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►'rlHE WELEIN6TON RE-OPENED. The whole of he GROUND FLOOR IS NOW OPEN for DINING from the CARTE. A Three Shillings Set Dinner is Served, hla Rnsse, from 3.30 to 9 p.m. The Grand Sa1;;01.s are Open fer Smoking - and Reading. Open daily from 9 am. to midnrglit ; on Equidays from 5.30 to 11 p.m. By Order. F. SCO WEN, Supefintenelent. The Wellington—Entrances St. James's-street, and 160, Picea illy. R. AND MRS. CHARLES 11ATIIEWS "AV DOME," At Her Maj.?sty's Concert rtcom, Haymarket. Last Nights of the present Entertainment, which will ter minate at Easter, then they will appear with an Entirely New Programme. EYery Evening (except Saturday), at Eight. Wednesday and Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the rox- Office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. 3litchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge for booking. Carriages to be ordered at Ten. Stalls, 6s. ; First Circle, Is. ; Uppes Boxes, 3s. ; Unreserved Seats, 2s. and Is. AIRS. MACREADY will give, on SATURDAY MORNING, April 5, at WILLIS'S ROOMS, one of her ENTERTAINMENTS. with an Entire Change of Pro g►ramme. Commence at Three o'clock. Reserved Seats, ss. ; unreserved. 3s. Reserved seats, numbered, can be procured at Mitchell's Royal Library, Bond-street; Sams's Royal Library, St. James's-street ; Austin's Ticket-office, 28, Pic cadilly; and at Willis's Rooms. (IRRISTY'S MINSTRELS. The Original, V...) Well-known, and only CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS are performing nightly to crolded how/6 at the POLYGRA PHIC HALL, Icing William-street, Strand. Tickets to be had at Mr. MlV•hell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Austin's Ticket Office. St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.— Morning Performance every Saturday at three o'clock.— W. P. COLLINS, Sole Proprietor. ARGYLL ROOMS.—Series of New Music, Valses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band Of 50 performers, under the sole direction of Mons. BouL corm, Conductor and Composer. This gentleman will play every evening at 11 o'clock, until further notice, variations arranged by himself on the Cornet-a-Piston.—The free-list will be open for the profession by leaving their card at the door. By order of the Proprietor.—Manager, Mons. P. Grenet. Admission Is. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (lncorperated by noyai charter). PArnonEgs—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. riltslDrivr —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R. S. CtrAntmAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. pErury-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of • Management have to state that, during the past two years, the Institution has incurred expenses amounting to £28,650 on various Life-boat Establishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. During the past two years the Life-boats of the National Lite-boat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following Vessels:— Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose 1 Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields 3 Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. 9 Smack John Buhl, of Yarmouth .. .. 5 Schooner Cathefine, of Newry •• .• 4 Barque Niagara, of Shields .. 11 A Barge of Teignmouth •• •• •• •• 2 Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby Coble Honour, of Cullercoats •• •• •• 3 Schooner Eliza', of North Shields .. .. 7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool .. 15 Brigantine Nancy, of Tognmouth .. 9 Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. 2 Brig Scotia, of Sunderland 6 Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. .. 5 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. 5 . Brig Ann, of Blyth •• •• •• •• •• Sloop Hope, of Dublin Sohoener Druid, of Aberystwyth .. .. •• 5 Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. .. 16- Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon .. 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby •• •• •• 5 Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. .. 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. 11 Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Frefa, of Konigsberg .. • • 6 Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. • . .. 7 Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham •• •• 6 Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. •• 5 Schooner Prospect, of Berwick .. .. • • 6 Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives A Fishing-boat of Whitburn •• •• •• 4 Brig Arethusa, of Blyth Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. 2 Schooner William, of Morecambe .. 5 Smack Gipsy, of Newry .. 4 Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. 4 Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven .. 8 Schooner William, of Liverpool .. 5 Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields .. • • • . .. 8 Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle 8 Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. 4 Barque Guyana, of Glasgow . 19 Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. .. 10 Brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide . 2 Schooner Voador du Vonga, of Vienna _ . 8 French Brig La Jenne Marie Therese _ 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. .. 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast Schooner Hoirten ot Hanover .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4 Brig- St. Michel, of Marans 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. • 1 Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) 4 Brig Anne. of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) .. 6 Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. 1 Barque Peace, of London .. .. 2 Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft 11 Schooner Fly, of Virhitby (saved vessel and crew of four hands) 4 Smaz,k Adventure, of Harwich.. 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft 7 Barque Undaunted. of Aberdeen . 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast, saved one man .. .. • . 1 Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .. • 6 Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. 5 Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. 5 Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. 6 Schooner Friends, of Lynn 4 Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin ......5 B rig Content, of Sunderland G alliot 'flack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan . 3 Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. Total .. 408 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £1,893 as rewards to the crews of the Lifeboats. It has also granted rewards amounting to £515 10s. for saving 873 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak a total of 871 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is upwards of 12,200 1 0r which services 82 Gold Medals, 704 Silver Medals, and. ! 