The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-08 00:00:00

lIER MAJESTY'S TUE.-CTRL In consequence of the trumphant success of the closing representations, and in order to accommodate the numbers who have been unable to obtain places, THREE CONCLUDING PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES DAY, March 16 ; THURSDAY, March 18; and SATUR DAY, March 20. They will be arranged as follows : Tuesday, March 16, LA TRAVIATA Yioletta, Piccolo mini ; Alfredo, Giugllni, Thursday, March IS, IL TROVATORE: Leonora, Speaia ; Azucena, &anther ; Manrico, Giuglini, Saturday, March 20, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO : Marie, Piccolomini. Last Scene of I MARTIRI, comprising the celebrated duo by Madlle, Piccoloinini and Signor Giug lini. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2s; grand tier, 31. 3s ; two pair, 11. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, as 6d; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. The Box-office will be opened on Thuraday, March 11. Places in the meantime may be secured by application to Mr. Fish, stage door, Her Majesty's Theatre. No other representation can be possibly given before the commencement of the Summer Season. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee--Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Skeridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Col. stance, Misa A. Sedgwick ; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins (her first appearance.) Followed by PRESENTED AT COURT. Misses Swan borough, Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Buckstone. To conslude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 OlDress Boxes 3 6 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ............... 2 0 Pit 2 °Tit 1 0 Gallery Galiery ...................•... 0 6 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Skakspere's Tragdy lot HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Chas. Kean ; Gertrude, Mrs. e C. Kean. After which, a new grand e.omie Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Priacess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (Whit© Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T TRA TRE-R 0Y A Li, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING (MONDAY), March S, a new and original Comedy TEE LOVE KNOT. Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray, 61c. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK If OMER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee--Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MORE, Mr. Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. Mr: and Mrs. B, Williams. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. R OYAL LYCEUM THEA.TRE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, the new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY. Mrs. Mellon and Mr. J. L. Toole. After which, will be presented Sir E. L. Bulwer s play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Paulin*, Miss H. Faucit ; Claude, Mr. C. Dillon. Followed by A ROUGE DIAMOND. Margery, Mrs. C. Dillon ; Cousin Joe, M. J. L. Tools. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 3ox-ofilco open from 11 to 5 daily. MR. J. L. TOOLE (Royal Lyceum Theatre) begs to announce his BENEFIT for WEDNESDAY NEXT, when will be produced (first time) a Drama, entitled THE ARTIST OF FLORENCE: Mr. Charles Dillon, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. B. White, Miss E.Webb, Mr. Shore, Mr. Toole. THE BIRTH-PLACE OF PODGERS (never acted): Miss Ternan, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Toole. The new free of DOUBLE DUMMY : The Priddlcs, Miss Wool gar and Mr. Toole. And Mr. Tom Taylor's comic drama, OUR CLERKS : Miss Webb, Mr.Calhaem, Mr. Holston, Mr. Tools. Tickets and places may be secured at the Box-office, and of Mr. J. L. Tools, 17, Wellington-street North (Exeter Change), Strand. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cr9Fivvick. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE FATAL MAR. RIAGE. Followed by THE TWO POLTS. Concluding with THE ORPHAN OF GLENCOE. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S)lectlons from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Ms.dlle, Marietta, Hiss Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Beittoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghruans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan W. T. Critchtield and E. Macknoy. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghraans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. Mr.. AUGUSTUS BIIAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 53 min. aft. 6—Even., 13 min. aft. 7 To.3fonow—Morn., 51 min. aft. 7—Even., 31 min aft. 8 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAM THE WEATHER2L.,SuN OFFICE, MARCH 7. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 42 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.78—rising. WIND, N.W. I „to;W. ; fresh and squally, with fine cold weather. MARCH 8. 44—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and daring the night, 40—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 2D.30- now 29.39. Wm, N.W. ; - very strong and squally, with smart showers of snow, and occasional sunshine. It rained ii the night. v_, -'• 4. - ~.. Zlyi r -`, • § f ---- , - 4 . -", ''' 4.; ~,, Alit LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1858. It is obvious that the traditions of the Empire and the policy of the First NAPOLEON have not yet been forgotten at the Tuileries. His object was to make the Ministers of France the con trollers and directors of all other Government s— torenderParisthe centre of the monarchical system —the sun by which all other capitals were enlight ened. Every instance of insubordination was to be visited with severe penalties, and dis affected dynasties deposed to make way for his own relatives or dependent, who would yield prompt and ready obedience to his slightest demand, and willingly surrender the independence of the nation, over which they were selected to rule, to the iron-will of their Patron. NAPOLEON the Third, as he loves to call him -331f, seems to have determined on carrying the doctrine to its full extent, advancing, certainly, by slow degrees, but acquiring additional power for fresh aggressions in every new position that he has achieved. It is a part of the system, to induce the French nation to believe that these assumptions are recognised and admitted by other nations. That none will venture to hesitate when the EM- Plit° lt commands, and that, according to the Oriental phraseology, " to hear is to obey," with all who recognise his Imperial supremacy. The virtual suppression of the apologetic des patch may be mainly ascribed to this policy, and the untenable demands lately preferred, not only at Turin and Brussels, but in Vienna and London, spring from the same source. All other govern ments are to become gradually accustomed to such t requi s iti ons , un til mo d erate concess i ons pave e way for greater ones, and all other govern 'l'll'l4 are taught to swallow their leeks with the required ` l . °"ilit7 and. submission. Te l a°l Ata against 'which the Imperial attacks are at present Mainlydiroe i cted are th e lib er i y of the press an d the ri ght Succeeded in muzzling pe:t7tll7„y•rnaillisat:inig,„ France it is intended to est a bu, i , complete cen sorship in Europe. The first attempt 'Wks made during the Conference at Paris. Tito p wilipo.. teniiaries who assembled for the purpose of rester_ Rus sia were Ms.a. 1 ins peace between the Western Powers and ; were v ery unexpectedly treated to a diatribe against Belgian journalism, and ominous hints were g i ven as to the