The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-09 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS'

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Vubitc Optutott.

" Who runs may read."

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On Thursday evening their Majesties the King and
Queen of the French received the Count de Rambuteau,
prefect 'of the Seine, and General Sebastiani, Com-
ttlandant of the first military division.
Te Deuni has been celebrated in the chapel of
before the whule Court, in honour of the late
victories in Africa.
When Queen Victoria was at Eu last summer on her
visit to the King, her Majesty expressed her admiration
()I the charabancs used by the Royal Family for their
'excursions in the vicinity, and expressed a wish to have
"n curate model of one of them. Instead of this, his
'jests-, on his return to Paris, gave an order for one,
t
""-he finished in the most splendid style, and two days
IP this social and elegant present was sent over to her
Mjesty. It is said to have cost 78,000 fr., and the King
W °SO much pleased with it, that he gave the workmen
"gratuity of 100 louis.
A. letter from Constantine, of the 24th ult., says :-
---Ouring the journey of the Duke cl'Aumale to Setif,
uft: • Okkast, cheik of the Ferdjieutih, made his subtnis-
-14" to the Prince. This powerful Kabyle had since the
Year 1841 refused to present hints& f to any of the French
commanders of the province. Sixty douars of tribes of
Tunis have just taken refuge in the province of Con-
Zantina. It is reported that the Kiaia of Kef was on
e point of revolting against the Bey of Tunis."
kis 'aid that King Louis Philippe's visit to England
Isalealv fixed for the 4th of October. The most active
I..ertions are making to have all the necessary arrange-
blent finished by that day.
The King and Royal Family leave Neuilly for the
',bateau
d'Eu in a few days.
'he Moniteur publishes a royal ordinance, sanction-
tns as additional convention, concluded, on the 9th of
...thxnary, 1842, between France and Denmark, fixing
rte tonnage dues to be paid by the merchant-vessels of
Tat nations in their respective harbours at 2f. 10c. per
,tt, and at 6c. per ton when they enter the harbours
either country from stress of weather to repair da-
blages, szc.
111 e Journal des Debuts states that the Court of
4
ikatrxe of Saintes (Charente Inferieure) has devoted
vi'"ree days to the jument of a parricide. This crime
14as committed on an old man of 80 by his son. The
eirna employed was poisoning by arsenic. The parte-
e (Pierre Guyonnet) was condemned to the penalty
of death.
The Nismes and Montpellier Railroad was gaily inau-
trued, a few days back, by an interchange of banquets
ettWeen the Councils-General of the 116rault and the
‘ittrd,
In consequence of a convention concluded between
the great Powers on the 20th of December, 1841, for
th e suppression of the slave trade, the Prussian Govern-
t4ell, ,
that published an ordinance, by virtue of which the
t5,...1 supercargo, and the first pilot of every ship con-
„e
to of having been engaged in the slave trade are
tolluenined to hard labour for a period varying from five
olit,!enty years. The same punishment will be inflicted
_To owner, the insurer, or on any person advancing
tolkta knowing the destination of the vessel. The crew
tj to be liable to an imprisonment of from six months
trade S,,ears, if it be proved that their operation in this
'Ve has been voluntary.
le Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, by the last
cia'ra, were at Berlin, and intended to pr,long some
'pp their sojourn in the Prussian capital. The Noble
th,,3e.,.?ttnt had been received with every distinction by
:liang. On leaving Berlin Viscount and Viscountess
ennerston go to Dresden, and thence to the baths of
sem.

According to a late census taken at Briiels, that city
z:eii4)llB 24,700 families, occupying 13,627 houses,
„
The less than two families to each house.
04:isee Queen and Court of Portugal came up from Cintra
ththe 7th instant, fur ilia season. They will remain in
e Palace of Belem until some repairs are completed in
t,Palsce of Necessidades.
tr'he Lisbon corn monopoly is destroyed by royal de-
vii7l' By this most beneficial measure the price of bread
be reduced one-third.
tters from Spain, according to the Patriota, an-
hate that the refugee insrgents of nob instead
tpie !in sent to the Baleariuc Isles, have tained per-
-44")11 from Narvaez to remain in dcpot within three
pea of Tarragona. Count Bomfin is now in France.
hoe entire receipts of the Lisbon and Oporto Custom-
tou'tt le
and Sete Casas, during the past month, were 338

km. e Duke 001:11111T-11.11913TOWA331.11.
uke of Beaufort and the Marquis of Worcest, r
6 arrived at Clifton from Badminton.
bithe Duke of Buccleuch left town on Saturday for
iLhsiltolanrig Castle, where the Duchess and family are
bre, sent staying. It is uncertain whether the Duke and
The
will join the royal circle at Blair AtholL
kr he Duke and Duchess of Somerset give a grand en-
:aim:tient to-day at Wimbledon Park, which their
Yal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
h hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen-
knteegh Strelitz, are expected to honour with their pre-
Their Graces also receive a distinguished ,:irele
sorrow.
thi'he Prince and Princess Radzivill, whose sojourn in
final] has been prolonged beyond the period ori-
ttrunnYow"'
teM lated, entertained his Excelfoncy Baron
aera, dinner lust evening at the Brunswick Hotel,
to leasYn-street. The Prince and Princess are expected
La
town during the present week.
ad 7 John and Miss Juliana Somerset leave Clifton
,:(to.2rro w (Tuesday) for Stowe, on a visit to the Duke
-luchess of Buckingham.
tThe Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers
ee Longshawe, the Duke of Rutland's seat in Derby-
the for Powis Castle, Welshpool, on a visit to
vEat°-rl and Countess of Fowls.
lseount and Viscountess Villiers have arrived at
terhrlnEt on a visit to Prince and Princess Nicholas Es-
toitzY'
V. "raYen Castle, the seat of the Viscount and
talitaco._
unless Adare, has been the scene of festive hospi-
1ti,„,`,.) during the last fortnight. In addition to the lead-
tliZt!ltroilies of the county of Glamorgan, the following
katoguished guests have been entertained there :—The
titlirclois of Headfort and the Ladies Taylour, the Mar-
QhB of Kildare, the Count and Countess de Bonval, the
4ralier Bunsen, Miss Fielding, Hon. R. Bourke, Mr.
ettllr. Warburton, Mr. Sandford, Capt. Galway, &c.
Earl and Countess of Errol are entertaining a
V. Party at Slanes Castle, North Britain.
going on a
,t),111e. ount and Viscountess Camden are
Cnental tour.
tept rd Brougham left Grafton-street on Friday for Co-
te:l7, and subsequently visited Lady Brougham at
ht:Lington. His Lordship proceeds to-day to Broug-
gall, Westmoreland.
Q 46 Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary West left
4 ,enor-street for Buckhurst, on Thursday. The 4
y Earl joined his family circle on Saturday, but
riled to town last evening, and subsequently left for
oehe .

