The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-30 00:00:00

TTIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ?EVENING, MAY 30, 1645.

sent the harbour of Syracuse. In this tableau' We •
have the Pas des Villageois by Cerito and St.
Leon, in which the latter displays some of
the most astonishing tours deftrce that ever he has I )er-
formed ; the " pas des quatre, Nations," a character; etic
pas by the corps de ballet, and " La W ollinienne," .by
St. Leon and Cerito. Never has Cerito appeared to so
much advantage as in Rosida. She exhibits throughout
feeling, expression, and poetry—not unworthy of Tug-
lioni herself, while, at the same time, there is no lack of
that neatness of execution, of that gushing flow of exube-
rant spirits which has hitherto been her great charm..
The scenery was magnificent, and the mise en scene per-
fect. Cerito and St• Leon were called for at
the fall of the curtain, and honoured with
the usual testimonials of public approbation.
The opera was Don Pasquale, but we had, in addition,
Castella, Brambilla, and Aferiani in a scene from Linda
di Chamouni. The " Danseuses Viennoises" in several
of their favourite pas—Carlotta Grisi and Toussaint ;
the pas "de la Favorite," and Lucile Gratin, with
Ferdinand, Demelisse, and Casson, in her own " pas de
quatre." The house was crowded before the rising of
the curtain, every nook from which eves► an occasional
glimpse of the stage could be procured was occupied, and
the greater part of the audience remained until the con-
clusion of the ballet. We are not surprised at this, for
it is the most interesting, and also the most magnificent
ballet that has been produced for a long tune.

EPSOM RACES.
THURSDAY.
The weather on the Downs yesterday was just as dis-
agreeable as it was in town—cold, misty and rainy—con-
fining the prospect to a very limited range. The roads
were in bad condition, and the Course, much deteriorated
from the state it was in, was dirty and clammy. The
company was exceedingly small, and the day's sport,
consisting of three races, was for the major part very
inferior, the Surrey Cup, which was originally intended
to give a feature to the amusements of the third day,
alone having excited any interest, or affording any room
for speculation. The racing, which commenced with the
walk over'at two o'clock, was";brought to a close shortly
after four with the following results :
I The Epsom Four Year Old Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft,
for colts, Bst 111 b, and fillies, Bst 61b. Derby Course.
(5 Subs.)
Mr. Ford's b c Qui Tam walked over
Sweepstakes of 10 aovs. each, 5 ft if declared; the
second to save his stake. One mile and a quarter.
(8 Subs. of whom one declared.)
Lord G. Bentinck's br f Moonshine, 3 yrs, 4st 91b
Kitchener 1

ass

Mr. Hook's b f Wild Roe, 3 yrs, 4st 91b
Mr. T. Dawson's b c Live-and-let-Live, 4 yrs, 7st
Mr. Death's Isleworth, 6 yrs, Bst 31b 4
Mr. Galpine's f by Elis, out of Cecilia, 4 yrs
Mr. Westley's Jessie Hammond, 3 yrs, sst 61b
Mr. J. Day's bg by Mazeppa, —Busk, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b 7
Betting-5 to 4 agst Live-and-let-Live, and 2to 1
agst Moonshine. Moonshine took the lead, had it all
her own way, and won by three lengths.
The Surrey Cup (Handicap) or piece of Plate of 200
sovs. value, the surplus in specie, by Subs. of 10 soya.
each, with 50 added. Cup Course ; two miles. (22
Subs.)
Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, 7st 31b...(Kitchener) 1
Mr. F. A. Milbank's The Wreck, 3 yrs, sst 31b
Mr. W. Scott's Cataract, 5 yrs, 7st llb 3
Mr. Ellis's Moustache, 4 yrs, 7st llb 4
Duke of Richmond's Lothario, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b 5
Mr. Bonsor's The Correct Card, 3 yrs, sst 31b
Lord Verulam's f by Laurel, 4 yrs, 6st 1 llb 7
Betting-3 to 1 agst Moustache, 7to 2 agst Lothario,
I to 1 agst Cataract, 5 to 1 agst Croton Oil, 5 to 1 agst
The Correct Card, and 10 to 1 agst The Wreck. Cro-
ton Oil took the lead after going a quarter of a mile,
and, with Lothario and Cataract in waiting, made play
to the turn into the straight running; Lothario was then
beaten, and the Wreck became second, Cataract lying
up with her. At the distance the filly joined issue, and
a beautiful race ensued, Croton Oil, splendidly ridden,
winning by a head. Cataract ran in difficulties from the
distance, but struggled gamely to the end, and was only
beaten by a head for second. Nothing else was up at the
finish.
Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, with 40 added ; three yrs.
old, 6st 71b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and
aged, 9st 116 ; mares and geldings, and horses which
have run in either of the preceding races, allowed
31b ; the winner to be sold for 150/. ; heats, one
mile. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Dawson's Live-and-let-Live, 4 yrs (Lye) 1 1
Mr. Coleman's The Devil-among•the-Tailors, 6 yrs 3 2
Mr. Dyson's Loadstar, 3 yrs 2 3
. .