possible consequences if the Cabinet of Brussels did not adopt t o remov e speedy measures decla e the dissatisfaction of the EMPEROR. We regret to say that th i s mation was listened to by L or d CLARENDON withl out au emphatic protest being offered Agaati st the THE SarN- unwarrantable pretension. " The, sharp end of the wedge " was thus permitted to be introduced, and it has still continued to work its insidious way. Again, Sardinia was approached, and Switzerland was not spared. The former was compelled to bring in a Conspiracy to Murder Bill, such as that which was attempted to be foisted on the British nation by the PALMERSTON Adminis tration, and even to propose to modify the " trial by jury," to please the EII23IROR. While Switzerland, to which he was particularly indebted for former protection, when he himself was a helpless refugee, has been required to place re strictions on political refugees, by insisting on their residing in districts remote from the frontiers. It is scarcely necessary to allude here to the now celebrated Wa.Lxwsxr despatch, and the unfortunate decision of Lord CLARENDON to per mit it to remain without an official answer until the British Parliament had affixed its seal on the act of submission. A Minister determined to maintain the national honour, would have promptly replied, not an hour would have been permitted to elapse until an answer had been pre pared for the consideration of the irresponsible Foreign Secretary. But the omission was capable of misconstruction, and it was misconstrued, for the people of France were induced to believe, without any authorised contradiction, that England was a den of assassins, where the most atrocious doctrines were publicly preached and permitted to be " ventilated " without the slightest difficulty. The passport system for English subjects was likewise subjected to very stringent regulations, the vexatious cha racter whereof is established by daily applications in the several police offices. Austria, too, has been assailed, although it was scarcely possible to accuse it of undue liberality. It has beeu required that no adverse criti cisms ox the French Government should be tole rated, and that a journal which, although generally favourable to " Buonapartism," had admitted something displeasing to M. BOURQUENEY should receive a solemn warning. The passport regulations are also to be made more stringent, as if they were not bad enough already. Austria may obey, if it pleases, but surely it is time that a determined resistance should be offered to these petty innovations and usurpations, and that France should be taught that, while other nations abstain from any interference in her domestic laws and regulations, they will not for a moment tolerate anything of the kind on the part of a foreign Power, which, if acquiesced in, must eventually prove subversive to the national inde pendence. We have au appeal to make to Lord DED.BY, quite as much wa believe in his interest as in our own. It may seem at first sight a preposterous one, but we only ask of him and his colleagues in the Lower House a few minutes' hearing. We have always suspected some shuffle on the part of Lord PALMERSTON in regard to Reform, and there fore are perhaps less disappointed than many of our fellow-liberals at being put off till another session. We do not think we ought to be put off —but, when Lord PALIIIIIRSTON promised us a Reform Bill at nine months' sight, our reply was, perhaps, if he be in office then—and soon after we had to add—and if India and " the state of public business" do not serve in place of a Bill. It is pretty plain now how correct our guesses were, and we have not a shadow of doubt that had the late Premier not been turned out in 1 re WALEWBKI, or in re CLAJAILICARDE, he would khave found some pretext for yet further shelving the great national question. As we have said, therefore, though all this procrastination from one cause or another is not the thing, yet we ha►e been less disappointed than others. But now to our point. Lord DERBY is in office. Lord DERBY wishes, we presume, to re main in office ; he does not wish his Government to be, what Mr. BRIGHT, in a quite friendly way though, and with much more hostility to the PAL MERSTON sham than to Lord DERBY, terms, "an interim Government." He ought not to wish it. We must think then that his only hope can lie in making himself the " Minister of Eng land," not like Lord PALMERSTON andthe "Happy Family Ministry," the Ministry of the aristocracy. There is, and. it is useless for him to overlook the fact, there is a majority of 100 who would not be returned at another election but as Liberals. They are boand over to stand by the liberal side, by constituencies whom they cannot afford to affront. Unless Lord DERBY conciliate them we do not see how he can maintain his position. Mr. GIBSON is equally iadependent of him, of Lord PALALERSTO - .`.T and of Lord JOBN RUSSELL ; and at some convenient oppor tunity he will not hesitate to move an amendment on some Government proposal, or some resolutions on Reform questions especially, which will place the present Government in a hopeless minority. Nothing can be easier. The great Liberal party will think revenge sweet, and will gladly unite on some well-drawn motion, when defeat must follow. We do not, then, see how Lord DZIIBY can re main in office, unless by accepting the necessities of his position. He told us in 1855 how " in tolerable and galling would be the servitude" of " being a Minister on sufferance," but he can only reverse that position now by some frank and dig nified act, which shall give him a sure majority. How can this be done—honourably done? We reply that there are two great parties, not often openly named, yet the only parties which the people care about—the people-trusting and the people-dis trusting parties. A Minister who by his acts can evince that he belongs to the former, may carry all before him. For the moment, last year, in the Canton affair, Lord PALIIERSTON could trust the people. He knew they would carry him through, and his confidence in them won the day, though he received a very general intimation that the constituencies cared about Parliamentary Reform as well as:about Canton. But to keep in power, a Minister must show that h 3 has permanent confi dence in the people. Lord PALUERSTON knew that a dissolution, to justify not answering an insolent despatch, and not requiring the " re grets" to be published where the Colonels' threats had been published, would have left him, perhaps, in a minority of the Members for Tiverton. He could not now confide in the people—he fell. Now, Lord D1113.13Y may remain in power for a time—how short or long no one can say—by simply carrying out the work immediately before him ; but if he means to keep in power, it can only etohnaatt ih b te o u ed d no o ce n iso e s by some act of confidence in the ' tr w u h at thichesmhalals compel them and that d t t h o at fe h e e l has conferred a benefit on them which they will never forget. After all, standardl . oi Notwithsta n di ng ..cagratit ude long and Liberals, be the the people do political gratitude with placemen, gratitude in g 5 between for L p o a r s (I t 'l Reform s l'l I'a'rettl4ll:4:B4llE d ii3tuhne cl erstand. don at the last election, and gives for Lou. 1 strong hold on the country. He certainlYtildlo ea a deed,, not retain that hold, for any of his lets and vote . N o w, there is one great Act by which ti,ir h owever low may any Minister would certainly show that he trusted we believe, be as certainly ' the people, and woul d, ever after the Minister sustained by the people. Lord DERBY knows full well what that act is. The Minister who makes the people's votes their own ; the Minister who forbids any superior to pry into the way in which they have exercised their right of suffrage—the Minister who says to landlords, lawyers, mortgagees, creditors, Catholic priests, and angry mobs, " You may persuade, you may argue, you may supplicate, but you may not intimidate ;" the Minister who first proclaims a jubilee election to the whole Kingdom, and bids all the hitherto intimidated to vote as they please, no man knows how they vote, and therefore no man forbidding." This is the Minister whom the present generation of electors would never forget; and whose repentance, if, on this subject, he needed repentance, they would, as in PEEL'S case, regard as the crowning glory of his life. One such act of confidence would cover a multitde of sins, and if, like PEEL, he should not survive to test their esteem by an election, his statues in every large town is the kingdom would tell posterity that his generation honoured him amongst their greatest benefactors. Sir ROBERT PEEL will live for ever in the memory of Englishmen—and why ?