The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-12 00:00:00

CEMENT.

TO ARCHITECTS, IitLDERS, and Others.
The PATENT STUCCO PAINT CEMENT. Its
extraordinary qualities are rapidly becoming well known and
appreciated. it will adhere to any substance or surface—no
Wet or Damp or Frost can have any effect on it—Time
hardens and improves it—a licuse covered with it becomes
encased in stone.. The cost is trifling—the invention is a
fortune to Builders, and to all who are interested in House
Property, old or new
The Sole Agents for the Patentees are Messrs. MANN
and Co., b, Maiden-lane, Queen-street Cheapside.

[LATER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
!uld injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver
supplanted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless
ALIjATA PLATE. C. WATSON Cate ALDERMAN)
41 and 42, Barbican, aided by a person of science in the arnal-
gation of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the
most beautiful article ever yet offered : possessing all the rich-
ness of Silver in appearance—with its durability and hardness
—with its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a
chemical process, by which all that is nauseoukin mixedmetals is
entirely extracted—resist'ng al acids, may be cleaned as Silver,
and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Side-
board.
s. d. I s. d.
Table Spoons and Forks, Sauce Ladles ..... 1 9
per doz l6 6 Tea Spoons, per doz... 5 6
Dessert do., per doz l2 6 Gravy Spoons 3 6
Sonp Ladles 6 6
C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal
is peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from
Gold, than his metal is from all others ; the Public will there-
fore have no difficulty in discovering the animus which directs
the virulent attacks made against him, by a party who is dab),
suffering from the unparalleled success which has marked the
progress of sits New Plate since its introduction. C. WI.,
unlike this party, courts comparison, feeling confident'that the
result will establish its pre-eminence.
41 and 42, BARBICAN, and at 16, NORTON FOLGATF.

THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER.
CATALOGUE, with ENGRAVINGS (Gratis),
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appearance and extreme durability of the material made ex-
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upon the public the notoriously, deleterious German Silver
under the guises of " Alhata Plate," " Berlin Silver," &c.
&c., against which we especially warn them. Aided by an
eminent chemist, we have succeeded in purifying our material
so that acids do not aticct it ; it is now so well known and
appreciated that it is universally superseding silver in all its
uses. The genuine metal, which is more durable than silver,
can only be had at our warehouses. It is the same through-
out, and can be engraved and made in all the various articles
that are in silver, from which it can only he told by reference
to the stamp. Fiddle Threaded King's
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Desert ditto and ditto, ditto
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Gravy ditto .......................... 4s. Od. 63. Od. 7s. Od.
RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells.street, Oxford-street.
Established iS3o.—Catalogues gratis.

