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°Stwir,IMENTS IN THE MARSHES
DEC. 10.—Lieut.-Colonel Dancey. C. 8.,
lery -het Chalrner, Assistant Director-General of
ti'elg:rld a number of officers, attended at half-past
ion Yesterday in the 11Iarshes, to witness the con-
, tisc'f the experiments with extra charges of a
orbs at a greater distance than point blank
tin it, were interrupted by the number of vessels
Wue river opposite the practice ground on the
~eetpepeicilli'sday. The tide being just on the turn
-rlents were about to commence, the number
soh
er'ssiog down the river were so great, and in
succession to each other, that it was past
ry.K. before a single shot could be fired.
Iter that hour an opportunity offering, three
'Ter,°
0411 fired with shells fitted with Mr. lkfarsh's
411eded of wood, and fitted with four copper
;re with meal powder, and attached with
iu.rin: glue, over which a small piece of
Pe was placed, sized with the same sub-
, tlicteate artt additional protector, and the result was
%II s'ol, the 32-pounder shells and the 68-pounder
striking the bulk head or target, and exploding
Qou
leder Yby the force of the concussion. Th e first
sheshell that was fired, and the 68-po,
'ttilet3sl3assing through the wooden bulkheai and
it Pounder shell, on striking the object a gainst
blike directed, at 600 yards' distance. The• guns
oer,ll2‘rged and supplied with two 32-po ander
11t.e7 68-Pounder shell, fitted with fuze m, on
Dansey's plan, and attached to the
Ski o;ediately before firing, The 68 -plunder
es 87,11,0 f the 32-pounder shells burst inst;antan-
s firk-,":ing. the bulkhead, with excellent effect,
of ,Vlrect, having entered the ground a few yards
of nten -.15 target, did not explode until the expira-
ti of Peonds the period required to burn the full
4..ietit;ge fuzee. The experiments with Mr. Marsh's
sd the Colonel Dancey's fuzees have fully an-
ted e:axPeetations and end of the inventors, and
44 of "erlee that they can be fired with .extra
the iPowder, and still be perfectly safe .end free
Th,east apprehension of danger to those using
11,;,,,f,,r,,,e5he11s were then fitted with Mr. ' ryers's
of brass or gun metal, with a groove in
1,191-Ivithin-e them to break by percussion ; but t hey alld
L'et hoe- Ls few yards of the -mouth of the gin is, an
htilldred e" most dangerous to troops at t iffy or
ketiervi, Yards in advance, and, consequently, unfit
tin ei Mr. Tyers simply tried the experin sent to
of ttl, it would be ossible to render the th0u-
,11414 tirci.ekse, fuzees lying in store in the Roy al Ar-
li, the i7e in the new mode of shell practice, : 'aid he
Iveaq,:%ve with an easily fused metal, but h e must
tOtion`lled the fumes so much that they booke in
Ik:iv p;.(,' tiring and burst at the mouth of thee gun,
k 7 4.3 in advance. The other wooden furt ms are
tsPeri safe, and certain of effect, as the result of
Isixeticileut 'has shown ; and by a coating of ntslrine
,with mineral poison, in the opinion of Mr.
tfZete,",°o Preserved for a long period from the
"41er tropical climates, or the damps and' frosts
'448 of the world.
(1 64:F RE ROYAL, DUBLIN_
I‘;llTh,Oed from the Dublin Evening Packet.)
tstrQPre "'Y evening last the tragedy of the Ga mester
tbh eZtirte.d, Mr. and Mrs. Kean supporting the re-
aLters of Beverley and Mrs. Beverleyr, and
gow,,s_ it that of Stukely. Mr. C. Kean's pek-i!cunal
Seric,;
tits are above those of his father, but stril anigly
kt.}littc't,,those of J. Kemble. Slight, neat, and se: treely
"e middle height, his direction is plainly to the
• littbtl4 IL,„" the polished. His features declare at. the
°is intellectual vigour and nervous iinrita-
f',,s eye discourses. lie is great in those debt.l-
-- in which his lather excelled.--in
.) Hamlet especially—in Massinger's Sjr,
. - ,Which he exhibits the same fe ar'ai
rsed vanquishes the obstacles nature has
iils.repat i him in Macbeth by the force of mind.
hasten at once to that display of his ability
esteemd we 't constitutes the supreme excel-
ttlf‘til:ti°l4f 4pi of
part of Beverley. Here we hay"
bit t posse,,_°f a talent which neither Kemble no,; his
11„,7 sed—the portraiture of domestic life--of, a
%deka Zile nature betrayed, deformed, and broug.at to
be-
11Z,tie. -,,,111, and the last and most awful catastrop
ktp..iighly as we have praised the performam ;e
of
41:4,1 rasa tragedy, we are not afraid to award still
t nit Itc—,?gY to that of Moore's. The attributes of. Mr.
