The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-24 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

ROTTERDAM, MAY 20.—This morning about eight
o'clock, his Majesty, the King, accompanied by
an aide-de-camp, came to visit the Royal Dock-yard,
where the Minister of Marine had arrived an hour
before.

His Majesty went on board the Merapi steamer,
and after minutely examining that vessel, went on
board the Cyclops steamer lying in the river. Before
his Majesty left the Dock-yard, Captain Cherzen had
the honour to present to him two flags taken by that
officer from the pirates in the Indian seas. His Ma-
jesty returned to the Hague about nine o'clock. _

'lnn HAGUE, MAY 21.—The Government has
lately communicated to the Chamber, a report on the
navigation of the kingdom, stating the number of
ships that arrived and departed from the ports of the
Netherlands in 1842. We find that the number of
vessels that cleared in 1842 was 6,326, measuring
953,691 tons. Of these, there are under the Dutch
flag 2,704; under English colours, 1,563. Cleared
outwards 6,367 ; of which there were 2,785 under
the Dutch flag, and 1,520 under English colours.
The Second Chamber of the States-General, in its
sitting, received a message from the First Chamber,
stating that it had agreed to the several Bills sent
up from the Second Chamber, viz. :-1. For com-
pleting the ways and means for the year 1841, 1842,
and 1843; 2. That on the extraordinary tax ; and
3. That for regulating the claims of the late King
William Frederick, Count of Nassau ; 4. That for
discharging the debt of the Commercial Company.
The Chamber received three Royal messages, accom-
panying three projects of law with an explanatory
memorial.—Dutch Papers, May 22.
ULM, MAY 16.—Notwithstanding the very un-
favourable weather, from 700 to 1,000 men are daily
employed on the works for the fortifications, and have
been interrupted for a very few days only during the
week. As soon as the fine weather set in the work
was prosecuted with increased activity, and at this
moment 2,000 workmen are employed, of whom 300
are bricklayers. A much greater number is expected.
—Hamburgh Papers, May 18.

SIGNATURE OF EXCHEQUER-BILLS, &C. Sir
George Clerk and Colonel Sibthorp have moved for and ob-
tained sonic returns relative to the signature of Exchequer-
bills and copies of letters addressed from the Controller-
General of the Exchequer to the Lords Commissioners of the
Treasury, dated the 15th of January
and the Ist of April,
1844. From a general abstract contained in these papers, it
appears that the gross total number of Exchequer-bills
signed by the Controller-General in the year ending the 31st
of December, 1842,amounted to 19,236, and the value thereof
to 34,941,8111. ; of these, 10,981 were signed by Lord Mont-
eagle and Mr. Perceval, and 8,255 by Lord Monteagie and
Mr. Eden. The total number of bills signed by the Assist-
ant-Controller, during the same period, amounted altogether
to 13,419, and the value thereof to 9,340,6651. The number
of bills signed by the Controller-General, from the 31st of
December, 1842, to the 28th of March, 1844, amounted to
24,210, and the value thereof to 53,540,6271. The number
of bills signed by the Assistant-Controller during the same
period amounted to 22,119, and the value thereof to
9,218,387/. The total number of bills signed in the same
period by the Controller-General and the Assistant-Con-
troller amounted to 78,984, and the value thereof to
107,021,491 L The movers of the return having instituted
an inquiry into the number of days in which-Lord Mont-
eagle devotes himself to the high and important duties of his
situation, it is answered that in the year 1842, the Noble
Controller-General of the Exchequer attended at his office
for 199 days, and was absent during the same year 111 days.
In 1843, his attendance was during 204 days, and his absence
106 days; manifesting a slight tendency towards increased
application to business. Since New Year's-day, 1844, the
Noble Lord has attended 76 days without any interval of ab-
sence. The total of his attendance during the above interval
has been 479 days.
ARRIVAL OF TROOPS AT GUERNSET.—This morn-
ing (Monday), between eight and nine o'clock, her Majesty's
steam-ship Dee, of 800 tons, Lieutenant Driver, arrived in
our roadstead, bringing, as it is understood, a Queen's mes-
senger, with dispatches for the Lieutenant-Governor, Major-
General Napier. The Queen's messenger, immediately on
landing, proceeded in a carriage to Havilland hall, the resi-
dence of his Excellency. In about two hours after, another
of her Majesty's steam-ships the Blazer, of 500 tons, Captain
Washington, arrived in the roads, and it was immediately
seen that she was crowded with troops. It soon transpired,
that both steamers had left the Isle of .Wight yesterday
(Sunday), but no further information could be obtained.
The commanding officer of the troops and Captain Washing-
ton having landed, were met on the pier by Major Bain-
brigge, and shortly afterwards it was seen that preparatlPAs
were being made t'or landing the men. It ttliTO out that the
Blazer had on board the de is a the 23d, 42d, and 97th
Regiments from the Isle or Wight, amounting to about
350 men. The 23d marched to the Vale Castle, the 4/d
were disembarked at Cornet Castle, and the 97th were still
on board the Blazer at the time of our going to press. It is
understood that two other depots, also from the Isle of Wight,
are now on their passage, on board a transport., and that
the garrison of this island (Guernsey) is to be inew.ed by
1,000 men. The unexpected arrival 4' ih(34o troops has
caused a great deal of surprise gnd given rise to many sur-
mises, but'nothing i 4 philely known on the subject, and Ivc,
therefore tar4in from repeating any of the es.eulations
which we have heard. We may mention twat the 42d is a
highland regiment, wearing the tigioatil costume of the kilt,
philibeg, &c. The Da is to sail this (Monday) aftermo,a,
—Guernsey Paper.

