The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-12 00:00:00

KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.

The
Octouncil of this university have given notice
0 the military department will open on Wednesday,
tocen tuber 2. The students admitted into this depart
are matriculated student 4, or those admitted to
e
ti itegular and full prescribed course of study.
te'te." candidate for matriculation must produce a
str*:lll,°llial of good character from his last in-
to„-e, ‘°r, and when admitted by the Principal
subscribe his name to a declaration that he
1,11 conform to all the rules and regulations
gooldeh t2aY from time to time be prescribed for the
IN government of the college, under the sanction
authority of the council. Tt e academical year
148;st! of three terms :—Michaelmas term, from the
.-°4'ng of October to the week before Christmas ;
Lep term, from the beginning of January to the Reek
jac'te Easter ; Easter term, from Easter to the end of
ICO one can be admitted a matriculated student
or er fifteen years of age ; and at the beginning
tc)of:anel,l2iisZsio'n each student must.. take his card
to the professor of military science to be
atuthtersigned and registered. There are examinations
the end of Michaelmas and Easter terms, w hef
ex,"`lldents are classed according to proficiency. The
bat!,cation in June is followed by a public distil-
qidi°,llf, ?f prizes, and a detailed report is sent at the
shadeeh term to the parents or guardians of each
144 11t, both as to his progress and as to his generali
kiterlati°l' and good conduct during the term. A-
the litttnber of students are admitted to reside withini
college The different classes in this depart-
-11141 are
!lot all open to gentlemen whose occupation may
but them to attend the whole of the course,
W"° may wish to avail themselves of thei
ie Ph°tlueity of studying any particular subject. It
piiii°Phed that some of the more professional studieshe
a,cceptsble to officers of her Majesty's or t
la I,ll,arile East India Company's service, who, being
lhei'"4"n on duty or on leave, may wish to employ
t leisure hours.

AUERICAN FAST STEAM-BOAT.
Or THE REINDEEE.---- - - e
rhe leant new
WAS''er Reindeer made her first trip yesterday. It
Prieti",ll event that excited much interest among pro-
javita-trisoof river craft, and nautical men generally. By
Clip A n of her accomplished commander, Ca_p-
haro De Groot, a select party of about five
her to
Persons yesterday made an excursion in
e
deBi `0 West Point. Though not made with th
shoP °f testing her speed, the result of the trip
kwif her to be a very fast boat, if not of unequalled
taticit4,u• The Alida, one of the fastest boats afloat,
from her best passage on the 20th of July, 1849,
hour New York to Caldwell, up the river, in two
s
and three minutes. The same passage w
the -/,3'esterday in two hours and five minutes, by
lottd 'irldeer, against a head wind and heavilytl
NyeileCf' As further indication of her speed,c Creek,
diattirern Castle Garden to Spuyten Devil r
min t, of thirteen or fourteen miles, in thirty-eight
four and from Canal street to Piermont, twenty-
tie,e`nues, in one hour and eight minutes. During this
ta ts
re e performed about 20 revolutions, under a pres-
eoes.,`"; 261hs. to the square inch. All circumstances
ee.e..ereB
r especially as the engine was stiff, having
i,n worked to any extent, she attained a re-
?ite speed. The party remained about an hour,
vther7 beautiful summer retreat known as Cozens,
to N e there are now about 200 visitors, and returned
city ew York about six o'clock, stopping at Jersey
h tind Brooklyn to land passengers highly de-
viledg td
While on board the excursionists were pro-
Cab, with a bountiful and sumptuous banquet.
he. I, De Groot is proud of his boat, as well he may
Weed expects to run her regularly in about a
'the
j: but the route has not yet been decided on.
4ti teindeer was built by Thomas Collyer. Her
perfones are from the Morgan Iron Works. Their
kotinrhunthees were faultless—almost noiseless in their
As t-}7l tt,,oct moving with regularity and precision.
greet.4B Reindeer proceeded on her trip she was
end C by the bells of the various steamers passed,
Y the shouts of the people assembled on the
ves•--Journal of Commerce.