1 5 250 in cash have be en g ranted as rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £57,200 on Life-boat Establishments. The p u blic cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts urav b e i m , ma de by the Society to save the lives of Ship -I,recked Crews. Their help was never m ore needed than at lue present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions 4 t e Society has made within the pas few ears, it has now bne Hundred and Twenty-one Life- t boats y under its man ` „ T'ement, for the maintenanceot which, in a state of thorough littiency, larermanent annual income is absolutely ''eeded, if its hu ge man p e mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following Con tributions : IT :£ s. d plajesty the Queen .. annual 50 0 0 'ark 3f r a .• •• .• a• annual 2 10 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. annual 1 1 0 .4, C otton, Sir St, Vincent, Bart.. .. don. 25 0 gifts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 Oty. G. W., Esq., Sherborne Castle .. annual 5 0 0 Vie, Lord Chief Justice .. don. 10 10 0 liabshawe, Vim-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 2 5 0 0 arv eY. tatubton, Messrs. W. 11. & Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 Is t a llesborough, the Earl of .. .. annual 5 0 0 I t a rtin, Sir Henry, Bart. 7th don. 10 0 0 °° , re, Rev. G. B. .. • • .. .. don. 15 15 0 W - "Artes, T. J. Agar. Esq., MX. annnal 5 0 0 hith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. annual 3 0 0 'tilling, col. Sir .Antnony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 b onations and Annual Sn' , scriptions will be thanlrfully re- Pved by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, JOleerch 'al Strand; Messrs.s 'Messrs. Coutts and ~ 59. It` n les's-street, London:, by a 1 the Bankers in the „ United the Office and by the Secretary. Richard Lewis, Esq., at ~"e Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon don, W.C. P ayments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to Messrs. Walls, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. Iyt.BUCHAN'S INVIGORATING ESSENCE, f_or , NERVOUS RELAXATION and gENERAL -NA.IO ESS, once Constitution , web permanent the most Dcmilfated Constitution, ere y ensuring health, increased strength, energy. and a re- Tce conviction, and ?nbled develoment pr of the ove mfailurar uscul im system. One trial will tee possible. Trice per 7.),!t1e 4s. ed., lis., or four times the quantity, 338. Wholesale „..,ents, Barclay and Sons, 75, Farringdon-street ; and of all '4ernists throughout the world. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. 4ENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has lust published, for the benefit of Nervous 'Offerers, 9, FR EDITION of his valuable work, THE AlusaisiG VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A ktdical work on t he cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of t is ernory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike 1„,_" 80eiety, Sperruatorrheea , Local Weakness, Muscular Re on 1.9.11p10r, Listlessness, Depression, &0., which, if t l t ß, lected, result in consumption, thaw—, and premature t h -st h ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health f . -4 vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from obl t patfon, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope -scent, two staasmps. Address, nENEY b, Burton _ T vi tock scuare London, W.C. DR. cuRTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : DAFT) ICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORMICE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &o. 1'u1.141 ed the /50th thormnd with numerous plates, . , • • , a sealed envelope, price ls. Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post pab7, by the Author,' for 12 stamps, ANHoOD: the CAUSE and CUR E of PRE -- brATU DECI.IIIE IN MAN, with Plain Directions 14,L'ilfect Restoration to Nealth and Vi g our. By Dr. J. L. " 11 ; 15, Alberrac.rlc-strect, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: 134.2\TRODUCTOILY CHAPTER on the PhySiOlop„ical ‘l - ycture and F u nctions of the Reproductive Organ s. . PTER I I.—Caases of Sperinatorrhcea and Impotellee; - 'lv 'Vicious Indulgences: Dangers of Neglect. t, % 1 ,,f AFTER HI.—A Ire cf the various Disqualific,ations ITriarze; whether sulting from Youthful Abuse, the ~V of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. tI), II II A.PTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Te rlicra and Syphilis. *. .., e ue Book oneludes with numerous varied and inte resting L ot i la ;te which Is added the Author's r eci p e of a Preventive REVIEWS or THE WORK. 9 1 ,k , ,,artia on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable 'w!,_rk,San Ye and 2,,e_ct be in the hands of young and old truly valuables L arch, 1855. 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VIVA VITALIS, illustrated with 100 Engravings from Life (of Cases attended at the Hotel Dieu, Paris, and other Hospitals), descriptive of the baneful effects conse quent upon the errors and excesses of youth and maturity, and the debility arising from the too frequent indulgence of the passions. containing a prescription of the Author's Invi gorating Lotion, an external appl cation, with directions for its use, with an Essay on true and false Sperrnatorrhcea, every stage of Syphilis, and all uretnral affections, showing how manhood can be restored with increased muscular develop ment, by the most simple means ; thereby removing all Dis qualifications and Impediments to Married Life. By MEDICUS, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng land, and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, registered under the New Medical Act, who may be consulted at the residence, 44A, Maddox-street, Regent street. London, W. (opposite the side of St, George's Church), daily. 11 till 2, and from 5 tilt 8' • Sundays, 11 till 2. T o b e had direct as above, and from all Booksellers in Paternoster row, London. POST -OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. oe till 5 6cl. from 5 till 9, ounallytt, 10. nll 1. An ESSAY on TupyrTsli BATITING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. _ _ _ " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culvcrwell has already established the reputation of an able physician; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist. in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all Its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that If a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is oncoming outEof a Turkish Bath."