SODA WATER, LEMON ADE, and FLUID M AGNESI .
ROUGHSEDGE and SUMMERS, Nos. 18, and
37, Bridge street, Bristol, return their grateful acknow-
ledgments to their Friends and the Public for the unprece-
dented support they have met with since they establ:shed their
SODA WATER,LEMONADE,and JERATED WATERS
MANUFACTORY. They also beg leave to inform the
Nobility, Gentry, &c., that they have commenced manufac-
turing a FLUID MAGNESIA, which has been analysed by
one of the first Philosophical Chemists in England, and has
been pronounced by the most eminent of the Faculty to con-
tain a greater quantity of medicine than any other yet offered to
the public, and the concentration of the bicarbonate in it. and
S.'s FLUID MAGNESIA (without detriment to its purity)
to be much more considerable than in many other productions
of the kind.
The great advantage of this elegant preparation is recom-
mended in all cases of Bile, Acidities, -Indigestion, Gout,
Gravel, arid other Complaints of the Bladder, as the most safe,
easy, and effectual form in which Magnesia may, and, indeed,
the only one in which it ought to be, exhibited ' • possessing all
the properties of the Magnesia now in general use. without
being liable, like it, to form tlangerous concretions in the
bowels, it effectually cures Heart-burn, without injuring the
coats of the Stomach, and prevents the food of infants turning
sour, and in all cases it acts as an agreeable aperient.
N.B. With the Acidulated Syrup the FLUID MAGNESIA
forms the most delightful of Saline Draughts.
Sold in Bottles of Is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. ; and in Cases
for Ships, Hospitals, &c. ; and also in Jars, for economy in
dispensing.
AGENTS FOR LoNnoN.—Mr. Sanger, chemist, 150, Cx-
ford-street ; Mr. Rouse, chemist, I, Wigmore-street, Oxford-
street ; Messrs. Hodge and Home, wholesale druggists, 102
and 113, Blackman-street, Borough ; and the principal che-
mists and druggists in England and Wales.
*.* Observe ! That none is genuine without the label over
the cork bearing the names of
ROUGHSEDGE & SIMMERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
44;! IR.,—Having seen the indiscriminate attacks
k 7 which have been made on all Patent Medicines, by a
very ab'e writer, in a weekly paper, without allowing that
several have been of great service to the public—such as Dr.
James's Powders, &c., which is frequently prescribed by the
first physicians in the country, and as I, as agent for the sale
of the LONDON RESTORATIVE am thereby classed with
those pretenders, who can show no medical guarantee for the
safety t;f the public, nor the genuiness of their medicine. I
beg leave, therefore, respectfully to inform you, that the com•
position of the London Restorative is from the Recipe of Dr.
'Routes Buchanan, of Hull, Graduate, member of several
leained societies, author of several surgical works, papers, &c.,
and whose publications are quoted by the most celebrated pro-
fessional writers of the day.
It was owing to the repeated failures of the best medical
practitioners in Britain, in the treatment of several diseases,
that led to the discovery of the medicine sold by me as the
London Restorative. Owing to the great expenceincurred by
experiments &c., during upwards of twenty years, Dr. Bucha-
nan consulted a physician of the first talent in London, on the
subject, who advised him—" To dispose of the Medicine in
this form, until his expenses
,were reimbursed, and then to
throw it open to the profession.
From the acknowledged talent and genius of Dr. Buchanan,
who, by his publications i;nd practice, placed acoustic surgery
in the high station it now holds in Britain, the public may
safely rely on the properties or any recipe of that very able
practitioner.—l remait,, Sir, yours most respectfully,
WM. BRUCE.
34, Southampton-street, Strand, Aug. 4, 1442.
P. S. Practitioners supplied with the medicine on the lowest
terms.

A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.
XTRS. JOHNSON'S AMERICAN
VA_ SOOTHING St RUP, which has been held in such
high estimation tot so many years, for relieving Children when suf-
fering from p,:inful Dentition, still continueslto be prepared accord-
ing to Mrs. Johnson's Original Recipe, and with the same success,
by lIA RCLAY AND SON'S, 1/5, Farriugricn-street, whose name anfi
address are engraved on the Stamp. Full directions are enclosed with
each bottle. Price 2s. 9d.
tic swre to ask for MRS JOHNSON'S SOOTHING SYRUP.

ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DEN,'
TIFRICE.
This is an etficknt White Powder for the Teeth, solely prepared
from Oriental Herbs of the most delightful odour, and of sovereign
virtue for ,strengthening, preserving, and thoroughly cleansing the
Teeth.
It eradicates tartar from the teeth, removes spots of incipient de-
cay, polishes and preserves the enamel-• to which it gives a pearl-like
whiteness; and. above all, front its disinfecting properties, gives
sweetness to the breath. As an anti-scorbutic, the gums al., share
in its transcendent powers—scurvy is eradicated ft om t hem,a healthy
action and redness are induced, that offer to the notice of the medical
practitioner the most indubitable signs et their heAthful state.
Price es, 9d. per box, duty included.
NOTICE. -The name and address of the Proprietors, A. RO W-
L AND and SON, :20, Hatton.garuen. London, are engraved on the
Government Stamp, which is pasted on each.
Be sure to ask for " ROWLA ND'S ODONTO."
Sold by thou, and by Chemists and rerAnnets.

