The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-03 00:00:00

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor —C. MORTON. rrhe public is most, respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 )'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec -lon of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters •and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUMICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion In the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. The real Estate Intestacy Bill was last night rejected by a very large majority. Two hundred and seventy-one Noble Lords and Right Honour able and Honourable Gentlemen voted against the sacreligious disposal of landed property whieh would give any portion to younger sons or daughters in the event of its not being efficiently disposed of by the " father during his life time." The right divine of the eldest son was fully affirmed. He should receive every acre of land and be entitled to turn those sprung from the same nuptials on the wide world penniless if the father had, through careless ness, inadvertence, or from cowardly unwilling ness to make a will, died without arranging his affairs, The question, then, at issue was—What disposi tion of his affairs would the small landowner, the yeoman with a few hundred pounds per annum, or the retired tradesman, who, being actuated with the desire to kill his own mutton, and stimu lated by the extraordinary facilities afforded by the Solicitor-General's Bill, may desire to invest his savings in " dirty acres ?" Surely he would not desire to see those • who were just as near and dear to him as the eldest son, probably consigned to beggary and ruin, while the favoured one took' all and left them destitute. It must be reinembered that the proposed measure did not contemplate any restriction an incapacity. There was nothing in the slightest degree approximating to the French l aw . The code Napoleon was not in any degree plagiarised. If a man, forgetful of the ties o f nature, of all his parental obligations, should desire .to aggrandise one child at the expense of all the others, he would be 'at liberty to do so. All that was required is that he should clearly express that desire, and that there should be an unequivocal intimation of his intention to disinherit the " detri mentals," as they are facetiously termed by wrinkled 'dowagers or manceuvring mammas who have cer tain goods to be disposed of in the matrimonial mart. The matter could not in any degree affect the " select upper crust." The favoured ten thousand, - who constitute " the world," have all lad elaborate settlements executed on their marriages, disposing not only of everything in possession but in re mainder, expectancy-or reversion. Those who are still in a state of celibacy know that they will have to swallow the pill before they change their con dition, and that the family estate must be duly settled, terms created charges fixed, and all other pre liminaries arranged. It is a matter of compara tively trivial consequence whether th ey die intestate or otherwise, for their affairs are already settled, the amount of jointure fixed, and the charge for younger children—the same whether one or a dozen—completely arranged. Such parties as we have above referred to are not in any degree interested. We must descend a few steps on the social ladder. The real question then is—What will should the law make for those members of the middle and less wealthy classes who have, through apathy and indifference, neglected to dispose of their freehold property? We believe that if ninety-nine out of every hundred could be canvassed, they would wish for an equitable . distribution, and that all their children should share .in the proceeds. Should there be any romantic feeling respecting an estate which had remained centuries in the family, it will be easy to preVent its alienation. But the met who have such inheritances will take sufficient care to avert the dreaded evil. The majority of those affected will be those who have made their money, and who would be quite willing that the properties which they themselves had purchased should be sold under the great facilities afforded by the Solicitor-General's mea sure. .. Indeed, such would be- the result in almost every case, and it would be far better, both for the inheritor and the community at large, that the freehold - should be sold to an unincumbered posses sor than that one-third of the annual produce should go by way of jointure to the support of the widow, and another large portion for family charges to the uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters, and sons and daughter's of the late proprietor. Those who know anything of Irish estates could speak of the terrible effect produced by the accumulation of such burdens. The Bill has been rejected for this year, but we hope and believe that ere long it will obtain the legislative sanction, and that this stain on the national statute-book may be for ever , removed. Mr. T. D. FITZGERALD has done quite right in again calling the attention of the Legislature tothe subject of sectarian oaths. While the Jew Bills were under discussion, we held it to be bad gene ralship, as well as a needless unkindness to the Jews, to complicate their claims with the re-ad justment of the Catholic oaths. Catholics, however, did their part in liberating their Jewish fellow-sub jects, and that ground for longer silence on their own grievance is now removed. Their grievance, we say advisedly, for they feel it to be such ; and we cannot insist on retaining the present form of the oath without alleging that Catholics are advocates of regicide, of snbversion of old settlements of property, and of mental reservations. We do not enumerate a desire to subvert the Establishment of the Episcopal Church (not the Church itself which is established in Ireland) as amongst the crimes whith• the oath flings in their teeth. If so, the Attorney-General ought to be at once in structed to prosecute a well-kn Own society; which for years has been lecturing, publishing, meeting, and acting most publicly, for the subversion of all Establishments of Religion, and which has indeed a local domicile in, Sedition Street, We believe it is named in the Government books, vulgarly called Fleet-street. If Catholics are to be sworn not to assail the Establishment, a fortiori, English Dis senters ought to be so too—the Society referred to having several Members in the House of Commons ; indeed, dUring the last Parliament, their Magnus Apollo, Mr. MIALL, was there himself and made a long and confessedly able specch,too, against the Irish Church. The idea of a compact having been made in 1829, which Catholics are not at liberty now to alter, or rather to seek to get altered, we think absurd in the extreme. We have no such Mede and Persian legislative compacts. It is per fectly competent to King, Lords, and Commons, to alter the Hanoverian succession itself, if they see fit. Imprudent enough it might be ; but were sufficient cause shown, were a Prince of WALES, for instance, to become so disloyal to his country, as to be an object of general aversion, it would be the duty of the Legislature to bar him of his other- wise lawful inheritance. We scout still more the fancy that any arrangement between different parties or classes in the nation, which can be proved unfair, or which, in process of time, becomes so, should not be revised. Eapecially is this the case when the aggrieved party is but a minority, and must make out its case therefore so, clearly to the aggriev ing party, that the latter is constrained, by conside rations of humanity and justice merely, to grant the required relief. We certainly think the time 'is now come when all the unworthy safeguards of this kind which