—Era, 0ct.13, 1861. Consultations daily till 12 a.m. A S THE FACULTIES OF THE BODY, in harmony with those of THE MIND, approach deve loped maturity, the rising human being, surrounded by factitious circumstances—some salutary, some pernicious— becomes susceptible of impressions which, according to the degree of PRUDENCE and KNOWLEDGE with which he is en dowed, may be the sources of happiness or of unspeakable misery. Some of the m o o l s a t o deadly and terrible of the influences last ? i t ic tliat referred to origi that the objects of r love are being prepared to fight period when parents fondly hope evinced WC T° e": I 8 honourably the great un suspecting ignorance \ , t , battle of life—namely, the scholastic and collegiate period. their effects, which, if not o labits arc then contracted, in ar rested, tend to sink Theor l: eviln. R ° i n s toag aggravated a deepest depths of degradation and the apathy too generalll not only as to the na ure b by the meth al profession, diseases arising from the cause in lie very existence of the laded, and to which the general and ina.dectuate designati and Debility }gas been given. ai of "Nervous Disorders One of the consequences of this neglect is, that the treatment of the most delicate classes of d i ea se which afflict Society has been taken up by unqualified and uneducated persons. Dr. 1,42.111ERT, 111. D., Licentiat e of the . Roya, Society of Apothecaries, &C-• :;7, Redford-squat TUT! ONLY ri: A (-rill „NER urnuL. , ,,t e, London, as , amou,TEßr,,, v u 1:D ; ,i ~ f .tot his exclusive attention I AND ' ir o c u r- n ro ni t 3 h o e f e;Lre m u l f n t.:l l . • `-.' vlcotit. The result of hig exi 4 Pt At';‘,l'l,iNC'l;:st;g°,iltsti,. \ A V i' L T I 1 1 1 W rni aillliol::'''')vrCr237o MC may be perused with adviluta4e hi his pRES3FRVATicm," is. ; post free nir sold by . ignee'al:cf, Tilmoriozca, Mann,39,Cornhill 11 , or with sealed ends'for,4ucoessful prac eAtise. " SELF -20,8-Itydon, price At home for consuifagvii, daily, from 11 till 2 nips ' 7, Bediapil-oquare, a 4112 t1 4 till 8 AMERICA. -0- - LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The Inman steamer City of Washington, Capt. Brooks, from New York on the 22d ult., arrived here to-day. A summary of the news received by telegraph, via Queenstown, has been already published. The situation of affairs is thus epitomised in the New York Herald of the 22d ult.:— " The news from General Banks's division pre sents no important features. A portion of General Shield's reconnoitring party has returned to Win chester from Strasburg. It is reported that the rebel General Jackson is near Mount Jackson with his partially disorganised forces. " Two new military departments have been con stituted by the President—the first to be called the Department of the Gulf, which will com prise all the coast of the Gulf of Mexico west of Pensacola harbour, and so much of the Gulf States as may be occupied by the forces under Major-Gen. G. F. Butler's United States volunteers ; the head quarters for the present will be moveable wherever the general commanding may be. The other is de nominated the Department of the South, compris ing the States of South Carolina, Georgia, with the expedition and forces now under Brigadier General F. W. Sherman, to be under the command of Gene ral David Hunter. " Affairs at Island No. 10, which has now become a point of interest, represent the rapid approach of a termination to the tedious bombardment of that rebel stronghold. Up to yesterday evening our gunboats Benton and Mond City were playipg heavily on the upper batteries, with a view to reduce them. The fortifications are very strong, mounting, at least, 80 guns, while a body of 20,000 troops are encamped on the main land in the rear, completely out of range of our mortars. Five guns on the upper battery on the Tennessee shore have been dismounted, and only two left, which give an occasional shot. The batteries appear to be provided with bomb-proof casemates, as the men are seen to disappear when our shells approach them. " A despatch to St. Louis, dated from Island No. 10 on Thursday, says that a large number of loaded waggons were then leaving Tennessee shore, from which it was believed the rebels were making pre parations for an evacuation of their works. General Pope allowed a rebel gunboat to approach within 50 yards of a masked battery on. Tuesday, and then sunk her, killing 15 of those on board, He had pre viously allowed five rebel steamers to pass on towards New Madrid, and they are now between hisbatteries, unable to escape. Over twelve rebel vessels, their floating batteries and battering rams, are now above Gen. Pope's batteries, and will certainly be sunk or captured. Meantime the rebels have posted three regiments at Fort Pillow, between New Madrid and Memphis. Pikes are being manu factured at the latter place to arm the new levies, of which not quite a hundred men have as yet re sponded to the call of Governor Harris. The governor, however, has disappeared from Memphis, and the members of the legislature have followed his example. The city is said to be in a terrible condition. The Union men were abandoning the place. leaving all their property to be confiscated, as impressment at the point of the bayonet had become general. Men were driven from the streets and from their stores and dwellings to the rebel camps of instruction, and all who could escape from the city with their lives were glad to get away. Quarrels between the rebels and Unionists were of daily occurrence in the streets, and shots are freely exchanged between them. " Our news from Tennessee is important. Die spatehes from Cairo state that our troops at Savan nah, 60 miles from Florence, Alabama, are doing good service. Gen. Beauregard, with a force of 15,000 rebels, recently from Pensacola, is said to be at Corinth, and Generals Bragg and Cheatham have also their divisions in the same vicinity. On the night of the 13th inst. a body of the sth Ohio Ca valry put a part of Gen. Cheatham's cavalry , to flight, and burned the railroad bridge. Our army in that neighbourhood is divided into five divisions c ommanded by Generals Sherman, M‘Clernand, Wallace, Huriburt, and Lanman. No less than 6,000 Unionists in the vicinity of Savannah, are re ported to have enlisted in our army recently." On the 20th, the joint resolution of co-operation with the President's late Message, recommending assistance to states desiring to abolish slavery, was reported back from the judiciary committee, with the recommendation that it pass. The Senate then debated the bill for the abolition of slavery in Co- lambia, and went into executive session. In the House of Representatives on the 19th, the entire session was taken up in considering the Tax Bill. All the general provisions-40 in number— were upon, but no important amendments wero actedm ad e.A proposition was made to exempt slaves from taxation, and on this a short debate sprung up as to the question of property in slaves. Thetux on spirituous liquors, ales, &c., was •con sidered, but no progress ma d e on t hi s par t of th e bill. 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And so lam actually in Venice I Well ; to-day I have seen the finest pictures in the world, and have at last per sonally made the acquaintance of a very admirable man, whom hitherto I only knew by name—l allude to a certain Signor Giorgione, an inimitable artist—and also to Porde - none, who paints the most noble portraits, both of himself and many of his simple scholars, in such a devout, faithful, a nd pious spirit, that you seem to converse with him, and to feel an affection for him. Who would not have been con fused by all this ? But if lam to speak of Titian, I must do so in a more reverent mood. Till now, I never knew that he was the felicitous artist I have this day seen him to be. That he thoroughly enjoyed life, in all its beauty and fulness, the picture in Paris proves •, but he has fathomed the depths of human sorrow, as well as the joys of heaven. His glorious "Entombment," and also the "Assumption," fully evince this. How Mary floats on the cloud, while a waving movement seems to pervade the whole picture ; how you see at a glance her very breathing, her awe, and piety, and in short a thousand feelings—all words seem poor and commonplace in comparison! The three angels, too, on the right of the picture, are of the highest order of beauty—pure, serene loveliness, so unconscious, so