S 9, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly
opposite the York Hotel), and •
76, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY.
QIGIIT AND HEARING.—TESTIMONIALS.
" The Messrs. S. and B. SOLOAIONS' Newly-inveyted
SPECTACLE LENSES afford astonishing relief to extremely
'tnperfect vision—We give them the decided preference to
every (Aber kind of Lens—the clearness of the transparency
brings every object very distinct, and enables individuals to view
the most minute particle with perfect accuracy. They are
particularly pleasar t by candle light, as they appear cooling to
the sight, and soften bright and brilliant lights :
James Blundell, Esq., N.D. 1, Great George-street, West-
,

minster.
George G. Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street;
Ne
we wßi nr
Broad-street.
Kennington
Upper Gower-street.
T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F. R. S., Saville-row.
Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street.
John Ram sbotham , Esq., M. D. , Broad-street- building s .
Anthony White, Req., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street.
u'th.
JohnFwr dD Messrs.efraiiy Frederick Leighton,
Epresi rf.tssqua.
rn,gSdeElrsngqe.oi,
Duncan,snAi I2Doss,
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Taylor
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C. Heywood,' Esq., M.D., Blandford.
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Henry Lawrence, Esq.' M.D., Tenby.
Vm Jeafreson, Esq., Surgeon-oculist,2l, South Audley-street.
S .D. Robinson, Esq., Cheltenham.
C. Shillito, Esq., Brighton.
William Conolly, Esq., M.D., ClrAtenham.
E. H. Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Walli.igford.
Thomas Willis, Esq., M.D., Brig ton
}.„ qriffiths, Esq., Surgeon, Hammersmith.
John Kenderick, Esq., Surgeon, Manchester-street, lanches
ter-square.
Charles Tonally, Esq., Surgeon, Caearlen-town.
Colebourn, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Harleyford-place,' Ken-
ningt on.
N. NPCann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Pailiament-street.
Samuel Banner, Esq., Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square.
W. Jones, Esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor
s, tare.
W. 'English, Esq., Surgeon, Denmark-hill.
A. Barklemore, Esq., Surgeon, 10, Charlotte-st., Bloomsbury.
E. S.oddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square.
J. H. Walk.r, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte.strect, Bloomsbury.
C. Higham, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Edwaru Nason, Esq., Surgeon,Nuneaton, Warwickshire."
In placing the above list of Testimonials before the public,
the Messrs. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, state that their
-INVISIBLE OPER-ATI-YE...VOICE CONDUCTOR, by
which thousands of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefited,
is not lamer than a seven-shilling-piece, and when fixed into
the cavi: y of the ear is soft and, easy, and not more uncomfort-
able nor perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place.
By its use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard
wit'i distinctness.
These important new inventions are patronized by their Ma-
jesties the King and Queen of Hanover and their Royal High-
nesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High-
ness the Pr.ecess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa,
her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the late Duke of Norfolk, the
Dukes of Devonshire, Argyle, Manchester, and Marlborough,
Lord Hill, &c. 4:c.
Observe the Messrs. Solomons state that they have ne con-
nection with persons of the same name in Ireland and Scotland,
and that they do not employ any Travellers dr Agents ; the
genuine article are only to be had In London, at their Esta-
blishments, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York
Hotel. and 76. King Williarn-.treet. Bank