have been imposed by the dominant Church on the less favoured churches should be utterly abolished. There is, we believe, a declaration required of Dissenters who are elected Common Councilmen under the late Municipal Act, to the effect that they will not, in virtue of their office, do anything hurtful to the " Establishment." We should, in deed, be inclined to suggest to Mr. FITZGERALD the desirableness of including in his bill all oaths and declarations, Parliamentary and municipal, and others, if they exiit, which any of her MAJESTY'S subjects are required to make or take, be cause they do - not accept the Thirty-nine Articles, the Prayer-book, and the Angli can Episcopate. The time is surely come when r these brands • of intolerance and badges of inferiority ought to be effaced or destroyed for ever, The doctrine of any inherent superiority in a Church, evolved by a kind of almost lottery process, from Romanisra, Lutheranism, and Calvinism, from Tudors, Stuarts, and the Commonwealth, is now a doetrine of the clergy only. The laity now respect each others' Christian creeds and worship sincerely, and are becoming every year more averse to what ever creates social distinction and on reli gious grounds. As Lord STANLEY has both said and written, the whole tendency of the age is to' 'thorough Religious Equality ; it may indeed be called one of its characteristics. Like his j Lordship, we cannot deplore this. Of all religions Christianity was never designed to confer political or legal superiority on its professors, much less to exalt one class of its professors at the expense of another. 1 IVe do n o t see L or d . STANLEY'S name in the divi sion list, and we much regret to find on the mron g side some m em b ers o f th e presen t Govern ment,-from whose liberality of religious sentiment and general intelligence we should have expected better things. Ought such names as Mr. DISRAELI, eL thisYT T O w N i t to hi. i Mr. e place dßA i,L, i S n ir tb il e . sa C m Al e ß l N is B ; o a n na a s S u i b r j E e c . t l3 rl k . the lay-preaching member for Camberigdegneusshiroen,inMer; could SPOONER, Mr. NEWDEGATE, et ho Some other m embers of the G overnment sh ou ld h a ve known better , bUt p erha ps we hardly ex pect better from them . We must confess a lmost to Wonder, that th e House could find enough in so plain a matter to occupy its time for so long, or that 113 noes could be whipped up by all the efforts of the Treasury. The oaths we believe to be no safeguard whatever, while they -are wantonly insulting to those who are required to take them. Why not swear. Presbyterians that they will do no injury to' " black prelacy," as their " standards" have it, or rather that they now regard it as white ? Why not swear the successors of the Puritans that it is not lawful to create " martyrs of blessed 1 memory" by decapitating lawless Kings ? Why not swear members of the Anti-State Church So • ciety that they will not imagine, compass, or con trive the destruction of the Establishment ? The truth is that reason and argument, not oaths, must now be the defence of all that is worth defending. Indeed, if protective oaths were needed on behalf of any party it would be the feebler one, the minority, who need them; and members of the Church of Eng land should be sworn not to take advantage of their being in a majority, to oppress by legislation Ca tholics and other Dissenters. Should Mr. FITZ GERALD'S bill be defeated he might, perhaps, pro pose another, suggesting certain things which all English Churchmen should swear to, in order to secure the liberties of unendowed and unprivileged sects. Dissenters and Catholics might cull a choice selection of persecuting canons and sentiments from Church of England offices, laws, and acknowledged authorities, were they to rummage her compara tively modern antiquities—antiquities still so ten derly cherished. MR. G. T. F. SMITH'S WEATHER _PRE DICTIONS FOR MARCH, 1859. enerally fine to the 6th, and windy near then, probably slight rain may occur near the 6th day ; from 10th to 13th stormy and variable, with rain or hail storms ; from 14th to 17th still very stormy ; from the 17th to 20th or 21st it will be stormy and very windy at the Equinox, variable with bright gleams of sunny weather; and this kind of weather, so variable, with sunshine and storms, continues to the end of the month. The average of mild weather has still continued, as men tioned in the explanatory remarks in reference to January last, a period in,which a powerful combination of inclement testimony failed in its results ; and, as previously stated, tends to strengthen my anticipation of another comet's ap proach to our hemisphere. It will be remembered that similar anticipations in reference to the last comet were not mistaken:, LECTURE ON THE USE OF COMB US TIBLE MATERIALS IN WAR. On Tuesday last, a lecture was delivered in the theatre of the United Service Institution—Major- General S. Stanhope in the chair—by J. Macin tosh, Esq., " On the Use of Combustible Materials in the New . Strategies of War." In order to ex plain his remarks, he classed them under five heads :-Ist. Facilitating attack by ships of war against sea-face fortifications. 2d. Facilitating attack upon earthworks. 3d. The inefficiency of the ordinary shell and fuse as used during the late Russian war. 4th. The destructive powers of in cendiary shells when used against shipping, &c. oth. Method' of preventing troops, &e., from cross ing rivers. Mr. Macintosh then went on to say that he would propose to aid our navy in attacking strong sea forts, by attaching an incendiary naval steam brigade, consisting of small and inexpensive steamers, having suitable iron compartments filled with his combustible compound, composed of pre pared coal, tar, and naphtha, which can be easily ob tained in any quantities, and at a trifling cost. These vessels would be sent in ,wind and tide favouring,w ith a time fuse ignited leading to a bursting charge. On exploding the bursting charge the inflammable fluid would be scattered on the surface of the water, causing the immediate ignition of the naphtha, and producing a dense black suffocating smoke, which, driven by the wind against the sea face, enters the embrasures, and. either suffocates or drives away the enemy's gunners, leaving the forts in our possession. Another plan was to discharge a sufficient quantity of the naphtha upon the surface of the water to windward of the fortress, and ignite it by means of a shell or rocket containing naphtha and potassium ; by the great affinity of the latter for oxygen, the floating liquid, which cannot mix with the water, will be immediately inflamed. The lecturer then proceeded to explain his method of driving the enemy from their earthworks and rendering them untenable, by . firing into them diaphragm shells filled with his compound, and contain ing a bursting charge. The naphtha from the bursting shells saturates the earth, and continues to burn with a dense smoke. There was also another kind of shell explained for use against troops, the shower of inflammable material from which sets fire to anything combustible with which it comes in contact. It would be of great use in disorganising masses of infantry or cavalry. A third kind of shell with a bursting charge was de scribed, containing naphtha, with a few pills of potassium, which in the bursting of the shell ignite the naphtha. These would be useful for marine purposes for firing into harbours amongst shipping, stores, &e. Mr. Macintosh concluded his lecture by explaining the use of his invention in the de stroying of pontoon bridges, rafts, &c. The lec ture was attended by the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lords Overstone, Ingcstre, and Ranelagh ; Lieut.