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THE St N, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1845.

LITERATURE.

THE ARCH2EOLOGICAL ALBUM; or, MU-
SEUM OF IVA 710 NA L ANTIQUITES. Edit d
by 'THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., MA. F.S.A.
Correspondiny M‘mbe. (f the 1n..t.1,4,2qf F: once. The
Mat .f..tions by frede,ielt W Fairhoit, F.S.A.
• This is a book in which the Bannatyne ar.d the
Roxburgh Clubs would have delighted ; printed in a
quarto size, on the very finest paper, with the most
beautifully clear type, and profusely illustrated by
exquisite copper-plate engravings and magnificent il-
luminations—published, moreover, in an ornamental
cover—it has altogether a very aristocratical app:!ar-
ance. There is an excellent paper in the present
number, entitled " History of Art in the Middle
Ages, as exhibited in Illuminated Manuscripts."
This paper is profusely illustrated by woodcut en-
gravings from ancient illuminations. From a paper
on obsolete punishments we extract the following
account of the last recorded instance in which the
punishment of ducking was inflicted on a scold by
sentence of the law
:
" Nearly all town accounts during the sixteenth cen-
tury and the commencement of the seventeenth contain
entries relating to tiles, impleitunts of punishment. The
practice of ducking continued through the whole of the
seventeenth century, and the name, now no longer un-
derstoOd in its original form, began to be changed from
eucking-stcol to ducking-steol. Instances of this
PoniShinent being put in practice occur as late us the
Middle of the last cuntury. In Brand's ' Popular An-
tiquities' an extract is given from a London newspaper
of the year 1745, stating that 'last week a woman that
keeps the Queen's Head alehouse at Kingston, in Surrey,
Was ordered by the Court to be duckd fir scolding, and
Was accordingly placed in the chair, and ducked in the
river Thames, under Kingston•bri&T, in the presence
of two or three thousand people.' The guilty individual
.appears to have been often carried to the place of punish-
ment in procession by the mob. Our readers will re-
member the description of such a procession in Hudi-
bras,' which makes the subject of one of Hogarth's
illus-
trations of that poem."

711 R WORLD OF LONDON.-A TY
SERIES.

Mr. Fisher Murray is already favourably known
to the public by his papers on London, which ap-
peared from .time to time in Blackwood. Mr.
Murray is a shrewd obsarver, and descants on men
and manners in a bold, sarcastic, quaint style, which
is exceedingly amusing. Take the following on the
Power of Parliament, as an example :
" Something awful is there in contemplating in ima-
gination the power of Parliament.
" What corner of the war or remote world is not, or
has not been, at one time or another, influenced by its
deliberations, its orations, its enactments ?
" Over what class or denomination of men does not
its mighty power extend ?
" Nothing is too large for the grasp of its long hand,
nothing too little. Sceptres it wrenches from the
hands of kings, and seizes pickpockets by the collar.
Dynasties are by its might ov, rthrown, and stalls of
octogenarian applewomen ; princes it binds in chains,
and emancipates the quadrupedal captives of the dog-
trucks. Its fiat sends forth havoc and desolation over
distant lands, and at home forbiddeth little boys to play
at taw upon the pavement ; it changeth whatever it
listeth, and whenever it listeth changeth what it bath
changed.
" It bringeth in an Act to amend an Act, and an Act
to amend the amendment, and maketh an Act to explain
an Act, passing all understanding !
" It takcth the crown from the head of one man, and
putteth it upon the head of another ; and maketh every-
oly swear allegiance to the same,
"It changeth its religion, enacting that everybody
Shall believe that it hath changed, Rot from false to true,
.or from true to false, but from true to true ; and every-
body that cloth not so believe, or pretend to believe, it
hurteth in their lives, liberties, and properties.
" It putteth at will its hand into the pocket of every-
body, taking therefrom gold and silver, nor disdaining
brass, telling everybody that this it doeth for his protec-
tion, and everybody submits, and hath no remedy. It
laugheth in its sleeve, and cajole th, and coaxeth, and
!vaxeth wroth with aver) body ; it giveth anybody leave
to live upon everybody, and unactah that anybody who
13 not living upon everybody may live ho.v they can ;
it maketh anybody to be ever) body, and everybody to
be nobody.
" It babbleth for six months in the year, more loqua-
cious than fish-retailing fag of Billingsgate ; and al-
though it pretendeth to speak in a whisper, yet is indig-
nant if its talk be not retailed next morning over all the
tom a,

" It beginneth shat it calleth its business when nit n
of business are asleep. It babbleth droningly through
. the long hours of night, and the short hours of morning,
and goeth to bed when it hath levied enough taxes ; the
World in general then getteth up, to slave, and strive,
and struggle to pay the taxes, and aboureth all dav, till
!light, when Parliament getteth up. goeth to the 'louse,
athbleth, and levieth more and more taxes ; and this
It doeth eternally, a machine of perpetual tax-motion !"
Ur. Murray, however, can be serious when mut-
• 14.0 ti, requires and many of his reflections show that
"e is a deep thinker, a philosopher, and a philan-
thropist. After describing the miserable abodes of
the artisans in the metropolis, and expressing a wish,
that capital, now so superabundant, could be directed
toWards the improvement of the dwellings of the
Working classes, he proceeds :
But unless a man is either, wealthy or a pauper, no
"re is taken to give him a decent abode ; humble in.
Fustry may hide its head where it can ; as long as it is
!n Working order we take no hted of it ; but the minute
n is demoralized, or depauperized, we have the most
elegant
. model-prisons to correct it, and the most beauti-
lul union workhouses to lock it up in!
"If a poor working-man cannot afford to pay 201.
t'lear, it is, impossible for him to get a comfortable
2ele;
and then, it will be in the outskirts, at a distance
"1311 t his business, where builders can afford to cover an
~"Inks
of ground with decent cottages ; but no man
~"inks of making his fortune by building in the heart of
London, cottages, one on the top of another."
This is one of the best books that has been pub•
shed on London—just such a book as Washing-
,t°,l3 Irving might have produced on the subject, in
the days when he wrote " Salmagundi." All persons
Who hitend to make the great metropolis their place
of
• abode, should not only read but study it.