:the 'ing in both were the same. The same ab sorp-
-114:444 641:11.re identity. But this grand distinction_ may
Beverley one and the same fatal pession
vittit4.s etta-iarYing its shades only according to the g rada-
-I%b, Ph
by which its indulgence overwhelmus
riets
'457, pittaroxysm follows paroxysm—remorse and re-
°°' t3s and passion, alternate in fearful sacees-
-ma at id
Vrly „ the conduct of these gradations the
kti .4re t,;%,t of the actor is displayed. Never, we will
tothtlijb;:tProa, has there been so powerful, so terrific
„4 of t'is"en of ruin and desperation as in the
111,‘ Of 'ue' third act, where, after the total destruc-
tilt rooZeverley's last hope, he rushes from the
of b."aball Of the gaming-house. We never witmessed
. loc°,utnent of all personal regards, such bursts
diaNic.,„l4,e invective, such a blending of distortion and
tu the features, such hoarse and horrifying
th:tter,,tof tone and inflexion, such a conflict of the
411diZe emotions. The test was the sympathy of
ttijlliligh-,,,"ee, which not even this stormy vehemence in
k slor'lit degree interrupted. The last effec is were
%Wife, :touching. The scene, a prison—the persons,
mtrortii slater, and a friend—the incidents, a hope and
ottladr,, Of happiness restored—the author and. the
telou-rtnr, ed by a despair so dread as even to forbid the
‘",.e of the wretche 1, appeal
.to Divine mercy,
tio ink 4
lug the commission of suicide and closing in
ist,4 40 these in rapid evolution presented a combine-
th:lerably harassing yet of an interest so rivet-
t'ese we have never, to our recollection, seen—
tithine or personally experienced an effect so awful.
tli!°WitWe ruaY add one peculiar trait. A medical man,
B,l.titTleed the performance, said to the writer of
4stlib,;e4e----` Kean must have watched the progress of
so-,,R°ison. It is utterly incredible that an imita-
tes b —,outely, so terribly accurate, could have been
)44 ut from
or 1.,7 will actual observation.' But enough— the
var.x not need any recital of the other varieties.
to4ltel wean we have no more to say, than that her
vtlehih delicate delineations of the tender and
till lineaments of female character have stood and
NPst4tillt(liorle Jar above all challenge as they do above al'

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41011 I'ANDoRA.—The race of Brownies does no.
4114:4futiitlelusivel to Scotland. In Normandy, this
s
community is or was (for utilitarianism has
14.41:- out the fairy folk from all their strongholds, and
Ike' I's lads and lasses read penny magazines, and never
sion\their labours lightened by any such sweet
,*481,1 known by the name of esprits servans. They
'lla:awarfs, but they worked far more unremittinglyi.
111-if" stalwart children of earth. They delighted
the
teab;,leoPations. They would share the labours o te
apple.. at harvest time, help the maidens to gatherremain-
the
the lads to garden—of course always r
th% log I"isible to mortal eyes. They would bring
winter
%I'reull•tilrltY cattle to the fold, and during the long
PA they would come and sit amidst fishermen and
4Piabilic,stma, and close the useful labours of the day by
out -"g flax. When they depart, they fling a ball of flax
di Window,
and the thread unrolls itselt in an upward
II
th ", and serves as a railway to conduct them
back
regions of the air.
*hen 1'ti.,1)3 IN THE RIVER NESS.—At this time,
with ," Pages of our southern Contemporaries teem
Ivalk'',, %luta of public meetings on the subjects of
atteauaths, and other improvements, we would threct
lieg;'"l, to the neglected state of the Islands in the
very 'Awaere walks of unrivalled beauty lie almost at. our
ea moors, but which, from the dilapidated condition
theyeweenuFcting bridges, are as u. napproachable if
of th re situated in the wilds of Siberia, or in the midst
hope Great Desert of Africa. It is next to a miracle
id our spirited townsmen could so long tolerate the
atitt,,
de themselves from the pleasure of luxuri-
the t among the thickets spread over the islands, when
lap amount of time required to transport them from the
sz,e and streets to these umbrageous shades, would not
the ten minutes. The bridge on the Bught side of
What is broken down and half. covered with water.