-General Sir W. Codrington, K.C.8., General Cannon, Vice- Admiral Ryder Burton, Major Farrell, Captain Stopford, R.N., and many members of the naval and military professions. . , gi-tq;' • g . 4 ~(0.4.0 1.,,,,,,,.• .-, 7 ' s s (-.---- - rt :-.' ) 1:- - 2 • N ‘ '''r 1 ' 4,- N.., * t - .... • a . / ' 0- ' A 4 1 - 1, 1,, , , rill orr ''' •t , , ' . ..7 ~ . .W. . i S ''`' • - 1 -- A. NO .1. ...,... THE SUN. THURSDAY. MARCH 3, 1859. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Pcne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS_ EVENING THE ROSE OF CASTILLE. Messrs. Wills, Honey, St. Albyn, and Mr. Wm. Harrison. Misses Louisa Fyne, Susan Pyne, and Morrell • • Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To- conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clothing. Commence at Seven, THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be produced an original English Ballad Opera, entitled WILLIAM AND SUSAN. William Mr. Haigh ; Susan, Miss Lucette. ro conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; ot, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. R 0 UnderYA LthePmßanlagNemCenEt of 31 S' r S Char T le ll s Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. KI Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean; Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean. .After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. T HEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Misa Amy Sedgwick, Mr. Buckstone, &c. After which, an entirely new comic drama, called THE YOUNG MOTHER. And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commen4 e at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer... Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. THIS 'EVENING, will be produced a new comic Drama, by Edmnnd Falconer, entitled THE LEPRACHAUN; or, Bad Luck's Good Luck with Good Looking After. Messrs. Barney. Williams, Barrett, tire. After which, THE HOUR AT SEVILLE. Mrs. Barney Williams in ten characters. Po conclude with IRELAND AS IT WAS. Mr. and Mrs Barney Williams. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 38. ; Pit, 2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, Is. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. - Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Fourth appearance in the new theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan.—Revival of DOMESTIC ECONOMY. John .Grundy, Mr. Wright. Unprecedented success of the INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. John Mildmay (his first appearance), Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Potter, Mr. Charles Selby ; Hawksley, Mr. 1311iington; Mrs. Mildmay, Mrs. Killington ; Mrs. Sternhold (her first appearance), Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. John Grundy, Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar, Miss Arden, Miss Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box _ n o c harge for booking. No fees to' Office open from 10 to 5 servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL. STRAND THEATRE Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborourrh -THIS EVENING. WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST. • ----- Alter which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Another Grand Spectacle. THIS EVENING, and during the week, an entirely new dramatic romance, interspersed with extraordinary hippo dramatic effects and striking situations, taken from the last popular novel by H. Grant, Esq., called THE HUNDRED CUIRASSIERS. Produced with new scenery, mechanical arrangements, gorg,eous in I characteristic costumes, elabo rate equestrian and spectacular appointments, and the hand somest Stud of Horses in the world. Characters by Messrs. Holloway, Phillips, Anson, Francis, Anderson, M. Howard. Herbert ; Mesdames Dowton, Blanche, Julia Weston, Thorne, &e. To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro ducing Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. A. Cooke, 41.7 e. Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, , Maddlle. Fleurette, and Emily Cooke, together with the Star Riders, and, 4,oley's unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian Artistes. 'To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON NUN CIIAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM ,COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A. I'. Forrest. the Grimaldi of the day ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Brilliant and unsurpassable Transformation Scene, with dazzling effects of Colour and Fire. Gorgeous Scenery, and every incident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to the " New Palace for the People, at Mnewell HilL" Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 35.; Pit. 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6c1.; Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, MARCH 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. bs—highest since noon yesterday. • 49—lowest this morning and during the night. ' 58—this day at noon. - BARomETER-30.25. WIND, South-Westerly; light, and fine. • 1 r THE ACCIDENT TO THE CALAIS STEAMER. Commander Pittock, of the Prince Frederick William,in reply to a l e tt er i n th e Ti mes , says: — On arriving off Calais at about 1.15 a.m., blowing hard W.N.W. and a heavy sea running, the usual night signals were shown from the harbour piers for my vessel to enter, and while entering at easy speed between the piers, in consequence of the low state of the water and heavy sea, the vessel touched on the bar, and lost all command of the helm ; the following sea lifted her, and she struck the east pier With great violence, completely disabling the port paddle-wheel, and, on giving the order for the engine to go ahead, the engineer reported that the engines would not work in consequence of the damaged state of the wheel. The vessel, thus com pletely disabled, drifted past the • east pier and stranded on the sand, broadside on, .and • a heavy sea . striking her carried away the davits and port quarter boat, and the carpenter reported the mail mid baggage and fore cabins were filling in conse quence of two plates having been partly stove in. The after-cabins. and engine-room were quite watertight, and from the construction of the vessel `(being in watertight_ compartments), and built ex pressly to take the ground in the tidal harbours of Dover, Calais, and Ostend, I did not apprehend any further damage to the vessel from her being ashore. I most distinctly deny, as stated by " One of the Saved," that I requested the mail•guard to come on deck, as he was. not safe in the cabin, and instead of my impression. being that the vessel would have parted across the centre, she was too firmly embedded in the sand to apprehend any such danger.. and too firmly constructed for such a casualty to occur. Neither did I nor any. of my crew state that the Calais people ought to have sent off _boats an hour previously, but I afterwards stated that no boat could live in such a sea. The fact that I sent the ship's boat ashore with six passengers is the best contradiction I can give to this misstatement.. I never asked 'for or obtained the 'assistance of the lifeboat, neither did I exhibit any signals of distress. At about 4 a.m. the lifeboat came along side, and I asked if any passenger or passengers wished to go ashore, as it was perfectly practicable to reach it, I having, as before stated, previously sent the ship's boat ashore with six passengers. I did not urge any person to embark in the lifeboat ; on the contrary, I assured them of their safety if they remained on ,board, as in a few hours . every body would be able to walk ashore. Many of the passengers now entered the 'lifeboat, when, from some unexplained cause, although not overcrowded, she capsized, and all those who had entered her were immersed in the water, and, most unfortu nately, three' were