The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-18 00:00:00

SPORTING.

The past has been a great week for Newmarket.
I think I never saw such an attendance of gentlemen
and so many of the Manchester division. I have
been trying to discover why the latter should be
such a hot-bed for sportsmen ; manufacturers usually
hoard their ill-gotten gains, risking not one penny but
with the certain return of two. This is quite contrary
to the nature of betting men, a valuable body to the pro-
prietors of race-horses. Few men in the workiecould
stand the expenses of breeding and training, was
there no more money to be won than the stake run for,
yet there are boobies in the world who endeavour
(God help them, for help they want) to write down
Tattersall's and the whole system of betting, as if
betting was not an indispensable adjunct to horse.
racing. As I have not yet found out why they bet so
much more at Manchester than they do at Liverpool
or Leeds, I'll be like Victorine—l'll sleep on it.
The fates decreed us no less than seven races an
Monday, commencing very properly with a dead heat;
so dissatisfied, I must add, were both parties with this
result, that a long argument ensned whether it
should not be run again after the other races, or on
Wednesday. Out of the seven running fur the Handi-
cap three were roarers. The distemper too often ter-
minates] thus. Jeremy Diddler won in a canter, there-
fore by public running is the speediest horse in train-
ing. The grand match, 5001., all the money, now
came off, and, as I was fortunate enough to predict,
Dr. Caius won in a canter. To our utter dismay
immediately afterwards the horse was declared not Co
start for the Cesarewitch. Now, had St. Francis
been handicapped for the latter race his weight would
have been at least 9st. 121 b. What, then, would have
been the odds against him had he only carried Bst 101 b.?
The reader may now see whether or no I was justi-
fied in selecting Dr. Caius to win the great race. I
maintain he would have won. Of course, Blue
Bonnet directly advanced in the favour of the public,
and as little as 8 to 1 was taken. As no less than
thirteen started for the Nursery Plate, I can only say
to the handicapper, whoever he may be, for the
Nursery Stakes, beware? Some young horses run
amazingly raw the first time they start. We had two
remarkable instances of this in Assassin and Little
Wonder. John O'Gaunt was beat very easy by Dis-
cord. The public seemed to forget the Cambridge-
shire Stake.; last year altogether. Some ef the best
matches we have had at Newmarket this season were
run to-day. The Palace Stable, thanks alone due to
the Gallant M.P. for Westminster, is hard to beat,
but the Hon. Member must not attack Garryowen :
in matches Garry is known to be invincible. The
betting on the Cesarewitch was flat, stale, and to
bookmakers, most unprofitable.
TIJESDAY.—The heath was by no means so crowded
as on the same occasion last season ; but, if I remem-
ber right, there was then the additional attraction of
a prize-fight in the neighbourhood. Colonel Anson
again wins the Clearwell, value this time 5801.
Murat is evidently an improving horse, and, as a very
shrewd gentleman remarked, if the Derby is post-
poned, he may very likely win it : he certainly runs
better every time he starts. After this and three
matches—one of which Lord Exeter actually won—l
proceed to speak of the great Cesarewitch—(value to
the winner, 8951.), and for which eighteen started—
the precise number I told you would start. In the
lamented absence ef the celebrated physician, Dr.
Caills, we stood on Ralph, although beaten in his
nutch on Monday, as I told you he probably would
be. Ralph, not rode by Robinson—too fat to ride
the weight, confound him !—was beat less than one

length by the winner. And does any man dare to
tell me that Dr. Caius cannot give this horse 31bs, and
beat him a length? lam bound to thank Lord Eg-
lin ton for not starting his horse, as a horse under
such circumstances cannot be beat, at the same time
I must express my unmitigable surprise that his Lord-
ship should neglect winning such a good stake, and
—and not allow any prophecy to be fulfilled. Every
word I said of Florence (second) also came off true.
It was a fine race between three, every one of which,
believing their respective owners, ought to have won:
in my humble opinion the b9st at the weights won,
and would win again run again to-morrow. Scott's
two cut a wretched figure, and Mr. Etwall's Thistle
Whipper, I am told, broke his leg : how or why they
do not say. The betting on this race has been
throughout bad for the books: true, seven horses have
seen 8 to 1 in the quotations, namely, Ralph, Flo-
rence, BeFssirna, Portrait, llesling ton, Arcanus, and
Blue Bonnet ; but the betting has not been sufficiently
general to enable any five hundred book to get full
against each. And here let me exclaim against the
outrageous nonsense that weekly appears in the He-
rald and Advertiser in imitation of these letters. The
editors of those journals are evidently not versed in
sporting, or they could never be parties to the publi-
cation of such insufferable trash. My attention has
been called to this subject by some " elegant" extracts
that have recently appeared in Bell's Life, a journal
that can beast of the services of a gentleman " Pega-
sus," an experienced man, and one who understands
his subject. Judex will give him 71bs. across the Flat
nevertheless, but it would be a nice point.
The settling on Wednesday went off smoothly
enough—it usually happens so at Newmarket. I fancy
about 5,0001. changed hands, and no more. There were
two races. The Garden Stakes, usually an interesting
race, were not. Two or three horses were heavily
backed for the Derby in the afternoon : Cotherstone,
Amorins, and Progress colt. The first and the last.
are in Scott's lot. Philip, Napier, Murat, and Sirikol
were also backed for some money.
Again, we had very little sport on Thursday, but
three races. The L-itockbridge party have not done
wonders this week. On Monday Discord won his
race in a canter, but was not backed for one guinea.
To-day Palladium was backed for some 5001. and was
heat off. Bellissima also (they say themselves), de-
feated by bad management! John Day, you must turn
over a new leaf, or you will send to the wall your re-
maining partisans. The two matches were both won
easy.