INTENDED OPENING OF WM' LONDON RAIL-
WAY.—The opening of tile West London Railway, which
line has been so 19A; in bringing to completion,
_ is at length
annntinced to take place on Monday next, the grkh inst.
(Whit-Monday). The line in question la illteAtieci as a com-
munication both for passengers aryl luggage between the Great
Western and the Lotteg and Birmingham Railways, and the
south mid wuth-Niestern portions of the metropolis fp.4 its
suburbs, as well as for the transit of heavy age ,is from the
above principal railways and the Thtlfees; by means of the
Kensington Canal. lite Vtii, einumences at the basin of the
Kensinqtun lof the Great Western road, under
It passes at the western extremity of Kenaiegiun,
whence it proceeds in a northerly directiN viAcier- the Ux-
bridge-road, at Shepherd's BAsld missing Wormwood
Scrubs, passes acres ti.ireat Western Railway at Kensal-
green. fg,i'4 ciutit 'thence under the Paddington Canal, and
Jaffna the London and Birmingham Railway. Qg the Rocth
side of the Great Western road, any 0, the Rox4haiciq of
the Uxbridge road, tly,stiyuthci sette,tt have hem erected,
with Rgytktieitit 41,c -13,Asmgra, from which
Otion it is ultepded 1.011.11 trains every day after Monday
tie4:o 444 ensrespondlng trains on the Great II est ern
and London and Birmingham Railways. The West London
Railway is intended to be hereafter carried to Kniglit4o4.cr
green, as its western terminus. WI Ph rfiletiti
h
a view t 9 ktg crinva•ii.gtvithig .
way: 149.494 44.111,3. emegstoAQ" have some
time isSne4.
lIERNWICH I.FA In —The erection of booths and
other preparations for the Whitsun-fair, are going on rapidly,
and the prospect of fine weather has.ipdgced pARRy tu,
shopkeepers in the town to rpikielavhddarcittintisans, to the 'tisue! ar-
rangements, In the fair 4 4, Alger, Scowton,
caterers('ti:tr the amusement of holiday
444 Pther well
-""wP their tents. The
Mks have already pitched police arrange-
ments will be similar to those at Easter, when they gave
general satisfaction. All the booths and shows will be pw.,l
hibi tot" on Blackheath. Deptford fair, which, lasts three tkhys;
will take place the week nfter,
APP#PiAcIP9, 4.44k1ic.:E5,-.—We understand that
Wa‘ritnnntaf
alliance is eg the I.a, between between Lord Charles
w011e44, 3410.141 of the Household, youngest son
of the Duke of Wellington, and the accomplished Miss
Pierrepont, only daughter of the Right Hon. H. Pierrepont,
and niece to the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of tlw stcrlg to
Prince Albert, and to Earl Ma.wm4., The 'contemplated
alliance between the ...o.a.rew, M.P., and Miss Phelp,
4.)xiect4 altortlT.—Herald.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
THE WEATHER IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—Since our last,
cold winds from the north and north-east have prevailed, ac-
companied by a good deal of blight. These, together, havo
proved very injurious to the fruit trees—scattering upon the
e tab, " to rot in cold obstruction," immense quantities of
blossom. The dust, too, has proved a sore annoyance, whirl-
ing in broad volumes through the air, and penetrating every
opening. Yesterday morning at eight o'clock, the long-de-
sired rain came at last, and has since continued slightly at
intervals.— Cheltenham Chronicle.