eye;" will strangers think of us when they cast their
tliffi,,°,ll our beautiful) wooded islands and find them as
bithis:,„t.of access as if the trees were covered with for-
who ? What will the multitudinous Sassenaich,
.o
ti7Pieye, girt:.6 our streets and climb our rugged mountains
eautumn, have to report of us when they repair to
plains of England, bearing in their mind's
the 1„.. at the sweetest scene around the very capital of
tale iiNhlands is allowed to lie waste and desert, from
414ewarianess and inactivity of our inhabitants ?
gi;gese Courier.
pet) Robert Peel's fourth son, Mr. John Floyd
ti~pl e 4 • .
_Just entered the Scots Fusilier Guards as
11141 Lieutenant,

FUNERAL of the LATE PRINCESS
SOPHIA MATILDA.
The funeral procession of her late Royal Highness
the Princess Sophia Matilda arrived at St. George's
Chapel at twenty minutes past eight o'clock yester-
day evening, its approach being announced by the mi-
litary band playing the Dead March in " Saul."
The Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain of her Ma-
jesty's Household, and Sir Charles Young, Garter
King of Arms, received the royal corpse at the en-
trance of the Chapel, where also'a number of the ladies
and gentlemen who formed part of the procession, and
the Dean and Canons of Windsor, were assembled.
The procession moved down the south aisle, the
choir singing, " I am the resurrection and the life."
(Croft.)
After the Pages of her late Royal Highness came
the medical attendant of the Princess, Mr. W. F.
Wattsford ; Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in
Waiting to the Queen ; Captain Francis Seymour,
Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert; the Earl of
Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting to the Queen ; and
Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Prince
Albert.
The Choir of Windsor.
The Canons of Windsor.
The Dean of Windsor.
The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household,
having on his right Sir William Martins, Gentleman
Usher, and on his left Sir Noel Harris, Gentleman
Usher.
The Coronet of her Royal Highness, on a black
velvet cushion, borne by Sir Archibald Murray, Bart.
Thy Body, covered with a black velvet pall, and
adorned with eight escutcheons of her late Royal
Highness's arms.
The Pall, supported at the feet by Mrs. George
Banks and Mrs. Morier, and at the head by the Hon.
Mrs. Henry Legge and the Hon. Mrs. William Cust;
Sir Charles Young, Garter Principal King of Arms,
carrying his sceptre and wearing his badge of office,
supported on each side by a Gentleman Usher.
The Chief Mourner, the Countess of Gainsborough,
veiled, her train borne by Miss Waldegrave, veiled.
The Countess was supported on the right by Lady
Gardiner, veiled, and on the left by the Hon. Mrs.
Brand, veiled.
The Executors and Executrixes named in the will
of her late Royal Highness :—The Hon. H. Legge,
Mr. George Bankes, Cursitor Baron, the Lady Alicia
Gordon, and Miss Cotes.
The Ladies invited :—Lady Georgiana Bathurst,
Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Gloucester;
Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting on the
Duchess of Kent; Lady Caroline Murray, and Miss
Vyse.
The Gentlemen invited :—Sir John Morillvon
Wilson, of the Queen Dowager's Household ; Baron
Knesebeck, Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge ;
Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., first Equerry to
the Duchess of Kent ; the Hon. Captain Liddell,
first Equerry to the Duchess of Gloucester;
Lord Wrottesley, Captain Fead, R.N., the Hon.
Major Legge, the Hon. Captain Waldegrave, the
Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay, and the
Rev. Mr. Cotes.
The procession passed up the nave into the choir,
where the coffin was placed upon the tressles, the
feet towards the altar, and the coronet and cushion
laid upon the coffin. The Chief Mourner and sup-
porters, the Lord Chamberlain, Garter,King of Arms,
and the Executors, taking their respective places ; the
Ladies seating thetnselves on the south side, and the
Gentlemen opposite, with the exception of the Lord
and Groom in Waiting, who took their stations be-
hind the Ladies.
The Burial Service commenced ' • the Psalms
chanted were Purcell's single chant in G minor.
The Dean of Windsor read the lesson, after which
the choir sang the anthem, " When the ear heard
her, then it blessed her ; she delivered the poor that
cried."—(Handel.)
