The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-28 00:00:00

PUBLIC OPINION.

Thelieridd gives the following sketch of the late
Marquis 'Wellesley's Indian policy :—" The states-
manship of the Marquis Wellesley was characterised
by getiius,. by purity of conduct, by patriotism, by
justice,' by wisdom, and by success. He saved
British India by his prudent sagiicity and resolute •
defensive operations from foreign 'aggression and in-
ternal hostility secretly combined; he greatly and
justly' extended the limits of our eastern empire, and
by-that extension improved the condition of the mil-
lions whom his successful policy brought under the
dominion of his grateful Sovereign ; in laying down
the Vice-Royalty of India he claimed—in vain—at
the hands of his mercantile employers for his fellow-
citizens at home full and complete participation in
1 the trade and commerce of that mighty empire which
his energy and wisdom had preserved and enlarged,
and he returned home to have his services unappre-
ciated, his objects mis -stated, his motives maligned,
and his administration slandered by envy amongst
seeming friends, by malice amongst disappointed in-
triguers, and by faction amongst blindly infuriated
politicians ; he was, however, amply rewarded by the
applause and approbation of that great Minister—Mr.
Pitt—who had discovered his youthful merits, and
given mighty but worthy employment to his preco-
cious maturity ofjudgment. The mantle of Pitt de •
scended on the Marquis Wellesley."
The Chronicle has the following observations :
" A courageous following out of the policy chalked
out by the Whig Ministry, and partly followed out
by the present Administration, would relieve us from
accumulating embarrassments and impending dangers,
restore prosperity to the manufacturing districts,
without inflicting disaster on the agricultural. If any
of our readers still doubt this latter assertion, let them
refer back to Mr. Greg's letter detailing his visit to
the Lothians. The wealthy manufacturer is also a

farmer ; and he has shown, in a very striking and
- - -

satisfactory way, the beneficial influence which would
result to agriculture from a sound policy with respect
to the Corn-laws. Sure we are, that neither our
agriculture nor our manufactures can stand the pre-
sent system. Sir Robert Peel's Corn-law is not—
cannot be—a permanent measure. The question of
wages has been raised—that of rent is following; and
peace requires that both questions should be equitably
and speedily settled."
The Times thus alludes to the Ashburton dinner
at New York :—" In our yesterday's paper appeared
an account of the dinner given by; the principal mer-
chants and others of New York to Lord Ashburton.
Whatever may..be the feelings with which different
parties in England may regard some clauses of the
treaty now concluded, it is at any rate with no small
satis-action that they must observe the warmth with
which all parties in the United States join in hailing
the establishment—we may very nearly say the re-
establishment—of friendly relations between these
two great countries. Perhaps in nothing do we see
the effects of this Noble Lord's mission so fully as in
the turn which it seems to have given to popular feel-
ing. A lover of peace, reading the speeches which
that meeting produced, can hardly fail to congratulate
himself upon the change which has taken place since
the mutabile vulgus of New York were clamouring
for the conviction of I\l‘Leod, and. the Government
scarcely bold enough to affront public opinion by dis.
countenancing the sympathizers of Buffalo."
The Post says :—" We are enabled to state that by
the treaty on the eve of conclusion for the regulation
of the Stade toll, the King of Hanover will lose at
least one-fourth of his toll revenue, and that his Ma-
jesty voluntarily submits to this sacrifice from a ge-
nerous desire to promote the interests and convenience
of commerce in general, and of -British commerce
more especially. The intended treaty will simplify,
the mode of levying the toll by the removal of all un-
necessary and troublesome forms. The duty is hence-.
forth to be imposed upon the cargoes exclusively, and
will, therefore, fall upon the consumers, while it will
be too insignificant to -deter them from the purchase
of a single yard or pound of British manufacture that
they would have bought had Lord Palmerston's un-
just and insolent proposal been carried into effect. At
the same time, the shipping interest of Great Britain
will be highly benefited by being freed from all fees,
charges, an impediments whatever."
IVIONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE.

Twenty warehouses and;hes;;;;heotalrittrnber
of buildings destroyed by fire at Liverpool. On Sun-
day evening the remains of a man were dug out of
the ruins. The cotton saved is being carted away ; and
on Monday a meeting of five of the principal insurance
agents took place to manage the salvage and settle the
claims, but they have not yet come to any satisfactory
account of the actual Toss
Every mill in Manchester is now at work with its
full complement of hands, excepting two. The same
is the case throughout the counties of Lancashire,
Cheshire, and Yorkshire. Bolton, perhaps, is the
only exception.
The twenty-third annual meeting of the City of
London General Pension Society took place on Mon-
day at the London Tavern. The Report stated that
the vested funds amounted to 4,3141., and the balance
in favour of the Society on the last year's accounts
was 2091. 2s. 10d. The number of pensioners at pre-
sent is 36 male and female, all above 60 years of age.
ELECTIONEERING.