.4t7ENS'S FIRESIDE LIBRARY. PETER
SCHLEMIHL, THE SHADOWLESS MAN.
By CHAMISSO.
,This is a reprint of the history of the renowned
Peter, who sold his shadow to a certain mysterious
Gentleman in Grey, and found the want of it ever after-
*, ards. The present edition is illustrated with some
~?,irited wood-cuts. From the Appendix by the pre-
-711t editor, we extract the following account of the
ll'cutnstances which induced Chamisso to write this
strange tale
The origin of Peter Schlemihl is to be ascribed in a
Feat degree to circumstances that occurred in the life
b
the writer. During the eventful year of 1813,
ecn the movement broke out which ultimately freed
Germany from the yoke of her oppressor, and precipi-
L'
ated his downfal, Chatnisso was in Berlin. Every one
behalf
could wield a sword hastened then to employ it on
of Germany and of the good cause. Chatnisso had
t only a powerful arm, but a heart also of truly Ger
.1111'
~_4ll mould ; and yet he was placed in a situation so
culler as to isolate him among millions. As he was
0P:
Prench parentage, the question was, not merely whe-
Cr he should fight on behalf of Germany, but also whe-
Atet he should fight against the people with whom he
osa.s connected by the ties of blood and family relation-
till% Hence arose a struggle in his breast. I, and I
%elle am forbidden at this juncture to wield a sword !'
aeh was frequently his exclamation ; and instead of
eating with s) mpathy on account of his peculiar sittia-
r, ha was frequently doomed to hear, in the capital of
I,l'Ussia, the head qua, tern of the confederation against
dirance and Nape.e.,n, expressions of hatred and seem
t rceted against his countrymen. lie was himself too
itcleUitable to mistake the cause of such expressions, which
lie re perfectly natural under the circumstances, but they
etterthelesa deeply afflicted him, when they reached his
In this state of things his friends resolved to re-
ln him from such a scene of excitement, and to place
x:9l amid the quiet scenery of the country. An asylum
,1414 nffered him in the family of Count ltzenplitsch, w here
C"nas sufficiently near to become acquainted with the
ual development of the all-important crisis, and yet
from any unpleasaut personal contact with it. Here,
fro`he family-seat of Cunersdorf, scarcely a day's journey
v0e.,1 Berlin, wholly devoted to botany and other fit
Vyte pursuits, Chamisso conceived the idea of Peter
,i'enaihl, and with rapid pen finished off the story.
eharnisso was often pestered with questions respect-
Tt what he really meant by the story of Schlemihl.
trkt, lase questions amused as well as annoyed him. The
Is, that his intention in writing it was perhaps
ft;cely of so precise a nature as to admit of his giving
t4t,mal account of it. The story sprang into being a
tte'flike every work of genius, prompted by a self-
litt:,.tin,g power. In a letter to the writer of this notice,
boo.: had just commenced the story, he says, ' A
zee was the last thing you would have expected from
NI- Place it before your wife this evening, if you have
%r e; should she be desirous to know Schlemihl's fur-
re adventures, and particularly who the man in the
tri cloak is—send me back the MS. immediately, that
1,3' continue the story ; but if you do not return it., I
say know know the meaning perfectly.' Is it possible for
moreriter to submit himself to the scrutiny of the public
good naturedly?"

buV/RIVAL OF PART OF THE WINDBOUND FLEET.—
heng yesterday the Thames, below Londn-bridge,
.tio 4n animated and bustling appearance, in conse-
haul" of the arrival of upwards of thirty sail of vessels
111,;',.with valuable cargoes, that had been detained in
Ilteel7u°Ps of the Channels, some of them nearly three
ers-s: oy the late north-easterly winds. Among the
.&:4,18 were—from China, 3; Calcutta, 3; Ceylon, 1;
04,;Ltius, 1; Demerara, 1; Antigua, 1; Alexandria, 1;
s'sa, 1 ; Villa Nova, 1; Lisbon, 1; St. Michael's, 4;
ettl ' ; Gibraltar, 2 ; Marseilles, 1; Terceira,. 2.
8r us rous other vessels from foreign ports having
aue,!ed too late to get docked yesterday afternoon,
The ,lored in various parts of the river above the bore.
biltlP
resent influx of shipping will occasion considerable
a
spec told activity at the Custom-house and in the rc-
tirotive docks, where employment will be given to lm-
pof poor labourers.
ETRAORDINARY. A butcher at
kitteldog_hani has succeeded to a fortune, variously esti-
raot, from 8,0001. to 16,000 L, by the death of his
th;er, who was transported for uttering base coin about
Years ago, but afterwards reformed, married again,
amassed considerable wealth,