—because at the cost of reasoning himself out of former preju dices, and sacrificing all party ties, to truth and justice—he gave the people free bread—why should not Lord DERBY be immortalised in the memory of Englishmen by giving them a free vote. The Nobleman who shall come forward and say — Fellow-countrymen I trust you. You have a right to be trusted. Your representatives ought to stand or fall by their fidelity to you, and not by the powers to intimidate, or bribery, which any party may possess ; henceforth your vote shall be as free as you like to make it. Such a nobleman would certainly earn for himself the highest place in the popular confidence. If he did not please them in every measure, they would yet have the general and unshaken confidence that he was on their side—that he meant them no wrong, and they would not lightly displace him. But, looking now at the House of Commons itself—we do not assume that all who have voted for the Ballot would like to have it ; but, if not, this only shows the more strongly the potency and course of public opinion. But how large is the majority of Liberals who have voted for it a majority of 105 of the Liberals voted for it, only 77 of them against it. Moreover, the leaders comprise all the energetic and popular men, and they numbered altogether 219 votes in a House of 506 members. They all know and be lieve that the Ballot is the test between the man who distrusts, and the man who trusts the people. Grant them this one point now, and they would not suffer the Minister who did so to be turned out because his other reforms must be deferred till i next session. We have reason to know that a certain distinguished leader and ex-Premier, is now seriously considering the wishes of the leaders on the Ballot question ; he sees that he has no other wicket-gate by which he can enter on office ; and we are confident that if he should get ont of his Slough of Despond and pass that gate, nothing Ican prevent his entering on the straight path t o office amid the acclamations of the people. As the Ballot is a certainty, and an early one too, as it is a measure of simple justica in itself — as the noblest Ministers of England have succes sively conceded what the people have demanded as a right, and as it is a condition of honourable continuance in office—we press it on Lord DERBY, i that if he postpone all other points of reform he will make a Government measure of the Ballot, and do it at once. There is a necessity with every Government to do much of the work of its predecessor. That ne cessity is more or less urgent according to the nature of the "situation." It may happen, for example, that a ministerial transformation only comes to pass at the fag end of a long and labori ous Parliamentary session, when there are scarcely half-a-dozen Innocents left on hand to be Mas sacred. It may chance to occur that a Cabinet falls to pieces suddenly upon the very eve of the annual meeting of the Legislature. It may be, on the contrary—in lieu of either of these casu alties that an administration may go to she wall in the very thick of the yearly labours of the Lords and Commons. The position of the new Government in all these various positions would, of course, be essen tially different. In the first imaginary conjunc ture, scarcely anything would devolve upon the incomers in the way of clearing up the incomplete work of the outgoers. In the second, but little might have been foreshadowed, much less actually commenced. In the last-mentioned event the newly-installed Administrators would have to decide as quickly as possible what to adopt and what to reject among the half-fin ished schemes of their precursors they would have as promptly as practicable to discriminate between the measures to be thrown out as idle and those to be carried through the re maining stages into ripened enactments. The situation of the present Ministry—it ought to be borne in mind at once—is rather peculiar under existing circumstances, the circumstances forced upon them by the doings of the preceding G overnmen t. The advent to power of Lord DERBY and his colleagues takes place, it is true, at the very commencement of the regular session of Parliament. The Legislature, according to wont, meets in February, and before that shortest of the twelve months has come to an end, Her MAJESTY'S advisers have collectively tendered their resignation to their SOVEREIGN. The Budget has not come on, has not been hinted at, has not been dreamt of when the whole administration is no longer among the things that be. Scarcely a bill is in Committee. The work of the session has hardly in any parti cular seriously commenced. Yet—in spite of all this—there devolves upon the Administrators who are now suddenly called to power, a weightier amount of responsibilities than almost any Cabinet has ever left as a political legacy to the succeeding Goverment. There is a rebellion to be conquered. There is a war to be hastened to its consummation. There is a monetary problem to be solved. There is a grand Reform Bill to be afterwards pre pared for the consideration of the Imperial Parliament. There is a diplomatic difficulty of the most exquisite delicacy to be dealt with adroitly and at once. A war with China — a tiff with France—a revolt in India—a commer cial crisis just passed through "somehow," almost, we might say, " anyhow" at home—a hungering and thirsting for instant and comprehensive improvements in the representative system, rapidly becoming more and more evidently insatiable among our Liberal constituencies. andToieh:Utseeitistera has t a few other kindred tri fles of the like value are the bequests ;of the late to the present Government. That they are fra nkl y ac cepted w for m s a u nf ch ull a y s a-tsoheryted in are,th h e is Pr v i e m ry e Minist er mria 1::::::Zdtmrn be dealt with by his clear, 'ma M utt) each. explicit s t a t ement. He has . That, for example, the un• LONDON MONDAY EVENING', Mk t -CH 8, 1858 nswered despatch is at last actually replied to— and that now therefore, will it be consi dered how far it may be judicious to modify the criminal law of the land constitutionally, by extend ing to aliens the punishment ensared to British-born subjects, in the event of their being proved guilty of conspiring iu this country to attempt a murder afterwards adventured upon abroad. Again, for instance, Sir COLIN CAMPBELL iS to have fair play to his keen sword in Hindostan, where, simulta neously with the crushing-out of the fiery revolt under the heels of our troopers, a new system of Government is to be built up, and that more securely, with BEATEN'S blessing, than in the first days of Asiatic dominion— " When one vast, mind itself combined The Ancient and the New, The ardour of the Christian, And the calm of the Hindoo." Beyond all even —though less immediately—LDrd DERBY has distinctly engaged that when more pressing difficulties have been encountered and vanquished, his Ministry will not hesitate to deal energetically with the great question of Reform as applied to our system of representation, After a statement like this, a statement in every way 89 candid and positive, it was simply an act of grace ful justice on the part of lord GRALNVILLE to an nounce that heeceforth in everything the course pursued by the Opposition. would be entirely and rigidly dependent upon the acts of the new Admi nistration. MINISTERIAL ELECTIONS. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.-.(THIS DAY.) The Right Honourable 13. Disraeli, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was re-elected this morning without opposition. LORD JOHN .RUSSELL. We noticed very cursorily an article in Colburm's N ew Monthly Magazine for March, under the above title. The artici.e is rather long for a magazine, and from its tone, ability, and character is more fitted for a Quarter/y. The author ha. , , evidently well studied the character of Lord John Russell, and as the present aspect of political affairs gives mord importance to the subject, we readily give a few extracts illustrative of the past career of his lordship, leaving what may "loom in the, future" to the chapter of events. Lord John has seen many "ups and downs" in his time, and has con tributed to upset the cabinet coach more than once himself. Whether his own coach may ever rattle as Lord of Downing -street again, we leave to time and chance to decide. We rather suspect that Lord John is fast realising what O'Connell once jestingly but maliciously said in a memorable debate, in allu sion to a party which now bids fair by liberal mea sures to return the compliment to the TorriJied Whigs "As down thy hill romantic Ashbourne, glides The Derby Dilly, with its six Insides 1" a young nobleman, EXTRACTS. A period o f more th an forty years has elapsed since lectual soci e ty o f t h e metropo li s , a nd not undistinguished mixing in the most refined and intel lectual literary talent and success, became intimately con• nected with the leaders of the Whig party, and soon ac quired a character for tact, c onstitutional knowledge, and general political ability, which made his admission to Par liament not only a suitable tribute to his merits, but an act of expediency as well as of justice. For a scion of the house of Bedford a seat in the House of Commons was always in readiness, as a matter of course; but on this oc casion at least it could not be said that a Russell had been " swaddled, and rocked, and dandled into a legislator ;" he fairly earned whatmight have been considered his birthright and fully vindicated his pretension to take a place among the representatives of the people by an earnest and inde fatigable pursuit of political knowledge, and by the liberality and even boldness of his opinions. The qualities of his mind and character were doubtless fully appreciated by his party, but they were not prominently displayed immediately on his entrance into public life. A quiet consciousness of power restrained him from any premature attempts to acquire political distillation. The cireum stances of the time, however, were unfavourable to the quick development even of political genius. It was an age of able, we might almost say, of great men. It was a period, too, when eloquence, like knowledge, was power, Rini w ae hen ne c t e r l zze te wonasscrarn:telityed....topeacitnr or Ltn i [ll3 ,, T o ti o c i lz a n i s z , and :, the ear of the House of Commons. Tierney, ltoinilly, Brougham, Mackintosh, and Canning there held undis puted sway, and their impetuous and brilliant oratory awed and kept in subordination all inferior men. Dazzled by the splendour of their genius, ordinary statesmen were content to admire in silence, and submit to comparative obscurity. It is not our intention to trace in detail the career of this statesman through the subordinate offices which he filled during the period which elapsed between the passing of the Reform Bill and hie accession to power as First Minister of the Crown in 1846. His political conduct in the long interval may be generally characterised as that of a steady and consistent Whig, after the traditions of his party. Flo fully sustained the character he had acquired in the House of Commons, and his influence and importance increased from year to year. His voice was heard on every occasion when monopoly was assailed and abuses exposed, and great social questions opened up and discussed. The theories of free trade, which had been so long held by spe culative and thoughtful men, were now to be brought for ward and tested on the grandest scale, and to those theories Lord John Russ ell had lon g given his unqualified adhe rence. Municipal reform, the measures for tithe commu tation, the amendment of the poor-laws, and national education, all these received material aid from his ad vocacy ; some of them were proposed by himself, and conducte i through the House of Commons by his skilful guidance. Of the measure of coercion found necessary for Ireland he was an unflinching advocate, and it was not till the necessities of a weakened party compelled an alliance with the Irish liberals, that the firmness which he ha I manifested when dealing with the disorders of that country, gave way to a policy of compromise as injurious to himself and his party as it proved I unavailing as a means of conciliation. The attempt to pacify or brib e into sub jection O'Connell and his tionTinsa tiable m yrmidons is a dark blot o n L or d _Melbourne's sAadtiwsfian'itsin.hand MI fall f rom power gave very general subsequent e l ect i on proved in an un questionabletor a manner how deeply the British constitueucies had been offended by the Irish policy of the Government. Lord John Russell, who had acted as the leader of the and by the influence of his personal cha racter House of Commons and Secretary of State for the Home Department, probably suffered less in reputation than any ascendancy deolined, and a temporary colleagues , prolonged the existence of a ministry Government o w f li h ic is h bad long lost its prestige. With Lord Melbourne's removal of that party from power was at once a just pun , forarfmege l al carrying3l nedusPrs t ee o su Russellit4eoiva( fie l 11 1 i) great rn 1 0 0 p lea mayotit proposing i o:ialfrn:, measures we began pun ishment for the past and &warning for the future. Of Lord Whig g be said, that nothing in his Ministerial life became him like the leaving it. Iu a speech of great dignity he announced the resignation of the Government. "I do not think, he said, in addressing the House of Commons for the last time as a Minister of the Crown, into effect the measures which Ministers welfare o t r w a e n r s c e o . n f d t a h n e t - country. importan c e I . do wni With " the possession . p in this country can be by satisfaction unless there are moans for r i n the the f rted u commencement o f ccom merce. . allude now to measures of less or minor importance, but to of Lord Grey's Administration with the Reform a ct, and ended m we erce. W i in th large and important measures we commenced; with large and po imrtant measures we conc l u d e. I n pur suance o f great objects we triumphed ; in pursuance ol groat objects we have fallen. * * 1 And no statesman certainly could have been selected for t hi s important mission more likely to impress the Congress w i t h a due sense of the