The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-17 00:00:00

Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven, OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, Last Three Nights of Madame Celeste's engagement. THIS EVENING, will be produced a New Drama, b: J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled THE LAST HOPE. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, 18. lio x _ o in ce open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half -past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. N EW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Revival of MASKS AND FACES ; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster. Fourth appearance hi the New Theatre of Mr. Wright. Con tinued success of the INVISIBLE PRINCE. - - THIS EVENING. the performance will commence with MASKS AND FACES ; Mr. B. Webster, C. Selby, Mr. 88.- lington, P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Miss 11. Sims, Mrs. Ell linzton. • After which, WELCOME LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE 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 f ees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan are engaged. Due notice will be given of their appearance. -ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster -road. • Lessee and Manager • Mr. William Cooke. THE SCOTT COMMEMORATION. THIS EVENING, and drains , : 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 ducing Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. A. Cooke, &c. Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Emily Cooke, together with the Star Riders. and Astley's unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian Artistes. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, 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 Muswell Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.-- Proprietor--C. MORTON. The üblic is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTSGALLERY, 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, vie we d a lt oge th er, the exist ing lifusic 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 MusrcAL ENTERTAINMEN T c ommences 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. 17, THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the nigh 58—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30'18. WIND, South-Westerrly; light, with mild dull weather, Notwithstanding the resignation by Mr. HIGGINS of the important situation to which he had so lately been appointed, we most earnestly protest against the practice, gradually springing up, of attacking every gentleman who happens to be the • fortunate competitor for an official position. A Legislative " Star Chamber" will speedily be established if the precedent is adopted. Every person who is nominated to any place, how ever humble, under Government, must expect to have a stringent inquisition of all his ante cedents, and be prepared to give an accurate sketch of his birth, parentage, education, and of the chief events of his life. Surely it is carrying the " detective" system, lately become so fashion able, a little too far, and the public will have just grounds of complaint, if the objectionable practice be continued. We regret the resignation of Mr. HIGGINS, be cause we believe that he would have made an excellent Master in Lunacy, but still more from the dangerous character of the precedent esta blished. Not a word could be uttered against his public or private character, or against his ability to discharge the duties of the office. Mr. CLIVE, who brought forward the motion, had not been greatly embarrassed by the extent of his business, - when he was appointed to one of the most im portant and lucrative county court judgeships. die was himself possibly a di sappo i nted 'llan, having given uP a certain £1,500 as-year for something which ( as Mr. CAWBER would say), " might turn up." It has mot done so as yet, and as he had acted as a Com anissioner in Lunacy, he might have thought his gown claims disregarded by the appointment of a rival. His question was prefaced by an elabor a t e 'speech, which proved that he had considered the ;subject closely and attentively. He did not deem it necessary to give notice to any of the parties concerned ! By this course the poison would be disseminated, before the antidote could be administered. The privileged attack would go forth to the world a day before the defence could be heard, and the injury thereby arising could not /easily be got rid of, however satisfactory might be the answer. Mr. lIIGGINs has, in one respect, acted errone ouslY ; but it was the mistake of a man of honour and a gentleman. He should have held the situa tion to which he was appointed—at all events, until it was showu that he was incompetent to discharge its duties. lle had held many important situations. Some estimate of his ability and judgment might have been formed while he was yet a clerk in the Colonial-office; but he had been Secretary b ot h to Lord STANLEY and Sir RBULIVER LYTTON befor e hie nomination t o the Registrarship in Bankruptcy. In every position he had not only proved himself perfectly qualified to discharge the duties of his office, but he had done so to the entire satisfaction of the WILLIAM and ALFRED PURSSELL, Con fectioners and Biscuit Bakers, 78 and 80, Cornhill, and 4 and 5, Finch-lane, are and have been the soLz pro prietors of the above business since 1857. R°YAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT - GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa I 'ine and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or, rHE POWER OF LOVE. 'To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clc thing. • THEA TRE -R 0 Y AL, . DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. EVENING, OUR GAL. Mr. And Mrs. Barney Williams. Followed by BARNEY THE BARON. to conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. p OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, u Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. Atter which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled II E KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince Thamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mr. Buckstone, After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. After which, THE KING'S GARDENER. To conclude with a Grand Ballet and Scene from THE SIEGE OF TROY. Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Harriet Dalton, Miss Jenny Lauri. Mr. John Lauri, and Corps de Ballet. viii 1: • • 4 ^ le „ea I 4 I I II irdt, ' THE SUN. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1859. Of course the various guesses as to what Govern ment would do occupied a little attention. All confessed that the Reform secret was well kept. Still there was the prevalent rumour that a per missive ballot would be proposed. If the ballot were to be permissive to individuals, that, of course, was not to be entertained for a " moment. The intimidated class would not dare to use their right to vote secretly. But if it was to be permissive to constituencies, then on one condition the advocates of the Ballot would cordially accept the offer—the condition that constituencies would decide by the ballot whether they would have the Ballot. The reasonableness of such a condition is too obvious to need argument. On the other hand, to propose that three-fourths of a constituency should have power to demand it, would be to give it where three-fourths were already independent. It is only the small number of Liberals really independent in any constituency who could venture to ask it on behalf of their less favoured brother electors. The present GoVernment would certainly act wisely by maki ng th e b es t o f the present feeling in their favour. There was a little good-humoured pleasantry about Tory Reformers, and the joy they would feel over Tories repenting ; but it was equally denied that any one wished to make them sit on the stool of repentance. If the Government would but do what might be fairly asked of them . in the actual state of public opinion, it might continue a Government for many a long year. It would not be supplanted for a PALMERSTON Go vernment—such was the general sentiment. Now let our Government consider the courses it may adopt in regard to the Ballot; it may— Firstly—lgnore or repudiate it. This might become the means of its being broken up. If, however, it proffered enough besides to be worth accepting, this would be accepted; but immediately a far more vigorous agitation with increased advan tages would commence for the Ballot. Secondly—lt might offer a permissive Ballot to individuals. For this no one would thank them ; agitation would not be stayed. Thirdly—lt might offer a Ballot permissive to constituencies, who should demand it by a Ballot, which would be accepted—or constituencies o. whom ,a portion should demand it, which would be acceptable or not, according to the proportion which was required to ask for it. This would leave things unsettled. Fourthly—lt might concede the Ballot pure ei simple, and thus set the Reform agitation at rest for probably a century to come. It is obvious that the manliness to adopt now what must come at last would give the present Government a very long lease of power. it is curious to remark the number and variety of changes taking place in the House of Commons immediately prior to its very probable dissolution. A considerable portion of the information given to the public by Captain DOD'S new edition of his for 1859, is al ready " Parliamentary Companion" obsolete. Several v acancies have been filled up. Several others have b een created. New elections which have taken place--others will follow with all con venient speed. Amongst the changes h transpiredrecently ariur tcl aieci in s thi s . way, a fell i,c reh have de serving v y i ng ofbeing p In anticipation, probably, of the disfranchising effect of the new Reform Bill—one or two small constituencies have been deserted from a preference for others of larger importance, and therefore cal culated to be rather more likely to possess the cha racter of permanence. The Attorney-General for Ireland (Mr. JAMES WHITESIDE), forsaking Ennis killen, has been returned M.P. for the University of Dublin—the late representative of that learned body (Mr. G. A. HAMILTON) having accepted the Stewardship of her MAJESTY'S manor of North stead, consequently upon his nomination as perma nent Assistant-Secretary to the Treasury, in the parties who could form the best judgment respecting his proceedings. It would, therefore, have been time enough to attack the nomination when there had been any failure or shortcoming on his part. By yielding, however, to the first summons to surrender, he created a bad precedent, which, we trust, will never again be acted on. Had Mr. HIGGINS been a private individual, unconnected with any Minister or member of the aristocracy, not a single word would have been uttered against his promotion. Unfortunately, in respect to his office, and that only, he happens to be son-in-law to the Lord Chancellor. It was Lord CHELMSFORD that they desired to wound, through the person of his relative, Mr. HIG GINS, as Mr. HIGGINS might have held his mastership in lunacy - without a word of com plaint from any, save unsuccessful compe titors, but being closely connected with the head of the legal department, the temptation was too strong for factious opponents to resist. We can only ex press our hope that the gentleman who has been thus unfairly and cruelly victimised may be speedily reinstated in a situation equivalent in every respect, if not to the Mastership in Lunacy, at all events to the Registrarship in Bankruptcy, which he so recently resigned in order to accept the higher place. The dinner at the Albion, last evening, was a highly encouraging one, the cheer good, and the speaking cheerful. The number and character of the gathering was, in all respects, such. as to en courage the friends of independent voting. The toasts were heartily responded to, especially the toast of the evening. Her MAJESTY'S health, as a Model constitutional Sovereign," was received as all assemblies of Englishmen receive it ; it struck us that on this occasion it would hardly have trans gressed propriety to couple her name with the hope that she would soon—this session perhaps— have the honour of giving her assent to a bill for securing to every Englishman his own vote. It is certainly one of the best wishes we can cherish for our QUEEN that her reign may be remembered as the one in which the poorest elector of England was enabled to call his vote his own, as much as to call his house his castle. That as JOHN gave a Magna Charta to the Barons of England, WILLIAM 111. to her yeomanry and landlords, WILLIAM IV. to the middle classes, so Queen VICTORIA should grant her Magna or Maxima Charta to every elec tor, rich or poor ) high or low, emancipating all alike from subjection to any unfair or any un pleasant motive in the exercise of his franchise. The tone of the meeting was, that there was to be no argument for the Ballot. That was con sidered to have been exhausted, and also needless, when all present were fully agreed that no reform bill could be acceptable, much less final, without it. Its present position was the topic of the speakers, and the general impression was, that, let Govern ment do what it would, the day of its adoption was not far distant. The Hon. H. BERKELEY thought one of the most hopeful of signs was that the Times was compelled at last to drop banter and take to something like argument; but that the quality of the argumentation was so much below the ability shown on other topics, that, though he trembled whenever he arose to address the House of Com m ons, he could not tremble, he could feel nothing but utter eontempt, when he had to argue with the individual who wrote from the ballot-box of the Times. room of Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN. Hythe has been deserted in like manner by Sir JOHN RAMSDEN, who is allowed to win without an effort that Derby among the constituencies, the representation of the West Riding of Yorkshire, by walking over the course without the show of a cempetitor. Hythe, vacated by Sir JOHN RAMSDEN, selects a Jew for its representative Baron MEYER DE ROTHSCHILD, who is returned not only nem. con., but with acclamations with such enthusiasm, indeed, that Sir MOSES MONTEFIORE is moved to the utterance of these patriarchal words to the mob—words of gratitude and benediction :—" I thank GOD, old as I am, that I have lived to see this day, and to witness your choice. I sincerely thank you all. May GOD bless you." Another Jew is chosen for another and more important con stituency triumphantly, but not unanimously. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS' long-suffering and per severance at length obtain their reward down at Greenwich—the Liberal electors of which borough return him as M.P. for their constituency by a majority of nearly a thousand over his some what formidable opponent, Mr. ANGERSTEIN. The latter gentleman, however, not the least bit in the world discouraged by his defeat, announces his determination again to appeal to the electors of Greenwich immediately upon the next vacancy, the vacancy inevitable upon the speedy and promised, and indeed inevitable resignation by the newly-appointed Governor of Gibraltar, General Sir WM. CODRINGTON. Poor Lord EBRINGTON, again stricken down by severe indisposition directly after we had all been congratu lating ourselves upon his happy recovery, writes from that beautiful but melancholy haunt of invalids, Funchal, in the isle of Madeira—tendering his resignation of his seat to his faithful constituents, the liberal electors of Marylebone. Mr. ANTHONY O'FLAHERTY'S election by the town of Galway having been declared void, Mr. I. 0. LEVER is in vested by that borough with the glory of a seat in Parliament. Meanwhile the Right Honourable W. E. GLADSTONE, having accepted the office of Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands—his constituents at the Univer sity of Oxford deem it prudent to return him again pro forma as M.P. for the University, though some conceive the parliamentary seat of the right hon. gentleman has never for a moment been vacated by his transformation to an ordinary from an Extra ordinary Lord High Commissioner. Change after change thus taking place in the popular representa tion, it is probable that before the present session has advanced much further a clear sweep of al] will be made by the dissolution of Parliament tha may follow from the Ministerial effort at its re. organisation. AMERICA. {n ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SOUTHAMPTON, TIIURSDAY MORNING The Arago steamer, due to-day, with the United States' mails, is under repair at New York, and will omit this month's voyage. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ORION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. The Secretary of the Admiralty begs to acquaint the Editor of The Sun that the following intelli gence has been received at this office, viz.:— " Her Majesty's ship Orion arrived at Berehaven on the 14th. All well on board." Admiralty, 17th Feb., 1859. DICKSON v. THE EARL OF WILTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your paper of Monday lam erroneously reported to have said, in cross-examination, " I was arrested once, but it was done illegally." I never was arrested in my life; the arrest alluded to, and as given in my evidence, was simply being placed under arrest by the then com manding officer (the plaintiff), a very different thing.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM DIXON, Captain, 2d Tower Hamlets Militia. THE POST- OFFICE PACKET SERVICE. The following table, partly compiled from a Parliamentary paper issued yesterday, shows the estimate for the . Post -office packet service for the current year, compared with that for 1858. The total presents an increase of £3,108, and the altera tions have consisted of an addition of X 3,500 to the American grant,, £9,500 to the . ' African, and £14,000 for the service between Australia and New Zealand ; and a diminution of £5,500 in the West Indian, £6OO, in the Cape, £,5,000 in the Austra lian, and £16,500 in the Indian : Route, Liverpool and Isle of Man Holyhead and Kingstown Aberdeen and Lerwick Thurso and Stromness Southampton and Chau. -Islands Dover & Calais Dov. & Ostend Southampton,Vigo, Oporto,Lis bon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar Liverpool and Halifax, and Bos ton, • Liverpool and New York, and New York and Nassau Halifax, Bermuda, and St. Tho mas' and Halifax, and St John's, Newfoundland Southampton and West Indies Do., and Brazils & Buenos Ares Panama, Callao, and Valparaiso England and W. Coast of Africa England and Cape of Good Hope Southampton and Sydney, and branch from Marseilles to Alexandria __- Australia and New Zealand England and Alexandria, Cey lon and Calcutta, with branch from Marseilles to Malta Aden and Bombay Additional mails to India by al ternate weeklycommunication to Bombay and Calcutta Allowance of Government Agents on board the contract packets 'acket Establishments, Dover, Holyhead, Liverpool, an d Southampton 991,590 083,468 Sir John Pakinoton (First Lord of the Admiralty) and Captain Arrow have been elected Elder Brethren of the Trinity House; the former in the room of she Earl of Had dington, deceased, and the latter in the place of the late Captain Shepherd. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has appointed the Rev. Henry White, curate of St. Jame', Dover, to the incumbency of the Savoy Church, in the Strand. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.--The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer City of Balti more, Captain Robert Leitch, left the Mersey for New York about half-past H this day, with the - United States mails, 189 passengers, and a fair cargo of fine goods. The Cunard screw Steamship Jura, Captain Moodie, which left her moorings on Saturday last for New York, but had to come to at the North Light on account of fog, when she was run into by the Windsor steamer, and so damaged that she had to return to dock, will sail again - on Friday morning with a mail. aangn althoughewe BREVET-COLONELS.—A return " of colonels pro t moted to the rank of major-general in the brevets of 1851 and 1854, having served six years or more as effective field officers on full pay, and not being now colonels of regi ments, was moved for by Lord Hotham, M.P., and laid on the table a few days ago. The only name returned is that of Lord de Ros (premier baron of England), who served as a substantive major for 4f, and as brevet lieut.-colonel and colonel for 20f years, making altogether 24 years. The date of Lord de Ros's brevet is June 20, 1854. THE LATE MR. PRESCOTT.—A Boston cor respondent writes, " Precisely a week before Mr. Prescott's death, I had seen and conversed with him in his study at Boston, where he sat surrounded by the material for his great History of Philip 11.,' and enjoying apparently excel lent health. His handsome features presented no trace of the paralytic attack under which ho had suffered about a year before, and the vivacity of his conversation was no loss disting-uished than in former years. On Friday, the 28th, however, at a little after noon, Mr. Prescott, who had entered his bath, was heard to groan by his secretary, Mr. John Foster Kirk. The latter immediately despatched a e open and ueod t d e olhs ieeenyrclock. esewnk were n.insensible, domestics olleia, b i vsa r a ino administeredmkdl servant in quest of a physician, and with the help of some pa e t a h e s tr d e ui t n e eu u s ent t gime wolloae abouts th e eedp o Nr n vol ahi mtbsharpleaaft gra duate,"ppeaosist s bequeathed, I understand, to Harvard University, at Cam bridge, Massachusetts, of eah:,thviihiteetirhisaC)lunmioor. The historian was Company. 187,9. ! 1858. 