Both heats-won in a canter.
THE OAKS.—(THIS DAY.)
PROBABLE STARTERS, WITH THE RIDERS AND LATEST

BETTING.
Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch—Temp!omen
4 to 1
Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair—F. Butler-5 to 1
Mr. Gully's Maid of Orleans—J. Day, jun.-10 to 1
Mr. Armstrong's Venus—Murphy-12 to 1
Mr. R. Bennett's Hope—Marlow-12 to 1
Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis—W. Howlett-12 to 1
Mr. Rogers's Glee—Bartholomew-13 to 1
Lord G. Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere—Abdale-14 to
Mr. Liley's Stamp—Robinson-18 to 1
Duke of Richmond's Refraction—Whitehouse
Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude—Mann
Sir G. Heathcote's File mal Gardee filly—Chapple
Lord Eglinton's Plaudit—Marson
Mr. Blake's Event—Boyce
Sir J. Mill's Giantess—J. Howlett
Sir C. Monck's Physician filly—Lye
Mr. J. Thompson's The Wreck—Noble
Mr. Osbaldeston's Fickle Wild Rose—W. Butler
Mr. Bowes's Heather Bell—Simpson
Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah—Holmes
Mr. Howe's Carolina—Sly
Colonel Peel's Hersey
One or two of the above are doubtful ; but as Sir G
Heuthcote may probably start two, there will, no doubt
be at least twenty runners. 5 to 1 was taken about
Kent's lot, and 15 to 1 about Sir G. Heathcote's. Nat
is not sufficiently recovered from his accident to ride.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—ASCOT HEATH.
Acceptances for the Ascot Stakes.—FlßST CLASS.
Minotaur, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Lothario, 5 yrs, Bst llb—
Bob Peel, aged, Bst—lonian, 4 yrs, Bst—Perkin War-
beck, 4 yrs, Bst—lnheritress, 5 yrs, 7st 101b-I)elapre,
4 yrs, 7st 71b—Morpeth, 4 yrs, 7st 61b--Welbeck, 4 yrs,
7st 21b—b gby Augustus, out of Courtezan, aged, 7st—
Yardley, 5 yrs, 7st—Boarding School Miss, 4 yrs, 7st—
Wee Pet, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b—ch c by Ratcatcher, out of
Turquoise, 4 yrs, Est 111b--Vates, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Brush,
4 yrs, 6st 71b—Best Bower, 4 yrs, 65t-1) g by Mazeppa,
out of Busk, 4 yrs, 6st—Heather Bell, 3 yrs, sst 91b—
Desperation, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Queen Pomare, 3 yrs, sst 51b
—Jenny Wren, 3 yrs, sst 41b—New Year's Day, 3 yrs,
4st 91b—Zahra, 3 yrs, 4st 61b.
SECOND CLASS.
Queen Mab, 8 yrt, Bst 71b—Stomacher, 4 yrs, Bst llb
—I-am-not-aware, aged, Bst—Poor Soldier, 5 yrs,
ist 121b—Qui Tam, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Example, 4 yrs,
ist I lib—Lightning, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Beatrice, 6 yrs,
7st 71b—Vol-au-Vent, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Moustache, 4
yrs, 7st 51b—Fair Jane colt, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Subduer,
5 yrs, 7st 21b—Pergularia, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Satyr, 4 yrs,
Gst 121b—Laird o' Cockpen, 3 yrs, 6st 91b—Seaport,
4 yrs, Est 71b—Annandale, 3 yrs, Est 51b—Lydia Lan-
guish, 4 yrs, 6st 31b—Flight colt, 3 yrs, sst 111b—
Stamp, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Blunderbuss, 3 yrs, sst 91b—
Lyons, 3 yrs. sst 31b—Scarmentado, 3 yrs, 4st 111 b.
BIBURY CLUB.
Handicap for the Bibury Stakes, to declare on Mon-
day next.
Corranna, 6 yrs, 12st 81b—Queen Mab, 6 yrs, list
121b—Una, aged, list 121b—Sorella, 4 yrs, list 61b—
Ajax, aged, list 51b—Orion, 5 yrs, I Ist 31b--
Foxberry, 6 yrs, list lib—Playfellow, 6 yrs,
list Ilb Jack, 6 yrs, list ilb The Conqueror,
6 yrs, lOst 131 b Yates, 4 yrs, lOst I lib
Pugilist, 4 yrs, lOst 101b—Subduer, 5 yrs, lOst
101b—Trudge-it, 4 yrs, lOst 81b—Hampton, 6 yrs, lOst
81b—Cockamaroo, 4 yrs, lOst 81b—Seaport, 4 yrs, lOst
61b—Idleness, 4 years, lOst 61b—Redskin, 4 yrs, lOst—
The New Forrest Deer, 4 yrs, 9st 131b—Herne the
Hunter, 4 yrs, 9st 91b—Bastien, 3 yrs, 9st 31b—Giantess,
3 yrs, 9st, 31b—Wild Roe, 3 yrs, Bst 91b.
NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING,
1845. TUESDAY.