lakv
1113,1t0 xastoN.—The Rev. J. W. Allies,
Isis intention of
r,tesiointl' in a work just published, announces vicar of
k•fittio,g his preferment, and submitting to the Roman
.., uc Church.
41
list :`N9ON-flousE.—The Lord
banking and
P4blie;en'ag, the directors of the differenttis
Mayor entertained,
connected, and
11„ever„I'asitutions with which his Lordship
trier, in
the
(rPrivate friends. Covers were aidfor about seventy.
aria Bry
their inter was provided by Messrs.
~we flevtl'y best style ; and amongst thßeing
Aldermanuu Gibbs, Mr.
liefitv'eted Mr. Alderman Kelly, Mr.
Hai 'h, Mr. Richard.
mber assembled
La L'aurence, Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, Mr. b_
41 thy. 54 ~.
41._ tun:rite, the Rev Henry Pigeon, Mr.
W• ,• C. Barron., Mr. T. Barker, Mr. Joseph Curling
Vilf. " • Starling, Mr. J. Hunt, Mr.mr.
Baker, Mr. NS ll-
li • urew
C • heathorne, Mr. W.
1.
. T. B. Simpson,
am 1....,,, , Captain Mr. Anderson,
Mr. J. Pit-
cher i',4`, Ur. R. E. Arden, Mr. T. Catr-P In, ' mr
IWilson, .
S. ) 'r. L. Pocock, Mr. J. Lockwooc , i •
re
Mr. W. R.
w,,,tltlkins Dr. 11 Greenwood Mr. J. Couraf, heavite, tht: Rev . •
Mackenzie,' the Rev. R. B.
Gibson,
'the
T. B. Cox,
lit . Giraud, Mr. Iloggart, Mr. Norton, Mr.
r. s._
Mar-
kltil '"rY, Mr. George Brooksbank, the Rev.
Charles
el), (the Lord Mayor's chaplain), &c. The party
was kept
with their
evewith great spt, and seemed highly delighted
'ling's entertainment.
The A •
Captain Nye,
tkiie :Demean mail steamer Pacific,
afternoon.
sh,, g for New York from Liverpool yesterday
a mail,
Lsat7 Farried out sixty-six passengers and a considerable
"lea a fair cargo of goods.
„ Ttip r
of
(.4 1 - &,,ATE SIR ROBERT PEEL.—The executors
few
431," Right lion. Sir Robert Peel, within the last
whof
etfe„ ,rernitted teee to the various medical gentlemen..
fe,r,i9ed Lim and endeavoured to alleviate the effects .of the life; accident accident which was the means of terminatin.elu_
anderle Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., 250 guineas; A
to _
nal Xen
PrO 'II6"V sumsWO guineas• and to the other gentle Portiun
at
Su
William
1,,t, letoß or A CHILD —A. boy named
ts
reajeue_vv, between nine and . ten years of age, whose p\areenst-
hii„.? t Garden- lace Bell-street, Vincent-suare, V .
__
o`it-er, died
„ , yesterday under the following circumstances .go
l'et -
t° day afternoon he asked his mother to let
him
and
eiai,-,,Pi4Y, and on being refused he said he would
gonotice
ef r,..tx,elf. lie went out, his mother taking no _
L. is thre t b
she discovered
a'al hall a , ut a short time afterwards
nediately cut "(I'4'4, b ging in a back shed' lie wasMl
till yester-
'ay hioruia! life was almost extinct. He lingered
oflock-jaw.
, TA tail at eight o'clock, when he died
—Yes-
‘trda 141•41WCIUNDLERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
to the Y evening a meeting of the committee and subscriberst
digeo,above society, established in 1843, for the rFdief i
s and
ether; silt incapacitated tallowchandlers, their wi o
'w ;hall-
etre
forwith the trade was held in Basalt., ,
, et, for ,
ear
rots hi , general business. The report for the
past
fustid)s 41
Dehsio_geulY encouraging, there being now on then
Lis.
per
kerlthe erg, the lien receiving 18s. and the wom4eoo_
The
anietlot ?he funded capital now amounts to 3, 1
12 n'ionths
ltalolant Paid to pensioners during the last
left
a. f), °as'balaad The expenditure.
~ alat nee, was 1,219/. I4s. . . , ,
act ce' of 4141. 4s. 10d. At the anniversary t • laa festival
rary,h,i.,'. was collected, Mrs. North, the wife of .
the secre-
'arids, -'tag, unaided, collected 100 guineas in aid of the
~ Ithp,,
RSITY•—
vasulh- 'BIINTATION OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVE . e
.__
etNiothCilt, WADNESDAY SEPT. 11.—Some surpriswa.
111,4 4:%(-1, amongst the resident members of the Universityelker
",,' tilt fring by the Gazette announcement that the S
CI
'teen
"1,43'5, •,°,sas? of Commons would, at the expira, ion of four
room
;;` tlit,ll:tt his writ for the election of a Member in the
I„reuthsh,-° lion. Mr. Law. The election will,
under the
present
4,"cetla, -fleet'-fl take place before the close of the
until
+hare,, as the long vacation does not terminate
men _
Elera or, October 10 (the first day of Term), but. few :le
dk, tho Coll •returned to Cambridge on tn
et., of elect.. eges will have .
by
ee
of s io. Mr. Cowling, who is backed.
who has,
iii'P to th t' John's College,is the only candidate _
"-al --e Present time, ed himself. Although Mr.
qicLiftiele, 3,/./. ,
r „iorrdidhaunrusto,unlicas declined becoming a
ocmani:
L.l44tke? talint,-;-4°,tY men are determined to put.himin,
be
_up_
~•(41,d'h the lion. Gentleman, it is expected, will ° s ‘4ii, 4,tb.re Majority of the members of Q.ueen.s• King's,
med the
eriginaf"'„"eBua Colleges, the heads of which twig
alleo.,
ttlat hit l'',.4ress to Mr W Ipole The Trinity men e.,
liver ' 'ovflin ,' friends:a -ought to have consultedthe
ehjec:s'tY beforeV' ' u-
forward, and that, withoutose Ding to ~,_ ringing him
re determined to oPP
-" en thatultu personally, they a
* ground
the
Yea,,„, •
4"43' 0 •h commenced running between
OtithE4 Rini uses
li stern Railway and the Bank at a penny fame.
rlifir),,kbit's To TIIR BRAZILS —The Council
the
',arils ,efr.,(4 Commerce have resolved to roemorialtisoe, , -
bards forl'Ut Treasury in favour of Liverpool as. a pol'.
,ert)." ,
'9444,. the Steam mail service to the Brazils. - Lit ow
x,- T. 6 li.
3 and
'):. lt
teal,Tho f Oxford, Air Page Wood, M. 1.,
L.JklZL"eil mer ge , M.P.,. have consented to act g
fil.)t Litw-Zrs of a prize of 1.00 guneas for the best Lssbay3t. e
teciety forre.iPecting the Protection of Women, offered
Pro-
men,
Mipro • • ' the Laws for the P
il Of w Proving and enforcing
fieldSt °Wen,
.Marie's C •Churchwas opened at She.f-
4,„3esterday
The
.
i h was very Inagn'fi-
liaq "as attem 'he ceremony, wine
Catholic clergy
aristocracy. ed by a large number of the
1414 Ps.c.r. „
arty of seamen
f44ging to.---un Thursday last,
as
2 arrived from a
tktigtl statione of her Majesty's ships just
t
Portsmouth,
fro er eft., were walkin up Point..ste s
b h had escaped
41 a l itted with heavywet,bull, which
kit
Baia
aligh ter-house,
Is the jolly
Li, ois 1.4
came running towards out of
lit Way
exec ect in the-air, when all the men jumpedfellow,
hic',,,°l in th,st one, and he, being an immense sturdy
hailed,
h_;4;111 th.',B
follow] directly in the way of thelbul d
4 _, r , iollowin r
ahoy I I
tar;
_'! op ‘.0.._ Is manner :—" Bull, ahoy
bull,
or you'll
ie e,,,hoarci `!l' ❑
peak„and put your helm a-starboard,l
s course, came
ipt.i'9taet ....‘?. me? The bull, continuing a
not being
bevyreidaied""4 Jack and capsized him ;but Jack, _
lothes,
goutf..,' 'Trani; from the ground, and, shaking
hislebberlv
1. tol.,aturedly observed to thy bull, " oh, you U .
Si ‘4 YOU how it -would be."
The J,TINGs cv,„
Oil ~-.0.41,4 _ ,-.. Tit INSOLVENT DEBTO
RS COURT.—
,),,,,Ati!,,(l.'y
„so.lxthe Insolvent Debtors Court will resumed
bethe Chief
QMissione"re- for the hearing of cases, when
rule
just
gem, till tht„ will preside. la accordance with a _
.s
4,Nequen-re eases will be allotted to three Commissioner
-lorir ii ce. of the continued indisposition of Mr. Com-
fit, aril,.
been tr. pen. ,
have
,f this r,„„,,, Lat. BATH COMPANY. —Petitions
co'( g t? the Court of Chancery for the winding-up
C "'Pan), s affairs. the t,,ta'rEa
3,20,7 eek en p" HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. for
RAlLWAY.—Traffic
143,'. 14a. „ed Sept. 8, [B5O ; • C. and H. Main
Line,ll
Id,, ~,,-,-; Mold, 126/. Os. hd. ; Steam-boats, -
_ q„,..„ ' wili 3,6221. Bt. 11d.
14
t.lll Aiartmoo •
be occupied,
141" bee
0, . r prisons are expected to
~
ts
t„, will h,, k six weeks Bing 1. 'ted number of con% ic ,
••fain, " erupf, , . .. . .
ry. Yeu in ti the adjoining land.- IVestern.