SPORTING INTELLIGLNCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
WESTERN MEETING AT AYR.—(CoNcLuntn.)

FRIDAY.
The Railway Stakes of 5 sovs. each, p.p., with 25 added
Two miles. (4 Subs.)
Mr Merry'a Armytage, 4 yrs
Sir J. B,,swell's G.heva, 3 yrs
The Two Years' Old Stakes of 25 sovs. eac, 10 ft with 25
added. Three quarters of a mile.
Lord Eglinton's Pythia, by St. Martin (Howlett) 1
Mr. Merry's John Harris
Sir. Ramsay's Minden
Handicap of 10 sovs. each. Three quarters of a mile.
Mr. Crawford's Tina (Crawford) 1
Sir J. Boswell's SWift
Mr. Onslow's Chatty
Mr. Stephenson's eh m
Major Campbell's nd Nell
Mr. Hay's ch g
Plate t.,f 50/. ; for 3 yrs, bat 71b ; 4 yrs, 7,t 1010 ; 5
yrs, Bst 21b ; 6 yrs, &c., Bst 71b ; mares and geldings
allowed 3d.ts ; winners extra. Heats two miles. The
winner to be sold for 1501, &c.
Lord Eglinton's Jamie Forest, aged (Howlett) 1 1
Mr. Robertson's Arnagill, 6 yrs
Mr. T. Grieve's Nightmare, 3 yrs

HINTS for the ENGLISH in PAI-ZIS.
Truly at this moment is London out of town. Nay,
not only out of toe n, but out of the realm. Any one
who has counted the myriads that for the last mouth
have weekly bade their native land good' night"—any
one who still Lumbers tha tens of thousands that con-
tinue weekly to wing their way to continental shores,
will have little difficulty in guessing where London is
now actually to be found. Despite the threatening
murmurs from Otaheite—despite the portentous booming
of the Prince de Joinville's cannon at Tangiers and Mo-
gadore, London rushes onwards to Paris, and Paris, de-
serted by its recreant Parisians, may almost be said to be
in the possession of adventurous tour-enamoured Lon-
doners. To carry away the spoils of the French capital ere
ths: blast of war be sounded—to secure some of its rich
and unequalled produce in this perhaps their last trip—is
the natural desire of our travelling compatriots. A
few hints touching the selection of their purchases
may not be unacceptable at this critical moment.
The Palais Royal, as a general depot of all that is taste-
ful and graceful, need only to be mentioned. But they
who depart from it without visiting the magazine of La-
hoche Loin dicif eserlier de Cristal, have seen but the
half of its attractions and wonders. This is the house,
which, at the last Exposition Nationale, displayed such
exquisite designs in porcelain and crystals as elicited
unbounded admiration, and from Which Mr. Wilson, the
agent of our Government, made such large purchases.
For those who have not inspected the stock of this ma-
nufactory, to form an idea of the novel shapes and bril-
liant colours imparted to porcelain and crystal by recent
improvements in the art would be impossible. The
chaste and striking forms of antiquity are reproduced
with increased beauty, and the elegant designs of mo-
dern taste are wrought in a style and with an eclat
hitherto unimagined. To the simple lovers of vertu a
visit to the magazine would be a treat indeed, for here
the rarest specimens of old Sevres, and, in fact, objects
of curiosity of all descriptions, and of the greatest
value, are to be found. Ancient and modern art, side
by side, delight the eye, and offer to the connoisseur
the widest scope for the exercise of his judgment and
his choice. Should our sight-seeing countrymen be pass-
ing along the Boulevard des Italins, let them not fail
to enter the handsome furniture manufactory of M.
Osmont. Here they will see the effect of this gentle-
man's imitation of Chinese Jaquer (La Lague de Chine),
as used in the varnishing and decoration of general fur-
niture. Nothing can be conceived more truly splendid
than a drawing-room suite lacquered with this composi
don, which is infinitely superior to that used by the
Chinese, and the invention of which was very de-
servedly rewarded by the silver medal at the last
Exposition. Hitherto we were forced to be content
with shawl-boxes, screens, tea-caddies, and such like
little articles in this lacquer, which the " Celestials" were
pleased to send us ; now, however, thanks to M. Osmont's
invention, we may have our drawing-rooms and our bou-
doirs entirely furnished in this rich and beautiful tstyle.
Meetion of the draping-room and the boudoir reminds
us of la belle toilette; and to our fair countrywomen
sejoerning in the French capital we say—" As you value
your reputation for elegance, neglect not to consult les
Dames Herbauit Nils:et, of the Rue Ali:lard." Besides
the certainty of seeing in the ntaison des modes of
these ladies such a daily variety of costume and fashion
as absolutely amazes the spectator by its pro-
fusion and good taste, one has the great advan-

tage of being certain to meet there the elite of Parisian
society, and the cream of distinguished foreigners. In
such a circle of stylishness and bon ton, and in the
hands of such artistes as les Dames Ilerbault Niices, it
is impossible not to become " the glass of fashion and
the mould of form." English beauty adorned by
French art is truly the perfection of loveliness. As we
are on the subject of female costume, we may as well
give a hint regarding that most important portion of it,
the bonnet. The ,cll,:peou de paille still continues the
rage, and a visit to the magazine of M. Fleschelle, of the
Rue Richelieu' is indispensable to ladies desirous of
being regarded as models of fashion. The variety of
chapeaux de paille is so great that to particularise them
would be endless. The chapeau de paille fantasie, the
chapeau de paille de Lies et paille de riz brode, the chapeau
brovete guipure et paille, in difThrent colours and designs,
are equally charming and equally commendable for ele-

fiance. TO each wearer mtist be left the discretion of
choosing those which best become her complexion and
style of beauty.—Post.

