The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-23 00:00:00

LITERAT URE.

RAMBLES INmGo.rEonR.MLAonNdoYn.AINB4D4.ITALY, 2 Vols.
These rambles were, it seems, undertaken during
the three last years, and extended over a considerable
portion of Italy, and those districts of Germany which
lie along the banks of the Rhine. Mrs. Shelley, to
whose pen we are indebted for the present record of
them, visited few spots but such as are well known to
the generality of English tourists; but what her
volumes want in the novelty of matter, they make
up for in the vivacity of their manner. On every
subject which she discusses, the authoress writes with
an eloquence and animation that lure the reader on,
in spite of himself; there is a charm even in her
veriest common places; and when she describes a
scene characteri,ed by any particular features of
beauty or grandeur, she throws her whole soul into
the description, and makes the reader a partaker in
her enjoyment. With the sublime scenery of the
Tyrol she appears to have been particularly struck ;
she traversed the greater portion of the ground where
the great struggle took place, in 1809, between the
French and the brave peasant chief, Hofer; and gives,
en passant, brief but graphic details of this desperate
contest, which ended—as those who are acquainted
with that eventful period well know—in the subjuga-
tion of the Tyrol, and the murder—for:murder to all
intents and purposes it was—of the heroic Hofer, by
order of the French Emperor. With the Italians,
speaking of them generally as a people, and without
reference to particular classes or individuals, Mrs.
Shelley appears to have been much pleased. " I be-
lieve," she remarks in her preface, " that no traveller
can mingle much with them, without becoming at-
tached to them. Their faults injure each other—
their good qualities make them agreeable to strangers.
Their courtesy, their simplicity of manner, their
evident desire to serve, their rare and exceeding in-
telligence, give to the better specimens among the
higher classes, and to many among the lower, a
charm all their own?' The authoress adds that,
despite present appearances, she thinks it highly pro-
bable that Italy will, ere many years have elapsed,
succeed in regaining her long-lost independence.
While Mrs. Shelley and her party were residing on
the banks of the Lake of Como, the following singu-
lar incident eccurred, wllich'ive give in the lady's
own words :

ENGLISH BOASTING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
you be so good as to infurm that
English tar of Newman st that he is a fool and like all
us Englishman, few excepting, cowards first place by
stating that the french Got a licken at waterloo why
this victory is no Glory to England for every impar-
tial and well Educated Man well know and will admit
that the British troops were in a complete deroute
and that it was Blucher that won the Battle, were
would we poor Britain be had it not be for him, here
is a Proofe of our cowardice, with all our Boasting
we will never nor dare Go to war with france alone no
we must ask Prusia Austria, and Russia, to Join us
now what is the good of such stupide Boasting as that
poor innocent ass of a English tar.
Yours respectfully.
AN ENGLISHMAN.

