objects of this important undertaking, have held a meeting at Loughborough, for the purpose of considering and maturing the plan to be laid before the public. The result is, that a prospectus will be published for the establishment of a grand line of railway, for travelling and the carriage of all kinds of merchandise, from Derby, Nottingham, and Leicester, to a point of junction with the Birmingham and London railways, including a branch from the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire collieries. The facility in transmitting cattle of all descriptions from the east coast of Scotland to the London market has caused thousands of acres of arable land to be appropriated exclusively to grazing. The graziers are in high spirits, and are stocking their farms and rearing cattle for the London market, where Scottish beasts are in great request, and bring remunerating prices. Before the introduction of the cattlecarrying steamers, the cattle from Scotland had to travel from the most remote parts of the Highlands to the interior of England and of the metropolis; and besides the expense of time, feeding, and attendance, the animals fell off considerably, and were not in proper condition when they arrived at their place of destination. By the steamers the cattle are only about 48 hours on the passage to London, and are landed in excellent condition. Ham curers are suffering severely from the best of bullocks being bought up for the English market, and the consequent scarcity of prime rumps for curing. The attention of the graziers to the rearing of stock, to meet the increased and still increasing demand, will in a year or two, we trust, enable them to supply the English and the home market. In the mean time rump hams that formerly sold wholesale at 54d. or 6d. per lb. cannot now be supplied at less than 6 d., and scarce. Last winter the price was the same, and will continue so until the number of cattle raised is equal to the demand. Education Returns.—In pursuance of an address of the House of Commons to his Majesty on this subject, Lord Melbourne has addressed a circular to the overseers of the poor of every parish or place in England, requesting satisfactory answers to the following questions :-A return of the number of schools in each town, parish, or chapelry, or extra-parochial place; which return, after stating the amount of the population of the said town or place, according to the last census, shall specify-1. Whether the said schools are infant, daily, or Sunday schools. 2. Whether they are confined, either nominally or virtually, to the use of children of the Established Church, or of any other religious denomination. 3. Whether they are endowed or unendowed. 4. By what funds they are supported, if unendowed, whether by payments from the scholars or otherwise. 5. The number and sexes of the scholars in each school. 6. The age at which the children generally enter, and at which they generally quit school. 7. The salaries and other emoluments allowed to the masters and mistresses in each school. And shall also distinguish-8. Those schools which have been established or revived since 1818; and 9. Those schools to which a lending library is attached. SHERIFFS FOR ENGLAND. (From the London Gazette.) The names of those who were nominated for Sheriffs by the Lords of the Council, at the Exchequer, on the morrow of St. Martin, in the fourth year of the reign of King William IV., and in the year of our Lord 1833. Bedfordshire-Charles James Metcalf, of Roxton, Esq.; Joseph Morris, of Ampthill, Esq.; William Astell, of Everton, Esq. Berkshire-Charles Archer Houblon, of Welford-park, Esq.; Bartholomew Wroughton, of Woolley-park, Esq.; Philip Pusey, of Pusey, Esq. Buckinghamshire-Sir John Chetwode, of Chetwode, Bart.; George Simon Harcourt, of Ankerwyke-house, Esq.; Sir William Lawrance Young, of Princes Risborough, Bart. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire-R. Huddleston, of Sawston, Esq.; Richard Eaton, of Stetchworth, Esq.; Francis Charles James Pemberton, of Trumpington, Esq. Cheshire -Gibbs Crawford Antrobus, of Eaton, Esq.; William Astley, of Duckenfield, Esq.; Thos. Swettenham, of Swettenham, Esq. Cornwall-Charles Prideaux Brune, of Place Padstowe, Esq.; John Buller, of Morval, Esq.; Thomas James Agar Robartes, of Llanhdyrock, Esq. Cumberland-Henry Howard, of Greystoke Castle, Esq.; Sir Francis Fletcher Vane, of Hutton-hall, Bart.; Richard Ferguson, of Harker-lodge, Esq. Derbyshire-William Palmer Morewood, of Alfreton-hall, Esq.; Ashton Nicholas Every Mosley, of Congreve-hall, Esq.; William Bache Thornhill, of Stanton, Esq. Devonshire-Samuel Trehawke Kekewich, of Peamore, Esq.; Henry George Cary, of Tor Abbey, Esq.; Edmund Pollexfen Bastard, Kitley, Esq. Dorsetshire-John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle Drax, of Charborough, Esq.; Edward Doughty, of Upton, Esq.; Sir Henry Digby, of Mintun Magnor, Knt. Essex John Round, of Danbury-park, Esq.; Thomas William Branston, of Skreens, Esq.; George William Gent, of Mostyn-park, Steeple Bumpstead, Esq. Gloucestershire - Josiah Gist, of Wormington Grange, Esq.; Harry Edmund Waller, of Farmington, Esq.; Michael Hicks Hicks Beach, of Williamstrip, Esq. Herefordshire-Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, of Goodrich-court, Knt.; John Bleeke Lye, of Hereford, Esq.; Richard Webb, of Donnington-hall, Esq. Hertfordshire-William Robert Phillimore, of Newbury, Esq.; Levi Ames, of Wheathampstead, Esq.; William Robert Baker, of Bayfordbury, Esq. Kent-George Stone, of Chislehurst, Esq.; John Ward, of Holwood, Esq.; Sir Edward Cholmley Deering, of Surenden, Bart. Leicestershire-Charles Neville, of Holt, Esq.; Henry Greene, of Rollestone, Esq.; Thomas Frewen Turner, of Cold Overton, Esq. Lincolnshire-Charles Keightley Tunnard, of Frampton, Esq.; Christopher Turner, of Stoke, Esq.; Thomas Earle Welby, of Allington-hall, Esq. Monmouthshire-John Buckle, of Mathern, Esq.; George Rooke, of Llandogo, Esq.; Charles Marriott, of Dixton, Esq. Norfolk Robert Marsham, of Stratton Strawless, Esq.; Anthony Hammond, of Westacre, Esq.; Hudson Gurney, of KeswickLall, Esq. Nottinghamshire - Slingsby Duncombe, of Langford, Esq.; Henry Saville Foljambe, of East Retford, Esq.; George Walker, of Eastwood, Esq. Oxfordshire-William Francis Lowndes Stone, of Brightwell-house, Esq.; John Fane, of Wormsley, Esq.; Thomas Stonor, of Stonor, Esq. Rutlandshire-Edward Watson Smyth, of Gunthorpe, Esq.; Godfrey Kemp, of Belton, Esq.; Samuel Stokes, of Cadecott, Esq. Shropshire George Jonathan Scott, of Betton, Esq.; the Hon. Henry Wentworth Powys, of Berwick-house; Sir Ferdinand Richard Acton, of Aldenham, Bart. Somersetshire - Francis Popham, of West Bagborough, Esq.; William Manning Dodington, of Horsington, Esq.; Thomas Leir, of Weston, Esq. Staffordshire-Hugh Henshall Williamson, of Greenway Bank, Esq.; Thomas Hawe Parker, of Park Hall, Esq.; Edward Monkton, of Somerford, Esq. County of Southampton - James Barlow Hoy, of Midanbury, Esq.; Eyre Coote, of Weston Park, Esq.; Henry Weyland Powell, of Lyndhurst, Esq. Suffolk-John Garden, of Redisham, Esq.; Robert Sayer, of Sibton, Esq.; Sir James Henry Blake, of Langham, Bart. Surrey-George Thomas Nicholson, of Waverley Abbey, Esq.; James Broadwood, of Lyne House, Esq.; Charles Barclay, of Bury Hill, Esq. Sussex-Charles Dixon, of Stanstead Park, Esq.; the Hon. Robert Curzon, of Parham ; John Davies Gilbert, of Eastbourne, Esq. Warwickshire-Edmund Greswolde, of Malvern Hall, Esq.; Francis Lyttleton Holyoake, of Studley Castle, Esq.; Samuel Tertius Galton, of Leamington Priors, Esq. Wiltshire-Thomas Bolton, of Brinkworth, Esq.; Henry Seymour, of Knoyle, Esq.; Walter Long, of Chalcott House, Esq. Worcestershire-John Somerset Packington, of Westwood, Esq.; Sir Edward Blount, of Morley Hall, Bart.; John Howard Galton, of Hadsor House, Esq. Yorkshire-Henry Preston, of Moreby, Esq.; Richard Henry Roundell, of Gledstone, Esq.; Sir Thomas Aston Clifford Constable, of Burton Constable, Bart. Esq. TO THE THIRD PART OF 1833. Adelphi Theatre, performances at, 110, 235, Amphitrite, convict-ship, lost, 212, 347 Annuals, noticed, 360 . Anonymous in Periodicals, on the, 2 Arabian Nights, dangerous doctrines of, 89 Useful. See Useful Arts Aurungzebe, a Tale of Alraschid, noticed, 358 Bank Charter Bill, debates on, 246, 248 Bayly, T. H., Esq., poetry by, 64, 142, 276, Beer, to prevent it from becoming acetous, Belgium, steam-carriage in, 372 Biographical Particulars of Celebrated Per- with Lord Byron, No. X., 33; No. XI., 413 Bourrienne, M. de, madness of, 87 Braham, his merits as a singer, 187 Breton's Excursions in New South Wales, Bristol and British Channels, communication Bristol and London Railway, 127 British Constitution, remarks on the, 