bright, and so seraphic. But no more of this, or I must perforce become poetical, or indeed am'so already, and this does not at all suit me; but I shall certainly see it every day. I must, however, say a few words about the " Entomb ment," as you have the engraving. Look at it, and think of me. This picture represents the conclusion of a groat tragedy : so still, so grand, and so acutely painful. Mag dalene is supporting Mary, fearing that she will die of an guish ; she endeavou rs to lead her awa y , but looks round hers elf once more, evidently wishing to imprint this spec tacle indelibly on her heart, thinking that it is for the last time ; it surpasses everything ; and then the sorrowtng John, who sympathises and suffers with llary, ani Joseph, who absorbed in his piety, and occupied with the tomb, direots and conducts the whole ; and Christ himself, lying there so tranquil, having endured to the end : then the blaze of brilliant colour, and the gloomy mottled sky, It is a' composition that speaks to my heart and fills me with en thusiasm, and will never leave my memory. I believe few things I have yet to see in Italy will affect rec. , so deeply; but you know that I am devoid of all pre judices, and I give you a fresh proof of this by telling you that the Martyrdom of St. Peter, from which I expected the most : pleased me the least of the three; it did not strike me as being a complete whole; the landscape, which is very fine, seemed to me to predominate too much. Then I was dissatisfied with the disposition in the picture of two vic tims and only one murderer; (for the small figure in the distant background does not remedy this). I could not bring myself to consider it a martyrdom. But probably I am in error, and I intend to stud it more carefully wasto n t he d i o s r e g i :n b ,° d and b y somemor r oown—e strummingm y contemplationon of i t ,sacrilegiously besides, o iste w nt re o su su ch ch m p is ic e t r u tle s opera these sacredfinaeo. formaßut mattersthweisraforeed to not; l he are. I require no organist. I play the organ in my thoughts for myself, and feel as little irritated by such trash, as I should bo by an ignorant rabble. Titian, however, was a man well adapted to improve others ; so I shall try to profit by him, and to rejoice that lam in Italy. At this moment the gondoliers are shouting to each other, and the lights are reflected in the depths of the waters; ono is playing a g uitar, and singing to it. It is a charming night. ttrovell 1 and think of me in every happy hour, as I do of you. From Venice he proceeded to Florence, and thence after a brief stay, to Rome. With this city he was delighted, but gives this opinion of MODERN ITALIAN TASTE. The Pope is dead, and the Conclave assembles on tho 14th, A great part of the winter will be occupied with the ceremonies of his funeral, and the enthronement of the new Popo. All music therefore and large parties must bo at an end, so I very much doubt whether I shall be able to un dertake any public performance during my stay here; but I do not regret this, for there are so many varied objects to enjoy inwardly, that my dwelling on these and meditating on them is no disadvantage. Tho performance of Grimes "Passion" in Naples, and more especially the translation from Sebastian Bach , prove that the good cause is sure eventually to make its way, though it will neither kindle enthusiasm, nor will it be appreciated. It is no worse how ever with regard to music—in fact, rather better—than with their estimate of every other branch of the fine arts; for when some of Raphael's Loggie are with inconceivable recklessness and disgraceful barbarism actually defaced, " to. give place to inscriptions in pencil; when the lower pa w il(g I the arabesques are totally destroyed, because Ital ia p g knives, and Heaven knows what else besides, hoer,'" their e ir insignificant names there ; when one person Painted in large letters under the Apollo Belvedere, Intel Angelo 's an altar has been erected in front of Idic hides tho centre of the " Last Judgment," so large that it t . ~ Christ ;" when when cattle are e ci ff i? c- t h' e Villa Madam, picture, thus destroying the whole driven through the splendid saloons u Gi lio Romano, and fod the walls of which are painted by . music,but theyturn ro indifference towards the simply 1 -- much worse than a bad der is stored in them, even more distressed by beautiful—all this is cart:uil e orchestra, and painters mus t such things than I The fact is, that the V ie are mentally enervated P religion, but they do not believeand apathetic. They hays a i l b a y a oloi t d h e a l r G m o i v s o e r m a b n i l e et, t h can recall a brilliant and heroic in it ; they have a Pol y them into ridicule; gO, , . n , c s t value it. It is thusiundoiffnioarvtelt that it is really quite revolting to see un lit in art, for they are indifferent theiro all past, but they e they du not d ... that is earnest. death of the . Pope, and their unseemly the ceremonies. I merriment myself saw the corpse ; landd the priests standinc , round incessantly lying In a laughing• a d ' w hispering . concern about the .., es are being said for hi t soul, they are in the very , ra miu3 -- olpiro h hanimPling, away[tt the scaffolding of the 4The hammers And the noise 00 ,tafalquei r io that the strokq s. of tire wor °vie entirely prevent any one hearing there, ligious sery ces. As soon as the cardinals assemble in.con olaVe, satires appear against them, where, for instance, they parody the Litanies; and instead of praying to be de livered from each parti c a r sin, they name the bad quail ciC4 of tech WQ II- known coil* or again, they perform og ientire opera, 'where all the characters are cardinals, 4 being the prime amoroso, another the tirawvo asstdto, a third stage candle-snuffer, etc. This could not be the case where the people took any pleasure in art. Formerly it was no better, but they had faith then ; and it is this which makes the difference. Nature, however, and the genial December atmosphere, and the outlines of the Alban hills, s th tr e e y tc o h a i n ng s as el i f b a b r ic as n th o e n s a e l a n , es a , ll (r)remcoamin un changed. There These every one c an s till individuailleyseeuujooyininserailliltit°huesir freshness, and to these I cling. I feel much the want of a friend here, to whom I could freely unbosom myself; who could read my music as I write it, thus making it doubly precious in my eyes ; in whose society I could feel au in ' terest, and enjoy reros'e ; and honestly learn from him (it would not require a very wise man for this purpose). lint just as trees are not ordained to grow up into the iiky, so probably such a man is not likely to be found here ; and the good fortune I have hitherto so richly enjoyed elsewhere, is not to-fall to my share at present ; so . I must hum over my melodies to myself, and I dare say I shall do well enous;h, ,_ Of their skill in music he had the lowest estimc ,_,, "The orchestras," he says, " are worse than any ,7., ) could believe; both musicians, anti a right leelinw for mw-ic, are Wanting. The two or three violin performers play just as they choose, and join in when they please; the wind instrumeutS are tuned Either too high or too low ; and they execute flourishes like those we are accustomed to hear in farm-yards, but hardly so good ; in