The Express. — London, England, 1851-12-01 00:00:00

INDIA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH] ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 27. The forces of Kohat advanced 60 leagues west ward to take possession of the recently annexed districts. They hare not yet found any opposition. Sir Colin Campbell is ready to march with 3,000 men to Peschaua, to chastise the refractory tribes of the hills, and to support the Kohut forces, if neces sary. . . _ There Ras a serious riot in Bombay (mentioned in the Express of Nov. 18) occasioned by a religious quarrel with the Parsecs during the time of Mo han= festivals. The town is occupied with troops and great excitement prevails. Dates.—Bombay, N0v.11.; Trieste, Nov. 28. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. (Prom the Dail, Icon.) To-day, according to the notice given some timo ago, the Executive Committee 'surrender the Great Exb;hition Building in Hyde Park to the contractors who raised it ; and the time has probably come when the public mind may be regarded as sufficiently calm and undisturbed to decide rationally and judiciously on the question whether the Crrtal Palace ought to be preserved or removed. lo have snatched a judgment during or immediately after the close of the Exhibition would have been unfair t) all parties; committing the public, intoxicated with excitement, to the incurring of a permanent heavy expenditure ; exposing these who may be conceived to have an in. terest in its preservation to the grudging and re pmeekes of the public repenting a rash bargain. The enthusiasm awakened by the wonders of the Industrial Exhibition may he referred to many CUII•CS : the magnitude and originality of the con . ception and its monderful success, the splendour and value of the accumulated treasures, the excitement of the eager crowds, the fairy structure in which all was displayed. It was impossible at the moment to analyse the mingling emotions, and attribute to each source its, due share of the wonder and delight that filled us. Some time has now been allowed fur reflection ;—the building has already been seen by many in a condition that strips it of adventitious charms -and it is no longer premature to pronounce an opinion whether or not it is a structure we should all wish to be permanent. Respecting the genius of the author or inventor of the (.'rystal Polar', and the many and novel beauties of the structure itself, there cannot be two opinions. Sir Juseeit PAXTON has inaugurated a new era of architecture by introducing a new ek meet into it. Without him the Exhibition must have been a comparative failure. No structure of other materials could have b...en made so entirely available for the display of the useful and luxurious products of industry. Thu Crystal Palace was perfect in its kind and for its purpose. It so received within it the multifarious and lietcmgemous contributions of all nations as to impart an unity and lend a heighten ing and finishing grace to the collection. The articles exhibited stood in somewhat the same re lation to the structure that contained them, as the ideas, images, and incidents of a poem like the " Orlando Furiese," do to the comprehensive imagi nation of the poet who combines them into a whole, and sheds over them the more vivid lights of his own fancy. Boit the very fitness or entire adaptation of the f'rsstal Palace to the purposes of the Exhibition would of itself be enough to suggest doubts as to the expediency of retaining it as an independent building. In the chofs-rfrettrres of architecture, adaptation to the purposes fur which they are erected constitutes one-half of their charm. The clumsiness of the colossal temples of Egypt is forgotten in the sense of the harmony existing between their sombre solidity and the mysterious rites to which they were dedicated. The vaulted space and lightsome tracery of the finest Gothic cathedrals receive an enhancing grace from their fitness to be the scenes of the imp3sing ritual of the Romish church. The adaptation of Sir JOSEPH Ps\ ir'i's building to the purposes of the Indio. trial Exhibition was perfect ;—a want of etattlL adaptation, detracting from its beauty, will be kit if it is applied to any other purpose. It will be re duced to a level with the incongruity of the Egyp tian Hall and its panoramas, or wild Boejesmans, or Tom Thumbs; or with that of the Colosseum in Regent's-park and its Swiss cottages . and cascades. It is for the savage childishness of Africans to render the fine garments and elegant utensils of Europe ludicrous by misapplication of them : it is for civil -641 nations to produce buildings in keeping with the uses to which they are destined, and to keep them sacred to these uses. ‘t Luting for a moment this essential consideration, it must also be acknowledged that there are deficien cies in the details of the Crystal Palace that render it ineligible as a permanent monument of the art of our age and country. Singularly beautiful and im pressive in many points of view it is also singularly defective as a whole. Viewed from without its form is unshapely. The lines of perspective in the square inn.; are unplcasing to the eye; they recede from it at angles and in directions that present no graceful forms. Even the vault of the transept, seen from without, has, at most points of view, too much the appearance of a huge barrel, and nowhere joins har moniously to the other parts of the sttucture. It is in the interior of the building that its beauty is felt with the least alloy. The transparency of the material, the immense extent of the enclosed space, sombine to render it light, airy, expansive,—to blend a sense of fairy and fragile delicacy with grandeur. But even here there is a want of harmony and cohe rence in the parts. The view along the aisles is beautiful; the view within the transept is beautifuL But looking from the aisles to the vault of the tran sept it is felt that there is • harsh and awkward combination of incompatible forms. Mipeover, since the articles exhibited have been removed from the transept and western aisle, it has become obvious that if the building contributed to complete the charms of the Exhibition by imparting unity to it, the rich and magnificent objects with which it was tilled, no less served to conceal mane meagrenesses in the details of the building. The extreme tenuity of the pillars at their bases, their uniform thickness from bottom to top, and the absence of elegant form and ornament about their projections, leave the mind unsatisfied. The building, in short, while the treasures of the Exhibi tion in great part concealed its details, was beautiful exceedingly ; but it cannot bear minute inspection since they have been withdrawn. On the whole, therefore, we are reluctantly obliged to come to the conclusion that it is desirable the Cry-stal Palace should come down. With all its undeniable beauty, it is an edifice respecting which there can be little doubt that, in the course of a very few years, the English public would feel rather ashamed of it as a specimen of their taste for architectural art in the year Wt. It would be a standing witness of their inability to discriminate in that year be tween the essential merits of a building and the acci dents of beautiful material and adaptation to a tem porary purpose. This is said in no spirit of dispa ragement either towards the structure itself or its ingenious author. Sir J. Ptxrox's great and un questionable mcnt consista in his having devised a receptacle for the Exhibition which has added to its impressiveness; in having, with inconceivable ra pidity, and at inconceivably little expense, provided adequate accommodation for so much wealth and so many givers; and in having shown our artists, for the first time, what exquisitely beautiful effects may be produced by combinations of iron and glass. Con sidered with a view to its temporary utility and the high mechanical skill displayed in it, the Crys tal Palace is perfect ; considered as • work of art, it is only suggestive of how much may be made out of such materials. It has served all the ends t f which it is capable; it has had its brief but brilliant day of triumph; let it pass away, as is most desirable with all things of an ephe meral nature, before