THE WEATHER IN WoncEsTEnsinnE.—Snow fell at
Bromsgrove, Abbe'ley, and Malvern, on Saturday last. The
temperature has gradually fallen from dog-day heat to the
piercing chilliness of March, but during the last two days we
have had some most genial showers, the beneficial effects of
which, after a two months' drought, will be speedily ex-
hibited in the vegetable world.— Worcester Journal.
THE WEATHER IN WARWR7KSHIRE.—The weather has,
during the last few days, become somewhat more genial,
hough as yet we have nothing to boast of. A few gentle
showers have kindly visited us, penetrating the earth to the
depth of about an inch, and vegetation expresses its thank-
fulness for the much-needed refreshment by assuming a
livelier hue. The wind, however, continues for the most part
in the north, veering sometimes towards the east, and some-
tunes towards the west, but stopping nowhere save in the
quarter least desired.—Birmingham Advertiser.
'FIIE WEATHER IN DERHYSIIIRE.—For several days past
the weather has more resembled winter than summer. rite
temperature is excessively cold, with strong breezes from
N.N.E. On Monday night a little rain fell, but utterly in-
adoquate to what is wanted, as the fields and gardens are
suffering considerably.
THE WEATHER IN THE PEAK.—In the romantic but ele-
vated portion of our county, known as the High Peak, there
has been a complete return from the warm and genial tem-
perature usually appertaining to May, to the severity of
winter DurinLr, the last seven days a biting north and
north-east wind has prevailed, accompanied by rain, hail,
and snow. A gentleman who slept at Youlgreave (in the
direction of Buxton) assures us that on Thursday- morning
the glass of his bed-room window was completely obscured
by the frozen moisture, in a similar manner to that which is
commonly observed during the severest portion of winter;
and, even in the mild and sheltered valley of Matlock, a few
flakes of snow were observed on Saturday to fall during a
shower of rain.—Derbg Mercury.
STATE OF THE CROPS IN KFNT.—Agricultural reports
are frequently composed chiefly from observations on the
weather and changes of the barometer, and are often con-
sidered as dry and uninteresting by newspaper readers. The
present will form no exception, and cannot be more accu-
rately expressed than by transcribing from the index the
term " very dry," for certainly, within the period " whereof
the memory of man is not to the contrary," there has not
been experienced, at a corresponding season of the year, such
a continued and (it may be said) so serious a drought. The
laud has often been in a drier state, but this has been at a
later period of the year, when the crops had taken deeper
root, and therefore enabled to keep alive, if not to make
growth ; but now many crops are completely scorched down
" root and rind," to the bottom. • The wheats seldom suffer
front want of moisture in this district, but they are
now hoisting the yellow flag of distress, and the
yield must be short, both in grain and straw. The
barleys are suffering severely. 'Where sown late they
have had no chance to vegetate. Oats the same ; and
in many instances the sowing has been postponed, from
the stubborn state of the land,. and must be abandoned for

this season altogether. The clovers, which at the beginning
of March were unusually good, are in many instances com-
pletely scorched and destroyed ; even on the strong clay soils
the land is so cracked in all directions that the crops cannot
stand. The grass, both in the meadow and pastures, is look-
ing very unpromising, and the crops of hay must bo short.
The hop-bine is growing fast and looking well. Fruit is also
showing a good blossom, especially cherries and apples ;
there are here and there appearances of blight, but this is
by no means general or extensive. The lambing season has
proved the most prosperous ever remembered by the oldest
shepherds; the fall in Romney-marsh, and indeed through-
out the whole district, has been numerous, and the weather
continues so fine that they have thrived rapidly on a compara-
tively small portion of food. The meat markets remain dull,
and the prices are not satisfactory nor remunerating to the
graziers. The corn markets are steady, with a slight inclina-
tion upwards. Labour is scarce, and many hands unemployed,
for even the weeds have ceased to grow.—Kentish Observer.

