The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-14 00:00:00

Now ready, in Crown Bvo, 10s. 6d., w ith Portrait of Fox in hia youth, LIFE OF CHARL ES JAMES FOX. Volume I. By the Right lion. LORD JO HN to her RUSSELL, M.P. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordina ry lajeaty. P OVAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT L GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa yno and Mr. W. HaTTISO R II OSE OF CASTILLE. Messrs. THIS EVENING THE Weiss, Honey, St. Albyn, BartleMall, and Mr. W. Harrison. Miss Louisa Pylle and Diliss Susan Fyne. Conductor —Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude tor,ie new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOP ;Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clothing. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING. THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Qneene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE. Commence at 7 o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. THE SCOTT COMMEMORATION. THIS EVENING, and daring the week, the revived dra matic Romance from Sir Walter Scott, entitled KENIL WORTH, re-produced with original effects and additional splendour. To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro clueing Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. A. Cooke, &e. Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Emily Cooke, together with the Star Riders. and Astley's unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian Artistes. To conclude witb the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON IdUN CILAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W: Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A. F. 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 Muawell Hill." Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, 18. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.-- Proprietor—C. MORTON. The pubic 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 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion 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 MUSICAL 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 WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 13. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 48:--1owest this morning and during the night. 53—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29'98. WIND, South-Westerrly ; fresh, with cloudy dull wea ther. FEB. 14. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.90. WIND, Westerly ; rather fresh, with slight rain occa sionally. The announcement of Lord STANLEY, that he should this evening " move for leave to bring in a bill to enable the Secretary of State for India to raise money in the United Kingdom far the benefit of the Government of India," has excited the wrath of the Times. It would, according to the Leviathan, be a gross infraction of the laws of Free Trade to prevent any Continental Government, or petty South American State, from flinging their bonds on the market, and obtaining gold at a fixed price, which, when transmitted, might be rendered applicable to very injurious purposes. The only question raised with respect to the Austrian Loan abortion was whether it would prove a paying in vestment, and the lowering state of the' political atmosphere. The dark clouds threatening a speedy storm, prevented the specious bait from being even nibbled at. There was not, however, the slightest hint that the advance.might occasion a sanguinary European war. Profit or loss might be said to be the only items on either side of the balance sheet. The same may be said of every other application, with one broad and glaring excepti on . Let the assistance be required for - even the sister Empire—the direct Government whereof has so recently been assumed by, and in the name of, Queen VicToßia. Let it be for the most magnifi cent and improving of our colonies —that very colony which supplies so -large a quantity of gold —the sole idol of the hard calculators—and there is an immediate outcry, "Our Money Market will be disturbed !" The precious metals will be taken fro m our shores. Indeed, " the effect is already becoming seriously palpable." Surely it has not as yet materially raised the rate of discount in the market. The Bank direc tors have not deemed it prudent to retrace the step they took with such palpable reluctance. The minimum rate is still but 21 per cent., and it is said that approved paper is convertible on still cheaper terms. • The last return showed that the Bank reserve had increased by £525,050 within the week, a mounting in the whole to £12,625,065, while the bullion in both departments was augmented by £166,983 , now standing at the grand total of £19,461,005. Under such circumstances we may meet the reasonable, just, and well-secured requirements of our ow , children, those in whose welfare and prosp er i ty we are peculiarly concerned, and who will return magnificent fruits for every shilling advanced to assist them for the purpose of developing their material resources, without so greatly injuring our. . i, .... .ti ..6.1 6 .1 , II • .•• • , ••• 4 % , •,, 4, :: \VI to ,• 'l ,-,0 \ l. 3 . , "WI 4 '.' . 4. ~ - p it t 1,,, .z:‘,":IC ,A- ,, s ~ ,.E , , •1Z ,r r it, ' „ , : .,40)2_41, . ~ _ Idt . . * '''.. ,t, ‘ . , W ), i" ,,, RO " to. ",'"' • ''''' ."' '''L.• THE SUN. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1859. Commence at Seven, THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, OUR GAL. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. Followed by BARNEY THE BARON. ro conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD or. Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. p OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVEVING, and during the week, will be presented Shakepere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Alr. C. Kean—Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; Or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princews Brighteyes.l THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, afr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Miss Amy Scdgwick, Mr. Buckstonc, After which, a new grand Comic pantonilme, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. p, OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 1. ai Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, One Hundredth Night of "Extremes,"—Last Week of Madame Celeste's Engagement. THIS -FVENING, will be performed EXTREMES ; or, Men of the Day. y.ssrs. Emery, Vandenhoff, Rogers, Mrs:West ITiss Porttnar. Kate Se To conclude '7 tirand 1371.1. , SIEGE OF TROY. Miss Rosins. o'iight, Mist. Dalton, Miss Jertny Lauri. Mr. John Laur i, and Corp. '- Ballet. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; 'Upper Boxes, 3 8 . ; 2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; GaVery, ll ls. Box-office open front. to 5 daily. Doors ope n at hall-past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATIIE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Revival of MASKS AND YACES ; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster. First:appearance in the New' Theatre of Mr. Wright. Con tinued success of the INVISI_ BLE PRINCE. THIS EVENING, the perfovmance will commence with MASKS AND FACES ; Mr. B. Webster, C. Selby, Mr. Bil lington, P. Bedford, Miss Woolwar, Miss H. Sims, Mrs. Bil lington. After which, WELC OME LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE INVISIBriE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 --no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan are engaged. Due notice will e given of their appearance. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1850. i505.......101.111.1a................... selves as to elicit a strenuous protest from the re presentatives of any body of capitalists, however " hard calculating " they might be. Is not the security of India as good as that a Austria? Would not bullion be required to satisfy the demands of one as well as of the other ? Why, therefore, should not India receive the preference, which, cceteris paribus, should be bestowed on an integral portion of the dominions of Queen VICTORIA ? We kno n the formerw that the money will be applied to good purpose i That returns will be annually forwarded in the shape of salaries, pensions, and interest on the investments made in India by retired officers. The case, too, is altogether exceptional. A fearful mutiny broke r s ut amongst those h our f a series of ye, had partaken of our salt, received our pay, and been fed and clothed our expense—miscreants who tur ned the ai ar ms with which they were supplied, and the discipline in which they had been instructed against those to whom they were bound by every tie not merely of duty but of grittitude. That was followed by a wide -spread rebellion. It was vainly supposed that the time had arrived when the British might be driven from India. We need not refer to the demoniacal cruelties per petrated on helpless women and innocent children. They will not soon or easily be forgotten, but will ever remain a dark passage in Indian History.' nat mutiny has, however, been suppressed—the irebellion trampled under foot. The British arms have everywhere been successful against what might be imagined overwhelming odds,and un- . equivocal proof has been given of the stuff of which both officers and soldiers were made. There could not then be a more legitimate application for a loan, and we earnestly hope and trust that it may be cordially responded to by the British community. How far is Australia inferior to Chili ? Its bonds were introduced without a murmur, al though the returns could scarcely be deemed as safe as those from the auriferous regions. It is not gold that Australia requires, that would be sending " coals to Newcastle." No, the amount would be taken in manufactures and other goods which might readily be disposed of without- the slightest detriment to the monetary affairs of the mother country, and yet any assistance to India or Australia are objected to on prin ciple (!! !) While, so far as respects Australia or Chili, the only question is the sufficiency. This is the political morality of the hard calculators of whom the Times may be regarded as the exponent and mouthpiece. The present state of European affairs urges us to probe to the core our own. A good housewife cleans her garner, sweeps out the rubbish, and puts in perfect order the whole machinery of her esta blishment—she carefully examines her locks, bolts, and bars, and having made all secure, sits down and lives at ease. She alone is answerable to her husband for all within her jurisdiction. To defend and preserve our national interests, and command respect abroad, we vote large annual supplies for maintaining our army and navy. This annual drain on our pecuniary resources is not un attended without equivalent results. The subject of reconstructing our navy is now under considera tion, and as this expensive requirement will probably cost the nation more than £10,390,000 (the amount of last year's estimates), it behoves us to scrutinise the acts of those to whom we entrust our money—to check all improvident expenditure, and bring to the notice of the committee any expe dients which, in lessening the drain on the public purse, will not decrease the efficiency of either service. We believe that the present First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir JOHN PAXINGTON, .18 most anxious to conscientiously perform the duties of his office, but he is often misled by the professional members of the Admiralty Board, who naturally enough have the interests of their profession at heart, con sequently do not cee those of the nation in the same unbiassed manner, as the First Lord. We believe it is generally understood that the Admiralty and War Department invariably act in perfect unison when their joint services are required for the defence of the national cause. " There is no rule without an exception," if speaks right a small volume, m ith which we have just been favoured. We have not had sufficient time to examine this interesting brochure throughout, but we will give a short insight into its contents. It is entitled " Macintosh's System of National Defences ; or, New Strategies in Warfare" also his official correspondence with the British Govern ment, disclosing the true cause of the continuation of the late war—from the clashing of the naval and military departments : its method, its causes, and consequent expenses. We must premise that the book is addressed to " The Honourable the Members of the House of Commons," that the subject is " Our National De fences," " Our Enormous Naval Estimates," " the un-united power of action (during war) of our War and Admiralty Departments," consequent re sults, and practical remedy, together with an effi cient and inexpensive new agent of warfare. Mr. MACINTOSH remarks that " our national defences are, in reality, our ships of war ; to retain our in sulated security from aggressive attack, or landing of an enemy on our shores, we must maintain our maritime supremacy at any cost. I believe (which I hope to hereafter fully demonstrate), that our naval estimates can be very materially reduced, and, by such reduction, our navy rendered much more powerful, our country more secure against foreign aggression, and the whole world much more peaceful. Consequently, the union and civi lisation of all nations would be placed on a surer and much more permanent footing." He proposes to effect this purpose by establish ing an "Incendiary Naval Steam Brigade, which, by attaching portions to each of our fleets, as an auxiliary power of attack' would, he believes, be the only means o f securing our naval supremacy." This "In cen di ary s • Steam Brigade to be composed of iron ste amers, furm hed with suitable compart ments or tanks ; the latter to be filled with prepared coal-tar naphtha." gi When sea-face batteries are to be attacked, I would start one of the small steamers, under the co ntrol of two or three men, towards th e enemy ' s works. When nearly within range of their gun s , they light a time fuse in connection with gunpow der, and abandon the vessel, leaving her to proceed towards the batteries. The explosion dis perses the combustible liquid on the surface of the water, causing its immediate ignition, and producing dense, black, supcating smoke or vapour, which, driven by the wind against the sea-faces, enters the embrasures, and either suffocates or drives away the enemy's gunners leaving the forts in our quiet possession." By another mode of application, the Admiral coMmanding• the fleet could (choosing wind and ,weather) discharge a sufficient quantity of this fluid upon the surface of the water, or by other