it grows dim and stale—before its beauty has faded er palled upoi the sense. TILE HON. MONTAGUE WILDE bas been appointed Registrar in Bankruptcy, in the room of Mr. Wilmot, resigned. DEATH OF MARSHAL SOULT. We bare to-day to record an event which recent news has led the public of Europe to expect, and which, had there been no forewarning, the great age of the de. ceased would have rendered no surprise. Marshal Soult, one of the most distinguished of French soldiers, and one of the most exalted of French statesmen, died on the night of the 26th ult. at St. Armand. Sault was born in the year fruitful of great men-1769. His origin was obscure, and, like most of the generals of the empire, he was of the people, and a poor mait's son. His birth-place was St. Auran's, in the department of the Tarn. He was a soldier from the first. In his sixteenth year, he entered a regiment of artillery ; and passing soon under the commands of Hoche and Jourdan, the generals of the new republic, he rose with the rapidity peculiar tothe time, when there was too nr.eh at risk to allow of etiquette or routine to interfere with the search of the men fitted for the work. His character was not only that of a brave officer, but of a brave officer who IP OA brave at the right time : and his merits attracted attention and secured pro motion. The first occasion on which he forced himself on the notice of the whole army was at the battle of Fleurus; and the anecdote, taken from the historian of the "Victoires et Conquetes des Francais" has long been current. Soult was chief of the staff to General Lefebre, who headed the advanced guard of the army of the Moselle. When the right wing under Marceau was routed, and the general himself forced to fall back on Lefebre's division, he entreated, in an agony of despair, a succour of four battalions that he might seek to recover his lost posi tion. " Give these battalions to me," said Marceau to Le febre, "or I will blow out my brains." Lefebre hesitated and consulted Sault. Soult remonstrated, awl represented that to lend these battalions would endanger the safety of the whole division. Marceau was indignant that an ob scure Aide should venture to have any opinion on such a subject. " Who arc you ?" cried Marceau. Soult re sponded, " Whoever I am I am calm, which you arc not." The indignation of Ilarceau was extreme. lie threatened, and then challenged Soult to a fight the following day. Tres lien," said Soult, " I will not treat you with du respect. But I must speak the truth. Bonet kill yourself, General ; lead on your men to the charge again, and you shall have our battalions as soon as we can spare them." The result justified Soult's presumption. Lefebre's l division was almost instantly afterwards assailed by the enemy. In the middle of the battle, when the French, as Lefebre thought were being beaten, Souk's ad vice was again a-ked. Lefebre wauted to retreat. Soult pointed out signs on the enemy's aide which indicated that they were themselves giving way. An order front Jourdan, arnved to charge ; and Soult was right, the enemy was re treating. When the battle was over Marceau custesaed the superiority of Sault; and the two officers embraced, Mar- I ceau protesting that Stilt had won the battle. These and similar incidents spread the fame of the young soldier. He ' gained the confidence of his men ; and his genius, sup ported by that confidence, accomplished wonders. We need not follow him through the career in which he was only a subordinate. Ile reached the rank of General of Brigade so early as 1791, and in four years more he was General of Division. Napoleon's eagle glance was ever on the look out for worthy lieutenants, and lie inquired of Massena, who, the most unequal of men, was at least invariably honest, whether Soult was a man to be trusted ? Massena'a emphatic report was, "Soult has no superior." This led to Soult being brought into activity within the personal observation of the First Consul; and, from the first, Napoleon placed implicit faith in him. Soult was one of the first generals to whom in 1604 was handed the baton of a marshal of France. Sault was probably the more trusted that be would never sacrifice his individuality. lie was an intensely obstinate man, and would seldom submit to the superior genius of his leader after he had received and acted upon the general instructions. Sault was given the command, in camp, of the " army of England." He here became remarkable for the rigid and remorseless discipline ho enforced on the troops. They complained and the First Consul interfered. Soult replied, "Such as cannot withstand the fatigue which I support myself will remain in the depots. Such as du stand it will be tit fur the conquest of England and of the world." Soult was with Napoleon at Marengo, at Austerlitz, and at Eylau. At Austerlitz Napoleon said, when ho had assigned Small's position, "The only instruction I have to give, marshal, is this: Act as you always do." Sault did aie as he always did— acted for himself. In the heat of the battle orders came from the Emperor, who had waited a long time for Sault to move, to attack without delay and gain the heights of Pratzen. The aide-dc-camp returned to the Emperor with the marshal's reply, "It is not time yet." The Emperor, i enraged, and fearing a fatal blunder, sent a second order. It was unnecessary: Soult had put his columns in motion. The marshal hail been watching the Russians, who were extending their line to the left, and so weakening their centre, which rested on the heights, and he hail waited for the right moment. Napoleon saw the brilliancy of the movement. He galloped to the ground where Soult stood, and in the gladness of the assured conqueror he said, " Marshal, you arc the ablest tactitien in the army." " I believe it, etre," responded the marshal, " since your Majesty tells me so." At hylau, again, the French army was in a critical situation. Augereau had been routed; Davoust had been impeded. Ney and Bernadotte were still at a dis tance. the Einperor, discouraged and disappointed, de sired to fall buck, fur the purpose of effecting a junction with the other corps. Souk recommended keeping the field, promising that the enemy would retreat in the night. This they did; and the French had the honour of a coll uded victory. Napoleon was as generous in his acknow ledgments as klarecan had been years before. In 1808 Moult was sent to Spain —to crush the English. His career in Spain, against Moore, Beresford, and Wel lington, is a thrice-told talc. His battles have been con tested in books as well as on the field. Frenchmen insist that he was invariably victorious. Englishmen insist that he was invariably beaten. The French military authorities state that he drove Sir John Moore to the sea, that Wel lington fled before him if he had fle I before Wellington, that he conquered at Albuera, and remained the victor, at Toulouse. The English, if Southey be • representative, relate, as matters of course, that Soul:. was beaten at Logo and at Corunna by Sir John Moore • that the passage of the Douro by the English was disgrace ful to the French marshal; that the battle of Albuera wu discreditable to him; and that at Toulouse ho never had a chance against Wellington: and they enhance all this by picturing Soult as a demon of cruelty, who upheld plunder and rapine as duties to his officers, and who marked all his marches in Spain and Portugal by gibbets in lieu of mile-stones. The first English histories of the Peninsular war were triumphant laudations of Wellington and insolent denial of all genius to his competitors: and even so late as 1837, when Sault was a guest of England, he was given to understand by Quarterly Review and "leading journal" that he could only be wel comed on the understanding that he bad been soundly beaten at Toulouse. The military technical controversies in respect to great battles rage without any reference to the civil results ; and English professional critics are just as absurd in insis ting.that Corunna was gained by the English as Frenchmen are in pointing out why Napoleon won at Waterloo. Fortu nately for Souk's fame in England, the English judgment of him has, of late years, been entirely guided, first, by the Duke of Wellingtoa's own despatches, and next by