drowned, although not more than a few minutes in the water. Instead of the lifeboat righting herself, as' stated by " One of the Saved," by the passengers holding on to the lash ing, this very circumstance, prevented her doing so as soon as she otherwise would have done. With respect to the very serious charge made against me as a seaman by " One of the Saved," for allowing the lifeboat to receive passengers on the windward, instead of the leeward side of the vessel. I most distinctly and emphatically deny that the lifeboat every received a passen ger on the windward or weather side of the vessel. During the whole time she wits alongside the Prince she was on the leeward side, and in confirmation of this ".One of the Saved" will per haps recollect that the staysail was hoisted and the sheet hauled to windward the port side, making the starboard side—that is, the side the passengers were embarked in the *lifeboat—the leeward side of the vessel, the same side and placo where the' ship's boat had previously embarked her passengers. I make this denial, not only in justice to myself, but to the crew of the lifeboat, who were indefa tgable in th e i r efforts to rel i eve the passengers from their na t ura l anx i ety. I am happy to state that the Prince was safely towed into withou C t a h la a i v i n s sharb s o t . ur n o ea n M an o y nd da ay m a tg e h t t e a h t e 9 r hull bey on d two u e fore compartments with water. small holes in two of her 'plates, which filled th Lord Henri- Gordon Lennox has resigned his Lordship of the Treasury. He will be succeeded by Mr. Peter Blackburn, M.P. for Stirlingshire. LATEST NEWS. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The following telegram was received at the Foreign-office, from Acting Consul-General Green, on Wednesday, March 2, 1.29 P.M.:- CAIRO, FEB. 23, 1859. The steamer Bombay, from Bombay, arrived at Suez on the 21st inst. A general order from the Governor-General, con tains these words : " Lord Clyde announces that the campaign in which the troops under immediate command have been engaged is closed, and that rebellion no longer exists in Oude." Sir Jung Bahadoor is stated to have issued a pro clamation to the effect that he will surrender to the British Government all insurgents found within his territory. The Begum and several other Chiefs have escaped into Nepaul. Sir Hugh Rose is making active preparations for finally subduing the Rohillas. The Nawab of Furruckabad arrived at Futtyghur on the 28th ultimo, as a prisoner, having given himself up to Major Bruce, of the Oude police. JOHN GREEN. Received from Alexandria, by mail-packet Behar, at 9.40 A.M., March 2, 1859. FANSHAWE, Admiral. INDIA-OFFICE, MARcii 2, 4.30 P.m. The following telegram has been received : To JAMES COSMO INIELVILL, ESQ., INDIA -OFFICE, LONDON, FROM THE SECRETARY TO GOVERN MENT, BOMBAY : DUDE. A private telegram from Lucknow states that the Nepaulese have applied for British troops to enter Nepaul, and that Horsford's Brigade has accordingly been pushed across the Raptee. Lord Clyde is indisposed, and proceeds to Simla for the season. CENTRAL INDIA: Tantia Topee's rear guard was overtaken by the force under Brigadier Holmes, at Seekur, on the 21st of January. The rebel loss was 100 killed, besides a number of horses and 500 stand of arms. Tantia Topee was making for Beekaneer or Joudh pore on the 26th of January. Intelligence, how ever, from Indore of the 6th inst. states that he has turned again north in the direction of Munglowe, in the Shekawattee country. The fol lowing were the dispositions of the forces in pur suit on the Ist inst. :—Brigadier Honner, at Ajmeer ; Brigadier Parke, at Nusseerabad ; Briga dier Holmes, at Beelwara ; Brigadier Showers, at Seekur ; and General Michel, moving on Nusseera bad. The Delhi columns have also taken the field. NIZAM'S TERRITORY. Sir 11. Rose was en route to Aurungabad on the 6th, accompanied by a field force, for the reduction of the Rohillas, who arc still committing depreda tions in the Nizam's territory. The Bombay Presidency is quiet. H. L, ANDERSON, Secretary to Government. Bombay Castle, Feb. 9, 1859. N.B.—The message from the Government o India has not been received. H. L. ANDERSON. V. G. MONTANARO. Malta, March 2, 1859. The following telegrams haVe been received at Mr. Reuter's office : VIENNA, WBDNE SD AY. To-morrow a banquet will be given to Lord Cowley by the English ambassador, Lord Loftus. Numerous invitations have been issued to Austrian Ministers and general officers. There has been, to day, a grand banquet at court in honour of Lord Cowley. The Ostdeutsche Post says :—" There might per haps be no objection to renounce the separate treaties concluded between Austria and the minor Italian states, but only on condition of guarantees for the preservation of peace being given." Lord Cowley will leave Vienna on Saturday. MILAN, MARcu 1. The works of fortification along the Ticino, at Pavia, and at the environs, are carried on actively, There are daily arrivals of troops here. About 20,000 refugees are assembled in Pied mont. General Gyulai and staff have arrived here, BERLIN, WEDNESDAY. To-day the Ministry, urged by the repeated proposals of several states of the Zollverein, decided upon proposing to the Zollverein resolutions prohi biting the exportation of horses on all the frontiers without exception. • BELGRADE, FEB. 28. The Porte has declared its disavowal of the mani festoin which he asserts his autho o r f ity P a ri s n a c n e Mheiii•edscithacy ruler. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (second edition), dated Wednesday (yesterday), says : " I have this day_ seen official despatches from Vienna. The Emperor is obviously in a very war like mood, much to the alarm of M. Buol and the Cabinet. His Imperial Majesty has made use of very imprudent language with regard to the Em peror Napoleon 111., in which he said all the evils of Europe were to be attributed to the French con vulsion of 'B9. With boyish enthusiasm he thinks he could change the condition of France by uniting all Germany against imperialism. The Cabinet of Vienna has agreed to maintain 150,000 men in Lom bardy, and create fortifications in all directions. The Emperor proposes visiting Lombardy at the request of his brother, the Governor. General of Austrian Italy. " The French Government is making preparations for the immediate withdrawal of the troops now gar risoning Rome and Civita Vecchia. France at a heavy cost has maintained a small army for nearly 10 years in the States of the Papacy by the request of Pius IX. Austria has done the same and made the Pope pay for them. Austria now says to Cardinal Antonelli, ' Get rid of the French at any cost.' Franco therefore will remove the little Roman army to Marseilles, and from that point watch the march of events. Come what may the Pope must agree that trance is an obedient servant of the Church.' I learn it is not true that the Pope has applied to Spain for. troops. His Holiness looks to Switzerland for recruits. " Tbe Piedmontese loan will be entirely sub scribed in Italy, in the same way that the Russian war loan in France was raised. According to a letter I have just received from Turin half the re quired sum is already secured by subscriptions from all parts of Italy ; 1,500,000 f. will be collected at 5 per cent. (delivered at 75), and added to the national debt." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Constitutionnel says:—"W e learn that in consequence of the - communication addressed by Cardinal An.tonelli to the French ambassador at Rome, that the Emperor has ordered the immediate evacuation by our troops of the Pontifical city. A message received here to-day announces, as it is asserted, that the French corps d'arrnee had been forthwith withdrawn to Civita Vecchia, there to await the transport vessels which will convey the troops back to France." PARIS BOURSE.