0. of Duidinl 8. -w. Rail. Dover Mail Penin. &Or. Cunard 850 25,000 1,200 1,300 4,000 15,500 20,500 176,340 172,840 Ditto Royal Mail Ditto I'acific African Penin. &Or. Pen in. & Or. Ditto Ditto 14,700 238,503 30,000 25,00 Q 30,000 32,400 180,000 14,000 124,414 21,675 14,700 244,000 30,000 25,000 20,500 33,000 22,000 185,000 139,414 24,700 211,000 9,355 982,859 5,629 9,355 X 46,734 4,862 8.50 25,000 1,200 1,300 4,000 15,500 20,500 quarters. francs. GOVERNMENT, BOMBAY. NIZAAI'S TERRITORY. Bombay Castle, Jan. 25. Malta, Feb. 16, 10.45 a.m. centimes. PARIS, WEDNESEUY, FEB. 16, PARIS, THURSDAY, FEB. 17. FRANKFORT, FEB. 15. MARSEILLES, FEB. 16. Advices have been received from Constantinople ,o the 9th inst. The Journal de Constantinople of that day con firms the statement that the Porte has protested against the election of A. Couza, and appeals to the Conference of the Powers. Letters express doubts whether the Sultan will receive the Moldavian deputation. 15,000 Turkish troops are stationed along the banks of the Danube. The attitude of the Rounian population is resolute. Frequent conferences have taken place between Sir Henry Bulwer, Baron Prokesch, and the Porte. " ATHENS, FEB. 10. Advices have been received from Corfu. A large majority of the members of the lonian Parliament appear determined to refuse the discus sion of the reforms proposed by Mr. Gladstone, and it is expected that should the Parliament be dis solved the present members will be re-elected. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EYENT.N(I. A Paris correspondent of the Independanee of Brussels says :—" I am informed that France is preparing a memorandum to the Powers for the purpose of explaining what is reprehensible in the THE BOMBAY MAILS. H. L. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government. V. G. iNIONTANARO. The following telegram was received at the Foreign Office, from Acting Consul-General Green, on Wednesday, Feb..l6, 12.45 P.M.:-- -ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 11. The steamer Northern, from Bombay, arrived at Suez on the Bth inst., Bombay date Jan. 25. The rebellion in Oude is entirely suppressed. The Begum and some followers have gone by night marches into Nepaul, partly foreign (forcing ?) her way, partly bribing ; the sepoys of her party said to be plundering the Nepaul villages. A corps of observation remains on the frontier. The Nana supposed to be with the Begum. Brigadier Showers, with a column from Agra, came up with the rebels under Tantia Topee, at Bosha, on the 16th of January, having marched ninety•four miles in three days. They defeated and dispersed them, killing about 300. Three Chiefs fell on the field, and one, on an elephant, was overtaken and killed by Lieutenant Hadfield, of the Agra Police Cavalry. On the same day a body of rebels crossed the River Sarlah into Rohilcund, but were driven back. The following is the latest intelligence from Allahabad Jan. 18, 7.23 P.M.—The Commissioner of Rohil cund reports that the rebels, who numbered from 20,000 to 30,000, were defeated with slaughter, and driven across the Sartheas, their guns taken, and Nurput Sing of Rooza and Benee Sing killed. There has been a disturbance in the Nizam's ter ritory, and parties of marauders, composed of Rohilla Arabs and Deccanees, are doing much mischief [on P] the border of Berar. The Duraty Commissioner, while at Rissade on the 15th January, was attacked. Brigadier Hill Howard came to his assistance. Some fighting ensued, and in the pursuit of the enemy several casualties occurred among our officers. JOHN GREEN. This telegram received at Malta, per Ripon, a p.m. on the 15th of February. ARTHUR FANSHAWE, Vice-Admiral. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : The Presse has received from the Minister of the Interior a warning on account of having published an article signed " Leouzon Leduc." The warning states that such polemical discussions are of a nature to raise ill-founded uneasiness in the publi mind. The Moniteur publishes a decree, fixing the pay ment to be made by soldiers of the class of 1858, in substitution of personal military service, at 2,000 The Moniteztr contains also the following :—The Conference of the Representatives of the Powers will shortly re-assemble at Paris for the purpose of discussing (examiner) the result of the Moldo- Wallachian elections. The Ministerial warning given to the Presse has created a great sensation, and Rentes in conse quence roso last night on the Boulevards 40 Intelligence has been received here from the Canton of Ticino declaring that great agitation existed there on the occasion of the elections, and that at Lugano a riot had taken place, in which several persons were wounded and one killed. The Ultramontane party came to vote with a cross dis played in place of a banner. LATEST NEWS. INDIA OFFICE, FEB. 16, 8.30 P.M. The following telegram has been received : To James Cosmo Melvin, Esq., India Office, Lon don, from G. F. Edmonston2, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, dated Allahabad, 18th January, 1859 : Tranquillity continues to prevail in Oude. Those of the rebels who have not come in under the amnesty have either dispersed and gone to their homes, or have fled into the Terai. One body of them under Bala Sam is reported to have entered the Nepaul forests. It is known that the Nawab of Furruckabad has surrendered himself. CENTRAL INDIA AND RAJPOOTANA. Colonel Benson marched 140 miles in five days, attacked Tantia Topee's force, tad defeated it with much slaughter, taking six elelhants. Tantia was also attacked and defeated by the force under Col. Somerset at Chuppra and agaia at Burrod, in the Kotah territory. Later intelligence showed that the rebels were moving in the direction of Tonk and Sewpore, and Brigadier Showers, with a column from Agra, after marching 94 miles in three days, came up with them at Dewsha on the 16th inst., defeated, and dispersed them, killing about 300. The rebel leaders are said to have been Tantia, the Rao, and Feroze Shah. NORTH-WEST PROVINCES. It has been reported that the rebel Rodka Gobind and his brother were both killed in the action of the 29th of December near Kurwee. On the sth of January Brigadier Carpenter came upon a large body of fugitives, and completly routed them, Captain Osborne Pole, agent at Bewah, has' been slightly - Wounded in a skirmish with a body of rebels, whom he defeated. The. Commissioner of Rohilcund reports, on the 16th of January, that the rebels had crossed the Sardah River from the Oude Terai into Rohilcund, but had been driven off. No intelligence of any importance from other G. F. EDMONSTONE. FROM H. L. ANDERSON, ESQ., SECRETARY TO Colonel Hill's force had a severe action with the Rohillas and Arabs on the 15th inst. at Chicoumba, thirty miles northwest of Hingelee. The British loss was Captain Mackinnon killed, and three other officers wounded. Sir H. Rose is at Jaulnah. The Bombay Presidency is quiet, with the exception of slight disturbances among the Bheels on the north ern border of Guzerat. ARY 17, 1859 present situation of Italy. This document will not be kept secret, and if it is as clearly written as is rumoured, the question of Italy will be freed from its present uncertain situation. The document will affirm that Europe requires peace rather than war; that strong proofs of moderation have been given by the French Government, and that all that re mains to be done is to profit by past experience. France desires peace, but does not fear war." The Senate sat yesterday, M. Troplong in the chair. An Imperial decree was read from the chair, appointing M. Baroche, President of the Council of State, to represent the Government at all discussions in the Senate during the session of 1859. In virtue of another decree, dated the 12th of the present month, M. Baroche read to the Chamber the expose des Inotifs of a senatus consul turn, having for object to increase from 1,500,000 f. to 2,200,000 f. the annual dotation of the Princes and Princesses of the Imperial family ; to allow Prince Napoleon a sum of 800,000 f. for his marriage expenses and cost of establishment; and to fix the jointure of the Princess Clotilda. The Senate de cided to meet on Thursday to name a committee of ten members to examine the senatus-consultum presented. The proceedings then terminated. It is rumoured that M. Charles Laffitte, the banker, and two English houses, are about to un dertake the Piedmontese loan. BOURSE, Feb. 16.