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LONDON,

TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST

work alreNdy noticed, Madame Pulsky has preceded
her narrative 11y an historical introduction, divided
into three per ds—tho first embracing the history of
Hungary nude r the House of Arpad, the second under
the houses of Anjou, Luxembourg, Austria, Hun-
yady, and Jagt cello, the third under the houses of
Hapsburg and Lorraine. What appears to us to be
the principal merit and attraction of the work under
review is of all things, perhaps, the very one
which many might erroneously regard as su-
perfluous —we mean such chapters as those
in which the ',Triter, forsaking the regions
of intrigue and bloodshed, describes to us the
first impressions pr oduced by her mother country,
depicts in graphic colours the Castle of Szencseny,
and draws with her graceful and womanly hand a
picture of the provincial life of the Hungarians. It
must not be imagined, however, that while thus oc-
casionally discursive, the authoress in any way de .
predates the importance of those great events which
have lately convulsed - the whole of the Magyar
community, slurring ovee them as matters of subor-
dinate interest and comparative indifference. On the
contrary, these occurrences occupy the preminent
positions in her narrative; only, as we have en-
deavoured to intimate, the historical figures and me-
morable localities introduced on her CRTlVfigi are
brought forward yet more conspicuously by the fill-
ing up the background as it WE re with the landscapes
of Hungary. In testimony of this we would especially
direct attention to the accounts here furnished of.the
imperial city of Vienna in 1848, of the invasion of
Jellachich, and of the October insurrection. After
an earnest vindication of Count Louis Batthyanyi, in
which Madame Pulsky pencils the principal features
of his patriotic and constitutional character. come—
the battle of Schwechat, the adVance of Windisch-
gratz, the flight to the mountains, the war scenes of
the winter campaign, and that ever memorable and
glorious epoch which was embellished by the valour
and victories of the Hungarians. Than follows a rapid
narrative of disasters, the progress from Pesth to
Debrecain, the escape, and the catastrophe. A touch-
ing anecdote is given immediately after we have been
told how Gorgey consummated his treason to the
Magyars. Among his attendants was the young Re-
meny ka stripling remarkable for his skill as a violinist.
Calling this youth to him previous to his departure
from, the camp, Gorgey, who had often been soothed
by his harmonies, as Paul was by the harp of David,
emptied into his hand all the coins in his purse, and
untied the golden toys fastened to his watch-guard,
saying, " Take this, my lad, in remembrance of me I"
Remenyi, however, perceiving among these jewels a
small silver key, returned it to his General, remind-
ing him that it was a love-gift from his wife—" Take
it," said Gorgey ; " after what I have done to-day
my wife in no case
_will smile any more upon me
Well does the writer of these sorrowful memorials,
after depicting the desolation caused by Austrian
vengeance, exclaim "Solitudinem faciunt, pacem ap-
pellant." In a copious appendix, comprising, among
other documents, the famous pragmatic sanction, is a
most admirable and interesting letter, addressed to
Francis Pulsky, by the author of " Revelations of
Russia." This letter contains a number of curious
details in regard to the Hungarian emigration
at Widdin, the writer having been an eye-
witness of the facts recounted. So far from regarding
any of his remarks as "disrespectful" to the most
lustrious of the Magyar exiles, we cannot but view
the estimate formed of the character of Kossuth by
this correspondent as, perhaps, the most eulogistic
which has yet fallen under our observation. Even
when the writer is, according to his idea, condemning
the ex-Dictator of Hungary, he is only endorsing his
previous eulogiums. For example, when he says
(Vol. 11., p. 356), " I am perfectly awake to Kossuth's
faults, which are serious and many"—the most serious
which he can bring against him in accusation is this—
"he is too soft-hearted ; he could never sign a death
warrant; he was hardly ever known to punish." In
illustration of his meaning in this particular, he ob-
serves immediately after wards—" I believe that if Kos-
suth had a servant who would not clean his boots, he
would never think of superseding him, but clean the
boots himself." Pure and glorious must he that
character which yields no more heinous blemishes
than these to be stigmatized. Quite in
consonance with this beautiful amenity of
disposition is the circumstance recorded shortly be-
fore by the same intelligent writer (Vol. IL, p. 335),
where he says that even in exile, " Of Gorgey, Kos•
suth spoke with much and, perhaps, studied modera-
tion." Magnanimity such as that is, perhaps, little
short of being criminal, yet, while blaming the fallen
chieftain for his culpable lenity to a traitor, we can-
not but view that act of weakness as one, in spite of
everything, entitled to admiration. With such in-
teresting particulars as those here referred to by our-
selves the present volumes are crowded throughout,
possessing no less the value of what is historical and
the fascination of what is romantic.

THE WAR in HUNGARY, 1848-1849. 2 Vols.
By Max Schlesinger. Translated by John Ed-
ward Taylor.

