The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LON DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 18.50.

THE A RMY.

ROYAL A RTILLERY.— WCOLWICII, OCT. 22 —The gar-
arn.. (I.,l;:.tird here v. er.) fire s cly atiiruVed to-day
by Cie pr.ja ations tor, and embaiketion on board the
R-sista4,co iroep ship of three companies ( f the Royal
Artillery—Captain lidt's company (S h battalion) fur
G.braltar; Cap ttin Shone's cemp.ny (2d battalion), for
Malta; and Captain Bean's COW rally (2,1 battalion), for
Corfu. The three elm' attics assembled on the Guard
Mounting Parade IA half-p.. 4 twelve o'clock, and at ,en
minutes before one o'clock left the garrison, headed by
the band of the corps, playing " The girl I left behind
me," and preceded by ne..rly every non-conimissioned
officer and man in the garrison, all being anxious to wit-
IJCSS their e nr.brltatior.. Tr:e gene rat tottl ( f Royal
A rtiller; ewt.arlied in the Resstauce to-day is 5 ca, tains,
S lieutenants, I assistant-urgeon (Pa.k), 29 non-com-
m6sionrd ( friects, 277 rs and driver., 6 trurupetvr:=,
find 18 women with their children. The following are,
the name's 4f the oll:ers to be stationed :—At Gibraltar,
Capttiin ll,ii, First Licut,iJos Earle and Byinr, and
S c tr:(1 Licu.enanY J. S. Steilin;:. At I:4lta, c .i.cl
First Lleutentint J. M. C:rrpl-.0, at d
1-i •c, Lieutenant 11. At Corfu, Car ain
Second Captain First Lieutenants Woolsey cod
Walcotr, and S,e,,nl Li un Blackburn. The Re-
,is'ance is to 1.. H towed to the Do...vris on Thursday
mornin g.

ADVENTURE on the COAST of BRAZIL.
___ (From the Hereford Times.)

have teen favoured with a sight of the
very interes ing letkr, addressed to the late
Jo,,eph B ttli-y, jun., E•q , the late lamented represen-
tative for Ilere!ordrhire, from his krother, Lieutenant
Jan Miley, U.N., who is at present employed in the
Slave-trade Suppression Squadron on the South
American cf.ast. It will be seen that he has been re-
cently engaged in what he very aptly calls "ticklish
work." The exploits of which he gives this stirring
yet unaffected detail appear to have been of a truly
gallant and daring character :

"Rio, June 28.
My dear Joe,—l have got much to tell you, and
hope it may lead to promotion, and therefore this
lrt:tr is almost, I- may say, a business one. When I
was ordered out to Brazil, Admiral Dundas wrote to
me saying he hoped I should take many slavers, and
get my promotion for so doing, as Crofton of the
Rifl •man has. The Rifleman has been out here

eighteen months, and has taken three empty and one
half full slaver. I had only been on the station five
days when I captured my third; the last of which
was from within pistol shot of a battery manned and
loaded. We arrived off Rio on the 18th of June,
and in sight of the harbour captured a slaver. We
then went in to retort ourselves to the admiral, re-
plenish, and provision af.er cur long passage ; but, as
the admiral was cruising outside, I was ordered cut
again immediately to report myself, and at the same
time to destroy the slaver, which was not in a fit state
to go to sea : we sunk her that night. Whilst
locking for the admiral on the night of the 20th we
captured a second slaver, and she being a fine scund
vessel dispatched her to St. Helena, for adjudication.
We then returned to Rio; but, being informed where
the admiral was, again went in quest of hilaa linme-
diately, found him that morning, viz., the 22d. It
had hitherto been unlawful to take slave vessels out of
Brazilian i orts, but I had brought out dispatches for
the admiral, ordering him to take them out of their
ports when it could be done without successful re-
sistance being opposed. Now, it was a strange thing
that I had that morning obtained information of a no-
torious fellow lying in a port about eighty miles off,
and at once obtained the admiral's leave to go
and take the first shine off the new order. Mind
you, it was ticklish work ; for Mr. Hudson,
ihe British Minister at the Brazilian Court,
tells me nothing could he better as it has ended ;
but that, if blood had been drawn between the
Brazilian troops and my men, the whole responsibility
would be thrown on my shoulders. As we had not
been more than half an hour in Rio, we had not had
time to re-victual, water, or coal, and had therefore
only half a day's water, two days' bread, and about
fifteen tons of coal remaining; we, therefore, went on
two pints of water a day, and started on our mission.
I arrived off the port of Mecahi at half-past three
F.M. on the 23d. We observed our friend moored,
with four stout chain cables, ready for sea, and within
pistol shot of an eight gun battery, and lying imme-
diately under the guns. The boats were sent to exa-
mine her, who found no captain or papers, but a re-
gular slave deck, and the beach was crowded with
ruffians, banging off muskets in all directions. Whilst
the officer wus searching, a body of soldiers marched
into the battery and loaded the guns; my young
officer not knowing exactly how to act, therefore,
drovped his prize and returned for further orders. I
therefore went away in a four-oared boat to speak to
the commandant of the battery, and see if it was
practicable to get her out. It was now dusk, and
as I walked up the bank to the office, a fellow let
fly a musket close to my head, out of a hedge. I,
however, did toy business with the officer, and went
on board to examine her myself; she was a perfect
little beauty, called the Polka, but as palpable a rogue
as I ever saw in my life. I therefore wished them
good evening, and returned on boa'd, steamed out a
little way to trick them, and having cleared for action
and loaded with grape and canister, manned the boats,
tawed them to within nandiet-shot of the schooner and

fort, then cast them off, as there was not Rater for the
ship to approach any nearer. I gave my men in the
boats orders nut to fire even if their vessels or boats
were struck, but to reserve their fire until some of
them had received personal injury, when in self-de-
fence they were to return it ; and as soon as they had
done so I intended to open on the fort, which I sus-
pect would very soon have been cleared, for we were
within short musket range, loaded as I told you. The
boats dashed alongside the slaver on the side opposite
to the battery, whilst a perfect blaz.s of muskets and
rockets was going on around them, though at so cau-
tious a distance that no one was touched. Presently,
in the moonlight, we saw her sails dropped, the
cables were slipped, and out she shot like an arrow.
Directly she did so bang went the first gun from
the battery, which went far over the mark ; and
then a second, it splashed them from head to foot ; a
third fished in the pan, and by that time she bad run
across our bows, and directly she had done so we
steamed in across the line of fire, which immediately
ceased; and, giving them three good cheers, as the
only return for their shot, dashed off to sea together,
at the rate of eight miles an hour. It was the work
of ten minutes, and was done without our even snap-
ping a cap. We then put all the remaining bread we
had on board the prize, b,rrow ing some water from
her—fur we bad not a drop left—and, packing her off
to St. Helena, returned to the admiral, who wts
pleased beyond measure, end ordered us into Rio, to
provision, tuel, and water. This is unprecedented. We
had captured two slavers before our reporting ourselves
to the admiral ; and in five days had captured three
slavers, and that before her provisioning, and with
merely the remnant of fuel we brought out from Eng-
land. Furthermore, the very first day the new order
was issued about taking them out of the ports when
practicable, we have taken one of their crack craft,
from under the very nose of a manned and loaded
battery, and that without spilling a drop of blood.
Now, Joe, if they have given Crofton his promotion
for taking four vessels in 18 months, I think 1 de-
serve mine for taking three in five days—l assure you
it was not from chance, but from right hard work.
We had, since coming on the station, examined 17
vessels; and when we arrived in Rio this time, I had
not been in bed, or had my clothes off, for nine days
and nights. I can assure you my men were fairly
done up. The Brazilians are. furious—they declare
that their only treatment of us shall be the knife and
the musket ; and their threats are not empty ones.
The Rifleman had a volley poured into one boat's
crew, which killed one man dead ; and the whole
party would have ben murdered, had it not been for
their own presence of mind. The Cormorant had
three men killed in the street of Rio by being thrown
out of a window. We are, therefore, close prisoners,
and never think of going anywhere.
" Believe me, your very affectionate brother,
BAILEY."

