The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-08 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, JAN. 7.—The chief mischief which thee
present landlord movement in Ireland will effect v,il!!
be that of distracting the attention of the agricul-.
tural population from actual tillage work, and,
paralysing labour. Much of this mischief has been.
already done. Men who are simple enough to be
influenced by the arguments of the Protectionists must
necessarily come to the conclusion that it is useless•,
to cultivate the land at all—that the very best crop s
will not pay the cost of producing them, even with •
out a shilling of rent being exacted. There art
some people wrong headed enough to swallow such!
absurdities, and they will, no doubt, very largely.
swell the tide of the spring emigration ; forgetting
that if agricultural produce be so much cheaper in
America than here, that we can be undersold in our
own markets, and if labour be some five or six times
dearer there than it is here, they cannot benefit much
by the change. However, the evil is effected; and
with good reason we may attribute much of the
languor which pervades every branch of public:
industry here, to the infatuation and the uncertainty
created by the landlord agitation. In the commercial.
article of this morning's Freeman, the circumstancq
is thus referred to :

" The general tone of buoyancy and hopeful anticipar
lion which sounds from all the principal marts of com—
merce at the commencement of tl►e new year have nor, ,
we regret to state, found the smallest recompense here,
trade having been rarely so dull even at this season of'
the year ; while in those leading articles, such as strgat
and tea, which have sensibly advanced in the English ,
markets, no improvement has taken place in this. 'DA
deliveries of sugar for the last four weeks have been on 11:
699 hhds. against 1,029 hhds. in 1848, and 1,048 hhds!,.
in 1847, and there has been a proportionate
off in many other important articles. Money a s
abundant for want of employment, and in consequenet3
all descriptions of good dividend-paying securities con—
tinue, as for some time past, to advance in value, whille
other shares, &c., are almost unsaleable. The fruitletris
and injurious efforts, too, to revive protection for cm)).
are not by any means calculated to advance the interest:
of trade."

The preparations for the aggregate Protectionist t
demonstration of the 17th are made without an ly
noise. The requisition has not yet appeared, but w
may expect to see it in the Protectionist organs of the', 8
or to-morrow evening. Ihe Evening Packet men" -
tions some half-dozen further signatures that have beeca
added to the Protectionist memorial to the Queen ;
amongst others, those of Lord Kinsale, the Horn.
James Maxwell, M.P., Archdeacon Mannsell, &c. A t
the Portarlingron meeting, at which the Queen's
County Protectionists assembled, and carried resolu -
tions without interruption, Col. Dunne, M.P., al -
dressed his constituents at some length on his Parlii -
mentary services.
Mr. Pike, of Cork, who has already built some fin e
iron ships—among the rest the Blarney, which ha s
been plying between Liverpool and Rotterdam—is a t
present engaged in building an immense iron vessa 1
for the New York trade. She will be screw propellei I,
and 1,400 tons burden.
During the last week there was a heavy fall of
snow, which became hardened by frost, and into •-
rupted the trains on some of the railways. On tlhe
Cork line the Dublin train was unable to proceed d
further than the Blarney station on Friday nigh t.
Yesterday there was a complete thaw, but the front
this morning is as severe as before.
A man named Ryan has been committed to Nenaill
gaol for the murder of his child, about ten months ad.
The remains were discovered on New Year's-da,;y,
near Finnoe, by the dogs of some persons who wetre
amusing themselves hunting.

ON RECEIVING A BUNCH OF HEATHER,
GORSE, AND FERN.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
Wild blossoms of the moorland, ye are very dear to nee;
Ye lure my dreaming spirit as the clover does the bee;
Ye bring back all my childhood loved, when Freedox a,
Joy, and. Health
Had never thought of weaving chains to fetter Fame an id

Wealth. -
Wild blossoms of the common land, brave tenants •of
the sod,
Your breathings were among the first that told me 0' a
God;
And how my reckless steps would bound, and how t:►y
heart would burn,
Where gorse and heather flung their arms above tlae
forest fern.