the im partial summing up of Sir William Napier. In the great work of Naoier full justice is done to Soult; and the marshal stands out in the picture of the war as a superb general, less than Wellington only because less fa voured by fortune. In his find Spanish campaigns Sault had enormous difficulties to deal with. He was only one of many generals, of equal power; he was in the midst of • country hostile to him ; and he was never pro perly backed. Ile was in • perpetual quarrel with Ney, Marnsoot, Socket, and King Joseph ; and, as they would not do what he wanted, he was the last man to be guided by them. In his second campaign against the English, in 1813-11, he fought on the lost side, know ing it to be hopeless: the enemy triumphant, flushed with a series of well-earned victories, the country dispirited or inimical ; and his own army beginning to doubt if the Em peror always won. Yet upon taking the command of the army in July, 1813, as the "lieutenant " of the Emperor, his proclamation to the troops breathed the haughtiest confi dence in his cause and in his chances; and it is worthy of notice that while declaring that if the French had been well commanded at Vittoria they would have beaten the English, he is just and noble enough to pay the highest compliments to Lord Wellington. The duke in his des patches charges Snail with cruelty; and praises, when he has to joraise, with terrible coldness. That Souk was care less of means in attaiaing his ends is very apparent; but this is a fault common to all generals. Of the re sults Napier speaks. In writing of the rout of Bays, in 1811, he says, " Here it is impossible to refrain (rum admiring Soult's vigour and ability . , . . . . . At Albuera he lost one of the fiercest battles upon human record, and that at a moment when the king, by abandoning his throne, had doubled every ember- 1 easement. Nevertheless, holding fast to Estremadurs, he still maintained the struggle, and again taking the offensive, obliged the allies to repass the Guadiana. If he did not then push his fortune to the utmost it must be considered that his command was divided, that his troops were still imnreesed with the recollection of Albuera, and that the genius of his adversary had worked out new troubles for him in Andalusia. With how much resolution and activity he repressed those troubles I have just shown ; but, above all things, he is to be commended for the prudent vigour of ' his administration, which, in despite of the opposition of I Joseph's Spanish counsellors, had impressed the Andaluaians • with such a notion of his power and resources that no , revolt of any real consequence took place, and none able civic guards or Eecopete tea failed him in the hour of I need. Let any man observe the wide extent of country ' be bed to maintain, the frontier- fringed, as it were, with • hostile armies, the interior suffering under war requisitions, i • the people secretly hating the French, a constant insurrec tion I in the Ronda, and • national government and a power , fah army in the Isla de Leon, innumerable English and Spanish agents, prodigal of money and of arms, continually instigating the people of Andalusia to revolt, the clout covered with hostile vessels, Gibraltar sheltering beaten armies on one side, Cadiz on another, Portugal on • third, Murcia on a fourth, the communication with France din : cult, two battles lost, few reinforcements, and all the imaterial means to be created in the country—let any man, I say, consider this and he will be convinced that it was no : common mitts that could remain unshaken amidst such difficulties. Yet Soult not only sustained himself, but con templated the most gigantic offensive enterprises, and was at all times an adversary to be dreaded. What though his skill In actual combat was not so remark able es in some of his contemporaries, who can deny him fi activity, vigour, foresight, grand perception, and admirable arrangement ? It is this combination of high qualities that forms a great captain." Soult, beyond all question, was something very . much more than • great general. A "great captain" i s a man who can govern as THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1851. well as fight. Souk was capable of heroically grand resolu tions. His determination to act on the offensive when sent by Napoleon to keep the English from crossing the Pyrenees, and when any other general would have cauti ously trimmed, was worthy of a lieutenant of that Emperor, who, after the disasters of Russia, was ready to face all Europe, and faced it by advancing on the allies. Sault was essentially a soldier of heroic proportions. His silent re serve, his taciturn firmness, his inexorable etiolation, awed his army into adequate instruments for his pu9mes. lie never knew when he was beaten, and never allowed his troops to think defeat possible. Souk was absent from Spain during the time Lord Wel lington was most successful. It may be that had he been at Vittoria he would have fared as badly as Marmont ; but it is a fact that Spain was lost to the Emperor while Sault was with the Emperor. Soule was withdrawn in conse quence of the complaints made by King Joseph. Joseph had written to his brother to say that either he (Joseph) or Souk must quit Spain. The withdrawal was only for a time. Souls was with Napoleon, serving him faithfully at Bautzen, and at Dresden. But there came the news of victoria. Southern France was uncovered to Wellington. Only two men were fit, in Napoleon's estimate, to meet Wellington— , Napoleon sad Soult. Ho could not go himself: he scot Souk. It was a great mission and a high trust, and Soult was worthy of the confidence reposed in his genius and in his honour. Ho lost at San Sebastian, at Orthes, and at Toulouse. Then there reached him the news that the Emperor had abdicated. lie did not even then submit. There was a truce and he paused. None knew which course he would take. At last he submitted. Perhaps not because he despaired of Napoleon. With a rugged out ward indifference to all changes he now became a loyalist. Like other marshals he consented to be courted by Louis the Eighteenth. The must formidable of them he was courted more than the others ; and he became Minister of War to the restored Bourbon. The imperialists called this treachery to the Emperor—and so it was. But Soult, as far as he can be comprehended at all, in his political actions had only one rule to steer by —to assist the strongest. lie had no "principles," in our acceptation of "principles," was neither a republican, a royalist, nor an imperialist. He had a faith in and a love for Napoleon, there is no doubt; and if ho did not become minister at war to Louis XVIII. for the very purpose of betray • ing Louis XVIII., it is very certain that he did not hesitate to desert to his former chief the moment the news arrived that Napoleon had landed from Elha. Ile preferred, like all soldiers, the winning side: and on Napoleon's side he saw not only the best chance, but the side on which his natural leaniugs placed him. Ile had, however, ceased to be Mi nister, or connected with the government at all, when he rejoined Napoleon ; and hence his escape from the dangers of which Ney was the %knits. lie was with Napoleon, his " right hand," throughout the last struggle. He fought at Waterloo ; and he it was whom Napoleon only would believe when told that all was lust. There is no need to particularise this portion of the history. After Waterloo Souk was, perforce, patient There could be no second return of the Emperor; and the Bour bons were not disposed to trust him again, had he been dis posed to trust thew. Ile fled from }mace, taking shelter in Berg, and there he remained three years, it is said writing his military memoirs, and probably little expecting that only half his career hail been accomplished. During this time he appears to have conciliated the new powers in France. He had friends at Paris, and he was still too powerful, if only as a name, for Lis friendship to be for gotten. In 1819 he obtained the royal permission to return to France, and in 1821, so tar had he succeeded in disarming resentments, his marshal's baton was returned to him. He was now again on the scene—a political personage—potent for good or evil. He, however, maintained