GREAT CHORAL MEETING IN
EXETER HALL.

The members of Mr. Hullah's classes, to the number of
2,000, met last evening in Exeter Hall. The choral perform-
ances took place under the direction of Mr. Hullah himself.
The pieces selected were performed with great steadiness
and accuracy, and the improvement on the earlier perform-
ances of this many-voiced choir was marked. " Hark, the
lark at heaven's gate sings," an air admirably
adapted to illustrate the character of Wilhem's
method, was excellently given, and was, of course, encored.
The " Like to grass," by Jules Benedict, was admirably
given. The talented composer was himself present, and the
enthusiastic manner in which he was received was a deserved
tribute to his merits as a most talented musician, and a very
worthy man. Horslev's " Haymaker's Glee" was beautifully
sung, and never was Rule Britannia" given with greater
effect than it was last evening. The performances of last
evening are an additional proof of the soundness of Wilhem's
principles, and of the admirable method in which those prin-
ciples are carried out by Mr. Hullah. The hall was crowded.
Among the fashionable and distinguished visitors on the
platform, we observed the family of his Grace the Duke of
Sutherland, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich, the
Marquis of Cholmondeley, Marquis of Kildare, Earl of Gal-
loway, Lord Cloncurry, Lord Sondes, Lord Adare, Captain
and the Misses Codrington, Hon. IL Cavendish, Hon. Lady
Cockerel], Hon. Mrs. Rushout,Hon. Walter Ponsonby, Lady
Manners, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady C. Douglas, Lady
Campbell, Lady Elizabeth Clements, Lady Massey, J. P.
Kay Shuttleworth, Esq., Mrs. Davenport; Donald M'Lean,
Esq., M.P. ; Dr. Todd, Captain Codrington, Horsley,
illus. Bac. A numerous body of the clergy, from all parts of
the country, were likewise present.

FATAL ACCIDENT FROM GUNPOWDER.—Yesterday
Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital, on the
body of Edward Bardwell, aged 19, assistant to a maker of
fireworks, named Clitherow, living in Weaver-street, Beth-
nal-green. Mr. Clitherow stated that on the 7th inst: de-
ceased was engaged in bruising some damp gunpowder in an
iron mortar, having its bottom lined with lead. He had
put in the mortar half a pound of powder, though he had
been ordered to bruise only very small quantities at a time.
Witness, hearing a sudden explosion, ran into a shed in the
yard in which deceased was at work, and found him lying
on his back dreadfully burned on the face and the upper part
of his person, and his clothes, as well as the shed, on fire.
The flames having been extinguished, deceased was taken •
immediately to that hospital. Deceased's father said that
his son told him that he was bruising some combustible corn-
position with a pestle and mortar, when attrition, caused by
some species of grit, produced the explosion. Mr. J. Maskew,
house-surgeon, said he saw deceased on his admission, and he
was severely burned in the face, neck, and arms. The usual
remedies were applied without effect, and deceased gradually
sank, and died on Sunday last.—Verdict, "Accidental Death."
On Wednesday night Lady Peel held an assembly
at the family residence, in Whitehall-gardens. The Premier's
mansion was crowded to excess, for there were above six
hundred personages of rank and distinction present. Their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at-
tended by Baron Knesebeck 'and Baroness Ahleffidt, came
from the Ancient Concert about half-past eleven, to honour
her Ladyship by their company. The royal visitors remained
for nearly an hour. When retiring from the saloon, Sir
Robert and Lady Peel accompanied their illustrious guests
to their carriage.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON EPSOM DOWNS.—On
Wednesday night last, between S and 9 o'clock, an accident
of a most frightful nature occurred to two gentlemen, who
were driving in a gig over Epsom Downs, in the direction of
London. It appears that the gentlemen, whose names we
understand to be Beaumont and Cox, and who reside at Hull,
in Yorkshire, were desirous, after the Derby race was over,
of driving over the downs, and having gone rather farther
away than was considered safe, they drove towards London
at a pretty brisk paces but had not, however, proceeded more
than half a mile on the road, when the Imse took fright at
some trifling noise, and started off at a fearful rate, precipi-
tating the younger of the two (Mr. Cox) with fearful violence
to the ground. Mr. Beaumont, who was driving, kept his
seat until Ott horn, guddenlrttrning round short in a diffe-
rent direetion, upset the gig, and threw him out with still
greater violence. Mr. Cox, who soon recovered from the
m shock, went
.quest o f his friend, whom he found a short
distance off, iy Aug underneath the gig in an insensible state,
bleeding profusely from a wound in the head. He imme-
diately went to seek for assistance, and, after a short delay,
Mr, Beaumont was conveyed to Epsom, when medical aid
being procured, it was disecwerod that the severe injuries he
had received woul4 prevent him being removed, and he now
lies there vinout the slightest hope being entertained of his
l'OPWery. Up to yesterday afternoon no tidings had been
heard of the hors,.