Lord Chesterfield's Ror Soldier, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, agst
Sir R. Bulkeley's Hemp, 4 yrs, Bst 51b, T.Y.C.,150, h ft.
F RIDAY.
Lord G. Bentinek's Miss Ellis. Bst 71b, agst Sir R.
Balkeley's Cinizolli, 7st 131 b, A.F. ; 200, h f.

COMPLIMENT TO THE IRISH BAR
BY THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
The following notice is copied from a Contemporary.
The compliment to which it refers is, we believe, without
precedent ;
" HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 27.
" Mr. Napier concluded his argument in the case of
Viscount Dungannon v. Smith, at two o'clock.
" After a short pause Lord Lyndhurst said that all
the judges had requested of him to state that they con-
sidered the argument of Mr. Napier to be a most able
one, and that the House wished that to be intimated to
him.
" Lord Brougham added—A remarkably able argu-
ment.
" There were thirteen of the judges present, together
with the Lord Chancellor, Lords Cottenham, Brougham,
and Campbell.
" The further consideration of the question has been
adjourned till after Trinity Term."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Yesterday Thomas Cox, a dock labourer, living in
Whitecross-street, was brought before Mr. Alderman
Challis, charged with assaulting his son, George Cox,
with a poker.
Hannah Cox, the wife, a decent-looking woman, said
she was frequently beaten by her husband. He was in
the habit of spending what he earned, and this led to
st,-ife at home. She did not wish to punish him for the
-11, upon herself, but she rather came to give evidence
or her son, who was married and living separate from
them. Her husband had beaten her, and she was lying
on the bed on Monday when her son came up. He saw
what had happened, and said it was no man that would
beat a woman. Her husband started up, and ordered
him to leave the room. The son replied he had called
to see his mother, and he should not go. Her husband
took up the poker, and struck him with it. It was
feared her son was seriously injured. and the father was
taken into custody by the police.
George Cox, whose arm was in a sling, stated that
upon calling to see his mother ho heard below stairs
that his father had been beating her dreadfully. Ile
went up stairs, and found her lying on the bed with her
hair hanging loose about. He asked her what was the
matter ? She replied, " Nothing ;" but his father said
ho would not put up with her abuse. Witness told him
he did not behave like a man to her. His father seized
the poker, and ordered him to leave the room. This he
refused to do, and his father struck at his head with the
poker. Witness warded the blow off with his arm. He
was obliged to go to the doctor, who said his arm was
not broken, but the bone was severely injured.
Mr. Alderman CHALLIS told the prisoner this appeared
to be an aggravated assault, and he should be glad to
hear anything he could offer in excuse.
The prisoner replied, when a son lifted his arm against
his father, what would not a man do ? He admitted he
struck at the wainscoat in a moment of irritation. He
had a most abusive wife, who gave him " tongue-pie"
for supper, and tongue again at breakfast. His case
would draw sympathy from every gentleman in Court if
he could tell it. His sun told him in his own place that
he had been " at his tricks again, and he would not have
it."
Mr. Alderman CHALLIS said, however much his wife
might abuse him, it would not justify the resort to blows;
and if he did not learn to control his temper, he would
commit murder some day and be hanged. He had nearly
committed that crime even now upon his own son. Ile
should commit him to the sessions, as the magistrates
there could punish him more severely than magistrates
sitting out of sessions. He ordered defendant to find
bail, himself in 201, and two sureties in 101. each.
The prisoner was committed in default of sureties.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
On the police-sheet yesterday was a charge against
Mr. T. Richardson, a tailor, No. 119, Jermyn-street, for
" violently assaulting George Barry, a person of no occu-
pation, at No. 7, Carlisle-street, Leicester-square."
When the charge was called on, the defendant came
forward, but the complainant did not make his appear-
ance. The defendant, as a matter of course, was dis-
charged. He then begged to make a statement to the
Bench, as he was very seriously injured, and wished to
have a warrant against the person who had attacked him.
The applicant, whose face was much bruised and his
head badly cut, was desired to enter the witness-box to
make his application to the Court.
He said, on his return from Epsom the previous day,