THE LATE ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT KENDAL BY
MEANS OF CHLOROFORM —The fellow charged with the ex-
aordinary attack upon the Rev. Lachlan M'lntosh, at
Shaw's Temperance Hotel, Kendal, was tried at the West-
moreland Michaelmas Sessions, Kendal, on Friday last. He
gave his name Charles Montgomery, but his real name is
Charles Vern from Carlisle. He stood committed for trial
upon the double charge of an assault with intent to rob, and
of stealing a key belonging to the room where the p osecutor
slept, which was found along with the bottle of chloroform
in prisoner's carpet-bag. The proprietress of the Temperance
Hotel, however, refused to swear to this key before the grand
jury, although she had sworn to it before the committing
magistrates, and the consequence was that the bill for the
larceny of the key tell to the grcund. The prisoner pleaded
guilty to the attempt to rob, and was sentenced by the
bench to eighteen months imprisonment with hard labour,
including one month's solitary confinement. A good deal
of comment has been made in this town upon what is
considered the leniency of the sentence compared with the
diabolical nature of the attack. Mr. M•lntosh had been
preaching a missionary sermon on the day the assault was
made, and it is supposed that the prisoner expected to find
the proceeds of the collection in the pockets of his intended
victim.
MONEY MARKET—The premium on gold at Paris
1,1, 5i per which, at the English Mint price of
•f. 179. lOid. r ounce for standard gold, gives an
at ex-
changes f 25 29; and the exchange at Paris on London
ulr:;gtilgiiitshhempirnico f
c_nthort bring 25.22 i, it fillows that gold is 026 per
at theb
Ham. dearer in Paris ti.an in London. By advirei, from
standard gold, • price of / 10I•1 per ounce for
Mint 3 . 17— •
old is 431 per mark, which,
ex-
change ig"'" an exaiange of 13.8; and the ex-
it
followes
that gold
on Loudon at short being 13 7.:1,
burgh thsta aitc grd 0.12 per cent. dearer In Ham-
New York on .ondon. Tne course of exchange at
per cent., and the London for bills at 60 (la) a' sight is 1101
America being lopa2r of exchange beim, en England and
exchange is nominally per cent., it follows that the
land, and after making0 92 per cei t. in favour of Eng-
interest and chargesallowance for difference of
leaves a profit on the transport, the present rate
United tates. importation of gold from the

PARIS IN MA:iCI!, 1850.
(cork TlNtir D.)
The French term divided m two ; these who
wish to be centralizer, and these who wish to be
funct Iona" Lt. When a deputa`i,:n came to Napoleon,
his frtqu,nt answer woe, Von: sere: organi.s.es: End
there is a proverbial aspiration, Let Ice be officer,
if only of a Mill! (gue je sois officier, mime d'un
moulin!). You haNe seen their wini'mills—it is not
necessary to he 11. n Quixote to take them for scare-
crows. M. H. de Traria e:e said in the Assembly, there
was one functionary to every nitae inhabitants. It is
f ated that a vingtaine or trentaine of little minds are
stronger than one large tnittd t,etter have accurate
returns of maral filth, distinguishing that collected by
clerical or military scavengers, than by a single great
truth or touch f nature induce eve ry man to sweep
lefnre his own door.

Unfortunately the only pecp'e who neither wish to
la, officers nor of man of principle—the
rosin spri, g or molly motrice of Flanae, are—the
Fauxbourgs St. Antoine and Marcum] ! Poor Tesso
ok his curious and candid Paragone dell Italia alla
Francia gives them an inditietant character :
uomini Ore a tutti gli altri cilissirni ; and the airy
G.4s( on, Montaigne, says just as much, knowing them
stid better. Pari-, a city will about half the Topu-
lation of London, has more than twenty larve
theatres—the'ourreuses de loges do the most effi cruel
part of the not leust valuable police—at these theatre s.
" Waen the Fauxbourgs come down, " that n
they come down into the streets, in the tempt st of
primitive passions, with hung-r, eldest and strongest of
the passions, what will the poor ouvreuses de loges
do? About as much as Guizor, that seeritaire ambu-
lant, par negotiis neque supra, the ex pedagogue,
more culpable than all the Polignacs, who misguided
the second childhood of the king of shuffli?rs.
Your Frenchman has no personal interest in order
public, but thinks some one else has. With us every
male becomes a JUROR—on great occasions a special
constable, and when not wanted goes home to his
sea-coal fire." In France, all who don't wish to be
officers must be officered : 'you see, besides troops
hone and foot, guards national, guards mobile, gens
d'armes, gens d'armes mobilised, agents of police equiva-
lent to sergents de ville, and a whole hierarchy of secret
agents or mouchards brought up to the art from
their youth. All these messieurs are wasting
their time—all compromising their safety, and with
all this apparel Louis Philippe, after Madame Ade-
death, never knew what was passing in his
own house. _ _