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INTELLIGENCE.
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ARRIVALS.er, at Beaufort
The. Marquis of Worcester,
East Lodge, Brighton ; Viscount Villiers, in Grosvenor-
place, from Upton. House, Warwickshire ; the Marquis
of Bristol, in. St.. James's-square, from Brighton ,• the
Hon. George Ponsonby
and family, in Bolton-row, from
Wooldeding House, Sussex ; Heathorn, Esq., and
n
Lady PriM, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, from Chel-
tenham ; William Leigh, Esq., Mrs. Leigh. and family,
at ditto, from a tour ; Vernon, Esq.,
Mrs. Vernon,
and family, at ditto ; Mrs. Foster, at ditto.
DEPARTURES. •
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, from Belgrare-
square, for Woburn Abbey ; the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Londonderry, from Holderness House, for
Wynyard Park ; Countess Flahault and Hon. Misses
Flahault, from Grosvenor-street, for the Continent ; Sir
Roger and Lady Palmer,. family, and suite, from Here-
ford-street, Park-lane, to Kenure Park, Ireland ; Sir
John and Lady Mary Hamlyn Williams and family,
from Brook-street—for their seat, Clovelly Court,
Uxbridge ;
Devon ; .the. Earl of Falmouth, from St. James "s-square,
for. his seat .in Cornwall ; the Dowager Countess of
Sandwich, on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. R. Brinsley
fatanear aulfield-
for C
Sheridan, for their seat in Porsetshire ; Mr. C.
Newdigate, for Harefield-plaee,
Baron and Baroness Dimsdale and lly,
place, Herts ; the Earl and Countess
.Furteseue, from
Grosvenor-square, for Castle Hill, Devon ; Sir John
Yarde Buller, Bart., M.P., and Lady, Buller, from Spring-
gardens, for their seat in Devonshire ; Sir John Moe-
daunt, Bart., and . Lady Mordattnt, from Eaton-
place, for their seat in Warwickshire ; the. Earl and
Countess of Aylesford and Ladies Finch, from Grosvenor-
street, for Packington Hall, Warwickshire ; Lady
Frances Hope, from Hanover-square, for Brighton ;
Hon. Colonel Westenra, M.P., and Mrs. Westenra, for
the seat of the Earl of Rossmore, in Ireland ; the Earl
of Kelburne, 3[.P., for the seat of the Earl of Glasgow,
in Ayrshire ; Lord and Lady Souther/00n,- from Great
Stanhope-street, for Whittlebury Lodge, Northampton-
shire ; Sir Edward and Lady Smythe and family, from
the Brunswick Hotel, for Acton Burnel Castle ; Sir
Patrick Bellow, from ditto, for Ireland; Colonel Conolly,
M.P., from ditto, for the continent ; Baron Von Dryer,
General Gieten, . and Count Gabriel Fejervenay, from
ditto, for the Continent ; Mrs. Walter Jones and family,
from ditto, for Hale-place '; H. flover, Esq.,
from ditto,
fur Norfolk ; G. Blundell, Esq., from ditto, for the North;
J. Walters, Esq., from ditto, for Gloucestershire ; the
Rev. Charles Stewart, from ditto, for Ewhurst.

loaMoin-fAtlia'letANrhdGibpesery,twith
SOCIETY.
—n, will be chiefly
resent -month. The Society
d to Cambridge. Aberdeen,.
The Provincial
grniTll.
tli
InoirogpeNf
fcrAce len:.
is:
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tli Syer
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forwarded
, it set of three silver
' medals, together with the rules, &c.,
prizeto be at each
of the above towns publicly competed for, by those v. ho
are adepts in the healthy and life-preserving art of swim-
ming. The Aberdeen contest for the prize sent, will
" come off" in the river Dee, in. several heats ; the
matches to be superintended by W. Farmer, Esq., as-
sisted by the Provost and Magistrates of the city, by
whom the prize to the successful competitor will be
awarded. The races of Cork will be managed .by K.
,Tlieeffe„ Esq., assisted by Alderman Roche and a Com-
mittee of gentlemen, who will ..4 bring off"
the matches
in the river Lee, provide for the safety and comfort of
he swimmers, so ~ fair play," and award the prize to
the winner. The Worcester- swimmin—
Shhcra"-ooN'vriailnk.ngA,
g competition will
take place in the Severn, the racers to swim with the
Atream, distance 1,000 yards ; four trial heats to be
" brought off," and the first two in, en, of each heat,
neat, to con-
tend in the grand heat for the prize. This novel, neces-
•,arv, and most interesting practice of the science of
iwimming will be conducted by the Rev. Wm. Holden,
T. W. Welsh, Esq., and friends, by whom the prizes will
b' given to the three first in. The time for the Com- 1
bridge and Abcrystwith matches is not yet fixed on, but
of which dui notice will be given.
The winner of the
first prize of each of the before-mentioned cities, to en-
4iy the hononrable title of " ChaMpion of the town, .for
the year 1842," and have his name engraved on the me-
dal ; which will entitle him to contend on the Serpentine
River, Hyde Park, for the gold Medal and chain of the
Institution, of the value of twenty guineas, at the an-
nual assembly of the London and rovincial Champions.
INDIAN -
et rofy.—Captain Johnstone, eldest son of
the Rev. T. Johnstone, of Wakefield, has been promoted
to the rank of Major in the Kidriis Native Infantry.