I ADVANTAGES OF RAILROADS.
There was a strange contrast between Mr. Morri-
son's speech on Thursday night and the resolutions
introduce.] by it. The .peech was excellent, detail-
' ing almost as fully as it is possible to detail, what are
the it advaulages promised to the country by
railroads, while the resolutions were such as mils., if
adopted, retard perhaps indefinitely the realisation of
these advantages. 11'e have often reflected with plea-
sure upon the manifold benefits, whether for peace or
for war, which the country must derive from the
universal adoption of the railway system ; but, we
confess, that Mr. Morrison's speec.h opened some new
and gratifying views to us : we will mention two.
First, the extension of our fisheries, the large addi-
tion to the fool and the employment of the people,
as well as to our naval strength, to be anticipated
from a source from which no one ever anticipated
anything of the kind. The seas that surround
Great Britain, " that principal gold mine of the
Dutch," as they were called nearly two centuries
ago by Sir Josiah Child— the British seas are, as
fisheries, perfectly inexhaustible ; yet hitherto the
produce of those seas—produce that, if cultivated,
%,c ould feed all Europe, has supplied little more than
an article of luxury to tl e rich at home, and an article
or commerce with a few nations of the south. Fish
could not be carried inland with the celerity neces-
sary for its wholesome use, except at an expense that
pl iced is beyond the reach of the humbler and of
even the middle classes; hence the number of
fishermen and fishing-boats employed, except
during the herring fishery, has been comparatively
small; another cause ot enhancing the price of
this, certainly not the least wholesome article of
fool, and preventing the habit of its use obtaining
among the people. By railroad, however, fish can
be carried in a state of perfect freshness from any ex-
tremity of the island to its very central point, and
we can at once see how rapidly will extend the
consumption of this savoury and eminently whole-
some kind of food, cooked more rapidly, more neatly,
and more economically than any other, when we
learn that in so populous a place as Manchester fish
of the best quality has been reduced to one-t ighth of
is former price, reduced to a price equivalent in
household consumption to about three pence a pound
of the best butcher's meat. As the habit of consum-
ing fish grows, the numbers of fishermen and fishing-
boats will be multiplied, and in this way will be ex-
tended broadly the basis of the naval power of Eng-
land, concurrently with a great increase to the com-
fort of her people. We can see no gap in the chain
of causes and effects ; but we repeat it—this is a
benefit from railroads foreseen by few, if by any.
The next advantage from railroads—scarcely, if at
all appreciated—is the circulation of labour. This
has proceeded to some extent ; but it is plain that the
operation of the benefit is not yet perfectly under-
stood, or we should not hear men saying, " How
can the labourer take advantage of railroads, when
it would cost him to travel 200 miles by the
cheapest mode nearly 17s. ?" The circulation of
labour, to be expected or to be desired, however,
does not contemplate journeys of 200 miles, or 100
miles, or more then 10 or 20 miles to the individual
labourer. Labour may circulate to any imaginable
extent, and yet the labourer not leave his paternal
cottage twenty miles behind him. Let us explain
what we mean by an example :—There is a redun-
dant. supply of labour, say at Dover; a demand for
labour in London ; while the demand and supply are
equal in the intermediate places. This is the process
by which the balance between Dover and London
will be redressed. Without tearing men altogether
from old associations, and withdrawing them from the
protection and support of a good character, earned by
their former conduct, London will be supplied, let us
say, from Croydon; the deficiency thus created at Croy-
don supplied from Reigate, Reigate reimbursed from
Tunbridge, until Dover shall have found at Ashford
a vacancy created for its surplus labour. It is thus
that railroads will not only provide a means of circu-
lation of labour amply sufficient in all extreme cases,
but also render this practice of moderate emigration a
custom among the people that will,in fact, permanently
adjust the supply to the demand. These two
advantages, from the adoption generally of rail-
road intercourse, the improvement of fisheries and the
circulation of labour, are, it is to be remembered,
mere additions to the other advantages with which
the public are familiar; but they are advantages
of inappreciable value. We must new come to Mr.
Morrison's resolutions, which, so far from corre-
spondinfe with his acknowledgment of the ines-
timabie'importance of the promotion of railroads,
would impose severe restrictions upon the develop-
ment of this great element of social advancement,
by limiting the profits to be derived from them
to their promoters. Mr. Morrison's suggestion,
however, rests upon the unfounded resumption, that
wherever there is no parallel competition there
must be monopoly and extortion. The assump-
tion is, as we have intimated, wholly groundless •
in many cases ; eminently so in the case of
railroads. There will always be the competi-
tion of what we may call the moral via inertie, in
cases where men are not under an absolute compul-
sion to move from place to pl ice, and it is impossible
to suppose that any considerable portion of the people
can be compelled absolutely to locomotion. If rail-
road travelling is made dear, men will not travel—
that must be the inevitable result. We have now
four or five journeys made for one that was made a
dozen years a,o, merely because railroad travelling
is so much less expensive of money and of time,
which in England is money's worth, than coach tra-
velling; but let the railroad companies bring up the
twofold expense of travelling to the old standard, and
journeys will be reduced to a fifth of their present •
number as the inevitable effect of the moral vis inertia?
competition. This is the security that the public has
against excessive charges, and it is a security quite
sufficient.—Hera/d.

WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER-
TAINMENTS.

