The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-22 00:00:00

a p..................--.-••"""""""'" .m—__ THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee-3dr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con sumes, Miss A.. S.idgwiek ; Widow Green, Mrs. Wi l kins. After which, JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Followed by PRESENTED AT COURT. Misses Swan• borough, Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. eac h. (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 Boxe s 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. After which, the new grand (tomie Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The MrPrinCol-cess %melte (White Cat), Miss Ka te Terr y ; Harlequin, . - Mack ; Clown, Mr. Haline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MORE, Mr. Barney Williams. After which, AN HOUR IN SEVILLE. To conclude with THE IRISH TUTOR. Commence at Seven. ROYA.L LYCEUM THEATRE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be presented t he historical play of LOCIS XL A HARD STRUGGLE. Reuben, Mr. C. Dillon. To conclude with K .THER INE AND PE CRUCHIO. Doors open et 4.lf.past 6, to commence at 7. 3ozoffice °pest from 11 to 5 daily. )OYAL -StritßEY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE STRANGER. Followed by THE TWO POLTS. To conclude with GILDEROY. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow tag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dm., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montagne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. .Toles, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Beriard : Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield, G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Piano-forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dm., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 22 min. aft. 6—Even., 49 min. aft. 6 To-3foßßow —Morn., 21 min. aft. 7—Even., 2 rein aft. 8 THE WEATHER—Sort Opines, Mims 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE &lAD& 60—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and daring the night, 53—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.53. WIND, S.E. ; light, with fine mild weather, but rather hazy. MARCH 22. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 48 —lowest this morning and during the night. 56 —this day at noon. BAROKIITE% 3'. a, WIND, South-Easterly; light, with very fine weather. A 4 ef4--"• • (0-- LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1858. To-morrow the subject of legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister is to come again before l'arliament ; and this time it ought not to be in vain. All reasons that have hitherto been so frequently urged remain in full force, but at the present moment they are reinforced by peculiar circumstances. The position of Lord Dan's Ministry is such as to make it both expedient and fair that they emenort the liberal view of the Question. Law Reforms are what the country expects from them ; and a reform like. that derrianded in the present case, is just the one by which they could prove that they were free from ecclesiastical bigotry, and were willing to remedy a legal injustice, which has been felt to be a grievance by 110112 e one in almost every circle. Few, indeed, are the persons who do not know an individual who has been unjustly deterred from selecting the most natural second mother for his bereaved children, or who has not done it in despite of law at home, or, as he has conceived, by escaping the tyranny of Ecclesiastical Courts in free England, through resorting to some foreign land. The new Ministry would assuredly do not only a most righteous deed, but one which would gain them righteous approbation if they carried a law defi nitely legalising the marriages now held to be illegal or at least doubtful. They would suffer no injury with their High Church connections, since these last could not secure better friends by rejecting them, while they would gain incalculably in the esteem of the country. We may remind Lord DERBY also, that there is a special reason why his Ministry should grant the boon we demand. Amongst his appointments is that of a Noble Dake to an honourable post, who, but for the marriage of a parent with his wife's sister would have had no existence, and but for Lord LYNDEICrEsT'S Act, passed especially in his fs.veur, might have had but an illegitimate existence. The presence of that Noble Duke in high office under Lord DERBY ought to be a pledge that the present Cabinet is prepared to ren der to all that justice which enables the Duke to take his rightful position in society and in the Administration. Will the Earl allow it to be said that a Nobleman, born of suety a marriage as is now arbitrarily forbidden, shall b 3 prominent in the high places of the land, while all hence forth born of similar marriages, even though sup posed by their parents to have been contracted legally, are to be stiginalised as the offspring of illicit connection ? Will Lord CHELMSFORD or any of his colleagues venture, in the presence of the Noble Duke, to stigmatise soch marriages as irreligious or impure, or even as dishonourable ? Or, if they die, must they not expect that he will resent such'conduct by resigning all connection with the. Administration? The Nobleman in ques tion, too, and those who appointed him, must remem ber that it was on the occasion of an Act pissed, as was well known, to secure his moral rights, that all other Englishmen were for the future de prived by law of the same rights. We should rather say it was intended to deprive them, since we hold•that the statutes of the land, interpreted as, we trust, they will be on an appeal to the Rouse of Lords, leave Englishmen free to con tract the marriages in question. We hardly need add, that we should not advert to the Noble Duke's pos i t i on, • fro if we could conc e i ve that the marriage merely m he sprun g was no t held to be not and good" in the sight o:.Q*ll so,lll3hlinta 4:uhtohlayt, of ju s a t ll honourable and pure-mi n d ed rae iw . re g ard suasecond marriages as amongst the moat ho no able which men and women can contract. 