406 Brookes, Mr., re-opening of his school of Bulwer, Mr., his England and the English Calcutta, hurricane at, 383 Campbell, Byron's opinion of his works, 36 Castle, Thomas, his Synopsis of Systematic Catalani, Madame, her splendid voice, 456 Clarke, N. G., Esq., some account of, 97 Commentary, Monthly, 86, 212, 340,489 Commons, House of, proceedings in, 118, 248 Corporations, medical, 89 Covent-Garden Theatre, performances at, Critical Notices of New Publications, 98, Crowe, E. E., Esq., his Lives of the most Eminent Foreign Statesmen, noticed, 233 Dante, to the Portrait of, 180 D'Arcy, Henry, Esq., his letter to Charles Davenant, Sir Wm., patent granted to, 259 December Pastoral, 423 Dermoncourt, General, work by, 354 Dick Doleful, a sketch from Nature, 18 2N Dirge at Sea, 410 Drama, the, 109, 234, 367, 508 Drury Lane Theatre, performances at,'367,509 East Indies, accounts from, 383 Edinburgh Cabinet Library, noticed, 499 Elegy, by the Author of "Corn-Law Ely's Winter Lectures, noticed, 104 England and the English, by the author of English, French Libels on the, 402 Factory, the, 17 Far away, 411 Fashion, caprice of, 213 Female Convict-ship, the, 276 Ferdinand VII., sketch of, 324; his death, Fine Arts, 236, 365, 506 First of September, the, 52 Flattery, danger of, 42 Flowers and Plants, preserved, 517 Ford, Dr., his Zenobia, a drama, noticed, 107 Varieties. See Varieties, Foreign Gaieties, autumnal, 491 Gallery, national, design for, 215 Galt, John, his Autobiography, reviewed, 227 Garden pots, improved, 242 Gardens, how to lay them out, 521 Geographical Society, meeting of, 512 Goodricke, Sir Harry, Bart., some account Government, the, and the Trades' Unions, 475 Great Britain, financial state of, 288, 446 404 Haymarket Theatre, the, performances at, Headsman, by Cooper, reviewed, 229 Heber, Richard, Esq., biographical sketch Heiress, a novel, noticed, 357 Hemans, Mrs., lines to, 93 poetry by, 410 Heriot, John, Esq., some account of, 97 Herschel, Sir John, his Treatise on Astrono- Hester Malpas, story of, 463 House of Commons, proceedings in, 118, 248 Illustrations of Modern Sculpture, edited by Ireland, curates of, 65; education in, 128 Irish newspapers, duty paid on, 255, Jones, Mrs. Johu, her Pic-Nic, 433 Juvenile Forget Me Not, 363 Kay, Stephen, his Travels in Caffraria, no- Kean, Edmund, Mr. Grattan's sketches of, Kean, Mr., jun., narrow escape of, 220 King's Theatre, performances at the, 109 Labourers, allotment of land to, 400 Landscape Album, 363 Annual, the, 362 Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia, noticed, 230 Lives of Eminent Sovereigns, noticed, 105 and Greenwich Railway, 125 University of, 125 Lonely Bird, the, 413 Loudon, Mr., his Notes on Gardens and Country Seats, 375 Love's Alas! 352 Lyre and Flower, the, 412 MacBurnie, Robt., his Peasant's Posy, no- Malibran, Madame, on the genius of, 86 Man, a Great one in Retirement, 152 and departures, 342 Martin, R. M., on the financial state of Great Mary-le-bone Literary Institution, lecture at, Mayo, Herbert, his Observations on the Inju ries and Diseases of the Rectum, 232 Medico-Botanical Society, proceedings of, 513 Mitford, Miss, her Inhabitants of a Country Moments of Idleness, noticed, 503 Monthly Commentary, 86, 212, 340, 489 My Two Aunts, 297 National Gallery of Practical Science, 522 New Monthly Magazine, a few words from New South Wales, accounts from, 384 Nicholles, John, his work on the teeth, no- Norton, Hon. Mrs., her lines to Mrs. He- Notes on Periodicals, 424 O'Brien, J. T., Sermons by him, noticed, 501 October, the month of, is bad, 142 Odenwald, Philosopher of the, 266 Old Bailey Experience, noticed, 100 Owen, Mr., his Equitable Labour Exchange, Paganini's Fiddle, 166 Pardoe, Miss, her Traditions of Portugal, 503 Pasta, Madame, her vocal abilities, 460 on the anonymous in, 2 Peter Jenkins the Poulterer, 278 Philosopher of the Odenwald, 266 Pilgrim's Evening Song to the Evening Star, 412 Plagiarism, the order of the day, 426 Poetry-The Factory, 17; Seasonable Dit- Poor-rates, official return of the amount of, 112 Population returns, 372 Portugal, affairs of, 123, 251, 530 Prediction, the, noticed, 499 Provincial Occurrences, 125, 252, 395, 531 Rail-roads, remarks on, 343 Reporters, Parliamentary, 91 Revenue, quarterly account of, 382 Rodwell, Mr., his projected national school Rogers's Pleasures of Memory, illustrations |