The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-27 00:00:00

HAVELOCK MEMORIAL FUND. President, H.H.H. the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., &c. £25 0 0 Colonel John Thomas Leslie, C. 8., Officers, Non-Commis sioned, Staff, and Men of the East India Company's Depot, Worley Barracks, one day's pay • A list of other contributions will shortly bo published. I !S u b scr iptions received at Ike bankers', and the Committee-room 3, Pall-mall East, S.W. Major ADAIR, Hon, Sec. May 13, 1858. :• 6330 CRYSTAL PALACE—To-Morrow (FRIDAY) 28th May, 1858. FIRST ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA CONCERT. PROGRAMME. PART I. 1. Overture Fidelio - • - Beethoven. 2. Aria Bella Siccome (Don Pasquale) Donizetti. Signor Graziani. 3. Duo Quis est Homo (Stabat Mater) Rossini. Madlle. Marai and Madame Didiee 4. Trio ... Ti Park l'Amor (Mello) Rossini. Madame Grisi, M. Zelger, and Sig. Mario. 5 * Madrigal.." Who shall win my Lady Fair" ..,Pearsall. By the Chorus. Ari 4 Bella adorata incognita (I Giura mento Sig. Neri Baraldi. 7. Aria - Tama la Notte (II Trovatore) Verdi. Madame Grisi. S. Finale " Benediction des Poignards" (Les Huguenots Meyerbeer. Signori Rossi, Pierini, Smythson, Soldi, Polonini, and Zelger, and ChOras. PART 11. 1. Overture—Oberon Weber. 2. Remanza.. Anglo' d'amore (La Favorita) Signor Mario. 3. Aria ..... Nobil Signor (Les Huguenots) Meyerbeer. Madame Didiee. 4. Trio Proteggi it giusto Ciel (Don Giovanni) Mozart. Madame Grisi, Madlle. Marai, and Signor Mario. S. Aria Ernani involami (Ernani) Terdi. Madlle. Parepa. 6. Duo e‘ Yenta Scudi" d'amore).Donizetti. Signori Neri Baraldi and Graziani. 7. Finale Preghiera...Dal tuo Stellate (Moise),....Rossini. Mesdames Grisi, Marai, Parepa, Didiee ; Signori Mario, Neri Baraldi, Soldi, Rossi, Pierini, Graziani, Polonini, Zelger, and Chorus. The Orchestra will comprise the entire celebrated Band and Chorus of the Royal Italian Opera. h . Conductor —Mr. Sainton. Doors open at One—To commence at Three o'clock. The Fountains in the Naves and the Courts will pity from one to six, and on the Terraces from two to six, except during the progress of the Concert, at the close of which there will be a full display of the upper series. Performance by Mr. James Coward, on the Great Organ, before and after the Concert. Admission, 7s. 6d. ; Childrea under twelve, 3s. 6d. ; Re served Stalls, 2s. 6d. extra. Tickets (not transferable) for the series of Six Concerts, One Guinea. Season Ticket-holders will please observe that this is one of the six days excepted on the tickets from admission. After the Concert, the new WIND BAND of the Company will give a performance till half-past seven. Provided the weather is fine, this will take place in the grounds. The Rhododendrons, in the valley between the Cedars and the Central Basins, are now coming into full bloom. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. IL TROVATORE. TITIENS, ALBONI, GIUGLINI, THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, May 27, will be repeated Verdi's opera, IL TROVATORE. Leonora, Madlle. Titiens ; Azucena, Madame Alboni Manrico, Signor Gluglini ; Ferrando, Signor Vialetti ; and Il Conte di Luna, Signor Aldighieri. And the Ballet Divertissement, CALISTO ; ou, Le Renvoi de l'Amonr, by Mesdames Pocchini and Annetta. Madlle. Marie Taglioni has arrived, and will appear on Saturday next, May 29, in a new Ballet, composed expressly for her by M. Massot, entitled LA REINE DE3 SONGES. The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Alboni, Piccolomini, Ortolani, BelletLi, Benoventano, Aldighieri. The following arrangements have been m tde : THIS EVENING, Thursday, May 27--Extra Night— IL TROVATORE and Ballet. Friday, May 28—Grand Morning Concert, in which all the art-Aes of the establishment will appear. Saturday, May 29—Mozart's NOZZE DI FIGARO (first time this season), and a new Ballet, for the first appearance of Madlle. Marie Taglioni. Monday, June 7—Grand Morning Performance. In answer to numerous coramunic Wens, it is announced that, for the convenience of the gentry residing in the envi rons, a Grand Morning Performance will be given on Monday, June 7, in which all the artistes of the establishment will perform, including all the artistes of the ballet. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. NEW THEATRE, Second appearance of Madame BOSIO. Second appearance of Signor GRAZIANI, Second appearance of Signor GARDONI, Second Night of LA TRAVIATA. The Open. to commence at half-past 8 o'clock. THIS EVENIN4, Thursday, May 27, will be per 'ormed (for the second time this season) Verdi's opera, LA. TRAVIATA. Violetta, Madame Bosio (her 2d appearance this season) ; Flora Bervoix, Madame Tagliafice ; Georgio Germont, Signor Grassiani (his 2d appearance this season); Baron Duphol, Signor Tagliafico ; Marchese D'Obigny, Signor Polonini ; Gastone, Signor Soldi; Dottore Grenvil, M. Zelger ; Guiseppe, Signor Rosso ; and Alfredo, Signor Gardoni (his 2d appear ance this season). Conductor --Mr. Costa. • Prices of Admission ; —Boxes—pit tier, 51. 15. g. 6d.; grand tier, 61. 6s; first tier, 51. ss. ; second tier, 2/. 12s. 6d. ; orchestra stalls, 1/. Is. ; pit, 10s. 6d, ; amphitheatre stalls, 10e, fid., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Application for boxes, stalls, and pit tickets, to bo made at the Box-office of the Theatre, under the portico in Bo w street, and at the principal musicsellers and librarians. On Saturday next, May 29, will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS : Valentina, Mme. Grisi ; Raoul, Sig. Mario. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented the new fare., entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, The Green Business. After which (for the last time but three), FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistophiles, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THE A,TRE. —Mr. and Mrs. CHA. EtLES KEAN respectfully inform the Public that their ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place on SAPURDAY, June 12, upori which occasion Shaks pere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE will be pro duced, with the same accuracy of detail and historical cor rectness that have marked the previous revivals at this theatre. In consequence of this arrangement KING LEAR will he repeat° I NINE NIGHTS more, and then with drawn, to make room for THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. KING LEAR, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Lady Teazle, Miss Rey nolds ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Wilkins. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Oreheetra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Drees Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes._ .. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 per ...... 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery .... T REA TRE ROYA L, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. ' THIS EVENING, will be presented the Drama 3f the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Followed by the new Broad Eccentric Drama, OUR FRENCH LADY'S MAID. M r . B . W ebster and Madame Celeste. Commence at Seven. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road..— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all tho popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, etc., :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brnuell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; Herr F. Jorghmans ' Mr. Renshaw, S. Joner, J. Barker, W. !dolling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard , Messrs. W. T. Critchfield John G. Fordo, and E. Mackuey. Pianoforte, M r . Cecil Hi ' eks ' • h armo nium, Mr. Courtuay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, des, until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a Selection from "LA DAME BLANCHE" (TaE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 27. IsraNOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day at noon. BABOMATEB, 3022 a sudden fall. WIND, Westerly ; light, with mild weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tait D AT — Morn., 32 min. aft. I—Even., 52 min. aft. 1 To-Motßow—Morn.,'lo min. aft. 2 —Even., 28 min. aft. 2 rci , t 14, • LONDON, THURSDAY, m A.y 27, 1858. Never, perhaps, during the course of a very brilliant career, was the Chancellor of the Exche quer more effective than last night, when, at the banquet at Slough, to which he had been invited as a . private Member of Parliament, he was called on to respond to the toast of " Her MAJESTY'S Ministers" —amongst whom ho now occupies so prominent a position. It was, to say the least of it, one of his most felicitous efforts. L The occasion was one of no ordinary importance. Although, nominally, a social gathering, intended to do honour to two gentlemen who had gained the un limited confidence of their constituents, it became, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, a matter of deep interest, not only to the electors of Bucks, but to the entire community. The Sabbath-day Conspiracy had only just been igno miniously defeated ; Parliament had adjourned for the recess on the very night when truth and justice prevailed ; and a straightforward, manly, and equitable policy was vindicated, and a factious Opposition " brought to grief." It was, there fore, a glorious opportunity for the Ministerial leader in the popular branch of the Legislature to explain the conduct of the Government since their inauguration in office; and it was turned to the best advantage. It was not a defence. That was totally uncalled for. It was rather a posan for their unquestionable triumph, showing the substantial grounds on which their victory was founded, and, still better, on which it was so pre eminently merited. Mr. DISRAELI fully entered into the subject. He explained that Lord DERBY had not sought for or desired, (much less "grasped" at, office. On the contrary, if a feeling of imperative duty had not reigned paramount in his heart and soul, he would rather have avoided the serious respon sibility, the formidable difficulties, and the damaged inheritance bequeathed to him by his predecessor. As a loyal and devoted subject he yielded to the legitimate and constitutional command of his Sovereign, and threw himself into the gap with a devotion and intrepidity becoming his chivalric character. He cared not for obstacles, for by manly and energetic conduct they could be overcome. He was, or rather was supposed to be, in a minority in the House that really ruled the nation. But with fair play he could level every impediment, and pilot the vessel of the State into a safe and commodious port. With this feeling ho accepted " the heri tage of difficulties" bequeathed to him, and en tered on his arduous task with an earnest determi nation so far as the foreign relations of the country were concerned, of neither cringing to the strong nor bullying to the weak, but of vindicating the honour of his country, under every emergency, and by temperate firmness extricating her from the embarrassments in which she was, unhappily, involved. Nobly has he discharged that duty. He has avoided a war—terrible to the cause of civilisa tion and of humanity—without any sacrifice of dignity ; nay more, winning the respect and esteem of those who might, by any unwise pro ceeding on our part, have become our opponents, and cemented the mutual esteem between the peoples of France and England, and placed their mutual kindly relations on a more enduring and permanent basis than ever. Our deeply wronged countrymen were rescued from the horrible dungeons in which they were so improperly placed, and restored to their family and friends. A possible, nay more, an impending war between Sardinia and Naples, which would have caused a general European con flagration, was wisely and judiciously averted. It was, indeed, a proud moment for him—a man of the people—one who by his own extraordinary talent, indefatigable industry, and indomitable energy, elevated himself to so exalted a position, when he could refer with natural exultation to what the Government, of which he was so influ ential a member, had accomplished, in respect to the foreign relations of this country. Nor was this all. There was a subject in which he was more immediately concerned, that fell within his own peculiar department. As he himself truly declared—" The finances of the country were in a position of the most extreme difficulty; and—what was still worse—they were imagined by the country generally to be in a position even more embarrassing than they really were. The tendency of that feeling greatly in creased the difficulty of dealing with the sub ject, because it induced depression and even panic on the public mind, and acted in a most injurious manner on the commercial enterprise of the country. These financial difficulties were looked forward to by our opponents, equally with those we encountered in our foreign affairs, as the means by which it was hoped our failure might be accomplished. It does not become me to refer to the mea sures by which these financial difficulties were encountered, but I may bo permitted to make this single observation, that it was my duty, as the Minister of Finance in the Govern ment of Lord DERBY—in the midst of this hostile House of Commons, and facing a band of opponents such as few have had to encounter—to propose measures to meet the emergency which had the singular and unprecedented fortune of being passed by general acclamation." The financial scheme which he promulgated was uni versally approved. He had solved the difficult problem, and maintained the national credit unimpaired and unimpeachable, without resorting to additional imposts objectionable to the people, and actually carried out a reduction of taxation, giving a reasonable hope of ultimately getting rid of the oppressive burden, if it cannot be rendered fair and equitable. But the greatest difficulty of all was the In dian question. That indeed was of the deepest interest not only to the inhabitants of the United Kingdom, but to one hundred and fifty millions of their fellow-subjects. The Government had to decide the principle on which they proposed to reconstruct the Indian Empire---,to re-establish the British supremacy. " Was it to be military oc cupation by an army four times greater in amount than any army of Europeans that ever entered that country ? Was it to be military occupa tion, attended by enormous taxation, by a drain ing of her MAJESTY'S subjects from this country, and by a perpetual exhaustion of our resources ? or were we to recognise that vengeance had done its duty ? Were we to recognise that the time had arrived, or was fast arriving, when, upon the fall of the rebellious capital, we ought to announce to the inhabitants of India the principle on which it was proposed to reconstruct our empire —a prin ciple that we believed must contribute to their happiness, and to the welfare and power and glory of this country ? Was it always to be mu_ sacre and confiscation ?" What response should be given to these inter rogatories ? Is it not the response which both Houses of Parliament have given, and which the nation has so cordially re-echoed T It was ; and ❑ever did a cabal so egregiously err as iu suppos,- ing that their vile scheme would achieve the success which they fondly hoped for it. The plot had been artfully contrived. The concoctors fan cied place and power within their grasp. They were resolved " to loot the Treasury," and saw nothing that could hurl the anticipated cup from their thirsting lips. "A gentleman in the House of Commons brought forward the motion, and be was a man of unimpeachable character. Thy cabal, which had itself rather a tainted character, chose its instruments with pharisaical accur ey. can assure you that when the It;,glit Hon. Gen tleman who brought forward the motion in the Souse of Commons rose to imploaph me I was THE SUN, LONDON, terrified at my own shortcomings, and I listened attentively to a nisi pr itts nar rative, ending with a resolution, which I think must have been drawn up by a conveyancer. In the other House