An ingenious writer, or joint stock of writers, under
the names of Stendhal and Boinbet, professing to treat
,sf Handel and Rossini, spoke of " the ten Ministers
of some Italian Court who had not among them so
much business as one French prefect?' Many of the
functionaries are attorneys— drape offaire demande
un homme par ce que chaque honzme demande une
place; les papiers se multiplient.
With us, nepotism or Grey ism forms the exception
—a Ministry might be formed without them—here
centralization is the rule—if they had more liberty
they would have more order. They palliate hatred
with a scanty Greek pallium of decency till the
monstrous moral nakedness comes to view. " This
passion for uniformity arose out of arrogance and
impatience—in science it would have stopped re-
search, in religion it produced persecution, in politics
despotism. The flowers of the field mock our hard
words, the trees of the forest deride our classification."
In such a state of things all is negative, personal,
verbal, ephemeral; success to the lukewarm, the cor-
rupt, the mediocre, who would rather appear in
everything than appear well in anything, who can do
nothing but undo, who would rather do mischief than
do nothing, because they would rather do anything
than not do somebody. Hence the diabolic nouns,
Testi, Gisquet, Praslin, Petit, S,lphy Dawes, Par-
meatier, Bresson, Cubieres, Libri, and Guizot captain
of the host—by way of indulgence he " may wear his
rue with a difference.
The chreeau at Versailles, as every one knows, is a
tissue of gilding, marbles and paintings, in which
nothing rises to high art and nothing sinks to
mediocrity.
Here is a panorama of triumph, an immense port-
folio of highly-coloured pictures as large as life, in
which the petit caporal appears often, but never too
often. Here must be at least a mile, 1,760 yards, of
magnificent apartments, perfectly free from damp and
dirt, all restored and supplied by Louis Philippe at his
own expense. The construction and preserva-
tion of such a palace as Versailles shows the
prodigious, yet, perhaps, misapplied industry of
the French ; and, as usual, a physical
condition comes in aid of the mor.il sentiment. Paris
(Lutetia, from lutum) and also Versailles, stAnd on
quarrits containing gypsum, or sulphate of lime.
Of these there are two sorts, one the famous plaster of
Paris, or pierre u piatre, the other, mallon, very si-
milar, but easily worked, soon hardening, and of the
Purest white, so that stones and mortar of the best
kind are found close at hand. I, the same manner
Brighton,,a small fishing villrge, by its flint and cliak
ha‘ grown into a town of 30,030 inhabitants, as the
B tth stone originated the ci,ies of 134th and Wel a,
with the exquisite tracery of Glastonbury.
The mechanical genius of F renchmenis feniiliar to
those semicentenarians who remember the 4. French
prisoners" at Norman-cross and Yaxley-barracks,
with their naval models cut from mutton bones and
their cannon hammered out of hal!'pence. Every
bourgeois now has a clock superior to that which be-
longed to poor Mary Antoinette at Versailles, and
they will make you a good watch no bigger than a
shilling. Mirabeau had carved a slave-ship with all
its horrid details. Sir 'Walter Scott says,—" A small
taste for mechanics encourages a trifling sort of
self-conceit, founded on knowing what is not worth
being known by one who has other matters to employ
his mind upon ; in short, forms a trumpery, gimcrack
sort of character." Yet Sir Walter was not thinking

of the French.
Here, no doubt, that most aristocratic count—
Alfieri, would 1 ave sniffed at the miserabile magnifi-
cenza ultramontana : yet Versailles is superior to
England. A little farther north you have Lapland
wi h still smaller houses and that little all roof. Guld.
smith says perhaps too favourably of the English,
tyrants of his own country which he deserted—
i" Intent'on7Mgh7designF, a thoughtful band . . .
I see the Lords of human kind pass by,
__
Pride in their port, defiance in their eye."
of the French—
" The sports of children satiJy the child."

Prevailing Poet. But, as a critic, not to be trusted
implicitly, for he would have destroyed, at one fell
swoop, all Italy—and all Shalispere ! as may be seen
textually in the "Vicar of Wakefield" and the " Tra-
veller." He had moved in some petty jealous scene,
and, born for the universo, narrowed his mind—the
hero of some bog, he had b: en at once insulaire and
montagnard. H. C.

COURT OF CHANCERY.—There are now two Vice-
Chancellorships vacant—one occasioned by the death of the
late Sir Lancelot Shadvrcll, the Vice-Chancellor of England,
in August last. and the other by the recent resignation of the
Vice-Chancellor Wigram, on account of continued indisposi-
tion. It is understood that one Vice-Chancellor only will
be appointed to• supply the places of the two judges whose
offices have thus become vacant. It is expected that the
Master of the Rolls, together with the Vice-Chancellor
Knight Brace, and the Vice-Chancellor who is to be ap-
pointed, will be enabled to keep down the business of the
court, even:assuming that the Lord-Chancellor will be ex-
clusively engaged in.hearing appeals.— Times.
THE COUNTY COURTS —A new provision appears
in the Extended County Courts Act relating to actions
against officers of the courts. It is enacted that after the
passing of the Act no action shall be brought against any
high bailiff or person acting under him for anything done in
obedience to any warrant under the hand of the clerk and
seal of the court, until demand bath been vide for a perusal
and copy of such warrant, and that the same hath been re-
fused or neglected by the space of six days after such de-
mind. Should any action be brought against the high bailiff
or other person connected with him, without making the
clerk of the court who signed and sealed the warrant a de-
fendant, the jury on the trial shall give a verdict for the de-
fendant, notwithstanding any defect in the warrant. If such
action be brought jointly against a clerk and bailiff or other
person, then on proof of such warrant the jury shall find for
the bailiff ; and if the verdict be given against the clerk the
plaintiff shall recover his costs against him, which costs
shall include the costs the plaintiff was liable to pay the
other defendant. In an action under this Act the defendant
may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in
evidence on the trial. Hitherto it was sufficient that an
action should be brought against a high bailiff, but now it is
I otherwise.
- - •

We are enabled to state that since the new Stamp
Act came into operation, on the 10th of this month, the de-
mand for stamps has been w great as to add to, instead of
diminishing, the amount of revenue derived from that source,
notwithstanding the great reduction which has taken place
in the tariffof prices. The number of railway transfers alone
has been much greater than any one ever anticipated ; and
it is believed, that so far from falling off, there will be a
steady increase in the consumption of stamps as the advan-
tages of the new scale of duties begin to be appreciated.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is, we understand, exceed-
ingly gratified with the result of the experiment, so far as it
has gone; and it is believed that should the new scale of
duties continue as productive in the intervening period be-
tween the present time and the close of the financial year,
in the beginning of April, the Ri ;lit Hon. Gentleman will be
induced to make other reductions in the amount of particular
taxes which operate injuriously on the industi y of the country.
SUICIDE AT THE HOUSE OF DYITENTION.—THE
SOLITARY SY STEAL—An it qnest was held yesterday after-
noontenrkmetnttwu
jells,uoicnidethbeyb(b)dayng(ici)gGieoitrigiseeitßaikaerh,isageeedil
by H. M. akley,. Lai., at the House of Detention,
wiu that
Ccolls,
prison on Sunday evening 1.7.5 t. lie bad been committed
from Cleikenweli Police court f r stealing a handkerchief.
The governor of the pris, n said he bad seen nothing peculiar
in his conduct, and he had made no c. mplaint of firs treat-
ment. He; had been in prise,' three times before for pinking
pockets. The coroner then addressed the jury, and said that
in this prison and in that at Pentonville the solitary system
was adopted, and it was of great importance to inquire how
far that system had influence on the mind and brain t f the.
prisoners where it was adopte4. During the 18 months he
had the honour of acting as deputy coroner, he had held six
inquests on suicides committed in prisons, three of these
beteg in Pentonville arid, three in the House of Detention,
in both of which the solitary principle was carried out,
while in the House of Correction and the other prisons not a
' single suicide had occurred. After a short consultation the
jury, returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity."