mes hereinafto explained, allowing _ it to be propelled by the tide or wind up to the sea faces of an enemy's land batteries, and then cause its ignition by the projection 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, producing a dome, black, suffocating fog or vapour, which envelopes the fort or battery, rushing into the casemates or em br...Nsures, and, driving away :the gunners, would ena b i l,e the attacking vessels to approach (under cover of the black, suffocating smoke) the enemy's works, take up positions necessary for pouring in their broadsides, and destroy the forts, unmolested by any hostile fire. Retaining the supremacy of the seas, and having no great strongholds, such as Sebastopol, Cronstadt, and Cherbourg, we have no occasion to fear that our coasts would be attacked by an enemy's fleet. The avowed object of the sea-face defences above-named is to enable their fleets (in time of war) to be secure from any attacks of a British squadron. " The efficiency of those sea defences was suffi ciently demonstrated during the late war with Russia, when, it will be remembered, the allied fleets attempted the destruction of the sea-face batteries of Sebastopol, and withdrew, all but ignominiously beaten, and never to make a second attack. " This is convincing proof of the inadequate power of our navy in ATTACKING such strongholds; it is not, therefore, by increasing the number of our steamships that foreign States can feel our supre macy on the seas ; but by holding in hand an' efficient ' Incendiary Steam Naval Brigade,' which would enable us, during war, to effectually destroy all their ships and colossal fortifications." We have no necessity of harbouring our Fleets from fear of an enemy's, as was the case of both the Russian fleets in the Baltic and Black Sea during the last war, when the latter took refuge under the guns of Sebastopol and Cronstadt ; the enormous value of such sea-face fortifications, and the total weakness of our Navy, when acting against such . strongholds, is patent to all. The consequence will be, that all Continental States will strengthen and increase their sea-face batteries, so as to have secure harbours of refuge for their ships of war. Is our colossal navy, when ATTACKING sea-face defences, to continue the non-killing system of throwing away hundreds of tons of small pieces of iron at long range (which are more noisy than dangerous), when we have an efficacious and inex pensive method by which the Admiral commanding a Fleet could render any sea-face fortifications harmless, thereby enabling the attacking vessels to approach the enemy's works and take up positions necessary for pouring in their broadsides unmolested by any hostile fire ? Scientific explosive compounds are now becoming so numerous and dangerou's that it behoves us not to reconstruct our navy on the established method of huge steam or screw line-of-battle ships, but, in adopting into our service these new agents of war fare, to so reconstruct our ships that these projectiles may be effectively applied to repel the foe with the greatest destructive properties, but with the least possible injury to ourselves. It is not difficult to comprehend that the larger the ship is the larger is the target. In our " Military Intelligence" of the 1 ltkinstant, we gave an inte resting account of some experiments successfully tried at Chatham with an incendiary shell, invented and called by Captain NORTON, " The Liquid-fire Rifle Shell," with Which " he can, with the same description of shell, but of larger size, set fire to any line-of-battle ship in the Navy." In our num ber of last Saturday appeared a letter from Mr. JOHN MACINTOSH, claiming Captain NORTON'S invettion as his own,. having already obtained a patent, and quoting its number (1774). If a single shell can burn any of our line-of-battle ships, and projected at a five mile range, from a small but fleet steamer armed with Armstrong's rifled-cannons, without the possibility of extinguishing the combustible liquid contained in the shell, with any amount of water thrown over it, we must seriously consider the expediency of continuing to build those colossal and expensive targets for the amusement of our enemies. The building of " a line-of-battle ship" costs the country about £lOO,OOO, without either armament, stores, or men—and if a screw, without her machinery. (To be continued.) On Wednesday next the House of Commons will be called upon to re-affirm a principle which they have again and again maintained, although thwarted each time by the obstinacy of peers tem poral and spiritual. The bill for legalising mar riage with the sister of a deceased wife will be then accepted once more, as previously, and doubt less by a large majority. Last Tuesday it was read a first time by 155 to 85—a majority of 70. Lord BURY, very properly, declined to weary the House with arguments which it had so often heard, and Mr. BERESFORD HOPE did not suc ceed in irritating any one to reply to his innocu ous tirade. This Hope of Tractarians had, indeed, no other arguments than—First, the rejection of the bill again last year by the Lords — an argument available for a series of years against all the liberal legislation of the country, but whose worth was tested only last year for the fiftieth time, within the recollection of many of us, on the Jews' Bill. Second,Wasting the time of the House, of which Mr. BERESFORD HOPE alone was guilty. Third, That the community did not care about it —an argument nullified by the great number of signatures obtained to petitions relating to a sub ject which practically concerns so few indivi duals. There are, so far as it is known, about 100,000 persons affected by the present intolerant law ; yet 836,559 persons have petitioned for its repeal ! while considertbly less than one-tenth of that number only, despite all the zeal of the Tractarians, have petitioned against Lord BURY'S Bill. And besides, every body knows that society is pervaded by one general desire for the immediate amendment of this indefensible law. Fourth, That the Bill " would upset the social condition of the country," and was only designed to " save from the penalties of the law a few persons who had not restrained their passions." The truth is, that ascetic restraints on marriage much more upset the social condition of the country, since persons will not submit to them, and, indeed, ought not. As to the scurilous half of this last argument, it savours so much of the prurience of the Tractarian confessional, that we'd() not wish to follow the polluted fancies which it indicates. In regard to saving persons from the penalties of. the law, we may ask, Have they not as good a title to be saved from them as the persons (with their offspring) who contracted such marriages prior to the Act of 1835 ? Why should the Master of her MAJESTY'S Horse have a legitimate claim to his paternal inheritance, and the child of Mr. BROOK, in the recently decided case, not ? The kind of marriage from which each sprang was identical, and each marriage was equally recognised byj society and by morality. The Bill is of course designed to do justice to the offspring of these most virtuous and commendable marriages._ It is de signed also for a further object —to prevent the social inconveniences which must always result, as in this case, from legislating against virtue and nature. As the mat ter