of Parliament a still greater reputation condescended to appear upon the human stage, and like a Pharisee of old, with broad phylacteries upon his forehead, he called upon GOD to witness, in the voice and accents of majestic adoration, that he was not as other men were, for that he was never influenced by party motives." But " man proposes while GOD disposes." The overthrow of the Cabal was the most signal ever known. It was totally unparalleled. The inde pendent Members would not march through Coventry with the detected schemers. Prejudices were cast aside. Honour and justice resumed its sway, and party feeling was for once disregarded in the interests of the community. This was a miraculous result, and clearly and distinctly has Mr. DISRAEL/ explained its causes. His speech, as a marvel of eloquence, is well worthy of perusal, but it should be more closely and attentively considered for the sound and wholesome information which it conveys to the great body of the people—information which might otherwise have been beyond their reach. The Barnacles are, at any rate, no longer stick ing to the old State Vessel. In time, perhaps, the triple group of the British Laocoon—Eng land, Ireland, and Scotland—may be extricated from the serpentine involutions of red-tape, in the midst of which those three unfortunates have been so long struggling helplessly. Ultimately, even we may get rid, at last, of the old stubborn, stifling, strangling system of CircumlocutiOn. The two latter anticipations are, of course, at the present moment, simply hypothetical. But at the very least—already—we have extricated our selves from the clutch of the Barnacles ! In order to realise this extremely gratifying fact, at once and to the uttermost, it is only neces sary to contrast the actual Ministry of to-day with its two immediate predecessors. With the one solitary exception presented by the instance of the Noble Lord the Member for King's Lynn—between no two members of Lord DERBY'S Cabinet are there anywhere traceable the ties of relationship. And let it be recollected, particularly in the instance of Lord STANLEY, that that young and promising Statesman was offered by Lord PALMERSTON the very post be now occu pies, namely, that of the Colonial Secretaryship. Whereas—don't we all of us remembar only too well how it was in the matter of relationship with two preceding Governments, the RUSSELL Admi nistration and the PALMERSTON Administration ? Each of those Cabinets consisted of fifteen mem bers—while the present Ministry numbers only thirteen. But out of the fifteen members of the Cabinet of Lord JOHN RUSSELI.:--. there was not a single one of them who was not either himself a specimen of the old Whig nobility, or, what comes pretty much to the same thing, closely allied to it by family c3nnection or blood relation ship. Eleven out of those fifteen were distinctly linked together by recognisable ties—constituting quite a domestic party; altogether giving the Cabinet Council the appearance of a Christmas Dinner-table when tho ladies have gone upstairs to the drawing-rooms. Among a single family alone nine conspicuous offices were comfortably distributed —three of these nine individuals were Cabinet Ministers, the other six were cleverly sprinkled about in stray places at home and in the colonies. And so, under Lord Jorn's delightful regime, the Bar nacles—meaning the GREYS, and ELLIOTTS, and RUSSELLS, et hoc genus omne—were clustered toge ther in bunches all over the old hull of the good ship Britannia. As to the fifteen members of Lord PALMERSTON'S Government—they were chosen, too, with an espe cial regard to the pur sang, to the blue blood, the divine ichor of the old Whig aristocracy. As many as four seats in the Cabinet were secured to one admirable Family—blood relationship securing to another the Irish Lord-Lieutenancy, and marital connections inducting at the eleventh hour into the high post of Lord Privy Seal, Timex Jon; the most noble the Marquis of CLANRICARDE. Both Ministries wore in this respect, no doubt, most admirably and ingeniously arranged. The RUSSELL Cabinet lasted very nearly six years—the PALMERSTON Cabinet more than three. But each in turn went at last--smash. The family party in each instance had to be scattered, to do penance on the front benches, or the back benches, or below the gangway, on the side of the Opposition. The RUSSELL Ministry going down under the influence of two crushing overthrows, ono in '5l, on the motion of the Member for East Surrey in regard to the Franchise, the other in '52, on the amendment to the Militia Bill, pro posed by the Noble Viscount the Member for Tiverton. The PALMERSTON Ministry succumb ing only the other day under the weight of that clear adverse majority of Nineteen. And thus, and thus, history will say, was the vessel of the State rid at last of its antique and almost imme morial incrustation of the Barnacles. Now under the Earl of DERBY'S Premiership with the one exception already particularised, that afforded by the circumstance of the Premier's son being (what Lord PALMERSTON wanted him to be in the late Cabinet) Secretary of State for the Colonies—no two members of the existing Ministry are in any way bound together by the ties of relationship. Here, at any rate, if in nothing else, there is a positive gain to the country in the change of Ad ministration. The peculiarity we are now no ticing in Lord DERBY'S Government of '5B was observable also in Lord DERBY' s Government of '52. So that it seems to be in truth really and actually a distinguishing party characteristic. It is certainly a characteristic that at once endears the party to the general community, makes it welcome to the country at large as a positive relief from the old intolerable repressive system of exclusiveness. Here, at any rate, we have men at last installed in office, because of their fitness for office, and not simply because of their family relationship. Here are Ministers selected by reason of their political antecedents and their Parliamentary careers, and not in any way by reason of their constituting a branch, or a twig, or a leaf upon one particular genealogical tree—a sort of political tpas. No longer, thank Heaven, as under the Whig regime, _ . a certain descent absurdly and incongruously re sults in a certain elevation. Lord DERBY'S col- leagues, at any rate, have not been chosen for their ancestry, but, on the contrary—as ministers ought to be—for themselves. There is ob- viously here—under this system of things—some better chance, some really good chance at length of getting the Right M an i n the Right Place. We don't believe in the possibility of wonderful families—either upon the histrionic s t age , or on the arena of politics. Whenever the manager of a Country Theatre fills up the list of the dramatis persona: by distributing all the principal parts among the membors of his own immediate household * " Phases in Politics." By Edmondstone [not Aytoun, but] Lendrick. London :T. and W. Boone, 1858. bvo. pp. 76. —Mr. Crummles as Macbeth, Mrs. Crummles as Lady Macbeth, Master Crummles as Macdufr; Master Vincent Crummles as Banquo, with Fleance enacted by the Infant Phenomenon—we look upon the whole affair as a humbug, as cer tainly as the audience deluded into the theatre must inevitably look upon the whole performance, long before it comes to a conclusion, as a bore. We have never yet been able to persuade ourselves that, however large their hereditary patrimony may be, the Dukes of BEDFORD embrace within the limits of their personal estate, toto orbe terrarum, the whole circumference of the British Empire. That bubble, meaning this particular hypothesis about the toto orbe, has burst at last:: and—whew ! with what a sigh of relief—we are rid at last of the Barnacles. Any ono who wishes to luxuriate over this sense of relief would do well to conn the pages of a very sensible and, in some respects, a very remarkable pamphlet, * entitled " Phases in Politics," which has but just now made its opportune appearance. In a few days the liberal motions of the session will