importance which England attached to the intended Conferences than the one who had so recently filled the high office of Prime Minister. His recent errors and short-comings were scarcely, or not at all, known on the continent of Europe, where the cabals and personal rivalries of our public men excite very little in terest or discussion. He bore a name, too, which every foreign statesman would honour, and possessed a reputa tion which was co - extens i ve w ith E uro pe. The qui e t re pose of his dep ortment, the fi rmness o f hi s c h a r ac t e r, an d the courage whi c h popular opinion had always associated with it, male hi m, in the eyes o f hi s di p l oma tic colleagues, a not unsuitabl e representat i ve o f th e country that had confided her interests to his care. The very simplicity of his appearan ce was calcu l ate d t o command. respect. No gaudy ribbon gave him a fact i t i ous di gn ity, no star spar kled on his u n d ecorated b reast; been thought, not inaptly, to typify the island which he represented— and his person might have " 0 England ! model to thine inward greatness, Like little body with a mighty heart." Brought face t o face, as they believed, with an impersona tion of the spirit ani resolution of the British people, the representatives of Russia, or Prussia, or Austria, could not natter themselves with a hope that terms unbecoming the character of England, or inadequate to her exertions an sacrifices, would be listened to for a moment. Never were the anticipations more strikingly falsified. It seemed as if all the qualities for which Lord John Russell had hitherto received credit had suddenly and completely deserted him. The Russian proposition, made through the medium of Austria, for the neutralisation of the Black Sea, would have been but a temporary solution of the political prob lem, and a m os t inadequate equivalent to En,glaud for the great sacrifices she had made ; but to that unworthy pro position the British Minister gave, on the part of his country, his ready adherence, and pledged himself to do everything in his power to procure for it the assent of his Government. The French Miuister for Foreign Affairs unaccountably took the same view of the situation, but was instantly recalled and dismissed by his master. On his return to England, Lord John Russell laid the Austrian propositions before the Cabinet, by which they were at once rejected as wholly inadmissible. 4, The mind of Lord John Russell is subtle rather than powerful, ingenious rather than profound, and in all the grander qualities of human character he is wholly an , l con spicuously deficient. Cold in temperament, philosophical in his tastes, and unsocial by habit, lie was eminently un fitted by nature to infience and load a great popular assem bly. He has never inspired his followers with the smallest porti9 l 4 91 enthusiasm, and, has Won accepted by them as a leader only as a political necessity. His accumulated knowledge, his great experience, and his illustrious name, pointed him out as the natural successor to Lord Althorp is the House cf Commons, but he possesses few of the qua- lities of that nobleman, which gave him such unbounded influence with his party, and attracted towards him such general esteem. Although superior in political ability, he fell greatly below him both as a leader of party and as a Minister. Without imagination to adorn hie style, or en thusiasm to elevate it, he has never made any pretence to oratory, and his speeches in Parliament are simply clear and cold statements of policy , relieved occasionally, per haps, by a happy metaphor, or aided by an ingenious illustration. Unlike Sir Robert Peel, however, he knows the true range of his intellect, and has never, as that emi nent statesman sometimes did, attempted to soar into regions where it was unable to support him, and, aspiring to sublimity, fallen into absurdity. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood's Board of Admi ralty will close their official business at Whitehall to day, and to-morrow the new board, under the presidency of the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, will take their seats. Sir John Pakington, M.P., Ist ; Vice-Admiral W. F. Martin, 2d i • Vice-Admiral Sir R. S. Dundas, 1C.C.8 , 3d ; Rear-Admiral Milne, 4th ; Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., sth ; Lord Lovaine, M.P., 6,h ; First S-cretary, the Right Hon. H. T. L Corry, M.P. ; Second S , -c:etary, W. G. Romaine, Esq., C.B. ; Private Secretary to the First Lord, Albert Murray, Esq. THE NAVY IN COMMISSION. The retiring Board of Admiralty leave the following naval forces in commission on their retiring from office : Ships. Guns. Men. China and East Indies Australia Cape of Good Hopo West Coast of Africa Brazils Pacific . North America. and West Indies 22 290 3,211 Mediterranean 23 475 5,222 Particular service Coast-guard service Fitting out Surveying service Home ports 49 1,256 6,713 Total 277 4, , 30 44,479 In the coast-guard service, ships at the home ports and ships fitting out, we have 8 screw line-of-battle ships—namely, 3 three-deckers, 4 ships of 90 guns, 1 of 80 guns, and 9 screw block ships of 60 guns—total 17, all sea-going vessels ; but perhaps they require 1,000 men to fill up their ships' companies to the fall com plements. DEATH OF REAR ADafIRAL SIR EATON S. TRAVERS, KNIGHT. —We have to record the demise of Rear Ad• miral Sir Eaton S. Travers, who died on Thursday last at Ditchingbam Lodge, Great Yarmouth, in his 76th year. The gallant admiral had seen considerable active service, he having been engaged with the enemy on upwards of 100 occasions ; commanded at the destruc tion of eight batteries, and three martello towers ; as also at the capture of 60 sad of vessels, 18 or 20 of which were armed, and many cutout of harbour, or from under batteries. His services have been honourably mentioned in eight Gazettes, and he received the ap proval of the Lords of the Admiralty ; of the late Ad miral Sir John Duckworth, when commander in chief in the West Indies ; of Admiral Lord Exmouth, when commander in chief in the Mediterranean ; and cf Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, when commander in chief in North America. The Curacoa, 31, screw, Captain Thomas H. Mason, returned yesterday to Spithead, from her cruise to the chops of the Channel. The Rhadamanthus, 4, store ship, Master Commander F. R. R Sturdee, arrived in Portsmouth Harbour on Sa turday, with machinery and stores from Woolwich. The Cressy, 84, screw, Capt. Edward Pellew Halsted, is fitting in Sheerness basin with all dispatch as the future screw guard ship of the steam reserve for that harbour. On Saturday this vessel was shifting her berth in the basin, when a heavy squall took her, broke the hawser, and she was driven stern on to the basin wall, whereby her rudder has become much damaged ; besides, it is feared from the violent nature of the strike that in all probability her stern-post is more or less in jured. We hope, however, such is not the case ;if so, she wil! have to be docked again. The Locust, 3 paddle, Lieut. Commander J. B. Field, with the Uztrd, paddle, Lieut, Commander E. E. Maunsell, aro still under orders to be in readiness to convey the marine artillery, about 130 strong, from Sheerness to Portsmouth. The Adder, tug, is also ordered to take their luggage to the same pert. The Tartar, 20, screw corvette, Cept. Dunlop, was in Barbadoes on the sth Jan. last, and had left there on a special cruise, and will not be at Sheerness to pay off, we hear, till June or July. The Royal George, 102, auxiliary screw guard-chip of Sheerness Harbour, is now getting down to her proper bearing, having supplied the place of the For midable, 84, sailing ship, which vessel is now stripping for ordinary at sheerness. The Spanker, gun-boat, in charge of Mr. Valentine Coming, left Sheerness yesterday for Hull, there to place herself as tender to the Cornwallis, 60, screw coast-guard ship in the harbour. Sandfly, gun-boat, Lieut. Commander J. P. J. Parry, left Sheerness yesterday for Hull, as tender to the Corn wallis, GO, screw. The Russell, 60, screw, coast-guard ship, Co.ptaiu H. A. Storey, has been detained in Sheerness in' con sequence of something connected with her machinery not having arrived ; as soon, however, as it arrives she will be piloted away for Falmouth by Mr. George Brockman, master of the Wildfire. It is general!) , expected that she will leave Sheerness to-day, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day. LONDON, March B.