now stands, it is simply—Popish canons and Anglican High - Churchism versus the Scriptures, and the convictions and sentiments of all unprejudiced men. Men will not submit practically to such legislation. The Society of Friends, whose religious principles would not allow them to be married in church, and whose marriages were, therefore, void, ultimately compelled the Legislature to acknowledge their marriages. They recorded their marriages before unexception able witnesses. They duly kept their registers, and the State soon found that it had no other alternative but to recognise them. We believe it is cer tain that should the Lords persist in maintain ing the innovation of that pragmatical Churchman, Bishop BLOMPIELD, on the originally sensible pro posal of Lord LYNDIIURST in 1835, some such means will be adopted to save the feelings of per sons who refuse to be bound in such a matter by canons they repudiate. The law, they justly hold, has no moral right to impose those canons on others any more than to impose the Athanasian Creed or the Thirty-nine Articles. The House of Commons, however, we are sure, will do its duty on Wednesday. The division list, which our readers have seen, plainly shows that the intelligence and liberalism of the House is almost all on one side. The reasons for legisla tion are now urgent. Those who are wronged by the Act of 1835 demand immediate re dress, and nearly eight hundred and fifty thousand persons ask it for them. The prevention of *false declarations, and of something as bad or worse, ought to be attended to at once ; for we know as a fact that estimable persons do and will continue to declare that there is "no lawful impedi ment" to their marriage under the circumstances. Two Premiers, Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Lord PALMERSTON, have already voted for the bill. Lord DERBY himself has declared that it it must depend on the wish of tile country; and that, we submit, has been shown by the repeated majorities of the People's House. If ever any question of liberal policy was ripe for settlement this is. The whole course of legislation is now opposed to making one man's religious con victions the law for those who hold oppo site views. No . one can be compelled to contract a' marriage which he thinks sin ful ; but can it be tolerated at the present day that he should enforce his notions of what is sinful on others ? A large number of persons think horse-races, theatres, and even promiscuous dancing, unscriptural and sinful. They might as reasonably claim to prohibit these things as Mr. HOPE and the Bishop of EXETER to prohibit the marriages in question. Let them and theirs be content to ab stain for themselves. We have authority to announce that it is her Majesty's intention to hold Levees_ at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday the 23d inst., and on Wed nesday the 2d of March next. It is also her Majesty's intention to hold a Draw ing Room, and another Levee before Easter. A Cabind Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. Tho Ministers present were :—The Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. Se cretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, General Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and John Manners. RETURN OF THE COURT TO BUCKINGHAM PA LACE..—On Saturday orders were received at Buckingham Palace to prepare for her Majesty's reception. According to present arrangements, the Queen, Prince Consort, and the royal children will arrive at Buckingham Palace, from Windsor Castle, this afternoon, travelling to the metro 7 polls by the Great Western Railway, The royal cot lege, on leaving the railway, will pass through Hyde-park, and down Constitution-hill, escorted by a squadron of Light Cavalry, reaching the Palace shortly before three o'clock. Her Majesty is expected to visit the Royal Italian Opera house, Covent-garden, to witness the performance of the English Opera company, and several of the other theatres, during the week. The court will leave the metropolis, about the 22d instant, for a short sojourn at Osborne, Isle of Wight. THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.—At a special meeting of the mayor and corporation of Windsor, held at the 'Thwn Hall on Tuesday last, when most of the members were in attendance, an address of congratulation to her Majesty on the accouchement of her Royal Highness the Princess Frederick William of Prussia, and Princess Royal of England, was agreed to. The mayor of the borough (J. Jones, Esq.) has now received a communica tion, intimating that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to receive the address through the Home Secretary. Ad dresses of congratulation to her Majesty on the same auspicious event were last week adopted by the town coun cils of Bristol and Newcastle. The Earl of Derby gives an official and Parlia mentary dinner next Wednesday, at his residence in St. James's-splare. Modern statesmen of all parties seem to agree in one thing, and that is in the abolition of cabinet dinners.—Court Journal. The announcement of the levees to be held by her Majesty before Easter are expected to appear in the next Gazette. The first notification may only contain two, but it is understood there will be three nevertheless.—Court Journal. Mr. Murphy, the new Mexican minister, who presented his credentials to her Majesty some weeks back, has been in active communication with the Foreign-office since the Queen delivered the speech from the throne on the opening of Parliament.— Court Journal. The Continenal journals state that the negotia tions for a commercial treaty between Russia and Austria have been hitherto unsuccessful. It is reported that while Austria is willing to make every concession Russia refuses to lower the duty on some of the most important articles. The North Chins Herald states that a news paper published at Shanghai in Chinese by the missionaries has attained a circulation of 700. The people buy it week by week, paying cash, and each purchaser reads it aloud. The Chinese, it appears, are much interested in local news, particularly police reports. During the week the newspaper press has lost a zealous agent—Mr. Charles Mitchell, the proprietor of the " Newspaper Press Directory." He established the busi ness in Red Lion-court, and brought it to prosperity by his perseverance. So highly were his services appreciated, that a valuable service of plate was presented to him by the pro vincial newspaper proprietors, in 1851. According to the Calcutta Englishman the .Com mander-in-Chiers intended return to England is to lay his title and fortune at the feet of a fair lady, encouraged, pro bably, in undertaking his new campaign by the example of his brother in arms, the Duke of Malakoff. A letter from Vienna, dated Monday, says : , 4 To the great surprise of the public the conductors of our journals have received orders from the government to sub mit to the Minister of Finance all articles treating of finan cial questions, and to publish none which are not approved of." A despatch from Belgrade, dated the 11th inst., has been received at Vienna, announcing that Prince Milosch has proclaimed himself hereditary prince. M. Kagazinovich has been named provisionally Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M. Joannovich, Minister of the Interior. MAILS TO NORTH AMERICA.LThe Cunard Mail steamer Canada sailed from Liverpool on Saturday for Boston and Halifax with the mails and 60 passengers, among whom is Mr. Cobden, who is visiting the United States on private business. The Cunard Company's screw steamer Jura sailed for New York direct in the afternoon with a full cargo and a ship's mail. The next mails for North America will be taken out on Wednesday by the screw steamer City of Baltimore, and on Saturday by the Europa, both sailing for New York. THE OUTWARD BOMBAY MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 12.