short, the whole forms a Dutch concert, and this applies even to com positions with which they are familiar." This judgment may seem harsh to those who, never having 'visited Italy, adopt the common notion of the universality of musical proficiency there, but we can state from our own experience that it is literally true. Never did we hear so little good or so much bad music as during our residence there, whilst the execution was often beneath contempt. Trite, the performance during the Holy 'Week is pet uliar, and in a s e nse impressive, but an Exeter Hall oratorio is in every respect far superior, whilst we doubt if any orchestra in Italy could read, much less play, one of Beethoven's Symphonies. Indeed, in no city in the world is so much fine music, of all styles, to be found as in London; and this Mendel sso h n vir tt,,uhrrae admitsi Writing frcm Naple s , h o says : s now closed for some weeks, because to liquify. What I heard at the Opera previously did not repay The orchestra, like that o f lhley theatre blood of St. Januarius shottly tßome ,hetrouwbalse owors efgeintgh * an in any part of Germany, and not even one tolerable female singer. Tam burini alone, with his vigorous bass voice, imparted some life to the whole. Those who wish to hear Italian Operas, must nowadays go to Paris or Lon don. Heaven grant that this may not eventually be the case with German music also!" Again, writing from Milan, " It is evident that if I wish to I hear Italian music, I must go to Paris, or to Eng- land." Returning from Ita ly, he passed throng - b. Switzerland, and made a short stay in Paris. Then, coming to this country, he writes thus from London I cannot describe to you the happiness of these first weeks here. As from time to time every evil seems to accumulate, as it did during my winter in Paris, where I lost some of my most beloved friends, and never felt at home, and at last became very ill ; so the reverse sometimes occurs, and thus it is in this charming country, where I am once more amongst friends, and am well, and among well--.vishers, and enjoy in the fullest measure, the sensation of returning health. Moreover it is warm, the lilacs are in bloom, and music is going on : only imagine how pleasant all this is I I must really describe one happy morning last week : of all the flattering demonstrations I have hitherto received, it is the one which has most touched and affected me, and perhaps the only one which I shall always recall with fresh pleasure. There was a rehearsal last Saturday at the Phil harmonic, where however nothing of mine were given, my overture not being yet written out. After " Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony," during which I was in a box, 1 wished to go into the room to talk to some old friends ; scarcely, however, had I gone down below, when one of the orchestra called out, " There is Mendelssohn I" on which they all began shouting, and clapping their hands to such a degree, that for a time I really did not know what to dD; and when this NI as over, another called out " Welcome to him I" on which the same uproar recommenced, and I was obliged to cross the room, and to clamber into the orchestra, and return thanks. _ j ~ Never canflorget it, for it was more precious to me than any distinction, as it showed ,me that the musicians loved me, and rejoiced at my coming, and I canno t te ll y ou As may be imagined, musical criticism occu pi es no gi9A feeling this was. in wh c a o t n a siderable place in the volume, and his analysis of the performance during the Holy Week is pecu liarly -valuable ; whilst his estimate of certain popular modern composers, though it may be con sidered severe, is true. Upon the other charac teristics of the letters—the admirable remarks on pictures, the vivid descriptions of manners and scenery, the good sense and amiable feeling with which they abound—we might say much, but space fails us; and we can only recommend all who care for art or nature to read the volume, the translation of which by Lady Wallace reflects the highest credit on her taste and ability. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN' NG, APRIL 4, 1862, OLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 13, St. James's-square. Special Act of Parliament. London, S.W. Established 1821. Empowered b f BONUS MEETING, 1862. 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On the 21st a joint resolution was adopted authorising the Secre tary of the Navy to have the steam frigate Roanoke iron clad. The Tax Bill was taken up, but the dis eussion did not extend b e y on d the spirituous liquors . having adopted a few amendments to the bill. and the house adjourded after an A d a l 1 : s e 's : e ll:h e : B OO paper has the following :—" In the Confederate court, on Saturday last, the impor tskeatheisidvs. August Belmont,' was to t a a f etTnchaues up. The Confederatei n g v , o tl l e v i T t n g h nearly half a million of dollars s have interposed, and, r as French citizens, clai m the tobacco as their pro perty. Proceedings in this case will be, most pro bably, indefinitely postponed, as the blockade cuts off from the ltothschilds the opportunity of attend ing properly to their interests in the matter." The correspondent of the Philadelphia press at Fcrt Monroe states that Mr. Buchanan, the com mander of the Merrimac, died a fow days since of the wounds he received in the action of the Bth March, Amputation was found necessary, and his leg was accordingly taken off a few inches below the hip joint. His system proved unable to sustain the shock, and he died the following day. Whether Mr. Yancey, one of the Confederate commissioners to England, was captured or not, appears to be still doubtful. A New York journal says i t was._ stated legtefday in oar news columns, that Wm. L. Yancey was arrested in the disguise of a sailor, on board a schooner, trying to run the blockade into a Southern port, and that he is on his way to Fort Warren. To-day, however, we have a despatch to the effect that Southern advices had arrived at Nashville, to say that Yancey arrived at New Orleans, and made a speech avowing that no help could be procured from England or France, and urging retaliation by stopping cotton cultiva tion. A later despatch from the engineer of the United States gunboat Waterwitch states that the gunboat captured the schooner Wm. Mallony, with Yancey on board. Which of these reports is true we are unable to determine." _ The Washington correspondent of the New Fork Times, under date March 21, 'rites as follows narns,tion Was unanimously from his com tended f return. Evidence is a n n d d re b p y o t r n te e d ee t ni o m th it e m "Gen. d,an and i l e t e t r h o h u a g s h b t e been will s n o t of improper conduct has been fo und t s e e e n a lt o the to .d c a o y n , d a n u c d t his of r u h o e m w in a rejected. The President, it is said, has been asked to bring Sigel to take his division. General Sigel w brigadier-general was major-general; Frankas unanimously a p n a i t m e r o s u o s a l confirmed arao e t n o- t d a a s y was considered, but is not yet confirmed. His error is that Gen. M'Clellan recommended him. Gen. Fremont received his final instructions to-day at the War Department, and leaves to-morrow. His body guard, under Zagony, will accompany him and reorganise the cavalry. Secretary