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

THE SUN, LOND6 MONDAY MORNING-, SEPTEMBER 9, 1844

IRELAND.

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 Warr OF ERROR.

LATEST PARTICULARS.

LIBERATION OF THE STATE

PitIS()NERS

(From the Second and Third EditiJns of the Sunday

Times.)
O'CONNELL AT HOME.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING.-Mr. Gartlan ar-
rived from London by the evening mail packet of
yesterday, bringing with him the order of the House
of Lord* 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, Reilly, and Mahony, bearing on his
shoulder 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
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 priioners
that he had the pleasing duty of telling them that
they were again at liberty, and free to return to their
homes.

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.

After a few moments' consultation with his friends,
the Liberator resolved, contrary to what was ex-
pected, to go at once to Merrion-square, and in less
than ten minutes- he left the prison on foot, accom-
panied by R. Dillon Browne, Esq., M.P., the Rev.
Er. Gilligan, Rev. Mr. Collier, Mark Blake, Esq.
34.1'., Rev. Mr. Gullinan, D. O'Connell, jun., Messrs.
Ford, Cantwell, Reilly, Mahony, and about twenty
Other gentlemen. Some of the other State prisoners
left the prison along with the Liberator, and aecom-
Panied him home.
O'CONNELL'S WALK THROUGH DUBLIN.
It being the intention to have left the prison pri-
vately, there were not more than a few hundred per-
enns at the time on the Circular-road. But in con-
sequence of the loud and animated cheer that burst
forth on the appearance of the Liberator without the
Walls, he did not proceed many yards before the crowd
began to swell, and ere he reached New-street they
amounted to thousands. As they passed along the
Streets people seemed to doubt the reality of what
their senses told them, and eagerly ran to convince
themselves that indeed O'Connell was free, and that
the right of the people to remonstrate was vindicated
°Y the liberation of the man who had so often stood
among them, and whose first act in freedom will be
!gain to stand among them, to demand in the same un-
daunted tone that brought on him the vengeance of the
ee---the restitution of the national rights of Ireland.
When he reached Harcourt-street so great a crowd
a 4 collected on the continuation of the Circular-
41.1eaci, by which it was intended to have proceeded to
" square, that the Liberator and his friends were
.%ernPel!ed to turn along Harcourt-street, proceeding
7e4llgh the Green, and Merrion-street, to his man-
-110n• Long before they had reached the square the
tl°wd had become enlarged to many thousands, and
the
Pressure had become so great that the people
found it necessary to form a cordon round their re-
stored leaders, which they did in a manner at once
toffectire and demonstrative of the perfect organisation
f
Which our people are capable. For a distance of
about forty yards they joined hands, the foremost
aide
walking backwards, those at the side walking
icle foremost, thus forming a ring embracing the
:width of the street, and extending above forty yards
i°
front, so that all forward could see 'oConnell as
h
1; .Proceeded once more at liberty towards his home.
Ithie this space no persons entered—the people
`aeerfully obeying the orders of the O'Connell police.
MERRION-SQUARE.
4-s he neared Merrion-square, the tidings that he
11
41 Positively abroad spread wider, and fresh crowds
hed eagerly to meet him, incredulous that he was
.tere till they had actually seen him ; for it was un-
derstood that he would not leave the prison until next
aY• The people leaped and danced about him, while
their acclamations rent the air. When he entered the
square,
still to pass along the whole length of
ne side of it, crowds rushed along the flag ways to
allure a place near his house. Mr. O'Connell had to
4lk in the middle of the road, but the people still
preserved the whole road in front of him clear, not
more, eager to see him than to have him seen. 'Twas
tif,`