Owing to the elevation of Major Vivian to the
Peerage a vacancy occurs in the representation of the
barough of Bodmin. Mr. Robartes, the nephew of
Lady Agar, is already canvassing the electors, for the
eldest son of Sir Joseph Sawle on the Liberal inte-
eit ; and Sir Samuel„ Spry, its former representative,
has al o is lied his address.
TAW AND POMICM.

Three men, connected with the riots at Stalybridge
were committed for trial to Chester on Saturday; and
two others on the same charge at Hyde.
The Special Commission for the county of Ch•rster
is fixed for the sth of October.
John Edward Stevenson, alias Edward Williams,
was charged at Lambeth-street on Monday, with hav-
ing obtained goods to a considerable amount from va-
rious tradesmen by fa!se pretences. He was ordered
to find bail to re-appear on Monday next.
Isaac Moxon, late ostler at a tavern in the Commer-
cial-road East, and George Jarvis, a farm-labourer,
were on Monday re-examined at the Thames Police-
office, on a charge of being concerned in a burglary
committed at Manor Farm, Essex. The prisoners
were remanded till Monday next.
LITERAEY AND SCIENTIFIC.

The celebrated violinist • Baillot; whose decease we
have announced, requested that there should be no
pomp at his obsequies ; they were accordingly very
simple, and without music. He was heard to remark
at the late funeral of Cherubini, " I know not why
there are so many lights, and so much music, fur a
man who can neither see nor hear ?"
M. Arago, in the name of the Commission of the
Academy at Paris, has expressed his unqualified ap-
probation on the invention of M. Gaubert, for the
composition of printing types by means of machinery.
Mr. Henry Hertz has just been appointed Pro-
fessor of the Piano at the Conservatoire, Paris, in lieu
of M. Adam, the patriarch of pianists, who is 83 years
of age, and the father of the composer. •
The prize of 101. offered by Mr. Macready, for the
best song and chorus in As You Like It, has been
awarded to Mr. Henry Smart, nephew of Sir George
Smart.

COURT-F,AsHzoNAnLE.
The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House
on Mo :clay, f.-om Windsor Castle.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanhy have
been visiting the Duke of Devonshire during the past
week, at Chatsworth.
The Earl of Mexborcugh is staying at Warwick
Castle. _ _

The Earl of Aberdeen left town on Monday for
Windsor Castle.
_ _ _

The Earl of Verulam arrived in town on Mond .4r
from Gorhambury. ,

Lord Stanley leaves town in the course of the week
for Lancashire. _

The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield leave Getling
Lodge, at the end of the week, for Newmarket.

",:fISCELL/ITJECI:7S.

The bakers at Windsor, still keep up their high
prices, and are charging 'lid. for the loaf, which every-
where else in the neighbouring towns sells at 5
and less. _ _

Lord Ashley is at present engaged in making in-
quiries into the condition of the miners, for the pur-

pose of mTiving at their real • state, and ascertaining
what improvements can • be made in their condition.
• The conclusion of the -Worcestekalusical.Festival
was celebrated by a ball;. at which three. hundred °f
the principal families of the nobility and. gentry
county attended. - •
A sunken rock, off Stoke -Church, .Dartitouth
which is not laid down .in any;chart,.• and Occasions
frequent damage to • vesselS, has been ordered to have
its accurate position ascertained.in as