—There was a slight degree of buoyancy apparent at the beginning of the market, and the liquidation of the share account was car ried on easily. Threes were done at 67f. 55c. and 67f. 75c., and are now at 67f. 65c. Mobilier Taxied from 765 f. to 772 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 542 f. 50c. to 547 f. 50e. ; Orleans, 1,315 f. to 1,317 f. 50c. ; Southern, 515 f. to 516 f. 25c. The market continued in the same state to the close, when the following were the quotations : 41 per Cents. 97 20 Do. end month 97 3 per Cents 67 70 Do. end month 67 70 Bank Shares 2900 CrEldit Fonder 645 Belgian 4f — Piedmontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 4O Credit Mobilier .. 770 Do. Account ..... 775 RAILIVIYS. Cash. Account. Orleans -Northern 927 50 922 50 New ditto 795 .. 792 50 Lyons and Mediterranean B2B 75 827 50 New ditto — Geneva 535 .. 531 25 Midi Southern Western Eastern Grand Central — Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, ,paper, 25f. 171 c. ; money, 25f. 121 c.; three months, paper, 20. t. sc. ; money, 251. LYCEUM THEA TRE. Last night Madame Celeste took her benefit, and marked the occasion by bringing out an English version of " Les Amours Maudits," a drama by M. Dugue, which was produced about four years ago at the Ambigu Comique, entitled " The Last Hope." Dr. Blangini (Mr. Barratt), a hospitable physician, resident in Malta, harbours in his house a widow lady named Antoine (Mrs. Wallis) and her fair daugh ter Marie (Madame Celeste), who possesses every attraction save that of wealth. Alfred (Mr. G. Murray), son of an English baronet (Mr. Neville), is captivated by the French beauty, and pro bably his love would be crowned with felicity did not Michali (Mr. Fitzjames) an unpleasantly mysterious gentleman, thrust his nose into the middle of a large party given by the doctor, and reveal the sad fact that the young lady has a cer tain brother Pierre, who lies a fast prisoner in the galleys of Toulon, convicted of the crime of forgery. A duel that takes place between Alfred and Michali is the least serious result of this revelation, for the former is but slightly wounded. More fatal is the dislike engendered in Sir - William's heart against the family of the culprit for no sooner does the old lady die of grief at the exposure than Alfred, by marrying Marie, incurs the serious displeasure of his father. Seven years roll over the wedded pair, and a little girl is the result of their union, but the resent ment of Sir William is not abated, and when Alfred and Marie are settled in a little cottage on the southern coast of France, he resolves practically, if not legally, to annul the marriage by a forcible abduction of his son. Alfred is dragged from his home, according to instructions, the chief instru ment in his capture being Marie's brother Pierre (Mr. Emery), whose delinquencies have already caused so much misery. Fortunately, he is not quite so bad as he looks ; for when he is commis sioned to carry off Marie, who is, moreover, to be separated from her child, he is suddenly softened by an expedient of the fond mother, who places the little girl on his knee, and teaches her to call him her "good uncle Pierre." Thorough was his wickedness, thorough likewise is his repentance, for, with pistol in hand, he compels Michali to sign an order for the release of Alfred by the pirates who hold him in captivity, and then slays the villain in single combat. Marie is thus made happy, for Sir William, on discovering how nar rowly his son escaped assassination, cannot refuse his forgiveness ; but an opiate which Michali in tended for Pierre, and which the lady has taken by accident, causes her for a while to seem as though she was insane or dying, and thus heightens her felicity by retarding its consummation. The piece was thoroughly successful, and the merits of Madame Celeste, in a part arduous evci beyond the ordinary requirements of strong melo drama, were acknowledged with acclamations. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. OPERA COMIQUE. last evening there was no performance at this theatre in consequence of the preparations necessary for the representation of two new operas, which are to be performed to-morrow evening for the benefit of M. Remusat, the spirited entrepeneur, who cer tainly deserves every support and encouragement for his extraordinary and indefatigable exertions in catering for the amusement of the aristocratic visi tors to this very fashionable place of amusement. Although it may perhaps be admitted that the company West pas de la premiere force, it must be acknowledged it works exceedingly well toge ther, and is highly effective. It possesses in Madame Faure, an artiste of distinguished merit, both as a vocalist and as an actress, indeed a host in herself. This accomplished lady is well sup ported by Mdlle. Celiue Mathieu, M. Berger, M. d'Orgeval, &c. As we have already observed, the greatest 'praise is due to M. Remusat for the very high state of excellence, amounting as nearly as may be to perfection, to which, by his perseverance, he has su3ceeded in bringing his orchestra. ST. MARTIN'S HALL. The great success which attended the first per formance of Professor Bennett's "May Queen," under Mr. Hullah's direction, fully warranted its repetition last night. This time, however, instead of being associated with Mendelssohn's " Lauda Sion" and the symphony in D, its sole companion was the Choral Symphony (No. 9), the last and grandest of Beethoven's orchestral masterpieces. Such a programme could scarcely fail to attract the lovers of music ; and no one was surprised to see St. Martin's Hall crammed in every part, or to hear that money had been declined at the doors. The solo singers were Misses Banks and Palmer, Messrs. Wilbye Cooper and Santley. To listen to the applause last night it might have been thought that this was the first instead of the third appearance of " The May Queen" before a metro politan audience. It is long, indeed, sinc3 any new musical composition has achieved so genuine a vogue. Mr. Hullah and his " First Upper Singing School" had already twice last season elicited flat tering encomiums for their execution of Beethoven's "No. 9"—the Colossus among symphonies. Nor was last night's essay, on the whole, less trium phant than its predecessors. The attention paid to the symphony from one end to the other was as in teresting to witness as the applause that followed movemement after movement (especially f rom the galleries and " shilling area") was encouraging. Perhaps in no other city than London could such an audience be found for such a work. T.IIE CuAL\VIIIPPELS 01' LoNDoN.