come before the House ; in the week which terminates on the Bth of June, the third reading of the Church-rates Bill, the Committee on Lord BURY'S Marriage Law Amendment Bill, the second reading of the County Franchise Bill of Mr. LOCKE KING, and on the Bth the Ballot itself, will also bo proposed. All of them measures in the interest of civil or of religious liberty. The last two should be looked after immediately by electors themselves. The extension of the County Franchise ought, of course, to be vigorously aided by all Liberal electors, and we hope it will pass the Commons by decided majorities, such majori ties as will make the Lords bethink themselves, ere they reject a measure of this sort ; a measure with which they have in all fairness nothing at all to do. Peers have no more equitable right to interfere with the franchises of the citizens than they have with elections themselves. They have vastly more than their share of legislation, when, insignificantly small class as they are in the kingdom, they are allowed to have a voice on all business done by the people's representatives. But the Ballot is even the more urgent motion of the two. Its adoption would at once create many more voters than Mr. KINQ'S Extension Bill. It would convert all the tenants at will into voters. We cannot now say that they pos sess the franchise—it is in every case mortgaged to the landlord, and the landlord enters and takes possession at every election. Thousands besides, both in counties and boroughs, would be at:once converted from machines to electors by the simple agency of secret voting. !While, therefore, we would urge the most cordial support of Mr. LOCKE KING'S Bill, we would press as still more important the necessity of backing Mr. BERKELEY in his motion for the Bth. Hundreds, indeed, of the persons proposed to be enfranchised by Mr. KING'S motion, would not be really enfranchised unless enabled to vote apart from the cognizance of those whose behests they must obey. Our special object, however, in adverting to the subject just now is to stir up our readers to some kind of action. Our Representatives are pretty much what we make them ; like other servants they need the eye of their masters, and occasion ally a word, to remind them'that their master's eye is upon them. Liberal members are now in a somewhat impressible mood ; their late insolent Chief is cashiered, probably for life ; there is now no Leader's name of the o/d clique with which they can go to the people, and they will think more than they have done of supporting, or at least not opposing popular measures. Many of the so-called Liberals who have hitherto stood aloof from the Ballot, or who voted against it, may think better of it for being thrown more on the people, and less on aristocratic Leaders. Besides, dissolution impends over their heads. It is Lord DERBY'S strength against faction, and they know not how soon they may have to give an account of their votes to their constituencies. The present, therefore, is a very favourable time for electors to deal with their Representatives. Allegiance to the old Whig anti-ballot Leaders is now shaken. And allegiance to the constituencies is all-important. The practical modes of dealing with members are well known. Petitions, especially if signed by those who have voted for them, will always have weight—weight with the member who will some day ask again their suffrages, if not much with the House. How easy it is for the electors who dare sign, both in boroughs and counties, to sign petitions on behalf of their neighbours who dare not. It needs but that a few should stir in it, and the thing is done. In addition to this, individuals who have voted, and, it may be, canvassed, or otherwise acted for a member, should personally write to him. Mem bers, like other men, feel more difficulty in evading a direct communication than a more pub lic and formal one. The necessity of answering, of finding reasons to justify refusal, and such rea sons too, as shall not make the member's conduct appear either wilful, or quit common-place, com pels attention ; and in every good cause to get real attention is half the battle. It would pro duce a very happy effect, we think, on scores of Pahnerstonian and Russellite members to b 3 told, by letters from their supporters, that the condition of future suppcit must be their voting for the Ballot, and the County Franchise extension also. That voting against either would insure the loss of their seats. EPIGRAM. SUGGESTED BY RECENT EVENTS. That we don't live in Paris our stars we may bless, And pray for Newspaper inditers ; For there, while the Emperor strangles the Press, His Lieutenants are stabbing the writers. London, May, 1353. THURSDAY t V ENING, MAY 27, 1858. THE LATE DUEL IN PARIS. The Memorial d'Amiens says : " IVI.M. Courtiel and Hienne, principals in the two duels with M. de Pene, and M, Rogd, second to these gentlemen, all three officers in the 9th Regiment of Chasseurs, in garrison at Abbeville, have been sum ' moned by the Juge d'lnstruction of Versailles to appear before him and undergo an interrogatory. Toe pro prietor of the Figaro has also been required to attend." The Minister of War, wishing to stop the conse quences of the duel between M. de Pens and Lieu tenant Hienne, has addressed a circular to the colo nels commanding regiments to forbid the writing of letters by officers to the directors of newspapers, adding that the "honour" of the army stands too high in the estimation of the French people and of the whole world to be affected by the ill-timed pleasantry of an obscure journal. There was no thing against the " honour" of the army in the Figaro ; the paragraph was merely with reference to their demeanour in society. M. de Pene is said to be still in a dangerous state. The Earl of Derby left London yesterday, for Os borne, on a visit to her Majesty. The Earl and Countess of Llnesborough have re turned to Great Stanhope-street from their seat n Sussex. Lord and Lady Downes, and the Hon. Miss Flem ing, have left London for a short sejour in the Isle of Wight. The Bishop of Exeter and Mrs. and Miss Philpotts have left the Clarendon for the Palace, Exeter. Sir John and Lady Pakington will return to the Admiralty to-day, from Westwood Park, near Droit- with. The French steam corvettes Mutine and Meteors, are taking soundings off the Bay of Palermo. Mr. George Crawabay will move, at the next Court of East India proprietors, a vote of censure on Lord Can ning, and on the directors, for their conduct in reference to the confiscation proclamation. ARRIVAL OF CITY OF MANCHESTER AT GIBRALTAR. —The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Com pany's steamer City of Manchester, whose sailing from Portsmouth with 1,100 troops was noticed in The Sun of the 26th, has arrived safely at Gibraltar. News is by telegraph from Cadiz. THE LONDON CORT3RATION BlLL.—This bill, as amended by the select committee, to which several clauses have been added, is fixed for dissuasion on Mon day next, when several amendments are to be moved respecting the expenses of the metropolitan police, and also the coal duties'. THE ADULTERATION OF FOOD.—Mr. Scholefield has a notice on the order book of the House of Commons to bring for ward a bill to prevent the adulteration of articles of foed and drinks. Several artists are now engaged in Paris in painting and decorating a state railway carriage, which will be used by the Pope on the occasion of the inauguration of he Roman lines. The cost of the vehicle will be 100,000 f. ; it will contain a complete suite of rooms, in cluding an oratory. CRIEFF.—THE MOORS.—The moors in this district never presented at this season better prospects for sportsmen than they do this year. The birds of vari ous kinds are very abundant, and the work of incu bation is going on in all quarters. The nests average from seven to nine eggs.