MONEY -and COIVIALERCiAL NEWTS

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
r,,
A slight improvement was 'visible in the condition
of the Money market in the afternoon,. and Consels -
left off at the prices of yesterday, being
~924 924
Money, and 922-924 for the Account. India St°c:::
was about 2 per cent. worse, the rate being 247
Although money was in greater demand, but inore.tl
from an apprehension that it may he wanted than;,
any .actual pressure, the premium on Exchequer
remained at 50 52 for the Old, and 49 51 for the 1
New issue. ,7
The prices of Foreign Securities were rather het•i? t
ter, although no decided change has to be observe°,o!
Belgian Bonds were 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a-11T,
per Cents., 51i 514; the Five per Cents., 102 1024
Danish, 83 84 ; and Brazilian, 66 67. 351;4
The quotation for Mexican Bonds was 354-
with but the smallest amount of business. don'
The Share-market showed more firmness ; Lon-4,
and Birmingham were 182 184; Birmingham 114
Gloucester, 39 41 ; Great Western, 81 82 ;
Half Shares, 582 59.4 ; South Western, 574 s„`",z;"
North Midland, 56 58 ; the New Shares, 27
South EaStern and Dover, 224222 ; EasternCoulitili•
84 84 ; Northern and Eastern, 8 9 ; BlackW3
64 7 ; and Brighton, 34 344 per share. o
A decided improvement was seen in the rate,
Exchanges, especially on Paris, which was quoted 51
i
25f. 80c., 25f. 85c. ; Amsterdam, 12 6, 12 6.-f; 11();
terdam, 12 64 ; Antwerp, 12 44, 12 44 ; HamburgQl
13 114, 13 HI ; Frankfort, 1504151 ; Genoa, 26„°,;'
25 90,; Marseilles, 25 85 ; Leghorn, 30 30, 39,f;
Vienna, 9 554, 9 564 ; Madrid, 36* 364 ;
521 524 all at three months.
The quotations for the Bonds were-Colombia''
204 21 ; Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Fivemr.v::
Cents., 354 352; the Three per Cents., 21
Spanish Five per Cents., 154 164 ; the Three.
Cents., 201 21.
eat.,
A speculative demand, which had arisen for d
ings in Spanish Bonds, has been suddenly checked olf
the announcement that M. Calatrava has in coursed
preparation a complete account of the liabilities 3,5„
sources of the income of Spain. Senor Calatlog
resided for many years in England, and, during t
time, earned the reputation of being a highly honeuroi•
able and straightforward man of business; hisKod,
ceedings since his accession to office have not'
such as to alter the opinion of those who then
him, but rather to strengthen it.
The subject of Indian finance has at length bee aff
to be seriously considered, and the discussion. !°_,-Tiji
General Court to-morrow is looked forward..to",,,
anxiety. This, it is supposed, will be protractta7.o
great length, as the notices of motion for an
of the Affghan war will naturally include .a.deloi
the policy pursued. That the revenues of India:, le
been seriously (commercially) trenched upoo
iylW
yond a doubt and it is to be feared that the re'
may be severely felt at home.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The heaviness in the English market contlll.o..
and the gloom appears to have increased ; no Pertiof
lar cause can, however, be assigned. Consols opego,
at 921, dropped to 921, and are now 9.4 921 f°,ll.hree
ney, and 921 922,- for the Account. New
and-a-Half per Cents., 1001 1001 ; India Stock' 01J
249; Exchequer Bills maintain their price, the
50 52 and the New, 49 51 premium. icn
Dutch Bonds are the only Foreign Securities peter,
have been dealt in to-day, and prices are a trifle bed,,,
the Five per Cents., 1021 1021, and the Two-11,1101
Half per Cents., 511. There is no official quo'`
for Mexican. Cuba Bonds, Six per Cent., SO•rAere!
The Share Market is flat.—Great -VVriltoo!
Halves, 59 59i; South Western, 57-1- ; 131.1 W
341 341; South Eastern, Scrip, 111 11-' mitt
chester and Birmingham, 211- 22; Midland Cau-..:4
60 ; and Great North of England, 811
Spanish Five per Cents. aCI6, and the Three
Cents. 201, are the only bonds quoted to-da.),'
Intelligence to the 29th of July has been rec,4o
from Bucnos Ayres. A large po.'tion of the
is occupied with accounts of the celebration 9-,0
anniversary of the declaration of independence9t
appears to a great extent to have superseded bPB,OI-04
in which it is stated there was no new featurei 1:).)1141'
a trifling re-action in the rate of exchanges,
was 3d. on England.
A Correspondent alluded on Saturday to thef
spects of the foreign holders of the bonds eistioa ,
State ; these papers give the amount in circa' IR
at 31,840,742 dollars, of which it 14;lei:
estimated the greater part is held in r), AlO
The price here is 191, and the' last quotan° to
Buenos Ayres 68; the enormous difference tiei
-
be traced-to the fact that the home ereditorocise9
receives his interest, while the foreign onejseiifeq
with pleas of inability to pay., The great rilAreSfr
to be found in the system of speculating on the in tif.
Exchange by parties who, in reality, are -0f.;%,: sicl'
slightest degree individually interested, Where'6lll°
enormous fluctuations are caused to the
injury
bona fide holder. In fact these operations °„tiloa,'/
of to
premium for non-payment, by" enabling th,e
States, by means of agents, to buy up their reseal"
tions at one-sixth of what they profess to repdopteti
Were the holders to unite, measures t he,3 be ob'
whereby something like an instalment whoulu
tained, and a guarantee for the future. (26."
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, •:11:r1" ,rioef;
We cannot report . any improvement ill DP,
Manchester and Birminghpm, 211 ; Londour
Brighton Loan Notes 11i.,35. 9d.; Lancaste 1-.
Preston, 281 to 291 ; London and Birmingb°e 91'
to 184 ; Union Bank, 81; Manchester
.Assurane '
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS. tog
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. Cons 92/1 Ditto Old Annuities •''
3i per Cent. Red — Ditto New A nnuities•••sll
New 3i per Cent... looa Ex. Bills, 1,000/- •-93' 49114
lsblw 5 per Cen', . Ditto 5001... " 49 r
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small .....
• Jan. 1860
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860 l2 7-16,Consols for Acct. ••••"
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent. ... !Portuguese, 5 per
Belgian, 5 per cent L Ditto, New Ditto ........ •
Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent. ."
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent Russian, 5 pei cent. --'
Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Nletallic ..... ..". 16)
Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, .5 per cent".
.
Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BO Ditto, Deferred...• f.
Ditto, 1824 — French, 5 per cent. "*"......f
Danish, 3 per cent Exchange .......••••
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — French, 3 per cent.
Mexican, 5 per cent — Dutch, 2i per cent. ...
Ditto; 6 per cent. 1837 Dittb, 5 per cent.
Peruvian, 1825,6 per ct.
SHARES. AI
London and Greenwich R 4d 1.!.•., '