IRELAND.

THE WRIT OF ERROR..
DUBLIN, SEPT. 5, TEN O'CLOCK, P.M.
LIBERATION OF MR. O'CONNELL.

GRAND POPULAR DEMONSTRATION.

After the dispatch of my second letter by the
mail this evening, I proceeded to the Richmond
Prison. The streets all along the route were densely
crowded, and in front of the prison an immense mul-
titude were assembled. In a short time the crowd
became so numerous that it was necessary to send
for the Horse. and Foot Police to preserve a passage.

Messrs. Ford, Mahony, and Cantwell, immediately
after the arrival of the train at the terminus at
Westland-row, proceeded to the prison to communi-
cate the decision of the House of Lords to Mr.
O'Connell. In less than half an hour after the arrival
of the mail-packet in Kingstown, Mr. O'Connell
and his fellow-prisoners were acquainted with the
fact of the reversal of the judgment. Mr. O'Connell
received tho intelligence with great gratification, be-
cause it proved the utter injustice of the sentence
which had deprived him of his liberty, and he was
the more rejoiced at such a result, inasmuch as it was
the solemn decision of the highest court of appeal,
branding the jury list as having been fraudulently
concocted. In this decision of the House of Lords,
Mr. O'Connell recognised the complete justifi-
cation of himself, and the condemnation of
the prosecution, and the instruments by whom
that prosecution had been maintained. All through
he had avowed his determination never to
submit to the slightest compromise, though his prison
doors should be opened on the condition of .a particle
of concession on his part. There were confident state-
ments that the royal clemency would be extended to
the State prisoners if the appeal should be decided
against them. But Mr. O'Connell had determined
never to submit to the slightest compromise, under
any circumstances whatsoever.

The order for the liberation of the State prisoners
is expected to morrow evening. They will leave
the prison on Saturday morning, at ten o'clock, ac-
companied by an immense procession of the citizens,
headed by the Lord Mayor. The procession will go
over the same ground by which Mr. O'Connell had
been led from the Court of Queen's Bench to the
Prison, and from the Courts the procession will go
through the great leading streets of Dublin, finally
restoring Mr. O'Connell to his mansion in Merrion-
square.

A general illumination is spoken of; in fact, all
sorts of rejoicings are projeck.d.

The reversal of the judgment has fallen like a
thunderbolt amongst the Orange and Tory party
here. After the desperate assertion of Sir R. Peel,
that Mr. O'Connell had bad a "fair trial," the ultras
here speculated and betted upon a confirmation of
the unjust judgment by the House of Lords. They
are wofully disappointed; but the people rejoice ac-
cordingly.

In all parts of the city placards are exhibited, an-
nouncing the glorious intelligence, and all the streets
are crowded, and perfectly peaceable.
The Repeal Association is not to meet until the
regular day (Monday next), when Mr. O'Connell is
to attend.—Chronicle.

LATEST PARTICULARS.
LIBERATION OF THE STATE
PRISONERS.
:From the Second and Third Editions of the Sunday

Times.)
O'CONNELL AT HOME.
DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING.--Mr. Gartlan

rived from
_London by the evening mail packet of

yesterday, bringing with him the order of the House
of Lords for the liberation of the State prisoners. He
first waited on the Sheriff, and having procured from
him a warrant authorising the Governor forthwith to

discharge from his custody the repeal leaders, he pro-
ceeded to the prison, accompanied by Messrs. Cant-
well, Ford, R( illy, and Alahony, bearing on his

skioulder the monster indictment, and in his hand the
reverse of the foul decree by which the moral governor

of Ireland and his associates were deprived of their
liberty. Having reached the prison, Mr. Ford pro-
ceeded to the apartments of Mr. O'Connell, and