A brilliant week terminated on Friday with no
less than eight races—l must say one word on these.
I spoke of Murat's wonderful improvement on Satur-
day, but I was not prepared for tha gigantic strides
he evidently intends to take. On Tuesday Napier
beat him a head, and on Thursday was sweated :
being very backward, it, of course, follows, that he
would run all the better on Friday for his previous
work. Murat, on Friday, beats him in a common
canter : if he has a good winter, and goes on at this
rate, the Yeoman and Aristides may remain in the
north. Large sums of money were wagered on the
match between Dr. Caius and Ralph. Colonel Peel
and Colonel Anson voted with Lord Eglinton, while
the Palace stable had a host of influential supporters.
The Doctor falling lame, it was, of course, no race,
and Ralph came in by himself. It seems that there
was a reason, and a good one, too, why this horse
(Dr. Caius) did not start for the Cesarewitch. He
has recently had a leg, as the saying goes, and they
were afraid of doing too much with him. He will
not now show for the Cambridgeshire I shOuld imagine.

John Day (alas! John Day, you certainly are
getting old) won two more races without backing his
horses for a fi-ver, as they say in the ring. Honest
John has shown more ingenuity this week than in
any five years previous in his life, As we depend on
the Palace stable for matches at Newmarket, the re-
sult of the stable's performances may not he uninter-
esting. They had horses in fourteen matches—they
won four, lost four, received forfeit in three, paid for-
feit in one, and ran two dead heats. For this portion
of the week's sport we ar4. entirely indebted to the
Hon. Capt. llous : in the name of the public and per-
sonally 1 thank him.
After the racy on Thursday there was an amazing
altercation and argument as to what horses really
belonged. to Scott's lot. The question appears to be,
whether those horses not actually in training are to be
Included, as, says one, it is quite possible Major Yar-
burgh may send his horses to some other trainer.
There was a great noise, and most gentlemen argued
as they were interested, and nd fools either. As the
Jockey Club, at their meeting, came to si resolution
they would no more decide disputed bets, the " Scott's
lot" question, as far as it relates to any bets already made,
must be settled by the parties immediately concerned.
The remedy for the future is most simple, for the
narnt,s of the horses can easily be written down and
booked with the het, and it need hardly be said that
it is absolutely necessary gentlemen must know what
number of animals they back or bet against. There
is much to be said on both sides of the question, I
confes,, but my opinion is decidedly that the lot
backed must include every horse then the property of
Scott's known masters, whether the horse was in
training or not. My reason is this, simply because
between honourable men, a bet stands as it was
understood by both parties at the time it was made;
and why this year an exception should be made, I am
at a loss to discover. Mr. Nevill's horses generally
go up late, frequently after the lot have been backed ;
hut I have never heard the question mooted whether
his horses were to be excluded. Cooper's lot were
backed for the next Derby long before St. Valentine
left Hampton Court. John Day's lot is often backed
long before all Mr. Wreford's horses arrived from the
country. We have no laws on the subject, but if
long-established custom is binding, certes, it is on
my side, People talk of the published list, when,
perhaps, no two papers contain the same ; moreover,
in the list I have seen I observe a horse named Game-
cock, the property of Lord Chesterfield's steward, and
trained by him, if Mr. Dorling's Epsom list be cor-
rect, and I have no reason to believe it otherwise.
0ct.17. JUDEX.

THE PRISONERS AT CAUBUL.
We have been favoured with the following extract
of a letter from Lieut. Vincent Eyre, late Deputy-
Commissary of Ordnance at Caubul :
" Caubul, July 28, 1842.
" The receipt of your letter of the 3d of April re-
joiced our hearts yesterday evening, the more so as it
assured us that you were out of suspense regarding
our lives, of which you must have well nigh despaired.
I trust all my notes in captivity have duly reached
you. We are in the same fort as before. Several
here have been attacked with severe fever, and we
well nigh lost our valued friend, Colin Mackenzie;
but he has now recovered, and the disease is abating.
What our army is at I cannot imagine ; but the
report that they are going back to India, without
striking a blow, seems incredible. Negotiations are
going on for our release ; God grant they may suc-
ceed, though we have no wish to be liberated at the
expense of our country's honour, which I fear will
not be amended by the pacific measures likely to be
adopted. My narrative is now complete, and in
D ---'s possession. I long for the investigation to
take place, when every man will have due praise, and
the blame be settled on the right shoulders. Seven
weary months have now passed in the hands of these
savages. We are well treated on the whole, but our
hearts yearn to be amongst our own people again.
We all here dress in the Affghan style, with long
beards, &c. When we travel the ladies are obliged
to wear large turbans to shelter them from the sun,
having lost their bonnets and all we
possessed."