LITERATURE.

THE VIRGIN WIDOW. A Pluy. By Henry
Taylor.
A paetic tfration of tiny kind coming to us from
the author of "Pnilip Van Artevale" is always

welcome, more e:Tecially if of a dramatic character.
His pure and cultivated taste, his ornate but not over
elab:)r6ted finish, his diction at once musical and
sonorous, impart to all the emanations of his fancy a
charm which never fails to gratify the first require-
ments of the critic, although it seldom succeeds in

arousing anything hut a very moderated enthusiasm.
From the original outpourings of Mr. Taylor's imagi-
natio❑ it was at one time conjectured that to him we
might lock with some degree of confidence for the
reviv.A of the ancient glories of our dramatic litera-
ture. It was conceived that while the romance of
Knowles, the satire of Jerrold, the sensibility of
Marston, the sprightliness of Boureicault, the vrsa-

of Lyt`on, the ingenuity of Lovell, and the
al elc quence of Talfourl toll ctively, succeeded
a:ning the drama at a period which for some
ale threatened to witness its decadence, the gen'us
which had created a soul " under th,.. rib. Of death"
in the irstance of " Philip Van Ar event.," might by the
union of s,me at 'cast, if not all, of the,e great qualities
originate some school of dramatic composition worthy
of comveting with those of sr, Otway or a ALlssin
ger. Un'ortunately, this expectation of his admirers
has been long since dissip ANL Instead of inaugurat-
log a new era in this depirtment of literature, II my
Taylor 11s contented himself with athlirg works
of singular beauty, though of no remark Able splen -
dour, to those of his many gifted rivals and contempo-
raries. In his 0 Statesman" and his " Eve of the
Conquest," in his " Edwin the Fair" and his " Isaac
Commenus," he has displayed, it is true, poetic clips-
cities of a different order from those revealed in his

tliity
clasAc

"Philip Van Artevelde ;" yet, while showing the wider
scope of his intellect, he has failed altogether in elevat-
ing his reputation. Perhaps the most ripened fruits of his
mind are the prose essays in which he has vindicated
his powers of cogitation, the " Notes from Books"
and the " Notes from Life," in which are stored to-
gether the truths of philosophic reverie. To those
who bad admired his reflective fancy, even
when disporting in the trammels of verse,
it was matter of satisfaction to listen to
him when discoursing on the profoundest problems
of existence, on the " Life Poetic " or on the " Choice
in Marriage," to hear him in the unche eked flow of
his meditations talking to us on such themes as those
of "wisdom" and of "children," of "money," "hu-
mility," and "independence." Yet even the gratifi-
cation derived from the perusal of these admirable
productions could not prevent many froth longing to
witness a somewhat truer and nobler completion of so
much and such brilliant intellectual promise. The
truth was we had been spoilt by the excellences of
" Philip Van Artevelde." We looked to the author
of that composition not for works of merit,but for:Mas-
terpieces. Hitherto our hopes in this regard have re -
mained unrealized. The " Virgin Widow," in spite
of its many graces, cannot be viewed as any such
bright dramatic achievement. That it will charm
even the most fastidious might almost have been
predicted before its examination, and now, after
devouring the five successive acts of the play,
might be averred with confidence. Nevertheless
with all this, we are perforce necessitated
to close the volume with a certain sense of disappoint-
ment. Mr. Taylor, in selecting as the framework of
his drama the romantic and poetic comedy, has chosen
well, but he might, considering the peculiarities of
his genius, have chosen better. True that this style
of composition includes, as he himself expresses it,
" though not the four seasons, yet the spring, summer,
and autumn of nature ;" true, moreover, that the
dramatist avows, in addition to this, an unconquer-
able reluctance to adventure upon the production of
a tragedy in these his days of manhood, " tragedy of
any kind" appearing to him " to demand more of the
hardihood, perhaps," says he, "1 may say the hard-
ness of youth"—yet, notwithstanding these assurances
in his preface, we cannot help regretting that he did
not endeavour to contradict their accuracy afterwards.
As it is, however, we accept.the " Virgin Widow"
gladly, and a perusal proves it to be most acceptable.
Solicitous as we are that more should read the book
itself, we abstain from attempting any synopsis
of the plot. Among the numerous characters, six
women and fifteen men, particularised by name in the
list of the dramatis personce, besides actors, marshal-
men, courtiers, citizens, sailors, and the rest of a mot-
ley population, the best discriminated are—Rosalbe,
the heroine, and her lively friend Fiordeliz i, with
the lover of the former lady, bight Silisco, Marquis
of Meleipina. As the titles might indicate, the scene
of the play is cast on the soil rendered claeSie by the
Idylls of Theocritus. Occasionally the exceeding purity
of the composition is flawed by eccentricities of phrase
not unlike those sometimes indulged in by Robert
Browning. For instance, we find it written in one
part (p. 17), " Take it, mate, and begone ; and by
sunset let the good ship M eldelena look smell in the
offing, like a lobster with its legs up;' another while
it is said (p. 123), " 1.1 there he anything strange left
us here below, I prithee tell it ; for I thought that
every• day droppings had worn the world as smooth
as a wash-ball,' r.nd yet more at another (p 128),
" T, 1i that to my youngest daughter, and you. shalt
like
tsieuzethesrucT s quiver
Nviktiihnouvtt,it brieiji;y
gro t the lull
tail
or of
a fantasticlamb
Mr. Taylor can be infiuitsly humorous,—as where he
mskes Fiordeliz-t indicate jestingly the sluggishness of
Ruggit ro thus—
" Ile's slow,—sl,w es a tortoisr,— once
He was ran over by a funeral 1"
The following passage descriptive of autumnal
va
ercAsi iloca-ntmhdfi onei
Ntrsoi
sswanttotnhunteradsey):,
greets: ricaterrkmiep aitaninhoddbni
bridegroom
sumo(d;f.
gntwithoe
fi:anfmdocir,phiara.3
from
mt
gtleir,nhfielgeiesl
elmbs :luiree.nde: ylot's
wEI le:
vkb-,ttfoi hr theirt tsr:
to
on
meet
be ee
tbirhoLnk
now;
`Tileha twshrunk
The plane-tree leaf is piebald with black blots;
Upon the snowbcrry-bush the big drops bead;
And the goose planis starred patterns of her loot
Iu the moist clay."
The handsome form of Silisco is thus eharmingly
described by R ssalba a summer-house which
was once a temple, is a statue of Silisco, made when
he was a boy. A, statue of Antinous stands opposite
to it, and Silisco 's is the more beautiful of the two."
Of an unnatural matrimony between the aged Ugo
es
and the young osalba, it is said very exquisitely by
Ruggiero—
-

" A chaplet of forced flowers on Winter's brow
seems not less inharmonious to me
Thanthehuans
timely snow on the green leaf."
The takendramatist a hint from one of the lovely
songs of Tennyson, where the former writes—" Tile
sun is hot and the flowers are happy. But look at
yonder sunflower on one side of the arch, how it
hangs its head ! and at the holl3 hock leaning over
from the other ; they are broken-hearted about the,
last carnation, poor thing for it died yesterday.'
Alfred Tennyson having long
since penned that
refrain about the drooping of the flowers in autumn—
"Heavily hangs the broad suntl ,wer
Over its grave in the earth so chilly,
Heavily hangs the hollyhock,
Heavily haigs ti .e tiger-lily."
One of the most beautiful sentences in the volume
before us is the one in which the loveliness
of Rosalba,
noticeable
tbo Virgin Widow, is thus celebrated—
" " She speaks not often, but her presence speaks,
And is itself an elevence, which mithdrawn,,
It seems as though some strain of music ceas d
That filed till then the palpitating air
With sweet pulsations,"
Such are among the more prominent and
features of this elegantly.conceived
gracefully.
executed drama, a work which, without extending in
any respect, will sustain and justify the authors po-
pularity.