Like the publication just passed under criticism,
the present work is edited by Francis Pulsky, being,
moreover, accompanied by him with notes, and an
hitorical introduction. This circumstance cannot fail
to enhance very materially the value of the
narrative inasmuch as its authenticity and perspi-
cacity are concerned ; and this not merely from the
high repute of Mr. Pulsky, but also from the recol-
lection of that office the temporary occupation of
which has in a great measure qualified him to become
the chronicler of the Magyars, namely, that of
Secretary of State to his Majesty Ferdinand the
Fifth, King of Hungary. Besides what we have
already remarked in regard to it, this translation
from the original of Schlesinger is adorned with an ad-
ditional and adventitious decoration—just as Madame
Pulsky's " Memoirs" are preceded by a charming
dedication to the Marchioness of Lansdowne, or as
the " Memoirs" by General Klapka are embellished
with engraved portraits of himself And of Kossuth.
The adventitious decoration to which we would here
direct attention as having been appended to the pre-
sent version of the work of Schlesinger, is a most
masterly analysis of the character of Arthur Gorgey,
by the hand of Francis Pulsky. This admirable
supplement to the second volume may be found at
pp. 269-295, and the value of such an estimate may
be somewhat more readily appreciated when it is re-
membered that the writer of it, Francis Pulsky, was
not only acquainted with Giirgey's family (whose
estate was situated in a neighbouring county), but
that he was for some time his schoolfellow and a
friend of his brother. For these and for other reasons
he was possessed, as he himself professes in the pre-
face, of peculiar opportunities of gaining an insight
into the traitor's character. A glance at the close of
this remarkable analysis will show what are the de-
ductions drawn by Pulsky from the facts enumerated
by him at its commencement. Having quoted from
the words of the traitor himself, Mr. Pulsky observes,
" Go rgey thus himself acknowledges his motive for the
surrender to have been a personal one—of hatred and
revenge against Kossuth, because the Governordid not
confide in him, and would not make him the arbiter of
his country's fate. By this confession he has condemned
himself, and yet this is the patriot of the apologists
of Austria! He is now living in Klaginfurt, upon
an Austrian pension, while his friends and comrades
in victory have ended their lives on the gallows."
To exhibit the atrocity of this criminal yet more vi-
sibly in all its blackness, reference should be made to
the magnanimity with which his name was men-
tioned by Kossuth at Widdin, as we have already ob-
Served when alluding to the author of the " Revela-
tions of Russia." What was the origin of this diabo-
lical hatred against Kossuth has been half indicated
by Pulsky ; it is more clearly disclosed by the
latter in a previous portion of his analysis, where he
remarks (Vol. 11., p. 289) that " Kossuth's name still
remained the watchword of the country, Gorgey's
being second, coupled with that of Bern. ' It is out
of this infernal jealousy that sprang the hatred of
G iirgey to the Dictator of Hungary, to revenge him-
self on whose unoffending greatness be sacrificed
their common fatherland. " Characters like that of
Gorgey,"' says Mr. Pulsky, in conclusion, may
brook disdain and even insult, but they cannot en-
dure a sense of obligation; of all feelings, gratitude
is to such men the most insupportable ;" a remark
which reminds us of the saying of a great English
writer of the last generation, that of all hatreds that
is the most bitter which is entertained towards an
injured benefactor. Although we cannot refrain
from characterizing this supplement from the hands
of the editor as being the best portion of the work
before us, we must, at the same time, declare that
those sections of the two volumes which have been
translated from the original of Schlesinger are
fraught with excellences of no small consideration.
Every chapter has its cluster of anecdotes, all tend-
ing to elucidate in the most vivid manner the cha-
racter and development of the late Hungarian revo-
lution. A multitude of most interesting particulars
are given, for example, of Kossuth, of his family,
of his residence, of his eloquence, his aspect, his
daily occupations, and his popularity. Here we follow
Bern while he escapes from Vienna. There we ob-
serve the movements of Dembinski, when he lived
under the disguise of a wine-merchant. Now we
are introduced to Guyon, in the character of a pedlar;
dnoiswposaegbdaeiytnuownvideewd tfhobelclomlwie'neidoitfs ostihte brave Batthyanyi to the
place of execution. But that the work is authenti-
catedf allor
more
doubt,
romantic w e should
incidentsbe
as the proceeds of :Alex chlesing er's imagination.
Such, however, is the lucidity and candour of the
whole narrative, in its tone and arrangement, that we
are compelled, as it were perforce, to yield to the
author an implicit cri.dence, encouraged, while so
doing, by his association with the name and repute
of Francis Pulsky. Having once commenced a
perusal of the work, the reader is carried along the
course of its voluble descriptions as unresistingly as
Byron's rider of the wild horse, Mazeppa.