THE lIIGH BAILIFF.—A report has got abroad
that Mr. Payne intends to retire in favour of Sir Wm.
lleygate. This is is totally without foundation. Mr.
Payne still intends to contest the election.
some sensation has been created at Croydon within
the last few days on account of the discovery of the
body of a fine male infant in the water-closet of a
house in the Addiscombe-road, nearly opposite the
police-station. It appears that a young woman
named Anne Cooper, who was a servant to the lady
occupying the house, had for some time past appeared

to be 'in -a
bad state of health, but no stivicion was
entertained that she was in the family way, and she
left her place about three weeks ago to go home to
her friends, who live at Bromley. On Thursday
evening,_ in consequence of information that he re•

ceived,- Inspector Collier of the P division, accom-
panied by Sergeant Prendergast, went to the house
in the Addiscombe-road, and there discovered the
body in the situation described. Mr. Neville, a
medical gentleman of Croydon, was called in to
examine the child, but in consequence of its decom-
posed state it was impossible to ascertain whether 1
there were any external marks of violence. Upon
the body being opened, however, it was found that
the liver was ruptured, and it was covered with a
large clot of coagulated blood, and these appearances
were attributed by Mr. Neville to some external
violence, such as a fall or a kick inflicted while the
child was alive. The girl Cooper was then taken
into custody, when she admitted that she had had
a child, and said it was a bad job, and she did not
know how she came to throw it down the privy. The
Coroner's Jury returned a verdict to the effect that
the child was found dead with marks of violence
upon its person, but that there was not sufficient
evidence to satisfy them that it had been born alive ;
and on Saturday the prisoner was taken before Mr.
Reid for examination upon the charge of concealing
the birth, when, after a full inluiry into. all the cir-
cumstances, she was comtnitte 1 to the county gaol to
take her trial at the sprin4 assizes fir that offence.
AIDS TO SIGHT.—We have, we oo.nress, often felt
surprised to find the testimonies of military officers
appended to the advertise-
of Mr. Solomons, of Albe-
!eadrnltes_soft civiliansretehte s
pc t
; o fbuheti high rank
having,
aeevlisng ,
at his request, made trial
of these spectacles ourselves, we can undertake to say
that the praise which has been lavished upon them has
not been undeserved. We have now used a pair of
his slightly-coloured spectacles for several months,
and cannot refuse to say that we have found them su-
perior to any that have hitherto fallen in our way.
Indeed, the comfort and convenience we have derived
from them has been so great, that we cannot in justice
withhold this public acknowledgment of their superi-
ority ; even at ,the cost of owning that spectacles are
given
their m:ilsitchprit‘l-lact‘e,
ourthe many gifts that
indispensablehav
have
be e nhanded to us o !
us
since Among
from which we have
derived so much benefit as from connexion with this
which have given occasion for this notice.—United
journal, we have received none
the pair of spectacles
Service Journal.
DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBAY.---
The forthcoming volume (the fifth) of this delightful
work opens, we understand, an entirely new field to
the Diarist. It extends over the whole-of those years
—from 1789 to 1792 inclusive--during which France
was struggling through the terrors and calamities of
her Revolution ; and It brings the reader into per-
sonal contact, as it were, with almost all those person-
ages who figured in the earlier stages of that greatest
ossf,ormdso,dtearkneni
gs of what had
Narbonne, and other distin-
guished and feelings passed and was
passing, and the motives and interests on
lips,r h,irs
ailusi,:w.rieludnt,hd:elirras(tioaaninde,
were in mos)tofclriasotimeesatlfheeenivnredn::ds‘,'a'n;
with whom 11.1i!s
Burney formed an intimacy at the house of her friends
egdseapiess chti:adel
11
,yenttlhhigeercecsasooeuisibitedhehraegauf re dni_otbolesse
the Locks, of Norbury Park, near which place the
greater part of them were domesticated at the date of
the forthcoming portion of the Diary. This volume
is also, we believe, singularly rich in the correspond-
ent*. portion of it, including several letters from Ma-
dame de Stael.
DEATH FROM CARRYING A HEAVY LOAD.—Mr.
ettaircdon aetr.
quare, said he em-
ployed Payne held an inquest on Saturday evening in the
, aged 53. Michael
s
Committee-room, Cock and Hoop-yard, Houndsditch,
oLnuptlineabno,dferyruoitfTerhomfas Petticoat-square,
the deceasedo at Spitalfields-market, on Satur-
day morning, to carry three baskets, one filled with
with nuts and two with apples, to his residence. They
weighed about 130 lbs. He carried them upon his
head, and upon reaching the shop-doof found them so
heavy that he could not lift them off without assist-
ance. A woman helped him, and immediately that
they were placed on the ground witness's wife said,
" Dear me, how pale the man is." At that moment
deeeased fell, and in a few minutes died. Mr. Tity,
surgeon, attributed death to the rupture of a large
vessel near the heart, caused by the exertion of lifting
such' a heavy load down from his head. Verdict,
" Natural death."

this subject since our last publication. The finer de-
scriptions of goods connected with the Paisley trade
continue as dull as ever; but great numbers of the
workmen are turning their hand to lighter, and plain
work, so far as it can be obtained—and, we are sorry
to state, weavers are so abundant, that webs of even_
this description can only be occasionally obtained as a
personal favour. From the limited supply at the com-
mand of the Relief Committee, and the equally limited
and indequate allowances given out by them to those
in want, privations and sufferings have at pre-
sent to be borne by hundreds and hundreds
of industrious families, which it is most appal-
ling to think of, and which it is a shame to the
country should be permitted in it. To be deprived of
food for one or two days at a time, is quite a common
occurrence ; and then, at the termination of that
period, the pawning of the last shirt from the back,
the last rag of blankets from the bed, or some other
equally necessary article, in the means usually resorted
to for satisfying the irresistible call of hunger. Many
families, during the last ten days, have scraped up a
meal or two from the gleanings of the potatoe fields;
and on Sabbath last, an eve witness informed us that
he observed a respectable looking old woman engaged
searching a field, near Meikleriggs, for such scraps of
potatoes as the farmer had left behind.—Glasgow Sa-
turday Post.