After which the procession moved to the grave,
when the choir sang " Man that is born of a woman,"
the verse by Purcell, " Thou knowest, Lord, the
secrets of our hearts." The Dean of Windsor read
the prayer, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty
God." The choir then sang " I heard a voice from
Heaven" (Croft). The Dean of Windsor read" the
Lord's Prayer, and afterwards the prayer, Al-
mighty God, with whom do live the spirits."
buried
in peace, but her name liveth evermore" (Handel).
The Dean of Windsor then concluded the service by
the two final prayers.—Garter then proclaimed her
late Royal Highness's style. At the conclusion of the
service Dr. Elvey, who presided at the organ, played
the Dead Alarch in " Saul."
The body was deposited in the vault near the
Sovereign's stall.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended the
mournful ceremony, and sat in his stall. The
Prince wore the uniform of a Field-marshal, with the
ensigns of the Most Noble Order of the Garter and
the Golden Fleece, and a mourning scarf.
The Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole, and
Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry, were
in waiting on his Royal Highness.
The ceremony was concluded at half-past nine.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, and their illus-
trious visitors, took their usual walks at Claremont
yesterday and on Monday. The Prince left Clare-
mont yesterday afternoon, attended by Sir Edward
Bowater, for Windsor astle, to attend the funeral
of her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophia
Matilda.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal were taken their airings yester-
day and on Monday at Claremont.
A deputation from the Dublin and Drogheda Rail-
way and Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, con-
sisting of Mr. Henry Hutton, Mr. Wm. Evans, Mr.
Robert Hutton, Mr. D. Darbishire, Sir J. Macneill,
and Mr. Peter Eckersley, had an interview with Lord
Dalho y
usie esterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Colonel Brownlow transacted business yesterday
with Lord Dalhousie.
The Marquis of Downahire, and a deputation from
the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company, had
an in with Lord Dalhousie yesterday.

LITERATURE.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW. No. 35,
Taylor, London, 1844.
The qualifications of M. Eugene Sue—the author
of the " Mysteries of Paris," which have created such
an unprecedented sensation on the Continent—as a
moralist, and a writer of fiction, are ably discussed in
this Number. The Reviewer, who is no admirer of
M. Sue, but who does not condemn without giving
reasons for the faith that is in him, asserts that he is
one of the most immoral and dangerous writers of the
modern French school of fiction, and alluding, in
particular, to his " Mysteries of Paris," says, " The
work has now found its way into thousands of
English houses—thanks to its amazing popularity—
thanks also to its almost unparalleled immorality.
No one has denounced it as a bad and execrable
book ; the consequence has been, that no one has
thought it bad. Its licentiousness, its hideous pic-
tures of civilised depravity, its bold attacks ohave n exist-
ing society, and its outrage of existing laws, al
been relished ; the feverish excitements which the
book produces on most readers, has been openly in-
dulged, and openly proclaimed." This is severe
censure, but from the extracts we have seen from the
notorious work in question, we incline to think it is
by no means undeserved. But a reckless disregard
of all moral and religious considerations seems to be
the chief characteristics of the modern French
novelists, who, provided that they can make a deep
impression on their readers' feelings, care not by what
means that impression is produced. The " Late
Revolution in Greece" is a summary of the principal
political events that have taken place in that ill-fated
country since the accession of the Bavarain Otho to
the throne, and is penned by one who is familiar with
the subject on which he expatiates, and who takes a
deep interest in the welfare of the Greeks. "Educa-
tion in India" advocates the introduction of a general
system of instruction among the inhabitants of that
vast continent, as being the surest means to prevent
dissaffection, and attach the people t Theo article is
written in a very frank, temperate, and liberal spirit.
In the critical essay on the "Faust of Goethe and
Marlowe," the Reviewer greatly underrates the
talents of the old English dramatist, the conclusion of
whose play of Doctor Faustus is unquestionably more
imressive than any scene to be found in Goethe's
Faust. On the wylole, the Number is a good, but by
no means, a superior one.