ANECDOTES DURING THE LATE HUN-
GARIAN CAMPAIGN. One Vol., pp. 340.
By J. W. Warre Tyndale.
Already favourably known as a collector of histo-
rical materials by his ingenious work on the Island
of Sardinia, Mr. Tyndale has here adventured upon
ground still more agreeable when traversed by the
foot of an Englishman. The voluine is, entitled some-
what lengthily, "Adventures and Anecdotes of the
South Army of the. Emperor of Austria during the
late Hungarian Campaign. Narrated by Witnesses."
Narrated by witnesses, we presume, and collated and
edited by Mr. Tyndale. The hint afforded by such
a title-page will not be overlooked by the wary in the
event of a perusal. Nor can such caution be unad•
vised, seeing the liability of the simplest statements to
become imperceptibly garbled when conveyed from
mouth to mouth indiscriminately. Verbum *vip, &c.
Nevertheless, while we refrain from yielding an
entire credulity to all the assertions crowded
together into this volume, we do not desire
in any manner
,to lessen its merit as an en-
tertaining collection of anecdotes, having especial
reference to the different Hungarian celebrities.
Ott the contrary, while we accept all the accounts
furnished by the anecdote-mongers who have contri-
buted to this amusing compilation of Mr.
Tyndale't
-cum grano sutra, as we would have every one else
do likewise, we avow at the same time that we
have not failed to derive interust from these pas-
sages. Among the principal characters who figured
during the Hungarian revolution, there will be
found, towards the dole of Mr. Tyndale's book,
anecdotes and iketches of Giirgey the Traitor-
General, of Bern the Pule since turned Mussul-
man, of Dembinski, of Darnjanitch, of Klapka the
defender of Komorn, of Kossuth the greatest man
amongst them all, Dictator and Governor of
Hungary, of Louis Batthyanyi, ,of Cassimer. Bat-
tbyanyi, of Pulsky, of Szecheny, of Perezel,
and of Meszaros. - Added to these will be
found other chapters illustrating some of the
military' events which occurred during the war of
independence; all the descriptions in the volume
being penned with, that fluency and picturesqueness
of style which can scarcely fail at any time to invest
with a certain degree of popularity a work of this
attractive description.

HUNGARY AND THE HUNGARIAN
STRUGGLE. 1 Vol., pp. 127. By Thomas
Grieve Clark.

' Three lectures of remarkable eloquence are heie
collected together, and printed in the form of a sub-
stantial narrative. A local popularity has 'already
been acquired by these lectures on the occasion of
their delivery, not long since, before the Edinburgh
Phlosophical Institution. We would by thus di-
recting public attention to them, now that they are
issued as a literary composition, extend their popula-
rity beyond the precincts of the Scotch metropolis. Our
solicitude to aid in accomplishing this is attributable
partly to our admiration of the lectures as
the effusions of oratorical ability of no common order,
and partly also because we regard their argument as
possessing a peculiar force of its own upon the sub-
ject of the Hungarian movement, emanating as it does
from a twenty months' resident in Hungary during
1847, 1848, and 1849, namely, during the most mo-
mentous periods of the revolution. Fortunate in
being present throughout that memorable struggle of
the Magyars to secure their emancipation, Mr. Clark
admirably well availed himself of the opportunity,
watching with uninterrupted vigilance the progress of
the war of independence. One evidence of modesty
on the part of the lecturer appears to us so peculiarly
beautiful, and is of a character so seldom paralleled,
that we cannot resist the temptation of bringing it
especially under the observation of our readers. It is
where Mr. Clark mentions his refusal to be intro-
duced to Louis Kossuth; he says—" Although offered
an introduction to Kossuth himself, I could not have
acquitted myself of presumption had I accepted the
opportunity of then occupying a moment of bis at.
tention." Altogether, by a singular and unusual com-
bination of good qualities, some of which are gene-
rally regarded as being altogether incongruous, the
volume before us does equal credit to the soundness of
the author's judgment, and to the capacity of his en-
thusiasm.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, MONDAY.
The Queen and Prince walked early this morning
in 03borne Park.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the younger members of the
Royal Family, took their accustomed early walks and
drives.
There was no addition yesterday to the Royal dinner
party.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left
town yesterday morning for Plasnewydd, Anglesea,
where their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg.
Strelitz, are at present staying. His Royal Highness
was attended by Baron Knesebeek.
The usual annual dinner of the Duchess of Kent's
London tradesmen, in celebration of her Royal High-
ness's birthday, took place last evening, at the King's
Arms Tavcrn, Kensington ; Mr. Snell, jun., chairman.
Her. Majesty had been most graciously pleased to
send a choice selection of fruit from the royal gardens
at Windsor for the happy occasion, and the Duchess
of Kent had most liberally forwarded a fine fat buck.
Mr. Ransford and other vocalists attended in the
evening fur the entertainment of the company.
Lord and Lady John Russell left town yesterday
morning fur Carlisle, en route to Glasgow and the
North.