The announcement that Mr. Wilson would recom-
mence the favourite and popular entertainment of Prince
Charles's Adventures in the Highlands, comprising the
choicest of Jacobite songs and anecdotes, drew together,
last night, a crowded and fashionable audience at the
Music•hall. We have so often and repeatedly expressed
our admiration of this class of amusement, that it would
be superfluous to repeat it here ; but we may remark
that Mr. Wilson, being the originator of these entertain-
ments, which have now become so numerous, is entitled
to the highest praise of the public, which they fully tes-
tify by their numerous attendance to listen to his dis-
course of " song and tale," not only last night, but on
every night of his appearance. All the songs of the
programme were deservedly applauded, and many were
lustily encored. Among those were—" Wha would na,
fecht for Charlie," " Hey Johnnie Cope," and " Allis-
ter M‘Allister," all which were sung with the
most thrilling enthusiasm by the " minstrel." After the
songs of the evening were given, Mr. Wilson announced
that he had the honour of being requested by Major
Burns, son of the " Bard," who, with a party, occupied
a box there, to sing " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled,"
the composition of his immortal father ; also, in corn;
phanee with another, to give the humourous song of
" Hame cam our gude man." The former was recited in
a spirited style, such as Wilson alone is capable of in-
fusing into a song of so noble and national a character ;
and the latter, by his happy mimicry of the dialogue
between the " gude man and gude elicited bursts
of laughter. At the conclusion of the entertainment,
Mr. Wilson received tokens of the enjoyment his au-
d:ence had received by the hearty applause with which
he was cheered on leaving the platform, which he well
&served, fur he is not only a favourite here, but also in
the provinces.

The Very Rev. the Dean of Chester and family
have been placed in mourning, by the demise, last week,
at Sudbury Rectory, of the reverend gentleman's
youngest son, Lieutenant Thomas Ar von, of the Royal
Navy. The deceased gallant officer was brother to Mr.
Georfe Edward Anson, treasurer to his Royal highness
Prince Albert.

The oft-repeated rumour respecting an alteration
in the conveyance of mails to and from this island, and
the transf:•r of the service from the regular mail pa,:kets
to the Southampton steamers, has again been revived
during the past week. From the information we have
been enabled to collect, it would appear that there is
some founstation for the report this time, and that the
South-Western Company have received notice to be in
readiness for the 15th of April.—Jerscij Times.
DINNER TO SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—At a spe-
cial meeting of the town council held to-day in their
hall, Wilson-street, it was unanimously resolved to in-
vite Sir Henry Pottinger to dine with the corporation
on the occasion of his visit to Glasgow, on the 16th of
April next ; also to present Sir Henry with the freedom
of the city, in testimony of their respect fur his eminent
public services.—Glasgow Saturday Post.
CONVICTS FOR VAN DIEMEN'S LAND AND BER-
MUDA.—About 220 convicts were brought from the Mil-
bank prison, in Westminster, to the Theresa, hired con-
vict transport ship, off Woolwich, for conveyance toNew
South Wales. About 200 convicts were brought dowh
last week, and put on board the Warrior, preparatory
to being transferred to the China, hired convict ship, for
conveyance to Bermuda.
MILTON, NEXT GRAVESEND.—Mr. William Creme,
of Erith Cottage, Old Kent-road, died on Saturday, the
15th instant, in the 80th year of his age. Be was the
man that brought the first news to Lord Liverpool of
the glorious victory over the French army at Waterloo.
Mr. W. Creme at that time was a resident at Ostend.
A SAGACIOUS DoG.—On Saturday afternoon a
large mastiff dog, kept by Mr. William Semmence, at
High Lanes, rushed into the dwelling-hoes ~ barking
and howling violently. The inmates, thinking this was
occasioned by some person passing by, took no notice
of it, till the faithful watch •dog caught one of Mr. Sem-
mence's daughters by her clothes, and dragged her out-
side the house ; he then let her go, and began barking
and leaping up towards the roof, which the young wo-
man immediately dise,vered to be on fire. It was soon
perceived that there was no possibility of saving the
house from destruction ; the inmates, therefore, con-
tented themselves with removing the furniture. The fire
soon extended to an adjoining house, occupied by
Nicholas Oliver, which was also reduced to ruins, the
inmates succeeding in saving their furniture. The pre-
mises were not insured.-•Falmouth Packet.