handed him the order for his liberation. Mr. O'Connell

THE GAME LAWS.—Two of the gamekeepers of
the Earl of Stradbroke committed suicide on Saturday
and Sunday, within twenty-four hours of each other.
Report attributes the death of both of them " to their
anxiety and dread of meeting their master (who was ex-
pected at Ilenham-park on Saturday, on his return from
his Irish estates, but who is not now looked for till this
week), fearing his anger that such extensive depreda-
tions should have been allowed among his preserves as
have lately thinned the number of his pheasants, &c."
There are other reports to a similar effect, showing that
the anxiety of mind which ended in these unfortunate
men destroying themselves was caused by their solici-
tude about the game they had to preserve. It is not
long since another gamekeeper of this same Lord Strad-
broke was murdered by poachers, and, if our memory
serves us aright, several transportations beyond the
seas were the consequence. Look, then, at the loss of
life, the misery, and the expense to the public, that this,
single landlord's game may be preserved. Let it be held
in mind that, during the last ten years, some thirty
gamekeepers have been murdered, and as many poachers
hanged for the murders—that in one year, namely, 1843,
thirty persons were transported, and 4,500 convicted and
sentenced to fine and imprisonment in England alone,
for infringements of the game laws—that the cost of
prosecuting the " criminals," and in maintaining their
families when thrown upon the parish, amounts annually
to not less than 100,000/. sterling, not to speak of the im-
mense cost of maintaining those who are transported
beyond the seas, nor of the wreck and ruin of virtue and
happiness to tens of thousands, nor of the brutal and re-
vengeful feelings engendered, and the desperate crimi-
nals who are brought into existence and fostered by
these laws ; and who shall say but that they are one of
the greatest curses of our land, and ought, without delay
to be swept from off our statute-book for ever 2—Leeds
Times.
NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT, SEPT. 7.—Another
land slip of a rather alarming character has occurred at
Atherfield; upwards of an acre of land at the point of
the cliff has moved off into the sea, without giving no-
tice to quit. This part was supposed to be most secure,
being based upon large rocks. The superincumbent
weight, however, has forced these layers of stone, which
it appears reached to no great depth, into grotesque po-
sitions. The inhabitants of a house, which was supposed
to have been erected at a safe distance from all danger,
were not a little surprised one morning at hearing a loud
noise like thunder, which awoke the villagers above, and
on getting up to ascertain the cause, they found their
habitation within one yard of the edge of a tremendous
precipice, the walls of the building giving evident warn-
ing that a further sojourn in it might prove dangerous
to its inmates. It is said that the station-houses appro-
priated to the use of the preventive service are not in the
most safe foundation if another slip should cccur.
SERIOUS INDISPOSITION or MISS PEEL.—We re-
gret to hear that, owing to the alarming illness of Miss
reel, daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Peel, that the
Right Hon. Baronet, who had made every arrangement
to accompany her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert to Blair Atholl, will not be able to embark
to day for Scotland, as was his intention. On Saturday
morning the most painful advices were received from the
local medical adviser at Drayton Manor, who, it appears,
deemed it his duty to call in additional medical attend-
ance—Sir Charles Clark and Dr. Hodgson from Bir-
mingham having been requested to give their professional
opinion on the disorder of the youthful invalid. Yes-
terday morning a messenger arrived by the earliest
train from Drayton Manor, and was the bearer of more
aggravated accounts, as to excite the worst apprehen-
sions ; and, in consequence, Sir Robert and Lady Peel
left town by the ten o'clock train, yesterday, tor Bir-
mingham, with the intention of proceeding direct to
Drayton Manor with all possible haste.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Yesterday morning (Sun-
day) the inhabitants of York-street, London load,
Southwark, were thrown into a state of the greatest ex-
citement and alarm, which lasted throughout the whole
day, in consequence of a most inhuman and murderous
attack which was made upon an aged man named
Richard Barber, residing at No. 8, Lewis's-rents, situate
in the centre of the above street, adjoining St. George's
Market. It appears that the man Barber, with his wife
and son, have been leading a very dissipated life for
some time past, especially the son, who is about seven-
teen years of age, and bears a very bad character in the
neighbourhood. Shortly before eleven o'clock yesterday
morning, whilst they were taking breakfast, a quarrel
took place respecting a book called the" Newgate Calen-
der," which the son (Thomas Barber) was in the habit of
reading. The father said he (the son) should not read
such works, and attempted to take the book from him ;
Arehtli.l",llf, SATURDAY.—DF. Murray, the Catholic a scuffle took place, during which the mother seized a
thiei3lPP of Dublin, ho has hitherto cautiously eb- knife and the son a poker, with which the son inflicted a
"'tat 1,4°1n identifyinz %Hi the Repeal move- dreadful wound on the base of his father's skull, at the
hite,l "48 given orders to the clergy of his diocese to same time the mother, who took the son's part, made an
a,.orr,w4 711,, hewn sung in their respective churches to- effort to stab the old man in the left side, but was fortu-
-,,qtl ail 0, "Jr- Murray officiates himself as High Priest, nately prevented by the timely arrival of police-constable
vthe traversers, Catholic and Protestant, are to be No, 9M, who was passing the end of the court at the
at on the occasion. moment. In a short time Mr. Gellatly, the surgeon of
41,:idayArr'13 iodanilll jun., Esq., M.P., came to Leeds ye 5.• the London-road, attended to the wound of the man
Of 15 seat at Fricklev Hall, to attend the tune- Barber, which was stated to be of a most dangerous de-
,pis En ueh lamented relative, Mrs. Thomas Pease. scription. Informati,n having been forwarded to the
eery of n- Gentleman leaves Leeds this day.— Geed. MI r- pike station in Southwark-bridge-road, the mother and
Saturday, son were akin in charge aid conveyed to the police-
tiNtilllttellr-We learn from Tunis that the Bey has ; station, followed by a vast coucourse of persons. The
ilea_ the free export f corn for six months, by ' man, Barber, who remains under theme of Mr. Gellatly,
ns ~
au anions, I is in a very precarious state.

read it aloud to his friends and fellow captives, and then
returned it to his solicitor, who at once repaired to the
Governor, and handed him the release. The Gover-
nor, with the greatest promptitude, communicated in

the most gentlemanly manner to the State prisoners

that he had the pleasing duty of telling them that
they were again at liberty, and free to return to their
homes.

On SCILOCINIMIANI3OI7III.
th Saturday a grand funeral service was performed
Qh,se,ellariel of the Russian Embassy, in memory of the
br74 Duchess Alexandra. His Excellency Baron
teiro,a' came to town from Brighton expressly to at-
let,joe ceremony, and among those present we oh-
tie "'lt the Prince and Princess Radzivill, Admiral Poeta-
;ld all the employes of the Embassy, who appeared
llttidhr full official uniforms. The service, which was
kailrirrted by the Rev. Mr. Popoff, had a very solemn
vteualPosing effect. We understand that the ceremony
thot,',„ have taken place some days since, but that it was
te4:',„ght advisable to defer the same until after the chris-
Plel of the infant Prince. A second service will take
lelrede
aezt week, which will be attended by Count Nes-
hAir
expired on Monday last, at
ilttadle4b. J. Eden Bart. ,
stone Hall, 'Durham, aged 70 years. Not having
11,44 married, he is succeeded in the family estates and
bo °lletey by his brother, Mr. Morton John Davison,
Pa •
10 1778, who assumed the name of Davison in 1812.
thh! oaturday night five cottages at White-lane, near
Leh Oakley, Basingstoke, all occupied by labouring
(10.1°, were completely destroyed by fire. The acci-
oaLliaa occasioned by some hot ashes, incautiously left
be"ougheap, being blown on the thatched root. The
Ittu.,l' part of the furniture of the poor tenants was
saves
but they are all considerable sufferers.
4nsiderable amusement was created amongst her
1441tY's royal and illustrious guests at the grand
tlt.,ltlet• given in St. George's Hall on Friday evening,
,0 Sudden and unexpected appearance of Mr. M'Kay,
taapilkleen's piper, dressed in full Highland costume, who
ete,:''ed several times, upon the removal of the second
14'131e, round the Hall, performing lively Scotch airs upon
ThagPipes.
e Duchess of Kent has given permission for the
443,1 ehow of the Windsor and Eton Royal Horticul•
Ilißhreiety to take place on Tuesday next, in her Royal
litn,Pea's private grounds at Frogmore.
NlL:Tante Persiani, Salvi, and Fornasari, accom-
PN)::" 1.5 Y Puzzi, have been highly successful in their
144 lecial tour. The party return to town on the 22d
klia,nt, and on the 24th they depart, Madame Persiani
z.-ornasari for Paris, and Salvi for Moscow, where
ile',ltinder engagement to be on the sth of next month.
t take 23d a grand vocal and instrumental concert is
ilialv`e place at Blackhea:h, at which Madame Per-
S%tvi, and Fornasari will assist, supported by other
I,_rate artists.
erieZe Lord Bishop of Gloucester held his visitation at
hteg„ lade, Wilts, on Tuesday last, on which occasion a
vtapi boraber of clergymen were present. The church-
tt,hat of Poulton, on being called, informed the Bishop
rtoe service was performed in that parish every
hour4Y at one o'clock. His Lordship remarked that the
'he 4.wis an extremely inconvenient one, a circumstance
‘", more than once stated to the Rev. Mr. Cripps,
atten°!%eiating minister. As Mr. Cripps had paid no
Ivithrh to the suggestion, he (the Bishop) would now
titliorittvy his license. The Bishop will conclude his visi-
" inis week at the Cathedral Church of Bristol.
bu