Earl Granville has left town for the Continent.
Dispatches from the Governor of Canada, and also
from the Governor of the West India Colonies, were
received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

THE QUEEN'TSVISIT TO BELGIUM.
It is probable that her Majesty, Prince Albert,
and court will embark this evening.
Channel will
The strong
westerly gale blowing last night in the
most likely have subsided before the morning.
The. First Lord of the Admiralty, the Right Hon.
Sir T. F. Baring, Bart., proceeded from the. Admi-
ralty yesterday to Osborne ; and in the Admiralty
yacht, Black Eagle, will
Majesty's excursion. attend the Queen on her

The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain
Lord A. Fitzclarence, G.C.H., and her screw tender,
the Fairy, Master Commander Welsh, proceeded
from Portsmouth to Cowes early yesterday
morning.
In consequence of the illness of the master of the Vic-
toria and Albert, Mr. Biddlecombe, Mr. Macdonald,
master attendant at Woolwich yard, has been ap-
pointed pro tern. for service in [the yacht during her
cruise. Mr. Macdonald was formerly master of the
wich on Saturday, and has Joined the yacht.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, Master-Corn-
The gallant officer left Wool-
mVaicntdoeriracaoncdk,Aalbrerirvte. d
at
I.ortaulouth,_
from Wool-
passage from the river. She anchored on
wich, yesterday afternoon, having had a most bois-
terous Hight, for shelter, under Dungeness. The
Black Eagle will also proceed to Cowes, to accompany
the royal squadron.
Vivid, mail-packet steamer,
Master-Co-
mender Luke Smithett, arrived at Portsmouth yes-
early this morning, to accompany the royal yachts.-
terday morning, ;from
Dover, and will go to Cowes
The Blenheim, 60, screw-ship, Captain Henderson,
C. 8., it is said, will not go with the squadron, but sho
is ready
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wdr services
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KENT
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THE DUCHESS OF AL SCOTCH PEERESS.-.lt
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distinguished
Duchess
traitsthat
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not
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expressed hti wish to couple her Scottish title with that by
which she is generally known. It being a title, however,
which she it probably, seldom in the habit of using, the
Perth Con.
of
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eaocctordoinndglycsotoanntdossoin tohfe bsotorkathsesar"nyyi_ctopricar,
stitut /ono /.

hineggeanbtoieumt
gentleman
MAURIAGE IN HUMBLE LIFE. —A wedding is
contract
ttroawc•tn .Aannceorpdwiinasianuert.,‘ being about to take place here, which is creating ,a* little gossip in
marriager. Searle,
w ith jn
bliss.,
stands about five feet ten, and is a few years over twenty.
The lady, who is rather diminutive in stature, standing
about three feet, and the wrong side of fifty, was, • many
years since, taken, a fancy to by the former. Lady Rolle, at
her death, left her a substantial mark of her respect, by way
of a legacy, and further requested his Lordship to remember
her at his death. His Lordship kindly fulfilled her Lady-
ship's wish, it appears, as he left her an annuity of 2001. a
year, she having been a' confidential servant in the family
nearly thirty years. She has since resided in Exmouth with
her friends, whose extreme kindness towards her, since she
has been in receipt of the annuity, has often been the subject
of remark; and as it is well known that she has allowed
them to share her good fortune, they, it is said, considering
her inexperience, have pointed out that a married life is not
always a bed of roses. To this, however, she turns a deaf
ear, declaring that she thinks they have their own interest
more than her comfort at heart. The bridegroom, who is
rather musical, has often lately been heard humming over
the words, " When will that happy day arrive, when I shall
call her mine ?"—Plymouth Gazette.
Tux LORD A DVoCATE.-11re learn that, in conse-
quence of certain rumours having been afloat during the last
few days to the effect .that Lord-Advocate. Rutherfurd is
about to be raised to the bench, several meetings have been
held amongst some of the more independent electors of Leith,
at which it has been resolved to invite Admiral Sir Charles
Napier to contest the district, in, case of a vacancy.—Ndin-
burgk 2‘etcs.
THE CUBAN PRISONERB.--310BILE, AUGUST 2.
The steamer Great Western has arrived at this port with
ILlvannah dates to the 27th ult. The remaining American
prisoners were still confined- -their fate not yet being de-
cided on. More depositions are to be used aga nst the
ofikers. The captured ship, Sarah Loud, Was advertised by
the Spanish authorities to be sold at public auction.
4nterican Paper.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE
_ ROYSTON AND lIITCHIN.

- The half-yearly meeting cf tbis company was held
yesterday at the office, Itoorgate street.; Mr. W.
Wilshere in the chair. --•••••
The report stated that it was not until the 10th of
May last that the directors had succeeded in obtaining
the certificate of the Railway Commissioners to the
effect that one-half of the capital of the company
had been called pp and expended ; since which date
every effort had been made to obtain the execution of
the lease by the Great Northern Company. A ne-
cessary preliminary to the execution of the lease 91111
conceived to be the examination of the accounts of
this company, but, owing to the engagements of the
accountant of the Great Northern Company, this ex!
amination ,has not yet .taken place. With • view,
however, of obviating. any further delay in the exe-
cution of the lease,- the directors made arrangements
with the Great Northern Company that the lease
should be executed, leaving the accounts to be subse
quently examined ; and accordingly the document
has been prepared and settled by the solicitors of
both companies, has received the scat of this com-,