LYCEUM THVAInx.--The following distinguished
persons have visited this theatre during the week :—The
Dalt@ of Leeds, Marquis of Worcester, the Earl and Countess
Beauchamp, Earl and Countess of Wemyss, Viscount and
Viscountess Canning, Countess of Aylesbury, Ladies Eliza-
beth Paul, l scarf Braybrooke, Lord Carew, Lord E. Hill, Lord
Canon, Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord Gardner, Lori Vivian,
Lord and Lady Jocelyn, Lord Lucan, Count and Countess de
Sternberg, Lady Hillsborough, Lord Carrington, Sir John
Guise and fhmily, Lady Louisa Forbes, Hon. G. Howard,
Tian. George O'Callaghan, W. H. C. Plowden, Esq., Captain
Carlton, Captain Algernon Smith, Mr. Hume, Morgan'O'Con-
nell, Esq., M,P., Mr. Sheridan, Hon. Mrs. Norton, captain
West, Captain Hart, the Misses Howard Vyse, Sir Richard
Bulkeley and Lady Phillips, Colonel Wildman, Col. Conyers,
Sir Harvey Bruce and Lady, Captain Pixly and family, Mr.
Peel, Captain Lock, and the Hon. F. Charteris.
THE ROMIERY AND MURDER IN RATCLIFF.......
An inquest was held yesterday at the Town of Whitby
public-house in Wapping-wall,Lower Shadwell, before Mr.
Baker, Coroner, and a jury, on the body of Luke Williams,
aged fifty-eight, late landlord of the Chequers. The me-
dical eNidenee given before Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Norton,
at the Thames-police Court, on the examination of the six
prisoners charged with the robbery and murder of the de-
ceased, was repeated, and Ash, the mother of Mary Ann Ash
and Rosetta wagger, now in custody, was likewise ex -
aniinod, sufficient was elicited from her to prove that Wil-
liams had been robbed in the house, of which her daughters,
Nicholson, the milkman, and Richard Bragger, the husband
of Rosetta Bragger, were the inmates ; that the deceased
complained of his loss, and that he was ill-used by Horsted,
the coal-whipper, and carried home in a state of insensibility.
At the oniclusion of this woman's testimony Mr. Baker
again adjourned the inquest until Monday next,
THE CALEDONIAN BALL.—The several members of
our Royal family have been invited by the ladies patronesses
to honour this charitable hall by their presence. The Duke
of Wellington, RIKI far a long series of yea
the ball Nr hls attendance, and all the Fore-ignillShim 5s isdithgriranedd
their ladies, have likewise been invited, and no doubt will
be present. The Duchess of Sutherland, Duchess of Norfolk,
Duchess of Roxburghe, Countess of Pawls, Countess of Rose-
bery, Countess of Kinnoull, Lady Saltoun, Lady Emily Fo-
ley, and many of the ladles patronesses, met by appointment
on Tuesday, Arad the result of the conference was that an
addi„;tlonal Issue of vouchers was made, as the demand for
the entree has been so great as to exceed, by some three
hundred, the applications of some previous years. Two bands
are engaged, and a considerable number of flowers, plants,
and exotics are to be supplied far the decoration in the ante,
waiting, and ball rooms,
COMPETINg RAA4,WATB To EPSOM.—THE ATmo-
spiiptlP 444WAtir.,—Yesterdv a Committee of the House
Q WW1:lolls (Lord Howlek in the chair) decided upon
arAnting the Croydon Company's branch railway to Epsom,
and on rejecting that of the rival Company, the South-
Western. The great characteristic of this protracted con-
test is, that the Croydon Company propose to lay down a line
from Epsom to London (a length of twenty-one miles) on
the atmospheric R,ratom. Mr. William Cubitt, Mr. Brunel,
lid;. SagiUda, Mr. Barry Gibbons, and other eminent engineers,
were examined for the atmospheric plan, and Mr, Robert
Stephenson against it. The subject has excited much inte-
rest in the scientific world and the committee-room has been
crowded daily,