...
London and South Western (4116 s 10d pa) Yi
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ...)
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ............
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid)
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) •-
Counties Railway (100 paid) :0
Northern and Eastern (45 paid) ............
North Midland Railway (100) ...... ••• ;:t4i
Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) ....... .... le
Ditto Thirds (W. 13s. 4d. paid) •• 191
Paris and Roue.] (18 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)... ....•• I)
Ditto Scrip (15 paid)
"•°.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERb 4a4o
Amsterdam CF.I2 9 Gibraltar 3;14:0
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam! 2U. 12 9 'Genoa .............
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.I3. 13 14i Venice ..... ............
on
Altona
"alermo, per 0z....... "

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 -Palermo, per oz. ...... :
.. . 00,1
Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon ........ . ...... •.. 51,
Marseilles
' OP
.
Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro . ... . . .... ' . x'l7
Frankfort on Maine l5ll Bahia . ................. ''. •':4
Petersburgh, 3Us
Berlin
days 51g ,i e
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 959 Philadelphia ........ .....co doe
Trieste, ditto lO PRICES OF Bill 1,10149 11 0
Madrid
.. . .._

• 3 '
Cadiz 36; Portugal Gold Con]..-0 0
bilbao 36 New Doubloons •••••".0 0
Barcelona
Seville ... 36 Silver in Bars..• '' '''

COWES, /SLE OF WIG10#:
(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ri.l4, rV
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLiu' ,0 7-0
GRAND SAILING MATCH FOILONE
POUNDS.—Several matches have taken Pul'
season' between Mr. John Congreve's r
ittteo
Corsair, of 84 tons, and Mr. Robert Meilaana yrr Ili°,
yacht Talisman, of 87 tons, in which the fora2‘jr,P)
been victorious ; but s) high an opinion bact neif;
of his pet yacht, that he offered to sail belibroet
against the Corsair for 500/. or 1,000/. irbiscta't
offer Mr. Congreve accepted, the yachts to," Stoll
four P.M. on Thursday neat, round thethat
and hack. The 1,0001. is posted, and we iroll:t.l°,/
no acc:deni may occur, but that the best
win. Some thousands will change hands in Iv° c Vei
The town continues very full for the seaE1:010,
following families are still with. us :—Tha
Countess of Errol, Earl and Countess of GO'
the Countess of Darnley, Sir James and 143 d/ liefj
ham, Sir Edward and Lady Harriet r4eii.'riVtlj
Godolphin, Lord F. Beauclerk, Sir IlenrY,er nn
Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, :11Ir. SPet- La",l
Lady De Horsey, Lady Poore, Lady Paul )!{il
Elizabeth Hone \Tele General Truman, 100°,1
may, Mr. Rictetts, ill-. Burgess, :Mr. x• Co llte`
Mr. J. Congreve, and Mr. Aluilins. The %511.-
rl;
of Wilton has_applied for a house for Octeberioi e 5
Lady liitzroy Somerset and several other _00,0,7
for whom there is no want of accommodation,
families having left for the season.