pany, and will be exchanged for the duplicate bear-
ing the seal of the Great Northern Company so
soap as it is affixed, which the directors believe
will be at their next board meeting, to be held on
the 26:h inst. The rent will commence from the Ist
of August inst., and will be payable half-yearly, on
the Ist of February and let of August in every year.
With regard to the Shepreth extension, the directors
hgve entered into a contract with r. Brassey for
the execution of the works at the low sum of 17,2171.,
being less than .3,500/. per mile, and it is anticipated
that the company will be in a position to apply for
the Railway Commissioners' certificate to enable the
company to lease that extension to the Great Northern
Company about the month of March next, and there
is no reason to doubt but that the execution of the
lease will follow close on the receipt of the certificate.
The accounts to the 16th of July show that '165,5311.
had been received, and 154,8521. expended, leaving a
balance of 10,679/. The Shepreth extension'account
showed that 17,5181. had been received, and 4,492/.
expended, leaving a balance of 13,026/.
The CHAIRMAN, on moving the adoption of the re-
port, said he was ready to hear any observations.
Mr. Alderman CARDEN said, he wished to know
whether the rent of" 6 per cent. per annum to be paid
by the Great Northern C4rapany was exclusive of
the expenses of management. -
The Solicitor stated that the proprietors would bare
to pay the expenses of management out of the rent.
It was necessary,to have directors or trustees to
receive the rent and pay the dividends every half-
year and also an office for the transfer of shares.
dr. MasrEssurir said their expenses were. at pre-
sent paid out of capital, and the question referred to
by Mr. Carden would 'not' arise for twelve months.
He thought the expenses of the company when the
lease was completed would be very trifling.
The report was adopted, and the retiring directors,
Lord Deere, Mr. IC Wilshere, Mr. J. C. CQbbold,
M.P., Captain Laws, R.N., Mr. F. Poker, and Mr.
F. Pvm, were re-elected. . .
The meeting was then made special, and the for-
feiture of thirty shares was confirmed.
A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors con
eluded the proceedings.

CEYLON.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was to
have been held yesterday at the office, Coptball-
buildings, Throgmortou-street, but in consequence
of the non-attendance of a sufficient number of
shareholders to constitute a legal meeting it was ad-
journed for two months. It appeared from the re-
port laid on the table that the directors were of opi-
nion that the company should be kept together for
another year, in order to take advantage of any cir-
cumstance that might arise favourable to the scheme.
The company had no liabilities, and there was a small
balance in hand.

EASTERN COUNTIES.
The following is the Auditor'i report, to be read at
the meeting to be held on Thursday next:—
" "57, Coleman-street, Aug. 9, 1850.
".Gentleman,-We regret that, notwithstanding the
utmost diligence and perseverance, we find ourselves still
unable to make a complete report
.of the result of our
investigation and analysis of the capital expenditure of
the Eastern Counties Railway Company.
" The examination has a twofold object: namely, the
ascertainment of the integrity of the expenditure
charged; and the production of an accurate and lucid
statement of it, in order to the due exhibition, under
appropriate heads, of the cost of the various lines and
works executed.

" The extent and multifarious character of the trans.
actions which constitute the subject-matter of investiga-
tion would *alone render much time and great labour
necessary in order to its satisfactory completion; but the
difficulties ire have met with in the conduct of our in-
quiries have not been simply those which necessarily
pertain to every operation of the like nature; we have
had to act upon conlused, imperfect, and erroneous ac-
counts, only partially supported or explained by vouchers,
while the vouchers that could be found were promis-
cously heaped' together without order or at rangement;
added to which there existed a general want of uni-
formity in the mode of treating various parts of the same
or similar accounts at different periods.
"In this state cf circumstances we found it indispens-
ably necessary, in-order to carry on the examination in•
telligibly and with certaidty. to establish supplemental
books; and; in effect, to reform the entire accounts fur
a considerable period; opening a personal account with
each individual recipient of the company's cash, and al•
lowing no credits to such' recipients In discharge of cash
paid to them, except upon the authority of bills, in-
voices, certificates, or other adequate vouchers.
" The deficiency of vouchers has thus proved a fruit-
ful source of difficulty and delay, leading unavoidably to
much correspondence and personal discussion with par-
ties, in order to obtain from them the information which
the vouchers would have afforded.