'eh, two sacred elements of tender regard to the de. parted, attracting our affections to those who 1 ived her, and of parental longing that our offspring should be in the charge of one " who wou ld naturally care for them," are genera lly the first moving causes to such a union on one side ; and, on the other side, a tendency to love one who loved and blessed a sister's life, and to feel a mother's interest in a departed sister's children, are the natural and generous reciprocal feelings. Such marriages spring from those pure affecaou4 THE SUN, LONDONI MONDAY EVENING, ___MARCH 22, lB5B which Christianity alone can dev elo p s in their full , proceedings may be occasioned by caprice, intensity ; and all "prohibitions to marry" thus, by undue timidity, or by a desire to are but the offspring of an impure, ascetic pru- produce a monetary convulsion, by which the rience of imagination in the first instance ; and, " hard calculators" may profit at the expense of afterwards, of narrow-mind-el ezdesiaatical bigotry, their so ft e r neighbours. It mu-t, however, be seeking to perpetuate even in the 19th century of seriously injurious to the trade and commerce of Christianity the odious restrictions and artificial any country where such fluctuations are frequent, sins invented by the ignorance of the dark ages. and what ought to be bona fide business trans- We hold that it is the opponents of such marriages actions are converted into gambling speculations, , who, if not impure-minded themselves, are yet the and the profits of a fair trader during a series of heirs to the tainted doctrines of men denounced years are lost in the vain attempt to provide for by the Apostle PAUL, who, denied marriage by disasters which the most prudent precautions their Manichasan creeds, indemnified themselves could not foresee or avert. by living, as a body, in fornication, and by invent- We earnestly hope that the Government may ing for others all kinds of pr ohibitions and limi- make some speedy attempt to remove the incubus tations which a polluted fancy could suggest. that has so long been paralysing the energies of our We appeal also to Lord DERBY, on the ground industrialcommunity, and preying on the vitals of of the doubtful state of the law. As it now stands all who gain their daily bread by their daily labour, the judge, called in as assessor, has given a de- which has converted thousands and tens of thou cided opinion against the validity of marriages sands—aye, hundreds of thousands of men, able contracted abroad by English subjects with the and willing to work and to toil cheerfully, from sister of a deceased wife ; but the judge by whom the creators and producers of national wealth into the judgment of the Court must be pronounced unprofitable consumers. It is something to say took time to consider it, and the time has already that we have hope from the new Chancellor of extended to three months. Either he cannot make the Exchequer. He has not committed himself, up his mind, or he is reluctant to contravene de- as Sir C. WOOD and Sir G. C. Leans did, to the cidedly the opinion of Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, or heartless theories of the hard calculators. In he hopes that Parliament will step in, as it ought 1848 he strongly opposed in committee the advo to do, and by a declaratory Act, worthy of the cates of the Bank Cnarter Act of 1844, and since present views of ecclesiastical liberty, pronounce that time has made himself thoroughly acquainted that since GOD has not forbidden such unions, with the vitally important question in all its bear neither shall English law forbid them. But is it ings. Last December he strenuously opposed the to be endured that thousands of innocent married shelving of the subject by making unnecessary persons shall live in hourly apprehension of hay- inquiries, insisting that we possessed ample infor ing an honourable and holy union branded by law mation for immediate legislation, and condemning with the name of fornication, thousands of their the procrastination that trifled with a question innocent children expecting, also, to be deprived possess such vast interest for the working bees of the legal privileges of legitimacy ? If the case of the social hive. is to be pressed, and judgment given, we must It now devolves on him to carry out these hope that the onus of attempting to degrade so I enlightened views. There is a golden opportu many families will be retained on the shoulders of nity before him, and should he fairly avail him those who wish to do it, and that those who desire self thereof, it will strengthen the power of the to narrow our legal rights will be the parties com- Ministry, and prove that they really merit the pelted to appeal to the House of Lords. But we national confidence. It