MINIATURE MEMOIRS:
Whether the Count Rostopschin was, or was no4-tinit
Mr. Swing on an extensive scale, the Incendiary of
-Moscow, is nothing to our present purpose. We
have here to do with him only as the author of
an autobiography which is unexampled for brevity.
It is written in French, of which language the Count
was perfect master ; and including the table of con-
tents, occupies no more than five—" volumes 7"—
No (tell it not in the Row) not even the compulsory
three; it occupies no more than five loosely-printed
pages, in small octavo. Of the voluminous biographies
and autobiographies of persons of vast importance to
themselves or their surviving relatives, by which our
shelves are encumbered, were many of them a'‘ridged ,
compressed, dives'ed of all that is uninterestii,,* and
valueless, to how much less than five pages would they
not be reduced !

Rostopschin, an able statesman and a good soldier,
was also a wit ; and when this dreaded personage first
arrived in Paris, "we were not a little astonished," says
the Biographic Universelle et portative des Contemporaiss,
" to find a man of wit and amiability in him whom, till
then, we had been accustomed to consider as a ferocious
Tartar." An abundance of his sayings are still re-
membered ; as an example—" You did not, then, come
to Paris, Monsieur Le Conde, to set fire to it ?" said a
lady. " Madame," replied he, " I came to be enablesl to
judge for myself of the real merits of three men of whom
I had heard so much —Foucl.4, Talleyrand, and Putier,
(the actor) ; and it seems to me that Potter is the only
one of them who has not been vastly over-rated."
'rhe origin of the memoirs may be related with a
brevity proportioned to the work. A lady told lto-
stopschin that he ought to write his memoirs. The next
morning he waited upon her, and, putting a sheet of
paper into her hand, said, " I have complied with your
orders ; there, Madam, are my memoirs." It was not
till some years afterwards (1839) that the work was
given to the press, and only three hundred copies (of
which one is before us) were printed ; but it was almost
immediately copied into the leading French journals.
The version which we give of this charming jeu d'esprit
is, in some parts, necessarily paraphrastic : there are
pnints in it strongly resembling the light and playful
satire of Voltaire, the intention of which- could not be
rendered by a close and literal translation.

MEMOIRS OF THE COUNT ROSTOPSCHIN, IN FOURTEEN
CHAPTERS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF IN TEN MINUTES.
CHAP I.—MY BIRTH.—On the 12th of March, 1765,
I burst from darkness into the light of day. I wus
measured, and I was weighed, and I was baptised. I
was born without knowing why; and my simple parents
(like most othess) thanked Heaven for the event, with.
out knowing wherefore.

CUAP. IL—My EDUCATION.—I was taught all manner
of things and all sorts of languages. By dint of im-
pudence and quackery, I sometimes contrived to pass
myself off for a very learned person. My head became,
as it were, a library of nothing but odd volumes, of
which I kept the key.

CHAP. SUFFERINGS.—I was tormented by
my tutors, by my tailors—they would make my clothes
so tight !—by women, and by vanity, and by ambition
and by idle regrets. Sometimes I was tormented by
sovereigns, sometimes 'by souvenirs.
CHAP. IV.—My PRIVATIONS.—I was deprived of the
capacity for enjoying the three great pleasure of the
human race : thieving, gluttony, and pride.
CHAP. V.—MEMORABLE EPOCHS OF MY Livu.—At
thirty, I gave up dancing ; at forty, I renounced the de-
sire to make myself agreeable to the fair sex ; at fifty, I
ceased to care for public opinion ; at sixty, I gave up
the trouble of thinking, and became a true philosopher
—or thoroughly selfish man : the terms are synonymous.
CHAP. VI.—MY CHARACTER..-4 was as obstinate as,
a mule, capricious as a pretty woman, gay as a child,
lazy as a dormouse, active as a Buonaparte—and all this
just as it suited me.