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1844.

mad joy took place as we have never seen anything
that it resembled. We were then occupying a place
in Mr. O'Connell's balcony.
The enthusiasm of the multitude seemed incapable
of subsidence ; theiracclamation was a sustained body
of sound that smote the air as sharp as pealing mus-
ketry; hats were not waived, but flung up into the air,
nay, flung away as if the wearers could never possi-
bly need them again.. One only thought seemed to
possess the multitude. O'Connell and Ireland had
triumphed. O'Connell was abroad before their eyes
to embody the victory, and the tumultuous joy of the
moment was but faintly expressed by the expenditure
of all the energy and voice they could devote to it.
In a few moments after Mr. O'Connell entered the
house he presented himself at the balcony. The
greeting with which he had been received below was
continued—it could not be exceeded. He frequently
csAtyod to address the assemblage, but his words were
drowned in the reiterated acclamations that ascended
from the vast multitude, and several minutes elapsed
before their enthusiasm became sufficiently subdued
to- permit them to listen even to him. At length,
during the brief intervals of silence, he spoke to the
following effect :
MR. O'CONNELL'S SPEECH.

Why you seem (Cheers.) It seems as if you
were glad to see nre home again.—(Tremendous
cheering and waving of hats.) This is my own
honest home—(Cheering for several minutes)—but I
have come home from a prison.—(Cheers.) In other
ceuntries—(Cheers)—they send the rogues to prison
and leave the honest men at home, but many a paltry
rogue was left at home while I was confined within
the walls of a gaol.—(lmmense cheers.) But God is
stronger than our enemies—(Cheers)—and thanks be
to that God—(Great sensation)—l am here to-night
in my own home.—(Cheers.) The rogues are at
home too, but do they feel as comfortable to-
night as I do ?—(Cheers.) The foul attempt to
destroy the sacred right of petitions, to vio-
late the jury-box, and trample the constitu-
tion in my person—that foul and felonious attempt
has signally failed.—(Loud cheers.) The people of
Ireland have gained a mighty victory, and well have
they deserved that victory—they have—the moral,
the temperate, the religious people of Ireland.—(Tre-
mendous cheering.) In their hundred thousand
strength they were mild as the playful lamb that
crops the herbage as it passes along, and such mild-
ness will they show in their might at present.—
(Tremendous cheering.) Oh, but we'll have ala bra
pleasura: to-morrow.—(Loud cheers.) But no man
shall be harmed—no man shall be insulted or offended
—there shall not even be a groan.—(Loud cheering.)
We will laugh to-morrow, and keep the groaning for
another day. I did not make a speech these three
months—(Tremendous cheering and waving of hats)
—I did not make a speech these three months, so my
pipe is a little out of tune.—(Cheers.) In the meet-
ings of 1843—the glorious meetings of 1843—they
called them monster meetings—(Cheers)—because
such assemblages could not be peacefully collected in
any country on earth except our own—(Tremendous
cheers)—not a blow was struck—not a glass of
whisky drank—not even an accident occurred.—
(Cheers.) No one was shoved, or crushed, or pressed
upon.—(Great cheering.) Oh, it could happen no-
where but amongst the courteous people of Ireland—
the people of Ireland that are kind to one another—
the Christian people of Ireland—(Cheers)—and now,
blessed be God, we are here to-night rejoicing.—
(Deep sensation.) We shall have no tumult to-
morrow—a little shout we will have—and some cheer-
ing—the happy bird must chirrup.—(Tremendous
cheering.) And now go home in quiet, and tell every
one you meet that we are to assemble to-morrow in
peace and happiness.—(Cheers.) And then go to
your rest, having first offered up your thanksgivings
to the Almighty that he has vouchsafed to look in
mercy upon his people of Ireland, and I promise you
we will have the repeal.—(Tremendous cheers.)
The Liberator having retired from the balcony—
The HEAD PACIFICATOR then came forward, and
waving his hand to the people, cried out, " Home,
home." Immediately from the vast assembly arose
the cry, " Home, home ;" and then they moved
away, passing the house of the Liberator in one dense
deep stream, and at half-past seven o'clock Merrion-
square was silent, or disturbed only by the footstep
of the casual passenger.

We have been informed . that the clerks of the
House of Lords gave the prisoner's attorneys every
possible facility towards hastening the documents
necessary for an immediate discharge. All other
business was cheerfully postponed to dispatch that
which was to give effect to the late decision of the
last court of appeal.

presented such a mass of human beings since the visit
of George IV.