REV. DR. Burins, or PAISLEY.—The Rev. Dr.
Bumf', of Paisley, has received a call from the Free
Church congregation in Toronto, Upper Canada. A
very able and impressive appeal has been addressed to
the Rev. Doctor and his congregat;on by the people of
Toronto, in which they employ the most persuasive ar-
guments in favour of his translation.
THE TRIAL or BELANEY.—The jury, on Wednes-
day night, slept at the London Coffee-house, under the
charge of Mr. Harker, the crier of the Court. The pri-
soner yesterday morning appeared dreadfully agitated,
and at the time his brother was under examination cried
bitterly. He scarcely raised his head at any one time.
PUBLIC OPINION.—If we wanted a proof how little
the temper of public bodies and the langu:lge held at
public meetings are indicative of the opinion, and re-
present the feelings, of the general population of a
country, we have an instance in the meeting which
assembled on Wednesday last at Exeter Hall, London,
and which was convened by the Directors of the
London Missionary Society, to consider the steps that
should be taken regarding the late outrage at Otaheite.
The speeches there delivered by the different Dis-
senting ministers were but little in agreement either
with their own calling or with the feelings of the
people of England, for had the meeting been an assembly
of soldiers, the tone of defiance could not have been
louder or fierc:r. Such proceedings, reported in France,
might very naturally lead to a false conclusion touching
the opinions and views of Englishmen; particularly as it
would be reasonable to infer that, when religious bodies
appear in such a character, they fairly represent the na-
tional feeling. And, yet, how manifestly erroneous would
this conclusion be. The only sensation which that meet-
ing has produced in the minds of all impartial men is that
of regret that it should ever have been held ; they, feel-
ing that individuals whose peculiar duties are those of
quietude and peace, ought, instead of being the first, to
have been the last to move in the matter ; especially as
the question at issue was, and now is, emphatically in
the hands of the responsible Government. IVe are, hap-
pily, living in days far different to those when national
grievances were redressed by men who held the Bible in
one hand and a pistol in the other.—Derby Mercury.
THE RAILWAY AND THE HARBOUR OF AYR.—WE
observe with pleasure that the original intention of the
Railway Company to run a line of single rails from the
terminus here to a point on the North Quay, is now in
course of being carried out. It was at one time con-
jectured that, in order to accomplish this object, the
house of Lottery-hall, now the property of the Company,
would require to be taken down. This, however, has
been obviated by making a slight curve in the line, after
emerging from the garden at the rear of these premises.
The contractors for building the additional berths on the
North Quay are hurrying the work as rapidly forward
as circumstances will allow; so that, ere long, we may
confidently expect to see a great augmentation to the
mineral traffic of our harbour. We understand that
several coal-proprietors and iron-masters only wait the
completion of this improvement to dispatch their pro-
ducts from the harbour of Ayr in preference to other
ports along the coast.—Ayr Observer.
PORT OF CARLISLE.—The Lords of the Treasury
having approved of Carlisle for the warehousing of
tobacco removed coastwise under bond from the ports of
importation for the purpose of being taken out for home
consumption, or for ships' stores, upon suitable premises
being provided for the deposit of the article, the Com-
missioners of the Customs have by their order approved
of premises for the reception of such tobacco, and have.
directed the same to be communicated to their officers at
the port of London, and the collectors and controllers at
the several outports of the United Kingdom, for their
information and government.
WIGTOWN, AUG. 17.—Around our good borough
shearing has commenced in earnest, and but for the un-
toward weather, a considerable breadth would have
fallen to the sickle. Harvest will be pretty general next
week in the lower district, comprehending the neigh-
bourhood of Garliestown and the Isle of Whithorn,
where pottions of grain have already been cut. The
wheat crop has a very good appearance in general ; but
it, as`wellas the other grain, is laid and broken down by
the weather in too many instances, and will require an
additional outlay in the reaping from ordinary years.
An average crop may be expected with seasonable wea-
ther. Potatoes have a very promising appearance, and
as there are three additional potato mills in the course of
erection, it is anticipated that fair prices will be realised
at raising time. Turnips are not growing so well in pro-
portion as potatoes ; but dry weather and genial sun-
shine would put all to rights. We understand that Pro-
fessor Johnston is to deliver lectures here on the after-
noons of Tuesday and Wednesday next, and that a large
number of the cultivators of the soil are expected to be
present.—Ayr Observer.
THE WEATHER.—Harvest has partially commenced
in this district, and but for the backward state of the
weather, considerable progress would have been made
ere this. A great deal of rain has fallen iu the course