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LITERATURE.
THE BOOK OF BRITISH BALLADS.
. How and Parson.s,,London,,.l&42.
Dr. Percy's Relics of Ancient English
Poetry," which—notwithstanding the supercili-
OUR sneers of Johnson—produced no slight effect
on the literary tone of the age-in which they
appeared, have evidently suggested the idea of
this work, whose editor—Mr. S. C. Hall, a gen-
tleman every way qualified fur the task—pro-
poses to avail himself of the researches of Evans,
Ritson, Pinkerton, Scott, Motherwell, and other
poetical antiquaries, so that his collection of Bri-
tish Ballads will, if ordinary diligence be used,
he the most extensive in the language. " Each
?ballad," he tells us h his Prospectus, " will
'be preceded -\by two pages, giving its history,
and supplying such information concerning it
as the Editor may be enabled to obtain.
Into these pages will be introduced generally the
airs to which the ballads were sung, and any
pictorial illustrations that may serve to explain
the text." This is a considerable improvement
on Doctor Percy's plan, and not less judicious is
Mr.. Hall's determination to admit into his col-
lection such ballads only as appear most worthy
of preservation, and not to reprint those which
have no stronger recommendation than their
rarity. -Percy and.Ritson, notwithstanding their
tact and judgment, were both reprehensible in
this respect, for they gave insertion to many
trashy ballads, simply, because they were rare,
When they should have considered that it was
most probable that their rarity was occasioned
by their worthlessness. -As regards the pictorial
Portion of the present collection, it is scarcely
possible to praise it in too warm terms, for the
deSigns, which are remarkable for their excel-
lence and variety, are furnished by some of the
ablest artists of the day, and the engravings from
them display no less signal ability.

PERCIVAL KEENE. 3 Vols.
Colburn, London, 1842.
Though not among the best of its author's
(Captain Marryat's) novels, yet '= Percival Keene
is an entertain= production, and in some of it;
Iniresprightly and spirited scenes will be found
tint unworthy of the genius that conceived
Peter Simple." The hero 'is the illegitimate
son of the Hon. Captain Deltna-, and derives the
name of Keene from his mother, who is man iel
to a.ptivate marine. By her means he obtaini
a midshipman's berth on board his father's ship,
who aMets an utter ignorance of ihe young
Man's close affinity to him, and keeps him at
a• respectful distance. In the course of time,
c.val obtains promotion in the navy, is made
a post-captain, and, ultimately, heir to his aunt,
the-Hon. Miss Delmar, when he takes the op-
ptittnnity of marrying Minnie Vandervelt, whom,
sevetal,years before, he had rescqed, together
with her father, from the clutches of a pirate.
ili§oehegnered course of life is detailed, for the
Inittt part, with spirit, but it is in describing his
h6o's- jocular adventures that the author has
been most successful. His sea scenes, too, are
unitbrmly good, and the interview between Per-
eivali when left alone on board a water-logged
and a negro pirate chief, who has taken an
mil never to spare a white man, is full of terse,
dramatic rigour.

WILLIAM LANGSHA WE. 2 Vas.
• Bentley, London, 1842.
It. would seem almost impossible for an author,
ever skilful and practised in his or her calling, to
excite anything like a romantic interest in the for-
tunes of a Manchester cotton-lord, usually not the most
imaginative, chivalrous, or refined ofcreated beings ; but
Mrs. Stone has contrived to do so in her present tale;
and, despite his close connection with ginghams, cot-
tons, billy-rollers, and over-worked factory girls, we
feel an interest in the fortunes of William Langshawe
and his pretty daughter Edith, which we never felt in
the heroes or heroines, say, of Mr. D'lsraeli's novels,
notwithstanding their undoubted rank and fashion,
and that they lived in the selected quarter of the West-
end, and had a proper conte:npt for those who \vac not
;g0 fortunately located. But though -Mrs. Stone has
liroduced a readable story, we do not think the subject
any means well chosen—(though recent circum-
4.4nces such as the riots in Lancashire, may, perhaps,
give it a temporary interest)—for it lies too much
!:9110ug.the matter-of-fact common-places of commer-
cial life, and is, consequently, deficient in that stir,
and bustle, and. excitement and variety, which consti-
tute the very salt of fiction. We must acknowledge,
nevertheless, that the portrait of William Langshawe
is drawn by one perfectly familiar with the class to
ivhich he belongs,. and shows frequent marks of an
observant and discriminating intellect.

71 SONG OF THE RED INDIAN.
tint
toilet (From the Dispatch.)
!„wby should the white man hang on my path,
...z444the hound on the tiger's track ?
,()tbP,e flush of my dark cheek waken his wrath ?
of 4),ogs he covet the bow at my back ?
4611114 rivers and seas, where the billow and breeze
It), near riches for him alone ;
And the sons of the wood never plunge in the flood
That the white man calls his own.
Then why should he covet the streams where none
But the red-skin dare to swim?
O !: why should he wrong the hunter one
Who never did harm to him?
The Father above thought fit to give
To the white man corn and wine ;
There are golden fields where he may live,
But the forest wilds are mine.
The eagle bas its place of rest,
The wild horse where to dwell,
And the spirit who gave the bird its nest
Made me a home as well.
Theri -back, go back from' the red-skin's track,
• Poi the bunter's eye grows dim
TO find that the white man wrongs the one
Who never did harm to him. ELIZA COOK.