Sin,—You will confer a great favour on the un-
dersigned, by inserting in the columns of your valu-
able journal the following incidental remarks, which
have been called for by the hearing of an extraordi-
nary sermon, on Sunday last, delivered by the Rev.
Incumbent of Low Harrogate Church, in order to
deter his parishioners from assisting their more needy
brethren in the erection of a Roman Catholic place of
worship, for the accommodation of strangers, as well
as.for the general improvement of this delightful and
rising watering-place.
Not satisfied with dealing in the old and hackneyed
Phrases of blasphenioith doctrines, debc sSag sip ersti-
tions, monstrous absurdities, &c. &c., of the Romish
Church, the Rev. Preacher must needs treat his hearers
to a close inspection of his Holiness the Pope, by desir-
ing them to lift up their eyes towards this Papal god,
and read the terms of blasphemy written on his fore-
head emblazoned in letters of gold. What a pity,
by way of changing the scene, that the audience of the
hey. Gentleman were not treated to a minute and dis-
tinct view of the apocalyptic beast, fully garnished
with a tail and ten horns ! But, to be a little more
serious, if you will indulge me, I will favour you
with a few extracts from the edifying and soul-stiring
appeal which flowed in honeyed accents from the lips
of the reverend orator.
Extract Ist.—" It has come to my knowledge within
the last twenty-four hours that a Roman Catholic
chapel was about to be built here, a place in which
most blasphemous doctrines are set forth—a church
which i 3 one Mass—one volume of superstition."
Extract 2nd.—" My text refers to Papal Rome,
that apostate church—that nominal church—that
mysterious church, I can hardly call it a church, in
which the Scriptures are withheld from the people,
and themselves kept in darkness."
Extract 3d.—" Look to the unhappy countries in
which it is transcendant, infidel France—Spain.
Turn to my own unhappy country, Ireland, where so
much bloodshed, perjury, and murder are committed.
Look wherever you will, where the doctrines of this
damnable, scarlet, Papal, apostate church are pro-
mulgated, there is nothing but bloodshed, &c."
Extract 4th.-7-" Look, brethren, at the difference of
our service; it is such as every one of you can under-
stand, not like theirs, performed in the Latin tongue."
Extract sth.:—" Look, again, to the confessional.
What would you think of the virtue—the happiness—
of a young female who would confess to a priest—an
unmarried priest ? I call upon you then, brethren,
to oppose, in every
,way you can, a church, the doc-
trines of which are erroneous, false, and disloyal."
I leave you to judge of the effect which such
language is calculated to produce on the youthful and
unprejudiced minds of his hearers; and to say how
powerfully the Rev. Gentleman advocates the cause of
his opponents, which he professes to disclaim, in terms
the most disgraceful and unchristian.
Really it is impossible to treat the subject with that
seriousness of manner which the gravity of the charges
would seem to require, for they are only deserving of
the ridicule and contempt of every "sincere lover of
truth and charity.
In reference to extracts second and third, which
challenge my attention,_ I am quite amused at the
attempts of the Rev. Gentleman to re-furba his
logical lore. The population of Ireland consists of
eight millions
.of souls, seven millions of whom are
Catholics.; therefore—oh ! delightful son of Bob Logic
—there is a greater number, or I would say, " a larger
numerical force" of murder, perjuries, &c., belonging
to the Popish Church than to that of your humble
servant. The contrary argument, as regards Protes-
tant England, of course, has no force ! " Credat
Judeas sed non ego."
The learned doctor of Low Harrogate Church,
after denouncing the Romish Church by. many
hard and- abusive epithets, in order to give his
argument a little more point, and to in-
duce his parishioners to turn a deaf ear and
a blind eye to the blandishments of the scarlet
lady of Babylon, he seriously informs them that in a
Popish mass-house there is so much attraction, not
only from the music, but also from the gorgeous dress
of the priest, &c. How deeply skilled and practically
informed is this Hibernian philosopher in the art of
scaring away his simple flock from the bug-bear of his
own creation ; or, if you would have it so, how scien-
tifically versed in moving . the finest chords of the
human heart.