FRENCH RAILWAY COMPANIES.
• The following is the Bill drawn up by the Cons-
: rnittee appointed by-the Chamber of Peers to examine
• Count I)aru's proposition relative to the proceedings
of railroad Companies :
Art. 1. Companies formed for the partiel or in-
' tegral execution of railroads cannot, under the pe-
nalties fixed by Art. 419 of the penal code, create or
issue shares or promises of shares, before the period
that they shall have been constituted en socidie
anonyme, in the forms crdered by Art. 37 of the
commercial code.
Art. 2. There can only be delivered to -übscribers
a receipt of the sums or assets by them paid in. This
receipt shall be addressed to each person by name.
It shall be cut off from a register kept for the pur-
pose, and shall have a fixed nuniber. It shall men-
tion the number of shares demanded by the subscriber;
and, in addition, shall state, first, the purport of
Arts. 4 and sof the present Bill ; and, second, the
obligation under which each- subscriber lies, to ex-
change the receipt for shares, when the society shall
have been legally constituted.
Art. 3. These receipts cannot be quoted at the
Bourse. All publications whatever of their value, be-
fore the issue of the royal ordonnance authorising the -
formation of the company, shall be punished by a fine
of from 500 f. to 3,000 f.
Art. 4. These receipts cannot in any way be
transferred or ceded, in totality or in part, under pain
of nullity of all negotiation of the kind. The sums
paid for any such negotiations may be remanded and
sued for.
Art. 5. Furthermore, all persons engaged in such
negotiation of receipts, whether principals or agents,
may be punished by fines not exceeding the capital of
the values negotia ed.
Art. 6. All notaries, agens de change, or other per-
soes who may assist in such negotiations, are to be
liable to lose their places, and in addition to be fined
from 500 f. to 5,000 f. for each negotiation.
Art. 7. No adjudication of any railroad line can be
definitively approved of by royal ordonnance, unless
the socide anonynie shall have been at the same lime
authorised in the form prescribed by Article 37 of the
Communal Code. ,
Art. 8. Within the month after the issue of the
royal ordonnance, the receipts shall be changed for
shares. Should the subscriber not appear in person
to claim his shares, the authority which he gives to
his agent or representative must be in authentic
form, and must bear date posterior to the royal or-
donnance.
Art. 9. After the delivery of the shares, the ori-
ginal subscribers shall not remain responsible to the
company for more than five-tenths of the nominal ca-
pital of the shares, for which they have subscribed.
Art. 10. The first payment of each subscription
cannot be inferior to the tenth of the nominal value of
the shares subscribed for.
Art.ll. The projectors, directors, or provisional
managers of the company are personally and con-
jointly responsible to the subscribers'and to the com-
pany, for the safe-keeping and , employment of the
sums paid in.
Art. 12. The funds arising from the subscriptions
are to be paid into the Casse des Depots et Consigna-
tions within ten days after they have been received,
under penalty of the application of Art 40 of the
Penal (Jude.
Art. 13. The Caisse des Depots et Consignations
shall draw the interests that may fall due, and shall
credit the company therewith, the company account-
ing for the same to the subscribers. •
Art. 14. The company to which the concession is
granted may draw out its funds, with the interest
thereon, as eoon as it shall have been regularly con-
stituted by royal ordonnance. In case of non-con•
cession, the funds deposited as ordered above, and the
interests thereon, shall be paid back to the subscribers,
the lawful expenses being always deducted.
Art. 15. It is forbidden, under pain of nullity of all
the proceedings, to stipulate in the provisional
statutes any indemnity, retribution, or salary what-
ever, to the projectors, directors, or temporary
managers.
Art. 16. The designation of the directors or ma-
nagers in the statutes, before the approbation by
Royal ordonnance, is essentially provisional.
Art. 17. 'Within three months after the Royal ordon-
nance, the shareholders shall be convoked in a general
meeting,'; o definitively appoint directors or managers
—to fix their emoluments—and to determine and re-
pay all that may be due to the projectors, for ad-
vances, cost of surveys, or other expenses.

THE MISSING PACKET SHIPS.
(From the Liverpool Albion.)
The missing packet ships, United States and England,
the former of which sailod from Liverpool on the 26th
of November, the latter on the Ist of December, conti-
nued, when the last accounts left New York, to be the
theme of deep anxiety on the part of the owners and the
public. - Both the vessels had valuable cargoes. One of
the cabin passengers on board of the United States was
the Rev. Mr. Tulloch, who fled from Scotland after com
witting forgery, and after whom an officer was dispatched
by the steamer ; had he reached his destination he would
have been immediately arrested. We subjoin a list of
the crew and passengers on board of each vessel, their
fate, we fear, being no longer problematical :
PACKET SHIP ENGLAND.—SaITIUt 1 Bartlett, master ;
A. W. Trubsliatia, mate ; Seth 1). Keys, second ditto ;
Charles Wilson, carpenter ; Wm. M'Cormick, Robert
Henry, Edward Dugdale, James Stevenson, John Ander-
son, George Wolsey, Sampson King, James Morgan,
Colen M`Carthy, Thomas Byard, all of New York ; Ro-
derick M`Donald, of Maine ; John Williams, of Rhode
Island ; John O'Netle, of Maryland ; Stephen Reed, of
ditto ; Theodore Thompson, of Sweden ; Olaf Wilson, of
ditto ; John Douglass, of Hamburgh ; James Thomas, of
England.

Passengers—None in the cabin. Steerage: John
Jennings, Mary Benny, Peter Boyle, henry Moncer,
Patrickßanyun, Michael Williams, Robert Gilchrist,
James Marson, Robert Atkins, Daniel Scunlon, Barney
Doneghan, James M'Gough, Michael Donaghey, Mary
Ann Kerr, Sarah Kerr, Francis -M‘Kerne, Michael
Deulin, James Allen, Mrs. Mattenly, Mary Ann Mat-
tenly, William Mattenly, Biddy M'Cabe, Rose Quillen,
Richard Tyson, Peter Reilly, John Brown, Mary Brown,
Luke Allet, Easter Allet, William Downs, Margaret
M'Guire, John Bibby, William Douglas, James Mulhol-
land, Eliza Mu holland, Ann and infant Mulholland,
William Blake,William Culbert, Margaret Lovatt, Mary
Al‘Cloud, John Knowles, Daniel Wright, Henry Spence,
Robert Hamilton, John Armstrong, Ellen M'Cary, Ca-
therine Beresford, John Beresford, ThomaS Beresford,
Joseph Beresford, Rose Anne Beresford, James Corri-
gay, Mr.rg,aret Walton, Bridget Donovan, Sarah Com-
stock, Mary Comstock, Jane Comstock, John Comstock,
Sarah Comstock, Thomas Wyfield, Mary Donaghey,
James Donaghey, Mary Donaghey, John Donaghey,
Isabel la Donaghey.
PACKET SHIP UNITED STATES.—Alexander Britton,
master; John Crafts, mate; Francis Donnell, second
ditto; Robert M'Auley, Samuel Ditcher, Peter Rut-
ledge, Fiancia Ramsers, Daniel Clark, George Lewis,
John Brotter, George Dickson, all of New York; It. G.
Pettit, of New Jersey; William Gates, John Powers,
Henry Anderson, John Williams, William Taylor, Wm.
Johnson, all of MasFachusetts ; William Thompson and
Henry Taylor, of Maine ; John Williams and James
Hogan, of Pennsylvania ; F. A. Davis, of Connecticut ;
Nicholas Pierce, of Antwerp. -- -
Cabin Passengers—Mr. Hull and the Rev. Mr. Tulloch.
Steerage—James Birchall, B. Malone, Elizabeth Ma-
lone, Charles Long. Luke Muldary. J ,hn Tophum, Ann
and infant Tophurn, Ann Moore, Archy Lyna, Wm.
Gribbs, Jane Mullen, Catherine Mullen, Mac Switza,
Mrs. Switza, James Darcy, Thomas Williams, Eliza and
infant `Williams,ams, Richard Williams, Alice Williams,
William Tims, Mary Ann and infant Tims, Biddy
M'Guirk, Mary and infant M'Guirk, Arthur M'Guirk,
Biddy Wads, Margaret Sales, Pat Burke, Henry Tray-
nore, Mary M‘Williaros, Biddy M.Wifliams, Barney
Kelly, John M'Manus, Pat Reynolds, Michael Porter,
Thomas Guirk, Sarah Guirk, John Guirk, Francis
Guirk, Sarah Guirk, John Naylor, John May, T. S.
Saunderson, Peter Mullen, John M•Naughton.
ON BOARD THE ENGLAND.—Officers and crew, 22 ;
steerage passengers, 68 : 90. On board the United
Stutes :—Officers and crew, 24 ; cabin passengers, 2 ;
steerage passengers, 48 : 74. Total in the two ships, 164.