of the last fortnight, and grain in various quarters is
much laid in consequence. Should such weather as has
broke upon us this morning—sunshine, with cool breezes
—continue for a short time, the sickle will be employed
to good purpose. The crops, notwithstanding the wet,
are in good condition ; and a fair yield is everywhere
calculated upon. A gentleman who was in Straiton
parish last week, informs us that at the sale at Tairlaw,
on Thursday, coats brought from 41. to 61. an acre.
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AUSTRALIA .—The first
settlers landed in South Australia in July, 1836. Com-
fye•ewarl :
emigrantsB47 yheatvethaerrinvuedmbienr theof colony
since the year 1840: yet the number of Euro-
peaninhabitants, according to the latest state-
ments, amounts to 16,516. The numbers were
ascertained by a personal visit to the house of
each of the settlers. They are classified thus :—ln
Adelaide and neighbouring villages included within the
municipality, 6,139 ; in the country districts, 10,377—
total, 16,516. Males, 9,152 ; females, 7,364—t0ta1.

We begin to feel settled, but to-day a strange and
disagreeable incident occurred. Peppina came in with
wild looks, to say that a madman—an Englishman—had
arrived by the steamer, and was frightening everybody
with a pistol. It seems that two gentlemen had landed
from the steamer, and had proceeded, as was the wont of
visitors, to the Villa Sommariva, to look over it. One
was an Italian, the other an Englishman, who spoke
Italian perfectly. Suddenly, as they reached the gate of
the villa which opened on the road, the Englishman
said to the Italian, " Are you not afraid of being set
upon ? Are you not afraid of being assassinated ?" ,The
other, who had come from Milan with him, and was not
otherwise acquainted, and had no idea of his malady, re-
plied, " No, why should he ?" "Do you not know that
we are watched, and there is treachery everywhere
about us ?" " No," said the other, " and if there were,
you have as much cause to be frightened as I." " But I
am armed," said the madman, " this is loaded," and he
drew a pistol from his pocket, and still more excited by
the sight of the weapon. began to shriek " Tradimento!
Tradimento Alla Villa Sommariva Tradimento I"
His companion, frightened enough, ran off and alarmed
the inn and village, and es Englishmen, my companions
were summoned to see if they could dd anything with
their countryman.
There he stood on the steps before the gate of the villa
leading down to the lake, shrieking " Tradimento ;" he
kept every one at bay with his pistol, which was cocked,
capped, and ready. Some people from across the lake
tried to land at the steps to visit the villa, but he soon
made them row away • the inhabitants around all flocked,
hiding behind trees and peeping from coverts. He was
well content to talk or to be spoken to in Italian or Eng-
lish, but no one must approach ; and his position, stand-
ing on a semicircular flight of steps leading down to the
lake, was sufficiently impregnable: it gave him the whole
command of the road in front, and no one could outflank,
or come behind him. After three or four hours, how-
ever, he grew less watchful. As the people talked to
him, he allowed them insensibly to approach nearer, till
one fellow getting behind, threw up his arm with the
pistol, and then throwing his arms round him, took him
pr'soner. His pistol was double-loaded. nt with all
his madness he was aware, that if he had fired it, his
power was at an end ; and this latent sanity saved, per-
haps, a life.
He was brought to the hotel, and a dismal day my
friends have passed watching over him. Poor fellow !
he is quite mad. He had given English lessons at Milan
for some years, and earned a sufficient livelihood. His
insanity has taken the turn of believing that the Aus-
trian police want to poison him. He said he never
went to the theatre but a police-officer was behind, who
scattered a poisonous powder over him. He will not
take any food in consequence ; neither touch bread nor
water. My maid took him a cup of tea made by herself,
and, to her great indignation, he refued it, as poisoned.
He tried to escape several times. First, he made friends
with his countrymen ; but when he found that they
watched him, he turned to the Italians, calling us, ac-
cording to the phrase of the country, " non Cristiani,"
and begging them to save him. He had sixteen napo-
leons with him. It seems that the doctor who attended
him (he was without relations or English friends) had
advised him to go to England, had put him into the
diligence for Como, introducing him to a Milanese in the
vehicle, without mentioning his malady, and thus he was
delivered over to the miserable wanderings of his mind.
A doctor had been sent for from Menaggio at the first
moment ; of course, he could do nothing. With diffi-
culty he was induced to go to bed ; he was thoroughly
persuaded he should be murdered in the night, and his
expostulations on the subject were shocking and ghastly
enough. The next morning, having taken an aversion
to all those with whom he had been friendly the preced-
ing day. he consented to go back to Milan, under the
escort of a police-officer. Isaw
boat ; he was a spare man,
with an adust, withered face
and unquiet eye ; but not otherwise remarkable.
bim as he got into the

