The committee
not, however, found out the way of making 1,0001. do
the work doin of 5,0001. They have consequently decided on
g to the exterior only what is necessary for due pre-
servation; and they hope the remainder of the sum at their
disposal will enable them to restore the interior to its best
appearance in its best days. I fully join • Parishioner' in his
pdletiereatnod have both outside and inside made at once com-
e,will put his zeal to the test. I will put down 20
guineas for this purpose, and e.sure 500/. by collection, if be
will do the same. I agree with him that St. Stephen's has
claims on the public; it is the best work of England's best
architect; its complete repair ought to be a matter of civic
pride—it is almost a national duty.
TILE FURNITURE BROKERS BENEVOLENT INSTI-
TCTION.—Yesterday the annual meeting of the Furniture
Brokers' Benevolent Institution, which is established for the
relief of decayed and distressed members of the trade, their
widows and children, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern,
Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn, to receive the report for
the past, and to elect officers for the ensuing year; Mr.
Winter, treasurer, in the chair. Mr. Buckle, the secretary,
read the report, which showed that the balance in hand at
the last annual meeting was 1,3501. Is. Bd., and that 127/.
10s. 4d. had been since received in donations and subscrip-
tions. There had been invested with the Commissioners of
the National Debt 1,5274 95., and the balance in the trea-
surer's hand was 1111. 15s. 7d. Two pensioners at 15/. (itch
were maintained. The report was received and adopted, and
the officers re-elected. - •

rora, Arrow, Gondola, Cygnet, Tzditrnan, Corsair, 03•
pr.), Plovcr, Freak, Lucifer, Ganymede, Musquito.
Yawls—Flower of Yarrow, Water Lily, Susan, Eagle.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Maidstone Journal.)
MAIDSTONE.—The hop plantations are now every-
' where brightening with the development of the burr
into hop. This is more particularly the case in the
Weald, where the plantations seem to be rather more
forward than in Mid Kent. The bine is, however,
both there and in Sussex, much more slack, and
scarcely warrants the high quotation of duty. The
winds of Thursday and Friday last.did some damage,
the extent of which will be more apparent a few days
hence than at present. Our parish reports are still
so identical in their description of the grounds as to
render it quite useless to give them in detail. In
those places where the mould has appeared it seems
to be on the increase,, and many apprehend that it
will he seriously extensive.