e curiosity, but pride, they seemed anxious to gra-
ij• They wished the world to look upon him, and
4,,.°41 their Liberator now liberated of right.
Long before Mr. O'Connell had traversed a third
f,the distance to the house, or could be seen from it
for
it was growing dark—an immense crowd had
100,11 Pied the space around, and cheered, and cheered,
fling towards the door he was to enter by, as if he
Sere already within his house. By this time there
111(1 not be less than fifteen thousand persons in the
bilare• Their acclamations never once subsided as
dO'Connell approached; but when he did approach,
toLactually placed his foot upon the step to ascend
ad 1• own door, then indeed such an exhibition of
hat Joy took place as we have never seen anything
it resembled. We were then occupying a place
p. O'Connell's balcony.
ofhe enthusiasm of the multitude seemed incapable
stlbsidence ; their acclamation was a sustained body
sound that smote the air as sharp as pealing mus-
kethbY; hats were not waived, but flung up into the air,
14' flung away as if the wearers could never possi-
pcii.aced them again. One only thought seemed to
tt'ess the multitude. O'Connell and Ireland had
to IkaPhed. O'Connell was abroad before their eyes
41body the victory, and the tumultuous joy of the
oh,
f "'lea was but faintly expressed by the expenditure
the energy and voice they could devote to it.
110,,8_few moments after Mr. O'Connell entered the
trZe he presented himself at the balcony. The
so,7,ng' with which he had been received below was
sa:"nued—it could not be exceeded. He frequently
tiraYed to address the assemblage, but his words were
frowned in the reiterated acclamations that ascended
telni the vast multitude, and several minutes elapsed
to °re their enthusiasm became sufficiently subdued
411tPerrnit them to listen even to him. At length,
Niing the brief intervals of silence, he spoke to the
ng effect :
Iv, MR. O'CONNELL'S SPEECH. ---
Wet "Y you seem (Cheers.) It seems as if you
thtee glad to see me home again.—(Tremendous
hoe ring and waving of hats.) This is my own
lioteet home—(Cheering for several minutes)—but I
sooe come home from a prison.—(Cheers.) In other
iiiitintries_(Cheers)—they send the rogues to prison
tot leave the honest men at home, but many a paltry
thetie was- left at home while I was confined within
otso„wall3 of a gaol.—(linmense cheers.) But God is
to that
than our enemies—(Cheers)—and thanks be
is WU}
God—(Great sensation)—l am here to-night
)1047 own home.—(Cheers.) The rogues are at
e Ai t°ol but do they feel as comfortable to-
deot" as I do ?—(Cheers.) The foul attempt to
lAtar°3' the sacred right of petitions, to vio-
tick the jury-box, and trample the constitu-
• has .4.4 -
my person—that foul and felonious attempt
jrolfailed.—(Loud cheers.) The people of
theb (I
have gained a mighty victory, and well have
tbo'Yleserved that victory—they have—the moral,
ketirperate, the religious people of Ireland.—(Tre-
otsell°llB cheering.) In their hundred thousand
`esotergth they were, mild as the playful lamb that
ash tl'e-berbage as it passes along, and such mild-
(iste:lll they show in their might at present.—
, Nec„,,. endous cheering.) Oh, but we'll have a la bra
sb,teb'V, to-morrow.—(Loud cheers.) But no man
e harmed—no man shall be insulted or offended
We
wr, shall not even be a groan.—(Loud cheering.)
hootb.eirll,laugh to-morrow, and keep the groaning for
nahlth,....r.Y. I did not make a speech these three
•-sst 47,i (Tremendous cheering and waving of hats)
Pipe not make a speech these three months, so my
.1111, 15
a little out of tune.—(Cheers.) In the meet-
°f 1843—the glorious meetings of 1843—they
stieh etl them monster meetings—(Cheers)—because
itctly count setoblages could not be peacefully collected in
cheers y on earth except our own—(Tremendous
'‘‘'hish)---11°t a blow was struck—not a glass of
,drank—not even an accident occurred.-
4Poh s') No one was shoved, or crushed, or pressed
where..."( Great cheering.) Oh, it could happen no-
People hUt
arnongst the courteous people of Ireland—
Now, of Ireland that are kind to one another—