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamship Behar, Captain J. S. Field, sailed hence to-day for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria with the Bombay mails, £242,888. in specie, and a large cargo. - She takes out 28 first and 10 second class passengers, among whom are Captain R. Glyn, Sir Ivor Guest, Lieutenants F. J. Fdster and Nisbitt, Stair Assistant-Surgeon Rattray, for Gibraltar ; Lieutenant T. W. Hewitt, for Malta; Captain Green, Surgeons Annesley and Murphy for Bombay, &e. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrnt ship Melbourne, 1,170 tons, Captain William Brodie, which sailed from Liverpool on the 4th of Septem ber, in charge:of Surgeon -Superintendent Charles Kitching, with 73 married couples, 89 single women, 75 single men, 36 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 27 girls between the same ages, 3 male infants and 12 female, making a total of 388 souls, equal to 3411 statute adults, arrived at Adelaide, South Australia , on the 6th of December. THE NEW BILL ON DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. — On Saturday the new bill of the Lord Chancellor, on the law of Debtor and Creditor, was printed. It contains 280 clauses, framed in a very concise manner, A long dis cussion, is expected on the second reading. LATEST NEWS. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office : MADRID, SUNDAY, FEB. 13. The English screw steamer Ignes de Castro has been lost on the coast of Portugal. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. BOURSE, Feb. 12.—The market was rather heavy at the opening, but afterwards rallied. Threes have been done at• from 67f. 85c. to 68f. sc. ; Mobilier, 765 f. to 772 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 548 f. 75c. to 551 f. 25c. ; Orleans, 1,310 f. to 1,315 f. ; Lyons, 827 f. 50e. to 832 f. 50c. ; Southern, 510 f. to 512 f. 50c. ; North ern, 925 f. to ,927 f. 50c. The following are the last quotations : 4/ per Cents. .... 97 .-- Credit Foncier 645 Do. end month .. 96 75 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents 6B 30 Piedmonteso (5) .. 84 Do. end month 6B 15 Roman B9 Bank Shares. 2900 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 771 25 Spanish Threes Do. Account ~... 777 50 Home Debt 4O GREENWICH ELECTION. THE NOMINATION.-THIS DAY. The nomination of the respective candidates for the representation of the borough of Greenwich— viz., Mr. Alderman. Salomons and Mr. Angerstein —took place this day, at the hustings erected in front of St. Alphage Church, Greenwich. The free and independent electors assembled in front of the booth for some time before the proceed ings commenced, and until the hour appointed for the nomination arrived, a scene of great confusion and excitement prevailed. The arrival of Mr. Alderman Salomons, attended by his proposer, seconder, and committee, was treated with vociferous cheers, while the same com pliment was paid to Mr. Angerstein. Shortly after eleven o'clock Mr. F. Chapman, the returning officer, came forward, and having an nounced the purpose for which the electors were assembled, begged of them to give each gentleman a fair and attentive hearing. PRIOR PURVIS, Esq., then came forward and proposed Mr. Alderman Salomons as a fit and proper person to represent Greenwich in Parlia ment. (Cheers.) HENRY LOWMAN TAYLOR, Esq., said he had great pleasure in seconding the nomination. The hon. gentleman, in the course of a very animated speech, urged the electors to return the Alderman by a triumphant majority. (Loud cheers.) Mr. BENJAMIN COOKE proposed William Anger stein, Esq. (Cheers and confusion.) He said he was certain the electors if they returned Mr. An gerstein would add to the HouSe of Commons a gentleman devoted to the interests of Greenwich, and a staunch reformer. (Loud cheers.) Mr. JOLLY, of Deptford, seconded the nomina tion of Mr. Angerstein: Alderman SALOMONS,_ who was received with loud applause, then proceeded to recapitulate his political principles as an advocate of a large exten sion of the suffrage, the vote by ballot, a more equal apportionment of members to electors, and other measures of reform. He could appeal with full con fidence to his antecedents—as a magistrate of the county of Kent for twenty-two years—and to his connection with the Corporation of London since 1835. He had received thelhanks of a large body of the merchants and other citizens for his conduct during the period that he occupied the civic chair, and as he was largely - interested in trade and com merce he felt a laudable wish to enter the House of Commons as the representative of the borough of Greenwich, situated as it was on the banks of the Thames, and populated with those whose in terests were bound up with commercial and trading prosperity. He believed that during the present session of Parliament a bill would be introduced to amend the existing law on this subject, and they might rely on him, if they returned him as their representative, to see that in any such amendment the interests of the inhabitants of Greenwich was not lost sight of. (Cheers.) After referring to the justice of rating the Government establishments in the borough; Alderman Salomons advocated the policy of keeping up a large and efficient navy—which was a power of which Eng land had ever been justly proud. He would not interfere without urgent cause with the affairs of other nations, but would have this country at all times prepared for any emergency. (Loud cheers.) Mr. ANGERSTEIN then came forward to address the electors, but was received with such confusion that it was nearly impossible to hear a word that fell from him. He said he was a thorough reformer, and would do his best to further the interests of the borough. _ _ The RETURNING OFFICER called for a show of hands, and declared the majority to be in favour of Alderman Salomons. A poll was demanded by Mr. Angerstein, and it was ordered to commence at eight o'clock to-morrow morning, and finally close at four. The respective candidates then proceeded to their differeit committee rooms, attended by their sup porters. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto 795 .. Lyons and Moditerranean 835 .. 833 75 New ditto Geneva 535 , .. 635 Midi . — .. Southern - 512 50 Western 592 50 .. 590 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight paper, 2.5 f. 171 c. ,• money, 25f, 121 c.; three months paper , 251. sc. ; money, 25f. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. CORFU, FEB. 8. Mr. Gladstone went in state to the Assembly on the sth. He addressed the Deputies in Italian ; his speech seemed to make considerable effect upon them. " Mr. President and Geritlemen,—l have received under date of 2d February, the answer of the Pro tecting Sovereign to the petition of the Legislative Assembly of the lonian State for the union with Greece, as well as her Majesty's commands to make it known without loss of time, and in the most solemn manner, to the Legislative Assembly and to the lonian people, in Order that bOth the one and the other may frilly and clearly comprehend their actual position." The answer is as follows : " VICTORIA REGINA. " Her Majesty has taken into her gracious con sideration the prayer of the petition presented by the Legislative Assembly of the lonian Islands with reference to the interests of the islands them selves, of the States in their neighbourhood, and of the general peace. " Having regard to these objects, her Majesty, invested as she is by the Treaty of Paris with the exclusive protectorate of the lonian State, and con stituted the sole organ of that State in the councils of Europe, can neither consent to abandon the obligations she has undertaken, nor can convey, nor permit, any application to any other Power in furtherance of any similar design. "Her Majesty does not desire to impose new fetters on opinion ; but she will enforce, wherever it is placed in her charge, the sacred duty of obe dience to the laws. " Her Majesty has adopted, on her part, the measures which she deems most conducive to the good of the lonian people ; and she awaits the enlightened co-operation of their Parliament. "V. R." DESPATCH OF TIIE MINISTER FOR THE COLONIES TO THE LORD HIGH COMMISSIONER. "Downing-street, Feb. 2, 180. "Sir,-1. The petition of the Legislative Assem bly of the lonian Islands adopted on the 30th of January, has been laid before her Majesty. "2. The petition sets forth the warm desire and disposition of the people of the Seven Islands, and of the Assembly, to be brought into political union with the kingdom of Greece, and prays her Majesty to consent, and to obtain the consent of the other Powers of Europe, to this measure. "3. Her Majesty is pleased to return the answer which I now transmit. " 4. Her Majesty commands you to make it known, without loss of time, and in the most solemn manner, to the Legislative Assembly and to the lonian people, in order •that both the ono and the other may fully and clearly comprehend their actual position. _ " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient servant, " E. B. LYTTON. " The Right Hon. the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, &c." THE GREAT EASTERN STEAM SHIP. RAISING THE PADDLE SHAFTS THIS DAY The difficult operation of raising and placing on board the paddle shafts and cranks of the Great Eastern Steam Ship was successfully performed to- day, by means of a " floating derrick." To the uninitiated spectator everything about a floating derrick is strange and singular-looking in the last degree. It is strange in shape, in make, andin purpose—mote strange even in name. The whole thing is really a floating crane of gigan tic size and power, the hull, its base, being of such a shape as best suits a light draught of water with a counterpoise to the leverage of the crane. In shape the Derrick is cruciform up to the arms of the cross, being a tripod-shaped iron stand, tied together with wrought-iron braces. The cross of the Derrick is called the boom, all made of wrought iron. The upper limb of the cross is called the king post. Thus from one arm of the cross the weight is raised by pulleys, which, passing over the king post, are brought over the other arm to the body of the vessel. The whole principle of the machine is, in fact, acquisition and distribution—as fast as the weight is acquired it is distributed over the whole frame of the Derrick, and thence throughout the hull equally. Two oscillating engines work a set of crabs, independent of each other, the united force of all giving a hoisting capacity of no less than 100 tons above the surface of the water. The immense piece of machinery, weighing nearly 45 tons, was lifted, with the greatest ease, from Scott Russell's building-yard at Millwall, at ten o'clock this morning, and in about half-an. hour was lying alongside the Great Eastern. Orders were given to commence the novel hoist, and at five minutes to 12 it was level with the deck of the ship. A quarter of an hour afterwards it was placed in position ; and thus a work of great magnitude was performed in a comparatively short time. The proceeding on board the Floating Derrick were under the superintendence of the chairman and other officials of the Floating Derrick Company, while those on the. Great-Eastern were conducted by Captain Harrison. _ _ _ The expeditious manner in which the work was performed reflected the highest. credit upon all concerned, The Wallachian deputation charged to deliver to Prince Alexander Couza the official act of his nomination has been welcomed at Jassy with the most lively enthu siasm. It was received on the 10th by the Prince, who is said to have replied to it with great dignity and moderation. It is said that negotiations between the British and French Governments on the subject of Newfoundland are about to be resumed, and that the Baron de la Ron ciere Le Noury is appointed a Commissioner to conduct the negotiations on the part of the French Government. The Minister of Marine has selected the steam corvette Gassendi to proceed to Newfoundland with the officer appointed to command the French ships of war on that station. IRISH COUNTY ELECTIONS.—The poll at Irish county elections is limited to one day (as in England) by a bill just brought in by Mr. Collins , Mr. Bagwell, and Mr. Blackburn. The time a n d mo d e o f p rocee di ng t o election is also to be assimilated to the simpler and shorter system which obtains in England. Tho seats of bankrupt members must be vacated after four months instead of twelve. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 14.—Wind this day at noon W. ; light breeze and hazy. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 13.—Sailed—Kent and Palmyra—both for Melbourne. CARDIFF Feb. 12.—The Christina, for Rio Janeiro, with loss of bowsprit from collision, and has gone into dock. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 13.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—High lander, from London, for Barbadoes ' • Lady Emma Bruce, from London, and left for Liverpool, in tow, and met the Glentanner, from London, for Southampton. Sailed— Agincourt, for Melbourne; Bueton Castle, for Calcutta ; Maria, for Rio Janeiro. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gua rane, from llavre, for Guadeloupe ; Shawmut, ditto, for New Orleans, with damage from contact with the Young Sam. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 13.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed— Behar, (s.), for Alexandria. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind W., rain. Arrived—Glentanner, from London; Perseverance, steamer, from London; Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Dublin. Sailed—Lamplighter, for Sunderland ; Lady Eglinton, steamer, for London; Charlotte, for Guernsey; Clara, for Sunderland ; Beher, steamer, for Alexandria. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived, Feb. 13—Euroclydon, from Bombay; Excelsior, St. Michael's ; lonia, screw steamer, Alexandria; Jante Wilkens and Jarlem, Nantes. European, screw steamer, from Limerick, and not from Jersey, as reported, arrived here, after being on shore on West Hoyle. Arrived, Feb. 14.—Souvenir, from Corunna. Sailed, Feb. 13.