Chase is prepar ing a very elaborate tax bill, which is intended to be moved as a substitute for the present bill now before the house. The rate of taxation is considerably higher upon all articles of prime necessity, and much lower on other :articles which the ways and means committee fixed to suit their purposes. The Secretary favours a tax upon whisky of not less than 50c. per gallon ; on tobacco, 75e. per lb., and so on. The bill will probably be taken by the Senate finance committee ,as it will come too late to be considered by the house. The public debt and all foreign drafts are paid at matu rity, no matter what may be the pressure in other respects on the Treasury." By the arrival of the steam ship Karnak at New York we have Mexican advices to the 7th March. It is stated that all the English at Vera Cruz, wth the exception of about a hundred men, had embarked and were ready to start for England, via Havannah and Bermuda. They had sold all their mules to the French. The French and Spanish forces remain in Mexico. Sickness among the troops still continued. Rumours of battles in the interior between the insurrectionists and the forces of Juarez were rife, but they needed confirmation. WRECK OF A CONVICT SHIP. THE NAVY. The Duke of SolncrEet's levee yesterday at the Admiralty was attended by the undernamee. officers: —Capt. W. Armytage, Capt. C. 0. Jones, Capt. C. Wake, Capt. H. Harvey, Capt. H. Haseltino, Capt. W. Morris, Capt. F. Patton, Copt. H. Boys, Capt. C. B. Hamilton, Capt. G. F. Westbrook, Commander G. D. Bevan, Commander H. Harvey, Commander J. G. Goodenough, Commander B. Nitres, Commander W. H. Blake, Commander J. A. Shears, Commander G. A. Popplewell, Commander E. Lacy, Commander W. Horton, Commander P. H. Dyke, Commander J. M‘Donald, Lieut. H. E. Crozier, and Mr. J. W. Johnstone, Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals. The Royal Sovereign, 131, screw steamship, will be brought from her moorings in the harbour, and placed under the shears at the dock to-morrow, for the purpose of being dismasted, orders having been received from the Lords of the Admiralty that this noble ship is to be cut down and converted into a frigate, and made suitable for being armed and fitted with Captain Coles' cupola shields. A large number of shipwrights are to be immediately em ployed on her, as the orders are that the work is to be completed with every possible despatch. No instructions have yet been received from the Admiralty for suspending the works connected with the Royal Oak, 60, armour-plated frigate, under conatructiort- at Chatham, and it is therefore pro bable that the plan proposed for completing the squadron of armour-plated frigates building at the several dockyards as cupola ships, on Capt. Coles's principle, has been abandoned, and that the Royal Oak and other vessels of her class will be completed simply as armour-plated ships, according to the original plan. In the meantime every effort is being made by the dockyard officials to have the Royal Oak completed and afloat during the present summer. To accomplish this every hand, with the exception of some 50 or 60 shipwrights and caulkers at work on the Racoon, 22, and the Pylades, 21, is employed on her, and from the energy which is just now being displayed little more than four months will see the first of the new description of wooden armour-covered ships afloat. By special direction of the Admiralty all the hands in the dockyard have been withdrawn from the wooden ships and placed on the two iron vessels, the Achilles and Royal Oak, which together have upwards of 1,000 shipwrights and mechanics employed on them, in addition to the hands at work in the factory and smithy preparing the materials to be used. The exterior of the Royal Oak is now completely planked in readiness to receive her armour-plates, which will be laid on a solid backing of teak and oak of 29 inches in thickness. Adjoining the slip, an extensive building is in course of erection for the reception of the machinery to be used in preparing the iron slabs in which the vessel will be encased. Unlike the Achilles, the Resistance, the Defence, and other iron vessels of that class, which are pro vided with projecting stems„for running down ves sels, the Royal Oak and other armour -plated ships are almost square built, each being constructed with what is termed a " fimble-home",stem pro jesting in the slightest possible manner 'from the bow of the ship, thus doing away altogether with the supposition of these frigates being used as steam rams. In order to obtain additional strength for the stern-post, the screw-well usually found on board the screw steamers will be partially abolished in the Royal Oak and the sister ship Roy al Alfred, building at Portsmouth. The Vivid, tender to the flagship Fisgard, at Woolwich, has left the river on special foreign ser vice. The screw steam transport Fox, 42, Master Commander Thomas Pullen, yesterday commenced shipping boilers and machinery in basin at Wool wich, for the Royal Alfred, 91, screw steamship, under construotion at Portsmouth. The chartered transport Anne Forster, for Jamaica, having shipped guns, carriages, smiths' forges, zinc, and other stores from Woolwich Arsenal yesterday sailed for her destination. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain George Seymour, C. 8., arrived at Ports mouth yesterday morning, on her return from conveying her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia to the continent. The iron screw frigate Valiant, 32, 4,063 tons, 800-horse power, building at Millwall, is ordered to be sent, as soon as launched, to Chatham, where she will be fitted, and furnished with her Arm strong armament. The Royal Naval Reserve is becoming highly popular in Liverpool. Within the last few weeks upwards of 200 men have been enrolled by Com mander White, of the Hastings. Inquiries have been made by the agents of the American Federal Government, in England, as to the rate at which iron plates, for the construction of iron-clad ships, can bd manufactured and supplied in this country. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Thomas F. Hight, super numerary in the Fisgard, confirmed as first-class assist.-engineer; J. Edge, secretary to Rear-Admi ral L. T. Jones, K.C.8,, Commander•inChief at Cork ; and Richard Curgenven. IMPORTANT LIFEBOAT SERVICE. PORTSMOUTH, Thursday. —The vessel reported as being on shore at the back of the Isle of Wight is the Cedarine, Captain Dill, from Bermuda, bound to Spithead, with 191 short-time convicts on board. All on board have been happily saved, and chiefly by the aid of the excellent lifeboat placed last autumn at Brigstone Grange, by the National Life boat Institution, and presented to it by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club for that purpose. The convicts on board were in charge of Surgeons Beek and Roberts, Overseer Young, and three warders. The crew of the ship numbered 13, and in addition there were also on board the wife of Surgeon King and five women and 18 children, the Ns , ives and families of the w arders. The Cedarin©, which is a new barque built of cedar, and measuring 308 tons, sailed from Bermuda on the 15th of March, expe riencing stormy weather until striking soundings, with the wind chiefly from the N.N.W. After making soundings the wind came round to S.W., blowing