—Stirliny .Teurnal. The appal from the Vice-Chancellor's decision in the appointment of the liquidators to wind up the Northumberland and Durham District Bank was heard before the Lords-Justices yesterday, and terminated, by mutual consent, in the addition of Mr. Coleman, the accountant, to the liquidators already named. DR. MUSPRATT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. —lt the last meeting of the medical department of the University of Maryland, hell March 10, in the New Assembly Rooms, the honorary degree of Doctor in Medicine was conferred upon the distinguished English cheani it, Sheridan Maspratt, Ph. D. F.R.S.E., of Liver pool, England.—Baltiewre Patriot. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—A few days ago, a tom-tit was seen to go into a hovel at Over, Cambridgeshire, in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Symonds, and his brother having suspicion that it had a nest somewhere about, as last discovered it in the pocket cf one cf his own waist coats!. It had laid six eggs, and is now sitting upon them undisturbed. THE PERILS OP PHONOGRAPHY.—Not long since, a member of the United States Congress made a speech, quoting Latin, "Amiens Socrates, amieus . Plato esf, sed major veritas," (Socrates is my friend, Plato is my friend, but truth is much more my friend.) This ap peared next day in a phonographic report as follows : I may cuss Socrates, I may cuss Rat°, said Major Veritas." THE SUD➢EN DEATH OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN AT OXFORD.—An inquest was held on the body of Mr. Rutter, who was found dead in his bedroom, while on a visit to his brother at Oriel College, Oxford, on Tuesday evening, when, from the evidence adduced, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that death re sulted from a fit of apoplexy. THREE MEN BURIED IN A CLAY PlT.—The roof of one of the Garnkirk Company's clay pits gave way on the afternoon of Friday last, by which three men, tw.e of them brothers, were buried or enclosed. The Edinburgh. Courant of yesterday says :—" We are glad to learn, from a communication received in town, that the men were al! got out safely on Sunday night, about 12 o'clock. Intelligence is almost daily expected to reach London of the arrival at Suez cf the Australian mail steamer, with a large quantity of gold, and with news of, exte❑- sive shipments of the precious metal to England. Accord ing to the last alvices from Melbourne, the Maidstone, Norfolk, May Queen, Royal Charter (steamer), Tudor, Shooting Star, were to leave at early dates for this country. OuR EstnksSY IN TllllKEY.—Constantinople letters) of the 15da say that the official news of the nomination of Sir H. Bulwer as ambassador to Constantinople caused but little surprise, as the event had been anticipated. M. Pisani, the first dragoman of the English embassy, who had been dismissed from his post by Lord Stratford de Radcliffe, had been reinstated by order of the English Government. DESTRUCTIVE FlRM—Yesterday morning a destruc tive fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Smith, cabinetmaker, 26, Catherine-street, Commercial-road, St. George'sen.the-East. The inmates with difficulty effected their escape. The enaines promptly arrived. The flames spread with amazing rapidity, and were not extinguished until the home and contents were destroyed. The cause is unknown. Insured in the General Fire Office. SETTLEMENT OF THE JEWS QUESTION.—We learn from varied sources that a settlement of this long-agitated and troublesome question has at last been brought about. The conferences between the Lords and Commons have ended in the former agreeing to the principle of the right of Jews to seats in Parliament, and the result will be, as the first-fruits of the conceasioa of the Peers to popular feeling, that Baron Rothschild will very speedily take his seat in the House of Commons. °ening Advertiser. SERiOUS ACCIDENT, Yesterday morning Captain Henry Lawless lift his residence, in New Qeebec street, Montagucesquare, for the purpose of taking a ride on a horse that he had just purchased rcnnd the re-genes-park. He had, however, proceeded but a abort distance when the animal became restive, and threw its rider, who fell with great violence on his insensible, hi s s k u ll b e i ng head. He was picked up fractured by the fall, and taken to his residence. His recovery is considered extremely doubtful. The horse ga nopped to the Edgware-road before it was stopped. MOISORIAL TO TEX LATE LORD DUDLEY STUART, M.P. —Tae Earl of Carlisle has consented to preside, on Tues day next, on the occasion of the inauguration of a new building, situate in Market-street, Edgware-road, which is designed as a memorial to the late Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, who for some years represented the borough of Marylebone in Parliament. The building, which is capacious, is intended for a nightly refuge for the house less poor, a class in whose behalf the sympathies of the deceased lord were al n ays actively enlisted. A likeness of his lordship; in bronze, executed by the late Mr. Thomas Campbell, will be fixed over the building in the course of the ceremonies of the day. MAILS FOR SWEDEN —The Mail Steam Packets under contract with the Swedish Government having recom menced their voyages between Grimsby and Gotten burg, mails for conveyance by those packets will be made up at this office on the evening of every Friday, until further notice. All letters and newspapers ad dressed to Gettenburg and lirddewalla will be forwarded by these packets, unless directed to be otherwise sent; but letters and newspapers for other parts of Swedeu, intended to be transmitted by these packets, must be specially addressed, " Via Grimsby" or, "By Swedish Packet."—By command of the Postmaster-General, Rowland Hill, Secretary—General Post-office, May 25. ACCIDENT TO " BOATSWAIN SMITH."—On Monday afternoon, as the Rev. G. C. Smith was about to preach to the holiday folks on Blackheath, an intoxicated man suddenly drove his cart, in which were seated three or four preens', out of the road on to the turf. Mr. Smith was knocked down, and the cart passed over both his legs, which were severely injured. Mr. Smith is 76 years of age, and it is feared, therefore, that the conse quences of the accident may be serious. Through the attention of the police, who rendered prompt assiAance he was enabled to make his way to the steamer, and with much difficulty to reach Wellclose-square. NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM DISTRICT BANK.— The official list of contributors recently settled contains the names of 407 persona holding 55,653 shares. The following held more than 500 shares each :—Mr. C. Allhusen, Newcastle, 1,960 ; the executors of the late Mr. C, W. Bigee, Linden, 3,375; Mr. J. Bigland, Ebchester, and 'Mr. H. BiebAnd, Manchester, 640 jointly ; Mr. W. Chapman, Darlington, 600 ; Mr. C. F. Eskuche, Newcastle, 770 ; Mr. J. Fleminee New castle, 1,003 ; Mr. J. Grey, Dileton, 1,540 : the 14ev. W. flasks, Newcastle, 1,820 ; Mr. J. Hawks, Newcastle, 1,200; Mr. J. Joicey, Newcastle, 1,200; the Rev. W. S Janson, Meldon, 615 ; Mr. W. Mountain, Newcastle, 2,290 ; Mr. E. Paul!, Peckham, 1,090 ; Mr. J. Richard son, Newcastle, 1,600; Mr. J. Richardson, Shotley Park, 560 ; Mr. G. Ridley, M.P., 555 ; Mr. J. Sillick, New cestle, 700 ; Captain Sanders, R.N , Bath, 1,205 ; Mr, F. Taylor, London, 770 ; and Mr. W. ll. Wood, Coxhoe flail, 1,000. Of the 407 contributories 60 are returned as spinsters, and 36 as widows, or about one-fourth of -he wilder number. The number of shares held by these unfortunate ladies ranges from 10 to 360. About 4 0 shareholders are returned a s"gentlemen," 2 as baronets, 24 as "esquires," and 20 as merchants, The remainder of the list is male up of persons engaged in retail bust ne-s and in subordinate situations. One holder of 10 shares is described as a butler, another of 5 as a gardener, another of 45 as a coachman, another of 5 as a femal e servant, and two holding 50 jointly as a porter and bricklayer. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Miss Amy Sedgwick, having completely recovered from her recent severe indisposition, returned to her old quarters last night, and sustained her original character of Hester, in Mr. Tom Taylor's comedy of "An Unequal Match." She was received with shouts of ap• plause and a volley of bouquets. The enthusiasm which her first appearance evoked was heightened as the play proceeded by the power and brilliancy of her acting. At the conclusion of every act she was called before the curtain to receive the gratulations of the au d once, and Mr. Buckstone and Mr. W. Farreu had busy work of it picking up the nosegays which came flying in radiant showers from all parts of the house. So general and genuine an exhibition of foaling has seldom been witnessed within the walls of a theatre. The play was judiciously cast, and very spiritedly per formed in all the characters, and the audience, as usually happens at Mr. 13,ckstone's theatre, appeared to derive hearty enjlyment from the entertainments. The house was crowded to excess. COUItT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 2G. Yesterday being tho birthday of her Royal Highness Princess Helena, the band of the Royal Marines played on the terrace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Con sort, accompanied by Princess Alice and Princess He lena, drove out in an open carriage. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred have returned to the Whits Lodge and Alver• bank. Signor C ill) Andreoletti had tho honour of exhibiting his feats of legerdemain in the evening, before her Ma jesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Duchess of Kent, the Royal children, and the party assembled at Osborne. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort wilt !cave Osborne to-day, on a visit to the Princess Frederick i William of Pruisia. ACCIDENT TO N. P. WILLIS.—Our neighbour, N. P. Willis, had sufficiently recovered from his late illness to resume his daily exercise in the saddle ; but on Friday his favourite horse took flight and threw him, dragging him some distance with his right font entangled in the stirrup. He was very badly bruised with the feet or the running horse, but fortunately no bones were broken, and the confinement to his bed will be but temporary.— Newburgh Naos, May 10. LAUNCH OF A STEAMER FOR THE NIGER EXPEOI TIoN.—A new steamer, called the Rainbow, buil t by M r. John Lai r d f or th e Niger expedition, was yesterday (Wednesday) launched from the works of that gentleman at Birkenhead. The Rainbow, which is to take the place of the Dayspring, is constructed of steel plates, manufactured by the Mersey Steel and Iron Company. Mr. John Laird has also supplied the engines of the Rainbow. The dimensions of the new steamer are as follows :—Length, 127 feet ; beam, 16 feet ; registered tonnage, 160. The statue of Napoleon I. intended for the port of Cherbourg is now being finished in the workshops of MM. Eck and Durand, the bronze founders. The statue is 161 feet high ; the horse is modeled of the Anglo-Arab breed. The resemblance of the Emperor is considered excellent ; he wears the famous historical costume—small hat without ornament, chasseur uni form, and great-coat thrown open. The left hand holds the reins and a spy-glass, and the right is extended to wards the horizon, which at Cherbourg will be over the sea. BEQUESTS BY THE LATE MR. WHYTE, BOOKSELLER. —We understand that the late Mr. William Whyte, bookseller, has left some valuable bequests to the Free Church. He leaves a sum of 7,0001. to found a church at the Cowgatehead ; 5,0001. of which is to be devoted to the building of the church, and 2,0001. for an endow ment for the minister's stipend. He has also bequeathed about 1,5001. to found bursaries in connection with the New College, Edinburgh, and a similar sum for the benefit of native converts in India ; 2001. to the General Sustentation Fund ; 2001. to the Scheme for the Con version of the Jews • 2001. to the Coloni a l S c h eme ; a sum of 2001. or 3001. to the Aged and Lefirhu Ministers', and 3001. or 4001. to Lady Glenorchy's Church, of which he was an elder, and 2001. to the School for the Indus trious Blind. —. Edinburgh, Advertiser. Advicea from Riga mention that the ceremony of turning the first turf and commencing the works for the Riga Dunaburg Railway took place on the 20th inst. The Greek Archbishop of the surrounding pro vinces attending with his choir, as did also the princi pal Reformed clergy with theirs. A. procession was formed to conduct Prince Sawaroff, the Governor- General, from the Exchange to the spot, in which all the authorities took part, together with the various guilds with their banners. The day was kept as a general holiday, and great interest was manifested by all classes in the event. After the ceremony the autho rities and principal inhabitants, to the number of 600, dined in a large pavilion erected on the spot. These proceedings, however, it is added, had nothing to do with the practical commencement of the works, which are already in progress on several points of the line, so that it is hoped to have by the end of this season a eon sideiAble portion ready for receiving the rails. The Earl of Lucan proposes to move the following amendment when the House of Lords takes into consi deration the Commons' reasons for disagreeing with their lordships' amendments :—"Provided also, that when ever any of her Majesty's subjects professing the Jewish religion shall be required to take the oath appointed by this act on any occasion other than an application to be a:!mitted to sit and vote in either house of Parliament, the words And I make this declaration upon the true faith of a Christian' shall be omitted ; and that from and after the passing of this act it shall be lawful fir the House of Loris and for the House of Commons, respec tively, by resolution of the house, to determine that the form of the said oath, so far as such oath rests upon or refers to the Christian faith, shall, for tho purpose only of such oath being administered to persons professing the Jewish religion, be modified, and to make such modi faction accordingly in such manner as to each such house shall seem best calculated to adapt the form of the said oath to the honest and conscientious sceuples of the said persons professing the Jewish religion." NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK LIFE BOATS AND LIFE SAVING APPARATUS. YARMOUTH, MAY 24. Tue Surveyor-General of 'the Board of Trade has just con cluded his tour of inspection on the lifeboats and rockets and mortar apparatus on the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts. He has, wee believe, expressed his satisfaction with the renovated life-boats and more ar and rocket apparatus sta tioned on this and the neighbouring coast of Suffolk. It will be remembered that last winter loud complaints were made of the inefficiency of the life-boats and life-saving apparatus on the Norfolk coast. Since then the whole of the Norfolk lifeboats have been transferred to the management of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution which has already built new lifebeats for Winterton and Palling, transporting carriages for the same, and has either built or altered houses for their reception. The so ciety is now engaged in building new lifeboats for Yar mouth, Mundesley, Bacon, and Cromer, together with carriages and houses for them. We, therefore, trust that before next winter sets in we shall have all our life boat-stations in a thoroughly efficient state on this dan• gerous line of coast, along which hundreds of colliers and other vessels are daily passing to and fro. Much credit is also due to the Norfolk branch of the above institu tion for the cordial manner with which it co-operates with it. We believe that the best results will follow from this important inspection of the means of saving life from shipwreck oa the pert of the Board of Trade, whose officer performs his duty with much zeal and intelli gence. Ho orders the lifeboats out, and superintends both the ekircising of the boats and mortar appa ratus. He proceeded northward on his tour of inspec tion, and we doubt not the lifeboats of the institution on that line of coast will give him equal satisfaction. THE CROPS AND THE WHEAT MARKET.