LITERATURE,

LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH: By
Washington _lrving.
A biography of the Goldsmith of English literature,
by the Goldsmith of American literature, could not
have failed, under any circumstances, to attract the at-
tention of all those who are interested in the anhals of
the really illustrious. Considering, however, that
the voluminous memoir of the author of the " De-
serted Village" and the " Vicar of Wakefield," by
Mr. James Prior, bad been followed, and so very
very recently, by the elaborate performance of a
similar kind, by Mr. John Forster, it became, of
course, no small matter of interest to examine a work
of precisely the same character, by Washington
Irving. knowing the extent of the interest thus ex-
cited, Mr. Murray has acted judiciously in publishing
a London edition of the narrative, in a cheap form, as
two supplementary numbers to his home and Co-
lonial Library. A careful perusal of the life
of Oliv,e- Goldsmith, as here penned by his
American admirer, convinces us that Mr. Irving has
materially added to his reputation by its composition.
As a specimen of style it is pure and admirable, re-
plete with all the graces of his manner, and abound-
ing with the charms of his resthetic judgment. As a
memoir of a man of letters it is peculiarly and even
unusually fascinating, rendered attractive by the
beauty of those descriptive passages in which incidents
of a homely kind ase by the refracting power of fancy
transfigured into the romantic. It may not be imp-
propriate to remember that on the occadon when
Charles Dickens was entertained at a grand banquet
in the United States, he very humorously appealed to
his lady, then present among the fair spectators
assembled together in the gallery, whether he did not,
almost every night of his life, carry up stairs with him
to bed either Oliver Goldsmith or his half-brother
Washington Irving. The phrase was a felicitous one,
as indicating their literary relationship, and the re-
collection of it is not without its interest, now that we
find Irving penning the biography of Goldsmith.
That biography compiled from the scantiest details, has
nevertheless an absorbing charm about it, arising, of
course, from the thought of those amiable and loveable
qualities which, joined to his great genius, have ren-
dered poor Goldsmith such a world-wide favourite.
Born on the 10th of November, 1728, at the hamlet
of Pallas (or Pallasmore), in the county of Longford,
in Ireland, and dying on the 4th of April, 1774, in
the forty-sixth year of his age, at his chambers in the
Temple, London, a comparatively brief period was
allowed him within which to condense all his many
wanderings and vicissitudes. Following him with
his sympathetic biographer, it is marvellous to dis-
cover the charm thrown over the record of his way-
ward movements by the sense of his gentle nature and
all-embracing benevolence. We see him a mere childat
the house of his father, the Rev. Charles Goldsmith; we
loiter with him along the margin of the river Inny ;
we change with him from his birthplace Pallas, to
that village of Lissoy, in the county of Westmeath,
which he has celebrated as Auburn, his lovely and
beloved "Deserted Village ;" we brood with him
over the horn-book at the knees of Mistress Elizabeth
Delap; we are promoted in his company, at six years
of age, to the benches of the village pedagogue
Thomas, commonly called Paddy, Byrne. After a
frightful attack of the small-pox, which nearly proved
fatal, and pitted his face for ever afterwards through
life' we find him studying first under the
Rev.
the
Griffin, of Elphin, Roscommon, afterwar under
Rev. Mr. Campbell at Athlone, and subsequently
under the Rev. Mr. Hughes of Edgeworthstown. Sub-
sequently, on the 11th of June, 1747, when sixteen,
he is entered as a sizer, or poor scholar, in
Trinity College, Dublin. He lodges at No.
35, in the top rooms adjoining the library of
the building. Here he gets bullied by his tutor, the
Rev. Theaker Wilder, loses his father by a premature
death, writes street ballads, causes anxiety to his
generous uncle Contarine, has Edmund Burke for a
fellow- student, and for his cronies one Beatty, and
Robert (otherwise Bob) Bryanton. Disgusted with
his life at college, and his frequent humiliations,
Oliver runs away from Dublin with only a shilling in
his pocket, but is induced to return shortly after
wards. On the 27th of February, 1749, 0. S., he is
admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and
finally quits the university. Having attained his
twenty-flrst year, he leads two years of an unsettled
life, sometimes at Lissoy, sometimes at Pallas, by way
of probation to his entering the clerical profession.
Here it is that at Ballymahon he carouses with some
boon companions in the tap-room of the Three
Pigeons. He presents himself at last (in quest of
orders) to the Bishop of Elphin, but being arrayed in a
pair of scarlet breeches meets with a refusal. A
tutor in the house of a Mr. Flinn, he suddenly gets
disgusted with his situation, and sallies forth once more
into the world on a good horse and with thirty pounds in
his pocket—returning home soon afterwards penniless
and with a wretched little poney, hight Fiddleback, as
his companion. His account of his mishaps on this
peregrination is amusingly given in a letter addressed
to his mother, Mrs. Anne Goldsmith. Baulked in
his project as regards the Church, Oliver obtains fifty
pounds from his uncle Contarine to enter on the
study of the law in England—in Dublin, however,
be loses every halfpenny at the gaming-table. Dis-
appointed again in his hopes of becoming a lawyer,
he determines to aim at the dignity of a physician,
to this end taking his departure for Edinburgh, where
he arrives in the autumn of 1752. Thence in
February, 1753, he sets off on a tour to the Conti-
nent with a shirt, a flute, and a guinuea. After two
years spent in roving through France, Holland, Italy,
and Svvitzerland, he lands at Dover early in 1756. Ar-
rived in London, he wanders about the streets almost
in a state of starvation. His first situation is as
usher to a school; his next as assistant to a chemist
near Fish-street-hill—soon after this he sets
up himself as a doctor in Bankside,
printer,
South-
wark. One of his patients, a journeyrnan
introduces him to his employer Samuel Richardson,
the novelist and publisher, in whose parl
theour "
he en-
counters Dr. Young, the author of Night
'Thoughts.' Goldsmith is engaged by
the Ricfhardson as
his reader and corrector of the press, ormer still
striving to keep up, between whiles, his practic ears a
physician. About this time he becomes again,
a
brief period, a pedagogue at Dr. A
Milner's classical
school at Peckham, in Surrey ; but in pril, 1757,
commences his literary labours by becoming a contri-
butor to the Monthly Review, published by Mr. Grif-
fiths, in Paternoster-row. At thirty years of age,
therefore, we find Oliver entering upon his literary
drudgery by writing for his bread as a bookseller's
hack. His lodgings are at this time near Salisbury-
square, Fleet-street ; his address is the Temple Ex-
change Coffee-house, near Temple-bar. Returning
for an interval to his pedagogic labours at Peckham,
he endeavours to obtain some medical appointment in
India, but ineffectually. Reduced by poverty to
great straits, he becomes temporarily relieved by
contributing to the Critical Review, published by
Archibald Hamilton, and thereupon moves into a shabby
first floor in a forlorn court near the Old Bailey. On
the Slst of December, 1758, he fails in his examina-
tion before the College of Surgeons—and settles down
again as a literary hack, drudging in his shabby
lodgings at No. 12, Green Arbour-court, between
Fleet-market and the Old Bailey. Here he. writes a
" Life of Voltaire," and in the March of 1759 brings
out his " Inquiry into the Present State of Polite
Learning in Europe." Besides the periodicals already
mentioned as being contributed to by Goldsmith, his
pen was employed in writing for the pages of the
Bee, the Busybody, and the Lady's Magazine. He
was likewise employed by Mr. Newberry as an essay-
ist in the Public Ledger, a newspaper first issued on
the 12th of January, 1760—about the middle of
which year Oliver leaves Green Arbour-court, Old
Bailey, for some more respectable apartments in
Wine-office court, Fleet-street. It was in the last-
mentioned abode that he first received as a guest to
supper, on the 31st of May, 1761, the great Dr.
Johnson. Before long the two Doctors become inti-
mate by meeting con' inually together at Davies's, the
bookseller, in Russell-street, Covent garden. His
connexion is all this while still maintained
with Newberry, for whom he writes a pamph•
let on the Cock-lane Ghost, and a Life of
Beau Nash, besides remodelling and republishing his
anonymous Chinese letters, under the title of " Toe
Citizen of the World." Towards the end of 1762 he
removes to Islington, where he produced in two
volumes the " History of England, in a Series of Let-
ters from a Nobleman to his Son." About a year
later, namely, in 1763, Goldsmith becomes acquainted
with Boswell. In 1764 is established the famous
Literary Club, meeting at supper once a week, on
Monday night, at the Turk's Head, in Gerard-street,
Soho—its original members being Reynolds, John-
son, Burke, Dr. Nugent, Chamier, Hawkins, Bennet
Langton, Topham, Beauclerc, and Goldsmith.
Among the other " piece-work" productions of poor
Oliver's about this period was an oratorio, entitled
The Captivity. On the 19th of December, 1764,
his poem of toe " Traveller" makes its appearance.
Become by this time a celebrity, he emerges from
Wine-Alice-court and takes chambers on what
His
was
then the library staircase at the Temple.
many anonymous effusions in the magazines are only
collected together in 1765, and reprinted as " Essays
by Mr. Goldsmith." It was on the 27th of March,
1766, however, that his greatest prose work was pub-
lished, a work for which two years previouslly e
Vicar
he had
received sixty guineas from Newberry—" 'I
of Wakefield." Scarcely twelve month
natures afterwards,d
Man
was completed, been rejected
ht out by C byolmanarri at
for Drury-Lane, was brought
Gc
Covent-garden. Producing forGiotisdsaroutihthortonaospl!uses
than 5001., this comedy induced .
to a nobler residence than his shabby lodgings with
Jeffs, the butler of the Temple—inconsequence of
which wo find Oliver at length parcilasing the lease
of three rooms on the second floor of No. 2, Br
court, Middle Temple, on the right hand as
cended the staircase. la these apattraeuts the poet-
y as.