THE SMITHFIELD CLUB,
CHRISTMAS CATTLE SHOW. `,
The annual show of oxen, sheep, pigs, &c., exhi-
bibited for the prizes given by this club opens to-day
to the public at the Horse Bazaar, King-street, Port-
man-square. Yesterday the judges, Messrs. Worth-
ington, Ladds, Franklin, Morris, Farncomb, and
Crisp, were employed in examining the numerous
animals in the stalls and pens, and in deciding upon
their respective merits. The award of prizes is sub-
joined. The arrangements, under the superintendence
of Mr. Bulnois, the proprietor of the bazaar, are such
as will insure.universal satisfaction. Notwithstanding
the greatly increased number, both of oxen and sheep,
exhibited, as compared with former years, room and
accommodation:have been found for all, and sufficient
space is also left for those who go to inspect or view
them to do so without inconvenience or being
crowded. The ventilation is excellently contrived,
and the. enormous temporary building under which
the 'stock are disposed, being of tent cloth, is much
Letter adapted for a purpose of this sort than a
wooden building would be, because, whilst it suffi-
ciently protects from the weather, it enables the
vapour arising from the animals to escape without
being in any way offensive. Tne arrangements for
lighting are also good ; indeed, the whole is entitled
to praise, and has, it is understood, met the approba-
tion of Lord Spencer, the president, and the mem-
bers of the club.
The show this year surpasses both in numbers and
the quality of the things exhibited any former years.
The Leicester sheep and the Southdown sheep are of
the first quality, and the oxen and cows are many of
them very superb specimens. The pigs are also good.
It will be seen that his Royal Highness Prince
Albert has obtained the second prize for pigs. His
Royal Highnsss has also sent a remarkably fine polled
ox, of the Scotah breed, which has been highly com-
mended by the judges, although it has not obtained a
prize. Lord Spencer has not been so successful as
in some former years, though he has obtained a prize.
The Duke of Bedford has obtained several prizes,
and the Duke of Richmond is also amongst the
winners. The implements of husbandry and the
other things connected with husbandry are more than
usually numerous.
The following is the list of the prizes and the names
of the winners :

OXEN.
Class I.—Oxen or steers of any breed, under 5 years old,
without restrictions as to feeding, yet the kind or kinds
of food must be certified.
Mr. John Hudson, of Castle-acre, near Swaffham,
Norfolk, a 3 years and 10 months old Hereford ox,
bred by Mr. John Longmore, of Orlton, near Leominster,
and fed on grass, hay, swedes, linseed-cake, and man-
gold-wurzel. Travelled to the show by van 100 miles.
—Second prize, 151.
Mr. T. L. Meire, of Cound Arbor, near Shrewsbury,
Shropshire, a 3 years and 11 months old Hereford ox,
bred by himself, and fed on cake, pea and barley-meal,
boiled barley, grains, grass, hay, turnips, and mangold-
wurzel. Travelled to the show on font 2 miles, by van 7
miles, canal-boat 50 miles, and by railway 100 miles.—
Third prize, 101.
Mr. Robert Smith, of Burley-on-the-Hill, near Oak-
ham, Rutland, a 3 years and 114 months old improved
short-horned steer, bred by himself, and fed on oilcake,
barley and bean-meal, vegetables, and hay. Travelled
to the show by van 20 miles, and by railway 100 miles.
—First prize, 201., and silver medal.
Class 2.—Oxen or steers, of any breed, under 6 years
old, weight 90 stone and upwards, that shall not have
had cake, corn, meal, seeds, grains, or distillers'
wash, during 12 months previous to the Ist of
August, 1844.
Mr. James Bult, of Kingston, near Taunton, Somerset,
a 4 years and 10 months old short-horned steer, bred by
himself, and fed on hay, grass, swede turnips, 3001 b. of
flax-seed, 5 bushels of peas, 11 bushels of barley, and 9
bushels of beans. Travelled to the show on foot 5 miles,
and by railway 163 miles.—First prize, 301., and silver
medal. _ _ _ _

Sir John Henry Palmer, Bart., of Carlton, near
Rockingham, Northampton, a 4 years and 2 months old
Durham ox, bred by himself, and fed on grass, hay,
turnips, carrots, mangold-wurzel, cabbage, 1,5451 b. of
oilcake, and 4351 b. of bean•meal. Travelled to the show
by van 25 miles, and by railway 60 miles.—Third
prize, 101.
Mr. J. T. Senior, of Broughton house, near Ayles-
bury, a 4 years and 8 months old Hereford ox, bred by
Mr. James Nash, of Aconbury, near Hereford, and fed
on grass, hay, 9601 b. of oilcake. Travelled to the show
on loot 4 miles, and by railway 43 miles.—Second prize,
20/.

Mr. W. Bennett, of Lewsey Farm, near Dunstable,
Bedfordshire, a pen of three 21 months old Down and
Leicester cross wethers, bred by himself.— Second
prize, 5Z
Mr. C. Tomson, of Sundon, near Luton, Beds, a pen
of three 21 months old Southdown and Gloucester cross
wethers, bred by himself.—First prize, 101, and silver
medal.