THE YOUNG WIDOW. 3 Vok.
Newby, London, 1844.
The principal recommendations of this story are its
numerous descriptions more particularly of Scottish
scenery. There are no features of novelty in the plot,
and the incident which are by no means remarkable
for freshness or fertility, are put very loosely together,
as if the author were wholly indifferent
,
to the con-
struction of his narrative. But his descriptions are
uniformly excellent; he combines the eye of the
painter with the fancy and feeling of the poet; and
his sketch of a Highland
mountain landscape seen in
the freshness of the morning, and more particularly
his account of a snow-storm at night among the
Grampian hills, are imbued with a vigorous and pic •
turesque spirit worthy of Scott.
_____

THE VICTORY. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1844.
We have here a collection of stories purporting to
be told from time to time by the members of the
ward-room mess of the Victory, by way of beguiling
the long dark winter evenings. The tales have all
more or less of a naval character about them, and are
told with spirit, though not always with good taste.
The author, who signs himself " The Old Sailor," not
unfrequently.mistakes mere coarseness for broad hu-
mour, and evidently conceives that he is writing with
force arid energy when he is simply indulging in exag-
geration. Some of his characters—especially that of
Mr. Openhawse, the veteran master—are skilfully
and consistently pourtrayed, and others possess neither
mark nor likelihood. In his tale entitled "Le
Blanche Nef," which refers to the period of the reign
of Henry the Second, we find one or two pleasing
snatches of poetry, which show the author to have an
ear for the music of rhythm.