—The market was very heavy during the first half hour on account of a fall of on the English Consols, but there was afterwards a little rally. Threes, after having been done at 67fr. 40e. and 67fr. 20c., advanced to 67fr. 50e. ; Mobilier varied from 740 fr. to 750 fr. ; Austrian, 517 fr. 50c. to 520 fr. ; Orleans, 1,307 fr. 50c. to 1,312 fr. 50c.; Lyons, 820 fr. to 825 fr. A further rally took place towards the close, and prices finished as follows : 4j per Cents. 97 10 Do. end month 97 10 3 per Cents 6B Do. end month - 67 80 Bank Shares 2BBO Cr4dit Mobilier Do. Account 760 50 Cr&IR Fonder - Belgian 41 . — Piedmontese (5) BO 50 Roman B7 60 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 39 75 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 917 50 .. 917 50 New ditto. — .. 785 Lyons and Mediterranean 827 50 .. 826 25 New ditto — Geneva — Midi — Southern Western 587 50 .. Eastern Grand Central Sardinian 4OO .. 400 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 24f. 95c. .. 520 - .. 507 50 • . 670 -- The Austrian Military Gazette suggests the for mation of free corps, and asserts that Vienna could furnish three battalions, and Prague, Pesth, and Lemberg each one battalion. In the sitting of the 26th ult. of the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, General de Lamarmora intro duced two bills ; one for the usual annual levy of 9,000 men for the army, and the other for the customary levy of 500 sailors for the Royal Navy. A Vienna letter in the German Journal of .Frankfort, says :---" The recall of soldiers on fur lough will augment the Italian army to the extent of 40,000 men. The organisation of the corps d'armee has been completed by the nomination of Field-Marshal Baron de Stankowitz as first Adjutant-General, and of Lieutenant-Colonel Kriz as second Adjutant-General." AMERICA. [Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The screw steamer New York has arrived off Cowes, with the mails from New York of the 19th of February. Her mails and passengers have not yet arrived at Southampton. THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood.— The present number is not so brilliant as usual. A new story is commenced, 'entitled " The Luck of Ladysmede," which bids fair to become exceedingly complicated. Some of the characters are well described, but as yet it seems rather heavy in its' style. It is evident that the Abbot Martin is not able to cope with his wily associates at Ladysmede, and in the second part he will most probably prove to have been wofully de ceived. The most pleasing article to be met with here is called ." Clothes and Scarecrows." It is written in a dashing and spirited style, and con tains many just strictures on prevalent fashions, and some useful suggestions, mingled with satirical touches and lively remarks. The writer lays par ticular stress on the undesirablenes4 of the practice of trafficking with cast-off garments. "Of all villanous descriptions of parsimony we most cordi ally detest and denounce the nefarious system of selling old clothes." After referring to the reminis cences attached to old articles of apparel, on account of the scenes end persons they recall, it is ob served : "We confess that we always feel an affectionate interest in the fate of our cast-off articles of apparel, and that we should expe r i ence considerable perturbation if certiorated that they had fallen into unworthy hands. It is a fearful thing to reflect that the innocent surtout which you have so long worn on Sundays, may p ass i n t o th e possess i on of a burglar, and cover his nakedness, as he glideg, like a malignant fiend, through the invaded House of Sleep. Yet who can doubt that many a time and oft the greatcoat of the philanthropist has been transmogrified into the wrap-rascal of a garotter, or that the h an dk erc hi e f w hi c h once was waved in Exeter Hall has become an implement of strangulation in the hands of a metropolitan Thug ?" Some just remarks are made on the fallacies of those who argue that it is a sin to indulge in luxury. It is stated that when those who can 'afford it do so, it is an encouragement to in dustry : " It is the luxury of the rich that maintains millions of the working classes in comfort—a consideration which the Radical would do well to ponder before he indulges in wholesale denunciations of wealth and its possessors. Preachers, also, of the new philanthropic school, should bear this in mind whenever theyfeel an inward call to hold forth upon the parable of Lazarus and Dives. Do they never reflect upon the fearful amount of pauperism, wretchedness, and crime which w ou ld be the immediate and inevitable consequefice of any large and general cur tailment of expe n dit ure on th e par t of the rich ? Suppose that, by some singular combination, the wealthier classes should unanimously adopt the resolution of abstaining for three years —ay, for one year, or even less—from the pur chase of anything beyond the mere necessaries of life— suppose they should determine to buy no new furnishings, ornaments, utensils, books, pictures, clothes, but to remain satisfied with their present stock, which in most families would be sufficient to last for a very considerable period of time —suppose they should reduce their establishment by dismissing half their servants, by renouncing the use of carriages, and by exercising no hospitality —what would be the result ? Universal ruin to tradesmen, stoppage of manufactures, starvation among the operatives, and not improbably a revolution." The first article, called " Chalons—The Camp,." gives a detailed account of the various modes and inance-dvres of the French army. It is said, in comparing the two countries, that their different mtures will ever make the French and English " representatives of the ' mobility' and solidity' principles in military organisation." Those who desire to become better acquainted with the forms and the principles of action observed in the great army of France will be pleased with the able expo sition here presented to their notice. There is an article on "Napoleon 111. and Europe," in which the Italian question is entered into at some length. The conclusion arrived at is, that it is of the greatest importance not to allow the French Emperor to interfere for his own purposes in Italy, and that the best interests of Europe will be consulted by leaving the treaties undisturbed, and not insisting on Austria resigning her Italian provinces. " The Castes 'and Creeds of India" is an elaborate treatise on that important subject. Some wise remarks are made at the conclusion concerning the much-vexed question of Christianising India. It is said that the best way is to promote the work at home. " There is no preaching like that of personal example," and, as Lord Stanley observed on the subject, " a single'officer who forgets that lie is an officer and a gentleman does more harm to the moral influence of this country than ten men of blameless life can do good." The Dublin.