AiNe EAST
BAILEY'S
INDIA
DU
iN
AI TREED
CSOERRDI:. I Cir..Eo .
This is the fourth quarterly publication of this
most compete army and navy list, which i
g-ves not
only a list of all officers in the Queen's service, whether
naval or military, but also a similbr list of all officers
in the East India Company's service, the whole ar-
ranged alphabetically, so that by referring to the
name of any officer his rank and standing can at once
be discovered, and if on active service a reference to
the regimental list will at once show in what part of
the world he is stationed. It is, in short, a perfect
mirror of the naval, military, and East India Com-
pany's services as they were on the 19±. Oct., 1850.

PAYNE'SILLUSTRATED
CEYLON.
Captain Wynn Payne has conferred a great obli-
gation on all who take an interest in colonial matters
Or the publication of this gigantic and accurate map
of one of the most valuable, but at the same time one
of the most neglected, of ourcolonies. Ot fertility un-
bounded, possessing every variety of climate, from
until the
the temperature, in the mountains of England, and in
the vallies and on the shore of Ilindostan, capable of
growing with ( qual advantage in its lower zone
have had
coffee, cotton, sugar, rice, and the other productions of
the cereal products
tropical climates, and in is more elevatedwrhego,lodtuisianlil,
of the temperate zoo,_tnci:ustio:3l,
hasb
publicationeen so
oufntahcee o:,
ci:rtka by! yn
,c7ugtildece trend° t tinh:,t,w:e
no accurate map of the island. This defect, h,,,gvivuenrd,
aharsesbideeennnseut:;ii:ndanbyy C3sepatr.sWinyntnhPeayhoiser.,
d,.
surveyed every part of it, and who has
given us the
art this
results of his labours in the very benutitut map now
subjects most
itt.d the
under review, which not only gives us the
plan," as it were, of the island, bur, with its illustra-
tions, shows us the physical features of the island, and
oafrethase highest
daguerreotypes its inhabitants. As a wot k of
map is one of the most beautiful specimens of en-
graving ever produced. It is of gigantic dimensions
(being something like seven foot by four),
interesting, and as en
illustrations arranged
groruavnidngist
very
order of art. - - •

P OF

THE PROJECTED POLISH BALL.
Ye,tt rday, in the afternoon, a meeting of the com•
rnittte for the management of this anticipated enter-
nt was held at the Giildhall. Mr. Deputy

Peacock ',resided. Theßight lion. Lord Dudley
Ceutts Stuart, M.P., was present, and a number of
the gentlemen connected with the association insti-
iuted for the relief of the Polish refug& es ; also several
of the members of the Court of Common Council,

amongst whom we noticed Mr. Deputy Holt, Mr. De-
puty Britten, Mr. William Barber, Mr. George Wal-
ter, Mr. M€adr, Mr. Cotterell, Mr. Carr, &c.
In opening the proceedings,
Mr. Deputy PEACOCK said that it was with no
small dt gree of pleasure that he f and himself again
in the chair in behalf of such an excellent object as

that of supporting the project of a b3ll for the-benefit
of the Polish.refugees. For several years he had felt
great p!eiv,ure in forwarding that ohjoet, and he was
proud to fh:d that so, much success had attended the
ctlorts of th(me who had pmtronittd it. Seeing Lord

Dudley Cutts Stuart present upon that occasion he
(D put}' Peacock) bop d that his Lordship would
have the goodness to state for the information of the
unmittee how matters stood with the association
with which he was connected, and whether any din.i-
nution had .tken place in the &aims upon the insti
tutiou. Lie (D linty Peacock) thought it would be
most desirable if his Lordship would do so.
L D. C. STUART, in acknowledging the constant
and disinterested kindness of the Chairman and the
members of the Corporation generally with reference
to the condition of the Polish refugees, observed that
he fit exceediogly thankful to Deputy Peacock fur
the desire he had expressed for information upon the
subject of the association. He would say, as be had
before said, that he was very happy to meet them
there again ; and he felt a renewed pleasure once more
to be associated with them in so good a cause. The
cause was a good one—it was one of benevolence and
of kindness towards men in distress.—(Hear, hear.)
It was true that it might want the charm of novelty
to recommend it, and it might not be so attractive to
the public as it once was, but still he (Lord Dudley
Stuart) believed it to be, as he considered it always
to have been, the cause of truth and justice.—
(Cheers) He would not go into the merits of the
question at all in its political aspect, fur it was
enough for them to know that there were foreigners
amongst theca who required their aid, foreigners who
were brought into the melancholy condition of exile
by their resolute discharge of that which in their view
they considered to be their duty. It was to assuage
the pain and to mitigate the sufferings of these exiles
that those who desired to promote the Polish Ball came
together.—(Hear.) They might have—indeed they
had—different political views and feelings, and so had
the Poles themselves ; but the of that committee
had in view was not to assist any political design, but
to render the lot of such men more tolerable whilst
they were in this country, and to save them from com-
plete destitution. The facts of the case, which it was.
most desirable that the public should fully understand,
he would shortly state. Some years ago about 700
Poles received a weekly allowance from the Treasury,
and there were about 60 or 70, whose cases did not
come within the rules of the Treasury, who formed
what might be termed a supplementary body, the
whole of whom received weekly relief from the
" Association of the Friends of Poland." In 1848
350 were receiving assistance from the Governnent ;
in October, 1850, the number was diminished by
deaths, removals, and other causes by 139, so that at
that time there were but 211 recipients from that
source.—(Hear.) In October, 1848, 32 were sup-
ported by the association ; at the present time 15 only
—showing a diminution of 17 within the last two
years. There were 505 refugees—Polish refugees—
in England, the whole of whom received medical as-
sistance in cases of need from the institution. The
weekly allowances, however, were very small, for
no man, let his rank in the army or in society be
what it might, had more than 15s. per week, while
captains and subalterns received but 10s. a week, and
privates 91 per day or 53. 3d. weekly. —(Hear,
hear.) He had always felt for the condition of the
officers; they were, in his opinion, greater objects of
compassion than the private soldiers—not because
they were more meritorious, but because their posi-
tion in this country was far more different from what
it was in their own than that of the private soldier.
Ile was anxious to impress upon the committee the
fact that in distributing the moneys rai-ed upon the
last occasion the managers of the Association of the
Friends of Poland had laid out no inconsiderable
sums in forwarding Poles to countries where they
might obtain work aid a good remuneration for their
labour. Several had been sent to New York, and he
had seen letters from some of them, in which the gra-