16,516. Adults, 9,507 ; children under fourteen years of
age, 7,oo9—total, 16,516. Male adults, 5,516 ; female
adults, 3,991—t0tal adults, 9,507. Male children, 3,636 ;
female children, 3,373—t0tal children, 7,009. Total
males, 9,152 ; total females, 7,364—grand total, 16,516.
Male adults in Adelaide and neighbourhood, 1,854 ;
ditto in country districts, 3,662—t0ta1, 5,516. Fe-
male adults in Adelaide and neighbourhood, 1,622 ;
ditto in country districts, 2,369—t0tal 3,991 ; grand
total, 9,507. From these statements, it is appa-
rent that the complaint formerly made of the people
congregating in town, and neglecting the country, is no
longer applicable—that the proportion of females to males
is very considerable (an unusual circumstance in the Aus-
tralian colonies); that it is in the country districts
chiefly that the disproportion of the sexes which does
exist is found, and that the number of male adults in the
country districts is very nearly double the number of
that class resident in Adelaide mid neighbourhood.
POTATOES.—A letter has been addressed to the
editor of the Hereford Times, by Mr. W. Godsall,
strongly recommending all persons interested in the
potato crop to pull off the flowers as soon as they appear.
Experi,.nce shows that flowers of the potato are pro-
duced at the expense of that oganisable matter which
gives its value to the tuber, and which is diminished in
quantity in proportion to the number of flowers that
have been fed, Fur flowers must exist and feed on
something, and that something is what would, if not re-
moved by the flowers, descend beneath the ground and
collect itself in the tubers. The mere production of
flowers is a loss; but the mischief is infinitely increased
if the flowers are succeeded by the berries. The actual
amount of loss produced by each truss of flowers is not
ascertained; but it is probable that if the flowers abstract
one ounce of organisable matter, the berries consume at
least twice as much. A bunch of potato-berries weighs
half a pound. Suppose that each potato plant bears half
a doyen bunches, that makes 31b. of worthless produce,
An acre of potato-ground carries about 20,000 plants on
the average; this gives 60,0001 b. of waste. But of this
54,3241 b. will be water, according to Mr. E. Soly's ex-
periments, and only 5,3221 h, organic matter. The latter,
however, or 2 tons 7 cwt. 581 b., would, according to hit
calculation, be the amount of the lost sustained per acre,
by allowing the potato to flower and fruit.
ARTFUL TRICK.—In the course of last week the
booksellers of this city were visited by a fellow having
an appearance of respectability, who favoured them by
ordering in some cases six, and others eight) dozen of a
pamphlet published in London. Having given, as a
reference, the name of a clergyman in this city, no sus-
picion was excited, and the goods were ordered in the
regular way of business. The copies of the pamphlet
arrived in due course, but the person ordering them did
not, and-the booksellers found themselves in possession
of a bundle of thorough trash, for which they had paid
the cash. From what has since transpired, there is
Mason to believe that the party ordering the goods was
the author of the pamphlet (who had hit on this ingenious
but not very creditable mode of disposing of his literary
labours), for on application being made to the achnow-
kdged author, living in Wales, lie readily gave an order
for the repayment of the money ! This appeared to put
matters to right, but lo ! on application, the publisher to
London refnsed to refund, unless the booksellers in Bris-
tol would take legal measures against the author. Our
fellow-citizens must thus either submit to their present
loss, or call in the aid of the law. Some of them appear
to think that " the cure would be worse than the dis-
ease."—Bristot Mercury.
Ax OLD TOPER.—Thomas Wyer, a brewer at the
Boat Inn, Kidderminster, and who has numbered up-
wards of threescore and four years, has drunk for
thirty-five years one gallon of ale per day, and spent
ninepence per week in tobacco. The total amount he
has expended is—for ale 1,2771., for tobacco 67/.; in all,
1,3444 Worcestershire Chronicle

NEW MUSIC.
BRILLIANT FANTASIA FOR THE PIANO-
FORTE, introducing JULLIEN'S POLKA. By
J. Cohan.

It appears from the statement of some of the
musical iournals, that Mr. Cohan composed this fan-
tasia at the request of M. Jullien himself, by whom it
is published. Be tl 's as it may, there can be but one
opinion that the p eof the lifuvical Examiner and
the Music is merited by the composer ;
although we think the theme is scarcely worthy of
the musician wh6s4bmposed the martial "Pcean ' on
the Revolution of Greece. This polka fantasia, how-
ever,an is characterised by that
has marejaatle.std
unity and sustained spirit for which Mr. Cohan s com-
positions areittiiiitable.

LITERARY tieLLIGENCE.—The Duke of Rich-
mond is preparing for the press a work of astounding
interest to thetas es, containing a narrative of the "gut
tam" actions, under the title of " Our bless."—punch.
TIIE CAM ERONIANS.—This gallant and distin-
guished corps being under orders for their removal from
Edinburgh Castle to Newcastle-upon. Tyne, the 4th, Bth,
and 7th companies, under Major Hogarth, embarked at
Granton yesterday for that place. A further detach-
ment will embark on Monday next, and the remainder,
including head-quarters, on Thursday week. The re-
giment has now been a twelvemonth in our barracks,
during which period
the most friendly relations have
subsisted between the entire corps and the inhabi-
tants ; the officers having been forward in promoting and
countenancing every occasion of public interest and en-
joyment, whilst the men have been remarkable for their
correct and conciliatory deportment. Accordingly, the de-
parture of the first detachment yesterday was signalised'
by the presence of a dense crowd of the inhabitants, who
seemed to evince a high degree of interest and regretful
feeling on the occasion. The vicissitudes which have marked
the services of this corps, from its first enrolment to the
present day, form one of the most remarkable chapters
in the history of the British army. During the opera-
' tions in China, the latest service in which the corps was
engaged, they landed at Chusan 950 strong ; and in
about six months were reduced, through sickness and
I death, to only about 300 effective men. A general en-
listment of natives of all parts of the United Kingdom
consequently took place, but since their arrival in this
country Scotchmen only have been enlisted, agricultu-
rists being preferred. Seventy young men have re-
-1 cently been advertised for, and of this number, we un-
derstand, upwards of twenty have already been obtained.
The Cameronians are to be replaced here by the 87th,
from Glasgow, a portion of which regiment was ex-
pected to arrive last night.—Edinburgh Qbserver of
Tuesday.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
COURT MARTIAL.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 20.—A Court-martial, consisting
of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., Acting Commander -
in-Chief, president; Captain Williams Willmott Hender-
son, C. 8., K H., of the Victory; Captain W. F. Martin,
of the Queen; Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, of
the Victoria and Albert, royal yacht ; Captain Sir T
Hastings, of the Excellent ; Captain R. Smart, K.H., of
the Collingwood ; and Mr. G. Greetham, Deputy Judge
Advocate; to try Mr. Joseph Mundy, boatswain, late of
the Vindictive, for repeated acts of drunkenness, more
particularly between the Ist and 14th of August inst.;
and oil the latter date for having refusel to return on
board to his duty wl ea ordered.
Mr. J. Hoskins, of Gosport, conducted the defence.
The Court, having heard the whole of the evidence for
the Crown, and what the prisoner had to allege in his
defence, and duly deliberated thereon, were of opinion
that the charges were fully proved, and sentenced Mr.
Mundy to be dismissed Her Majesty's service.
The Collingwood, 80.—Rear-Admiral Sir G. F. Sey-
mour, returned from leave yesterday, and re-hoisted his
flag on board the above ship.
The Gipsy tender arrived yesterday with supernume-
raries from Sheerness, and left in the evening with su-
pernumeraries for Plymonth.
The Victoria and Albert, Capt. Lord A. Fitzclarence,
went out of harbour this morning to try her new ma-
chinery and boilers. She would have gone yesterday,
but was detained for the inspection of his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Prussia and party. She called at
Cowes, whence she put out to sea, taking Sir William
Symonds the surveyor of the navy on board. Her trial
cruise will last, we are informed, three days, during
which time she will touch at Devonport.
The Cuckoo steam mail packet, Lieutenant Command-
ing A. Parks, having undergone thorough repair, re-
turned to Weymouth this morning.
The Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., First Secretary to
the Admiralty, visited this port on Sunday last, to com-
municate the orders of the Lords Commissioners with
reference to the visit of his Royal Highness Prince
William of Prussia and suite, announced for the follow-
ing day, and the approaching visit of inspection by their
Lordships of this port. The Hon. Gentleman returned
to town by train on Monday morning.