--The bill to establish an office for the benefit of the coalwhippers of Lon don has been revived by Lord Rosso, and it is now working its way through the House of Lords. The proposed arrange ments for the benefit of the coalwhippers have frequently been described on former occasions. THE QUARTERLIES. Don't we all of us remember—we who know Bos well (as he deserves to be known) by heart—how the Doctor would go Out himself to buy oysters for his cat Hodge, " lest, if he put his servants to the trouble, they might take a dislike to the animal and use it ill r Here follows this impressive tes timony of DR. JOIINSON'S EXQUISITE SENSIBILITY. " He was thrown into an agony at the sight of an omelet shortly after the death of 'Dr. Nugent, because it was the dish they had had for supper the last time they met. He cried when he read the letter which described the death of Mr. Elphinston's mother. Tears were a tribute he often paid. Miss Reynolds related to him some mournful story of maternal affection, and she was interrupted by his sobs. He wept as he told that Dr. Hodges, the physician who remained in London during the plague when most of his brother practitioners fled, died soon afterwards a prisoner for debt. He burst into tears in repeating the Latin hymn ' Dies irve; and again when he recited the description of the English from Goldsmith's ' Traveller.' He read Beattie's Hermit' with similar emotion. There is a pathos in these pieces which cannot be fully apprehended except by minds refined by literary culture. Their power pro ceeds from an art which is lost upon untutored perceptions, and their effect upon Johnson is at once a proof of the acuteness of his feeling for poetry and the strength of his human sensibilities." [fere, on the other hand, are equally impressive ,okens of DR. JOHNSON'S BULL-DOG COURAGE. He was accustomed to maintain that the man who was afraid of anything was a scoundrel. He feared death,' says Boswell, but he feared nothing else—not even what might occasion death.' Though his convulsive movements would not enable him to guide a h orse , an d though he - was so short-sighted as hardly to be able to see a yard before him, he would follow the hounds in a chase of fifty miles with desperate daring, while the sportsmen shouted to him not to ride over the dogs. He despised the occupation, and his sole motive for engaging in it was his determination to show himself as good a man as his neighbours. He laughed at the notion of caring for horses running away with a carriage. The event occurred when he was travelling in France with the Thrales, at a spot where the road was bounded by a precipice. They narrowly escaped with their lives ; but he continued to ridicule the apprehensions of his companions, and exultingly exclaimed that nothing came of it except that Thrale leaped from the vehicle into a chalk-pit, and then walked out looking as white.' Hav ing heard it asserted that if a gun was loaded with two or three balls, there was a risk of its bursting, he put in six or seven, and fi re d th em o ff aga i nst a wall. The same spirit of defiance led him, when he was bathing near Oxford, to i rvim straight into a pool because he was cau tioned against it by Langton as particularly dangerous. He protested that he was afraid of no dog in the world ; and as two fierce pointers were fighting at the house of his friend Beauclerk, he cuffed their heads with his fists till they ran howling away. He cared as little for men as for dogs. Having left for a few minutes a chair which was placed for him between the side-scenes of the theatre at Lichfield, a gentleman took the seat, and refused to resign it, upon which Johnson lifted up chair and gentleman together, and flung them both into the pit. Foote had resolved to per sonate him on the stage, and expected to derive large pro fits from the performance. Johnson purchased a stout oaken cudgel, and declared that he would break the bones of the satirist in the presence of the audience. The threat was enough for Foote, who only .ventured to ridicule the unresisting. Johnson, it must be confessed, was no ordi nary antagonist. A. gang of four per sons onc e a ttack e d him at night in the street, and he kept all four at bay till the arrival of th e watch. He united skill to muscular power, for he had learned to box from his uncle Andrew, who was a professional prize-fighter.. If not to be afraid of anything is not to be a scoundrel, Johnson was certainly a very honest fellow." As for his genius —read this::— " Wit, in the estimation of his friends, was his most shining quality. 'Rabelais and all the rest,' said Garrick, are nothing compared to him. You may be diverted by them, but Johnson gives you a forcible hug, and shakes laughter out of you whether you will or not." As to the doctor's enlightenment the reviewer justly observes— n many respects he was in advance of his age, or at [east must be ranked amongst the foremost men in it. Years before Wilberforce had opened his lips against the slave trade or . slavery, Johnson in a company of ' potent, grave, and reverend sig n i ors ' a t O x f or d gav e for a toast, To the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies." sere is the eloquent estimate given by the Quarterly of the grand lesson taught to the World by the Life and Works of this Great and Good - - " The history of Johnson teaches a lesson of resignation to those who are straitened in their circumstances when a man so good and gifted languished for considerably more IL:tlf his lifb iII ,jbject penmy; a 10.0 ] -, perserenmoe to those who 'are desponding, when a toilsome and deselato road, which it took more than thirty years to traverse and which seemed to have no other goal than the grave, led him at last to competence and ease; a lesson of contentinent to those who do not possess his mental pre-eminence, when Providence had coupled With it a disorder which The Quarterly Review. No. CCIX. There is one masterly article in this new number of the 'Quarterly . And that is the paper on the " Life and Writings of Johnson." It is worthy of the pen of Mr. John Forster. At first we really believed it to be Mr. Forster's ; but the footnote at page 225 effectually dissipates that impression. For the words of that footnote are these :—Speaking of Doctor Johnson, " The noble traits of his cha racter are brought out with great force and vivid ness by Mr. Forster in his Life of Goldsmith.' No one, it seems to us, has shewn such a fine per ception of the grand qualities of Johnson, or has described them with such genial sympathy." No one, that is to say, of course, saving and excepting the Great 'Biographer ! The footnote just quoted, however, shows this—that if the paper upon John son, in this new number of the Quarterly, is not from the hand of Mr. Forster, it is from the hand of one who fully appreciates and sympathises with him. It is written by one, whomsoever this unrecognised reviewer may be, who appreciates John Forster as cordially even as the young poet of " The Wanderer." To every one without ex ception we would earnestly commend the perusal of this most charming contribution. Those who are already familiar with the pages of Boswell will gladly have their recollections of the great Doctor thus delightfully revived. Those who have not as yet read a line of the world's greatest biography will, from an examination of this fascinating sketch, be incited irresistibly to its perusal. Referring to Dr. Johnson's use of apollysyllabic phraseology,the reviewer, while observing " There were people who said jocosely that his learned language was assumed to make his Dictionary indispensable," remarks most truthfully— " The extent to which he carried the habit has been enormously exaggerated. The ordinary method of exhibit ing his practice has been to