novelist-dramatist keeps up his gay parties with such
a " racket" o' nights that " Thackstone, whose cham-
bers were immediately below, and who was studiously
occupied on his Conon2ntaries, used to complain of
the noise made overhead by his revelling
neighbour !" having made another tem-
porary sojourn (not before mentioned) at
Islington, Goldsmith in 1768 takes up his residence
for the summer season in a cottage about eight miles
from town, on the Edgware-road. About the middle
of May, 1769, his ",history of Rome" was published,
and in the same year he commenced writing his
" History of Animated Nature." The Royal Aca-
demy of Arts having been founded in 1768, honorary,
professorships in connexion with it were first in,ti-
tuted in December, 1769, Johnson being nominated
to that of Ancient Literature, and Goldsmith to that
of History, at a time when Napoleon was yet an
infant at Corsica. On the 26:h of May, 1770, ap-
peared the " Deserted Village," a poem which of it-
self would have given the name of Oliver Goldsmith
to immortality. After its publication, the next li-
terary effusions of Goldsmith were his " Life of
Parnell," and soon afterwards his Life of Boling-
broke." During the August of 1771 his " History
of England," in four volumes, made its anonymous
appearance. A year later, to escape from his cre-
ditors, he lodged at a farm-house near the six-mile
stone on the Edgware-road, in which firm-house
he penned the comedy of She stoops to
Conquer, first performed at Covent-garden, under
the management of Colman, on the 15th of March,
1772. This brilliant comedy was the last production
of any eminence given to the world by the genius of
Oliver Goldsmith, if we except that witty jeu d'esprit
entitled " Retaliation," which was thrown off in a
humorous inspiration shortly before the poet's disso-
lution. In recounting this narrative in a detailed
biography, Washington Irving has allowed the cha-
rater of Goldsmith to develope itself in his actions, in
his sayings, and in his writings, illuminating his
pages with frequent anecdotes, and scattering
through them at intervals his own comments and de-
ductions. One phrase, and one phrase alone, in this
biography we do not regard as felicitous, and that is,
where speaking of Goldsmith and Reynolds, it is said,
—" They were men of kindred genius, excelling in
corresponding qualities of their several arts, for style
in writing is what colour is in painting." Injudicious
illustration ! seeing that the colours of Sir Joshua
Reynolds have already faded almost entirely
from his canvass, and knowing that the colours
of the poetry of Goldsmith are of a perennial
brightness. Mr. Irving agrees with Mr. Forster i❑
surmising that the nursery story of " Goody Two-
shoes," and mayhap some similar effusions, were the
work of Goldsmith's innocent and versatile imagina-
tion. What renders the present life of our poet " best
beautiful" of all is the nature of its frequent allusions
to the family of the Hornecks. Insomuch so, that
the deathbed of the bard becomes invested with an
overwhelming pathos, and we close the volume with a
loving memory for the very name of the Jessamy
Bride, and a sigh for " Poor Goldsmith."

GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
GLOUCESTER, WEDNESPAT.—The first grand con-
cert at the County Hall, last night, was attended by
about 600 fashionables. The concert was opened with
Spohr's overture to Jessonda which was faithfully '
rendered by the band. Herr Formes then initde his
debiit to a Gloucestershire audience in the beautiful
and solemn air from Mozart's Lauberflote " In
diesen heilingen," which displayed the full power and
compass of his magnificent organ. He was raptu-
rously encored. The duet, " Serbami ognor," from
the Semiramide was set down for Madame Castel-
lan and Miss Dolby, but in consequence of the con-
tinued illness of the latter, as explained by Mr. Tur-
ner, one of the stewards, Miss Williams, took the
contralto part. Nothing could have been more per-
fect than this duet in the hands of these two accom-
plished artistes. Madame Castellan's pure soprano
blended in delicious harmony with the mellow con-
tralto of Miss Williams. In this duet, however, as
in several other pieces performed during the evening,
the band was too powerful for the voices. This was a
fault which no one acquainted with the undoubted
talent of the members of the orchestra could hare anti-
cipated. Mr. Lockey sang " Oh, 'tis a glorious sight to
see," from Oberon with taste and correctness, and
had we not heard a Braham deliver the same song,
Loekyer's enunciation of it might have satisfied us.
After this spirited song Sontag came forward, and
was most warmly received by :the audience, many
of whom were present at the rehearsal on Monday
night, and were greatly prepossessed in her favour by
her manner in the orchestra on that occasion. She
made her debiit in an aria of Donizetti's" Caro bene,"
in which she both astonished and entranced her hearers
by her delicious voice and wonderful powers of exe-
cution. Sims Reeves was the next debutant, in Bee-
thoven's lively " Adelaide" song, which we imagine
we have heard him sing better. Miss Williams's deli-
very of the recitative and air from Orfco (Gluck),
" Sposa," &c., was a most chaste performance ; and
Castellan's " Son vergin vezzssa," in the polacca and
quintetto from Puritani, was equally delightful. Mr.
Blagrove played a violin solo—" Introduction and
Polonaise"—by ilayseder with correct taste and cer-
tainty of intonation, and was loudly applauded. But
the gem of the concert was Sontag's " Soldier tired"
(Arne), in which she elicited the most unbounded
admiration. A little more English, and far less
Italian, would have been most agreeable to a mixed
audience like that of last night. The first part of the
concert was closed by the ever-pleasing, never-tiring
" Haste thee, nymph," which was given by Henry
Phillips with that jocund spirit and abandon which
no man can so well impart to the music.
The overture to William Tell, opening the second
part, was played amidst some noise arising from
parties returning into the room. This may account
for the curious fact that the ostensible conductor (Mr.
Dove, of Worcester), and the leader of the band (Mr.
Blagrove), were each beating different time. It ap-
pears a farce for a prominent cathedral organist to
attempt to conduct such a band in such a subject.
The overture was brilliantly played, but the succeed-
ing accompaniment to Herr Formes' song from I9er
Freiechutz, " Taci, taci," was sufficiently powerful to
drown even Formes' voice. The air and rondo
" Prencli, per me," from Elisir d 'Amour, was a com-
plete illustration of the skill with which mechanical
difficulties may be overcome, and apparently almost
impossible achievements attained without destroying
musical proprieties. In the hands of Madame Cas-
tellan it was a thorough triumph of art. Madame
Sontag's air, " Ah ! vous dirai" (Adam) was
another illustration of a similar school. M.
Rsmusat's flute accompaniment to this air was
a brilliant and wonderful performance, and was
greatly admired. The piece was encored. The
Oberon quartet, " Over the dark blue waters," was
admirably given by Mss Byers, Miss Williams, and
Messrs. Lockey and Phillips. The madrigal of the
evening was Welbye's " Stay Corydon," which
greatly disappointed the audience. Mr. Lawler sang
the sung " As I view," from La Sozzambu/a, very
respectably ; and the concert closed soon after eleven
with the quartet from Don Giovanni, " Non ti fidar,
the executants Mesdames Sontag and Castellan, Sims
Reeves, and Herr Formes.
At the conclusion of the concert there was a ball,
which was attended b beteen two and three hun-
dred of the company,y, but the assembly broke up
early.
The weather to-day continued most brilliant, and
not a cloud appeared in the sky. Fresh immigra-
tion began to pour in early, and by half-past eleven
o'clock, when the performance of sacred music
commenced at the cathedral, the floor of the nave
was crowded in every part, the aisles were also fully
occupied, and the western gallery had but a few va-
cant seats. The oratorio to-day was Mendelssohn's
Elijah. On the whole it was not so finished a per-
formance as we have heard at these festivals, and was
not at all to be compared to that at Norwich, in 1848,
when it was a much greater novelty. Miss Dolby,
we were happy to see, was sufficiently recovered to
take her part in the oratorio, but Miss Lucombe was
still confined to her room, and her place was filled
very inadequately by Miss Byers, of Exeter Hall.
Mr. IL Phillips took the part of the Prophet, and
Madame Castellan the widow. Lockey sung the air,
" If with all your hearts," beautifully, as usual. The
double quartet, " For He shall give His angels charge
over thee," was indifferently performed by Miss
Byers, Master Woodward, Miss Dolby, Mr.
Williams, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Rickhsp (Worcester
Cathedral), Mr. Lawler, and Mr. 'Whitehouse
(Windsor Chapel Royal). The air, " Help me,
man of God," was exquisitely given by Madame
Castellan, and Mr. Phillips' interpolated soli were
given with his well-known taste and judg-
ment. The duet between Castellan and Phillips,
"Now by this I know," was hardly taken brisk
enough, and failed to afford the contrast to the preced-
ing passages which was intended by the composer.
The succeeding chorus, " Blessed are the men who
fear him," was well rendered by the choral body. The
choruses by the priests of Baal, were given with that
discrimination which showed the artists to have seized
the composer's ideas. The lovely quartet, " Cast thy
burden upon the Lord," was sustained by Miss Byers,
Miss Dolby, Mr. Luckey, and Mr. Lawler, and pro-
duced a marked effect upon the audience. The
chorus, " The fire descends from heaven," was most
effectively rendered ; and the next chorus, " Take
all the prophets of Baal," was well takei! up.
Miss Williams eclipsed her former doings in the
air, which she has made her own, " Woe unto him."
In the unfortunate absence of Miss Lucombe,
Miss Byers took the part of the child in the
interlocutory passages with Paillips, commencing
" Go up, now," but the result was far from satisfac-
tory. Madame Sontag made her first re-appearance
in oratorio at these festivals in the divine air, " Hear
ye, Israel." Her clear ringing mellow voice never
told more effectually than in this air. The following
ehortlsl "130 not afraid," wail admirably taken up,

and the second part of the oratorio, after Madame
Sontag's song, went off with far more spirit than the
first, though there wa3 occasionally a lagging in the
time as given in the choral parts. Phillips seemed to
regain a fresh youth in the beautiful air, " It is
enough, 0 Lord." In the lovely trio, " Lift thine
eyes," Madame Castellan kindly took the place of
Miss Lucombe, and assisted Misses Dolby and Wil-
liams. It was the gem of the morning, and was re-
pt- ated by desire. Miss Dolby was as delightful as
ever in the beautiful air " 0 rest in the Lord." Miss
Byers improved in the recitative, " Behold God bath
sent."

The collection for the charity to-day amounted
0 1521.

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, SEPT. 8.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
attended Divine service this morning in the parish
church at Crathie. The ladies and gentlemen of the
household were in attendance. The service was per-
formed by the Rev. Principal Lee.
In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert went out walking, accompanied
by the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, Princess
Alice, and Prince Alfred.
The R'2V. Principal Lee will have the honour of
dining with her Majesty this evening.
SLPTEMBER 9.

Her Majesty w€nt out riding this morning, se-
companitd by the Prince of \Vales and the Princess
Royal.
In the afternoon her Majesty drove in the open
carriage.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing to-day.
The dinner party this evening will include her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of
Leiningen, Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Au-
guita Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lord James Murray,
and Sir George Couper.

The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) ar-
rived in town yesterday, from his seat, Bowood Park,
Wilts.

THE ARMY.
CIRCULAR.-MEMORANDUM.

" llorse-Guards, Aug. 30, 1850.
" It appearing to the Commander-in-Chief that the
ammunition as well as the pouches of the infantry
would be much less liable to damage, if at least one of
the compartments of the pouch was kept constantly
filled with ammunition, his Grace has entered into
arrangements with the Ordnance Department for
completing the present ordinary supply to twenty
rounds a man, on the requisition of commanding offi-
cers, who will be careful to cause it to be packed, and
constantly carried, in the centre compartment of the
pouch.

" By command,

" C. BROWN, A.G."

AN EMIGRANT SHIP LOST.