tifying intelligence was conveyed that the majority
of them obtained work the day after they arrived, at
very excellent wages.--(Hear, hear.) Some parties
had gru'lged the use of the Guildhall for the Poles,
inaqnuch as the claims of the English pour were pa-
ramount to those of foreigners. That was true; but
it did not follow that bee use the Poles were benefited

the purse strings of the promoters of that charity were
so closely drawn in consequence that the English poor
could nut obtain the assistance they deserv. d. It had
been said, also, that the Poles ought to find a refuge
in their own country. Now, it wis impossible for them
to do so; in most instances they were compelled to be
exiles Then, it had been said, "Why do not their own
countrymen support them ?" The reason to the com-
mittee he was sure would appear perfectly plain. No
one dared openly to do so, alth high he (Lord D.
Stuart) was happy to say that some kind-hearted men,
pitying the condition of their fellow-countrymen in
exle, had forwarded to him (though he never saw the
b. nefactors, and obviously could not use their names).
so large a.surn as 1,2001., which he was empowered to
lay out for- the refugees according to his own judg-
ment. lie heartily thanked the committee for their
kindness in aiding a cause in which he had been so
long deeply interested ; any moneys which might be
collected should be economically spent in aid of the
object. Same complaints, it was true, had been urged
against the association, and it had 'seen said that be-
cause an applicant fir assistance was a democrat he
hd been refused. The fact was that no such instance
had occurred. Their rules, which were very simple,
imposed no restrictions: none but proper characters
were permitted to become recipients, but no inquiry
was made either as to the political opinions or the
peculiarity of the faith of any candidate. He would
thank the committee again most cordially for their
kindness in so readily coining forward to assist the
good cause in which they were mutually engaged.
Dsputy Hoes' said that he was delighted to see his
Lordship present at the meeting. lie (Deputy
Holt) was of opinion that the city was much indebted
to the a.ssociati n for having asked for the use of the
hall for the Polish ball. It was an opportunity for
these who delighted in such spirit-stirring amuse-
ments to gratify a most natural desire, while at the
same time it caused money to be circulated, and
numbers of tradesmen specially connected with the
fancy trade were benefited. The association, further,
had set them a good example. Years since he re-
collected a ball was got up for the good of the ward
schools, but that proved a failure; since the Polish
efforts had been made, however, another attempt for
the benefit of these schools had been made, and that
had proved to he eminently successful.—(ll.ear,
hear.) To his own ward upon that occasion the
profits arising from the ball were from
1201. to 1301. With regard to the Polish
ball he might say that it was one of the most magni-
ficent sights that could be witnessed, the coup
d' ceil being shown to so much advantage in their an-
cient and splendid hall.—(llear.) Ile had seen the
Prince Regent's hall, and he had witnessed the enter-
tainments given by the Marquis of Stafford and other
noblemen, but for beauty, brilliancy, and splendour the
Polish ball stood unrivalled.—(dear.) That was an
entertainment with which he was sure everybody must
be fully satisfied.
Mr. CARR, the honorary secretary to the commit-
tee, then read the resolutions come to at the prelimi-
nary meeting, which was confirmed.
The business which followed was simply of a routine
character, after the transaction of which the com-
mittee adjourned.
The Lord Mayor elect end the Sheriffs have inti-
mated to the committee their willingness to aid them
in giving their sanction to the object.
Those eminent caterers, Messrs. Bathe and Breach,
have obtained the order to serve the refreshments fur
the occasion, and Adams' quadrille band is to be
engaged.

LIMIT AND DARKNESS; OR, MYSTERIES OF LIFE. I
BY Mas. Chown, author of '• The Night Side of Nature,"
" Lilly Dawson,"&c., 3 vols. This extraordinary book seems
likely to exceed in popularity all the former productions of
the clever writer. The Athenceum, in reviewing it,' says—
"To those .who' are- unfamiliar with the Causes Celebies,'
the ' Collections of Feuerbach,' and other such works, Mrs.
Crowe's •Mysteries of Life' may be strongly recommended.
As, a grim November book, holding fast the awe•stricken
reader, it can have very few,if any, competitors. Its authoress
as impressive as that of the
has a way with ter vety nearly
Ancient Mariner.' In all her larger storie., even where
the incidents are most ingeniously improbable, Mrs. Crowe
has 'narrated them with such sincerity as to fascinate us into
acquiescence with their wonders. in this respect she ap-
proaches Mss Edgeworth."
EXPENDITURE CoStMISSIONERS OF WOODS AND
FonnsTs.—lt appears by the general abstract of the accounts
of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests for
the'year ended the 31st of March, 1850,• that the total re-
cei p a were I,i" 32,976/, and the payments 1,155,947/., leaving
a balance of 122,951,199/ The following were the principal
auras paid by the Ctramissioners in compliance with votes of
Parliament:—Public buildings and royal palaces, 97,5751- ;
'Buckingham Pa'ace improvements, 21,06 C/. ; new pslm house
at Kew, 6291.; temporary Houses of Parliament, 3,1771.: new
lloeses Of Parliament, 92,662/. ; Holyhead harbour, 8,8161.;
• Harbour of Refuge at Ifolyhead, 1,7891.; British Museum
buildi4,s, 26,1591.; Geological survey, 14,7741.; Nelson mo-
nument, 1,9141. ; Ambassador's house at Paris, 917/. ; Ambas-
sador's house at Constantinople, 5,7871.; Metropolitan im-
provements (3d and 4th Vic. c. 9 wet 10), 411,01 0/ ; Chel-
sea-bridge and embankmint, t,930/.; Battersea Park,
30,881/. ; Menai and Conway bridges tolls accounts, 2,143/. ;
Windsor town improvements, 20,447/. ; New Forest, 2,58 q.
The total cash balance due to the Commissioners by the
several banks in the United Kingdom on the 30th of March
lato, 'yfa,S 171,806!, 118! Bd.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSI3ORNE, OCT. 22.7
Thc• Qieen an i Prince walked oarly this morning
[n the Paik and grounds of Osborne.
The younger branches of the Royal Family took
:heir accuitomed walks and rides.

The Marquis d'.A z 'glio, the Sardinian Minister,
left town yesterday, for ten days, on leave, for the
continent.
Grey arrived in town last evening, from his
seat, Ilowick Hall, Northumberland.
The ChancellJr of the Exchtquer arrived at his
residence, in Dom ning- street, 3 estercloy evening, from
his seat, Mickleton hall, Yorkshire.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BRIG 1.1.T0N AU I UAIN RACES.— TUESDAY.
The Trial of 3 sow,. rich, and 25 addict. T.Y.C.