gather into half-a-dozen sen tences •as many grandiloquent phrases as are scattered through the whole of the Rambler,' until all resemblance is lost in the extravagance of the caricature." Adding further on— " His maturer writings are masterpieces of composition. He became more familiar in his language, pruned his redundance, and varied his cadence. As his style grew less cumbrous it increased in vigour till it reached its climax in the 'Lives of the Poets.' " Later in the article the reviewer says, in refer ence to that great masterpiece of style, of criticism, and of biography— " The style of Johnson, in the Lives of the Poeti,' re tains his dignity and classical polish, with hardly a trace of his cumbrous march. His periods, which from his mode of punctuation look long to the eye, are frequently a compound of short and pithy sentences, as animated as they are ener getic. His metaphors, in which he was always happy, are apt and concise, and illustrate while they embellish. His wit is abundant, and of a kind peculiar to himself—a species of concentrated sarcasm, by which he exposes faults, whether of men or their writings. "This deep- penetration and the sagacious reflections which everywhere abound make the human interest of his Lives' equal, if not superior, to their literary criticism. In the latter particular, indeed, to hear the language which is sometimes used, it might be supposed that they were an ignominious failure—a collection of blind prejudices and false decrees, which only exhibit his defective taste and dic tatorial insolence. The sole ground of this absurd idea is that he did not admire sufficiently the minor poems of Mil ton, the Castle of Indolence' of Thomson, and the Odes of Collins and Gray. There have always been two schools of poetry—one which addresses itself to the imagination, the other to the reason. Few persons are possessed of the catholic taste which relishes both. Johnson belonged to the school of reason and had little appr e ci a ti on o f rura l images and th e flights of fancy. Those who have attacked him for his insensibility did not perceive that their own was greater that if they applauded what he con demned, they likewise condemned what he applauded, and that he did not depreciate a few of.their favourite pieces so much below their real level as they themselves underrated the works of Dryden and Pope." Speaking of the reputed roughness of Dr. John son, the Quarterly quotes Mrs. Thrale's testimony that that roughness was confined to his words, and that all his actions were good and gentle : the ' reviewer adding— " His vehemence of language has sometimes been con founded with censoriousness of disposition, from which he was wholly free. His friends considered thal both intel lectually and morally he was inclined to think better of his acquaintances than they deserved." It is well observed that " a few rude speeches sink into insignificance when compared with a charity which was only,bounded by his means." Here is an affecting epitome of DR. JOiENSON'S EVERYDAY BENEVOLENCE. "'He frequently bestowed all the silver in his pocket upon the miserable beings who waylaid him on his passage from his house to the tavern where he dined. Even in his early London days he would go up at night to the destitute children who were sleeping upon the projecting stalls of shops or on the sills of doors, and slip a penny into their hands to buy them a breakfast, and this,' adds Mr. Croker, when he himself was living on pennies.' Sixpence, he once remarked, was then a great sum to him. When it was objected that it was useless to bestow halfpence upon beggars, because they only laid it out upon gin or tobacco, he energetically exclaimed, 'And why should they be denied such sweeteners of existence . ? Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding. Yet for the poor we delight in stripping it still barer, are not ashamed to show even visible displeasure if ever the bitter taste is taken from their mouths.' He one night found a woman of abandoned character lying exhausted in the street, and lifting her up, he conveyed her on his back to his own house, had her nursed till she recovered her health, and then obtained her a situation. A heartless man ' would have passed her by, a humane man might have given her money ; but was there any second person in the whole of the vast population of London that would have taken up the forlorn, diseased, and dirty suff erer i n hi s arms an d car ried her to his home ? There are charities which from their very lowliness become sublime." saddened his days, and conjoined 'with the brightness of the flame the smart of the burn ; a lesson of intel; lectual humility to those who are his inferiors In mill' and knowledge, when he always spoke of his own attain' limits as slight, and a lemon of moral humility to those who are not possessed of his worth, when in spite of ' his exemplary conduct and marve ll ous benevolence, he almost enraged if anybody spok e o f hi m as good; a lessen of the supreme importance of religion to those whose piety is less fervent than his when his repentance was so bitter at the close, and present fame and future renown were quite forgotten in the con t em pl a ti on o f e t ern i ty; a l ess on to all of what ca n b o e ff ec t e d i n s it ua ti ons w hi ch appear to, afford no scope for the ex er ti on o f a biliti es or th e prac ti c e of virtues, whe n we see th e l earn i ng h e amassed in his you th with scanty aid from b oo k s or instructors, the works he wrote without ease or encouragement, the charities 11 e exercised without go ld or silver wen he was living himself upon fourpence-halfpenny a d a y, an d th e h ones t y and Inds'pendence he maintain e d w h en no t t o l ower hi s op i n i ons or sully his con sc i ence was t o con d emn hi mself to fare n o , coarse as that whi c h was a ll o tt e d f or t h e pun i shmen t el crime. Whether. we d es i re an examp l e to st i mulate us to the acquisition of knowledge under difficulites or the re' tention of uprightness under temptation, there is no more memorable instance of either than is presented by the life and character of this illustrious man. And whatever be the condition of him who seeks to profit by the story, non° can be so low but he is in a position as advantageous 10 Johnson, and none can be so high. but that with all /1 15 helps ho will have enough to do to emulate his model." In a foot note, at page 229, the reviewer suggests the issue of a popular edition of Boswell's Johnson in parts, and lo ! at once, in answer to this, there are already coming forth, simultaneously from the -press, in shilling instalments—Croker s edition , published by Mr. Murray, and the illustrated edition published by the Messrs.' Routledge. Besides this admirable paper on Johnson , the Quarterly csntains eight other contributions. These we have left ourselves scarcely room to enumerate :—An anecdotal review of the " Corres pondence of Lord Cornwallis." An eulogistic criticism on "Dyce's Shakspeare." A paper On the " Consular Servibe." A second and concluding notice of Cardinal Wiseman's Four last Popes -- ; having reference peculiarly to Pius VIII. and Gregory XVI. A treatise on "Patents." AA essay on " Soldiers' Lodging, Food, and Dress." remark or two—anything but appetising—upon the manufacture of " Bread." And finally that astounding old-world-tory diatribe against " Be' form," to which we have already drawn attention in our leading columns. Such is the new