he stopped at the Cock at Merton. There he met with
a lady, with whom he entered into conversation, and ulti-
mately received a card, having the name and address on
it of "'Mrs. James, No. 7, Carlisle-street," with an invi-
tation to call on the lady. When he reached town, he
paid a visit to Carlisle-street, about twelve o'clock at
night. Having again met with the lady, he gave a person
a sovereign to get a bottle of Champaigne. He fell asleep
in the room, but was suddenly awakened by the noise
made by a man who was running about the room with
a poker in his hand, and asserting that he (applicant)
had made himself improperly familiar with his wife. The
lady, who was in the room, denied that this man was her
husband. The man declared he was, and applicant, in
order to extricate himself from his unpleasant situation,
said he would leave the house if his sovereign were re-
turned. The man would not be pacified, and applicant
was proceeding down stairs, when finding himself con-
fronted by the man who still brandished the poker, he
was in self-defence obliged to knock him down. A ser-
vant girl supplied the man with a brass candlestick, and
the man immediately used this as a weapon of offence,
and applicant was beaten on the face, cut on the head,
and eventually thrust into a room, the door of which
was locked on him. The noise made in his efforts to pro-
cure his liberation ultimately led to the appearance of a
police-constable, into whose custody he was given by the
man who had assaulted him. Applicant was conveyed to
the station-house, -and the charge, as above, entered on
the police-sheet. Applicant, however, was liberated
from the station-house on bail, between three and four
o'clock the same morning.
Mr. HARDWICK directed that a summons against the
party complained of should be granted.
MA RYLEBOIVE.
Yesterday, a very well-dressed man, named Richard
Johnson, was brought up at the instance of Mr. Barker,
Superintendent of the London and Birmingham Rail-
way Company's police, and placed at the bar before Mr.
Long, charged with having wilfully broken a pane of
glass, and done other damage to a carriage, to the amount
of 30s.
Bartholomew, one of the guards in the employ of the
Company, deposed that on the same evening the de-
fendant was in a first-class carriage, having taken his
seat at Rugby. On his way to London he several times
knocked at the window with his fists, and shouting loudly
to witness, said that he was being taken in a wrong di-
rection, alleging at the same time that he was on the
Brighton-road, which was a most shameful imposition
attempted to be practised upon him.
Defendant—You can't tell anything about what may
have happened, you were fast asleep yourself for nearly
fifty miles.
Mr. LONG (to witness)— Did the defendant appear to
be in liquor? Witness—He seemed to be more mud than
drunk, your worship; and every now and then, on his
way from Tring, he kept hallooing and calling out at the
top of his voice.
Defendant—lt's all false ; this man will swear any-
thing.
Posford, another guard, said, that on the arrival of the
train at Camden station, he found the window broken
and one of the window-curtains torn down; the de •
fendant refused to give up his ticket, and altogether be-
haved very strangely; he was then given into custody.
Mr. LONG (to defendant)—What have you to say to
this ? Defendant—It's all true about my pulling down
the curtain, but I never broke the glass.
Mr. LONO—Have you any witness to call? Defendant
—No; certainly not.
Mr. Loiaa—You will pay 30s. for the damage you
have done.
Defendant (to the witnesses)—How much do you re-
quire for telling lies ? Let me know the amount you
want for coming here and I'll settle with you for your
services, and pay the penalty at the same time.
Defendant here pulled out his purse, from which he
drew a 101. note, and handed it to Franklin, the usher,
who in a few minutes brought him. the required change.
Defendant (to Mr. Fell, the chief clerk)—Now, Sir,
will you be so good as to let me have a receipt ? In my
part of the country we always do things in a straight-
forward regular sort of manner, and we like to have
some kind of acknowledgment for what we pay.
Mr. Fell—We can give you no receipt, Sir ; it is not
usual to do anything of the sort. The amount which
you have paid is a matter of record in the books of the
Court.
Defendant--That's all very well, as far as it goes; but
I think I am entitled to a receipt.
Defendant was again told that his request would not
be complied with ; and as ho was leaving the Court he
said, " I hope that the fellows who have sworn so falsely
against me will have their necks broken the first time
they go down by the train again."