With regard to extract fourth, in reference to the
Latin tongue, or that in which the ritual of the
Romish Church is said to be performed, I have only
to say, that as a sincere Protestant, I should much
prefer to join in the worship of God celebrated in
the tongue of the Turk or the Hindoo, than to
be condemned to sit under the pulpit of a man,
who, calling himself a minister of the God of
charity, offends against its vital principle, by an
intolerable and bigoted abuse of his neighbour.
Truly, indeed, it is deplorable to witness the rapid
and fearful advances made by the Romish Church
in these realms—to behold one Popish mass-house
rise after another—one Popish bishop succeed an-
other, wielding his pastoral staff over his increasing
charge—nay, to see our very colonies fall under the
dominion of Rome, and not one solitary effort made
to save our time-honoured Church from crumbling into
ruins, save and except—" heaven bless the mark !"
by the iron-hearted courage and heart-thrilling elo-
quence of the reverend apostle and sainted Incumbent
of Low Harrogate Church.
Such apostles as these are indeed envoys of mis-
chief and sowers of discord amongst brethren, instead
of being, as they are commanded by the Divine
Founder of Christianity, evangelists of peace and good
will on_ earth to Their doctrine is like a double-
edged sword, which, when it is expected to smite the
enemy, only inflicts a deadly wound on him who
weilds am, Sir, a sincere Protestant, but no Bigot,

" ALPHA:'

WELL DRESSING.

On Monday last, the village of Youlgreave was
thrown into gloom by the death of Miss Bowman,
a venerable lady who will long be remembered
by the inhabitants for the large share she took
in supplying the village with water from a hill
at some distance, by means of pipes laid under
the stream of an intervening valley, and which
lead to the revival of the good old custom
of well dressing, formerly common in this part
of England, but now only celebrated in one
or two of the villages. The unsightly swelling of
the front part of the neck, commonly known under
the name of goitre, prevails to a considerable
extent in certain districts of Derbyshire ; and
medical men have judged it to proceed from the
strong impregnation of the water with lime, from
the limestone of the country. This circumstance
led to the benevolent undertaking just alluded to;
the water conducted by the artificial channels
being from a sandstone stratum, and perfectly pure.
It was completed in the year 1829, and is annually
commemorated on midsummer-day, by the ancient ce-
remonial above mentioned, and of which some account is
worthy of being recorded. The dress consists of many
thousands of flowers, which, for days before, have been
collected from far and near, to grace the occasion. They
are arranged.with rustic skill on frames covere I with a
kind of clay, into which each flower is fixed by its
stalk, cut short, and by which it is preserved fresh
during the period of preparation. When the frames
are fully decked, of course nothing is to be seen
but a thick carpet of beautiful colours, wrought
into many appropriate devices. The largest of
these, concealing the front of the well, is usually
about twelve feet high ; and many others, of smaller
dimensions, make up a surface of more than
a hundred square feet, thus emblazoned. Ele-
gant garlands, too, stretching in various directions,
t the neighbouring houses, serve further to display
the taste of the village belles, who always lend their
aid to direct the labours of the ruder decorators.
The church bells ring merry peals; the charity••
school children walk in procession through the street,
with music and colours; and the day is concluded
with a country dance, which may be here seen in As
genuine forms, all ages and station 3 bearing their part.
—Derbyshire Chronicle.

TUE REVIVAL or TRADE.—The accounts from the
manufacturing districts continue to give a better account
of the state of trade. A general impression prevails that
the lowest point of depression is past, and that henceforth
improvement will gradually go on. The change is not, as
vet, very decided, but still it is a change and in the right
direction; and, the tide being once turned, it is in the ordi-
nary nature of manufacturing alternations that it should
continue to flow. To this more auspicious state of thingsthe
prospects of the harvest have much contributed. The enact-
ment of the tariff has had, of course, great influence upon
the course of trade; but the appearance of the corn fields
has no less given confidence and stability to many of the
most important of the mercantile operations. It is, in-
deed, matter of the sincerest rejoicing that the wheat
crops present a promise of yielding to an amount which
a few weeks back was thought impossible to be realised
from them, and that. there is now every probability that
the bread of the country will be secured from our own
fields for the ensuing season.—Doncaater Chronicle.