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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION.

ENCAMPMENT OF THE lOWAY
INDIANS.

GRAND INDIAN ARCHERY FETE AND FES-
TIVAL AT LORDS' CRICKET-GROUND.
An extraordinary and novel entertainment is an-
nounced for Monday next, and to be continued du-
ring the week, at Lords' Cricket-ground, St. John's-
wood, for the purpose of exhibiting the loway Indians
encamped in their " wigwams," and also for the
better illustration of their domestic life, mode of war-
fare, peculiar rites and ceremonies, and likewise their
wild and exciting sports and pastimes, characteristic
dances, songs, &c. ; in fact, a perfect representation
of Indian forest life. A. grand archery file in addi-
tion will take place on each of the days, to which the
members of all the leading archery clubs have been
invited to witness the Indians display their skill in
shooting with the bow and arrow in competition for
several prizes. The chiefs and' braves" of the party
will also engage in a match at " ball-play," a
game of the most exciting and amusing description,
and requiring great skill. It is a pastime peculiar to
the North American tribes, and is played with a ball-
stick, which each player holds in both hands as he
runs, catching the ball as it is flying in a little hoop
or ring at its end from which he throws the ball home
to his goal or wicket. The ceremony of forming the
encampment is also novel and curious, particularly
the mode in which the " wigwams " are raised by the
" squaws," unassisted by the males ; and this, Mr. Cat-
lin states, is the invariable practice throughout the seve-
ral tribes of North American Indians, the women per-
forming all such species of toil, as the chiefs and war-
riors only engage in war, and in procuring food for their
families by hunting or fishing. Before the tents are raised
a benediction of the " Great Spirit" is invoked by the
" Medicine" or " Mystery Man," the Indians believ-
ing that sickness and death would attend dim unless
this rite was performed. The party will also give
several of the dances characteristic of the tribe. The
" Opening, or 'Welcome Dance," is given in full dress,
in compliment to strangers or friends visiting their
village, and also when taking farewell. The first
part of the "'War Dance" is called the "Approaching
Dance," in which their actions exhibit the mode of
approaching an enemy by hunting their track ; and
in tracing them up, skulking after them, and, at last,
with the war-whoop sounded, a rushing upon them
for the attack. For this dance they change their
costume to what is called the war-dress and
war-paint. The "Eagle Dance" is given as a part of
the war-dance, in compliment to the valour of the
war-eagle, the bird that conquers all others of its
species in their country, and from the tail of which
they procure the beautiful plumes which adorn their
heads. In the " Wild Horse Dance" the modes of
chase, entrapping, and taming the horse, are signi-
ficantly acted out, their native prairies being stocked
with wild horses, which the Indians catch, and use in
war and in the chase. The loways will shortly de-
part for Paris, the French authorities having given
permission for Mr. Catlin's Indian collection to be
admitted duty free.