a wary re serve. A new reign, in 1825,commenced a new era. Louis the Eighteenth and Charles the Tenth had made the mis take of supposing that absolute monarchy and parliamen tary government could exist together. Charles the 'l'enth pushed the difficulty to its limits. The chambers resisted. Charles the Teuth exclaimed, " I will not suffer my erowa to be thrown into the mire." But the chambers resisted. H. do Polignac succeeded to M. de Martignac. M. de Pia lignac pushed the difficulty beyond its limits. The chambers were dissolved. The Duke of Orleans gave a ball to the King of Naples ; and M. de &acted) , sail that the ball was genuinely Neapolitan, for that the guests danced on a volcano. The volcano was met by a coup d'elat—a still fashionable expedient in these days. The ordinances came : the constitution was suspended. The editors signed a protest. Marshal elariuont took the command of the king's troops. Marshal Marmont was beaten, more soundly than at Vittoria, and Louis Philippe became king. Then Marshal Souk ceased his reserve. The transition was passed. There was a strong government for France at last, " a monarchy surrounded by republican institutions ;" and Marshal Soult determined to make it stronger by lending to it the prestige and power of his name and fame. Louis Philippe sought him when he was seeking Louis Philippe, and they soon came to terms. The Napoleon of Peace asked the aid of the lieutenant of the Napoleon of war ; and Marshal Soult became distinguished in France and in Europe as the chief agent of the " English alliance," and the boldest opponent of a war policy. The marshal joined the first ministry of Casimir Perier, succeeding, in that post, to Marshal Gerard, and being somewhat awk wardly held responsible for the blunders of his predcemor in sanctioning the famous Oisquct peculation—" wt fusil Oisquet " being a nickname for the marshal thereafter. As Minister of War at this time Marshal Soult had a terrible post to sustain. The earlier part of the reign of Louis Philippe was a succession of smothered insurrections—now of the republicans, now of the Vendcans, and now of " the nephew of my uncle ;" and to Marshal Soult the King looked beyond all other men. In the insurrections of the sth ana 6th June, the marshal had everything in his hands; and the sufficient reply to the doubts which were then openly expressed of his honesty, was the fact that he stood by the King. He astounded the King and the cabinet by his suggestion, at that time—that, in the event of a serious insurrection, they should abandon Paris ! But, his plan he justified: and, perhips, the counter-plan, to surround Paris with forts was not wiser. In whatever he did, he managed to be successful; and his government in his own depart ment, was confessedly popular. The responsibility of the general policy of the cabinet, he shared in more than an indirect degree. Some of his colleagues would have desired a war for Poland er for Italy; he strenuously resisted all the republican appeals for French intervention, and whether wisely or not for Europe, with prosperous consequences for Louis Philippe. A marshal of the Empire could alone have sustained the odium of an English alliance, which meant peace, and the King fully appreciated the service. It does not appear that the marshal and his colleagues worked well together. The marshal and M. Guilin were enemies ; and for " doctrinaires," generally as M. Guizot and his sect began to be called, the marshal had a profound contempt. On a question of appointing a go vernor of Algeria, there was a split in the cabinet; M. Guisot and M. Thiers caballed against the marshal, and the marshal retired—the grounds being purely personal be tween himself and his colleagues. The fall of Marshal Sonic was the occasion of serious complications and difficul ties, bathe would not reconnect himself with those who had insulted and defied him. With M. Thiers, however, he kept up intimate relations; and by the king, who had already commenced personal government, he was confiden tially consulted. At the breaking up of the ministry of the Ilth of October (1431), he did not join the cabinet formed by M. Mole, and until 1837 he was inactive. It was in the period from 1834 to 1837 that Louis Philippe suc ceeded in establishing that system of home government which was in the end so fatal to his government. For this Marshal Sault was but slightly responsible. Of the foreign policy of Louis Philippe from 1830 to 1842 be was a sup porter, and in reference to that he must be judged. The foreign policy and tho home policy, in truth, however, rested and were dependent on one another. In 1837, Queen Victoria came to the English throne, and at the coronation of her Majesty, in 1838, Marshal Souk was selected by the cabinet of the Tuileries as Ambassador Extraordinary to London. His mission was to cement the English alliance, by renewing that alliance with the new Sovereign ; and as a political agent in that cha racter he was received with a national welcome in England. Compliments were showered upon him by the court and by ministers ; and the people greeted the great general, the ancient enemy, wherever he appeared, with enthusiastic cheers. At the coronation his figure was the second in interest ; and in the procession his carriage, " • blue body, in the shape of a gondola, with silver mouldings," was grander than that of any English peer. The Duke of Wellington appeared at public places with him, and, though malapropos public instructors sneered about Toulouse, and even went so far in detraction as to summon Colonel Napier into a manly remonstrance and reminder of the pillar at Carmine, the public were mad with joy at the auspicious conjunction of the two heroes. We next come to 1841. The ministry of M. Mole fell. The minister, and the press, and the Chamber were at war, and, to avoid the storm, the King sacrificed a faithful ser vant. A new ministry was formed, and, in consequence of the dissensions of M. Guizot and M. Tillers, who would no longer act together, Marshal Soult was called to the presidency of the council. But this was not brought about without difficulty. While the King was without a ministry—or rather without a ministry of repute enough to meet the crisis—there came an insur rection: the revolt of May 12. The provisional cabinet was swept away ; and the King and society found a man in whom they could confide in Marshal Souk. While President of the Council he underwent the storm excited by the " Syrian question," and secured an intense unpopularity by his honourable anxiety to keep faith with Lord Palmerston. His ministry was not long-lived. M. (*aura entered power, and the results constitute the news of yesterday. Since that time Marshal Souk, enfeebled by age, but still intellectually vigorous, lived in retirement, in the en joyment of boundless fame and ample fortune. BOTANICAL SOCIETY Or LONDON.—The fifteenth anniversary meeting was held on Saturday at the society's rooms, 20,11edfnd-street, Strand; T. Moore, Esq., F.L.0., in the chair. Mr. 0. E. Denies, the secretary, read the re port of the council, from which it appeared that 17 new members had been elected since the last anniversary meet ing, and that the society now consisted of 270 members. Many thousands of British and foreign plants had been dis tributed to members in the United Kingdom and venous parts of Europe, and the donations to the library had been considerable. The report was unanimously adopted ; after which a ballot took place for the council, when J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S., was reelected pre s id en t ; M r . Reynolds, treasurer; and Mr. G. E. Denies, secretary. ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLISH REVOLUTION.— Saturday, the 29th ult. being the 21st anniversary of the Polish Revolution of 1430 31, a great number of refugees, resident in London, attended a funeral service in the Roman catholic chapel, Sohoaquare, in commemoration of those of their countrymen who feU in the war of that national stragg'e. the Court. OSBORNE, SATURDAY. Her Majesty, his Royal Ilighneas Prince Albert, and the royal family walked yesterday morning in tke park. The Queen and Prince drove out In the afternoon in a pony phaeton. There was no addition to the royal dinner part/. DUNDAY. lice Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the royal family did not leave the grounds at O s b orn e yester day. There was no addition to the royal dinner party. Mr. Henry Berkeley, M.P., trattricted business with ths Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his official resi dence in Downing -street. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant-Colonel John Cornell Chad% late of the Ist West In lia Regiment, is appointed President and senior Member of Council of the Virgin Islands.—Captain J amco Richard Booth, R.N. is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of M on t serra t.—M r . &- Ito beet Duncan Wilmot is appointed Surveyor-General of New Brunswick.—Mr. Richard Francis Morgan is appointed a Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. EARL GREY has, we perceive, just appointed James St. John, fourth sou of James Augustus St. John, to be Surveyor-General to the colony of Labuan, where his brother, Mr. Spencer St. J o h n , already holds the high office of her Britannic. Majesty's commission to the Sultan of Borneo, and the princes and independent chiefs of the Indian Archipelago. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The platforms which were carried out at the various entrances to facilitate the loading of the goods are being removed, and must of the cranes are taken down ; the Sappers and Miners have disappeared, the police have been reduced to • very small number, and on Saturday the little rooms in which Colonel Reid, Messrs. Dilke, Cole, &c., carried on their labours were being emptied of their contents. The Executive Committee have already taken their departure, and Lieutenant Paisley, and a slender staff of engineers, at present represent the Royal Commissioners. The great bulk of what re mains in the English side of tho trausept belongs to the Royal Commissioners, to whom presents of all descriptions have been made for the National Museum. This museum at present occupies the site of the British Statuary Court, which is tilled with a most heterogeneous assemblage of goods and specimens of all kinds. Among the latest donations is the bronze Statue of the " Eagle Slayer," from the Colebrook Dale Company. In the mining department, along the south wall of the building, there u still a very numerous collection of mineralogical and geological specimens, huge granite figures hum z-coland, immense masses of stone 'ruin Portland and Derbyshire, and blocks of coal from Northumberland and the midland cuuuti.. , s, which were got in with a great deal of trouble and expense, and are now, to save the cost of removal, labelled " Presented to the Royal Commissioners." The last rail way engine, drawn by fifteen horses, left the building on ' Saturday morning; the rails have all been pulled up and removed, and the la►t traces of the great mechanical and engineering marvels which were assembled in this quarter' are gone. Passing through the "foreign hoarding" we find that France, which a few days ago looked as if she bad taken a three months' have of the building, has conic out of hur l compartments into the nave, whiett is encumbered with' hundri ds of cases and packages all ready fur removal. Austria has followed her example, and the whole of the foreign states are literally muter weigh; Belgium looking very much as if she would be last in the race. The quantity of goods sold since the Exhibition tuts closed to the public has ueen enormous, and it was the hope of further sales that rendered the proceedings of the foreign exhibitors so ex tremely slow. The colossal seated figure of her Majesty in sine, which was put up by the Vieille Monk4ne Company, St. Michael overthrowing the rebel angel, and the groups of Arabian horses, arc the prominent objects that remain in the foreign nave. The royal commissioners have decided, however, upon granting the foreign exhibitors another fort night to clear out the remainder of their goods; and the building will be thrown open gratuitously to the public on the let January, 1332. TILE BELGIAN LoCONIOTIVE from the Crystal Palace passed through the City on Saturday, on its way to Belgium, drawn by 13 horses, and was the object of much attention. PRINCE ALBERT'S Blitru-PLACE.—The tableau of plastic work, extending about eighteen feet hi front, sad tea feet wide, and representing a rural fete at a suburban chateau belonging to the Duke of Suxe Coburg Gotha, the birth-place of Prince Albert, and the residence of her Ma jesty the Queen Vintoria when on her visit to the duke, exhibited at the Crystal Palace, in the Prussian depart ment, No. 804, was on Friday sold by auction, in Leaden hall-street, by order of the Zollverein committee. The tableau, that will be well remembered from its being one of the general attractions in the Exhibition, contains about four hundred moveable figures grouped in dances, bands of music, and festive parties, all set in motion by much complicated machinery, the cost in the construction, as authoritatively asserted, being more than 800/., eubserilnd by au association of manufacturers at Sonnenberg, Duchy of Saxe Coburg Gotha. The object, it is stated, was to pre sent it to Prince Albert, who however declined it, but prof fered to purchase it on a price being named. From some cause, not explained, the model fete remained with the Zollverein committee, who, since the closing of the Great Exhibition, obtained its passing the customs at the low esti mate of seven pounds ten shillings. At the sale, on Friday,' it was sold for the comparatively trilling seta of twenty-six pounds. SIR JOSEPII PAXTON.—A striking profile likeness of Sir J. Patton, lithographed by M. J. Lt. Lynch, from a Daguerreotype by Kilburn, shows to advantage the joint labours of the draughtsinan and the photographer. 1 here are no rash interpolations on the pert of the copyist, who has wisely trusted throughout to unerring mechanical guidance. CHARGES AGAINST A CLERGYMAN ON THE CHURCH oe ESOLAND.—At the Town Hall, at Fiahguard, a commission was held this week to inquire into certain charges preferred against the Rev. H. Nathan,_ rector of the parish of Jordaustown, in the county of Pembroke. The charges against him partook of a twofold character: first, he was charged with having been repeatedly intoxi cated, to the scandal of his profession and religion; and, second, it was alleged that he had on various occasions used abusive and indecent language, unbecoming a clergyman of the church of England. The commissioners before whom the inquiry was held were the Rev. John Evans, of Llanboidy; Rev. James Thomas ' of Haverfurdwest; Rev. George Retries , of Letterson ; Rev. J. P. Williams, of Whitchurch ; and Rev. Thomas Watts, of Haverfordwest. Mr. Nathan, who denied the various allegations against him, was present, and conducted his own defence. Several witnesses having been examined in support of the charges, the chairman of the commission said the commissioners considered that enough had been proved to call for the in stitution of further proceedings. DISASTROUS ACCIDENT AT KENSINGTON.