—" Gerald Fitzgerald" is continued. The present instalment is short, but it is an im portant one, as the object of the prelates, who have undertaken the charge of the unfortunate Gerald, become more apparent. It is to prove that he was the son of Charles Edward. The story leaves off while they are all dismayed at the al arm i ng s t a te of health into which this youth, from whom so much was expected, had fallen. The story is very ingeniously arranged. In the first chapter there is an extract from a letter of Sir Conway Seymour's to Horace Walpole, which is called " a ray of real light." The most interesting article in this num ber is that on " Gcoffery Chaucer." It is said that, with the exception of John Gower and John Lydale, " Chaucer shone alone—a bright, solitary pole star in the English firmament of poetry." He composed his " Conrte of Love" before he was twenty, and it is remarkable from being in Saxon, which was then considered a rude, aboriginal dialect : " For our poet, then a mere stripling, to initiate a new field of literature in so unpopular a tongue, evinced a daring originality and a determined independence, the result of the outbreakiug of a powerful mind, conscious of its own stores and strength, and perhaps illumined with a prescience of 1110 future. We may imagine so bright an intellect piercing into the days to Come,' and beholding, as in a vision, how green and vigorous, and leaf-bearing, this grand old Eng lish oak was yet to be, which his hand now planted in the soil of his country's mind, and that the sapling would yet become the monarch of the woods, where sweet birds and bards would sing in time to come, and beneath whose broad shadow the national intellect would yet learn to ripen and to repose." He composed his best work—the " Canterbury Talcs"—only seven years before his death, when he was sixty-five. It is said that he was roused into exertion by the indignation he felt at his friend Gower implying, in one of his poems, that he was past work and incapable of further comp°. sition. He departed this life in 1400 ; and " close to where his spirit passed away his honoured dust reposes, marked by a time-worn monument, in the magnificent burying vault which England assigns to her poets—the venerable Abbey of Westminster." Some observations are made on " Sanford's Studies and Illustrations of the Great Rebellion;" it is said that the book may be cordially recommended to the student, but at the same time it is urged that Mr. Sanford is too partial in his estimate of the charac ters of whom he writes. " The Last Victim of the Scottish Maiden" is a strange sketch, which repays perusal, and is peculiarly illustrative of the days of which it treats. The angry feuds, the revengeful spirit, and the superstitious feelings that are dis played in its narration, seem to confirm its right to its title of a true tale of the 17th century. There are some excellent verses on " The Burial of the Rev. T. Wolfe." They are written in an earnest and impressive manner, and can hardly fail to be appreciated by those who sympathise with the mourner's sorrow, so feelingly expressed, and the Christian's faith, so forcibly . described. " Our Foreign Courier" is met with in this month's num ber, and there is a long treatise on " Other Worlds" by the Rev. J. Wills, being the second part of the University Essays. Fraser's.--The most remarkable paper in Fraser is the one that first presents itself to the notice of the reader. It is entitled " War :An Essay and Conversation by Friends in Council," and is ex tracted, by the author's permission, from a new series of that delightful work. It displays all the deep thought, the extended knowledge, and the sound sense which so eminently obaracterise this author's former productions. It is enlivened as before by the playful war of words between Mil verton and Ellesmere, who persuades the former to give his companions his opinions on war in the form of an essay. The party, on visiting some old forti fications, fall into conversation on military matters. Milverton is strongly impressed with the evil of large standing armies. His essay traces the origin of wars — wars of aggression, wars of opinion, invasion, and defence ; the temptations afforded to the possessors of large standing armies ; the evils caused by the pressure of a national debt; its hindrance to social improvements ; its weight upon the people. All these different branches of the subject are discussed with clear sense and sound logic, and few will be disposed to question the truth of the statements, though they may not coincide with the theories of the Manchester school : THE MISERIES OF WAR. " It seems but a trite subject to dwell upon the miseries of war and conquest ; but really the extent of woe which history discloses is something portentous, and should occa sionally be brought back to our minds. A single page which you read coldly and calmly through—a dull one per haps, hurried over and soon forgotton—often contains the record of an amount of misery which must have touched a hundred thousand hearts, and an amount of destruction which must have called for the labour of a generation of hardworking men in replacement and reconstruction. The more tve extend our researches the more we are impressed by the extent and penetrating nature of this misery and destruction. Ofttiiiies, after following the regular blood stained tramp of history, Babylonian, Assyrian, Median, Persian—the wars of those bitter little Greek states—the formation of the Macedonian empire—the dissolution of that empire —the overwhelming movement of the remorseless Roman crushing down all nations under his feet—the irruption of countless hordes of barbarians, with their Attilas, and afterwards their Timours and Ghengis Khans. —the endless small bickerings, bathed in blood, of counts and dukes and roitelets, Merovingian, Carlovingian, and Capetian—the grand and foolish and pre-eminently blood thirsty Crusades—the fierce disputes of pope and emperor and antipope—desolating religious wars, perhaps of thirty years' endurance—the hideous conquest of the New World, and the steady businesslike wars of aggression and succession and annexation—the student thinks he knows something about the wreck and ruin which the troublesomeness of mankind has produced upon earth. But then, deviating some day from the usual course of history, he comes upon the records of some corner of the world, which he supposed to have been neglected by the demon of discord, and finds that there, too, there have been immense, continuous, and bloodthirsty wars; and what they call splendid achievments of all kinds, and hitherto much written about bec ause th e names arehard and the provinces obscure, but which have not been neglected from any deficiency of atrocity—until at last the wearied stu dent begins to think that the surface of the earth, it rightly analysed, would prove one ensanguined mass of buried ruin. " Now, I. ask, has nothing been gained by the study of all these records It sometimes seems as if there had not, and as if mankind were ready, now as over, to rush, upon the smallest provocation, into the accustomed track of de liberative carnage and certain desolation. " A more instructive course of reading could hardly be laid down for a student of 'history than his taking the re cords of some considerable town, and seeing the evils it had suffered from its foundation to the present day by wars and sieges. A good town to choose would be the most ancient town in Europe, Padua. Let the student see and consider the injuries that Padua has received from the bellicose dis poSition of the world. It is not taking an extreme case ; for there is Padua, visible on the face of the earth, after all that it has suffered; whereas, of how many once flourishing towns may it be said that they now only furnish disputes to rival antiquaries, who do battle about the sites of these towns, which, in their utter destruction, afford a grand field for learned argument—and final doubt." It must not be supposed, however, that the author would recommend any quixotic abandonment of our means of defence, or looks for a general European disarmament. He only hopes for the gradual advance of public opinion, and trusts that its voice will, by degrees, make itself heard and influence the makers of wars. We fear that till that millenium is reached, which we have little cause to expect in our days, military preparations and struggles must be reckoned among inevitable necessities. Here are the author's sentiments as to " UNAVOIDABLE WARS. " It is most unfair to represent