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Qaeen and Prince Albert took their usual walks yes-
terday, in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George
Edward Anson, went yesterdar morning to the office of the
Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset House.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
Duk. de Broglie, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lady Anna Maria
Dawson. the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and the
Right Hon. Stephen Lushington.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended at Buck-
ingham Palace on Tuesday, and performed the followiag
pieces, under the direction of Mr. Boase c
The Royal Birth-day March—C. Coote.
Jubel Overture—C. M. Von Weber.
Grand Selection, Don Carlos—M. Costa.
Dublin Wal'ses--Labielzki.
Annen Polka—Strauss.
The names of the Duchess Dowager of Bedford and Mrs.
Dempster Heming were omitted in the list of company present
at her Majesty's birth-day drawing-room on Tuesday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge and Prince George. visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
The Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge dined last even-
ing at the Foundling Hospital.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured
the Earl and Countess of Brownlow with her company yester-
day evening, at their residence in Belgrave-square.
A deputation from the Alto-Douro Railway Company had
an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the
Foreign-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commisioners for England had a meet-
ing yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. There
were present the Bishops of Landon, Winchester, Bangor,
Ely, Lichfield, and Salisbury, the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, the Earl of Besborough, the Right Hon.
H. Hobhouse, the Right Hon. John Nicholl, and the Dean of
Westminster.
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Duke de Broglie transacted business yesterday, at the
office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Ste,—As a portion of the public have taken some interest in the
sad case of the Rev. T. Harvey, late chaplain at Antwerp, I beg
to Inform you that the Bishop of London has this morning signi-
fied his willingness to license Mr. Harvey to the curacy of Mar.
garetting, and that as soon as he has taken possession of it his
Lordship will issue a commission to the Rural Dean to license Mr.
Harvey to the same.
You will perceive by this that Mr. Harvey's character is relieved
from the cruel stigma which has been cast upon it during the last
four or five months, by his removal from the chaplaincy of Antwerp.
The just inference to be drawn from this circumstance is, that
the removal was altogether unjustifiable.—l am, Sir, your very
obedient servant, JUSTITIA.
May 29,.1845.