The procession moved along over Carlisle bridge,
on its way to Mr. O'Connell's house in Merri9n-
square, which it reached about a quarter to six
o'clock, the same degree of enthusiasm marking the
populace as it proceeded. Mr. O'Connell having
descended, entered the house, and shortly appeared
on the balcony, and addressed the immense assem-
blage, thanking them for the grand display they made
in honour of him and his fellow-patriots, and cau-
tioning all against violating the peace.
This may indeed be termed " a great day for Ire-
land." Mr. O'Connell and the repeal party seem to
have gained much strength by his incarceration.
There will be great work at the Conciliation Hal}
meeting on Monday next. Mr. O'Connell will be
there, and it is reported that the Hon. Mr. Caulfield,
brother of Lord Charlemont, is likely, to take the
chair on the occasion. The rent will be up. During
the thirteen weeks' imprisonment of Mr. O'Connell
there has been collected 27,000/. repeal rent !

GREAT PROCESSION

English imperial feeling, meditated and had almost
accomplished."
PROCEEDINGS ON SUNDAY.
Sunday will be celebrated in a most becoming and
devotional manner. Pontificial high mass and solemn
Te Deuni w ill be celebrated at eleven o'clock, in the
metropolitan church, Marlborough-street, his Grace
the Archbishop officiating, in, thanksgiving to Al.
mighty God for the deliverance of the beloved Libe-
rator of his country, and of his fellow-martyrs, from
their unjust captivity. A sermon will be preached by
the Rev. Dr. Miley, and the Liberator, with the other
martyrs will be present.
PUBLIC BANQUET TO THE LIBERATOR
AND THE MARTYRS.
We have the utmost satisfaction in announcing that
it has been decided upon, that a public banquet should
be given to the Liberator of Ireland and his fellow-
martyrs, on some convenient day within the present
month. Steps have already been taken, and arrange-
ments made, to give to this banquet all the eclat a
great national festival should have. We believe that
all parts of Ireland will be represented on this great
occasion, and that it will be every way worthy of the
country and of those gentlemen in whose honour it
will be holden.— WeeklylFreeinan's Journal.

HER MAJESTY'S MARINE
EXCURSION.

The course by which her Majesty will proceed on
her excursion to Scotland is as follows :—The Queen
embarks at Woolwich, instead of Portsmouth, as was
before named,!onboard the Victoria and Albert steam-
ship, commanded by Captain Lord Adolphus Fitz-
elarenee, and will proceed from thence direct to Dun-
dee, without the yacht touching at any port on her
passage. The preparations on board for the Queen
and the royal children, in the arrangement of the nur-
series and other rooms, has been most complete ; the
former communicates with the Queen's own apart-
ments, being immediately under, and forming a con-
tinuation of; the royal staircase. Since the royal
yacht has returned from the westward, she has been
re-decorated and painted, and looks remarkably well.
The following vessels have been appointed to form
the royal squadron :—The Royal Victoria and Albert
steam-vessel, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence,
G.C.8.; the Stromboli steam-fiigate, Commander the
Hon. E. Plunkett; the Eclair steam-frigate, Com-
mander Walter G. B. Estcourt ; the Blazer steam-
vessel, Captain I. Washington ; the Volcano steam-
vessel, Lieut.-Conirnander E. C. Miller; the Princess
Alice steam-vessel, Master-Commander L. Smithett.
The Castle of Blair, the ancient seat of the noble
family of the Atholls, has been under repair and im-
provement for a month past. A number of Lord
Glenlyon's followers have again been in training for
the reception of her Majesty.. The game on the
moors and in the forest of Atholl have been strictly
preserved. Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Liverpool,
and others of her Majesty's Ministers, are expected to
constitute part of the royal suite.
Her Majesty is expected to return from Scotland
early in October, when the King of the French is
confidently expected to visit her in England. A
squadron of five steam-vessels is preparing at Cher-
bourg, and one of them, bearing a rear-admiral's flag,
is now ready. These ships will, it is believed, leave
Cherbourg early in October, and proceed to Treport,
at which port his Majesty will embark, and cross
over to Brighton or Portsmouth.

DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE OF
PRUSSIA FOR THE CONTINENT.
On Saturday morning his Royal Highness the Prince
of Prussia, attended by Chevalier Bunsen, and the mem-
bers of his suite, left the residence of the Legation
shortly after twelve o'clock, and proceeded to the Na-
tional Gallery, for the purpose of viewing the collection
of pictures contained therein. After walking through
the apartments, critically examining the various works
of art, the royal party left for Argyll House, the resi-
dence of the Earl of Aberdeen. The Noble Earl, not
having returned from Windsor, his Royal Highness did
not alight, but proceeded at once to Apsley House, to
take leave of the Duke of Wellington. His grace re-
ceived the Prince in the vestibule, and, conducted him
up the grand staircase, they entered the principal saloon,
where they spent some time in earnest conversation,
after which the Prince took leave of the gallant duke
in the most affectionate manner. From Apsley House
his Royal Highness proceeded to the house of Sir
Benjamin Hall, in Portman-square, to take leave of
Lady and Miss Hall, after which the illustrious
party returned to the Legation to lunch. At
three o'clock the royal carriages were again in at-
tendance to convey the Prince to Messrs. Barclay and
Perkins's Brewery, in Southwark. Here the koyal
party were received by Mr. Bevan, one of the members
of the firm, who conducted his Royal Highness through
the various departments, visiting in succession the
" stage," where a complete view of the splendid ma-
chinery is obtained, the tun-room, the stores, and the
stabling. The Prince appeared greatly pleased with all
that he saw, and upon taking leave expressed his thanks
to Mr. Bevan for the polite attention shown to him.
Thence his Royal Highness proceeded to the terminus
of the London and Greenwich Railway, and having, with
his suite, entered a first-class carriage, he reached
Greenwich at a quarter-past four o'clock. One of the
Queen's carriages was in attendance at the terminus, and
his Royal Highness having entered it, drove direct to
the residence of Admiral Stopford, governor of the
hospital, who received his Royal Highness upon alight-
ing. The illustrious party were then conducted by Sir
Robert Stopford through the noble institution over
which the gallant admiral presides, with all the arrange-
ments of which the Prince expressed himself highly
gratified.
On leaving the Painted Hall the royal party proceeded
to the Naval School, where the Prince was received by
Lieutenant Rouse, a gallant veteran, who, having lost a
limb in the service, now fills the responsible office of the
superintendent of the schools. The pupils, to the num-
ber of 800, were ranged round the quadrangle in which
the model ship is erected, and as the Prince entered the
band of juvenile performers commenced playing " God
save the Queen," and the national anthem of Prussia,
the yards of the model ship being manned at the
same moment by some of the pupils. His Royal High-
ness subsequently witnessed the pupils exercise in the
gymnasium, and then proceeded to the Crown and
Sceptre Tavern, where his Royal Highness and a distin-
guished party sat down to dinner at six o'clock. His
Excellency. the Russian Ambassador, Baron Brunnow,
the Austrian Minister, Baron Nieumann, and Captain
Smith, R.N., were among the company present.
At a quarter to eight o'clock his Royal Highness re-
turned, and in company with his suite entered the barge
of the William and Mary yacht, which was in attend-
ance, under the command of Captain Smith, to convey
the royal party on board the Lightning steam-tender,
Master Commander W. Roberts, which had previously
arrived from Woolwich, having taken on board the lug-
gage of his Royal Highness at that port. At eight
o'clock, his Royal Highness having taken leave of Che-
valier Bunsen, who accompanied the Prince on board,
the moorings were let go, and the steamer proceeded
down the river to Ostend, at which port his Royal
Highness is expected to land en route for Berlin.