LITERATURE.
POEMS. By E. B. Barrett. 2 Vole.
Moron, London, 1844.
.In the course of a modest and gracefully-written
pre face to these volumes of poems, Miss Barrett re-
marks :—" If it must be said of me that I have con-
trilOuted immemorable verses to the many rejected by
the age, it cannot at least be said that I have 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
skittk•s 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
the se volumes that the authoress has regarded the
effi irts of the fancy and the feeling in no light or su-
pesrficial 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 her-elf 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, of 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 :"

? gratitude was most signally marked ; the street was
lined at either side with immense crowds, who occa-
sionally allowed their feelings to have vent in enthu-
siastic acclamations. The neighbourhood of the
General Post-office, particularly, was rendered almost
impassable ; and the departure of the Irish mails,
being the medium through which the news of the
liberation was to be conveyed to all corners of the
land, was attended with loud cheering. In a word,
the state of feeling above described is applical-,ie to all
parts of the city ; the same enthusiasm I.'. as every-
where observable, and the same desire to testify public
gratitude was evinced by all. Nor was it the least
attractive in the general jubilee that the splendid
bells of St. Paul's Roman Catholic church, on Arran-
quay, rang out a merry peal, the first time since the
incarceration, on the occasion.
The illumination was very general. The houses in
Britain-street, Denmark-street, Moore.street, and
that entire neighbourhood, were lighted up; Domi-
nick-street, too, was partially illuminated ; but
amongst the houses in this street which exhibited
their rejoicings none was more conspicuous than that
of the Duke of Leinster. In the Duke's residence
every window, every pane of glass, bore an indica-
tion of national triumph.
A meeting was held in the Conciliation Hall, at
eight o'clock. The Hall was almost instantaneously
filled with Repealers, and it is utterly impossible
to convey even the most faint idea of the ardent joy
and enthusiasm that pervaded the vast assemblage that
congregated within its walls.
W. SMITH O'BRIEN, Esq., M.P., entered the Hall
about half-past nine o'clock, and was received with
loud cheers and waving of hats and handkerchiefs,
which continued without intermission for several
minutes. He addressed the meeting at some length,
telling them that it was intended to have a large pro-
cession to accompany the State traversers from the
prison, but that, as the traversers were not disposed
to accept even the semblance of a favour from the
present Government, they would not leave for their
residences until a formal communication had first
been made that they were at liberty so to do. As
this order could not be received until late on Friday
evening, they had thought it better to remain in prison,
unless they were forcibly expelled from it, until Sa-
turday morning. It was then announced that the
windows belonging to Mr. Murphy, a Liberal town-
councillor, had just been broken.
Mr. D. O'CONNELL, jun., said he had some news
from the prison, from which he had just come, and
that he had to proclaim to them, in the words of his
father, " that this was the first triumph that Ireland
ever had over England."

It was then arranged that there should not be any
public illuminations.
The Liberator himself received the intelligence of
the reversal of the judgment with the utmost com-
posure. It must have come upon him unexpectedly, but
he was not surprised. The same calmness and col-