number of the Quarterly. LITERAI'UItE. The Poetical Works of' Edmund Spenser. In five volumes. Vol. I. Nichol, Edinburgh. Mr. Nichol's edition of our national poets is novr widely known and highly estimated. The volume before us commences the series of Spencer's works, and gives us the two first books of the "Faerie Queene." The most remarkable feature in this nog edition is a slight alteration in the spelling. It is justly observed in the preface that it is not easy to explain why, in the case of Shakespeare, Wyatt, Surrey, and other poets of the same age. the modern spelling should have been substituted for the anti quated and obsolete, while every edition of Spencer preserves the ancient peculiarities of 'orthography. The critic is inclined to attribute the limited num ber of Spenser's readers to this fact. " The use of redundant vowels, as in 'meete,"beene,"auncient, , dide,' for meet, been, ancient, did ; the use of i for , j, as ioy," iar,' for joy, j ar; o f y f or i, as yron, soyl.e," prayse,' for iron, soil, praise ; of contrac tions such as hart," els,' for heart, else, and many. others which occur in the work, have had the effect of repelling many modern readers, while it cannot be contended that the merit of the poem depends on these peculiarities." While making these ad vantageous alterations, the editors expressly dis claim any further interference with the text. "No obsolete words have been displaced by their modern synonyms; they are all retained, and are explained on the margin, so that their meaning can be ascer tained without interrupting the reader's progress. It will be observed, that to suit the measure and the rhythm the author often arbitrarily changes the spell ing. In all such eases no alteration has been made. We have only sought, in short, to clear away the rust which obscures the medal, but have regarded as sacred the medal itself, as it passed from the hands of the great artist." The great advantage of a ready comprehension- of the author is thus secured to those who are unacquainted with the obsolete orthographyw hich has hitherto enveloped the"Fairie Queene' in a veil less penetrable than those of its own allegories. The words which have now fallen into disuse are explained on the margin, while the foot-notes supply a:1 th e i nc id en t a l information. We have no doubt that this edition will induce many to increase their acquaintance with the Faerie Queene, the Red Cross Knight, " The heavenly Una with her milk-white lamb," and their satellites and enemies. We congratulate the editors on having successfully simplified the language, without any unnecessary or presumptuous interference with the masterpiece of one of our great English poets. The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. No. XLII. John Murray. This very useful and valuable publication makes its appearance twice a year. It treats of the prin ciples of agricultural science, of the various reforms and improvements which have taken place during the interval, and gives a full and particular account of the reports on exhibitions both of live stock and agricultural machinery. The contributors are, many of them, men of experience and standing, and treat their subjects in a comprehensive and thoroughly practical manner. Professor Hussey continues his interesting papers on Vegetable Botany, by an account of the Structure of Roots. The exhibitions at Chester are treated of at length, and there are numerous reports of the results of experiments with different manures an d var i ous modes of cultivating land. The statistics of Meteor ology, Public Health, and the Price of Provisions are prefixed to the number, as usual. THE PUBLIC READINGS SOCIETY. Another of these entertainments took place last evening, before' a limited audience, in Wylde's Reading Rooms, Leicester-square. The attendance will, without doubt, become more numerons when the fact of the existence of such a society becomes more widely known. Already, by the few who were collected together, its humane purpose and earnest labours appeared to be fully and cordiallyappreciated. The Rev. Owen Owen commenced the proceedings yesterday with a very interesting and animated exposition of the design of the Society : illustrating his remarks by a variety of readings —some of them revealing very considerable knowledge of the dif ficult art of declamation. His specimens included several (chiefly humorous) pieces of his own com position. Beyond which, one of Professor Aytoun's stirring "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers," read by Charles J. Plumptre, Esq.—followed by M. de Lamartine's thrilling narrative (from the Histoire des Girondins) of the " Origin of the Marsellaise," read by W. Charles Kent, Esq.—contributed to diversify the evening's entertainment. But the principal Reader--the hero of the night —was un questionably the reverend gentleman whose varied exertions for the amusement of the audience opined and closed last night's proceedings. MILITARY lIONOU_RS TO RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS. The following is a copy of the general circular of the late Lord Hill, alluded to by Sir E. B. Lytton, as the order which now regulates the conduct of the military in all our Roman Catholic colonies : " Horse Guards, June 26, 1837. "It having been deemed expedient to lay down fixed and specific rules with regard to the extent to which her Majesty's land forces shall, for the future, pay military honours to religious processions in Catholic countries in which any portion of the said forces shall happen to be serving, I have it in command to direct your special attention to the following, and to express Lord Hill's desire that you cause the same to be strictly observed by the troops serving under your orders, viz. : " Troops are not to turn out for, move with, or take any active part in any religious procession or ceremonial. "All sentries are, however, to salute the proces sion as it pdsses their posts. All guards and other bodies of troops that happen to be under arms in the direct line of the procession are to salute it as it passes them, but are not to remain under arms for the procession after it has passed them, nor to await its return. " The usual salutes of cannon from forts or bat- teries for catholic processions may be continued ; but on these occasion.; a simple order only for firing the salute on the day and hour specified is to be given, without specifying the occasion for which it is to be fired. " Lord Hill earnestly hopes and trusts that, notwithstanding the foregoing instructions, every officer, non-commissioned officer, and soldier, under your command, will (as heretofore) continue to carry himself with the utmost forbearance and respect towards the ministers, and other members of the catholic religion, as well as to their religious institutions, bearing constantly in mind that the present regulation is made to meet the conscientious scruples of individuals, without in the remotest degree encouraging or contemplatinr , a diminution of that respectful consideration with e which the British army has ever-been enjoined to regard the religimg feeling-si, habits. and even prejrdices of carry foreign country in which it has been required to serve.—l have, &c., (Signed) " JOHN MACDONALD, A.G. " Addressed to General Officers commanding at the Mediterranean, Mau tins, and Canada." - 11 of Wie n 3.6,,,, ab ut /''x ,, l bitt( htt( Brae JoUei e P x- ort Itts: (~ Di Di T D i Di von but, del by Nio In