Wednesday Professor Bachhoffner delivered a very
interesting lecture on Pneumatics, in the theatre of
this Institt,ion. As much of the attractiveness and
instruction of the lecture depended upon the beau-
tiful experiments with which it was illustrated, we
shall net attempt the extremely difficult task of giving
a written detail in a popular form. The attendance
was more numerous than might be expected at this
season, and the lecturer was (as indeed he always is)
very warmly applauded.
The Professor has just concluded a valuable course
of lectures on Galvanism and Electricity, at the close
of which he expressed his great doubts of the efficacy
of this power as a remedial agent. "He did not think
that electricity ever cured disease ; but at the same
time he related that a friend of his, who was afflicted
with rheumatism, took it into his head that
galvanism would relieve him. Accordingly, he
provided himself with a portable battery, consisting
of a. piece of zinc and a piece of copper tied together.
This miniature pile of volta he carried about with
him in his pocket, and (as we understood) whenever
he felt the monitory symptoms of an approaching
paroxysm, he discharged his battery, and rheumatism
was dispowered by the shock. The gentleman believed
that galvanism cured him, and of course it did.—
(Laughter.) • He was cured, however.—(Hear.)"
In the laboratory of Dr. Ryan, a very curious
experiment was shown, as to the influence of wood
upon certain solutions, and, again, the peculiar action
of the same fluids upon wood. In a basin, containing
the chromate of potass and a small portion of sulphuric
acid—being the preparation from which chrome-alum
is deposited—several bits of stick were placed. These
became almost instantly covered with the desired
deposit, and a quantity of the substance was precipi-
tated to the bottom of the vessel. This property of
wood is a recent observation, not yet fully investi-
gated. The ordinary process (without the bits of
wood) requires several weeks to produce the chrome-
alum, which by the simple addition of the wood is
rapidly obtained. The bits of wood themselves were
at the same time thoroughly electrified, exhibiting in
a remarkable manner the phenomena of polarity,
attraction, end repulsion.
Of the other departments of the. institution ; it is
unnecessary here to say more than that the establish-
ment is altogether so grand, its entertainments so
varied and instructive, and its collections so rich, that
any person who has been twenty-four hours in
London without seeing the " Polytechnic" may say,
with less affectation than the sentimental Emperor,
"My friends, I have lost a day."

METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—THE COVENTRY..
STREET LINE.—The Commissioners of her Majesty's
Woods and Forests, under the powers vested in them
by the Act 4 Vic., c. 12, have issued their plans for the
new street leading from Leicester-square to Long-acre,
which will be called Cranbourn-street, and which will
be of a width from house to house of between 53 and 54
feet. In a few days the commissioners will lease the
ground for building the houses. It will be let out in
plots, each having a frontage varying from 19 feet to
112 feet, leases for which will be granted, according to
the lot, from September 29, 1844, for a period of eighty
or forty-two years, " at a rent of one peppercorn for the
first year and at such rent or rents for the remainder of
the term as shall be agreed upon." The houses are to
be erected according to such plans, sections, elevations,
and specifications as shall be approved by the commis-
sioners, subject to the inspection of the architect. The
whole of the buildings are to be completely finished and
rendered fit for habitation by or before Christmas, 1845,
under penalty in each case of forfeiture of the lease ;
but they are expected to be finished long before that
period, as the lessees may commence the houses as soon
as they obtain the agreement from the commissioners.
The lessee is to reimburse the commissioners for the
expenses incurred in building the vaults and sewers and
paving the street, at the rate of 130 L, or 61. 10s. rent per
annum, in lieu of reimbursement, for a frontage of 45
feet 4 inches. The ground excavated for the basement
stories and foundations of the several houses is to be
carted away at the cost of the lessee, and, if required by
the commissioners, to be deposited to fill up the 1( w
ground in the Green Park, for the intended widening of
Piccadilly. The lessee is not to carry on the business
of tripe boiler, tripe seller, slaughterman, soap boiler,
tallow melter, blacksmith, farrier, chimneysweeper,
or other offensive trade, without consent of the commis-
sioners.

GET Ur, GiaLs.—The editor of the Portland
Express, in discoursing upon early rising, talks in this
wise:—" Up with you ! Don't sleep away this beautiful
morning.—Mary, Ellen. Abby, Sarah, Olive, Caroline,
Jane, Eliza Jane, Hannah ! and all the rest of you lazy
girls, arouse—wake up, rise, and see the sun shine, and
brush away the dew from the beautiful grass. You not
only lose the best portion of the day, while you linger
in your bed, hut you depress your spirits and contract
sluggish habits.—What if you are sleeply ? Jump out
of the bed—fly round—stir about, and in a few moments,
you will be bright as larks. We wouldn't give a straw
for girls who won't get up in the morning. What are
they good for ? Lazy, dumpish creatures—they are not
fit for r ives or companions. Our advice to young men
who are looking for wives would be—never select a fe-
male who dozes away the precious morning hours. She
may help to eat, but will never prove a helnewate."
DETERMINED SUICIDE FROM FALSE PRIDE.—MT.
Wakley held on inquest on Wednesday, at the Crown,
Aberdeen-place, Maids-hill, on the late Mr. Charles
Edwards, aged 53, of 7. Clarendon-place, Maida-vale, a
wealthy retired carcass butcher, formerly of Newgate-
market. From the evidence, it appeared that he and
another had been executors to some property, and that a
quarrel having taken place between him and his co-
executor, the latter filed a bill and obtained an injunction
against his receiving the property, which so hurt his
pride and pressed upon his mind that he became ex-
tremely melancholy. Last Saturday, two days after the
obtaining the injunction, he dreSsed himself and went
out shortly after breakfast, as if to take a walk, but he
was found two hours afterwards, with his throat eut,.in
the water-closet of his house, and the razor with which
he committed the deed lying close upon the seat. He
was not dead, but insensible, and lived twenty-four hours
afterwards. During the latter interval he articulated
" No," when asked if he desired to see Mrs. Edwards.
All the witnesses were of opinion that he committed the
rash deed in consequence of the Chancery suit having
been decided against him. Verdict—" Insanity at the
time he committed the suicide."
One evening last week a fine little boy about six
years old, of the name of Tobin, whilst playing on
George's quay, ventured to the river side and unfortu
nately fell in. A commotion amongst the lookers-on
was the immediate consequence, screams and vocifera-
tions were heard, but still the poor little fellow was fast
drowning. The schooner Golden Eagle was at the op-
poite. side, Charlotte-quay, and her captain, Andrew
Shewan, who was at the time changing his dress in the
cabin, upon hearing the tumult from the opposite side,
sprang upon the deck and over the vessel's side into the
small boat, and being ably assisted by his mate, they
were close to the drowning child in less time than could
bethought possible, when the captain plunged into the
water with the daring intrepidity characteristic of a
British seaman, and caught the little fellow, who was
quite insensible ; but has since recovered. We know
not whether Captain Shewan be a man of family, but it
must be matter of great gratulation to him thus to have
saved the life of an interesting little fellow.—Cork Ex-
(r