GRAND WHITEBAIT ENTERTAIN-
MENT TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE

PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.

On Saturday last Chevalier Hebeler, the Prussian
Consul-General, had the honour conferred on him of
entertaining his Royal Highnes§ the Prince of Prussia
at the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Greenwich, previous
to the embarkation of the Royal visitor on board the
Lightning, Government steamer, for Ostend.
The following distinguished personages were invited
to meet his Royal Highness :—His Serene Highness
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar (who, however, left for
the Continent early in the day), Count Puckler, Count
Konigsmark, Baron Schleinitz, Baron Berg, his Excel-
lency Chevalier Bunsen, Mr. Ernest Bunsen, Baron
Thile, Lieut. Baron de Thule, Captain Meynell, R.N.,
Equerry to the Prince, the Earl of Westmoreland, his
Excellency Baron Brunnow, his Excellency Baron Nieu-
mann, his Excellency Count Nesselrode, Earl Howe, B.
B. Cabell, Esq., J. Ramsbottom, Esq., M.P., Rev. J. Fal-
lowfield (representing the G rand Lodge of Freemasons of
England) ; the Earl of Dalhousie, Admiral Sir R. Stop-
ford (Governor of Greenwich Hospital), H. Lefevre, Esq.,
J. M'Gregor, Esq., Baron Stockmar, Frederick Huth,
Esq., Sir H. Ellis (librarian of the British Museum),
Capt. Smithers (Commander of the Princess Alice), Dr.
Welcker, Capt, Gordon, R.N., Capt. Smith, R.N., Capt.
Ibbetson, R.N., F. G. Richardson, Esq. His Royal
Highness and suite, after visiting the hospital and
asylum, paid a farewell visit to her Royal Highness the
Princess Sophia, at Blackheath, and arrived in the royal
carriages at the Crown and Sceptre at half-past five.
Her Majesty's steamer Lightning was moored opposite
the house, and his Royal Highness embarked in the
William and Mary barge, at the Tavern Stairs, at halt-
past eight. His Royal Highness condescendingly con-
veyed, through one of his suite, his approbation of the
entertainment. his Royal Highness looked extremely
well, and seemed much pleased with his reception.
The juvenile band from Greenwich Hospital, by direc-
tion of Sir R. Stopford, were stationed in a vessel on the
water, and performed various national airs during dinner.
The embarkation, witnessed by an immense concourse
of spectators, was accomplishedmost satisfactorily, and
the effect upon the water particularly interesting, every
object being clearly seen by the aid of blue lights from
the tavern. Immediately upon his Royal Highness
stepping on board, the Lightning got under way, amidst
the cheers of the multitude,. and was expected to reach
Ostend by nine the following morning,

ABRIDGMENT or HOURS or BuslNEsB.—The most
respectable booksellers, grocers, chemists, milliners, and
other shopkeepers, excepting provision and refreshment
shops, have commenced now to open at seven in the
morning, and close their doors at eight every evening,
excepting Saturday night ; then one hour later. Ar-
rangements are also being made to close at seven o'clock
in the months of November, December, January, and
February.
SKELETON or A MAK FOUND.—One day last week,
some men were digging earth up for the purpose of making
cellars adjoining Mr. Burgess's house in Wisbech, when
at the depth of between two and three feet they dis-
covered the skeleton of a man: the scull and teeth were
perfect. It is supposed to have lain in the position in
which it was found for a long period, and at present
is a mystery who the person was, and the reason for de-
positing human remains in such an unusual place. The
site on which the skeleton was found was that of a very
old house, lately pulled down: a new one is now building
them—Cambridge Chronicle,