A shocking shipwreck was reported at Lloyd's on
Tuesday, namely, that of the total loss of the ship
Bridgetown, belonging to Liverpool, having on board
390 passengers, emigrants for America, whose escape,
considering the fearful circumstances of the wreck,
was most miraculous. The ship, which was nearly
1,000 tons burden, sailed from the port above men-
tioned on the 4th of July last, under the command of
Captain John Mills. She was bound to Quebec, and
accomplished the passage across the broad waters of
the Atlantic by the 31 of the following month
(August). The succeeding night witnessed the de-
struction of the ship. They had sighted the Banks of
Newfoundland, and were bearing to the southward,
with light breezes and foggy weather, when about
midnight she went upon a rock at Clam Cove, be-
tween Cape Ballard and Cape Race. The violent force
with which she struck instantly aroused the emigrants,
who rushed upon deck in a state of great excitement,
and the scene that ensued, when it was found that
she was fast filling, and must inevitably go down,
was painful beyond description. The first object
sought by the master was to run the ship towards the
coast, which, though not seen, was supposed to be
close at hand, and then getting out the boats, he
fortunately succeeded in persuading " his living
freight" to follow his instructions. The female
emigrants were got into the boats, and these having
been safely put ashore, the boats returned, and even-
tually, after considerable exertion, the whole of the
remainder were saved, excepting three children, who
were lost in the confusion, and were supposed to have
perished in the ship, which shortly foundered in five
fathoms of water, and was a total loss. The poor
emigrants lost everything they possessed ; many
reached the shore with nothing on their persons but
their night-clothes. The distress of the unhappy
creatures was very great. There were several cabin
passengers ; among them was an episcopal clergy-
Man, who had lost property to the amount of upwards
of 1,000/. Amidst their misfortunes a gang of des-
perate wre, kers visited the spot, and carried off the
little property that was cast up from the wreck and
washed ashore ; everything in fact t hey laid their
hands upon they decamped with. Captain Mills, the
master, attributes the loss of the ship not only to the
dense tog and darkness of the night, but in a great
measure to the variableness and uncertainty of the
currents, together with the force and strength with
which they set in towards Cape Rice. The vessel
was but partially insured.

MATRIMONIAL AFFAIR.--A young lady of respect-
able family and connexion, in the neighbourhood of Armagh,
while on a visit some time since to her brother, who has been
for some years settled in a mercantile capacity at Liverpool,
formed an acquaintance with a medical gentleman of some
eminence there, who was in attendance on her brother during
illness; the acquaintance ripened into an attachment, which
resulted in a proposal of marriage on his part, and acceptance
of the proposal on hers. Matters remained thus for some
time, the engagement being known to the friends of both
parties, on each side of the Channel, and preparations were
in progress, we understand, for the celebration of the nuptials,
when suddenly a stop was
put to the proceedings by some
untoward occurrence, of which the following is the current
version : —'l'hat the gentleman in question required the lady
to bind herself to hold no intercourse with her brother after
her marriage, to which terms she would not consent. What
may have moved him to make such a proposal with reference
to a gentleman whose medical attendant he was, is not easy to
conjecture; but it is not improbable that it may have been
connected in some way with the circumstance of her brother
having been some time before unsuccessful in his mercantile
pursuits, in consequence of extensive speculations in which he
had engaged in railway transactions, by which he had been a
heavy loser, and into which he had been perhaps led by the
facilities open to him as a railway sharebroker. Whatever
may have been the case, the result has been an intended
action at law for the double injury of breach of promise of
marriage and implied defamation. The record was to have
been immediately tried in England, and a worthy baronet in
this neighbourhood had actually gone over, to testify to the
respectability of the lady's family, when a compromise was
agreed to, the terms of which are, as we have been informed,
that the defendant pays the lady 1,500 f GUill dian.
CHANCERY REFORM._..On Tuesday evening a lec-
ture on the administration of the Court of Chancery was de-
livered in the Mechanics' Institute, Southampton-buildings,
by Mr. Carpenter, under the auspices of the Chancery Re-
form Association. Mr. E. Wilson presided. The lecturer
described the process of a Chancery suit from the commence-
ment to the close, and pointed out the principal causes of the
delay and procrastinations which, suitors know too well, are
invariably attendant upon Chancery suits. Amongst these
he enumerated the practice of referring questions to the
Masters, by which a suit was frequently locked up:for eight,
ten, or twelve years. Another great source of delay was the
practice of the court in making so many persons parties to
suits, the frequent abatements caused by the deaths of par-
ties, and the supplemental bills and answers consequent upOn
the birth of children. The new rules and orders issued from
time to time by Lord Chancellors, he contended, effected no
amelioration. Numerous instances were cited of the work-
ing of the system ; and it was asserted that at the present
time the victims of the court in one prison alone—the Queen's
Bench - amounted to 24, who have been incarcerated for
periods varying from one to 38 years, ithc,ut any hope of
release.
a cnoiti rats hadeve nowevery
mlaon was liable, by the merest
0,000,000/, sterling under its
jurisdiction
accident, to be brought within its meshes, it behoved all to
T h
; e
join in so amending it as to make it a blessing instead of a
curse to society. A resolution affirming the necessity of re-
form in the court was passed.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON CHATHAM LINES.—On
Monday afternoon a coroner's jury assembled at the Queen's
Bead Inn, Bromptob, touching the death of Hugh M•Grath,
a pensioner of the 66th Regiment of Foot, which was caused
• into the trench surrounding the
by falling garrison. The
deceased had been to lthe races on Friday, and, after the
races were over, he, like many Others, went to a drinking
booth, and remained with others drinking and seeing the
dancing until night, when he left to go home to his house at
I3rompton. The night was very dark, and he must have
mistaken the road, as he was found the next morning by
bottom of
some workmen lying at the the trench near the
apparently dead. Information given to the Sally-port, was
sentinel, and assistance given,_ and the man was removed.
lie died a few hours afterwards. Upon examination of his
person his shoulder was found to be put out, several of his
ribs broken, and lie was otherwise seriously injured. A. ver-
diet of "Accidental death" was returned.:The same night that
the above accident occurred,. Sergeant Powell, of the Royal
Marines, who is PaY-sergeant of the division, was also found
lying in the trench. By his fall his right shoulder is dis-
located, and three of his ribs broken. He was conveyed to
Melville Hospital, and faint hopes are entertained that he
will recover. Several other accidents occurred, and Mrs.
of Wood. street, 13rompton, her right leg
Green, hadbroken,
and a young woman, whose name is unknown, broke her leg,
and she was otherwise very seriously hurt. It is evident
from the occurrence of so many accidents that something is
required to warn persons of the dangerous position of the
trench. The depth varies from 20 t 30 feet; and there 13
no railing to prevent persons falling ie.o
DISASTER ON LAKE ONTARIO.—The Schooner
Sekick, Captain Sias, was capsized in a squall near the
mouth of the St. Lawrence River on Friday evening, the
9th instant, and every person on board perished. There were
..persons on board, amos
g them the wife of the captain.
The Nekick was forty tons. kai den, and left Oswego with
part of a cargo of merchandise on Friday, bound for Cape
Vincent. 'rhe vessel was foun ton Saturday floating
and was towed ir bottom upwards, Cape `'incept.—Mon-
treal Gazelle.

gikititNiGlaTvoeN.--The Protec-
tionist Association
in which forwarded an ad-
dress to Mr. Mackinnon, t they inform the Hon.
Gentleman that he does no poe!ess their confidence, and
that they will oppose hiis.erhe•elerction at any future period.
NthiOsrborLour
The uniform support wn.
aM. Mr. Mackinnon has given to
the policy of free trade, is
_mood as the reason for this
111411lielitAti011 of Flit"' fecul.
R EP a ESE.NtTioAnT
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PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.-THE

WATER GAS.