." Although to the causes thus glanced at is to be
mainly referred the non-termination of this inquiry, it is
to be borne in mind, that in addition to the continued
investigation of the capital expenditure, we have been
called upon during the half-year Co perform certain
other special services connected with, or arising out
of, the accounts, such is extensive Calculations to
determine the amount earned by the company's
traffic over each particular section of the line, with a
view to the formation of a basis whereon to found a re-
vision of tho present system of rating railways for pa-
rochial purposes, the preparation of the voluminous re-
turn made to the House of' I.dords in answer to the order
obtained by Lord Brougham and other matters.
" We may also mention that the examination of the
important items of land purchases and compensation
has been attended with peculiar difficulties; the course
of our examination into these matters in connexion with
the pecuniary transactions conducted through the agency
of the late solicitor to the company, made clear the ne-
cessity, in order to do justice to the interests of the
shareholders, of subjecting the whole of those transac-
tions to a most rigorous scrutiny.
" The meagre and unsatisfactory state of the infor-
mation which we found existing in relation to this
branch of the . inquiry had been an especial cause of
delay; but having already made a report to you upon
it, we do not feel it to 'be- necessary now to refer to
the subject, further than to state that we are still pur.'
suing it; and . that since the date of the report alluded
to, we have found further sums to be accounted for by
Mr. Duncan, which, together with those reported, make
a present total of about 30,0001. to be accounted for by
thatzentleman. .The items.of which that total is com-
posed occur at various dates ,during the years 1845,
1846, 1847, and 1848. ..
Independently of the advantages which must neces-
sarily result from . this, extensive examination, in the
sense of a well informed conviction produced by it, of the
truthfulness of the. Accounts. when finally settled, and the
more intelligible and eompreheusive view which it will
have been the means of presenting of the character and
location of the objects to which the company's capital
has been spplied, it has alrrady been productive of
direct pecuniary benefit in the discovery and setting
right of errors to the extent of upwards of 6,0001., ex-
clusive of the important result of a similar character
arising out of the examination of the- transactions and
proceedings of the late solicitor.—We remain, gentle-
men, your most obedient servants, ..
"QOILTER, BALL, and Co.
"To the Chairman and Directors of the
Eastern Counties Railway."

GOING TO SEA.—The strong love. of the sea is not
peculiar to boys in seaports only. In inland towns, in places
where boys have never seen the sea at all, the passion is
nearly as strong. They read " Robinson," lend the book
about, and relate all sorts of msoine adventureS to each other;
if there is a bit of water near, they manufacture miniature
ships, and have sailing matches; they launch paper boats
upon the tide of rain as it sweeps along the village streets
after a heavy shower. Who, that has been bred in an inland
town, can ever forget the emotion with which lie gazed on
the sea for the first time 1 • The remembrance of that first
sight rises up with vivid distinctness, after the lapse of many
years. We can remember, when a child, our own sensations
of wonder, awe, and delight. That seeming great hill of
water, and the little specks of ships along its apparent sum-
mit; the notion, whispered by the nurse, that worlds lay
beyond that ocean line; the solemn roar of the waves, as
they broke along the shore; all impressed the mind with a
sense of power and vastness :which was never afterwards
effaced, Then there was the "treat" given to the impatient
children, of a sail from one side of the little harbour to the
other, the rolling about of the little boat amid the swell of
the sea, which dashed in at the harbour's mouth, the sob-
bing of the girls, and the dizzy joy of the boys; who could
ever forget so bewildering and exciting an event in a child's
life?—Eliza Cook's Journal.
MUSIC IN CHURCH, BUT NOT CHURCH MUSIC.—
Donald Moore, a dashing young drover, from somewhere be-
north the Braes o'Doune, had purchased at Carlisle, where
ha had been with some cattle' from the tr's'st of Falkirk, a
musical snuff-box, and, on his return home, being determined
to make a display, he carried the same to church rext Sun-
day. The snuff was prime, but, unfortunately, when hand-
ing a pinch to a crony, and just as he minister had begun to
draw his inferences, off w era the box to the not inappropriate
tune of " We're a' noddin'." Donald applied himself to the
stop catch, which he mistook, and away went the music to
the profane tune of "Maggy Lauder." In the perturbation
of the moment, Donald tried to smother the box with his
sporran; but at last took fairly to his heels, when, just as he
was about to slam the door behind him, as if in reply to the
inquiring gaze of the astonished audience, the dying cadence
of the instrument ended with " My name is Muggy Lauder."
Carlisle Journul.