strong, and accompanied with very thick weather iu the Channel. Shortly before 2 a.m. on Wednes day land was suddenly seen close aboard through a lift in the fog, and the ship's helm was put down to bring her round, but she missed stays, and immedi ately afterwards struck the ground midway between the Ship. Ledge and Brigstone Grange, about 200 yards from high-water mark, it being about high water at the time. A heavy sea was running in at the time, and each succeeding roller lifted the ves sel and drove her further in, the ground over which she was driving being fortunately a bed of sand and free from rocks. The Coastguard at Atherfield station gave the alarm, and Mr. John Brooke, of Brigstone Grange, personally superintended the conveyance of the lifeboat on its carnage from the boathouse by a team of his own horns from the grange to the shore. The Rev. I. P. Gaze, rector of Brooke ; and hon. secretary of the Isle of Wight branch of the National Lifeboat Institution, and Mr. Cutajar, commanding the Coastguard station at Atherfield, were also on the beach superintending the means being taken to rescue the people from on board the stranded ship. A hawser had in the mean time been got out from the vessel's jibloom, and by this means some of the crew and convicts reached the shore, assisted by the coastguardatnen, one of the latter, named Sendereen , particularly distin guishing himself by his boldness in ent er i ng the surf to assist the men in leaving the ship. The life boat on her first trip brought ashore the women and children, and in seven subsequent trips brought on shore in safety the whole of the remaining people on board. She behaved admirably in the broken water, and her crew a ppeared to hav e th e grea t es t confidence in her. A military guard h a d b een de spatched from Parkhurst Barracks, but previous to the arrival of all the party at the scene of the wreck the convicts had left the shore for the village of Brigstone, where, having plenty of money, they nearly drained out the stock of two publichouscs, the result being that the majority of them became drunk and quarrelsome, a series of fights taking place simultaneously in the middle of the road. It is but justice to state that all the men were not alike, a body of the best conducted having been sent away by themselves, at their own request, on the near Newport. The a ro rr a i d va t l o of P th a e rk n h ti u l r it s a t ry P p r u is t m a i tt , end to the riot in the village, and, waggons being Procured, the convicts were convoyed under escort to Parkhurst. This morning th e weather h a d greatly mo d er ated, and the vessel now lies sufficiently high on the beach to enable any person to walk round her at low water. Hor crew are engaged in getting her sails, spars, and stores on shore. She shows but little signs of damage, but it is the opinion of the people resident near the place where she lies that it is impossible to get her afloat again, owing to the extent and nature of the shoals between. her present position and deep water, Thu ship 15 partially insured. THE ARMY. A letter from Malta, dated March 29, says : I regret to state that there is a good deal of ill feeling existing just now between the military and a portion of the inhabitants, which has broken out during the past week in several disturbances. On Tuesdaylast, on the occasion of some athletic games got up by the officers and men of the garrison, a col lision took place between them and the people, in consequence of the latter, as it is alleged, having infringed the boundaries set up by the military. Sticks, belts, and stones were freely used, and the affray at one time threatened to be more serious than it ultimately proved to be. Save a few broken heads and numerous contusions no damage was done ; but it was not before a picket was called out that order was reestablished. The disturbance was renewed the same evening on the Palace-square in Valetta, when for several hours that part of the town was kept in a state of uproar by collisions be tween the people and a number of military officers. Five soldiers were arrested the same evening for attacking the inhabitants with their side belts, and having on the following morning been brought be fore a magistrate, were condemned to a term of im prisonment. These disgraceful scenes are greatly deplored by all good officers and citizens, and it is hoped the Governor will take steps to put a stop to them, otherwise serious consequences may ensue. The detachment of the Grenadier Guards, under the command of Col. Ponsonby, having completed their course of rifle practice, returned to head quarters from Eastbourne on Wednesday; on the same day detachments of the Coldstream and Fusi lier Guards, under the command of Col. Lord Abinger, arrived there to go through a course of ball practice. Yesterday a party, including Gen. Sir John Bur goyne, Lieut.-Gen.Wetherall, Col. E. H. Greathead, Col. Hamilton, R.E., Col. Manners, Inspector of Volunteers, Capt. Inglefleld, Comr. White, RN., Lieut.-Col. Newlands, L.E.V., Lieut.-Col. Clay, L.A.V., and several other officers, accompa nied the Mayor of Liverpool, in the Cunard steamer Satellite, on a trip up and down the Mersey. After visiting the new Royal mail steamer Scotia, in the Canada Dock, with which they expressed very great satisfaction, they proceeded to the extreme north end of the intended new docks at Liverpool, near which it is intended to erect a strong protec tive fortress. This, it is understood, is to be con structed of iron and stone on a new•principle. It is said it will be so situate ,as to be copipletely stir rOtinded by water at certain times ofthe tide, and; will be of a most formidably defensive character. These works, it is understood, will be commenced at an early period. Having inspected this imPg* PRICE - .4(1. STAMPED ....sd. tart point, the steamer then conveyed the party towards the Cheshire, shore, where, without land ing, they made a cursory in,ptetion of the Rock Fort, arid proceeded up the river, crossing to the Albert Dock, on the Lancashire side of the Mersey. The party afterwards visited Her Majesty's ship Majestic, and landed after having cruised about for about three hours. LIT.E.TUTURP. ---.- ----•,.. Mendelgsalin's Letters front Italy and Switzerland. Translated from the German by Lady Wallace. Longman and Co. That Mendelssohn ranks among the greatest musicians has long been admitted, indeed nowhere was his genius more speedily or more cordially re cognised than in England ; still, few, t, we imagine, are at all aware of his power with the pen. Not that he was by any means what is termed a literary man, he simply possessed in a very high degree the faculty which, according to Goethe, all educated persons should have, namely, of expressing clearly, vividly, and agreeably their thoughts, feelings, and impressions. But he was also, in the broadest sense of the term, an artist. By this wo do not mean ono who has a special gift merely ; often little butter than an instinct,—but one who can feel and com prehend the universal harmonies of nature,—who possesses judgment as well as imagination, and can both discriminate and produce. Endowed with a marvellously perfect organisation, the world was to him full of beauty—an unending joy; his sense of colour seems to have been but little inferior to that of sound. Had ha not been