lectedness—the same self-reliance which have ever
characterised him in great conjunctures, were never
more thoroughly his own than on this, the most stu-
pendous epoch of his eventful life. e was thought-
ful and unexcited—perfectly imbued with the as-
tounding importance of the event; but while his heart
beat responsively to the triumph he had obtained, it
was for Irelands victory, not O'Connell's. The re-
versal of the judgment O'Connell recognised as the
commencement of the fortunes of Ireland. He at
once pronounced it to be THE GREATEST TRIUMPH
WHICH IRELAND EVER HAD GAINED IN HER CONSTI-
TUTIONAL CONTROVERSIES WITH ENGLAND. But with
a prophetic and forecasting mind he foresaw that it
was also the forerunner of other and more crownirg '
triumphs.
As to the effect of the decision upon the public
mind there has as yet been too little time for it to
operate upon the repeal question. Only one journal
in the repeal interest has been published since the
receipt of the cheering intelligence—it is the Free-
man's Journal, which is the property of Dr. Gray,
one of the " martyrs," and from it we may form a
pretty good guess as to the way in which the recent
proceedings in the Lords are viewed by the Irish
population. The Freeman, by the way, has altered its
motto over the leading articles.
The reluctant admission that dropped from Lord
Chancellor Lyndhurst, and which he has attempted
to withdraw, is exchanged for the following trium-
phant vindication of the trial by jury, which has issued
from the lips of Lord Denman :—" If such practices
as have taken place in the present instance in Ireland
shall continue, the trial by jury will become a
mockery, a delusion, and a snare."
The Freeman says—" We have got justice by ac-
cident, for by accident only were the Cottenhams,
the Campbells, and the high-minded Denmans con-
stituted a majority over the Lyndhursts and the
Broughams. Right and justice were overwhelmed at

every previous stage by prejud'ee, bigotry, and
alienage of views; only at the last moment, when
their cause seemed utterly desolate and hopeless,

right and justice are saved, as by a miracle, and their
enemies covered with discomfiture. Nay, even at
that last moment they encountered a life-struggle
that well nigh proved a death-struggle. The Tory
lay Lords, who had not heard ene_case—and if they
had heard, had not the knowledge to judge of it—
.

rose, in the very passion of bigotry, to outvote the
law Lords ; and would have done so on the spot, had
not Lord Wharncliffe, from very shame, arisen, and,
in the name of the Ministry who had fathered ' the
frauds,' entreated them to forbear, and deprecated the
disgrace with which they were about to cover
England's last court of judicial appeal.
"We have no doubt but the English papers, for
this decision, will make a claim upon our gratitude,
and demand acknowledgments of the unswerving
rectitude of English feeling. We make no such ac-
knowledgments. 'Twas English feeling that de-
prived the judgment of the whole English bench, so
that they could devise us no remedy for the admitted
wrong of a fraudulent jury.' As to thanks, both the
English and we owe great thanks to rovidence
—we, that having suffered the one-third of a sentence
fraudulently procured, we are, by happy accident and
narrow escape, rescued from the remainder—they,
that their country is saved the infamy of a decision,
which judicial judgment, depraved by excess of
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 Deum will 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.— Weekly Freeman's Journal.

THE MYSTERIOUS CASE IN
ORCHARD-STREET.

The suspicious circumstances connected with the
death of Alfred Dark, a person ostensibly carrying
on business at Pentonville as a coal-merchant, but
well known to the public as a person in close con-
nexion with that clique of desperate thieves known as
the Westminster gang, have been partially cleared up
by the agency of Inspector Moran, who has been into
Berkshire to make inquiries into the authenticity of
the Coroner's certificate for the burial of Alfred Dark,
which was produced by one of the persons who were
taken into custody last week. The substance of the
Coroner's depositions is to this effect :—The principal
witness is one Buddington, a man who has been in
custody scores of times for various offence*, and who
is particularly well known at fairs and races. His
account is that he was with Dark and his wife (a
female with whom Dark cohabited) in a cart, and
that they were all going to Exeter on business. Dark
took with him a gun in a case, as he intended to take
out a sporting license as soon as he got to Exeter.
Dark, however, took the gun out of the case when
about Slough, and began shooting small birds. The
party proceeded, and when Just below Reading the
gun went off and shot Dark in the arm. Dark was
removed to an adjoining house, and attended by a
surgeon. The wound was, however, so severe, that
he died at eleven o'clock the same night. Another
witness said he heard the report of a gun, and on
going up to the place, he saw Dart with hia arm shat-
tered. The surgen who attended Dark described
the nature of the injury, and stated that Dark him-
self attributed his wound to an accident. On this
evidence a verdict of " Accidental Death " was re-
turned, and an order issued for the burial of the
body.
The only way to account for the subsequent pro-
ceedings—the removal of the body, the abstraction of
the furniture from the house in Pentonville, and the
prevarications as to the identity of the body, is to pre-
sume that a determination existed of keeping the mat-
ter a secret as long as possible, in order to secure as
much of the property of the deceased as the parties
could. We understand that Inspector Moran has
made his report to Mr. Burrell, the Queen-square
magistrate, and that here the matter is likely to rest.