as advocates of a creeping or unjust peacefulness those who, anxiously foreseeing many of the evil consequences of war, are strenuous in pro ducing facts and arguments that tend to dissuade from it. A gift is not the less a gift because the giver knows full Well the value of what he is giving : and the people who go to war without reluctance do not prove their valour or their magnanimity by so doing. We all know that there are occasions when, as on the threat of foreign invasion, a nation gathers itself up in all its strength, when selfish aims are thrown aside, when ordinary life is felt tp be tame, and buying and selling are not much thought of, when even great griefs, that are but private, fal llightly on us, and when the bonds of society are knit together so closely, that the whole nation tiroduces and presents its full power of resistance. Then it is that the ambitious man forgets his ambition, the covetous man, if possible, his money; the civic crown with its glorious motto, 'ob elves servatos,' becomes the chief desire of all brave men, and tender mothers feel like the Sparta n ma t ron o f old, who, as she adjusted the budder on her young warrior's arm, could exclaim, Come - back, either with it, or upon it.' "And a still nobler occasion is that when, without one thought of self-aggrandisement, one aspiration after mere glory, or any of the pride of strength, a nation quietly re solves that It is its duty, for the interests of the world, or for the defence of the oppressed, to come out to battle; and it does come out sternly and sadly. " But these are rare occasions ; and the men and other resources of a great country are not to be played away in paltry vain wars Arising from stupid complications, which diplomacy ought to settle, or indeed in any contests that are not grounded upon dire necessity or absolute duty. "If statesmen are heedlessly inclined to imperil that national strength which they are especially bound to pre serve intact if they can, we must bid them think of their own poor people at home, of their daily wants and priva tions alreadymuch aggravated by previous wars, many of which cannot be justified ; and we may venture to remind these statesmen that in the long catalogue of human crimes there is none more deadly to others than giving provoca tion to a war, which might, by just forbearance, have been avoided. "11appily, however, it is not our own statesmen who need the most, or who, perhaps, need at all, to have such admOnitions addressed to them." Following this interesting essay we meet another of the zoological series of papers. It is devoted to the description of the capacities and habits of a creature more remarkable than agreeable, and who is better encountered in the pages of Fraser than in the blue waves of the Mediterranean. Several very curious and interesting anecdotes of the, shark are given, and the writer's varied knowledge en ables him to enliven the more scientific portion: He remarks, in allusion to the hist or y o f th e prophet Jonah, that a shark was probably the fish that swallowed the prophet. The immense size of some of these fish is not, perhaps, generally known : " A white shark of full size will easily swallow a man whole without breaking his skin. His maw and gulf are sufficiently capacious to take in without injury an i ma l s o f even a larger size. The terrible rows of trenchant teeth are only erected and brought into action when it is neces sary to cripple a prey, cut it in half, or bite out a portion of it. When anything is swallowed whole, they are all sessile, as it were; and as in this quiescent state they lie flat against the internal surface of the jaws, with their points directed maw-ward, they facilitate instead of imped ing deglutition. We have had the dried open jaws of one of these 'man-eaters' passed over our head and shoulders as we stood upright, down to the feet, without its touching the person, though enveloped in a great-coat. These jaws were indurated and shrunk in drying ; what must have been their capacity when aided by the elastic ligaments and stretching muscles of the living animal. This monster was said to have measured twenty feet in length when alive ; but, as we shall presently see, individuals of the species often exceed such dimensions. Gillius, who asserts that they have been known to weigh four thousand pounds, declares that a human corpse was found entire in the belly of one of them ; and Rondeletius saw one whose gape and gullet would ingulf an obese man." _ _ Major Whyte Melville's story of " Holmby House" is continued, and gives us a picture of the court held by Henrietta Maria, at Oxford, in 1643. James Watt forms the subject of an article which censures with much severity - Mr. Muirhead's recent life of the great inventor. " Schloss-Eishausen," a very aggravating " mystery," is brought to a conclusion; but the reader who has been patiently waiting a grand denouement, finds himself in the position of him who anticipated the story of the " Knife-grinder," of famous memory. There is positively nothing to explain the retreat of th e Count, or identify the mysterious lady. Muller and Donaldson's "History of Greek Literature" receives a lengthened and favourable criticism. A bri e f I sketch of the career of the late lamented historian, William Prescott, gives us an account of the for midable difficulties under which he laboured in the composition of his works. Historical literature, more almost than any other, requires research and study, and it was only through the eyes of another, reading to him obsolete works in foreign tongues, that he was able to compile the materials for his great undertakings. He dictated copious notes as the reader went on, and when his memoranda had accumulated he had them read over to him. He then ran over in his mind the arrangement of :his chapters, and by the aid of a blind man's writing machine he wrote his pages, which were afterwards read to him and transcribed for the press. Those who have admired the clear and easy style of Mr. Prescott's histories may well agree to the truth of the old motto—" Labor onznia vincit." Though twice visiting Europe he never went to Spain. "It is remarkable that he did not visit the country with which his name will be inseparably connected, and that the bodily eye of the historian of Ferdi nand and Isabella and of Philip 11. never looked upon those fascinating and inspiring scenes which he has painted with so much graphic art—the snowy peaks and sunny dales which smile around the Alhambra, the grey hills and tawny plains whose landmark is the solemn Escorial." This memoir of the departed historian concludes an in teresting number. Bentley's. —The usual summary of the state of affairs, political and literary-, opens this number. It is followed by the first instalment of a new story, by Dudley Costello, entitled " The History of Mr. Miranda. Monkshood contributes a paper on " Old Women," and selects numerous passages from authors, ancient and modern. The memoirs of the late lamented Duchess of Orleans furnish the subject of an interesting paper, commemorative of her virtues and her misfortunes. Owen Mere dith's new work receives a favourable criticism, and the last journals of Horace Walpole are also noticed. " Up among the Pandies" relates the personal ad ventures of a Feringhee in India. It has reached the fourth part, and is written sensibly. " The Recollections of Charles Strange" are continued with spirit, and tell the story of another loss, which, however, is not so mysterious as the last. It is to be hoped that the author will gratify the reader's curiosity respecting the missing bag of gold. " A Day in the House of Commons" relates the confu sion incidental to the opening of Parliament. " Alexander Dumas in St. Petersburg" is the title of a paper that gives some interesting extracts from that lively writer's impressions of northern life. " The Old Soldier's Story," which is one of them is well suited to the lo vers o f t err ibl e a n d thrilling tales. Colburn's New Monthly.