We can conceive of few subjects more gratifying
to a contemplative mind than observing the vast im
provements constantly taking place, both in science
and art, calculated so largely to increase our personal
and social comfort, and to bring not only the neces-
saries, but even the luxuries of life, within the reach
of the great mass of the community. In this respect
steam, railways, and the penny postage, have bound
friends and relatives within tha range of a family
circle, although separated by hundreds of miles ;
and, last of all, that miracle of miracles, the electric
telegraph, not only conveys our thoughts and wishes
in an instant, as if by magic, from one extremity to
another of our sea•girt isle ;
.but, despite of winds
and waves, has been made to span the English
Channel, and thus enabled us to converse with our
warm-hearted friends in the centre of Paris, while
sitting at our ease, sipping our coffee or smoking our
cigar, in the metropolis of England. Certainly, were
our forefathers, of c-ven thirty years ago, permitted
to revisit the scenes of their nativity, they would
hardly believe this was the world they had left ; and
what inure startling iniproyements the next thirty
years may produce we shall leave to inure fertile
imaginatious than ours to haz ird the conjecture, con-
fident only that past attainments will stimulate to
greater efforts in the acco:npliAment of still greater
end:.

We well remember the exuberant delight it afforded
us, when only entering our teens, to see our streets
and public buildings tirA lighted with gas, and the
dingy oil lamps laid aside for ever. This was an era
in our life which we are not likely to forget.
It was the prelude of a mighty social improve-
ment, which we may not even now sufficiently
appreciate. But in these days this was likely to have
been altogether outdone. The electric light threatened
to entomb every rival, and virtually, at almost a no-
minal expense, to change night into day. This was,
however, highly patronised, rather too much to be-
lieve, and beyond that of a mere pleasing exhibition
in a lecture-room, it has now ceased to make any
pretensions. Then our go-ahead friends across the
Atlantic startled us by their daring announcements of
converting the elements of water alone, by means of
electricity (obtained for nothing), into so splendid a
light that you could read the smailest print a mile off.
Millions of dollars hung upon the issue. Every
newspaper was full of it, as the greatest discovery
of this or any age. The day of trial came, and
in one hour Payne was denounced as an
arrant deceiver, and his mighty pretensions le-
velled in the dust. The very important subject of
obtaining a supply of cheap and good gas, free from
the usual contaminations of sulphur and ammonia,
has for a length of time engaged the attention of the
first scientific men of our day, who suggested mani-
fold improvements, some of which have been valuable,
but as their whole efforts were directed to neutralise
or absorb the noxious compounds inevitably contained
in all gas prepared from coal, they have been only
partially successful, much of the contamination still
remaining, in spite of every precaution. It seemed es-
sential that, to obtain a pure gas, a pure material should
be employed ; and sceptical as we have been as to this
being obtainable, or that any substitute for coal, in the
production of gas, could ever be made available in this
kingdom at least, we were recently induced, by the re-
presentations of a friend, to ascertain the result of the.

lighting of the town of Southport, and other important
places, by Mr. Stephen White, of Manchester's patent
" Hydro-carbon gas," where no coal is required ex-
cept to heat the furnace. We confess we were any-
thing but sanguine as to the result, having been al-
most sickened of the gas question altogether. How-
ever, a visit to this lovely watering-place soon satisfied
us that this " water gas," as it has been called, was no
phantom, but a blazing reality of the greatest
brilliancy, throwing a fine, beautiful, soft light,
perhaps unequalled in the kingdom, over the length
and breadth of their principal street, which is about a
mile long ; and a look into the first-rate shops and
hotels will satisfy any observer of its superior bril-
liancy to any coal gas he has ever seen—the ceilings,
too, after nine months' use, being untouched and
untarnished, naturally excites no little surprise,
proving that, unlike coal gas, it emits no smoke
whatever.

A visit to the gas-house is of itself a great treat ;
it is a handsome erection, admirably arranged, and
ought to he taken as a model; it is like going into a
comfortable kitchen—neither smell nor filth of any
kind ; and the man who has the charge of making all
the gas for the town not only does the whole himself,
but could attend, he says, to three times the quantity
required, if needful ; and so simple does it seem, that
it is almost self-acting. The retort into which the
liquid resin is constantly running in a small stream
only requiring being cleared of any sooty deposit
every six or eight hours, and the water retort only
every few days ; while the large station meter satis-
fies you that, notwithstanding the quietude and still-
ness of the place, more tha❑ 300 feet of gas passes
' through it in the same time that coal retorts of an
equal size would produce 100 feet. This is a
most striking circumstance to every observer. The
ordinary filthy process necessary to purify coal gas, so
nauseating to all engaged, is altogether avoided ; and
as we found, on the most strict inquiry, that while
the brilliancy of this gas is decidedly superior to that
from the best Cannel coal, it is produced at a much
cheaper rate, it can be no surprise that its adoption is
rapidly spreading, both in Lancashire and Yorkshire,
where large establishments are now lighted up by it.
Having thoroughly satisfied ourselves as to the
value of this invention, and the certainty of its suc-
cess, we were gratified to find that, instead of in-
juring gas property, it would materially enhance it,
as, by merely changing their retorts, they can adopt
this at once, at a comparatively small cost.
We have entered into this subject very much more
at length than we at all contemplated when com-
mencing this paper, but believe our readers will be
satisfied that its importance demands it. We hope at
no distant date to bring the subject again before them.
We have not the pleasure of knowing the ingenious
inventor, but cordially wish him the success he so
richly deserves.—Standard of Freedom.

o
TESTIMONIAL TO DR. JACKSON.
On l
grand r feabreenwdealrl
ydoejteusnterrwatlals,l,giup
v to
y
Designate of Lyttelton, New Zealand, and Principal of
thelel;.uDe'rd.aja a
ckgsornan,
the Training College, Battersea, by the students of the
college, by whom a testimonial had been also subscribed
for, to be presented on this occasion. The entertainment
took place in the beautiful grounds belonging to Mr.
Fownes, contiguous to Christ Church, Battersea, where
Was erected several marquees, including that within
which the dejeuner took place, together with the emigra-
tion tent presented by the students to Dr. Jackson, also
exhibited upon the ground. In the Bishop's tent, prior
to the entertainment, the testimonial was exhibited to
the company. It consisted of a splendid solid silver
epergne to form a table centrepiece, beautifully decorated
with foliage and figures, of the weight of nearly 130 oz.,
and of the value of 120 guineas. It bore the fillowing
inscription:--" Presented to the Bishop Designate of
Lyttelton, New Zealand, and late Principal of the Train.
ing College, Battersea, by the master, students, and
officers of that college, Sept. 10, lilso. This offering is
respectfully made by the masters and students of the Bat-
tersea Training College, in grateful remembrance of
valuable talents and services devoted to the training of
schoolmasters for the Church of England during a period
.of six years. They sorrow in parting, but whilst they
remember his persevering zeal and the distinguished
blessings which have attended his labours as principal of
the college, they feel the assurance that in his exalted
station abroad he will be as successful as he has been in
England." In the unavoidable absence of Lard Ashley,
the chair was filled by the Rev. C. B. Dalton, M.A.,
rector of Lambeth, who was supported by the Rev.
T. 13. Murray, rector of St. Duustan's-in-the-East, and
the Revs. M. Rowlett, C. Lilley, H. Twining, and Dr.
Hussey. Nearly 100 ladies and gentlemen sat down to
a most elegant repast, and at the conclusion, after the
usual loyal toasts had been drunk, the Chairman pre-
sented the epergne to Dr. Jackson, who briefly addressed
the company in acknowledgment of the honour. During
the entertainment a new glee, called " The Canterbury
Pilgrims," was received with much approbation.