Wild blossoms of the lonely waste, no fear could ever
daunt
My tiny feet from wandering amid your jungle haunt;
Awl many a bunch of purple bells that towered abotve
self,
mj
And many a fragrant brake I pulled like some wee
sylvan elf.
But, ah I these tempting leaves of gold were difficult to
got;
Alas, I prove that winning gold is not more easy yet!
But then my fingers only felt the sharp and piercing
smart.
And now I find the worldly thorns oft leave a bleeding
heart.

Oh, happy time, ere ruth or rhyme had crossed my sunray
bruin,
'Tis not worth while to ask if such a time will coins ags in;
For then my soul had not a thought but might be t.l Id
aloud,
And Pleasure's optics always gave the bow without its
cloud.
flow bright my eye was when I gazed upon the pluolkcs
of green,
And saw young rabbits in their play go speeding on
between;
When burrowed sand with root bound arch formed
strange and at,tiquw bowers,
And ye, wild blossoms of the waste, were fresh and Eci en
flowers.

Who loved me then? Oh, those who were as gentle as
sincere,
Who never kissed my check so hard as when it owned a
tear.
Whom did I love? Oh, those whose faith I never had
to doubt;
Those who grew anxious at my sigh and smiled upon
my pout.
What did I crave? The power to rove unquestioned„ at
my will;
Oh wayward idler that I was, perchance I am such (dill.
What did I fear? No chance or change, so that it did
not turn
My footstep from the moorland coast, the heather snd
the fern.

Methinks it was a pleasant time, those gipsy days of mine,
When youth with rosy magic turned life's waters into
wine;
But nearly all who shared those days have passed away
from earth,
Passed in their beauty and their prime, their happiness
and mirth.
So now, rich flowers of the waste, I'll sit and talk to ye,
For Memory's cuket,
filled with gems, is opened; by
your key;
Acd God be thanked that I can grasp your blostoms
sweet and wild,
And find myself a dotard yet, a dreamer and a child.
Emas CooiK.

Chester Cup at the prices
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
and
have L a
hdoye
11 1,, vt tat didab
o notot
A fair amount of business was transacted on the
being on Lismalaago, Mounseer, and The Baroness;quoted, the chief investm ruts
Glauca was also in demand, and 1,000 to 10 was tvileen
several times about Claris:a. The offers against John
Cl
texceedher. 4j(1.)
nt oolo— t
ot of
would an
about 5001. on Bolingbroke, at 8i and 9 to 1, was the
°se r
only feature of the Derby betting. Clo3ing
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
15 to 1 agst Lotd Strathmore's Rat-trap—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. J. Fort's Knight of Gwynne—t iken
16 to 1 agst Mr. Lawson na Peter Simple
20 to 1 agat Lord Waterford's Sir John—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Mangan's Farnham
50 to 1 agst Mr. Hardcastle's Rescue—taken
50 to 1 apt Mr. Courtney's Silent Friend—taketn
50 to 1 agst Mr. Ilarnmond's The Hero—taken
CHESTER CUP.
40 to 1 agst Mr. Eddison na John Cosser
40 to 1 agatCLord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn
50 to 1 agat Mr. Siebbings's Melton
6,000 to 60 agst Captain Haworth's The Baroness—t
2,000 to 30 agst Capt. Hervey's Lismahago—taken
2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Meiklam's Snowstorm—taken,
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Gregory's Clermont—taken
1,000 to 15 agat Mr. Payne's Glauca—taken
1,000 to 15 agst Major I'itt's Mounseer—taken
1,000 to 13 sigst Mr. Disneys Sir Richard—taken
2,000 to 25 agst Mr. P. Colgan's Horn of Chase—taken
3,000 to 30 agst Mr. Halford's Harriett—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Melody—taken
2,000 to 20 agat Mr. Isaac Day's Cockermouth—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Greville's Clarissa—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Roles Hotspur—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Roles Collingwood—taken
1,000 to 10 each, in one bet, agat Collingwood, Baby,
Flatcatcher, Legerdemain, Sir Richard, Vesta, Roland,
Emma, Van Diemen, Woodlark, and Uriel.
DERBY, 1850.
8 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken
10k to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum—
take 11 to 1
12 to 1 agat Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel—
take 13 to 1
15 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklsm's The Italian—taken and
afterwards offered
1,000 to GO agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—taken
17 to 1 agst Lord Zetlance4 Voltigeur
25 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Sweetheart—taken and
afterwards offered
25 to 1 agst Lord Airlie's Clincher—taken to 1501.
30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—taken to 100/.
5,000 to 50 agst Mr. C. Breton's Python--taken
2,000 even between Pitsfor I and John o' Groat
THE OAKS.
900 to 100 agst Lord Eglinton's Probity—taken
DERBY, 1831.
5,000 to 100 each agst Storm and Hernandez—taken
The carriage. horses, hacks, ponies, &c., of her late
Majesty the Queen Dowager, were sold yesterday at
Tattersall's, at high prices. The state and other car-
riages will be disposed of today.