FlREs.—Last night, shortly before midnight, a
fire broke out on the premises in the occupation of Mr.
R. Hurst, trimming manufacturer, 10, Quaker-street,
Spitalfields. The building in which the outbreak oc-
curred is a substantial erection situate next door to the
Castle public-house. Flames were first perceived issu-
ing from the windows of one of the lower floors under-
neath the workshops by police-constable Wright, .52 1-1.
He instantly gave the alarm, and the family escaped
from the burning building. Information of the outbreak
was immediately forwarded to Mr. Braidwood, at the
Watling-street station, and in a short space of time
engines from Watling-street, Jeffery square, White-
cross-street, and other stations of the brigade, were upon
the spot. For some time, although a plentiful supply of
water was furnished to the engine belonging to Messrs.
Truman and Hanbury's establishment, which was first at
the fire, the flames continued to progress, and it was
with difficulty that the fire was got under, and pi evented
from extending to the adjoining buildings. How it
originated could not be ascertained. Before the above
fire was extinguished information was received by the
firemen that another outbreak had occurred upon the
premises occupied by Mr. Freeman, furniture broker,
Crombie's-row, Commercial-road East. A valuable
stock was principally destroyed by fife and water. Cause
of occurrence unexplained. Insurance unknown.
MANCHESTER.—The corporation have completed
negotiations with Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., for the pur-
chase of the manorial rights of the town, which are esti-
mated to be worth 218,7551. The average proceeds for
the last few years have been 9,214/. 16s. 81, arising
from tolls, properties, &c. The council, after mature
deliberation, have agreed to pay Sir Oswald Mosley the
sum of 200,000/. for the whole of his manorial rights and
properties, and to mortgage them for the interest of the
amount, which is to be paid at the rate of 31 per cent:
per annum. They have also agreed to pay off the prin-
cipal by instalments of not less than 4,0001, and of not
more than 6,000/. per annum. By this arrangement' it
is calculated that the tolls, chief rents, &c., will realise
1,000/. a year more than the _SUM required to pay the
interest.

Mr. Stephenson, private secretary to Sir Robert
Peel, has been appointed messenger to the Order cf the
Bath, vacant by the retirement of Mr. Putman. The
more proper designation of the °thee would be that of
receiver-genetal and treasurer to the Order.--Observer.

DINNER at the MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave a grand entertain-
ment in the Egyptian-hall, at the Mansion-house, when
about three hundred sat down to a sumptuous banquet.
Amongst the distinguished guests present were Lord
Stanley, the Earl of Lincoln, the Chancellor of the
Exch«ver, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of Peter-
borough, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Sir H. Pottinger, the Cheva-
lier Bunsen, the Prussian Ambas ,ador, the Buenos Ayres
Minister, Sir Ft lix Booth, Alderman Moon, &c.
After the b inqu, t, the cloth havinr, been removed, and
"Nun nobis" sung by the professional singers engaged,
The LORD MAYOR gave " The Health of the Queen,"
and in doing so reminded the assembly of the high
honour which her Majesty had done to the City of Lon-
don within the last twelvemonth, by presiding at the
opening of the Royal Exchange, and also by visiting
Christ's Hospital at supper time.
The toast was drunk amidst enthusiastic chcerirg.
" God save the Queen."
The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Queen Dowager,"
which was drunk with all the honours.—Glee.