LONDON ELECTRICAL SOCIETY
The first paper read last Tuesday evening was a
communication from Mr. Weekes, relative to the his-
tory of the :Hail Galvanici. Repeated observation
has proved to him that, whatever be the origin of theie
tereatures, the species are propagated by the ordinary
"bade of generation. He has seen race succeed race,
observes that the survivors prey upon the defunct.
111$ hopes of securing specimens of the insect have
been entirely frustrated; the gradual decrease in the
number of insects led to his opening their hermetic
.prison ; and the only one insect within it, and that a
:microscopic one, soon disappeared. He anticipates
tome interesting. results, in relation to the spongy ag-
gregation found in the oxide, which promises to form an
arris., Esq.,
paferior oxide of
silicon. A paper, by W. Snow
was then read, being observations on
I'lr.Walker's papers on Lightning Conductors. The
/natter at issue with regard to lightning was, whether
a spark will or will not pass from them to vicinal
bodies. Mr. Harris admits that it will divide among
Fnntinous conductors, but not among semi-isolated
bodies ; and appears to give the two cases as instances,
the one of " the division of the discharge," the other
'Qf the lateral discharge." In denying the latter, he
4enics the. necessity of connecting metallic masses
Witit'the prime rod. As Mr. Walker had given rea-
sons to show why the Leyden jar shoiild be banished
from lightning experiments, our author analyses
~.14ese reasons, under the conviction that a
-40'vden discharge - does resemble a flash of
'!gi'nning. With the principles of the expe-
-I.4';icnts he agrees, but not with the deductilns ; one
acialowledo.es the distinction between the two dis-
Tc'lazges but not the difference. The direction of a
'-4eY4len discharge does not alter its character ; and
the shortness. of the Leyden spark is entirely an
`4l:fii.l* of intensity. He gives reasons for objecting to
`l7 experiments with the prime conductor, and shows
what he conceives deficient in them to complete the
:srial,ogy, with nature. He alludes to the security
produced by an efficient lightning-conductor,
andconcludes that there is no need of
connecting detached metallic masses with it. Mr.
Weekes's Electro-Meteorological Register for August
was then laid before the Society. We observed that
in more than one instance the intense heat of the
'weather melted the cement by which the insulating
,PParatuses are held together, and that the wire fell
i.°lll St. Peter's Church. It was stated that Mr.
'a,lris's paper would be printed immediately, to ap-
Pear in the same part of the Proceedings with Mr.
Wedket's.

late accounts from the Cape of Good Hope, we
learn that her Majesty's ship Fly, commanded by
Blackwood, Esq., and her Majesty's schooner
bra4nble (tender to the Fly), were lying in Simon's
.',43, on the 9th July, but would sho:tly proceed to
torrea' Straits, to survey that passage, according to
-instructions.
COST OF STRIRES.—There has been expended in
atr.i.kes of late years, among the Glasgow cotton spin-
"2l3l 47,000!.; the Manchester cotton-spinners, 370,000/. ;
,t 'd the woolcombers, 400,000!. ; Leeds mechanics,
.487P001. The late strike in and aout Manchester has
it.°"ably cost as much as all these pat together, and yet
eeu productive of no satisfactory results.
Lonu MORPETIL—Lord Morpeth, we understand,
-r:ot expected to return from his tour in the United
otat.t.a and Canada until the beginning of November,
when his Lordship will join the Earl and Countess of
e'rlis,'e who are now at Chatsworth, at Castle Howard,
orks hire.—Leeds Times.
Mk.. General Steam Navigation Company's
.vessel
the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-
boas() on Mcnday, with the Dutch'
Baroness Lehzen is, we are given to understand, on
the eve of departing for Germany, for, it is said, the
benefit of her health.--Morning Herald.
We regret to state that Captain Basil Hall is in a
very precarious state of health, from an attack of
paralysis

DUNN'S CHINESE EXHIBITION.

SECOND NOTICE.