On the door you will not enter,
I have gazed too long—adieu!
Hope withdraws her peradventure—
Death is near me,—and not you
Come, 0 lover,
Close and cover
These poor eyes, you called, I ween,
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen."
When I heard you sing that burden
In my vernal days and bowers,
Other praises disregarding,
I but !:earkened that of yours,—
Only saying,
In heart-playing,
" Blessed eyes mine eyes have been,
If. the sweetest, His have seen!"

But all changeth! At this vesper,
Cold the sun shines down the door!
If you 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 waving s 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—
() 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 win
" 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!
Cry 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
'Twixt my spirit
And the earth-noise, intervene—
" Sweetest eyes, were ever seen!"
But the priest waits for the praying,
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,
4. sweetest eyes, were ever seen !"

THE FIRST DAY OF SHOOTlNG.—September iS
here, and after being kept upon the half-cock for a day
by the Sunday occupying the customary opening of the
campaign, the band of sportsmen yesterday morning
marched forth to commence their skirmishing with the
foaradthettire barrels, coveys. The harvest this year is pretty well in, allow-
, and a free course for
partridges which are now
legitimate " food for powder,' are in fair plenty,
so that game bags lire 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.'
Of a verity, then, our friends of the trigger, with this de-
lightful weather, have a good prospect before them; and
we hope to be able in our review of the works to give a
avoury report of their proceedings.—Essex Herald.
JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRATES. 14
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 his
horse alone, the magistrates have no jurisdiction."—
Tralee Chronicle. _