The venerable and highly-respected Lord Ravens-
worth, whose health is good tor his Lordship's advanced
years, is surrounded by a numerous family circle at
RSTeasworth castle.--IVeweastle Journal.

LITERAT U RE.

THE CRADLES of the TWIN GIANTS,
SCIENCE and HISTORY. By the Rev. H.
Christmas. 2 Vols.

The title of this work, attractive though it be,
gives but a very faint idea of the attractive nature of
its contents. It is long since we turned over the
pages of a book, whether historical or fictitious, so
alluring in character and so enthralling in interest,
as this history of the infancy of the Twin Giants.
In some respects it leads us upon hitherto untrodden
ground : the romance of history has long been a
familiar and most delightful study, but the romance
of science has been, comparatively, unthought of,
and consequently it is that those portions of this work
which reveal the wondrous infancy of that mighty
giant are by far the most attractive. Guided by Mr.
Christmas, who has proved himself a most delightful
and erudite cicerone, we follow the strange heroes of
the story through the tortuous mazes of their
intricate infancy, until, in the words of our author,
we find " Astronomy gradually set free from
the errors of Astrology, Chemistry from those
of Alchemy, History from those of Fable,
and the Romance of Science taking its proper place
beside the Romance of History." As a proof of the
care bestowed upon this work, and as am evidence of
the great and various erudition of its author, we may
mention that prefixed to it is a list of the authorities
referred to in its pages—a list comprising more than
five hundred works of various languages and every
possible character from the compositions of St. Augus-
tine down to the novels and poems of the present day.
Among the subjects characteristic of the infancy of
science is an interesting history of astrology, with a
very copious explanation of the system by which
nativities are cast. So many examples and such
particular descriptions are here given that many
amateur astrologers will doubtless be tempted to try
their skill in deciphering the stars. The chapters on
nativities are followed by dissertations on medical
astrology, magic, automata or moving images, and
arithmetical magic. Then comes a treatise on
oneiromancy, the science of dreams. This is ne
ceesarily very interesting on account of the
numerous examples of marvellous dreams which it
contains. The various theorists on this perplexing
subject will doubtless draw different inferences from
these various illustrations. For ourselves we incline
to share the opinion of that tyrannical king who
condemned one of his courtiers to death for dreaming
that he had assassinated his sovereign, the philoso-
phical king very plausibly declaring that he must have
been thinking of such a crime, or he never would hare
dreamed of it ! Many examples of a similar kind are
contained in this history of oneiromancy. The
second " book " of this work considers the other
giant—History. But notwithstanding the attractions
of the summary here given of the marvels of the
heroic or romantic ages in Britain and elsewhere,
we are glad to find the romance of sci-
ence again very speedily brought to our notice.
Full of interest indeed is the romance of science con-
tained in this second division, being no less than a
history of, and inquiry into, the peculiarities of mes•
merism, a subject on the merits of which the most
learned will be slowest in venturing to give an opinion.
As they peruse these pages, as the wonderful dis-
coveries of knowledge, and the yet more wonderful
mysteries of nature are revealed to them, the wisest
must feel humbled by a sense of his own insignifi-
cance, while even the most ignorant will feel elevated
by the apprehension that he is indeed fearfully and
wonderfully made. To a thoughtful and inquiring
mind, whether its owner be learned or unlearned,
these volumes of Mr. Christmas will prove a rich
treat and a valuable acquisition. Not to the chemist
or the metaphysician alone should these abstruse
subjects be wholly confined. As, in youth especially,
we take frequent bodily exercise, not for the purpose
of proceeding to any fixed destination, but merely
to strengthen and develope by exercise our physical
powers, so should we seek to strengthen and develope
our mental faculties. " Knowledge is power," says
the proverb ; but the knowledge acquired is not,
generally speaking, so useful to its possessor as the
labour of acquiring it. Such an advantageous labour,
rendered indeed a labour of love, will the perusal of
these volumes be to many readers. They will close
the second volume, not only wiser in much
hitherto unknown lore, not only persuaded
that "there are more things in heaven and earth than
were dreamt of in their philosophy," but beyond this
their powers of thinking will have received a very
material. stimulus, and their judgment will probably
be both matured and developed. We have enume-
rated only some of the topics touched upon in this
book ; among other things we have left unmentioned
alchemy, the philosopher's stone, and the mythology
of Fairyland ; but we have, perhaps, enumerated
enough to make the curious and the studious turn to
the pages of " The Twin Giants." All who do so
will be more than satisfied ; for if anything could add
to the attractions of the matters touched upon, it is
the very earnest and interesting manner in which
Mr. Christmas has treated them.