NIGHTINGALES NEAR LONDON !—A pair of these
birds have taken up their residence in the Surrey Zoological Gar-
dens, where, undisturbed by the music or the tiring on the nights
of the grand pyrotechnic display, they continue to warble their
delicious melody early and late,

LITERATURE.

LEAVES FROM A JOURNAL, AND OTHER
FRAGMENTS IN VERSE. By Lord Robertion,
one of the Judges of the Cow tof Session. 1845.
This little volume was first printed for private cir-
culation amongst the friends of the distinguished
author. The approbation expressed of it by judges of
high eminence in the literary world has induced him
to give it to the public, and for more reasons than one
the public should be thankful. First, its intrinsic
merits are great ; and, secondly, it is delightful to
find the profound lawyer, the brilliant orator, and the
laborious judge, enjoying his first free vacation with
all the buoyant spirit of the enthusiastic classical
student just released from his University, and finding
himself for the first time on the sacred soil of Italy—
the land of his high dreams. " Nor (in Lord Robert-
son's own words) let it be said that the journey was
in itself idle, and the record of it—even for the grati-
fication of friends—only a piece of useless vanity. To
give rest to the mind is not to be without thought,
any more than to sleep is to be without
dreaming. And surely to have beheld the glories of
the Splugen and the Simplon—to have seen the sun
rising from behind Vesuvius, or his golden rays glit-
tering on Venice, as he sunk behind the Alpine
heights which skirt the Adriatic—to have contem-
plated the perfection of architecture in the majesty of
St. Peter's, in the beauty of the Duomo of Milan,
or in the dark aisles of the Cathedral of Florence, and
the triumphs of art amidst the labyrinths of the Vati-
can and the Florentine Gallery—or to have wandered
by the Coliseum, stood on the Capitol with the Forum
at his feet, and every arch and pillar pregnant with
classical recollections—or, finally, to have pondered
amidst the ruins of Pompeii, yet daily disinterring—
all this was not to be in a position where waking
dreams were likely to be absent. It may be hoped
that while such images were passing before the eye,
the mind was not vacant. I, therefore, resolved to
show my friends that my holidays had not been a
blank; and I rather chose to do so in the some-
what ambitious form of what cannot, I fear, be
called poetry, and yet is not sober prose. I
took this course, because it pleased my fancy,
and I thought that truth is not less instructive al-
though presented to the eye in a garland of flowers;
any more than the vine grows less luxuriant because
gracefully festooned. lam aware that some may
think the work after all extremely trifling. I feel
that

" Ob, my strain,
Perhaps even now some cold fastidious judge
Casts a disdainful eye, and calls my toil,
And calls the love and beauty which I sing