(14 Subs.)
Mr. Ro`,erts's rcinr, 4 y rt, 84 131 h ..... (Preston) 1
Mr. Suess ing's ch fby Rstsri (501.). 7$ ...(Crouch) 2
The following al o stsrtcd:—Mr. Tucksr's Seagull,
6 yrs (5t1.), 74 I Ilb ( W akcfisld)— Mr. Poole's sir Fcr-
dtrrnnd,agf d, Bst 41b (Clualot)—Mr. Drew's S slon, 4 yr-,
7st 6 .1- (Heaysns)—Mr. Parr's Morocco, aged. 9,t (Hall)
- Burgess's The Crowner, 4 yrs. B,t 21b (Burn)—
Me j,r inOlurst'. Ti.e Slat pshire Wiley, 5 ) rs, 7kt 91b
(car. 7$ 1110 (Brook-)—Mr. Clark's York la'e Game-
cock, eged, 7s. 111 b (Wir Itel)—Mr. F. B li's C -roust,
4 yrs, 8 ,t 91b (F. 13,11)—Mr. Salt's Bastilion, 4 yrs, 8 t
3;t, (W. Abdal..) —Mr. Woiteu's Marchi r e.s, 4 yrs, 8d
1316 (car. 9st lit) (Simmordo —Mr. li.mmin's Jessie,
4 3 rs, Bst 1015 (It. Sherwooo)—aud Mr. IVasning's
Elopement, 5 yrs, Sat 91b (Moon).
Won cleverly by a length, Elopement and Seagull
well up.
The Brighton Autcmn Hard:cap of 5 sovs. each and 50
added, 2 tt if declared. New course. (10 Suhs., 1 paid.)
Mr. Hs) ter's Banclsome Doe, 3 yrs, 7$ 21b (Gilbert) 1
Mr. Burgess's Red Doe, 5 yrs, 7ft 61b...(T. Brown) 2
Sir C. Rushout's Thibault, 4 yrs, 7st 121b...(8r00ka) 3
The following also warted, but were not placed:—Mr.
Winch's Quiver, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Treen)—Mr. Osbaldes-
ton's Minimum, 4 yrs, Sat lib (Abdale)—Mr. J. S.
Douglas's Sir Gilb?rt, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Abrahams)—Mr.
Burgess's The Crown, 4 yrs, Tat 41b (Crouch).
Won by a length—Thibault and Sir Gilbert well up.
The limiters' Stakes of 5 sous each, and 20 added. Ileatt;,
the New Course, over four hurdles. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Pattison's Passion Flower, lOst 71b(Mr. Read) 1 1
Mr.Dri we'sMartingale, 6 yrs, 12: t 1 lb(Fredericks) 2 2
Mr. Land's Boundlsss, 4 yrs, list 11b...(Owner) dis
Both hea's won by two lengths.
The Southdown Plato of 201., added to a Sweepstakes
of 3 soya. each. Heats, New Course. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Burgess's Red Doe, 5 yrs, 9:t 61b(T. Burn) 4 1 1
Mr. Head's Arlette, 3 yrs, Tat 41b (Sherwood) 1 3 dr
Mr. Lambert's Highwayman, 10st 51b (F. Bell) 3 2 dr
Mr. Caffal's Fanny Hill, 9st 91b (Donaldson) 2 dr
Mr. Parr's Morocco, aged, lOst 21b (0 Riser) dis
Morocco came in first in the first heat, but ran the
wrong course. Won cleverly.
EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING, 1850.
The Weights for the Epsom Autumn Handicap Sweep-
stakes, 15 ft, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before
- Monday next.
Essedarius, 4 yrs, Bst 121b—Cossack, 6 yrs, 8$ 71b—
Old Dan Tucker, 4 yrs, Bs—Vanspyre, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b
—Woolwich, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Fugleman, 5 yrs, 7st 71b
—Ballinsfad, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—Russborough, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
—Backbiter, 5 yrs. ist 51b—Langton, 4 yrs, ist 31b—
The Italian, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—Snowstorm, 4 yrs, 7st 11b—
Makeready, 5 yrs, 6$ 131b—Mrs. Taft, 5 yrs, 6st 13th
—Quiver, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—Kissaway, 4 yrs, 6st
121b—Lord George, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Musician,
3 yrs, Est 1 Ilb—Glen Saddel, 5 yra, Est 111 b
Chantrey, 4 yrs, 6st 81b—Dulcet, aged 6st 81b—
Sauter•la-Coupe, 4 yrs, 6st 81b—Zadoc, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—
Administrator, 6 yrs, 6st 61b—Laudseer, 4 y rs, 6st 61b—
Agis, 5 yrs, 6st 61b—Champion, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—The
Swede, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—Tophana, 5 yrs, 6st 41b—Little
Jack, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Msuk Tapley, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—
Kcight of Gwynne. 3 yrs, 6$ 31b—Eva, 4 yrs, Est 31b—
The Monk, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—The Baroness, 4 yrs, 6$ Ilb
—Thibault, 4 yra, 6$ lib—Docility, 4 yrs, 6s—Me-
lody, 4 yrs, 6st—Flare-up, 3 yrs, sst 131b—Wont-you-
come-out-to-night, 3 yrs, sst 131b—Duxbury, 3 yrs, sst
131b—King of Oude, 3 yrs, 5$ 121b—Alinimum, 4 yrs,
5$ 12ib—Kathleen, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Grist, 3 yrs, sst
916—Wansdyke, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Maria Mont, 6 yrs, sst
81b—Little George, 3 yrs, sst 6!b—Chief Justice, 3 yrs,
sst 51b—br c by Sir Hercules, out of Dark Susan, 3 yrs,
sst 31b—Panope, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Nutcracker, 3 yrs, 5$
21b—Cora, 3 yrs, sst Ilb—Nutmeg, 3 yre, Sat—Bring-
ton, 3 yrs, 4st 1 ib—Valentine, 3 yrs, 4st 9:b.
Handicap for the Beddington Stakes, for two yrs old.
Thoroughgood Sam, Bst 101b—Entre Nous, 8$ 71b—
Nancy, 8$ 61b—Iracandus, Bst 41b—Theseus, Bst 21b—
br c by Sir Hercules, out of Miss Letty, Bst 216—Thun-
derbolt, Bst 21b—Mr. Merryman, Bst 1 ib—Hothorpe, Bst
—eh fby Pantaloon, out of Lady, 7st 131b—The Bride,
7at 131 b—b fby Birdcatcher, out of Wadastra, ist 131 b
—Rowena, by Dulcimer, 7st 1 Ilb—Truth, 7st 111b—
Britannia, ist 101b—Knight of the Garter, 7st 91b—
Whisper ist 81b—b cby Sir Hercules, out of Empress,
ist 81b-2The Calculator, 7st 61b—Manchester, ist 61b—
'Perps:ctiore, ist 51b—b cby Venison, out of Venus, 7st
51b—Soufflé, 7st 21b—Castellan, 7st lib—Quadroon, 74
—1 he Incurable, 64 121 b—b fby Epirus, out of Dark
Susan, Gat 121b—St. Hilda, 6st 121 b.
handicap for the We her States. Gentlemen riders.
Mrs. Tafr, 5 yrs, list 10,b—Quiscr, 4 yrs, list 71b—
Eva, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 21b—(E lipus, 4 yrs, 1 1 st—Agts, 5 yrr,
1 tat—Hope, 5 yrs. I Ist—Scratch, 4 ) rs, lOst 121b—Ma-
gician, 4 yrs, lOst 7 In—Farinv Hill (late Archery), 5 3 rs,
lOst 61b—J.ssy, 4 yrp, 10 t —Chief Justice, 3 yt s, 10. t.