FALKIRK OCTOBER TRYST.
(From the Scotsman)
During last week great quantities of stock were
brought up to the neighbourhood of Falkirk for the
third "and last great market of the season ; and early
upon Monday last the 10th curt., the Tryst
.grounds
at Stenhouse Muir, consisting of eighty imperial acres,
were thickly studded with fine flocks of all kinds of
sheep. It was alloSved to have been the largest sheep
market which has vet taken place. We should think
there were from 95,000 to 100,000 upon the grounds.
At the Tryst there was not such a large proportion
of the white-faced Cheviots as were at the September
market ; but several very large lots of this fine breed
appeared to the best advantage. Among them we
noticed a lot of 1,500 three-year-old wedders, which
were sold early in the forenoon by Mr. Scott, Hawick,
to Mr. Pagan, Liverpool ; Mr. Patterson, Caithness,
also disposed of several large lots early in the day.,
White-faced wedders fetched, in large lots, from 225.
to 245. per head; a few very fine cuts of ditto, 265.
Black-faced wedders from 16s. to 215., average 17s.
6d. ; a few of a very superior quality of ditto brought
26.1. 61., crosses from 7s. to 11s. per head.
Sixty score of white-faced ewes were sold to a
Northumberland dealer for 101. 10s. per score; black-
faced ewes from ss. to 10s.
Mr. M‘Donald sold about 1,400 of the Gleneves and
Benevis black-faced wedders, three-years-old, chiefly
for Ayrshire, at 19s. 6d. per head. Messrs. M'Farlane
and Mitchell, Invercaddle, sold 1,000 of the same kind
at the same price. Messrs. Kennedy, Cameron, and
Greig, also disposed of their lots at from 19s. 3d. to
1/. ls.
The ewes, both Cheviots and black-faced, were less
in demand, and for them it may be said not to be such
a good market. Sales, however, went on during the
day, and all kinds left the market in great quantities.
For the white-faced Cheviots, from 10s. to 16s. per
head was obtained; a number of the black-faced ewes
were sold as low as 4s. 6d. and 55., ethers of the best
kind fetched Bs. 6d. and 95., the average about 6s. 6d.
to 7s.
A number of lots of black-faced one-year tops were
brought up for sale ; for this kind of stock there
seemed but little demand, the best half-dozen we
noticed vk ere sold by Mr. Foyar, Campsie (who is now
famed for rearing the stock), to r. Richmond, Perth-
shire ; they brought nearly 31 per head. Mr. Rennie,
Kilsyth, had 34 of the same kind; what were sold
brought about 31s. Such world be the average price
for what were disposed of.
Several lots of Highland ponies were also upon
the ground. Sales dull. Mr. Robert Carmichael
bought a lot of 27 at about 31. each.
The day was favourable for showing stock, and the
various avenues to the south from the Tryst grounds
were quite crowded during the after part of the day
with flocks leaving the market ; and what was very
uncommon at an October Tryst, they were often quite
enveloped in clouds of dust.
Tv ESD AY.-Early in the morning the Tryst grounds
were thickly covered with a fine stock of black cattle,
and numerous heavy lots of the Angus, Fifeshire, and
Aberdeenshire breeds. What appeared to us the top,
lot, belonged to Mr. Leslie, of Goat-milk Farm,
Fifeshire, consisting of fifteen polled stots rising four-
year-old. The price asked in the fore-part of the
day, was 191. They were sold early; but the price
was not ascertained. Mr. Cairns,; Tillicoultry, had
a fine lot of muir stots, crosses btween the short-
horn and Ayrshire breed, rising four-year-old, sold
at 131. 13s. per head. Numerous lots of three-
year-old were disposed of at prices from 9/. to 11/.
A great number of West Highland cattle, from the
Isle of Skye and other parts, from two to three-year-
old, were 'disposed of, at from 3/. ss. to 4/. 10s. Small
stock from the. North Highlands from 21. to 4/. For
some time salei were stiff; but when they commenced,
large lots left the market in rapid succession, so that
prices may be quoted low ; stock exchanged hands
rapidly.
The day was sultry and warm ; the immense
clouds of dust which rose in the south part of the
marketlobscured the atmosphere, and hurt the appear-
ance of stock; continued throughout the day, and the
parched animals, after leaving the markets, could not
be restrained from rushing into the water-dams at
Carron to quench their thirst. So excessive is the
drought here, that the dams have sunk about six feet,
and in many parts are dry.
There was also a large show of excellent draught
and other horses. Mr. George Water, Touch-hill
Farm, Stirlingshire, had a very superior lot, and
effected numerous sale. The best pair we heard of
were sold by him. They were four-year-old greys
of the Clydesdale breed, and brought 71/. ; a fine
three-year-old bay, also brought 311., and he disposed
of another at 301., besides many at inferior prices.
From the great number in the market, we think much
of this kind of stock will stand over until to-morrow.
Considering the immense quantity of cattle brought
up, the influence of Peel's Tariff, and the state of the
ountry, this Tryst has been considered a good market.