—R. Robinson, for Bombay; Delhi, for New York; British Queen, for Antigua. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind, S.W. ; tide, last houx's flood ; weather, light, with rain. _ _ Arrived, Feb. 13.—Burhampore, from Bombay ; Lund Robertson, from Demerara; Rosalind, from Valentia ; Grindreda, from Madras ; Harriet, from Ostend ; Barce lona, steamer, from Hamburg; Sir Edward Banks, steamer, from Calais ; Haddington, fronillimbay ; Trio, from De merara ; Gilwade, from Memel. Arrived, Feb. 14—Candor, from Iquique. Sailed, Feb. 10—David Lyon, for Jamaica ; Lydford, for St. Vincent's; Venus, for Liberia. Sailed, Feb. 14.—Ide, for Rio Janeiro. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind S.W., moderate. Anchored.—Neptune, for Cardiff; Eliza, for Bristol; Affiances for Madras ; Margaret Rosner, for Wellington ; Alarm, for Port Phillip ; Jubilante, for Cape of Good Hope; Statesman, for St. John's—all from London. THE SPEAKER'S DINNER.—The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his first full-dress dinner at his new official home on Saturday evening, the 12th, to the following : The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, leader of the House of Commons, the Right Hon. Lord John Man ners, the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, the Right Hon. Lord Naas, Viscount Newport, the Right Hon. Lord Claud Hamilton, the Right Hon. Colonel Forester, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, the Right. Hon. Sir gdward Bulwer Lytton, the Right Hen. General Peel, the Itight Hon. Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. H. Lowry Corry, the Right Hon. Henry Fitzroy, the Right Hon. Joseph W. Henley, the Right Hon. Sotheron Estcourt, the Right Hon. C. Bowyer Adderley, the Right Hon. the Judge Advocate General, Sir Stafford Northcote, Sir Wm. Hylton Jolliffe, the Lord Advocate, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor- General, Mr. Henry Baillie, Mr. Seymoui Fitgerald, Mr. Winn Knight, the Hon. George Waldegrave, and the Rev. Henry Drury. Fax CLUB.—The first meeting of the Fox Club this season took place on Saturday evening at Brooks's. Present—the Earl of Albemarle, Hon. George Byng, Lord Marcus Hill, Right Hon. Dr. Lushington, Hon Frede rick Cadogan, Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., Lord Say and Sele, Lord James Stua r t, M.P., H o n. Charles S. Clements, Mr. J. H. Langston, M.P., Mr. E. A. Sanford, Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P., Earl Grey, Lord John Russell, M.P., Mr. Frederick Dundas, M.P., Hon. George Fitz william, M.P., Mr. John Cotes, Colonel Lonsdale Boldero, Colonel It. A. Shafto Adair, Mr. Edward Ellice, M.P. THE NEW POST-OFFICE REGULATION.—The Examiner points out a fact which must make it impossible for Lord Colchester and Mr. Rowland Hill to carry out their letter-opening regulation till a great reform has been made :—" The wretched stamps now in use are so ill pro vided with gum that it is difficult to make them stick, and a little friction or rough handling rubs them off. It will be rather hard on persons who have paid their money for these unadhesive stamps to have their letters opened, their secrets pryed into and made the amusement of the Post office, on the ground of a default of postage, when there has really only been a default, of gum, through the fault of the Post or Stamp-office. It is to be observed that our adhesive stamps are the shabbiest and worst in Europe." A Parliamentary return of the debt of India, issued yesterday, shows the total to be £82,316,680, exclu sive of the liability of £12,000,000 for the capital of the old Company, and also of the guarantees for railway and other works. Of this sum, £62,010,834 is duo in India and is classified as follows :—£43,341,533 "registered debt " a nt es £2,865,10 2 "loans , " £ 1,127,484 " T reas £4,437,489 "service funds , " £ 2 ,7 06 ,623,"bi11s pay ble ' and; £7,432,603 " deposits and miscellaneous." The remaining £20,305, 846 is atm in England, and consxis3tBs6oAfgw,9a9rr9,a9nlt7s India 80nd5,p1aay1n75,e9,n9t37:,408c9080c,..3, 3£3D3secoba,eponiottoaulpreaosyf,:r:affilew; railway companies and s remaining fAdmiralty various in the Home Treasury, and 1;7 ;33 ,028 miscella neous, LITERATURE. Adam Beck. By George Eliot, author of " Scenes of Clerical Life. 3 vols. Blackwood, Edinburgh.. This is an admirable work, presenting some striking passages of human life, and pourtraying persons as they really are in actual existence, and not as they too often appear in the pages of fiction ; of ideal excellence, or of unredeemed wickedness. It is far more likely to impress the mind of the reader to depict" a character like Arthur Donni thorne's, in which good and evil seem to contend for the mastery. This sketch is a very effective one ; it is not so grand in its outlines as the deli neation of Adam Bede, who is a masterpiece in the way of description, and than whom a bolder or more finished character is hardly to be met with in works of this class. He is not made distinguished by the accident of birth, rendered remarkable by any liberal gifts of fortune, neither does he shine conspicuous for talents; but he attracts from his genuine nature, his straightforward conduct, and his noble independence. He is a man of whom any station might have been proud, and who was yet quite unneedful of the elevation, for, while he exalted his lowly position, a higher place in the social scale could, not have ennobled him who was of nature's nobility. It is of such as he is repre sented that the poet must have thought when he exclaimed— ` 4 A virtuous populace shall rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved isle." The chief event in the story is the fatal attachment that existed between Arthur Donnithorne and Hetty Sorrel. He was the young squire, the hero of the neighbourhood; she the niece of a respect table farmer. In her, one takes but little interest, she is merely a specimen of a young beauty in the first flush of dawning vanity, and ignorant expec tation, and while the reader feels sorrow for her fate it must be evident that she rushed wilfully into danger, disregarding the warning of friends, and seeking to gratify inordinate conceit. It is otherwise with Captain Donnithorne, who was naturally of a good disposition,though not a strong one, and it is sad to mark his downward course from the high esteem he had inspired in his pro mising youth, following the love that had watched. him through the bright days of his happy child hood. The consequences of crime could hardly have been more powerfully showed forth than in the record before us ; thdawful circumstances which followed the flight of Hetty from the village of hich she had been the flower—the high import ance of her uncle in the place, and, above all, the fact of her having been engaged to Adam Bede, the pride of the community, all conspired to create a sensation alike solemn and painful to a susceptible nature like Arthur's. It is in this that the tone of the story is just, and the moral effective. Had the author described a mere seeker of pleasure, or reek- • less votary of a worldly life in the heir of the smiling domain, no shockwould have been given to the feelings; and, on.the other hand, no excuses are made for Arthur, because his conscience reproached him before, it did not justify him when time had brought a consumation ten times more disastrous than he could have