20, 1850.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TA TTERSA.LL'S —YEbTERDA Y.
Although several race' were touched upon, the gross
amount of the inve-Jments was small, and on the Ebor
Handicap only did any fluctuations of consequence take
place. For that event Canszou declined to 6to 1,
leaving off with a very "unhealthy" look; Cantab rose
to 4 to 1, and Collingwood, against wh,:ni 20 to 1 was
offered in the City on Saturday afternoon, to 6 to 1.
The general averages closed as under:—
EBOR *HANDICAP.
4 to 1 agst Lord Zetland'a Cantab—taken
0 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's CIL& rail—taken
6 to 1 agat Mr. Rolt'a Collingwood
10 to 1 agat Mr. T. Dawson's Mark Tapley
10 to 1 sgst Mr. Lucas's Dello
• 10 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Clothworker
15 to 1 agst Mr. oAmldirston's Minimum
30 to 1 agst Mr. 11. Stebbing's FlateSticher
30 to 1 agst Mr. Clark's Reality
GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES.
.5 to 4 on Mr. H. Pitsrord
8 to 1 egat Mr. Irwin's King of Oude
PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES.
Even on Mr. li:what:la's England's Glory
5 to 1 agat Lord Stanley's Storm
ST. LEGER.
11 10 10 agst Lord Zetland's Voltigeur
6 to 1 agst Capt. Archdall's Wiudiseligrata—taken
freely
10 to 1 agst Mr, J. Scott's Clincher
20 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Marchioness d'Ea—taken
,000 to 20 uget .Lord Enfield's William the Conqueror
—taken
,000 to 10 agst Mr. Murphy's Crui+keen colt—taken
LEAMINGTON STAKES.
10 to I agst Mr. T. Dawsua'. Prie>.teis
IS to 1 agat Mr. Wilkin na Langton—taken
1.5 to I agst Lord Exeter's Tophatia—taken
15 to 1 sgst Mr. Osbaldestou's Fuglewau
15 to 1 agst Mr. Mees,,n's Doubt
' DERBY.
30 to,l agat Lord Eglintm's Hippolytus—taken
SALE OF BLOOD STOCK.
The following horses, the property of his Grace the
Duke (.1 Richmond, were sold at Tattersall's yester-
,day:—Quiver, 320 gas.; Estelle, 155 gas.; Soldier's
Daughter, 155 gus.; Prism, 90 gas.; Helter .Skelter,
58 gus.; Lothario, 56 gas.; Halo, 47 gas.; Mus, 40 gas.;
Harum Scarum, 40 gus.; Coal Black Rose, 31 gus.;
Mirror, 30 gas.; Hornpipe, 20 gus.; Ploughshare, 15i
,gas.; Claymore, 14 gas.
YORK AUGUST MEETING.
YORK, MONDAY EVENING.
Arrivals—The Saxon, Nicotina, Cuba, The Cloth-
'worker, Cantab, St. Ann, Mildew, b c by Emilus, 2 yrs;
Canada colt, 2 yrs; Pilgrim, 'Life Guardsman, England's
Glory, Tom Holtby, William the Conqueror, King of
Oude, Collingwood, Captain Grant, Entre Nous, Eagle's
Plume, Lady Speedy, Prior of Lanercost, Harriett,
Simoomoolt.

CRICKET.
GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND v. GENTLEMEN

OF KENT.
On Saturday this grand match was resumed, and, as
will be seen by a perusal of the subjoined score, termi-
nated so as to bear out and to justify the degree of con-
idence and hope with which the " Gentlemen of 'Sent"
in Friday entered upon their second innings:—
ENGLAND.

Second Innings.

First Innings.
Hon. R. Griniston, c and b Fre-
dericks
S. Whitehead, Esq., b Willis .... . 67 b Mynn l2
E. Morse, Esq., c Barthel!, b Fre-
dericks 7 b Mynn l5
W. Nicholson, Esq., c Oxenden,
b Mynn ... ..... ... . ..•• .. 7 b Fredericks ..
T. Walker, Esq., run out
U. 11. liners, E•l~ b Willis
11. W. Fellows, Esq , c and b Mynn 2 b Willis 0
C. G. Taylor, Esq , b Mynn .. ..... 0 b Mynn .
E. Hartopp, Esq., b Willis ... ... 9 Ibw, b Mynn .. 0
R. Autrobus, Esq., c Bligb,b Willis 12 not out
W. Prest, Esq., not out ...... . ..., 4 b Mynn.... .....
Byes 3, lb 5, w b 6 ...... —...... 14 B 2,1 b 9, w b 6 l7

Total 153

Total .....116

KENT.

First Innings. __
Second Innings.
F. Fredericks, Esq., b Prest 6 b Prest • 9
T. H. Brencbley, Esq , b Fellows... 17 run out 8
A. Deane, Esq., c Taylor, b Fellows 10 b FelloWs . 2.)
W. S. Norton, Esq., b Fellows 0 Ibw, b Antrobus 1
N. Felix, Esq., c Prest, b Fellows 22 run out ...
Hon. E. liligh, b Fellows l2 not out ...... ...... 44
Ch V. Oxenden, Esq , b Fellows
A. Myna, Esq., c and b Prest 8 b Walker
11. W. Andrews, Esq., b Prest 2 b Fellows
E. Hartnell, Esq., run out ...... ... 0 b Fellows
C. F. Willis, Esq., not out
ppm 8, wide b 6 ... 14 83,1b1,w b 11... 15

Total.. 95 Total 165
And so the " Gentlemen of Kent" were the victors by
one wicket.

AQUATICS.
ROTIIEItUITHE REGATTA.
The annual contest for a
.new skiff and other prizes
subscribed by the residents of St. Mary, Rotherhithe,
cam off yesterday in the presence of some hundreds of
spectators. The weather, although extremely fine, was
very rough for such frail affairs as wager-boats of the
pmsent day, and some difficulties were consequently ex •
perienced by their occupants. There were twelve corn•
petitors in five heats, i: being a double-scull race.
First Heat—Henry Gobbet, Hanover-stairs, and
James Craddock, Globe-stairs, (green) 1 ; John Sin-
clair, Dog and Duck-stairs, and Daniel Henderson,
eltursh-stairs, (yellow), 0 ; Robert Fenton, Platform-
stairs, and Ralph Butler, Princess's-stairs, (purple), 0.
The distance was trom upper to Lower Rotherhithe and
round, commencing at Platform-stairs to the Dog and
Duck. The winner took the lead and kept it.
Second heat—R. Dryden, Surrey can.), and R. Sin-
clair. Dog and Duck (light blue), 1; W.Williams, King's-
stairs, and W. Maxwell, Elephant-stuire (red), 0; R. Oa-
render, Pageant-stairs, and J.• Everest, Church-stlirt
(pink), O. Red took the lead, followed by light blue,
who shortly after overhauled thew, red being water-
logged.
Third heat—Gardner and Everest (pink), 1 ; Sinclair
and Henderion (yellow), 2 ; Robert Fenton and Ralph
Butler (purple), 0; W. Williams and W. Maxwell (red),
0. Red was rowing with a alight lead, when an accident
befel his boat which prevented his further progress.
Pink then went on, and a good race followed between the
two next best pair.
Fourth heat—Gobbet and Craddock (green), 1;
Dryden and Sinclair (light blue), 2; Gardner and Eve-
rest (pink), 0; Sinclair and Henderson. (yellow), 0. The
winner took the lead and kept it. A good race fur
second.
Final heat— R. Dryden and B. Sinclair (light blue), 1.
The other boat (green) filled with water soon after the
start, and the men were, of course, unable to proceed.