The Speaker of the House of Commons last week
passed through Edinburgh, on his way to Taymouth
Castle, to pay a visit to the Marquis of Breadalbane. fie
returned on Monday to Edinburgh, and left on Tuesday
for England.
PRINCE EDWARD OF SAXE WEIMAR.—His Serene
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, nephew to
the Queen Dowager, arrived at Douglas's Hotel here on
Monday afternoon, per mail from London. He spent
several hours yesterday inspecting the city, accompanied
only by Sir Hugh Dalrymple. He leaves Edinburgh
this morning for Perthshire, to join the shooting party
of the Duke of Leeds at Braemar.—Scotsman of Wed-
nesday.
THE STATUE OF GOETIIE.—The Journal des De-
buts announces that the colossal statue of Goethe, which
was cast in bronze at the royal foundry of Munich,
according to the model of Schwanthaler, has been com-
pleted and exhibited to numerous visitors. This
statue is intended to ornament one of the squares of
Frankfort-on the-Maine, his native place. Goethe is
represented clad in a mantle, but having his bands free.
He wears the simple costume of the present period.
His right arm is resting on the trunk of an oak tree,
and in his loft he holds a laurel crown. His eyes are
turned towards Heaven. Tho subjects of the bas reliefs
on the pedestals are borrowed from the works of Goethe.
In the front, three female figures represent the natural
sciences, and dramatic and lyric poetry. On the oppo-
site side is seen, at the right, Gcets of Belichingen, Eg-
mont, Tasso, and a fawn. On the left the Bride of
Corinth, Prometheus, and the King of the Aulmes. One
of the lateral surfaces represents Iphigenia, Orestes,
Thoas, Faust, and Mephistophiles ; and the other,
Mignon, Wilhelm Meister, the Harpist, Hermann, and
Dorothea.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Seguin, the vocalists, after a
few years' profitable residence in the United States, are
in town on a visit. Having, previous to leaving America,
made various engagements, they have been compelled to
refuse good offers at Drury Lane and the Princess's.
They leave us again, in the Hendrick Hudson, for New
York, on the 9th September, for one year, and then re-
turn to resume their position in the profession in their
own country.
SCARCITY OF SEAMEN.—A great scarcity of sea- We regret to announce the death of the Baroness
men exists in this port at present, and wages have con- Rossmore, which took place at the Dell, near Windsor,
sequently advanced 6!. (20 dollars) per month, or 121. on Tuesday morning. The memory of this amiable lady
(40 dollars) for the run to England, are demanded. will be long revered by a large circle of friends.
Unemployed sailors in Nova Scotia, or at St. Andrew's, SECOND CHESS MATCH BETWEEN MR. STAUNTON
Eastport, Boston, &c., could not, perhaps, do better AND M. ST. AMANT.—The preliminaries of another
than come on immediately to St. John, where several match at chess between these distinguished champions of
new vessels are fitting out at present, and they will be England and France have been arranged, and is to come
sure of employment. St. John's (New Brunswick)
Courier, July 27. off at Paris in about a month. It was at first wished that
M. St. Ament, who was desirous of another trial of
We cannot close this account of the races (says the skill with Mr. Staunton, should come over to London to
Boulogne Gazette) without expressing our disgust and in- fight the match; but, as that could not be arranged, Mr.
dignation against all who joined in the truly barbarous , Staunton, rather than seem to shrink from the contest,
occupation of throwing at a poor cock, who was fastened agreed to go over to Paris a second time. The Liver-
to a stake behind the booths. One of these poor birds pool Chess Club has contributed 50/ towards the es-
had both wings and one leg broken, his head dreadfully penses of the match.
wounded, and there he was standing on one leg, the Mtsnitooms.—Mushrooms have recently, in this
other hanging down broken, while monsters in the garb neighbourhood, been so abundant, as to have become
of rrien were flinging at the poor bird with all the gusto almost a drug in our public markets and streets. They
of savages. This should not have been tolerated. It lave been of good quality too, at from lid. to 2d.
created unmitigated disgust. piesr.qnar sold,
quart—a price which, considering the toil of gather-
ILLICIT DISTILLERIES.—FOT some time past suspi- ieg, and the expenditure of shoe leather in the morning
cions have been entertained by the excise authorities wet or dew of the old
meadows, can scarcely be remu-
that an illegal distillery of whisky existed in the neigh- nerative. Pains-taaiknipnlge l isouupspeklyeeopferksehteahveupb.e_enLv
enabled
boutthood of Coekermouth ; but so careful were the delin-
quents, that no clue could be obtained to their haunt.
paper.
At up an
At length Mr. Robinson, the supervisor of excise,
.DUNDEE..--OLIT markets continue quite steady ;
determined upon a personal inspection of the localities
and flax, yarns, and linens, are in regular demand at last
in the district. Having obtained the aid of Mr.
nßetoron7a,
neck's quotations, with a tendency upwards. In hemp,
superintendent of the Derwent police, and of Sa having hemp coddle, and Indian jute, there is no alteration
police-officer, he proceeded on hie search,h andd
either in demand or prices.—Dundee Courier.
come to some high hills near Corton,t y
of somee perceived
trees in They are growing a giant at Coxsackie, in this
state, who promises to overtop all competition in this
some smoke curling through the top
country or Europe. His name is Nathan Lftinpmen, and
the neighbourhood of which there was no no house, and
being tatisfied their quest was successful, they. arranged I he
16 ,
They crept adroitly round the 'this is
time 7
old, weighing 198 pounds, standing at
time 7 feet I inch in height, and growing "like
the plan of their attack.
fell until within a short distance of the spot, so as to 1
He is described by Dr. Smith as " a great, tall.
approach it unperceived, when they made a sudden rush mad."
awkward, good-natured sixteen-years-old boy." He has
to the place where the fire Was, and there they found the
actually grown nine inches in the last year. The doctor
parties stripped to their shirt, and busily engaged in
thinks he will reach at least another foot, and, on the
their illicit manufacture, at a place called Mere Gill. The
whole, we have a very good prospect of raising an " em-
moment the distillers perceived they were discovered,
retreat. One, an old man, took to the . pire" ginnt.—New Yon k Paper.
they made a rapid
AN AWKWARD MISTAKE.—A gentleman was ar-
water, but after a severe struggle was captured by Mr.'
Robinson ; another, a boy, after a long chase, was taken ! rested, by the " detective," in the great agricultural
by policeman Sancton ; a third, named Burns, was ball, in Dublin, on Friday evening last, on suspicion. of
caught by Mr. Brown; and the fourth was taken by an 1 being one of
brought before the
the fashionable members of the English
exciseman. The excise officers remained, and kept swell mob. Next morning, he was
custody of the still, &c., which they found in full opera- 1 the city
tion. There were four tin water pails, a spade, an axe,l w",
presiding magistrate, in College-street Police-office. I I
however, proved by respectable parties n
fortune,
rank and
an iron scope, a furnace, flour sacks, a valuable copper that the accused was a Spanish Don,
worm sixteen feet long, a large mash tub, a fermenting i and a man of the strictest intersiii.ty of
and honour.
tub, an eighteen gallon cask, a four gallon cask, an ob- ! it was stilted that
long tin vessel, calculated .In a case of tobacco smuggling,
I cleared out of
to hold about ten gallons, gated at the Mansion-house,Loeneidnnognl:,tere_ycently investi-
fitted to be carried on a person's back, and used to hawk 20,000 pounds of tobacco had b
whisky through the country; the still, which was large ito Canington from
enough to hold eighty gallons; nine gallons of spirit that ! Lord Clifford has returned the Custom-house in Dutcht rcnheedeses.
Clifford and the Hon. Wm.
had been " run" the first time, and about one hundred Ughrook, with the Hon.sthe latter of whom is just returned
and fifty gallons of wash read for distillation. The Clifford, hii tw_ovesorne
nq.uaenndcenoefr.th\le,
amlteer-
'ret to say that the Noble Lord has
prisoners were taken before the magistrates, the Rev. from Rome. 1.
E. Fawcett, M.A. and Mr. John Watson, on Tuesday, been thrown into mourning,hgte
i-rtiliceonlisoe
and gave their names Patrick M'Culloch, aged 53; Hugh, fan
ncbordly
S. J. The Hon. and Rev. Gentleman was aster
his son, aged 13; Patrick Gibbons, aged 55—a1l from c
tinned ti, t Trichinopoly, in the East Indies. He was
the Emerald Isle; and Francis Burns, of Cockermouth,r
bathing in the river, when he was carried away by the
aged 29. They were committed to Carlisle gaol fur
current, and before assistance could be rendered, be was
three months, with hard labour, in default of paying
cdrowned. His body was found the next day, ten miles
1 the penalty under the statute, namely, 30/, each.—
lower down. —Wester a Luminary.
Carlisle Paper,