THE HISTORY OF PETER THE CRUEL.

By Prosper Merimee. 2 Vole.
These volumes will he delightful to the lovers of
historical romance. Seldom hus the history of one
brief epoch been crowded with more romantic perso-
nages. The sorrows of the gentle and ill used
Blanche,: the Queen of Pedro the Cruel, :continu-
ally evoke the sympathy of the compassionate ; and
yet when the talented and, in some respects, admirable
Maria de Padilla, the successfull rival of the unhappy
Queen, comes on the scene, she irresistably commands
our interest, and almost our sympathy. The quarrels
of Pedro with his natural brothers, of course, form a
principal topic in this history. Towards the close
its interest is further increased by the appearance of
the gallant Black Prince, who came to defend the
right of kings, though vested in a most unworthy
representative. Pedro, as all readers of history are
aware, is ultimately slain—assassinated is hardly the
correct word—by his brother Henry, of Trastamara,
who succeeded to his crown. The King's death
excites no pity in the reader of his biography—a
history, the chief interest of which consists in the
plots and counterplots with which it is filled, but the
blood which saturates almost every page renders it
revolting to modern feelings. The readers of Pres-
cott's admirable history of the great Isabella will
probably welcome this additional chapter of Spanish
history, of all histories the most romantic and ad-
venturous.

PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MRS.
MARGARET MAITLAND OF SUNNY-
SIDE. 3 Vols.

This is a novel, the charm of which—and it pos-
sesses a great charm—does not consist in abundance
of adventure or intricacy of plot. It would, indeed,
be hardly possible to devise a more simple story than
that contained in the reminiscences of the gentle lady
of Sunnyside. Margaret Maitland, an elderly maiden,
remains, on the death of her mother, mistress, and,
with the exception of Jeanie, her servant, sole inha •
bitant of the pleasant domain of Sunnyside. 1 ler
brother Claude is installed at the neighbouring
manse. A young child disliked by her relatives, an
heiress, ignorant that she is an heiress, Grace Mait-
land, a self-willed, tender hearted, fairy-like creature,
whose infantile portrait is most exquisitely sketched,
comes to reside as a boarder with Miss Margaret.
The " wee bit bairn," to borrow the quaint phraseology
of the narrative, endears herself to her gentle
protectress and to the kind family at the manse. The
children of the minister, young Claude and his sister
Mary, are, of course, the playfellows of Grace in
childhood, her companions in youth, and her well-
beloved through life. After a while Grace is sum-
moned home, and through the medium of frequent
letters, pours forth the sorrows consequent on her
change of life, and receives from her kind friend conso-
latory counsel. Ultimately she returns to her old
friends, and becomes the wife of young Claude.
Mary Maitland, whose character is delightfully pour-
trayed, marries the Laird of Lilliesleaf, a frank,
generous-hearted youth, the son of a very proud old
lady, who, for a time, considers the humble daughter
of the manse unworthy of her well-born son. Mary's
conduct during this trying period, fluctuating between
love and pride, is very faithfully delineated by the
seemingly unconscious aunt. Such is the very
simple theme of Mrs. Margaret's Passages.
In this instance we have spoiled no interest
by revealing the story, for the denouement of the story
never excites the reader's curiosity. It is the manner
and not the matter of these passages that is most
charming. In the first place, the style is simple to
homeliness, and the dialect so Scotch as almost in
some instances to be unintelligible to English readers.
But this peculiarity gives the narrative an air of
quaintness that many will find delightful. " All's
well that ends well," says the proverb, and Mrs.
Margaret's doctrine seems to be that all things, however
apparently otherwise, end well, and therefore we must
look upon all things as " for the beat." To corroborate
this dictum she has "unravelled" these passages. No
one who closely contemplates the chequered course
of human life can refrain from according with Mrs.
Margaret. In childhood we mechanically assent to
the Christian doctrine, but it is only experience, and
full often a most bitter experience, that actually con-
vinces us that all afflictions are only angels in dis-
guise. To hope and to trust is the truth thus taught,
and seldom has that truth had a more gentle exposi-
tion than the Scottish leddie.

SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS.--A
meeting of landowners, whose property will be affected
by the proposed scheme for taking water from the
Thamel at Mapledurham for the above purpose, was held
at the Bear Hotel, Reading, on Saturday last, to con-
sider the details of the plan, and to decide whether any
and what opposition should be made. It was, however,
announced that tho promoters of the Bill were not in a
condition to proceed with it during the present session
and that, therefore, there was no necessity for going
into the matter.—Berko Chronicle.

MAGAZINES, &c—(CONTINUED.)
TILE DUBLIN UNIrEI?SITY MAGAZINE.
The first number of this able periodical for the
year 1650 is auspicious; most of the papers are of
more than usual interest end excellence. The first of
the series, " Irish Tourists—Giraldus Cambrensis,"
is an inquiry into an intricate point of British history
—the terms entered into between the King of England
and the Pope of Rome with regard to the subjuga-
tion of Ireland ; and a more unblushing usurpation
of a power to which he had no claim could not be
traced in the history of any country than was as-
sumed on that occasion by Adrian IV. If we are to
take the bulls published on this subject to he
genuine—and their being of record in the English
Court of Exchequer goes far to prove their
authenticity—this Pope, under the pretence of
of civilizing and reforming the wild Irish, firmed out
to the moral and apostolic Henry the fair land of
Ireland, at the small charge of one penny per house—
a country at peace with England, and never con-
quered by Rome, though in spiritual matters
acknowledging the supremacy of the Roman See.
On receipt of this authorization from the Pope, Henry
convened a Parliament at Winchester to consider the
project, but the Empress-Mother protesting against
it, the bull was laid up in the treasury of the cathe-
dral, there to be used as occasion might afterwards
require. Thirteen years after, when the flight of
Mac Murragh had given the opportunity so long de-
sired, renewed application was made to Rome.
A confirmation of the bull of Adrian was
obtained, and the conquest of Ireland was completed
under colour of a Papal gift, grounded on the allega-
tions that the Irish were irreligious, of " filthy life
and abominable conversation," in fact that they had
the strange fancy occasionally to " marry their step-
mothers," " eat meat in Lent," and had a strong
objection to the payment of " tithes." We are not
enabled to say whether the apostolic mission of the
pious Harry tended to destroy their taste for step-
mothers, or the consumption of meat in Lent, but he
certainly failed in producing the smallest taste or
disposition for the payment of tithes. IVe regret our
space and time will not permit us to consider this
deeply interesting paper at more length ; it is well
worthy an attentive examination. " The Myste-
ries of Kanoba ; or the Mesmeric Warren"
is continued. The next paper is a very able
criticism of " The Romance of the Peerage; or Curio-
sities of Family History," by George Lillie Craik.
" The Mysterious Lodger" will gratify the taste of
those who love to revel in the wild and dark unreal.
The Portrait Gallery is embellished with an etching
of one of the most extraordinary artists of modern
times, the amiable John Hogan, who, from an humble
mechanic in an obscure Irish village, has raised him-
self by the force of his genius to the very highest
place amid the shining lights of the Eternal City.
" Irish Popular Superstitious Reminiscences of the ,
West," &c., &c., are exceedingly amusing. "Borneo
and the Pirate System," recent events in the Archi•
pelago make this paper of peculiar interest at this
moment. There has been so much of ignorance and
error on the subject of the late conflict between
Sir James Brooke and the piratical robbers
of these islands, that it is gratifying to receive
so much information with regard to the social and
physical condition of these dependencies, about which
so little is really known from an authentic source ; it
is most ably written, and is graphically descriptive of
the moral, social, and physical condition of these
almost unknown countries, and we can most strongly
recommend it to the perusal of all feeling desi-
rous of information about those interesting regions
over which the Raja of Sarawak so ably and ener-
getically exercises British authority. The other
papers of this number are—" Irish Theatricals,"
" The Thunder King," " A Christmas Chime for
1849," " Lament of the Ejected Irish Peasant," " A
Christmas Reminiscence," and " Ireland under the
Poor-law." Altogether this number fully sustains its
usual high character.

THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE.
This periodical is principally devoted to recording
the transactions of the Highland and Agricultural
Society of Scotland. To those who take an interest
in that most important pursuit—practical agriculture
—its pages are invariably found replete with matters
of the greatest importance. The present number
contains several excellent articles. Those treating
of soils and of manures are well worthy a considerate
perusal ; and we would especially direct attention to
a very valuable paper on the " Nova Scotia Question."

STORM OF WIND AND SNOW
AT INVERNESS.
Since the middle of the month now passed the
weather over the whole north has been exceedingly
changeable and disagreeable. Heavy winds, hard
frosts, and storms of snow have prevailed, followed,
since Monday morning last, in this neighbourhood at
least, by thaw. On Wednesday week the wind:,
began to blow strongly from pointi ranging from
north to east. As evening set in the wind became
fiercer, every squall bringing with it torrents of
rain. The storm continued during the night, and
on Thursday morning snow set in, increasing as
the day advanced. On Friday the snow continued,
accompanied and followed by an intense frost, and
though the fall was not great in this neighbour.
hood, it was evident that other districts must
have suffered more severely. The snail from the
south came in at proper time on that morning,
and reported that the Highland road was clear ;
but the mail from Aberdeen was some hours behind
time, arising from the heavy fall of snow both south
of Aberdeen, and between that city and Inverness.
Between Elgin and Forres the wreaths were of con-
siderable depth, and extra horses were required.
The Star, two-horse coach from Elgin, could not get
through either on Friday or Saturday. The mail
from the north, which should have arrived here at
half past six in the evening, did not get in till nine
on Saturday morning, and brought intelligence that
the fall had been very heavy between Thurso and
l3erriedale. On that part of the road the mail is
conveyed by a two-horse coach, but the snow was so
heavy that the bags had to be forwarded on horse-
back, and we learn that the horse ridden by one of
the guards, named Smith, came down, and the poor
man had his arm broken. Between Helmsdale and
'fain a phaeton was pressed into the service,
but a spare coach to take the mails north
was found at the latter place. Along the
shore of the Cromarty Firth the snow also
lay some inches deep, and i❑ wreaths, and extra
horses were required to get over these stages. Between
Parkhill and Invergordon the driver was obliged to
leave the road, and to drive along the lands for about
a mile. The snow ceased on Friday afternoon, and
hard frost followed on Saturday and Sunday. On the
latter morning the north mail got in at seven o'clock,
instead of half-past six on the previous evening ; on
Tuesday morning it came in about five o'clock ; Wed
nesday morning at two; and thus approaching nearer
its time as the road-men clear more of the way. The
Aberdeen mail has also been behind time, but on
Tuesday it was only about half-an-hour late. On
Monday thaw began, and the streets are now all but
cleared of the evidences of the storm. The gale seems
to have been very severe at sea, and a heavy swell
prevailed in the Moray Firth. The Duke of Rich-
mond steamer, on her voyage up, was unable to call
at Nairn, and her landing boat, which was anchored
off that port, was driven ashore and injured, or rather
destroyed.—lnverness
.Courier.