CHAP. VII.—A MOMENTOUS RESOLUTION.—Never
having been able to command my countenance, I resolved
to give full liberty to my tongue, till at length it became
a habit with me to think aloud. To this I was indebted
for considerable pleasure, and a great many enemies.
CHAP. VIII.—WHAT I WAS, AND WHAT I MIGHT
HAVE BEEN.—I was frank, confiding, and exceedingly
susceptible of friendship ; so that, had I lived in the
golden age, I might probably have been a downright
simpleton.
CHAP. IX.—SINS I HAVE NOT COMMITTED.—I was
never implicated in bringing about a marriage; to no
one did I ever recommend a cook or physician ; conse-
quently, I never attempted any person's life.
CHAP. X.—MY TASTES.—I was fond of pleasant little
parties, and a ramble in the woods. I entertained an in-
voluntary veneration for the sun, and his setting often
saddened me. My favourite colour was blue; in.eating,
I liked beef and horse-radish; in drinking, cool spring
water; comedy and farce when I went to the play; in
both man and woman I liked an open, expressive coun-
tenance. Hunchbanks—hunchbacks of either sex—for
me possessed an indefinable charm, a charm which I
never could account for.

CHAP. XL—Mir AVERSIONS.—I always entertained
an antipathy to fools and to rogues, and to certain
women who simulate virtue; disgust for affectation;
pity for dandyfied men and made-up women; aversion
for rats, liquers, metaphysics, and rhubarb; dread of
justice, and wild beasts.

CHAP. XII.—My GREATEST BLESSING.—My chief
happiness now consists in that I am independent of the
three great rulers of the destinies of Europe. As lam
as rich as I care to be, I have turned my back on public
affairs, and am pretty indifferent about music; I have,
consequently, no accounts to settle with Messrs. Roths-
child, Metternich, and Rossini.
CHAP. XIII.-..ANALYSIS OF MY LIFE.—I await death
without fear, as without impatience. My life has been a
bad, but showy, melo-drama, in which I have alternately
played the hero, the tyrant, the loved the dignified
father—but never the valet.

CHAP. XIV.—EPISTLE-DEDICATORY TO THE PUBLIC:
—Dog of a Public! :Harsh and untunablo mouthpiece of
every bad passion ! Thou that elevatest to the skies and
plungest into the mire ; thou that, ignorant and chance-
led, now flattorest, now calumniatest ! Senseless tyrant!
Bedlamite broke loose ! Thrice-drawn essence of roses
—and of rats-bane ! The Devil's representative at the
Court of Humankind ! Fury—disguised beneath tho
mask of Christian charity I Public ! that in my
younger days I feared ; in riper years, respected ; in
age confirmed, despised—'tis to thee I dedicate my Me-
moirs. Gentle Public 1 I am now beyond thy reach—
only for lam dead—deaf, dumb, and blind. For thine
own repose, and the repose of mankind, I heartily wish
thee the same.

FRENCH RAILWAY RECEIPTS.

Paris to Orleans (Corbeil included), from the Bth to the
4th of May :

Frs. ca.
32,961 passengers ..
Luggage, parcels, horses, carriages, &c.......... 15,293 39
Merchandise 22,915 76

152,915 55

Total receipts from Jan 1 to May 14 2,103,495 07
Paris to Rouen, from the 9th to the 15th May :-
17,758 passengers 90,802 30
Merchandise, parcels, &c 24,131 75

114,934 05

Total receipts for the first year
Strasbourg to Basle, to the Ist of April :-
57,633 passengers
Luggage
Merchandise .....
Proportion of receipts on the line from Mal-
house to Thann