—Wind this day at noon, N.W ; fresh breeze and fine. A fall of snow during the morning. QUEENSTOWN, March 6.—Wind N., strong—Sailed Atalanta, for Gibraltar. March s.—Sailed—St. Cathe rine, for Barbadoes. Cows, March 7.—Wind N.W., strong and squally Arriveu—Redganntlet, from Batavia ; Queen of the North, from Rangoon, for Havre. MILFORD, March s.—Wind N. N.W.—Arrived—Brends, from Demerara, for the Clyde, with decks swept and short of provisions. WEYMOUTH, March 7.—Wind N.W—Sailed —Franklin, for Gibraltar. SOUTHAMPTON, March B.—Blowing a gale from W.N. W. LIVERPOOL, March B.—The James Holmes (sloop), which was driven on shore here yesterday, has capsized, and become a total wreck. HOLYHEAD, March 6.—The Outlaw, from Chester River to Dublin, took fire in the New Harbour, she was beached and burne d down to the water's edge. E(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind N.W., fine; strong gale, and rain ; squalls dui , ing the night. Arrived—Moslem South Pioton, Alarm, Anne, Wan darer, Vestal, Planter, Othello, Rhine, and Tiber—al. from Newport ; Argyll (s.), Carenton; Cousins, Neath Fanny, Cardiff'; Neptunus, Swansea ; L'Etoile, Carenton, Sailed, March 6—Belle, for Newport ; Le Coq, Caro linida ; and La Poule, Cherbourg. LrvEßPook, Monday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived, March B.—Burrnah, from New Orleans. Arrived, March 9.—Caro, screw steamer, from Alexan dria ; Henry Cooke, New Orleans. The sloop James Holmes, ashore at Rhyl, has capsized, and is a complete wreak, WEXFORD, March 6. A considerable quantity of wreck, supposed from the Avondale, wrecked on Arklow Bank, has been washed ashore along this coast. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning, Wind N.W. ; four hours' ebb; fresh and fine. Arrived—City of Dublin, from Calcutta. ailed—Feyrioord, steamer, for Rotterdam. DEAL, Monday Morning Wind N.W., moderate. Anchored—Aduena, from Shields, for Bona ; Jame Richard }Hudson, Sunderland, Marseilles ; Commerce . London, Newport ; Antipodes, London, Athens ; Litzzia schooner, Shields, Messina ; York Town, New York, London; Benjamin Buck, Mauritius, London. Coming in—Palestine, barque, from westward, for Lon don. Sailed—Lilly Dale and Electria, in tow, for London. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Miss Amy Sedgwick, by her performance of Julia in "The Hunchback," has still further strengthened her position with the theatrical public. After a close obser• vation of her Julia we should say that the more tender side of this varied character is the most completely depicted. Of the indignation with which she listens to Helen's sneers at the fallen Sir Thomas, of the many passionate passages at the commencement of the third act, and even during the interview with Clifford, more might be made. Tuere is an absence of that thorough abandonment to the feeling of the moment that cat render Julia one of the most powerful characters of the modern drama. On the other hand, the softer emotions are adequately expressed. The lin gering look at the shreds of the torn letter, the gentler appeals to Cliff)rd's memory of a past affection are exceedingly pretty and natural. During the inter view with Master Walter in the fifth act she moreover attains a degree of power that could scarcely be antioi pated in the acts preceding ; and the commanding posi tion which she assumes in respect to her guardian as she warns him against the sacrifice of her happiness is ex tremely well sustained. The whole character is, indeed, most creditably represented, and the impression it makes upon the public is, to all appearance, genuine. Cousin Modus, depicted by Mr. Buckstone, creates universal amusement, the spectacle of a willing lady paying her addresses to a coy lover having never failed to excite roars of merriment diving the quarter of a century th , t the Hunchback has been performed. The house weu fully and fashionably attended. LYCEUM THEATRE.—Mr. G. L. Toole, the talented I low comedian, takes his benefit on Wednesday next, and we believe his artistic excellencies will suffice to secure him an audience as overflowing as that of last season. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The staff retained before the curtain of her Majesty's Theatre presented, on Saturday last, to Mr. Charles Nugent, of that establish ' ment. a splendid silver snuff-box, as a token of their united esteem and regard for his courtesy and urbanity towards them on all occa , our. Mr. E. C. Egerton was offered the Judge-Ad vocateship in Lord Derby's Ministry, but declined to accept it. Air. Robinson, Queen's counsel, of the Connaeght bar, is appointed legal adviser to the Irish government, L &TEST NEWS. THE WEST INDIA, MEXICAN, AND PACIFIC MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamer Parana, Capt. Bevis, has arrived with the West India, Mexican, and 'acific mails. Her dates are :—Vera Cruz, February 4th ; Havannah, 10th ; Greytown, 2d ; Caithagena, 12th ; Colon, 9th ; Jamaica, 10th ; Demerara, 9 ; Tobago, Bth ; Trinidad, 9th ; Barbadoes, 11th ; Grenada, 10th ; Antigua, 13th ; St. Thomas, 18. The yellow fever bad again made its appear ance at St. Thomas, and four cases had occurred on board the Parana, of which two proved fatal. The Parana spoke the British barque Seraphim, in lat. 47 25 N., long 15 32 W , on March 5. The Parana communicated with La Plata, steamer with the outward mails, on the 18th Feb ruary, off the island of Virgingorda. She encoun tered violent gales during the passage home. The Parana brings 72 passengers, 2,077,783 dol lars in specie, pearls value 21,900 dollars, 1,619 serous indigo, 37 ditto cochineal, 138 cases cigars, 677 bags cocoa, &c. The mail packet Solent was detained in quaran- tine at Vera Cruz in consequence of the prevalence of small-pox a►t Savannah, which prevented her going to Tampico. There is scarcnly any news by the Parana from the Islands. Cuba is this year expected to produce the largest sugar crop ever exported. At Jamaica the weather had been dry, and health much improved. Business was very slack in all departments. The coffee crop was advancing, and deliveries were more plentiful. The banks still refused to discount excepting for bills of ex change, and monetary affairs were very stringent. Exchanges on London, 90 days, 1 per cent. premium ; 60 days, 2 ditto ; and 30 days, 2i ditto. Low rates were accepted for freights. In Demerara the sugar crop had commenced upon several plantations, and produce was good. Cocoa was pouring in from all parts, and many bags were sent to England by this packet. nom Carriacou we hear that sugar making was in progress. At St. Lucie the weather was favourable, and the reaping of the crops in full operation. Agricultural reports from Chili are very favour able. Cholera had ceased at Guatemala. No other news of importance from the South Pacific or Central America. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Moniteur publishes the names of places that yet keep pouring in addresses of congratulation and indignation regarding the attempt of the 14th of January. The strictest orders have been given to the di rector of the prison of La Roquette not to allow any one to visit Orsini or his accomplices. It is stated that Gomez will be immediately removed from the prison and conveyed to the Bagne at Brest. Three of the lawyers who have recently been arrested have been set at liberty. Maillaird is, however, still confined in the prison of the Made lonnettes. The Government has heard from Lon don that Lord Derby will not oppose the canalisa tion of the Isthmus of Suez, and that M. Ledru Rollin will plead for Bernard when the case comes before a jury. The rumours of a commutation of punishment in the ease of one or more of the Italian convicts still circulate. Rudio's name was the one uppermost for a few days back, though on strictly technical grounds, if not oa any other, it perhaps ought to be Pierri, who was arrested before he bad an oppor tunity of taking an active part in the murderous attempt. _ The appeal comes before the Court of Cassation on. Thursday. It will be on purely technical grounds, doubtless little more than mere formality, and will probably be decided the same day. It is usual to oarry the sentence into execution the day immediately following that of the rejection of the appeal; but, then, a certain superstitions feel ing exists against Friday. In the event of no com mutation of sentence, and the ill-success of the appeal, Saturday perhaps will be the day. This, however, is mere conjecture. But though Orsini, Pierri, and Rudio may not be oonsidered objects for Imperial clemency, it is generally believed, and on better grounds, that on the 16th, the anniversary of the birth of the Im perial Prince, a fair number of remissions of penal ties will be granted by the Emperor. They will apply to political offences and offences of the press, and pardon or mitigation of punishments will be accorded. The Prii,ce wanted only a few hours to be born on the anniversary of that Saint whose festival is or was wont to be somewhat uproariously celebrated in Ireland. His Imperial Highness might not be the worse for being under the protec tion of St. Patrick. BOURSE, March 6.—The following are the closing prices :- 4i per Cents 95 40 Credit Foncier Belgian 4 Piedmontese (5) Roman t B9 Austrian go: end m0nth...... 3 per Cent. ..... ..; 69 10 Do. end month 69 25 Bank Shares 3050 Credit Mobilier - Do. Account B5O Spanish Threes Home Debt 37 RAIL' ~.. 1340 rAYS. Orleans Northern New Ditto 785 Lyon and Mediteran. 815 New Ditto 785 Geneva Midi Western 6624 Strasburg Grand Central 640 Sardinian Austrian GENERAL BEDEAII AND THE FRENOH EMPEROR. The Independance Belge, of Friday evening, pub lishes the following letter from General Bedeau " Sir, —I have read in your number of the Ist of March, and in your correspondence from Paris of the 2d, evening edition, that a decree authorises Generals Changarnier and Bedeau to return to France. In thus describing the measure taken in our case, an error is made whioh it is as well to rectify. "In 18 52 and 1853 the French Government , wishing to authorise the return of several members of the Legislative Assembly, thought that a de cree was necessary to annul a decree of exile. The Moniteur of the let of March, 1858, does not contain a decree ; but a simple authorisa tion administratively revocable. This authorisa tion, made public at a moment in whit& the Government deprives a great number of Ft men of of the most millinery guarante es of justice, has evidently for its object to divert public opinion. I have no wish to lend myself to such a design. I remember, moreover, that in order to arrest me six years ago, they pretended to accuse me of a plot against the safety of the state, and the depot of military stores.' However strong my desire to re turn to France, I must before all in this matter protest on behalf of law against arbitrary measures. —Receive, sir, dtc., 66 GENERAL A. BRDEAU." ARRESTS IN FRANCE. Le Nord of Saturday publishes the following telegram : " MARSEILLES, FRIDAY. "Several hundreds of persons art ested, in all parts of France, in pursuance of the gate measures of safety, have reached Marseilles. They will be placed in the Chateau d'lf, waiting their removal to Lambess (the penal colony in Algeria)." ADRIANOPLE. A letter in the Gazette du Midi gives the follow ing details of the late conflagration at Adrianople : "The fire bt oke out about midnight, and in less than three hours the whole of the palace was a heap of ruins. The flames were seen proceeding simultaneously-Ist, from the part of the building occupied by the Kiaya-Bey ; 2dly, from the room where the passports are delivered; and 3dly, from the hall where the council held its sittings ; and such was the rapidity with whioh the fire spread that in less than a 'quarter of an hour the whole building, was in a blaze. The harem, which ad joins thii palace, scion caught. AU i.s ini. a es were asleep, and it war only by repeated knocking at the door by some of the neighbours that they were aroused. The women had not a moment to lose, and were compelled to run out in their night clothes, and take refuge in the hotel of Cthalyrl. Bey, where the Pacha himself was also received. Some of the most valuable objects in the harem were thrown out of the windows and saved. A. gr _ .eat quantity of valuable documents, books, and accounts fell a prey to the flames. From the mo ment of the arrival of the fire engines, it was con sidered useless to attempt to save the palace. The exertions of the firemen were therefore direc'ed to prevent the flames from extending to the houses near. Repeated reports of firearms were heard in the palace as the flames reached the different guns, which were kept loaded. All the horses of the Pacha were saved, the grooms having time to slip their halters and turn them out of the stable into the large courtyard adjoining. The loss of pro perty is very great. The palace, which was a very handsome building, was constructed in 1828. THE LATE WAR IN RUSSIA. The Russian journals publish a statistical account of the losSes sustained by New Russia and the Crimea during the late war. We have already mentioned to what a state the buildings at Selea-Ao pol were reduced after the siege, where only 14 houses remained uninjured. The following are particulars concerning other plae s : "At Kertch, only 380 houses were left tenant able, 50 others were dreadfully damaged, and 442 were completely destroyed ; no trace remains of 607 other edifices, which made up the total of the buildings in that town. Scarcely any of the monu ments in the cemetery were left standing. The town of Eupatotia suffered less ; but out of the 1,796 houses of which it was composed, 426 were completely destroyed, and 475 partly so. The town of Balaclava remained in the power of the enemy. until the termination of the war, and was conse quently less exposed to the causes of destruction ; nevertheless, its losses amounted to 1,500,000 roubles. Throughout the whole of the Crimea 132 dominal estates and 105 Tartar villages were de stroyed. Four-fifths of the beasts of burden died from epizootic d:seases ; considerable estates were abandoned, and certain lccalities remain to the present time entirely depopulated. In the interior of the Crimea the towns of Taganrog Mariopol, Berdianski, and Genitchek, suffered most, 890 .owners having lost all their property, estimated in value at 21 millions of roubles. The other localities of New Russia suffered less then the peninsula, and, nevertheless, the special Com. mission appointed to examine into the