—AII nature gives evidence of the influence of the recent showers aid warmth ; the trees are everywhere in full foliage, and the postures have made astonishing prograes, so much so that, to use a common expression, one can almost "see the grass grow." The fruit trees are everywhere giving large promise ; in fact, vegetation of all kinds is going on at a rate that will rapidly suffice to make up for any backwardness which the earlier cold and dry spring had induced. The grain crops are looking spleedi ily ; all traces of the yellow and pinched condition, which had in places begun to be observable having nearly, if not entirely vanished. The earlier sown wheats are won derfully strong and vigorous with a thick plant and heavy sag, whilst the latter sown are also "coming along" most satisfactorily. Peas and beans are also fast improving since the rains, as are oats and barley. In - fact, the appearance of all the crops is most promising. All that remains now to be wished for is a fine summer to convert that promise into a golden performance. Tae grain market, which recently was depressed, seems to have rallied, and effected a partial recovery. Prices throughout the provinces have been firmer during the past week ; for, notwithstanding the abundant pro mise of the growing crops, farmers do not appear disposed to sell other than sparingly at existing prices ; and as millers and factors are short of stock, what trade is done is transacted at slightly im proved rates. But still markets are dull, since neither holders nor speculators are prepared to act upon aey very decided opinion —except indeed, it be an opinion that no one can at present see the way very clearly as to future prices. Hance op rations are limited, and are likely to be so for the present.—Sussex A dvertiser. A MATTER OF TASTE.—A German rag-picker, known only by the name of Searburgher, who, with his family, has been until lately living in what is known as the "Rag-picker'sßetreat," No. 330, East Thirteenth -street, has disgusted his fellow-tradeemen, and drawn upon himself considerable persecution by indulging in dead cabs and rats for food. These he gathered from the etreete s usually to the number of five or six daily, as ho found them in the practice of his vocation. Upon his arrival home he sk nned them, served up their flesh for food, in the shape of fricassee?, stews, and roasts, according to hi s fancy. The fur of the cats he laid aside for waking pillows, chair cuehione, and mattresses. The skins were hung up around the room to dry, preparatory to being sold to dealers in such articles. His associate rag-pickers noticed his habit of collecting the carcasses of rats and cats, and thinking it strange, inquired of him what he did with them. He gave them to under-tend it was for the purpose of obtaining their skins and furs. They were not long, however, in discovering the fact tha.; he ate the carcases, and that his family also derived their principal sulesistence from this loathsome species rf offal. Whoa this fact became generally known, the indignation of the ragpickers living in the same house was excited to such a pitch, tnat they deter mined to stone him out of the premise , . Oa his return home a day or two since, the incensed crowd seised his cart, in which were five dead cats and two rats. They threw the dead carcasses into the street, and gave them to understand that, unless he and his family left the house immediately, they would lay violent hands on him. Fearing that they might carry their threat into execution, he gattier2d up his store of rags, and a few articles of furniture, and left with his family. They compelled him to leave behind his stock of fur, and aLo the skins of the cats and rats which were hung upon the strings, covering nearly the entire walls of his apart. meets. Tee exile made his way to 121, Willet-street, house occupied exclusively by rag-pickers, and was re fused admittance. It is not known where he finally suc ceeded in finding quarters, but it i 3 rumoured that he moved to the vicinity of Ninetieth-street, on the east aide of the town. They folio Ned hin until he left the Eleventh Ward, when they gave up the chase. Health Warden Green, of the Eleventh Ward, in his report to the City Inspector, confirmed tee story of Sbarburgher's col ecting dead cats from the streets, and dressing and, together with his family, eating them lie says this strange individual is about 40 years of age, a roba't, healthy-looking man, and that his wife and two children compare favourably with people of their elms. The Reg pickers' Retreat alluded to is a four-story brick tene ment, and is entered through an alley-way. There are 11 families in the house, embracing 63 p reona, besidts about an equal number of de g e, whi c h they employ in dragging t%eir carts.—Nevi York paper. DR. MUSPRATT AND THE NEW YoEK COLLEGE OP PHARMACY. —At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the New York College of Pharmacy, held at their rooms on the evening of April 1, 1358, the following preamble anti resolution was unanimously adopted :—" Whereas it has been reported that Dr. Sheridan Muspratt, Presi dent of the College of Chemistry, Liverpool, contemplates making a visit to the United States, and the eminent services rendered by him towards the advancement of chemical science entitle bins to our special regards ; iherefere, be it resolved,—That a committee be appointed from the board of trustees, whose duty it shall be, in the event of the arrival of Dr. Muspratt, to wait upon him, and extend him a welcome on the part of the college, and proffer such attentions as may be deemed proper on the occasion." In pursuance with the above resolution, the following gentlemen were named to act as the committee—John Meakin, President; George Berrien, Secretary.—Now York, Tribune. LITERATURE. Country Life in Piedmont, By Antonio Gallenga, Author of " History of Piedmont," dee. Chap man and Hall. • The author of this work is by birth a Ramon" tese, but his long residence in other countries has qualified him for being a fair judge of the present position and future prospects of his people. To an ardent affection for his native land and race, he unites a clear prreception of their errors and defi ciencies, and what is more, a sense of what is nee-led, of the course of action and system of educa tion that would give a tone to the moral and phy sical nature, that would rouse the frame to health ful exertion, and wake the mind to a stronger sense of right and wrong. The book is written in flowing and agreeable manlier, and from the interest of the subject and the fascination of the style, the reader will find much to suggest reflection and afford pleasure. The opening chapter " Midnight on the Alps," gives a vivid picture of the effect produced on the mind of the solitary traveller, by the mysterious sights and sounds of the Alpine heights at the witching hour, " with the wind rush ing through the fir -trees with the clash of ten thousand steel blades," and the "blaze of stars such as can only light up an Alpine atmosphere." His journey's end was Piedmont, where he had an idea of settling, but he abandoned his intention after sometime spent there, and after seeing how his advice and remonstrances only obtained for him the name of " The Grumbler, " and his efforts to encourage manly sports and healthful exorcises were met with jests and ridi cule. Every allusion to political topics has been carefully avoided, he desires his work to be simply descriptive of manners and customs ; wishing to encourage the lively interest which the English now feel in Piedmont, he thinks the only way to render it lasting or beneficial is by representing the Italian people as they really are ; by telling their faults with their virtues, by showing the causes that hold them back in the path of social advancement and by giving a true picture of the country and its inhabitants. After describing " The Country and the People," " Exteriors and Interiors," "Roads and Conveyance," " Inns and Inn Customers," dec., in separate chapters, we come to the "Laud and Land labourers," and to " Water and Waterworks." In speaking of the roads he remarks on the folly of making all Italian roads of an extreme width. There is scarcely a road across Piedmont, he tells us, which will not give passage to six carriages abreast. Besides the waste of land in this fertile country, the expense and. labour of keeping such roads in repair is seri ous. The difficulties of locomotion appear to be alarming and are amusingly described. The con dition of the field labourers in Piedmont seems to be a sad one, from evils which can hardly be called necessary, as we are told that the labourer often dunks water the whole winter while grapes are rotting on the branches, and when in ordinary years the vintage would supply the wants of six times the population. The great scarcity of fuel is the cause of much distress, and one of the reasons of the sp o li a ti on of the forests, which the author laments bitterly. He says, "one of the greatest injuri es i n fl ic t e d upon Italian agricultural economy, resulted from the all-sweeping destruc tion of the fine timber that once mantled the Alps and Apennines." Every one, he tells us, cuts down trees, and nobody plants them. There is no rea soning with the destroyer. "Say what you will in behalf of useful or ornamental trees, he will only point to the immediate private gain to be derived from an irreparable public loss." Another reason is the difficulty of preserving your own plantations- Men and cattle walk into it and take what pleases them. The writer bought and transplanted into his garden several hundred ash trees ; but he was assured that in the next spring hardly one stick would be left. He pointed to the hedge he had put round them, but was told that would go first, and the young plants after. It is difficult, he sari, to reason with men starving with cold or hung;err and the law has little. power in such matters. He considers the very indistinct notions of the rights of property as one of the serious evils of the nation. The priests have encouraged mendicancy, and not checked the notion that a little picking and steal ing is no theft. "This year, when grapes again mide their appearance after six blank vintages, they hail to be gathered in almost green, and the wine to be made nearly worthless from sourness, owing to the impossibility of guarding them, as t h ey were stolen from the vines before they could come of maturity." He thinks, notwithstanding that honesty is more common than in any other country: he knows. It is the easiness and carelessness of the landowners, and the foolish notions of monkish liberty," that have fostered these dangerous no tions. A few years scarcity has done much good by teaching each to look sharply after his own- Some of the author's hints might serve as stimu lants to British enterprise. He suggests that Eng lish colliers should supply the Piedmontese with : fuel, that a commercial league should be formed of minor States, which sh ou ld invite Great Britain to ,t be the leader and p ro t ec t or . T he latter portion a the work is occupied with social topics, showing the evils of the " laisser aller" system, the love 0 1 cards, the want of exerc i se , of rationalemployment, the precocity of the children, the ignorance of the women, and many other unfortunate sources of degradation and indolence. It is absurd, he sa7 s ) to blame the climate, for the same temperature steeled the Gauls and Romans, the Lombards, and Tuscans of the middle ages. Ho builds his hopes, as all true Italians do, on Piedmont. Though the improvement is slow, though there is much be longs to alter, still the advance is in the right way; and with freedom of thought and speech, and liberty of action, what may not be hoped from a race that is degraded, but no t na t ur ally a low one, th a t has been trampled by the foot of despotism, but belongs to another atmo sphere, a higher state of existence. While render ing full justice to the virtues and merits of In! countrymen, Signor Gallengal does not ;Fibrin! from exposing their faults, and thus shows himself a true patriot. No doubt his volume will meet the success it deserves by directing the attention of English readers to the prospects and neces sities of the constitutional kingdom, " the hope of Italy," and by awakening the interest and arous ing the sympathies of all w h o may peruse his pleasant pages. Urling. A Novel. — 3 - vols. Harri,on. This is a very interesting story, the characters are numerous, and some of the chief ones are ad mirably sketched. It is evident that the book is the production of an unpractised hand, as scope parts are greatly exaggerated, for instance, the conduct of Sir Grice and Lady Claverton at their dinner table is improbable in the extreme, and the manners of Mrs. WilterAy are overdrawn ill fussiness and f anc i es . Th e se drawb ac k s are no t OL , any material importance to the story however) which is possessed of many merits, and exhibits in some passages a freedom and freshness of styl e which proclaim it the composition of no inferior order of mind. It would be impossible to give a il outline of so complicated a narrative, and n° meeigre detail cou ld g i ve a correct idea of inge nuity with which the plot is designed, or the skil with which th e execu ti on i s effected. Sir Reg in a ld Urling, the chief of the race, is a fine character, bi the fatal effects of p r id e an d prejudice marred 10 9 noble nature, and gave opportunities to his en enaie,s . which they were not slow to tak e a d van tage of his is the hero, and his position was a painful one. He was surrounded by ditt cultiec and dange rs ; h e h a d no t k nowledge enon g' of the world to avoid the former, or skill bo extricat e himself from the latter. The squire Willersly is specimen of the old English gentleman. pr. Latimer, a noble type of a Christian pastor. Thes ° gentlemen were the only true friends of Sir Itg i ; nald. Schoolfellows in boyhood, compani ° ,, v e in youth, they were friends in all chances and changes of their earthly pilgriatsg e ; It would have been well for the pea ce ec of many had th e b arone t f o ll owe d t h e a d v i ce o f to of sensible squire, and allowed the mild preeept o a the doctor to rule his actions. The wily 1 -' 6r . Norcaster is described i n a very striking maufl,,r i ; and the various pl o ts an d counter plots in whia ,_ l, and his myrmidons were engage d, are disclosed 111 . style that imparts ex c it emen t t o th e story, old a, vests it wiW the attributes of the mysterious a il o f romantic. There is no d o ubt th a t th e a uthor "lining" might do better in a second a ttert 3 l 9 o ; but in the present work the reader will find pa ll or to admire, apart from the intere s t o f the story,,, the merit of th e d escr ipti ons . 'th ere i s somel 111o 0 : superior in the style, so me thi ng t rue i n th e feelln° expressed, and unusual talent adorns its pages' CAPTURE Or AN ESCAPED CONVICT. The conviel William Roberts, who effected his e cape from Cha ti t dockyard on Satu r d a y l as t, h as b een t' cap t u red 10 " woods between Roch es t er an d G ravesen d. The Es3un e in which he succeeded in baffling his pursuers is B°sl o r. what singular. On escaping from the dockyard he sw di . out to her Majesty's ship Cleopatra, 26, lying in ~thee nary in the Medway, and although it was in the dayl. he succeeded in getting on board that vessel unperc eive ra l ; Ile then stowed himself away until the following m o ing, when he dre=.sed himself in sailor's clothes, Whic he stole on board, and without having been onc e seen? took one of the ship's boats and rowed himself sober,. After wandering -about in a state of great destitution be was captured on Tuesday in the neighlnurhood of viVage nailed Chalk, and convey e d b a ck to the con vic l p r ison at Chathan. Tile convict, who has been pre-i viouely transported, was sentenced to six years P s ° l ' servitude at the Liverpool session held in Februarys 1857. i n€ the E ti ~e Orle Nor zew .1 e l , Glen, Th e 14 13, %le t f th " h g ok oti %1• 4 8 ! e et4 ' 1 4 4 e Neett