- -
WESLEYAN REFORM CONFERENCE.
Yesterday a general conference of delegates com-
missioned from all parts of England to meet in oppo-
sition to the duly recognised conference of preachers
now assembling in London, was held at Albion
Chapel, Moorfields. The proceedings were held with
open doors, and a large attendance wll3 thus secured,
more especially as from the ordinary conference meet-
ings the undelegated members of the Wesleyan body
have been rigidly excluded. The first question that
presented itself for discussion was whether or not the
assembled delegates should present themselves to the
conference and demand the restitution of the rights of
which the great body of the people had been unjustly
deprived. It was ultimately resolved that the must
dignified course for the delegates to pursue, after an
insulting message which had been received from the
conference, would be to remain perfectly silent upon
the matter. On the motion of Mr. Baldwin, seconded
by Mr. Warne, and supported by Mr. Stanley, Mr.
Bolton, and Mr. Ibbitts, the following resolution was
agreed to :—" That this meeting is convinced that the
conduct and spirit of the present conference, from its
rejection of all conciliatory overtures, and especially
front its total disregard of the memorials signed by
thousands of ofEce-bearers, and tens of thousands of
members, that the most decided measures are neces-
sary on the part of the Wesleyan reformers to carry
out the objects indicated in the memorials." On the
motion of Mr. Martin, of Manchester, seconded by
Mr,; Benson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the follow-
ing !resolution was agreed to That this meeting,
althbugh deeply interested in the progress of Wes-
leyan Methodism, and having a strong attachment
personally to many of its ministers, is painfully
convinced that the assumption and acts of the con-
ference are palpably opposed to the authority of the
great head of the Church, at variance with the de-
sign and constitution of the early Christian churches,
and practically opposed to the genius and spread
of Christianity, and that consequently it is no longer
desirable to contribute to the system as it now
or to the support of the preachers without being
partakers of their shame and guilty of their deeds;
and this meeting therefore recommends the imme-
diate withdrawal of all funds as the only remaining
practical means of memorializing the conference."
The proceedings are to terminate with a public
meeting.

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.ERMANIA ; ITS COURTS, CAMPS, AND PEOPLE.-
This new work of the Baroness Blaze de Bury, comprising
so many curious discloSures concerning the various Sove-
reignsand'Courts of Europe during the recent revolutions,
will be hailed by all as one of the most notable books of the
day. To give an idea of the scope and variety of its con-
tents, it need only be mentioned that among the countries
visited by the distinguished author will be found Prussia,
Austria, Hungary, Bavaria, Saxony, Servia, Styria, the
Tyrol, Hanover, Brunswick, Italy, &c. To enumerate all
the distinguished personages with whom the writer had
intercourse, and of whom anecdotes are related, would be
impossible, but they include such names:as the Emperors of
Austria and Russia, the Kings of Prussia, Hanover, Bavaria,
and Wurternberg, the Count de Chambord (Henry V.), the
Queens of Bavaria and Prussia, the ex-Empress of Austria,
the Grand Duke of Baden, the Archdukes John, Francis, and
Stephen of Austria, Duke Wilhelm of Brunswick, the Prince
of Prussia, Prince John of Saxony, the Countess of Bat-
thyanyi, Madame Kossuth, &c. Among the statesmen,
generals, and leading,actors in the revolutionary movements
we inset with Radowitz, Von Gagern, Schwarzenterg, Bekk,
Esterhazy, the Ban Jellacic, Windischgratz, Radetzliy, Wel-
den, Haynau, Wrangel, Pittersdort; Kossuth, Blum, Gorgey,
Batthyanyi, Pulszky, _Klapks, Bern, Dembinski, Hecker,
Struve, ti c., 1c,%

EXEUBITION or 1851,—We understand that Mr.
Alexander Retigrave baLbeen appointed to co-operate with
Colonel.geitl in obtaining information and in making the
necessary arrangements for enabling, the working classes to
visit the Exhibition, and.communicating on the subject with
the proper authorities in London, the railway companies, and
with the local committees.