ST. PETERSBURGII, OCT. I.—His Majesty the
Emperor arrived on the 23d of Sept. at Tschugurjen,
having reviewed on the preceding day the troops at

Kursk.
THE REVENUE.—IRISH STAMPS.—A fact is stated
by the _Dublin Evening Post calculated to excite still
more astonishment at the fall in the last quarter's re-
venue, which has occurred in the face of the large
amounts derived from the Income-tax and a duty
upon foreign grain. It appears that a sum of 80,0001.
over and above the ordinary revenue from Irish
stamps, has been included in the last quarter's returns.
This amount has been paid during the last five or six
weeks, upon the registry of bonds, deeds, and various
other transactions, in order to escape the higher duties
—in many cases more than double the former rates
Act—
extended to Ireland by the Stamp Assimilation ,
which came into operation on Monday last.—Sunday
Paper.
" The King will knight you,
said Anson to Camp-
bell, as they were proceeding to Court. " I ken nae
use that will be to me," was the eplv. " But your
Lady might like it," said Anson. " Weel then," re-
joined Campbell, " his Majesty may knight her, if he
)(smelt's ofiCeppel.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
Foreign-office, -,1842
My Lords—l bag to caattention
Lordships'2oth.Ala3
to the subject of the instructions given to her Majes •
you r
ty's naval officers employed in suppressing slave trade
on the coast of Africa, and to the proceedings which
have taken place with reference thereto, as detailed in
the papers named in the margin of this letter.
Iler Majesty's Advocate-General, to whom these
papers have been submitted, has reported that he can-
not take upon himself to advise that all the proceed-
ings described as having taken place at Gallinas, New
Cestos, and Sea Bar, are strictly justifiable, or that
the instructions to her Majesty's naval officers, as le-
ferred to in these papers, are such as can with perfect
legality be carried into execution.
'Ube Queen's Advocate is of opinion that the block-
ading rivers, landing and destroying buildings, and
carrying off persons held in slavery in countries with
which Great Britain is not at war, cannot be con-
sidered as sanctioned by the law of nations, or by the
provisions of any existing treaties ; and that however
desirable it may be to put an end to the slave trade,
a good; however eminent, shottiditotte obtained ottitr•
wise than by lawful means.
Accordingly, and with reference to the proceedings
of Capt. Nurse, at Rio Pongas on the 28th April,
1841, as well as to the letters addressed from this de-
partment to the Admiralty on the 6th April, the Ist
and 17th June, and the 28th July of last year, I would
submit to the consideration of your Lordships that it is
desirable that her Majesty's naval officers employed in
suppressing the slave trade should be instructed to ab-
stain from destroying slave factories and carrying off
persons held in slavery, unless the power upon whose
territory or within whose jurisdiction the factory or
the slaves are found should, by treaty with Great Bri-
tain, or by formal written agreement with British of-
ficers, have empowered her Majesty's naval forces to
take these steps for the suppression of the slave trade;
and that if, in proceeding to destroy any factory, it
should he found to contain merchandise or other pro-
perty which there may be reason to suppose to belong
to foreign traders, care should be taken not to include
such property in the destruction of the factory.
With respect to the blockading rivers, it appears
from the papers referred to that the terms blockade
and blockading have been used by British naval officers,
when adverting to the laudable practice of stationing
cruisers off the slave-trading stations, with a view the
better to intercept vessels carrying on slave trade,
contrary to treaties between Great Britain and the
Powers to which such vessels belong.
But as the term blockade properly used extends to
an interdiction of all trade, and indeed all communi-
cation with the place blockaded, I beg leave to submit
for your Lordships' consideration, whether it will not
be proper to caution her Majesty's naval officers upon
this head, lest by the inadvertent and repeated use of
the term blockade the exercise of the duty confided to
British officers in suppressing slave trade might, by
any one, be confounded:with the very different one of
the actual blockade.—l have, &c.
(Signed)

ABERDEEN.

THE WILLOW OF BABYLON.
The following is a translation of the Latin verses
by the late Marquis of Wellesley, published last week,
beginning with the words " Passis mwsta comis," and
written on the uprooting of a favourite weeping wil-
low at Eton College. This translation is supposed to
have been the last literary effort of this illustrious No-
bleman :
Dishevelled, mournful, beauteous type of grief,
That seem'st in tears to bend o'er Thames's tide,
And still to rue the day when Babel's chief,
High or. Thy Parent stream enthroned in pride,
Beheld upon the melancholy boughs
The Ilarps unstrung of Israel's captive band,
When heart and voice, and orisons and vows,
Refused the haughty victor's stern command
To move great Sion's festal lay sublime,
To mingle heavenly strains of joy with Tears,
To sine the Lord's song in a stranger's clime,
And chaunt the holy hymn to heathen ears.
Down by Euphrates' side They sat and wept,
In sorrow mute, but not to.wemory dead ;
Oh Sion !--voice and heart in stillness slept,
But the pure mindful tear for Thee was shed :
To Thee, beloved Sion ! vain were given
Blessing and Honour, Wealth and Power—in vain
The gbrious present Majesty of Heaven_
Irradiated Th) chosen holy Fane
Fallen from thy God, the heathen's barbarous hand
Despoils thy Temple, and thine Altar stains,
'Heft of Her children mourns the Parent Land.