BE ['TING ,lANCLIESTER -TUT:SDAY.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE S•rAuE..-4 to I opt Liudgmve

(talc" 9 io 2)-7 to 1 az,t Italian (1)-12 to 1 agst
Turnus-13 to I agst E,sedatius-1.1 t, 1 agst
Lu~d-
ston© (t,iten and afterwards offers d)—I8 to 1 agst
Trouncer (0-20 t ) 1 agst Miss Ann (0-20 t.i 1 agst
King of Uud•• (tt.ke 25 to 1).
LIVERPOOL Z-TEEPIACLIASk.;.-8 to 1 agst Sir Julio,
8 to 1 vgst Lord tie o
I)EnnY.-6 to 1 apt Grecian (t)-7 to 1 agst Prime
Minister 0-18 to 1 apt Teddt..gt,n.

THE WILTSHIRE CHAMPION COURSING
mliF, rim', —TUESDAY.
The Great Western Cup.
Sir J. Buswell's Mai.zanillia beat Mr. Parkinson's
Schemer.
Mr. W. Etwall's Egypt beat Mr. Morton's Monte
Clari.to.
Mr. S.ilts's Blue Beard beat Sir St. George Gore'B
Pallas.
Mr. Foley's Mosstrooper beat Csptain Wyndham's
Whiff.
Mr. W. Etwall's Down-wind beat Mr. Pacley's Irish
Girl.

Mr. Lawrence's Lady Lo.ll,ven brat Mr. Ingram's
Imperial it.
Mr. W. Etwall's Edly beat Mr. Noyes's Norfolk.
Mr. Rendell's Sontag boat Sir J Boswell's Bradshaw.
Mr. Randali's Remnant teat Mr. Fowle's Jcz:bel.
Sir J. Bosweles The Nailer beat Sir Sr. George Gore's
Panoply.
Mr. Clowes'a Complete brat Sir St. George Gore's
Cobra.
Mr. M ajoribank's Mar oauvrer beat Mr.Fo'ey's May Day.
Sir J. Boswell's Puzzle'm beat Mr. Loder'a Lady of St.
Leopards.
Mr. Cook's Catelani beat Mr. Miller's Birdcatcher.
Mr. Webb's Lethe beat Sir St. George Gore's Black

Captain Wyndbam'a Vestal beat Mr. Etwall's Saga.
The Druid Cup.
Mr. W. Etw all's Eattlle beat Captain Wyndham's
Victory.
Mr. Cootie's Cerito beat Mr. Moreton's The Muff.
Mr. Majoribanka's Mk.ckieg-bird beat Mr. W. Etwall's
Wow sk;.
Mr. W. Long's Lindsay that Mr. Clowes's Compact.
Sir J. Bosriell's Columbine beat Sir St. George Gore's
Cam& z.
Mr. Millet's Maggie Lluder beat Mr. Wt.bb's WiLked
Eye.
Mr. Parkinson's S4itch best Captain Arebdall's
Mammon.
Mr. Rendall's Sincerity beat Sir J. Bosweli's El
Dorado.
Capt. Wyndham's Wench beat Sir J. Boswell's Venus.
Mr. Rendull's Racer beat Sir St. George Gore's
Gracious.
Mr. W. Etwall's Ebb beat Mr. Bowles's Moonlight.
Mr. Miller a Beau beat Sir St. George Gore's Her-

mionc.
Sir J. Boswell's Garibaldi treat Mr. Ingram's Ingo.
Mr. Webb's War Eagle beat Sir St. George Gore's
Mr. Eddieston's Lady Mary best Mr. Rendali's Red
Republican.
Eddleston's Sefton agst Mr. Je•bb's Ringdove.

BUTCHERS'CIIARITABLEINSTITUTION.—Thetwenty-
second anniversary of this institution was celebrate I yester-
day by a public dinner at the London Tavern. Mr. John
Bannister, the Master of the Butchers' Company, presided,
and was supported by Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. John
Sharp, the president of the charity, and Mr. 11. L. Taylor,
the common councilmap. The collection in aid of the
charity amounted to nearly 504

Tun ABDUCTION.—this new novel, by a young
and highly-gifted noble lady, a contemporary pronounces to
be " a dark, terrible, and intensely-exciting story, in which
the marvels of clairvoyance are secondary to the gigantic
crime which appears, like the genius of evil, in every chap-
ter of the work. The plot is elaborwed with great skirl.
Counts and countesses,- peers and peasants, ladies, virtuous
and vicious, English gipsies, Bohemian zinzari, and Italian
brigands, all play a part in the eventful melodrama."
There '
are some people in the world who seem to
have especially studied the amiable art of casting a damp
over the feelings of their friends - to whom it would appear
that the very tones of happiness or enjoyment convey offence,
if one may judge from the eagerness with which they hasten
to repress them. Eliza C',-ok's Journal.
ROBBERY AT SOUTUEND.—ROCHESTER QUARTER
SESSIOIsS, OCT. 21.—At these sessions, held before Jamei
Esoluasse. , Recorder, and which terminated to-dey,
Edward Moss, aged thirty-two, and John Jones, aged
twenty-four, were indicted for having, on the 30th of July
last, b tulen two gold watches, a silver watch, three silver
guard-chains, a whistle, and a cash-box, c ntaining gold and
silver to the amount of nearly fifty pounds, the property of
Mr. Williain Claydon Lindlord of the Royall Hotel Tap,
Southend. Jane Yeele.,, aged twenty-six, committed on
suspicion of being implicated in the rubbery, hut who effected
her escape from the station house on the night of her com-
mittal, and had not been recaptured, was also charged as an
accessory before the fact. From the evidence it appeared
that, on the day of the robbery, the prisoners had paid a
visit to the hotel, where they dined, and during their stay
retired twice to wash their hands. After their departure
the articles in question were missed, and also the prisoner
Jane Yeeles, who had been lodging in the house for six
• weeks previous. All the prisoners were apprehended tote-
' ther at Sheerness, in company, with part of the stolenupros.
perty upon them. Verdict -Guilty against all the acfc jeord-
!They were sentenced' to be imprisoned in the House c
Notion, and kept to*ard.labour for two years.