The Hon. Mrs. Bathurst and suite, Lady Stewart
Bruce and suite, Captain Gordon, R.N., Capt. Hodges,
and Count E. Frolich, embarked on Saturday morning,
off the Tower, on board the General Steam Navigation
Company's mail-packet Caledonia, Capt. W. Phillips, for
Roxburgh.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 6.—We have had,
beengars stohlids waetek, and nearly 600 hhds.about former prices :
mivoerset ilnnqdui iar yh faovre sugars
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.—Bristol
Mercury.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
I LORD STANLEY.
BECCLES RACES.—TIi UR SDA.Y. 1 If a vacancy in the representation of Lancashire
The Gentlemen s Purse of 501. ; the winner to be sold had been occasioned by the death of a Member it is
for 1501., &c. Heats, two miles. well known that the Speaker's writ for a new elec-
Mr. Ling's Butherem, 4 yrs, 9st (Owner) 1 1 tion could issue immediately, even though the death
Mr. Ab!e's Portsoken, 6 yrs, Sst Illb
Lord Rendlesham's Maria, .5 yrs, Bst 1016
Mr. Rose's Zara, aged, Bst 121 b 4dr House; b t d
s e crea e by an elevation to the Upper
Match, 51.; half a mile.—Mr. Lamb's Slow, 12st (Mr. '
i ; and this fact may possibly account for the
Land), beat Mr. R. Oswald's Yullow Dwarf, list.
Match, 251; half a mile, 7st each.—Mr. Gilbert's , acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds at the last
Grapeshot, junior, 2 yrs, beat Mr. Newman's Marmion, moment by Lord Stanley. It is a course which he
2 yrs (broke down). would probably not have adopted if he had been
The Innkeepers Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 10 summoned to the Upper House during a Parlia-
added, once round, were won in two heats by Mr. mentary session. The mere summons to the Lords
Theobald's Pauline, aged, 9st 61b, beating Mr. Rose's does not create a peerage unless a silting takes place
Zara, aged, lost 3lb ; Mr. Capon's Jack Tar, aged, under that writ; and as it would be impossible for
9st 61b; and Mr. R. Oswald's Kathleen, aged, 9st 911). i Lord Stanley to take his seat in the Upper House
MORPETH RACES.—TIICRSDA Y. I during a recess, the Speaker could receive no official
The Gentlemen's subscription mate of SOL Heats, ' knowledge of a vacancy till the meeting of Parliament
two miles. next year, and thus the northern division of Lanca-
Sir C. Monck's Flagsnaan, 5 yrs (Cartwright) 1 1 shire would have remained nearly six months without
Mr. Cuthbert's Beaufront, 3 yrs
3 dr 1 its full number of representatives. The practice of
Mr. Osborne's Boniface, 3 yrs
summoning the eldest son of a Peer to the house of
The Hunters' Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 2U added. I
Gentlemen riders. Two miles and a halt: Lords during his father's lifetime does not, as is
Sir C. Monck's Flaggon, 6 yrs
Mr. Moore's Bagatelle, 4 yrs 2 condary titles of the young Peer's
tither be used on
Colonel Thompson's Hamlet, aged 3 the occasion ; the eldest son so summoned takes
Mr. Braithwaite's Queen of Hearts, 4 yrs 4 rank according to the date, not of the summons, but
Mr. Carnegie's Ilygia, aged 5 of the original creation of that title which he thus
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, one temporarily shares with his father, without really de-
mile and a half.
nuding the latter of any of the family honours. The
Mr. J. Osborne's Boniface, 3 yrs (Francis) 4 1 1
Mr. Powlett's Blindfold, 4 yrs 1 3 3 practice has been frequently adopted in the cases of
Sir C. Monek's Flaggon, 6 yrs
Mr. Ramshay's Sister to Broadwath, 4 yrs
Mr. Waring's Saul, aged 2 5 dr Derby in a title which his father did not really pos-
ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES. s.ess, had the unexpected effect of creating a new
FRIDAY. peerage. This occurred in the year 1627, when the
The Gold Cup Stakes of 5 sovs, each, with 40 added. eldest son of the sixth Earl was summoned to the House
The winner to be sold for 2004, &c. Heats, one mile of Peers, during his father's lifetime, as Baron
and a half.
Strange. It will-be remembered that Lord Stanley's
Mr. Shelly's Lydia Languish, 3 yrs...(Esling) 0 1 1 father, the present Earl of Derby, was also called to
Mr. Dcckeray a Dalesman, 3 yrs
Mr. Coleman's Devil-among-the-Tailors, 5 yrs 2 2 dr
Mr. Wilson's Dart, 5 yrs 0 3 dr central honours of the family. In that case a new
Mr. Rolt's Hampton, 5 yrs
was the only title then in the family, for the subor-
The West Kent Stakes of 2 sons. each, and 25 added.
The second to receive .51., and the winner to be sold dinate peerages had passed away through the female
for 80/. Heats, one mile. (Post entered.) line to the ducal house of Athol' ; his Lordship was
Mr. Coleman's Devil-among-the-Tailors, 5 yrs 1 2 1 therefore created, in 1832, Baron Stanley of Bicker-
Mr. Monk's Beggar Girl, 4 yrs
Mr. Prescott's Paradise, aged 3 0 3 noble Secretary for the Colonies will be summoned to
Mr. King's f, by Pincher, d Rowton, 4 yrs ... 0 3 4 the House of Peers, and thus he will be popularly
Mr. Wickham's hg by Pincher
Se-feral others ran. A fine race. by courtesy in the House of Commons.—Times.
The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sons. each, with 40 added,
the winner to be sold for 204 and the second save his
stake, twice round and a distance, were 'IVOR easily in
two heats by Mr. Wadlow's Nora Creina, 6 yrs, beating
Mr. Coppard's Spectator, 5 yrs • Mr. Beadon's Palamon,
6 yrs; Mr. Lamb's Donald Caird; and several others.
WEYMOUTH RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Borough Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added,
three subs, were won in two heats by Mr. Parr's Nora
('reins, 6 yrs (owner), beating Mr. Lowe's Paul Clifford,
4 yrs, and Mr. King's Micula, 4 yrs.
The Hunters' Stakes of 2 sous. each, with 20 added,
five subs., were won in three heats by Mr. Hewitt's
Maud, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Southby's Waterloo (won the
first heat), 5 yrs, and Mr. Budd's Circe, 6 yrs.
The Pony Race for 101., was won in two heats by Mr.
Whieldon's Alice Gray, aged, 6st 91h, beating Ceelia
and Fidget.