ST. GILES'S RAGGED SCHOOL.—A meeting of the
supporters of this school was held last evening at the
Music-hall, Store-street, to receive the annual report.
The chair was taken by the Hon. and Rev. H. M. Vil-
liers. There were also present many of the clergy and
ethers. The Rev. Chairman opened the business of the
evening with an allusion to the valuable services of
Lord Ashley in the cause they were met to support, and
concluded by urging upon the meeting the necessity of
aiding the committee in their endeavour to erect aschool
in Bloomsbury-street, for the building of which a large
sum was yet required. The report was then read by
the secretary. It set forth the improved condition,
during the last year, of the children connected
witn the school: 350 boys attended; at the Sunday
female schools the average attendance was sixty-
five in the day and forty-eight in the evening.
The provident fund, from thirty-nine depositors,
amounted to 151. Os. Bd. Two lads bad been apprenticed,
and several girls were put out to service, of whom
severally a good report had been received. Four boys
and two girls had beon sent out as emigrants, making a
total of eighteen forwarded from the schools by the
committee to Australia. The boys receive there from
from 10s. to 12s. a week. Towards the new building
448/. 13s. 2d. had been reeeived, and Mr. Peto, M.P.,
had promised that when there was a probability of pur-
chasing a freehold site ho would subscribe 100 guineas,
and be an annual subscriber for 5 guineas. The com-
mittee are in treaty with the Commissioners of Woods
and Forests for an area in Bloomsbury-street, St. Giles's-
A sum of 9001. was necessary to effect the purchase.
The Rev. E. Auriol moved, and the Rev. P. B. Power
b
seconded, the adoption of the report, and that it
printed, which was agreed to, when severalotr
gen-
tlemen addressed the meeting, and resolutions were
passed in support of the object.
JAN. 7.—We perceive
BIRMINGHAM, MONDAT,
niFrorr
of. the l
several caitiff-
that the election of clerk to the boardlovifthgouoatrd"iitisnhs of
the poor is to take place to-
ing
to enter into the respective merits
dates, and reluctant es we generally are to say anything
that can be supposed to influence such appointments, we
cannot forbear deviating in this instance from our gus-
& rule for the purpose of expressingasso
oluorhgbealinedf thstoit:fh:
election of Mr. Corder, who h
ciently fulfilled the duties of the office, and whose exer-
tions for the good of the town in various ways have been
so prominently before the public, would give great sa-
tisfaction to the inhabitants and ratepayers of the pariah.
We confess it will afford us much pleasure to hear of
Mr. Corder's success.—Aria's Birmingham Gazette.
THE TEA TRADE, JAN. 7.—The market has been
firm for most descriptions, the leaf, like other articles of
produce, attracting rather more attention in consequence
of the abundance of money. Last week the deliveries
from the Londoa warehouses were 479,9211b5., being an
increase over the previous week.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

As You Like It was performed here last evening
with a very powerful cast, which demonstrated the
great force of Mr. Anderson's stock company. First
we had Mrs. Nisbett as Rosalind, and never did that
most fascinating of actresses act more fascinatingly
than she did last evening—she was the very-. Ros-
alind of Shakspere. Then we had Anderson himself
as Orlando, fit Orlando for such a Rosalind. Mr.
Vandenhoff was the Jaques, and was welcomed
back to the scenes of his many former triumphs-with
enthusiastic applause. His declamation was beautiful ;
never have we heard the seven ages so effectively
or so perfectly delivered. Mr. W. H. Angell, one of
the new engagements, was the Touchstone, and ♦ery
admirably did he render the part. There was an
unity and a completeness about this gentleman's
Touchstone that proved him a true Shaksperian actor;
he exhibited excellent taste in "saying no more than
was set down for hitn"—an example that it would be
well that other low comedy actors should follow.
The songs of Amiens were gracefully sung by Mr.
Rafter. The house was crowded to excess. Mrs.
Nesbitt was called on at the conclusion of the play.
The pantomime still continues to be highly enjoyed
by the juveniles.