The dream of folly.
" But from so grave a censor I must appeal to the
generous and indulgent, and claim from them a sym-
pathy in those musings which afforded me such un-
feigned delight." Without quoting specimens from
these effusions, we will content ourselves with a pas-
sage from L'Envoy, which beautifully expresses the
past and present feelings of the illustrious writer.
" The panoramic pastime o'er, slow drops
The curtain on my sated eye, and like
The rainbow in the heavens, the vision fades.
Nor say, that to my task with slothful foot
I turn, the holiday now o'er, and in
An idle schoolboy guise creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.'—Oh, no. Over
The cheerful stream lightly my bark has sped,
Joy at the helm with fancy in the sails,
And now—laden with larger charity,
And deeper love of country—home she turns,
Casting her anchor there—to seaward bound
No more. Nor deem my wanderings idle, or
Their record vain, for one whose constant care
Duty exact demands. The memory of
These hours, like water sprinkled from the brook
On arid ground, amidst the summer's drought,
Will fall upon my heart, freshening the soil."

COMMERCIAL STATISTICS, 4-c. &c. By
Macgregor. 3 Vole. Loudon, 1844.
[SECOND NOTICE.]
In the last of his three introductory sections, namely,
that on " Taxes upon Consumption," Mr. Macgregor
arrives at some pithy conclusions, which we recommend
with all the full weight of his authority to the consider-
ation of those who advocate protection to the agricul-
tural, colonial, shipping, or any other class interest.
" In accordance, therefore, with the foregoing principles,
that country which possesses average advantages from
nature, and whose population possesses the greatest
industry, ingenuity, and intelligence, will, if unfettered
from legislative restriction, become, in proportion to its
extent, resources, and advantages, the most flourishing
country in the world ; or, at least, as prosperous as any
other country with equal advantages, and legislating
upon equally liberal principles. We believe that the
United Kingdom possesses all the requisite advantages
to become that which nothing but false legislation prevents,
viz.—far more independent, rich, prosperous, and power-
ful—and with the whole population far less poor, far
better employed, more fairly paid for their labour, better
sheltered, clad, and fed, and more comfortable than that
at the present time of any other country in the world.
The agriculture, the manufactures, the shipping, the
foreign and colonial trade, and the power of the United
Kingdom might, in their present stage, be viewed as
only in their infancy, instead of being considered as
having, before now, attained manhood—if those sound
principles of fiscal and commercial legislation which we
have attempted to elucidate, but which are not new, were
boldly taken up in order to be carried out by the Im-
perial Parliament."—Vol. i. p. 9.
In a work so well arranged as this is, we do not know
that we can do better, when proposing to put our readers
in possession of some general idea of its contents, than
follow the arrangement which we find already prepared
to our hands. We therefore commence with the power-
ful empire of AUSTRIA, occupying more than 11,631
German, or 258,000 English, square miles of the surface
of Europe, and exceeding, therefore, the areas respec-
tively, of France by 45,000 square miles ; of the United
Kingdom by 138,000 ditto, and of all the Prussian
States by 141,000 ditto. Now this vast area yields, or is
capable of growing, for the Austrian nation, the products
of varied and extensive regions ; namely, corn, rice,
wine, oil, honey, wood, silk, hemp, flax, tobacco, mad-
der; all useful vegetables and delicious fruits. Also, iron,
coal, salt, and all other minerals in abundance ; and
cattle, swine, horses, and sheep. The Danube and its
other great rivers extend its inland navigation in almost
every part of the empire, with many seaports on the
Adriatic. Her States adjoin each other, her population
is generally industrious and orderly, and she is certainly
capable of becoming one of the richest and most potent
empires of the world. The " States " of which the
empire is composed are Austria (Proper), Upper and
Lower Styria, Corinthia and Carniola, the Illyrean