losses esti mates at 12,500,000 roubles the damage suffered by Bessarabia, and by the Governments of Ekaterinoslaw and Cherson." THE WESTERN PROVINCES QV TURKEY. We are iuformed by a telegram that there has been a fight between the Turks and the Montene grius near the Turkish fortress of Lessandria, on the Scutari Lake. The Montenegrins captured a . Turkish vessel, with its guns and 25 prisoners, who were immedietely beheaded. Their own loss Was seven killed and 14 wounded. LITERATURE. Essays : Biographical, Historical, and Miscella neous. By the Rev. G. R. Gleig, M. A. 2 vole Longman. Tsefosvolumesattainedpossess a double recommendation their dg e r e being eo eminenceclaimed as onein t 1 a w e e h a writer and a preacher ; and by their re-publica tion from the rival quarterlies. They are clearly and sensibly written, on subjects of general inter est and comprehension, and if they occasionally show traces of peculiar opinions or class theories, they bear evidence, also, of a mind enlarged by ex perience, a considerable power of argument, a dis position to regard subjects •in their broad and lucid view, seeking rather for the great prin ciples of action than attaching overweening im portance to trivial imperfections or differences of opinion. His long connection with the military service, as chaplain-general to • the forces, hag naturally directed his attention prominently to questions concerning the efficiency and discipline of the army. In his brief volume of essays, ten in number, he gives us six on subjects connected with military matters. Two of these,, it is true, are historical and biographical in their character, one of them giving a succinct and interesting account of the war in the Punjauh, the other being a review of the, brilliant and romantic career of General Miller in South America. His essays on military education, our defensive armament, India and its army, &c., merit consideration, from their expressing the views of one who has had extended opportunities of judging of the military character and the results of the systems usually pursued. In his dedication of the book to Dr. Ferguson, his friend during 40 years, he expresses his conviction of the importance of preserving a high tone among the officers and soldiers of a nation, not only for their own advantage, but as an example to others, as affording " proof how men's lives may be spared amid many temptations to the contrary, by a high sense of duty to God and man." The following passage referring to this subject shoos the liberal and enlightened principles which actu ate him :—" Now I hold, and so do you, that the link which cements moral with intellectual culture is riveted by the Great Author of both, and that he who aims wisely at giving a stimulus to the one, cannot, even if he desire it, fail to give a stimulus to the other also. Wherefore our maxim has long been—establish for the British army such a system of training as shall exercise both the minds and bodies of all ranks in a becoming manner ; and if the army do not attaini as a body, to moral as well as to intellectual eminence, the fault will not be yours. At least you will have done your part, by endeavouring to awaken in the members of that body, tastes which seek their gratification in higher things than those of sense." One of the most at tractive essays is one on the " The Life of Dr. Chalmers." It gives an excellent sketch of his life and labours, not intruding into his domestic, life, but restricting itself to the portion of his career which belongs of right to the public. Of c ourse the autht r naturally dissents from Dr. Chalnaere' 3 . extreme and peculiar opinions ; but h e does not obtrude his own objections, and re nders a cordial, tribute to Dr. Chalmers's exertions for his poor and neglected parishioners. He gives the following description of his oratory : " Such was the sudden but calm termination of a career as brilliant, as varied, certainly as eccentric--; perhaps as useful--as has ever born run by one placed in the comparatively humble station of a Scottish Free• byterian minister. That popular enthu-issin made at t the time something too much of Chalmers his d warmest admirers styledm i riesr generally w u l . n e n g ec e essa H ril l y s enweilrialnlyowtu'rgwide, suppo se , olten cm confused, disfigured by uncouth phrases and words coined for the nonce, and remarkable for nothing more than the per• petual repetition of some favourite idea in terms which seem intended to create in the unobservant reader.* persuasion that new truths are brought before him. But there is a potency in it, notwithstanding, which parries . us along—often, indeed, against t he better pleadings of our judgment. In truth, we consider him one of the poorest reasoners, both as a moralist and a divine, that ever strove to convey his own views ot, things to the minds of others and of his political economy, experience has long since shown that it is both based and built upon a delusion. Of his gigantic powers as a pulpit orator there can, however, be no doubt ; there was a fervour in his manner, a persuasiveness in his tones, a sham even in the coarse Fife accent, of which he never got rid, that arrested the attention and kept it fixed on the preacher all the time that he was speaking ; and if at the close of the discourse the auditors sometimes failed of determining the exact point which it was designed to establish they never separated without having received a strong general impulse to good. Nor was his influence less effective in private conferences than in puolic ap peals. Whatever he took up, he took up in earnest, and there is a m agic in his earnestness which rarel y fails of going mud; further with such as observe it, than any extent of argument, be it ever so logical." " An Essay on the Puritans" justly condemns their unreasonable and unreasoning hostility to trifles displayed with such virulence in the early days of the Reformation, when their perversity about mere ceremonial , , besides greatly adding to the difficulties of those in power, who had a sufficiently arduous taste, went far to hinder the good cause itself. Among the essays, a legend of Germany i 3 introduced, which was intended to form part of a collection of Celtic and Teutonic legends. Th e project was unfortunately stopped by the death of the projector, and the author having writ ea this little tale has inserted it among more amb i t ; tious productions. These essays eminently de scry the perusal of the thoughtful and impartial rde They ate written in a clear and simple manner, which A conti asts most favourably with the bombastic_ en,_, exaggerated strain adopted by some writers f on t_ u e : present day. There is no attempt at elocri donuot onsequently there can be no failure. T b "" one ag e pretend to resuscitate the spirit of a_ with the vividness of their which per they do not strive to unravel the ' the problem plex the social philosopher, or to solve _ t y seei , Neither do he that occupy the statesman. life-like to stir the heart or al OU 4 e the sv.Yruef at inapassioned appeals or s on 0 1 ' Y are clear, sensible, and well-w,r minv. I ject3 within the grasp of mo- . t cultiva'ed or ienee 'ter of ability and exP. hi, l e ie u s e:). y T th h o e il3; from the pen of a wri aenxd t e e n i I r ' 3 2? . knowledge, and whse moderation readers' who has had many opportunities of will ensure the satisfaction of his • 'Jolty Wlli te r— The New Y ork Tribune stares :—Mr. Chag. Vathe ,o, to i•tu:9 ile cam, , a❑ wa, r i e ,i ti,i- iatA9 the wire ot thatA H. Davenport, of Wa vm „ g t , Theatrei We believethe decree of court divoreing lac . 9 ' u ; M. L zzie We 401, Mrs. Davenport was pronounced on Saturday of 10 week."