•
SUICIDE Or Da. BLAKE OF THE 20TH REGIMENT.
—'We deeply regret to learn that Dr. Blake, Surgeon of the
20th Regiment, now in garrison, deprived himself of life,
yesterday morning, by cutting his throat with a razor.
The facts, as related to us, are, that for some days back,
Dr. Blake had been indisposed and unable to attend to his
duties, and that, in his house in Durham-place, about three
o'clock yesterday morning, he desired his servant to go up
stairs and warm some beef tea for him ; as soon as the
servant left the room, it would appear that he (Dr Blake)
went into the adjoining dressing-room, and taking a razor
from its case, too eff.ctually committed the dreadful act,
which he only survived for a few hours—during which
time, however, he was collected, and acknowledged that
he had fallen by his own hand. An inquest was held
upon his body yesterday. The jury, after hearing the evi-
dence of several of the friends and attendants of the deceased,
and the medical testimony of Drs. Seaman, of the 23d, and
Cole, of the 20th Regiments, returned a verdict of suicide,
committedabits, .muchund esteemedertheinfluen in theceoft gemrpeorilaen
temporary insanity.
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Blake was, we understand, although eccentric in his manner
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Weekly Herald.

DISCOVERT Or A SUPPOSED SUICIDE.—Last
evening the following discovery was made of a supposed
suicide. Tt appears that the landlord of the house No. 17,
Stephen-street, Tottenham-court-read, had, for the last fort-
night, missed one of his lodgers, named James Partington, a
coachman, who occupied the second floor. His room bad
never been entered, owing to the door being locked en the
inside. The landlord last evening called in the assistance
of Sergeant Palmer and another constable of the E division.
1 hey all three entered, and having knocked at the door of
the second floor they burst it open, and in looking on the bed
discovered, to their horr.r, the body of Pettington, in
r dead a
o state
ear,
and complete putrifaction, with his throat cut from
e
and a razor lying by his side. He must have be en
least a fortnight. A shell was procured, and the corpse con-
veyed to the Middlesex Hospital. The
laid
to the police that he knew the unfortunate
deceased had been
out of service for a number of weeks past. The body now
awaits a coroner's inquest.
ACETIC ETHER.--A parcel of merchandise having
been imported from one of the Belgian ports, it was found
. ~
ether and
on examination to contain a
mixed s pfn 30e. it—viz
4d. per gallon.
at
e art,
alcohol, and as such liable to the duty o
The duty WAS ordered t 9 be C.h .4 g 1
ad accordingly,
mentioned

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
RADCLIFFE RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Manchester Cup of 504 added to a Sweepstake
10 sous. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared; the second
to save his stake. One mile and three-quarters.
Mr. J. Brown's Harricot, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Osborne, jun.) 1
Mr. Reid's Clothworker, 4 yrs, ist 61b (Blbs extra) 2
Mr. Cotgreave's Abbess of Jerveaux, 3 yrs, sst 31b 3
Mr. Nichol's John of Berwick, 3 yrs, 6st 31b
Mr. Shepherd's Alp, 4 yrs, Bst
6 to 4 on Clothworker, 2 to 1 agst Harricot, and 4 to 1
agat John of Berwick. Won by a length.
The Bury Purse of 301., added to a Sweepstake of S soya.
each; for two yrs old, ist; and three yrs old, 9s;
fillies and geldings allowed 31bs, winners extra; the
second to save his stake. Three•quartera of a mile.
(6 Subs.)
Mr. G. Barton's Madame Wharton, 2 yrs (G. Oates) 1
Mr.W. Jones's br c, by Launcelot, dby Liverpool, 2 yrs 2
Mr. Pahver's True Love, 2 yrs
Mr. Henderson's Coquette, 2 yrs
Mr. W. T. Parks's Rose Brad wardine, 3 yr 5........... 5
t 4 on Madame, 5 to 2 agst Lsune-:lot colt, and 5
to I sgst True Love. Won easy by a len;;At.h.
The Scurry Stakes of 3 sove. each, and 20 added,
three-quarters of a mile (9 Sub,.), were won easily by
Mr. I.loldforth's Romance, 6 yrs, 9$ 4'b (G. Abdale),
beating Mr. Foster's Osbuldwick, 3 yrs, 7$ 61b—Mr.
13er:on's Clara, 6 yrs, Sat 21b—Mr. Walker's Repulse,
5 yrs, Bst Mr. Martin's; Wilmont, 3 yrs, 7$ 10lb—
Mr. o.borne's Snowdrit. 3 yrs, 7.t 81b—Mr. Sco:t's
P,nsy, 3 yrs, 7$ 51b—Mr. First. rate, 3 yrs, 7$
lib—and Mr. Pedley's Lady Speedy, 3 yrs, Est 10Ib.
LEWES fER RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Belvoir Stakes of 5 s.sys each, and 20 aided, fur
hunters, four yra old, lOst 71b; five yrs, llst 71b; six
and aged, 12st. Heats, twice round and a die.
Captain Broadley'a Squire of Melton, aged 1
Mr. Wildman's Fame, 5 yrs
The Two-Years old Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 30,added;
colts, 8$ 71b, and fillies Bst 41b; winners extra. About
three quarters of a mile. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Spriggs's ch c, by Knight of the Whistle 1
Mr. Robbins's br c, by Lanercost, out of Miss Clifton 2
Sweepstakes of 5 soy.. each, and 40 added, the second to
save his stake; three yrs old 7st 41b; four yra, Bst 31b;
fire yrs, Bit 9lb; six yrs and aged, 9st; winners once
Sibs, twice Sibs, thrice, &c., 71bs extra. Heats, once
round and a dis.
Mr. Tresham's Cogia, 4 yrs
Mr. Barling's Bedford, 4 yrs
Mr. Moeson's The Castle, 4 yrs 3
The Leicestershire Handicap of 15.sovs. each, 10 ft, and
5 only if declared, with 75 soya, each; the second to
receive 201., and the third to save his stake. Two
miles and a dis. (16 Subs., nine of whom declared.)
Mr. T. Dawson's Priestess, 4 yrs, Sit 31b 1
Mr. C. W. Packe nd Cingari, 4 yrs, 6st tolb
Mr. W. Herrick nd Vanguard, 4 yrs, Bst 31b