. The LORD MAYOR then gave " Prince Albert and the
rest of phe Royal Family," observing that his Royal
Highness had become a governor of all the royal hos-
pitals in the City.—(Hear.) Drunk amidst loud cheer-

The next toast wag " The Army and Navy."
" Rule Britannia."
The LORD MAYOR then gave_ " The Health of the
Foreign Ministers in this country."
The Chevalier BUNSEN, the Prussian Minister, re-
turned thanks, and expatiated on the importance of
maintaining peace, for the benefit of the communities of
all the states in Europe. Whilst England maintained
her present firm position, in opposition to hostile move-
ments, it was impossible for any nation in Europe to
disturb the present amicable state of affairs.—(Hear.)
The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Health of her
Majesty's Ministers," and complimented them upon the
manner in is hich they had restored the balance between
the revenue and expenditure of the country.—(Hear.)
Lord STANLEY begged to return thanks for the honour
which had been clone to himself and the colleagues with
whom he had the pleasure to co-operate. In under-•
taking this pleasing task he could not help regretting the
absence of other members of the Administration, who,
he was sure, would have felt proud to have been present
on this occasion. The Premier had gone to his family
seat in Warwickshire, and the Duke of Wellington had
been obliged also, by the infirmities which age brought
upon him, to go into the country during the vacation.
But he was happy to say, and he thanked God fOr being
able to say it, that the infirmities of the body were not
accompanied by any diminution 'of the mental faculties.—
(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord then proceeded to say
that he cordially concurred with his Excellency the
Prussian Minister as to the importance of the main-
tenance of peace. War presented no advantages com-
mensurate with the horrors which it incurred. A rart
from all religious grounds of opposition, he believed it
was now generally agreed that the horrors of
war should not be wantonly incurred by the
nations of the world.—(Hear,.- -hear) The inci-
dents of war were of a terrible and revolting cha-
raCter, which would not be incurred unless under the
most stringent occasion.—(hear, hear.) Considering
the matter in this light, her Majesty's Government had
telt it their duty, whenever a difference of opinion arose
with a foreign power, not weakly to yield to the demands
of that power, but to ask for those explanations which
by the nature of the case could be given; and it Lad not
occurred in any of these cases that they had had occasion
to desire to seek other means of ebtaining what was their
due.—(Hear, hear.) Whilst seeking to promote a general
peace, however, the Government had not neglected to
place the resources of the country on such a footing as
to enable them to meet at any time any hostile movement
which might be made against them. With this view,
their first object had been to place the resources of the
country upon such a footing that they should be well
prepared to meet any fair demand that might come be-
fore them. The equalisation of the expenditure and the
revenue of the country was one of the first points of
anxiety with her Majesty's Ministers, and the country,
by generously seconding and promoting those views, had
ably done its duty, and- ensured a permanent advantage
to their commercial relations and fiscal position.—(Hear.)
Her Majesty's Ministers, after the success which had
attended them in this matter, felt with pleasure that, if
at ary period, however near, they should be superseded
in their official position, they had laid the foundation for
a permanent peace, which no country in Europe would
heedlessly dare to interrupt.—(Cheers.) The Noble
Lord, in conclusion, proposed the health of the Lord
Mayor.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and then proposed
" The Church of England." If true to itself, it must
stand.—(Cheers.)
The Bishop of LLANDAFF returned thanks.
The next toast was " The Bishop of Peterborough,
and thanks for his sermon to.day at Spital church."
The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH returned thanks.
The next toast was " The house of Peers."
Lord CANTILUPE returned thanks.
The Chevalier BUNSEN then proposed "The Health of
the Lady Mayoress."—Drunk amidst loud (keens.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks.

The ladies then left the room.
" The Members of the louse of Commons" was the
next toast,

'The CIIANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER returned
thanks.

The next toast was " Sir Henry Pottinger."

Sir HENRY POTTINGER returned thank;-.

After some other toasts the assembly adjourned to the
drawing-room, where dancing commenced, and was kept
up with great spirit for some hours.

DARING STREET RODBERY.—Yesterday informa•
tion was received at the head station of the D division,
Maryleb:.ne-lane, of the following daring street robbery
having been committed on Saturday last:—At about
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a lady of the name of
Bryant got into one of the omnibuses running between
the Elephant and Castle and St. John's-wood, which set
her down at the junction of Crawford and Baker-streets.
Before quitting the omnibus Mrs. Bryant pulled out her
purse, fur the purpose of taking out the fare, and imme-
diately returned it to her pocket. On reaching the house
of a friend, only a few doors up Crawford-street, she
found that her purse, with its contents, a Bank of Eng-
land note fur 401., six sovereigns, and some loose silver,
with a " Punch's Pocket-book," had been stolen. It has
since been ascertained that two young men, accompanied
by a lad, who are supposed to belong to the swell mob,
sat opposite Mrs. Br) ant in the omnibus, and on her
getting out immediately followed her, and were observed
to walk close behind her alone. Crawford-street, when,
there is no doubt, they picked her pocket. One of them
is described as about five feet six inches high, twenty-
one or twenty-two years old, thin and dark, dressed in
a dark great coat, a light fashionable cravat, with a
large common pin displayed in it, and two scars on his
face. The other about the same height, and dressed in
a similar style. The lad was about fifteen or sixteen
years of age, pale, and his face very much freckled,
dressed in a dark great coat, with two neckerchiefs on
(blue and brown), and wore a common pin in them. All
three can be identified.