And in Her dwellings death-like silence reigns.
Rise sacred Tree ! a monument to tell

How Vanity and Folly lead to Woe •,
Under what wrath unfaithful Israel fell,
What mighty arm laid Babel's triumphs low.
Rise sacred Tree ; on Thames's gorgeous shore,
To warn the people and to guard the Throne ;
Teach them their religion to adore,
And Foreign Faiths, and Rites, and Pomps disown !
Teach them, that their Forefathers' noble race,
With Virtue, Liberty, and Truth combin'd,
And honest Zeal, and Piety, and Grace,
The Throne and Altar's strength have intertwined :
The lofty glories of the Land and Main,
The stream of Industry and Trade's proud course,
The Majesty of empire to sustain ;
God's Blessing on sound Faith is Britain's force.
Me, when Thy shade and Thames's meads and flowers
Invite to soothe the cares of waning age,
May Memory bring to Me my long-past hours
To calm my soul and troubled thoughts assuage !
Come, Parent Eton ! turn the stream of Time
Back to thy sacred fountain crown'd with bays
Recal my brightest, sweetest days of Prime
When all was hope, and triumph, joy, and praise.
Guided by Thee, I raised my youthful sight,
To the steep, solid heights of lasting fame,
And hail'd the beams of clear ethereal light
That brighten round the Greek and Ronian name.
0 Blest Instruction ! friend to generous youth !
Source of all good ! you taught me to entwine
The Muse's laurel with eternal Truth,
And wake Her Lyre to strains of Faith Divine.
Firm, interrupt, as in life's dawning morn,
Nor sway'd by novelty, nor public breath,
Teach me false censure, and false fame to scorn,
And guide my steps through Honour's paths to death.
And thou ! time-honour'd Fabric stand ! a Tower
Impregnable, a bulwark of the State !
Untouch'd by visionary Folly's power,
Above the Vain, and Ignorant, and Great I
throughcougelial g
Tho mighty race with cultured minds adorn,
And And
spread P iet
ThyatidgiftsFaith ;
Ages yet Unborn,
Thy Country's pride, and Heaven's Parental care.
W.

Mr. G. E. ANSON.—This gentleman,
the Treasurer
who 'net w i
etli i I
and Private Secretary to Prince Albert,
a serious accident by being thrown from his horse
Friday morning last, as he was 'leaving the Castle
with his Royal Highness to hunt with the Prince's
beagles in the Great Park, was removed from his re-
sidence at Cumberland lodge to the Castle (where he
now remains) on Saturday, accompanied by his lady,
th (lion. Mrs. Anson. 'The injury sustained is of
such a nature, that it is not expected he will be able to
,walk for some time, and then not without assistance.
Sir John and Lady Charlotte Guest, and Mr.
Greenfield and family, arrived on Saturday from
Ostend, by the General Steam Navigation Company's
steam-ship Sir Edward Banks, Captain D. Robinson.
ILLUSTRATION OF THE CORN-LAW:-.-We once,
some years ago, heard a very shrewd north country-
man explain his opinion on the Corn-law, and the re-
strictive syztein generally. He did so, as pl_ain peo-
ple will often do, by a parable. In that part of the
country, where great landlords are neither so nume-
rous nor so arrogant as they are here, harehunting is
a favourite amusement with all classes. The dogs are
not regularly bred and 'patched, but are picked up,
and kept by twos and threes, at straggling farm-
houses, so that, when brought together, the y are
often most unlike in race, size, speed, and every other
quality. In the pack with which our friend hunted,
there was one remarkably good dog. He was
staunch, sagacious, obedient, and discreet. He never
gave mouth falsely, nor ever mistook or over-run the
scent. Ile had but one fault, andthatwy killingas excei-aivhe
' was made to
e
I speed. He outstripped every dog in the pack, never
missed his game, and spoiled the sport by
hare himself. To cure him of this, he t
carry weight, and a collar filled with shot fastened
round his neck. Our friend said that heneversaw
the dog without thinking of the Corn laws, nor ever
heard
ll
laeNv st
awi
dogth souhoittil ilidn kb ie made
pace of an g what a pity
to
it
was
of tl
th
atl the
so C eor n
xc e- n a
lead collar to keep him down to the carryse t o f
worthless curs, not one of whom had a tithe of his
good qualities. Our case is
even worse than that of
the poor dog's. No matter with whom we have to
compete, the load is unalle •
the world are
speed, and yet here we improving and outstripping us in
of this restrictive are, with the leaden weight
policy, as if we had nothing but the
old lame pack to deal with, and when we find our-
selves stumblinthe load, but the g
, some wiseacres tell us not to blame
energies which so far have enabled
us to sustain it .—Liverpool .—Ltverpool Journal.