surmised. It was natural that the excited and injured Adam should have scorned a society that gave to one offender a hard expiation, and left the other free. But he need not have inveighed, for an anvenging spirit followed on the path of the young squire. When overwhelmed at the shame and confusion which surrounded him inr x the inheritance he had so longed to enter and to diffuse happiness around him, he felt ready to call on the surrounding hills to fall and hide his head, which he could never more hold up in honour, the sting was implanted that nothing could eradicate. One of the most striking passages in the work is the meeting of A dam and Arthur under the shade of the grove at twilight. Some of the most dis tinguishing traits of the two men's dispositions are exemplified in that brief but decisive meeting ; the courage and lofty spirit of the one, the fatal hesitation of the other. With his shining prospects for the future, what would the high-born heir of wealth and power have given to change places with the son of toil who stood beside him in his peasant's garb ? The only weak point in the mind. of Adam was his affection for a worthless girl like Hetty Sorrel, yet he did not know much of her ' disposition only seeing her at rare intervals until he was so fascinated by her beauty that he overlooked the want of any desirable qualities She was also very artful, and contrived to appear to the best advantage before strangers, even when she despised them as beneath her:attention. For this folly of his fancy he paid a heavy penalty, and too late discovered the hollowness of outward ap pearances. A great portion of the story relates to Dinah Morris, who was a female preacher of the Methodists, she is described as " not indeed of that modern type which reads quarterly reviews, and. attends in chapels with pillared porticoes, but of a very old-fashioned kind." While the author does not sanction such theories by his approval, he so describes the practice of Dinah, that all must look ou her with respect, for the forms and ceremonies she adopted, and the fashions she followed were but as shadows of a substance, while the light of real religion that so evidently informed her mind, ani mated her spirit, and guided her actions, was so pure and steady that it was impossible for her most determined opponent to do other than regard her, in a general view, as a Christian who adorned their common profession of faith. Seth Bede, the brother of Adam, was one of the society, and it was as much veneration for his gifted teacher, as a personal feel ing that made him seek Dinah as his wife ; she re fused however, and it is a source of satisfaction to those who have watched the weary years of the life of Adam Bede, to find him at last united to so worthy a woman as Dinah. The fearful scenes of trial through which he had passed had left an indelible impress on his mind as is well expressed in thesewords, for " Adam had. not outlived his sorrow—had not felt it slip from him as a temporary burthen, and leave him the same man again. Do any of us ? God forbid. It would be a poor result of all our anguish, and our wrestling, if we were nothing but our old selves at the end of it—if we could return to the same blind loves, the same self-confident blame, the same light thoughts of human suffering, the same feeble sense of that Unknown towards which we have sent forth irrepressible cries in our loneliness." For two such characters as Adam and Dinah it is not necessary that they should be surrounded. by any imaginary halo of happiness, or endowed, during the closing scene of our connection, with the evanescent radiance of human joy, which, however brightly it may glow in the pages of fiction, we know cannot long remain undimmed in real life. His strength could have been exerted in no nobler manner than to enable him to resist the thoughts of vengeance, and to bear with fortitude his heavy burden of trial, and her fervent spirit could never have exercised itself more meekly, and yet more triumphantly, than when she stood in the condemned cell of the guilty maiden, and whis pered those sweet words of hope which should enable the trembling sinner to look beyond this world's justice to the mercy of another and a better. Happily the fatal end was not so near, but the lessons that Hetty then so fearfully learned. went with her across the sea, and in the lonely hours of her sad existence, those words of blessed significance must have risen up as angel visi tants, to comfort her in the thorny road she had made of her life, and to cheer her in the awful moments, when she entered the valley of the sha dow of death. Among the many other persons met with in the story, the clergyman, Mr. 'mine, is deserving of mention, he is not represented as a very zealous man, but his principles were strictly honourable, and his conduct unexceptionable. In the blight that fell upon his parish he was the true friend of all the mourning and the guilty sufferers, and he was mainly instrumental in things being at all arranged satisfactorily after the fearful confu sions. In the details given of two of the chief female inhabitants of the village, we find some skill, Mrs. Bede, Adam's mother, and Mrs. Poyser, the aunt of Hetty, they were very different, the former fretful and repining, the latter bustling and cheerful in her peculiar way. Mrs. Poyser was happy in finding out the faults of the household ; Mrs. Bede was miserable in summing up the miseries, present and future, real and imaginary, of her lot. Taken as a whole, there is much to de serve favourable attention for this work, and the truthful style of • its narrative, no less than the talent it unmistakeably reveals, distinguishes it from the ordinary range of romances. It is inter esting from the attractive qualities of some of its characters, and its high standard of principle im parts to it the excellence that for ever belongs to the pure and the true. TRAMWAYS IN IRELAND.—A bill has been brought in by Sir R. Ferguson, Mr. Sergeant Deasy, and Colonel revile to facilit a t e i nternal communication in Ireland by means of tramways. Persons are authorised to promote tramway companies, to subscribe capital therefor, and when half the cost has been subscribed to apply for leave to con struct works. Grand juries may also be memorialised on the subject. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE GRAND EIGHT-OAE, RACE —We understand the lovers of aquatics at both Unk versities axa already preparing for this grand trial of skill, which will take place either on Friday, April sth, or the following Saturday. The Oxonians since their defeat last term have organised a system of trial races, by which means they hope to keep their men in good training, and to have plenty of "oars" to fall back upon in case of any of the crew "shutting up." The Oxford crew, as at present existing, comprises four only out of last year's boat--viz., Messrs. Arkell, Risley, C. G. Lane, and E. Lane. The Oxonians have since last season received a great acquisition i n the person of the Hon. Valentine . Lawless, who has entered at 41E01 College, and who, it will be remembered, was cap tain of the Eton crew. Numerous steamers have already been engaged, among them ono by Harvey, the University water bailiff; whose services on the river Isis should not be forgotten. P.E . 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