GLOBE.—EarI Fortescue's speech in the House
of Lords on Monday night, on the increase of crime
in Ireland, and the causes which have tended to that
increase, has sadly vexed the organs of the "wise and
paternal Government." There is murder in its mildness.
It derives its efficiency from an utter absence ofpassion
and abandonment of the arts of declamation, rest-
ing its dependence for success on a few, but forcible,
facts. There were the statistics of crime—supplied
by the heads of the constabulary force in the several
districts of Ireland. What had caused the alarming
increase ? His Lordship abstained from charging this
increase of crime upon the Government ; but contented
himself with a simple statement of facts, the existence
of which was known to and admitted by men of all
parties ; and left the inference deducible from these
facts to the Noble Lords who heard him, and to the
country at large. By adopting this course, the Noble
Earl showed the confidence he felt in the strength of
the case he submitted to their Lordships. Its sim-
plicity has more embarrassed the advocates of the Go-
vernment than the most elaborated statements or the
more eloquent declamation could have done. In
this the speech of Earl Fortescue greatly surpasses,
in its telling effects, the speech of Mr. Shell,
recently delivered in the House of Commons on the
same theme. The latter was insured by the labour
bestowed on its composition, and the impassioned de-
clamation was too much daziled.by the gorgeous dr.ass-
in which the genius of the orator invested the facts, to
regard with deep and abiding interest the facts them-
selves. And yet on these the case he undertook to
establish—as on the evidence in a cause before a
jury—must either stand or fall.
STANDARD.—Nothing could he imagined in
better taste than the speech of the Premier in moving
the address and grant for the monuments last
night. The speech itself was a noble monu-
ment, but as "we are nothing if not criticar—as
it is our special business to find fault—we
must remark that Sir Robert Peel omitted the true
answer to Mr. Hawes's silly objection. That answer
is, that public opinion is in the end always just, and,
with or without monuments, awards its fair propor-
tion of honour to each description of merit. Mili-
tary and naval merit have the highest praise
for their day, and the reason is, that the ser-
vices which they render to a nation being
pressed within narrow limits of time, are
more striking and apparent; but the lapse of a few
years causes military merit to be appreciated at its
true value, or perhaps below it, and the hero is often
forgotten, if his memory be not preserved by a poet
or a monument—

" Vixere fortes ante Agammemnona
Multi ; sed omnes illacrimabiles
Urguentur ignotique longa
Nocte ; carent quia vate sacro."
Does not our own experience concur with this ac-
count of the fate of heroes given by Horace ? How
little should we know of the heroic history of the
Plantagenets were it not for Shakspeare. How little
is generally known of the achievements of the Generals
of Elizabeth—of the champions on both sides in the
great civil war—or even of the Generals of William's
and Anne's reigns, excepting Marlborough, now almost
a forgotten name ; and is not this a subject of just
regret, independently of the injury inflicted upon the
military spirit of the country ? That injury is, how-
ever, great. Fame is the idol of the soldier and
sailor; it is this he seeks " even at the cannon's
mouth ;" and if you would call forth all his energies
in the time of your necessity, you must hold out to
him some assurance of lasting fame. The best shrine
is, no doubt, the breath of the poet ; but great poets,
any more than the other great productions of nature,
will not come at command. So that to excite soldiers
and sailors, and to do justice to their services, humbler
memorials, such as public monuments; must
be resorted to. The case of great discoverers
in science and great writers is wholly dif-
ferent ; they built their own monuments,
Who thinks that the memory of Bacon, Newton,
Locke, Milton, or Dryden, owes " anything to urn or
bust ? Or who dreams that Scott derives any addi-
tion of glory, or :any security for the perpetuity of
his renown from a monument which, indeed, reflects
honour upon those who have raised it, but can reflect
none upon its object. Give monuments to those
whose deeds are perishable, however meritorious they
may be, like those of soldiers and sailors. They
whose great discoveries or works are immortal want
none.