DEATH OF DR. JAMES MITCHELL
We regret to announce the death of Dr. James Mit-
chell, F.G.S., and formerly actuary to the British An-
nuity Company, London, which took place at No. 3,
Bedford-circus, Exeter, on the 3d inst. He was in the
58th year of his age.
1)r. Mitchell was a man of no ordinary character ; had
travelled much, and observed well. He was author of
many works of travels, philosophy, and the arts. He
took an active part in establishing or supporting the va-
rious literary societies that have sprung up in the metro-
polis during the last twenty years, and frequently lectured
gratuitously for them.
His manuscript works, descriptive of the geology of
London and its neighbourhood, extend to many folio
volumes ; and whilst in the Geological Society, many
were more brilliant in inventing and illustrating their
beautiful, but perhaps sometimes fanciful, theories, no
one was clearer and more minute in detailed description
of what he had seen. His opinion seemed to be, that
although geology was fast advancing to a perfect science,
still there was neod of very close observation before
theories were laid down, which subsequent discoveries
might tend to overthrow.
His volumes of Illustrations of Antiquities, ancient
and modern, Maps, Prints, and Portraits of illustrious
Scotchmen, cannot perhaps be excelled. They could only
have been collected at considerable expense lay a long
residence in London, and by one intimately acquainted
with the history and literature of his nati►e country, and
other subjects he illustrated. These ♦olumes, generally
accompanied with manuscript descriptions, sre be-
queathed to the King's College and University of Aber-
deen, where he was educated, and received the degree of
LL.D.

TIII7IIBDA.Y.-Mr. Herbert's Ajax walked over for the
Queen's Plate, and the races were then postponed to
Friday on account of the weather.
WESTERN MEETING AT AYR.—TuunsDAT.
The Ayr Stakes of 5 sovs. each, pp, with 25 added.
Heats, once round and a dia. (5 Subs.)
Lord Eglinton's Brevity, 4 yrs (Howlett) 1 1
Mr. Dawson's Nightmare, 3 yrs 3 2
Sir J. Boswell's Geneva, 3 yrs 2 3
Plate of 501 for all ages. Heats, one mile and a half.
Mr. Ramsay's The Shadow, aged. walked over

He acted under three Parliamentary Commissions. Ist
—As Actuary in forming the Statistics for the Factory
Inquiry ; then as Sub-Commissioner on the Hand Loom
Weavers' Commission ; and, lastly—on the Inquiry
into the Condition of Women and Children in the Mines
and Collieries of this Kingdom.
In the debate on the Bill for relieving the worse than
West India slavery of women, and we may say of infants,
in our mines, his opinion was frequently referred to in
both Houses of Parliament, especially by Lord Ashley,
the benevolent promoter of the Bill. To the duties of
this last Commission, uniting both his favourite pursuits
of Geology and Statistics, he devoted more labour and
attention than his constitution could stand. His bodily
strength was great, but he overworked his brain. In June,
1843, hehad a stroke of paralysis, and a heavy fall, and on
Sunday last,a sudden lit of apoplexy rendered him for ever
afterwards unconscious. This short biography will show
what a man engaged in the business of his profession,
can nevertheless effect by a devotion to literature and
science.—Western Times.