TOTAL WRECK OF A FIRST-
CLASS STEAMER.
Bats Tore, SATURDAY, OCT. 15.—A letter was /V-
-ceived this morning at the COmmercial-roottra here,
stating that the new iron steamer Brigand had barn
lost on Wednesday on the Scilly Islands. This latti4.4
created considerable excitement in the mercantile
world, and more particularly so from the fact of the
Brigand having been built to trade between Bristol"
and Liverpool, calling at Wexford, in which trade
she had been employed for the last two years, having
left the station only a fortnight since for the purpose
of proCeeding from London to St. Petersburgh, for
which port she was intended to sail from the St. Ka-
tharine Dock on Thursday next.
The Brigand was ono of the largest and most limn-
tiful iron steamers ever yet built, -being of 600 tons
burden, and 200-horse power, and was remarkable
for the beauty of her workmanship, the splendid fit-
tings of her saloon, and her extraordinary speed. She ,
cost in building 32,0001. The rumour to which we
have alluded above was unfortunately too soon con-
firmed I),y the arrival of the Cornish steamer Herald,
Sampson Hawes, commander, from Hoyle, bringing
the crew of the unfortunate steamer, 27 in number, and
confirming- the statement of her total wreck on the
Bishop Rock, a portion of the Scilly Isles.
Upon receiving this confirmation. we immediately
took steps to ascertain the particulars of .this unfortu-
nate accident, and the following statements, derived
from the. chief mate and one of the engineers of the
Brigand, may be relied on as correct.
It appears that the Brigand having taken in upwards
of 200 tons of coals, and a large quantity of patent
fuel for her consumption on thearoyage to St. Peters-
burg, sailed from Liverpool for London at two o'clock
on Monday afternoon, and proceeded safely on her
voyage until five o'clock on Wednesday morning,
when they saw the St. Agnes' light, which, from the
refraction of light, the weather being very hazy, they
conceived to be at a considerable distance—they were
then steaming at.l2 knots an hour : suddenly the man
on the look-out at the bow sang out, " Breakers
ahead !" which they distinctly saw, but too late, un-
fortunately, for the rate at -yg*h.,theii-attosio.
was such, that they could not stop her ; and, although
they put the helm hard a-port, to endeavour to shave
the rock, the vessel
'immediately afterwards struck
most violently, and two plates of the bluff of
her , bow . were . driven in. She rebounded
from the rock, but in an instant afterwards
she struck again, broadside on, the force of which
blow may be in some measure conceived from the fact,
that it actually drove a great portion of her paddle-
wheel through her side into the engine-room. The
vessel was built in four compartments, the plan
adopted in iron ships, or she would have gone down
instantly, two of her compartments being now burst.
and the water rushing into them at a most fearful
rate. By the two shocks four and a half plates were
destroyed, . and four angle. irons were gone in the
engine-room. The two compartments aft being, how-
ever, still, water-light, she continued to float, and
every exertion was used by her commander, Captain
Hunt, for upward of two hours to save her, when the
crew took to the boats, and shortly after she went
down, 'about, seven miles from the rock, in about 45

fathoms of water. The mate attributes the loss to the
strong current setting them upon the rock, and to the
haze having deceived them as to the distance of the
St. Agnes' light. The men connected with the en-
gineeringdepartment, whom we saw, give the following
interesting narrative of the occurrence. They
that having left Liverpool on the Monday afterncon,
every thing proceeded well until a few minutes before
o'ctock oa Wednesday morning, the vessel then
going at fall speed, her engines making upwards of
20 revolutions in the minute, being then, as they
have since learned, close off St. Agnes. They were
at work below in the engine-room, when suddenly they
felt a tremendous shock, accompanied with a report
like the roar of cannon, and almost instantaneously
a second shock, and the water rushed in in a fearful
manner. They immediately ran on deck, and found
that the vessel had struck the rock as before described.
One of them was then ordered by the Captain to as-
sist the carpenter in endeavouring to stop the leak,
for which purpose he went down in the engine-room,
where they were still trying to work the engines,
but the paddle-wheel being driven in, had torn the
injection-pipes, so that they would not work, but at
slow motion ; the engines being kept working, the
Captain, as this man imagines, not thinking the leak
so bad, and that they could get the better of it, or
that, as the weather was so moderate, they might
reach some port. On examining the leak in the en-
gine-room, they found a rent of at least five feet in
length, the rivets being started, and.the plates broken,
through which the water rushed in a truly fearful
manner. They immediately procured a plank, and
having fixed it against the leak, by means of stays, to
the cylinder, they got a quantity of waste tow and
grease, which they stuffed in and endeavoured to keep
out the water, and partially succeeded in doing so ;
but the other leak in the forehold being out of reach,
rendered all their efforts ineffectual, and the water
continuing to pour in, soon put the fires out, after
which, there being then more than four feet of water
in the engine-room, they were compelled to quit
it. In the meantime, another portion of the
crew had been ordered by the Captain to go into
the hold, and throw the coals and patent fuel overboard,
in order to lighten her, and blue lights were burnt
and other signals of distress made. The men went
to work steadily in the hold, getting out the coals,
Sic., until the water having, gamed very much upon
them,- they rushed on deck. The Captain having,
however, addressed and encouraged them, they re-
turned to the hold and continued their exertions for
about a quarter of an hour longer, when the water
having rised over the hatches of the lower deck they
were compelled to quit the hold. The Captain then
called them all aft on the quarter-deck, and, finding
that no further exertion could be made to save the
ship, and that she was then fast sinking forward, the
sea at that time breaking over her bow, ordered them
to make preparations for saving themselves, and the
two boats belonging to the Brigand (both jollyboats)
were got out, and the crew, twentr-seven in number,
placed in them. The Captain and mate remained on
the quarter-deck of the unfortunate vessel until the
last. The boats, which were completely crowded,
then shoved off, without having any provisions on
hoard, except a small quantity of bread, and in a few
minutes the Brigand disappeared, sinking head fore-
most, about seven miles from where she struck, and
in deep water. The weather, fortunately; was at
this moment particularly moderate, or the boats
in their crowded state could not have lived in the se-,
and not a soul most probably would have been