—On Saturday morning an accident of a very lamentable nature took place at Kensington, which has already resulted in the death of one man, while two others and three lads have been seriously injured. The accident occurred at some new buildings in that part of Kensington known ae the " New Town,' on the south side of the great western road, and close to the turnpike grate. About eighteen months since the old Kensington workhouse, which stood on the eastaide of the Gloucester-road, leading to the old Brompton-road, was vacated by the inmates, who were removed to the new workhouse, and a lease of the ground was taken by Mr. In derwick, of Leicester-square, who immediately proceeded to pull down the old building, and laid one a square of first class houses upon the site. One side of this new square is al ready finished, although not yet inhabited, and the car cases of the houses on the opposite side are built up to the height of four stones above the basement, and roofed. It was on this side of the square, formed of six houses joined together, and two larger projecting ones at eith er end, that the accident occurred. A number of plasterers were em ployed in putting up a massive projecting cornice between the third and fourth stories of the central houses, and com menced their work on Saturday morning at the usual hour, when everything appeared to be in the same state of secu rity as it was left on the previous evening. The men con tinued working on the top tier of the scaffolding, a height of between forty and fitly feet from the ground, till about twenty minutes to eight o'clock, when suddenly the whole of the cornice work of four of the houses gave way, and falling upon the scaffolding with great force, precipitated the whole to the ground, with the persons at work thereon. The loud crash was heard at a great distance. All the men em ployed upon the works immediately hastened to the "ambit once of the unfortunate suffer, re, who were buried under the broken scaffolding and portions of the parapet wall, which had also given way. The centre of the cornice was com posed of large fiat stones, one end of which was built into the front wall, and all these had broken short off, and come down. Three men and three stout lads, who were serving the plasterers with cement, were found partly co• vend by the stones and rubbish, five of whom were promptly extricated, and conveyed in cabs to St. George's Hospital. The sixth sufferer, who when carried out rip , peared to be in a lifeless state, was attended by Mr. Abra ham, a surgeon residing close to the spot, and who had hastened there on hearing the crash, but he was found to be quite dead, the lower limbs being broken, and there being also a serious fracture of the skull. The body was shortly afterwards conveyed to the dead house of the New Kensington Workhouse, where it awaits the coroner's in quest. On inspecting the buildings from which the cornice has fallen, the remaining portions of the flat stones were found to be still embedded in the wall, the exterior portion, being much the greater part, and which supported the whole weight of the cement, having broken off close to the wall. The scaffolding, which has apparently fallen out wards, still remains supported by the firmly bound cords, although some of the upright poles base been snapped asunder at different lengths. The names of the sufferers are :—Robert WoodWg, about 25 years of age (killed) ; Dennis Hurley, 28 • Daniel Delany, 28 ; Dennis Earley, 15; John Calaghan;l4 ; and Michael Gorman, 14. On in quiring at the hospital on Saturday we were informed that all the injured persons were progressing favourably. One of the men has had the breast-bone broken, and one of the lads has had his back severely strained ; the other injuries are principally severe contusions. Many rumours are afloat in the neighbourhood as to the cause of the accident, which of course must be strictly investigated at the inquest. Ilad the accident occurred only 20 minutes later in the day, there would have been no serious result, as the men would have left for breakfast. HOUSEHOLD NARRATIVE. THE STAMP-OFFICE r. CHARLES DICKENS' JUDGMENT, THIS DAY. In the Court of Exchequer this morning the Lord Chief Baron gave the judgment of the court in the import ant ease of the Attorney General v. Bradbury and Evans, relating to the question whether Mr. Dickens' "Household Narrative " was liable to the Newspaper Stamp Act. Baron Martin argued at great length against the applica tion of the tax to that publication. Baron Platt followed on the same side, and quoted several acts of parliament in confirmation of his opinion. Baron Parke also cited various authorities, and contended that tho "Household Narrative " wu clearly within the liability of the stamp tax. The Lord Chief Baron delivered his opinion at consider able length,referrin; to the " Annual Register," magazines, &r., and pronounced his decided opinion against the appli cability of the tax to Mr. Dickens' glou , ehold Narra tive." Verdict for the defendant accordingly. The court was crowded to excess during the addresses of the learned judges. SURREY ADJOURNED SESSIONS. THIS DAY. These sessions commenced this morning, at the Session house, Newington.caseway, !retort Thomas Puckle, Eq. chairman, and a full bench of magistrates. The calend ar contained containeds hundred prisoners for trial. among whom 87 are for felonies, and the remainder fur misdemeanours. The grand jury having been sworn, The Chairman, in his address, informed them that the calendar was much heavier 'at this time of the year than it was last year, but that was not owing to any increase of crime, but the alteration of the law which bad recently taken place, giving magistrates at quarter scssioni the power of trying a large number of asses, which formerly went to the assizes and the Central Criminal Court. FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. On Thursday evening the annual general meeting of the menthers and friend.; of the Liverpool Finmeial Re form Association wits hell in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson street. Shortly after seven o'clock the chair was taken by the president of the association, Heinen - faux GLAINTONE, Esq. The CRAW MAN, on taking his seat, was received with loud and long-continued cheering. As soon as silence wan restored, he sa , d—Gentlemen, this meeting, strictly speak ing, ought to have been held much earlier in the year; and so far as my own convenience was concerned, might have taken place in the commencement of last month ; but it oc curred to some of the members of the council, with perfect good taste and right feeling, the full forte of which it was impossible to overlook, that, as her Majesty was then about to honour Liverpool ith a visit, the exposure of the enormities of our financial system, as brought to light by the etforts of this association, and reported in the public journals, was not the most fitting welcome for royalty, however much we have reason to believe the natural bent of her Majesty's disposition to he opposed to reekless extravagance and national wrong. (Cheers.) But although, gentlemen, I have been until the present year precluded from a very regular at tendance of the meetings of the council, which continue to take place twice in each week, you must not for one moment imagine that the great work of disseminating the principles of the Financial Itelorm Association has heca in any way impeded or neglected; on the contrary, the cause has been in far more able hands; and it must have been highly gratifying to those gentlemen, to whom alone the credit is due, to witness the pmlilie fruits of their labours in the very general interest excited in various parts of the kingdom, and in the number of kindred associ ations that have, through their exertions, elsewhere been called into existence. (Loud cheers.) Thus, whilst the council have refrained from convening public meetings, affording the reflective mind the opportunity to consider calmly and dispassionately the statements contained in our tracts, and to judge tbr themselves whether these things be so or not, the current of financial reform has been wafted, by the breeze of popular opinion, in its onward progress to wards the great abyss of political truth, just as the deep and placid but irresistible stream, whose murmuring ripple echoes the voice of just complaint in its winding course, visits refreshes, and fertilises, us it glides along the vale and thei meadow, until it reaches its final destination, and mixes, at length, with the parent ocean. (Great cheering.) The conduct of the government, and even parliament itself, throughout the whole of last session, was much of a piece with that of preceding years, evincing the same want of sympathy towards the great mass of the people, who bear the heat and burthen of the day in the shape of taxation, that has distinguished them on all occasions. It is true the window tax has been repealed, but in the act of removal 11 sort of left-handed blow has been struck by the imposition of the house tax at the same time. It must be admitted that there is a sort of dread of financial reformers, which, if it has not already exercised a salutary effect in curtailing expenditure., has at least tended to check any possible attempt to add to the burdens already in existence ; consequently, it is not to be expected that the members of this association are regarded with any particular favour, either by the government or the Howe of Commons. Thus it has been our lot, 144 it has also been with Mr. Cob den, Mr. Bright, and some few other members, to be as sailed with safety to those who make the attack, in a place either where it is well known we are not present to answer for ourselves, or, as was the case with these gentlemen, where their opponents were too powerful and too numerous to afford even a fair field for discussion. Through the great ability and untiring zeal and perseverance of Mr. Hume, wonderful to my, a committee of the house has at last been appointed, where the subject of taxation will, it is to be hoped, undergo a searching inquiry. But from the present House of Commons, as now constituted, I fear there is little or nothing to expect. (Hear, hear.) Even the government appear to be aware of this evil, and contemplate bringing forward a further measure of parliamentary reform. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DOUGLAS E. MILNE, the secretary, then read the report, in which it was stated that the council review of the system of indirect taxation, with a history of the fiscal system, was brought ton close, and that it was contemplated to publish it in a book form with a view to wider circula tion. Mr. A. C. STEWART having moved the adoption of the report, Mr. F. BOULT seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. EDWARD BRODRIBB then, in a long and able address, which was repeatedly cheered, moved the adoption of the following petition To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. "'The petition of the undersigned bankers, merchants, traders, and others, inhabitants of the borough of Liverpool. "Humbly shewcth—That, during the last se-sion of parliament your honourable house were pleased to order That a select committee be appointed to inquire into the present mode of assessing and collecting the income and Iproperty tax, and to consider whether a n y o th er sys t em o f evying the same, so as to render the tax more equitable, can be adopted.' That the said select committee, on 21st day of July last, reported to your honourable house that the committee have determined, considering the advanced period of the session, and the state of the business of the house that their proceedings be now closed; that it is not expe dient,: in the present very incomplete state of the inquiry, to report the evidence to the house • that, in the opinion of this com m itt ee , a com mittee sho uldi be appointed next session for the purpose of continuing this inquiry.' That, in reference to the fore going, it is the opinion of your petitioners that it is a ques ' tion requiring serious investigation, whether the present system of taxation through the customs, excise, stamps, licenses, and assessed taxes on carriages and servants, does not press more unequally on the several classes of the com munity, and act more injuriously on the general prosperity of the country at large, than the present income and pro perty tax, with all its justly complained of inequalities. It appears, indeed, to your petitioner*, that an inquiry, confined solely to the income and property tax, will be unsatisfactory and incomplete. May it, therefore, please your honourable house to take the whole sub ject into consideration, and to reappoint said select committee, with instructions to extend the inquiry into the operation of these various imposts, more especially those of the customs and excise, in order that a full investigation should ho made into the nature and operation of direct and indirect taxation, and how far the burdens of taxation may be lessened, and the pressure thereof on the commercial and industrious classes of the country lightened, and the collection of the amount requisite for the support of the government and its several establishments be made more simple, equitable, and cheap than by the existing system. ' And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. "Liverpool, Nov. 27, ISM." IRELAND. DVALIN, "2:). It has been arranged that the next annual meeting and show of the Royal Irish Agricultural Society shall be held at Galway, provided guarantee be given that a sum of 5004 shall be supplied from local resources to meet the expenses. The people of Galway feel so satisfied that Mr. Wagstaff is pre pared to carry out his project of steam communica tion between New York and their town, that they have declined making any inquiries to assure them selves further on the subject. Three more estates came under the hammer yester day in the Encumbered Estates Court. These were the estates of John linden Scott, in the counties of Clare and Kerry and the city of Line:lick; of Walter Lawrence, in the counties Galway and Mayo; and of John W. Bayly, in the county of Tipperary. The sale of the last-mentioned estate was adjourned on account of the inadequacy of the biddings; and in the other properties the majority of the lots were knocked down at 10, 11, and 12 years' purchase on the valua tion ; while other lots, fur which offers amounting to an equal rate were made, were adjourned by the com missioners. The gross sum realised by the day's sales was 23,855/. Altogether this has been a great week in the little court in Henrietta-street. Besides those properties just mentioned, the great estates of the Earl of Kingston in the county of Limerick, the estates of Lord Viscount Gort, those of Sir George Geoid, of Mr. Denroch Purcell, and others, changed hands this week under the fiat of the commissioners. The sales of Tuesday last realised 122,0201. ; those of Thursday, 50,120/.; and those of yesterday, as has been just stated, 2:1,5.15/. : making a total of iou,s9at., a large sum, considering, too, that much the greater portion of it was Irish capital, for one week's sales. The amount paid away by the commissioners this week was 40,330/. ; making in all from the begin ning., 1,546,762/. The -Vitt itin is attempting once more to sound the feelings of Ireland in the same strain as in 1518, though it is difficult to imagine that this can be intended as more than a jest. Certain portentous possibilities in the womb of 1852 are hinted at, and the machinery of the Catholic Defence Association is scoffed at as a thing that is only in the way. The Nation of this morning delivers itself in the following style:— Row the world believes that she (Ireland) is struck down for evermore. And, to tell the trut:4, it would be strange if this belief had not some prevalence. Fur the effort made to relieve the catholic people Irons the last wrong eota ndtted against them is iu its latest manifestation so preten tious mid yet SO weak a parody on the old mischievous system of bullying agitation, that it only excites the con tempt of those whose raising notice it attracts. It does not cow England ; it does not thrill Ireland ; it doe,. not even amuse Europe. It la so hackuied and used up. The same exploded fallacies are proclaimed to be essen tial dogmas of political. faith. The " ever inviolate loyalty" pledge, the "constitutional lever, ' and the abomination of " one drop of human blood," might tickle the devils in all their torments to hear them solemnly re-enunciated as the doettines of salvation to a people whom " loyalty" and "constitutional =thin," and " peace-preservation," have left le gases :tad vermin. Where this country alive to the crisis which draws imarer every hour, and which portends revolutiod to all Europe, from Birmingham to Naples, from St. retnborough to Lyons; in which, as wo road the signs of the era, not all her diplomatic caution can save England trout participa tion, as the soldier,pf liberty or the ally of despotism; we might command our destiny and snatch our withheld rights. For surely if England be involved in the convul sion the ravings of the old higotted ascendancy will be re warded with the scourge or the strait waistcoat, and the violations. of the Titles 11111 pocketed in silence, when the army will need to be recruited by catholic Irialimen. if we appreciated the juncture, and were somewhat less en thusiastic and profane in our loyal professions; if we pre. Jeered an ultimatum, and named America as the umpire be tween us, and invited some few thousand refugees to return and witness our friendly negotiation with England, we rattier think that the year Vi 2 (minus mintbstiy) would ace a solution of all questions between England and Ire land extremely satisfactory Old profitable (to both countries of course)." • • • a • • But " France is on fire; Germany conspires; Italy con federates; Hungary takes heart; England talks demo cracy ; America pledges herself to the trodden nationalities ; and Ireland—lreland, in her poor-law venture repeats her catechism, cheers loud roaring impostors, loves her "dar ling little Queen" ; and will "see about it the day after the fair." Out of a population of 44.571 in the Mailings? union it has been ahcertained by the relieving officers that over 24,000 will be entitled to relief uuder the Medical Charities Act, that is, arc pussd..ssed of no means to pay for medical attendance themselves. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DUBLIN. FRIDAY. Blltelt V. SOMERVILLE. Mr. O'Driocoll, on Windt of the p appised to have the trial of this ease postponed to a later diq than Monday, and n day fixed for the trial. The chief Justice granted the application and appointed Friday next for the trial. At the instance of the plaintiff, summonses have this day been served on Colonel Browne, the Hun. Major l'ansonhy, the proprietor of the Ercniny Poll, mid Mr. Michael Staunteei. An intimation has beck given this day to Mr. Lireh's solici tor, to the effect that his excellency the Lord Lieutenant will be in attendance on whatever day his presence may be required in court. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. OXFORD, Noy. 29.—INCREtsE OF STIPEND.— In the convocation to be holden on Tuesday, it will be pro p-Hied to grant the following payments to Me Professors of Mineralogy, Geology, and Chemistry, on thew conditions, viz. that they reside in the University for at l east twe l ve weeks in each year, of which six shall be in one term, and that in each of these terms they deliver two lectures in each week To the Reader in Mineralogy, Idol.: 'Cu the Reader in Geology, 1401. ; to the Reader in Chemistry, 711. 10s. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. I.—A sum amounting to about 1,9201., 3 per cent. consols having been accepted by the University for the purpose of founding an annual prize, con sisting of the interest of the above-mentioned fund, to be called the "Le Bas Prize," for the best English ess •ay on subject of general literature, such subject to be occasionally chosen with reference to the history, institutions and probable destinies and prospects of the Anglo-Indian Empire. The subject for the present year is—.' A. view of the routes suc cessively taken by the commerce between Europe and the East, and of the political effects produced by the several changes." Candidates for the prize must be at the time when the subject is given out bachelors of Arts under the standing of M.A., or students in Civil Law or Medicine of not less than four or more than seven years' standing; not being graduates in either faculty but having kept the exer cises necessary for the degree of Bachelor of Law or Medi cine. The essays must be sent in to the Vice-Chancellor before the end of the Easter Term 18 . 62, each bearing some motto and accompanied by a scaled paper, bearing the same motto, and enclosing the name of the can didate and that of his college. The successful candidata is required to publish the essay at his own expense.—R. Oars, Vi ce -Ch ance ll or, H. A. WOODIIAM, ROWLAND WILLIAMS (per H A. Wood burn). THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—Satur day was the last day, as prescribed by the rules of the Smithfield Club, fur the entries of cattle and other stock, as well as for implements; and, as was anticipat e d, th e y exceed—more especially the cattle and sheep cluiws—thoso of former years. His Royal Highness Prince Albert had already been announced as •considerable contributor; but it is understood that, cn this occasion, the animals selected for the ensuing exhibition, from the Flemish Farm, will not be confined te the inferior class, s of cattle, but an aim will be made by his Royal Highness to secure a posi tion as a successful competitor in the first clam. The great centre area and the galleries devoted to the exhi bition of agricultural implements, seeds, &e., are now— with the exception of a few of the lending implements, brought direct from the Exhibition on its closing— entirely cleared; but, to-day (Monday), the work of supplying their places commences, and the agricultural implements will bo received from six o'clock this morning until three o'clock on Thursday afternoon; after which hour, by the ruby of the club, no further implements of any description whatever will be received. The reception of the cattle and other stock will commence on Tuesday morning, and continuo until six o'clock on Saturday next, the 6th inst.; and any animals which have not arrived at the yard by that time will, by the rules of the club, be refused admission. In consequence of the increase of the build ing, a large addition of gas lighting has been required, the piping for which, it is stated, would, if paced in a direct line, reach a distance of nearly two miles. the entire build ing was lighted on Friday evening, as an experiment, under .CATION OF THE STRIKE OF MIL MYERS'S the arrangement of Mr. Richardson, the superintendent of the Imperial Company, and e x hibit e d a very brilliant and Wolizstax.—On Saturd a y n i g ht a genera l meet i ng of the pleasing appearance. The judges, who have not the uppers and other workmen on s t o k e took place at the tunity, in any instance, of knowing to w h om any o f t h e Temperance Hall, Broadway, W estm i nster , to cons id er cattle belong, will go round and exam i ne th e s p ec i mens , an d the latest terms off e r e d by M r . My ers th roug h t h e deputa tion which had waited upon him. These terms were, that make the awards of the prizes on Monday, Dec. 8, and in the evening the private new will take place. On Tuesday, the men should be allowed to lose as much as one day, or ten hours p. r week, without being liable to for- the 9th, the show will open to the public, and continue open felt the four o'clock privilege on Saturdays, but the three succeeding days, from 8 in the morning till 10 at not to take any further time to themselves with- night, finally , closing on Friday evening, so as to enable the butchers who have purchased stock to remove them on the out previously applying to th e ir res p ect i ve fore men for permission. Mr. Richard Pickersgill, who oc- Saturday, with a view of preventing the desecration of the copied the chair, said that the terms above stated had been Sunday which formerly occurred. It is stated that more agreed to by the men in the employ of Mr. Myers, but that noblemen and gentlemen have entered stock for competition the assent of the masons of London at lame was necessary to on the present than on any former occasion. give full validity to the agreement. Mr. Arnutt, corm sCOTTISH DISTILLF.RS AND THE BOARD OF s- THE poadiu secretary of the =aeons' society, briefly recom- Exclaz.—A correspondent states that the concession mended the acceptance of the terms now offered. A long granted last year by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue discussion followed, nod finally the resolution was unans- to the distillers of North Britain of liberty to import spirits mously adopted, that the terms offered should be accepted into England exempt from the differential duty of 4s. &I. by the men on strike, and a deputation was appointed to per gallon, upon special application to the board, has carry the resolve of the workmen to Mr. Myers. The I withdrawn, owing to the fact that some Scottish dam ayw strike may now, therefore, be reg ar d e d as term inattpl, after taken advantage of it to establish a permanent tree son* having - having lasted upwards of five weeks. of the Tweed. Mr. LAWRENCE . iiEY WORTH, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was carried. Mr. C. ROBERTSON moved the appointment of the officers and committee tor the ensuing year • Mr. Robertson Gladstone was named as p res id ent , and Mr. Lawrence Heywortb, 11. P., vice-president. Mr. C. E. RAWLINS seconded the resolution, wnich was also carried unanimously; and alter a vote or thanks to the chairman the meeting broke up. TEILMIN. /' N •-• 1