This splendid exhibition 'still continues to attract
visitors from all parts of the town, in as unprecedented
a manner as might be expected. The Duke of Wel-
lington has visited it no less than five times, accom-
panied by the Marchioness of Douro, and if further
proof were needed of his satisfaction beyond his re-
peated visits, he has, we understand, expressed his
gratification most unequivocally. At this immediate
period, when the nobility and gentry are abroad, or
at their country •seats, the magnificent apartment
which contains pll the riches of Cathaia appears to
be as fully thronged as ever by delighted and sur-
prised spectators. We had the pleasure of observing
one or two recent additions, comprised in the case
numbered XLI. It contains, among other curiosities
of a recherche order, one of those esculent nestspro-
duced by the Java swallow, chiefly among the rocks
and caves of Karang-bolang, and to secure which
forms as perilous a task as the gathering of samphire
on slanting cliffs. The appearance of this epicurean
trifle is that of a crisp, sweet, honey-comb
delicacy, and when moistened by the rich s.oys
with which it is eaten, would doubtless
enrapture the palate of Apicius. In the same
case is a specimen of a dwarf-tree, for which Chinese
art is so celebrated. The Titan of the hills—be he of
the bamboo, cypress, elm, or orange genus—appears
here reduced to dimensions less than Liliputian, and
grows in full health for its full forest-life of fifty years
within the compass of a flower-pot. The one in
question is an elm, and the dwarfed stature of this
umbrageous tree is admirably shown.
But the grand, and perhaps, primary beauty of the
exhibition consists in the women of the " land of
flowers," the ladies of Cathaia the fair,"—not, how-
ever so much in themselves personally, for the
"bright bevy " of them on the whole, does not number
more than six or seven, arrayed in their vestures of
silk and satinity ; but in the thousand little miracu-
lous ornaments which appertain to them—which the
arts, whether of carving, music, sculpture, or paint-
ing, have one and all laboured to administer to them
and their pleasures. Turn to case I. or case IV., as enu-
merated in Mr. Langdon's excellent synopsis, and
" Muh-wang," or the " King of Woods," as the rich
rose-wood of China is called, has devoted the smooth '
and splendid texture of its timber, to fabricate for
them alone their exquisite work-tables, foot-stools,
and screens. Ivories, in every delicate shape, form
their chess, their fans, and their baskets, and the
beauty of the cut-work in these specimens, out-para-
gons beyond measure, the opus reticulatum, and its best
specimens, among the ancients. It is for them that
the highest literary graduates of the realm, those who
wear the white stone called the Chay-hew, or who
have attained to the rank of Keu-jur, dedicate their
time and talents to produce the charming novels,
which so enamour the fancy, and of which Mr. Lane,
it will be recollected, has given us recently many in
an English dress, under a series of poetic
tales and " fragrant" histories. Nor is the
element or style in which they live other than
the most refined and pleasurable. Waited on by
sedulous attendants, their tables are constantly
strewed with flowers, brilliant in their profusion, and
exquisite of odour : tasty baskets filled with the same,
are mixed with diminutive plates, which contain a
vast variety of cakes, sweetmeats, and delicious nick-
knacks, of which the forms are as ingenious as they
are varied. Administrant to their taste, the ruby-
rinded lichi affords them its aromatic flavour, finer
than any fruit of the tropics, while the pears of
Pekin decorate their boudoirs and sideboards. If
their taper fingers are soiled in the least by touching
these, napkins steeped in tepid water, and fragrant
with ctto of roses, immediately rectify the abuse.
It must not be supposed, however, that the women
of China are thus universally the beings of a per-
fumed and undisturbed existence. The same case

(IV.) which presents us with ladies of rank magnifi-
cently attired, and their hair in wreaths of flowers,
presents us also With representations of the common
domestics in their plain coarse garments, handing the
tea, or otherwise menially employed. Again in 'case
VI. there appears a still coarser specimen of these
females, in the person of a Chinese boatwoman, carry-
ing a child on her back, and another boatwoman,
mother of the former, with a pipe in her mouth. Not
that a pipe is a sign of female barbarism : the scented
lady lips her pipe as gracefully in China as the dark-
eyed beauties'of Seville and La Granja, while indeed
the former carries undeviatingly at her waist the
never-absent tobacco-pouch, consistently elegant,
of course, in material, form, and workmanship.
Besides her pipe, however, the boatwoman carries
other implements. Representing a large class in
China, she has in her hand a painted block of wood,
resembling a gourd, which is the safeguard for her
child when on the water, while she wears, at times of
rain, the common rush cloak, which hangs upon the
wall, made of bamboo-leaves, and of a very rough ap-
pearance and texture. Her chief means of subsistence
is rice, which, when out of the husk is called " Me,"
and when boiled "Fan ;" with her and her family it
is the " staff of life."