left to tell the tale. Having rowed to the rock, upon
which they landed, to survey the coast, they shaped
their course for St. Agnes Bay, where, to their
inexpressible joy, they saw two boats, well manned,
,oming to their relief, by whom (the man in the
Brigand's boats being much exhausted from their exer-
tions on board) they were taken in tow. Some of
the hands were placed on board the other boats to
lighten their own, and render them less crowded, and
at about.two or three o'clock in the afternoon they
were fortunately landed at St. Mary's, Scilly, without
the loss o! a single life. From St. Agnes they pro-
ceeded in a pilot-boat to Penzance, and the ship-
wrecked crew were kindly conveyed,
Bristol in the Herald. The rocks upon which the
Brigand was lost have proved peculiarly fatal ;,in.acs)
passage free, to
longer ago than 1841 the Thames sten
n made
or 80 lives lost. Various suggestionL
l'of this wreck,
by nautical men here as to thei chatu
wrecked within three miles of the sanrosepoitin, earnd 70
not to have gone
some saying that the steamer g
us not driven there ;
weather being moderate, Si
w,
that from the
while on the other hand it is urged,iot aware that she
within many miles of the cil y I lands; and that the
itri
jeceintiodn(,)‘\alindononthllye
haziness of the weather she was
.1 .
of
as to the distance of the St. Agnes'
de-
ceiving them
' "
and the
.current, which is very strong there,
nogileset4
was so near until too late, the refraction lightlight ;
it has decidedly proved the advantage of iron
Unfortunate, however, as this accident has
oilrieurr,shaily'i
been,
vessels hunt. in compartments, for had the leak affected
ainwdeerilltonist
hours
ri
nntlit:ee
trock.
only one compartment she would u.ndoubtedlyhave
been saved, and even although, by the extraordinary
fact of her rebounding and striking a second time,
two compartments were burst, yet '
I't Is seen that she
floated for more than two hours and a half, enabling
the crew to save themselves, while, if,
' had been
built of wood, she must with such injuriesshe
have gone
down in less than ten
have perished,

fra
CUSTOM-HOUSE ROBBERIES.—The officers charged
with participation in these
pended, the Board not having yet come to any deci-
uds still continue mis-
sion on their cases. The public, however, rosy rest
satisfied that this delay does not arise from any want
of determination on the part of the Board to bring to
Justice and punishment such of them as shall be
proved guilty. Indeed the strict measure which has
been dealt out to officers not charged with frauds, but
with inadvertence or deviations trom their instruc-
tions, can leave little hope of escape to those guilty of
actual fraud. As •an instance, we may cite the case
of Mr. Rolls, an officer of the highest character in the
department. and against whom no suggestion or alle-
gation of fraud has been made—this officer was on
Friday dismissed the service for not having communi-
' cited to the Board an overture made to him in 1840,
by a large silk importer in the City. A general im-
' pression, however, prevailed in the department that Mr.
Rolls had not concealed the fact from a superior offi-
cer at the time. The only other fact that has tra .s-
-pired during the week is that Mr. D. Blake, lani:.:ng
waiter, was suspended on Friday last—Sunday Paper.
Mr. Buckstone arrived hi- the Acadia after a most
successful sojourn in the United States, and will im
mediately appear at the Haymarket theatre, in his fa-
vourite comedy of Married Life, and his last new
1 farce in this country of A Kis in the par"'

On Thursday, 'Oct. 20, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations,
NARRATIVE OF TIIE
XPEDITION to CHINA,
from the Commencement of the War to the Present
Period, with Sketches of the Manners and Customs of that
singular, and hitherto almost unknown country.
By Commander J. ELLIOT BINGHAM, R.N.,
Late First Lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Modeste.
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THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN.
THIS EVENING. OCT. 18,

Will be repeated the English Version of Rossini's Grand
Opera of SEMIRAMIDE.—The Character of Semiramide
by hiss Adelaide Kemble; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from
the principal Theatres in Italy ; Assur, Mr, Giuhilei ; Oroe,
Mr. Leffler ; Wrenn, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mr. J.
Bland.

fter which, the New Farce, called COUSIN LAMBKIN.
Squire Mulberry, Mr. Bartley; Captain Bantam, Mr. Walter
Lacy; Doctor Lionel Lambkin, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Bantam,
Miss Cooper ; Rose Maynard, Miss Lee ; Dainty, Mrs. Humby.
To conclude with TEDDY- THE TILER. Teddy Mul-
l° rne y , Mr. G. Hodgson ; Flora, Mrs. Humby.
Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. ,id. ;
First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. tid. ; Pit 3s;
Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is.
Tickets ana Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit-
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'Pickets may be had.
Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An-
drews. 157, New B.ind-street ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Borid-street ;
and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI,
THIS EVENING, OCT. IS,

Will be presented a Drama, by Douglas Jerrold, Esq., en-
titled THE HAZARD OF THE DIE. Principal Characters
by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, H. Beverly, Wright,
Paul Bedford, Wilkinson, Mrs. H. Beverly, and Miss Chaplin.
After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE.
The Imp, Mr. Wieland ; Fleur-des-Champs, Mdme. Proche
Ginbilci ; " The Frightful, Spiteful, Old Bachelor," Mrs.
H. P. Grattan.

To be followed by the Burletta of DOBSON and Co.
To conclude with NORMA. Pollio, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ;
Norma, 31r. Paul Bedford; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doorsopen at half-past
six, commence at seven o'clock. •