LITERATURE.
POEMS. By E. B. Barrett. 2 Vac
Moron, London, 1844,
In the course of a modest and gracefully-written
preface to these volumes of poems, Miss Barrett re-
marks :—" If it must be said of me that I have con-
tributed immemorablo verses to the many rejected by
the age, it cannot at least be said that I hare done so
in a light and irresponsible spirit. Poetry has been
as serious a thing to me as life itself, and life has been
a very serious thing ; there has been no playing at
skittles for me in either. I never mistook pleasure
for the final course of poetry, nor leisure for the hour
of the poet." There are abundant proofs throughout
these volumes that the authoress has regarded the
efforts of the fancy and the feeling in no light or su-
perficial spirit ; but has brought to the task of poetical
composition, thought, earnestness, anxious solicitude,
and a high and ennobling sense of the importance of
the work she is engaged on. In her principal poem,
however, headed a "Drama of Exile"—fine as some
passages in it undoubtedly are—we think that she
has formed rather too ambitious an estimate of her
imaginative powers, and essayed a flight beyond her
capacity. The region in which her genius expatiates
to the greatest advantage is certainly not the sub-
lime ; she sustains herself in that lofty sphere with
evident difficulty; and toils and strains to make her
position good, in a manner that must convince even
the most partial reader that she is far less at home on
the summit, than on the lower slopes, cf Parnassus.
Her proper place is with the Landons, and the He-
manses, and not with the Byrons or the Words-
worths. The objection we have just urged applies
solely to Miss Barrett's ambitious " Drama of Exile.,"
in her other poems, where she adopts an humbler
tone, nothing can be more decided than her success.
Her pathos, in particular, is exquisite; and cold
must be the heart, and limited the understanding,
that can peruse, untouched, the " Lost Bower"—a
poem conceived in the most genuine' imaginative
spirit, full of the purest and profoundest sentiment,
and pervaded by a vein of thought that has surprised,
not less than it has delighted us. We prefer, how-
ever, quoting, as being more suitable to our limits,
a shorter poem, entitled " Catarina to Camoens,
Dying in his Absence abroad, and referring to the
Poem in which he had recorded the sweetness of her
Eyes :"
On the door you will not enter,
I have gazed too long—adieu!
Hope withdraws her peradvt-nture—
Death is near me,—and not you I
Come, 0 lover,
Close and cover
These poor eyes, ycu called, I wee;
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen."
When I heard you sing that burden
In my vernal days and bowers,
Other praises disregarding,
I but hearkened that of yi.mrs,—
Only saying,
In heart-playing,
" Blessed eyes mine eyes have been,
If the sweetest, uis have seen!"
But all changeth! At this vesper,
Cold the sun shines down the door!
Ifyou stood there, would you whisper
" Love, I love you," as before,—
Death pervading
Now, and shading
Eyes you sang of, that yestreen,
As the sweetest, ever seen?
Yes! I think, were you beside them,
Near the bed I die upon,—
Though their beauty you denied them,
As you stood there, looking down,
You would truly
Call them duly,
For the love's sake found therein,—
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen."
And if you looked down upon them,
And if they looked up to you,
All the light which has forgone them
Would be gathered back anew!
They would truly
Be as duly
Love-transformed to Beauty's sheen,—
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen."
But, ah me! you only see me
In your thoughts of loving man,
Smiling soft perhaps and dreamy
Through the wavings of my fan,—
And unweeting
Go repeating,
In your reverie serene,
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen."
While my spirit leans and reaches
From my body, still and pale,
Fain to hear what tender speech is
In your love, to help my bale—.
0 my poet,
Come and show it!
Come, of latest love, to glean
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen."
0 my poet, 0 my prophet,
W hen you praised their sweetness so,
Did you think, in singing of it,
That it might be near to go?
had you fancies
From their
.glances,
That the grave would quickly screen,
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen?"
No reply! The fountain's warble
In the court-yard sounds alone!
As the water to the marble
So my heart falls with a moan,
From love-sighing
To this dying !
Death forerunneth Love, to wic
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen."
Will you come? when I'm departed
Where all sweetnesses are hid—
When thy voice, my tender-hearted,
Will not lift up either lid.
Cry, 0 lover,
Love is over!
Cr' beneath the cypress green—
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen."
When the angelus is ringing,
Near the convent will you walk,
And recal the choral singing
Which brought angels down our talk?
Spirit-shriven
I viewed Heaven,
Till you smiled—" Is earth unclean,
Sweetest eyes, were ever seen?"--
When beneath the palace-lattice,
You ride slow as you have done,
And you see a face there—that is
Not the old familiar one,—
Will you oftly
Murmur softly,
" Here, ye watched me morn and e'en,
Sweetest eyes, were ever seen."
When the palace ladies sitting
Round your gittern, shall have said,
" Poet, sing those verses, written
For the lady who is dead,"—
Will you tremble,
Yet dissemble,—
Or sing hoarse, with tears between,
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen?"
Sweetest eyes! How sweet in flowings,
The repeated cadence is!
Though you sang a hundred poems,
Still the best one would be this.
I can hear it
'Twist my spirit
And the earth-noise, intervene—
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen!"
But the priest waits for the preying,
And the choir are on their knees,—
And the soul must pass away in
Strains more solemn high than these!
Miserere
For the weary—
Oh, no longer for Catrine,
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen!'

THE FIRST DAY or SlloOTlNG.—September is
here, and after being kept upon the half-cock fora
of the
campaign, dayt
by the Sunday occupying the customary opening
campaign, the band of sportsmen yesterday morning
marched forth to commence their skirmishing with the
coveys. The harvest this year is pretty well in, allow-
ing a fair range for their barrels, and a free course for
their rambles ; and the partridges which are now
legitimate " food for powder," are in fair plenty,
so that game bags are not likely to return half
empty, or old friendships be divested of their cus-
tomary annual brace. Fears were at one period ex-
pressed that the long drought would make a scarcity
of birds : the young ones, it was said, instead
of dying boldly in the open autumn fields, were
basely perishing in furrows and ditches, for lack of the
teetotal fluid ; but this has turned out partly a false
prophecy, and a writer in the Sporting Magazine says:—
" I rejoice to say that the reports both written and
verbal which I have received give promise of an unusu-
ally good season. The weather during the hatching
month has been all that we could desire ; a year more fa-
vourable to the partridge shooter was scarcely ever
known; and I greaty err if the year 1844 will not deserve
a notch in the sportsman's calendar. In the low meadow
lands some few nests have fallen before the scythe of the
mower, but the bulletins from all parts of the country
, assure me that the coveys are numerous as well as large."
1 Of a verity, then, our friends of the trigger, with this de-
lightful weather, have a good prospect before them; end
we hope to be able in our review of the works to give
avoury report of their proceedings.—Essex Herald.
JURISDICTION OP MAGISTRATES.—ITORSE-1111LE....+
In reply to a statement by a Magistrate of this county,
forwarded for the opinion of the law officers of the
Crown, Mr. Brewster has giveu the following opinion
—" If the owner works with the horse, the hire of' both
may be recovered before Magistrates ; but if the owner
does not work with his horse, if he lets out his horse
and a hired person to attend him, or if he lets out We
horse alone, the magistrates have no jurisdiction."*—
Tralee Chronicle.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT, G.—We have had
more inquiry for sugars this week, and nearly 600 hinds.
West India have been sold at about former prices :-
1,000 bags of Bengals and a few small parcels of Mauri-
tius have also been disposed of, but at rather easier rates.
Refined goods are steady, but not active.Trßristod
Mercury.