Coast, the Tyrol, Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, Gallicia,
Dalmatia. And besides these, her dominions extend
over Lombardy and Venice, Hungary and Transylvania.
Of these, together with her military frontier, the total
population is 37,550,000 souls. There are 3,177 per
Austrian square mile. Nobility are a very abundant
class in Hungary. In 1837 there were not less than
259,645 privileged noblemen, or one for every twenty
bergers or serfs. But this number has since consider-
ably increased. In Transylvania there is 1 noble for
23 not noble. In Gallicia, 1 noble for 68 not noble. In
Moravia and Silesia, 1 noble for 835 not noble.
In Lower Austria, 1 noble for 152 not noble ;
in Upper Austria, 1 noble for 353; and in Lombardy,
1 for 34'2. In Venice, 1 for 280. Of wines, the
total average production in Austria is 3,200,000,000
English imperial gallons. Hungary, Dalmatia, and Bo-
hemia abound with oak, pine, firs, and other durable
timber. In Veneto-Lombardy there are annually grown
700,000, and in Pemeser 10,000 wizen of rice. Bohemia
alone raises 20,000 centners of linseed for sowing. South
Hungary, Moravia, and Lombardy, are the countries for
the millet crop. Flax is very largely cultivated in Upper
and Lower Austria, Moravia, Bohemia, and Northern
Hungary ; hemp, of the best quality, in Hungary and
Transylvania. Hops are extensively produced in Bo-
hemia, Upper Austria, M wavia, Gallicia, and North
ern Hungary. Tobacco in Hungary and Tran-
sylvania. In the former, alone, 250,000 to
300,000 centners annually, of which about 150,000
for home consumption, the remainder for export. Rape
and other oil seeds, mustard, sumach, madder, saffron
are largely raised, and ripen excellently. The same
may be said of such fruits as apples, pears, melons,
grapes, walnuts, chestnuts, and other nuts. It was cal-
culated that, in 1837, the number of live swine in Aus-
tria was 5,500,000, of which number there were in Hun-
gary and Transylvania, and the military frontier,
2,300,000 wild boars. Deer and goats abound in
many districts—more than 700,000 goats were enume-
rated—and in the forests and the rivers game and fish
are most abundant. In the whole empire there are every
year produced very large quantities of raw silk—in the
southern parts of the Tyrol about 320,0001b5. ; in South
Hungary, Istria, and the military frontiers, 45,2001b5. ;
in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, an average of
4,687,7001b5.
Under the head of Trade and Manufactures, Mr.
Macgregor enumerates the following :—The woollen
manufactures, established chiefly in Bohemia, Moravia,
and Upper. Austria; coarse woollen manufactured in
most of the provinces; cotton in Bohemia and Vienna;
shawls and merinos in Lower Austria; linens in all the
provinces; metals and glass in Bohemia, Lower Austria,
&c. The following manufacturers were licensed (Hun-
gary, &c., included) in 1839 ;—manufacturers, 13,649 ;
bankers, 211 ; wholesale merchants, 1,350 ; retail
dealers and shopkeepers, 27,290 ; various trades,
707,300 ; other licensed occupations, 72,760 ; total,
822,560. Apprentices and servants licensed under the
foregoing trades, Ste., amounted to 556,100. The capi-
tal employed was valued at 206,000,000 florins, and the
licence-tax (gewerbe struer) amounted to nearly 2.650,000
florins. The income and expenditure of Austria for
1837, were as follows:—Heads of revenue, under in-
come-1. Direct taxes, (48,000,000 florins)-2. Indirect,
ditto, incluning customs, excise, tobacco, and salt mono-
polies, (81,000,000 florins) ; Crown estates, monastery
lands, mines, &c., (4,750,000 florins) ; miscellaneous
branches, (14.500,000 florins) ; extraordinary receipts,
(6,250,000 florins )
Total
The heads of charge, under expenditure,
amounted to..

17,300,000

Excess of expenditure in 1837 £1,850,000
These heads of charges were—Public Debt (67,000,000
florins). Civil List (5,500,000). Foreign Department
(1,580,000). Salaries and Expenses of the Government
Administrations (23,000,000). Department of War
(50,000,000), Education and Endowed Institutions
(3,900,000,) Police (9,000,000), Contingent expenses
(2,750,000), Total-173,000,000 of florins, or 17,000,000/.
sterling. Since 1837 this revenue is understood to have
so far increased as nearly to balance the expenditure,in-
cluding any increased interest on floating or other debt. In