Of the general cast of Chinese beauty, Englishmen,
who have made it a study abroad, have no very extra
ordinary conceptions. he full blue eye of the north,
or that of darker ray, cannot he put in contrast for a
moment with the mere optical loopholes, or glistening
eyelets of the Chinese women, though the lover and
the flatterer designate them by the fanciful, but ordi-
nary epithet, of "silver seas." The full cheek of the
British lady, with its admixture of " crimson and
native white," is peerless, compared to the universal
run of Chinese faces, which are never without due
complements of paint or rouge, and a box of which
last article is among the usual presents to a bride on
her nuptials. The symmetry of shape, which is the
distinguishing recommendation of European loveliness,
is totally spoilt in the Chinese beauty by the contracted
" willow-waist ;" and gracefulnesss or agility of step
is totally destroyed by the bandaged foot and its limps
ing movements. Still there is much to praise in them ;
their hands are as exquisitely delicate and slender as
those of the " rosy-fingered Eos ;" their eyebrows have
a curve of beauty as fine as a pencil line, and their
countenances, if deficient in strength of expression,
are possessed of great prettiness and sweetness. With
regard to the moral and social virtues, they flourish
in a Chinesehome, and in the persons and deportment
of the Cathaian ladies, in as amiable proportion as any-
where on earth.
Repeated visits, instead of diminishing, only tend to
augment, in the mind's eye, the magnificence and in-
structive nature of Mr. Dunn's exhibition. The pro-
vinces of the earth, the air, and the sea, have each
contributed their quota. In one case the "Ring-ne,cked
Pheasant," groups with the " Golden Oriole, and
and
the "Mandarin Duck." In another, the conehology
of the seas and shores, from Pekin to the southern-
most province of the empire, may be scanned. The
butterflies that have flitted over the flowers of impe-
rial gardens. the birds that have glistened in the fields
of honour, the fishes that have swam in the waters of
Singsuhay, and the tea-plants that have bloomed on
the cliffs of Quang-tong and a score of other pro-
vinces, have here contributed their wings, their forms,
their blossoms, and their brilliancies,to furnish a treat
to European eyes, which never could have been con-
templated in a collection. Yet this unprecedented
work has been wonderfully effected by the research,
industry, and genius of the proprietor.
To enumerate the personages of title and quality
who have visited this exhibition, or made it a favourite
promenade, would far exceed our space, since, follow-
ing the example of her Majesty and the Prince,
scarcely any one of note but has done so. Among
those we may more especially mention are the Duke of
Wellington, the late Marquis Wellesley, the Duchess
of Kent, the Duke of Northumberland, the Duchess
of Sutherland, the Marquis of Anglesea, the Duke of
Devonshire, the Countess of Blessington, the Duke
of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta, the Sardi-
nian Minister, the Duke of Beaufort, the Prince of
Saxe Gotha, the Russian, Austrian, and Swedish
Ambassadors, the Duke of Brunswick, lord Alfrcd
Paget, Lord Amherst, Lord Jocelyn, Air. J. Davis, &c.

REMOVAL OF THE NEW FINCIILEY-ROAD TOLL-
BARS.—At the yearly sale of those trusts of Tuesday
last, a condition was entered into by the Com-
missioners with the parish of Marylebone, that after
the first day of November next, all the side bars in
that trust should be abolished. This liberal proceed-
ing upon the part of the functionaries of the parish
will not only give universal satisfaction, but will put
an end to the squabbles and litigations constantly oc-
curring, and frequently to the great annoyance of the
Magistrates who were called upon to adjudicate he-
twezn the belligerent parties. By this stipulation the
road leading out of the Regent's Park to Redmond's
Swiss Tavern, and the road and side bars leading from
St. John's Wood, will be free, and after the time
mentioned the toll will commence at the turnpike
near the Swiss Tavern. Even this gate, it is supposed,
will, in the course of time, be removed further north,
inasmuch as it is well known that when her Majesty
was in the habit some time since of taking equestrian
exercises that road, she expressed her astonishment
that a turnpike-gate should be stationed so near one
of her Royal Parks.
LECTURERS IN THE REGENT'S-PARK —On Sun-.
day afternoon, a man commenced a course of lec-
tures, are to be continued every succeeding
Sunday,
on the Bible. He began with the Book of
Genesis, referring particularly to the creation, and to
the Mosaic dispensation, both of which he treated
with the utmost contempt. Hundreds of persons,
chiefly of the working classes, congregated round this
man to hear the awful blasphem uttered by him. In
other parts of the Park were Socialist debaters, who
promulgate their views with the greatest pertinacity.
A more disgusting and revolting scone than the Re-
gent's-park presents every Sunday afternoon can
scarcely be conceived.--plat.