122,969 35
3,662 71
54,715 03

5,219 93

186,5‘7 02

SHOCKING DISAPPOINTMENT.—The old adage of
the course of true love not running smooth was Hilly realised
yesterday morning in the following (to the parties shoking)
manner :—Dr. —, a medical gentleman, residing in the
Isle of Wight, had for some time past been paying t dad
dresses to Miss T—. the daughter of a respectable trades-
man, hesoi
man, carrying on business near the Strand, h
only received by the young lady herself, btw countenanced
the pair o
time, and yesterday was the day
by ' Pa" and " Ma." The courtship.hhddewxhisethedfor
.somef
aiethe
lovers were to be made one. "Publishing banns' was
edmidatrrhieedh.rhAte
beneath the dignity of the parties, as by such a mode
wouldevery-
lbiadcenyse
was
heknowtherefore
re when
procured,Miss
Tan—d
anxiously
to b,
xiousl
andbir with their friends and relations proceed to
st. sai de r
ti
grifrinChurch, where the indissoluble knot vas to
be tied. The beadles ushered them into the vestry-room,
where the Rev. Mr. Ramsey was in waiting to perform
the ceremony. The clerk inquired for the license, upon
which the father of the bride exclaimed, " Oh, dear, who
has got it ?" The bridegroom fumbled in his pockets, but
found 'it not; and then for the first time discovered that he
had left the key to his happiness at home on his dressing
table. A postchaise was at the Church door intended to
convey him and his bride to a distant part to spend the
honeymoon, when quick as thought he jumped into it and
drove to his lodgings, being told that he must be back before
twelve o'clock, or the ceremony could not be performed that
day. The wedding party waited with great anxiety the re-
turn of the bridegroom. The clock struck, and the bell had
scarcely cooled before the bridegroom " breathless with
haste" arrived, but too late for the performance of the cere-
mony. The effect on the bride was rather alarming, she was
seized with hysterics, and remained in a fit for some time.
On her recovery the disappointed party left the Church much
ess buoyant in spirits than when they entered it.
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THE IRON TRADE.—STOURBIIDGE.—Prook of
improvement in the iron trade, and with it of the general
trade of the mining districts,
• are daily developing them-
selves. The colliers have already received an advance of
afrondmo3ns. StoatSs.
6d.
per day generally throughout the district.
we understand that considerable numbers
gave notice to leave their employ unless their wages were
advanced to 4s. We cannot but consider this step as ill-
advised and premature, tending to a disruption of the good
feeling whieh existed between the masters and the men.
Biemisoietm.—We learn from authority on which we place
implicit reliance, that at a meeting of iron masters, held in
Birmingham on Thursday last, it was determined that an
advance of wages to the Teen employed in every department
of the mills aud forges should take place from the Ist of
JUIIC. The puddlers have already very generally received
an addition of 6d. per ton on their prevemis wages. If the
colliers will place the same reliance on their enveloyere
which the mill and for on have, there is small doubt but
that they will in due time participate in the same adv.aze-
tagee.— Worcester Chroniek.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court a•as held for the dispatch of a great
deal of public business.

CONTINUATION OF NEW FARRINGDON- STIIEET.

Mr. IL L. JONES, the Chairman of the London-bridge
Approaches Committee, brought up a report " For sealing
a bond to the Chamberlain for the advance of 25,0001. by
the Bank, being the amount authorised by Act sth and
6th of her present Majesty, and paid to the Commis-
sioners for continuing the street from New Farringdon-
street to Clerkenwell-green." It stated that the Remem-
brancer having received a communication from the Soli-
citors of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, stat-
ing that the Lords of the Treasury had given their con-
sent that the sum of 25,0001. should be raised by the
Court, to be paid to the Commissioners appointed by the
3d and 4th Vic., c. 112, for opening a street to Clerken-
well-green, to be applied by them towards the expense of
making and completing the said street, the Committee
proceeded to ascertain upon what terms the Governor
and Company of the Bank of England were willing to
advance that sum ; that they had agreed to ad-
vance it at the rate of 3!. 10s. per cent. per
annum, which rate of interest had been approved by the
Commissioners of the Treasury, and their Lordships
had issued a warrant directed to tl.e Court, authorising
the Court to raise that sum, and directing that it should
be paid to the Commissioners. That the sum of 25,000/.
and interest were to be charged upon the improvement
fund next in priority to the sum of 40,000/. raised by
the Court, and charged upon the said fund for the pur-
chase of the block of buildings between the Bank of
England and Cornhill; they had much satisfaction in
anticipating the speedy conclusion of that important
improvement of making a spacious avenue from Black-
friar's-bridge to Clerkenwell-green, which the Court had
commenced, and carried into effect so far 83 the juris-
diction of the City of London extended ; and that the
Committee had given directions to the Comptrollers to
prepare a bond for the sum of 25,000/. for these pur-
poses, and recommended that the City seal should be
affixed thereto.--(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.")
The report was unanimously agreed to, and the bond
was accordingly sealed.