pre-eminent as a musician he would have excelled as a painter. Whilst there is such a current of sweet tender feel ling running through his letters, the humour is so playful, the irony so polished, the refinement so complete ; there is such utter freedom from envy or malignity, such thorough sympathy with all that is great and noble, such clear buoyant freshness of thought, such perfect enjoyment of existence, that we feel refreshed as by a country ramble in the leafy month of June, with the lark singing shrill in the blue heavens above, the cool, mossy sward soft beneath our feet, and the balmy south wind, laden with health, delighting and soothing our senses. These letters were, indeed, written when he was in the freshness of youth—he was but twenty-one —and they have consequently all the elastic vigour which first impressions give. Not that Mendelssohn would ever, in the ordinary sense, have grown old. No truly poetic nature ever does. But there is still something in the first sight of a grand mountain or a glorious picture which powerfully stimulates the faculties, and gives to recorded impressions the charm of enthusiasm—the charm, in fact, which underlies this work. Through it we see nature and art in their most delightful aspects. We throw off, as we read, the trammels of fashion and convention. The heart expands, we brush the cobwebs from our brain, and feel somewhat of the golden time steal back to us when all great things seemed possible. And what great things Mendelssohn did in his short life ! Resembling Raphael in fertility, pre cocity, and sweetness of nature, if not quite his equal in genius, he also died in the flower of his age, leaving no peer. What operas might he not have given us had he lived ! What oratorios have we not lost by his death ! It was chiefly to mem bers of his family these letters were written, and the first, dated from Weimar, contains a very in teresting account of Goethe, with whom he seems to have been on the most affectionate terms. Very pleasant it is to see this converse of the old et and the young musician, and very remarkMe is Goethe's desire, at his advaneed age, to learn all he could from his friend. "In the forenoon," says Mendelssohn, "he likes me to play to him the compositions of the various great masters, in chronological order, for an hour, and also tell him the prog ress the y have made, while he sits in a dark corner, like a Jupiter Tn:n on me." With Men delssohn de o igoh s his o n , Goethe e e v s i d fl e a n s t h ly i n at case. His age and fame prevented antagonism or rivalry. Not so with that greater and sterner genius Beethoven, with whom the courtly poet never fraternised, and for whose compositions he affected not to care. But we must hasten to Mendelssohn's Italian tour, the first city he arrived at being Venice, of which, and Titian, he thus speaks : A,L ( , ) .„ ~. l i p , ---t 4, LI 1 1.- „f.l , ...,..- r °ltt t F,q, - PRESERViITION OF LIFE FROM SIIIPWRECK. Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Life boat Institution was held at its house, 14, John street, Adelphi—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present, Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., Admiral Cator, Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Captain Egerton, R.N., John Grif fith, Esq., Admiral APHardy, Colonel Palmer, Cap tain De St. Croix, Admiral Bullock, A. Boetefeur, Esq., Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of life-boats to the society, and Mr. C. H. Cooke, the institution's honorary architect. The Secretary read the minutes of the meeting. A reward of £l3 was voted to the crew of the life-boat of the institution stationed at Palling, Norfolk, for going off in the night and rescuing eight men from the brig Jane, of North Shields, which, during a strong gale of wind, had struck off Palling on the sth ult. The vessel was ultimately brought to a port of safety. A reward of £ll was also voted to the crew of the Teignmouth life-boat, belonging to the insti tution, for putting off in the night and bringing to port the sloop Elizabeth, of T e i gnmouth, and her crew of three men, which, during a ga l e o f w i n d and heavy sea, had become disabled on the sth ult. The Redear life-boat of the society had likewise recently succeeded in bringing a derelict vessel safely into harbour. Rewards amounting to £36 were paid to the crews of the institution's lifeboats stationed at W hitby, Rye, Camber, Yarmouth, t aister, Walmer, and Dundalk for either assembling or putting off with the view of rendering assistance to vessels which had signals of distress flying, but which did not afterwards require the services of the boats. A reward of £9 was voted to the crew of a Fake field yawl for going off and rescuing, at consider able risk of life, six out of eight of the crew of the brig Adonis, of Colchester, which, during a gale of wind, had been wrecked on the Newsome Sands on the 6th ult. The poor men had taken to the rigging, and the captain, while trying to save his wife, was unfortunately washed overboard with her in the course of that fearful night. A reward of £6 was also voted to a boat's crew of six men for going off and saving, at great risk of life, four men from the schooner Elizabeth, of Aber deen, which, in stormy and thick weather, had stranded near Speymouth, on the Banffshire coast, on the 18th February. A reward of £1 was also voted to a boat's crew of two men for rescuing, at some risk of life, tw o men from a coble which had sunk during a sudden squall of wind near Sc arborough. The two men, who were unable to swim , had fortu nately managed to keep on the boat, although she was completely underwat water. A r eward of £4 was also voted to a boats crew of ablefour in r s e k n f o o f r I p i f u e t , t ing three o ff m a e n n d f r s o a m v i t n h g e , a o t ioo c p on c si e d r e e r o: a ha g v a in le g o b f ee w n i i n n d, co l l ia li d f o undered off that pl ace, she - o f Watchet, which, duri ng sending to the s i o i n t wi was t h r a e n p o o t r h t e e r a thateversnsealtiiho International a institution n w a a s m about sending to tho Int e r nati o na l Exhi b iti o n a model of its lifeb oa t and transporting carriage, and vari ous other articles for saving life from shipwreck. A very large wreck chart of the British Isles for the past year would also be exhibited there by the society. * During the past month the institution had sent a new lifeboat and a transporting carriage to Dundee. The cost (300) of the same had been collected by Mrs. Hartley, of Bideford. Another lifeboat was ready to be sent to Kingstown, the expense of which had also been collected by Miss towards the S. H. Bertie Cator. The institution decided on forming a life-boat station at Port Leven, near the Lizard Mr. Robartes, M. P., having again s ent £2OO. Captain generously oefn promisedeteheef societyth e s same. hadoe contribute n i t t r i vi h as ut o r e f 0 1 r 5 t 0 e d Payments, f t r h i e en e d xp ; 01 . lip-boats to the institu- Ward, R.N., inspector .'e satisfactory t ClrY a°6°Mitof the 25 life-61d 8 having s : then proceedings terminateCT.. had on th b e ee w n ea m t a e d o e a o st n , v ea aer h ion : he had recently inspected. . wh i ch ° i, n i c , laimfeo.buonattinegstntbowL6ooe M, be ent the w ho df4 3tl+ iiell mo3t the lose& d on wing qrS qrS qrS Ara