A SINGULAR COUPLE.—At Rochdale petty ses-
sions, on Monday last, a tall, good-looking female, aged
27 years, named Eliza Wilson, from the township of
Bamford, near Heywood, was brought up under a war-
rant, charged by Andrew Wilson, her husband, aged 85
years, with having assaulted him on the Tuesday pre-
vi.ms. Mr. Jackson, solicitor, appeared on behalf of
complainant, and said the couple had been married about
five years. During that time defendant had had one
child, which is a fine boy, about four years -of age, and
which stood by its mother. The old man was possessed
of considerable, property. The old husband and the
young wife had separated several times, and he had
taken out warrants against his wife, but the affairs, ex-
cept the last, had always been compromised. The old
man complained of having been struck with a fire poker
by his wife. The magistrates requested the parties,
together with their solicitors, to arrange matters. In a
short time they returned into court, when it was stated
that the wife had agreed to,accept of 9s. per week. The
old man was requested to pay her that sum during his
life, to which he consented. The parties reside in sepa
rate lodgings at Bamford.—Preston Guardian.
REMOVAL OF THE NEW WATERMEN'S FLOATING
PIER AT LONDON.BRIDGE.--OR Saturday afternoon
considerable excitement was created at London-bridge,
in consequence of a party of the Thames police, acting
under the direction of the harbour-master, proceeding
to remove the two new floating piers, moored by the
free watermen at London-bridge ; one at the plying
stairs on the north shore, adjoining Fishmongers' Hall ;
and the other on the south shore, alongside Forming's
Wharf. It appears the watermen who claim the privilege
of landing and embarking passengers at the plying
stairs had, during the night of Thursday, without any
notice to or authority from the river authorities, brought
the piers from above bridge, and moored them at the
places mentioned, and on Good Friday the' watermen's
boats plying. between Chelsea, London-bridge, and
Greenwich, for the first time commenced landing and
embarking passengers. On Saturday, in consequence of
representations being made of the circumstances under
which they had been moored, and the obstruction in the
river created by them, an order was issued directing
their immediate removal, which was served upon the
parties in charge of the piers, who at once refused to
obey the order, and set the police at defiance. After a
parley of upwards of an hour, the police, acting under
their directions, let go the moorings, and succeeded in
effecting their removal. On Sunday morning the dis-
comfited watermen removed the mooring-chains which
they had sunk in the river, and thus the matter rests
for the present.
DEVON AND CORNWALL WRESTLlNG.—Yesterday
afternoon the - wrestling, without shoes, between the
natives of the above counties, commenced at the Breck-
neck Tavern, Camden-town, and a great number of per-
sons attended to witness this ancient sport. The after-
noon's play was confined to making " standards," the
double and treble play for the prizes commencing this
day. The play of Bond (Cornish), a deformed man, was
good, as was also that of Gainer, who lifted his com-
petitor over his shoulder, and threw him a gare fair
back. The principal play of the afternoon was between
Cl!apple, of Devon, and Gill, of Cornwall, two good
wrestlers. They played together for some time, and
both went down,. hit Gill, after a very severe struggle,
caught his opponent in the Cornish " lock," and threw
him, amidst great cheering. The playing off is expected
to be good.
ANOTHER " FREE" DESEETER.—We understand
the Rev. Mr. M'Phie, late an ordained minister of the
Established ,Church in the Island of Harris, but who
joined the "Free" at the disruption, has since seen the
error of his ways, and been restored to the Establish-
ment, which lie regrets he ever left. Others will soon
follow this example. We expect fo record rather a re-
markable one in the Gazette of next Saturday.--tsccts
Reformers' GozOte.

THE THEATRES.

DRURf-LANE.

In consequence of the illness of Miss Romer,
Ballets opera of the Bohemian Girl was substituted
for Robert the Devil, which had been announced as
the first pine to be performed last evening. After
the opera, we had a new comic ballet, entitled Robert
et Bertrand. This ballet is another version of Rubel t
,Macaire, and we had no idea that the story of our
old fiend Robert could have been made into such an
excellent plot for a ballet. It is true that various
episodes were introduced in order to give an oppor-
tunity for the production of various pas decaractere,
in which Mademoiselle Polin and M. Gasparini, from
the Royal Opera, Berlin, made their first appearance
before an English audience. Mademoiselle Polin is
decidedly the most accomplished danseuse who has
appeared at Drury-lave during the present season.
She is very young, very pretty, and very ani-
mated ; there is a j iyousness about her style of
dancing which reminds one strongly of Cerito,
while for neatness of execution she rivals even
Fanny Ellsler herself. She appears first of
all in a grand pas de deux with Gasparini. In
this pas she was exceedingly graceful, and her tours
d'adresse were neat and beautiful in the extreme.
She was rapturously applauded, and from that mo-
ment took her station. as one of the first danscuses of
the day—as La Diesse of the theatre. She next ap-
peared in a new Polka with Gasparini. This Polka,
infinitely superior to the original Polka—superior
even to the Redowa—is certainly the most charac-
teristic and spirited that we have yet seen in England.
Polin entered thoroughly into its spirit, and not only
danced it exquisitely, but acted it with the most be-
witching coquetry. It is needless to say that she
was rapturously applauded, and that the dance was
enthusiastically encored. Her last pas was a pas seul,
a tambourine dance, La .Esmeralda. It was a per-
fect triumph, and Mademoiselle Polin may consider
herself as firmly fixed in the favour of the British
puolic. She was excellently supported by Gasparini,
who is a clever and accomplished dancer. Mesde-
moiselles Adele and Louise also made their first ap-
pearance before a Drury-lane audience in this ballet,
and danced a pus de deux and a bolero very
gracefully and cleverly—they are accomplished
artistes, and will be an acquisition to the corps of
the theatre. Payne, the prince of buffo dancers,
was Robert Macaire, and T. Mathews was Bertrand.
Their pantomime was first-rate, and their burlesque
of the " Cachouca" was one of the most humorous
things we have seen for many a long day. The au,
dience were in a roar thc whole time of its perform.
ance, and at the conclusion, it was rapturously
encored. The ballet ends with a fete a la Vaux-
hall, in which a balancer exhibits sune very won-
derful feats, and Robert and Bertrand ascend in a
balloon, and thus escape from their pursuers. The
house was very well attended.