—A paper on the much vexed Italian question is the first to meet the reader in this number. The author of "Ashley" continues his interesting but melancholy story of the fortunes of Henry Arkell. The present instalment is entitled ' The Gravestone ,in the Cloisters," and records the untimely death of the hero of the story. It is to be hoped that the heartless Georgina Beau clerc will meet a just recompense. The second number of " Stereoscopic Glimpses," by W. C. Kent, shows us Shenstone at Leasowes, amid the beauties of nature and curiosities of art, weighed down by debt, and depressed by care. It is a happy thought to give, as it were, one scene from , each poet's life, that scene being especially expres sive of his character and circumstances. Madame du Barry's eventful and changeful life is discussed in a review of M. Capefigue's late work. A sum mary of the vicissitudes of her career, adds another to the many historical proofs of the caprices of fortune. " Craig Dice Castle," by. Mrs. Bushby, is concluded, and we regret that a lady., whose pen has so often enlivened these pages with her pleasant translations, should have written such a painful and gloomy narrative. It is a dreary picture of vice and crime without a single redeeming feature. " My Friend Pickles" complains of a few more social grievances. " The Canal of Nicaragua" is treated of, and its probabilities discussed at length. The stories of " Evalla" and of " Herr Ernst Mit terskamp" are continued, and an article on the ex isting state of continental politics concludes the number. Colburn's United Service.—Some of the subjects under discussion in the present number of the United Service are especially deserving of consi deration. The opening paper is entitled "Remarks upon the Militia," and strongly censures the defec tive management of that body, its expense, and inefficiency. The statement of the case deserves the attention of the authorities. Another important article is on the rival service—" The Screw and Sail." It is remarked, with truth, that "it is surprising, in a country like England, where the people pride themselves upon being practical, that the protecting arm of the State should alternate between strength and weakness. The war admi nistration of the navy has never been up to its work since the peace of 1815. Since that period we have been making convulsive efforts between economy and efficiency." We may hope the exist ing deficiency will shortly be remedied by the energetic plans of the Admiralty. Tlie necessity of increasing the pay of sailors and considering their advantage is strongly insisted upon. Sir I•lugh Rose's campa s ign in India is sketched in an interesting paper; and the review of the Indian - rebellion is continued, but not yet brought to a conclusion. "The Defence of our Coasts," and the "Present. State of the Principalities," are two papers on the questions of the day ; while the " Re miniscences of a Veteran," and an essay on the Tower of London, furnish some lighter reading. The Universal _Review of Polities, Literature, and Social Science: Allen and Co. This is the first number of a new candidate for popular favour. It partakes more of the nature of a Quarterly than of the ordinary magazines. Its title is sufficiently comprehensive to include a wide range of subjects, and to judge from its preparatory announcement, it will address itself to a large body of readers. In politics it ranges itself among the Liberal Conservatives, and undertakes to support the principles of the present Government. In literature it proposes to adopt the style of the Quarterlies. It claims to be distinguished from the rest of the monthly serials, "by the fact of being primarily intended for critical purposes, and Pot—except in very rare instances—as a repository of the lighter class of articles that form the subject of most monthly periodicals." A summary of the parliamentary proceedings of eadlimonth will also distinguish it from its contemporaries, and it seems to be intended to be a more solid and graver pub lication than the rest of the magazines. It would be invidious to criticise severely the first number, and though, perhaps, too weighty in its character, it promises well. The opening article, on " Litera ture and Life," discusses a few of the peculiarities of the literary character, and its position in society. Another article of general interest will be found in the memoir of Henry Hallam. " The Homeless Poor" enters into a discussion of the statistics of the night Refuges, and arrives at the conclusion that the number of those who are necessarily vagrants has been exaggerated. The writer re commends the, union of the three Refuges, though he would regret to see them removed from the management of their present experienced conduc tors. An attack on the puns of Christmas pieces, is certainly not undeserved, and we are not sorry to see the travesties of great au thors, which arti now so common, meet with a little well merited Censure. The political articles of course represent the principles of the magazine ; the literary ones are more generally attractive, and a criticism on " The Wanderer" will repay perusal. We shall expect to see this Review assume a re spectable position in the world of serial literature, where there is - doubtless a place for it by tho side of its lighter contemporaries. Titan. Titan contains its usual agreeable variety of tales and sketches. " Homeward Bound" is a series of pleasant pictures of the passengers of a ship from Calcutta. " Some Chat about the Law and the Limbs of it" is amusing enough. Its anecdotes do not always redound t o the ,credit of legal worthies. " Two Studies in History" is the title of an ably written paper showing us portraits of Brother John of Vicenza, an eloquent Italian monk, and Gustavus Vasa, the deliverer of Sweden. " All the Biters Bit" is a story which is the mere record of the dis comfiture of a party of vulgar tricksters, and is consequently not very attractive. " Between Heaven and Earth" is the name of a vivid and original story taken from the German. A review of the late Bev. Mr. Polehampton's memoirs, and a sketch of the life of St. Cyprian, are among the remaining papers. Extracts from new books are, as usual, added, and form an interesting feature in this magazine. We regret to hear of the death, on Sunday last, of Wm. John Broderip, Esq., F.R.S., one of the benchers of the Hon. Society of Gray's-inn, and formerly a magis trate'of the Westminster Police-court. The deceased gen tleman was in his 71st year: TEWRESDURY ELECTION.—A writ issued on Tuesday night for a fresh election fOr this borough, conse quent upon the appointment of the Hon. Frederick Lygon as one, of the Lords of the Admiralty, was received at Tewkesbury yesterday, and at 2 o'clock proclaimed by the mayor, who has fixed Monday next for the nomination. CARRIAGES FOR TILE KING OF PRIISSIA.—The Messrs. Hooper, of the Haymarket, may be fairly termed the carriage builders to European Royalty. No sooner does one set of vehicles leave our shores for the necessity and luxury of a Crowned Head, than another is preparing to follow. The private view, last week, of the carriages for the King of Prussia, fully sustained the high reputation of this house ; and we were glad to find that every portion of the material employed in their construction was of British manufacture. Even, indeed, the novelties introduced into the fOrm of the state and private equipages, together with the several patents applied in their construction, owe their inspirtitiott to Englith. mocitifticw. _~ !.r - A fir r . Pri lien the the ira r ben stea Prii ten On