is by far the most impor appeal earnestly to Earl DERBY to earn for him- tent and urgent of all the reforms that are loom self the reputation which some one will certainly ing in the future. If that be introduced it will be ultimately gain, of carrying a bill establishing the an earnest of a series of valuable measures, inched lawfulness of all marriages not contrary to the ing the modification of the Income Tax, which will principles and laws of Christianity. render justice to those who are earning their own We believe Lord DERBY to be a sincere friend livelihoods, and may by loss of health, or even a to religious liberty. His son is conspicuously so, c h ange of fashion—any, in fact, of the innumerable and enjoys for that reason a well-deserved popu• accidents which flesh is heir to—be reduced from larity ; others of his Cabinet are wall kn)wn to be a position of honourable and comfortable inde , haters of pries ly and ecclesiastical intolerance. pendence to one of misery and destitution. Now we put it to his Lordship whether it is not 'We have so frequently pointed out the mode by a gross piece of oppression to compel all the Dis- which the change could be effected, that it is seaters of England, and the large number of almost an act of supererogation to repeat tlae Churchmen who on this point agree with them, to arguments we have so frequently urged in favour bow to the comparatively small minority, who, on of really national notes of small and convenient religious grounds, object to the marriages in ques- denominations. As even the Times has admitted, tion ? The Church of England, we may grant, there is not the slightest necessity for the prohibits such marriages. But all Dissent :re, we deposit of even an ounce of gold, so believe, and probably the majsrity of Caurchmen ) far as the dOmestic or internal trade of hold them to be agreeable to GOD'S word, and not the country is concerned. The mere fact prohibited by natural instinct or conscience. Let, that these notes would always be received in then, perfect liberty be the law, and none could payment of taxation, that they would satisfy all complain. No one who thought these unions i the imposts which the Government could demand, unlawful in the sight of GOD need enter • into would render them universally acceptable. They .hem ; his liberty woul I be untouched ; but for would not be deemed " worthless rags" by butchers what earthly reason can he demand that his reli- , or bakers, inasmuch as they would always possess gious scruples shall be law for his neighbour ? It the purchasing power, and could be transferred to is sheer persecution, surely, and nothing else, for the grazier for his fat cattle, or to the miller for the the rigid Churchman to force his religious can- four. flour. "That forms the chief ingredient in the victions on his neighbour by such heavy penalties staff of life." Gold or silver are only required as those of deettring his marriage a legal nullity, for adjusting our balance with foreign stetes ; and and his children illegitimate. I ate, generally speaking, these balances are We believe we are in a position to show that, in favour of England, and will invariably notwithstanding all which has been done, 13118- \be so under a sound system of currency taksnly done, 'marriage tvith a deceased ~wife's that fairly developes our almost miraculous sister is stilt in accordance with the statute taw of ' natural resources, but little would be required to Englaf I ret ; and that as the Canons of the Church are regulate our national accounts with other coun not binding, except as any of them may have I tries. That could always be obtained, and on easy been incorporated with the law of the land, it terms. The small premium that would be re may yet be made to appear that the liberty we quired when the demand exceeded the supply demand is legally ours. We have not room here would not be by any means as oppressive, even to to discuss the question, but if we are not mistaken commercial men who have to make payments the legal argument from 32 HENRY VIII., ea r' abroad, as the extravagant fluctuations in the rate 38, is unanswerable ; its demonstrable intent of discount, which prevents them from realising is to make all marriages lawful which are not for- the fair value of securities, and absorbs the profits bidden by God's Word ; and this is the only eta- I which they would otherwise obtain. It is the tute in force which can be appealed to, to show home market to which they should mainly look ; the intention of the Legislature in regard to de- and so long as their customers are prosperous, and grass of affinity and consanguinity. But whi l e can afford to pay fair prises, the cost of any such fully confident in the correctness of the legal argu- premiums, which, as we have shown, would seldom meat in our favour from this Act—an Act, be it form an element in the calculation, might be as fairly ' charged to the consumers as the costs of the raw remembered, which Lord LYNDHURST'S Act of 1835 does not touch—we still think it would be material, or the freight, insurance, or other infinitely better to legislate directly on the subject,' charges which are now added to the price. than to leave it to the expense, annoyance ts I , Let Mr. DIsasELI turn his attention to this individuals, and, in technical legal matters, we point, and he will merit the thanks and gratitude must add, the chances of the decisions of Law of the community. That there may be unfair Courts. That a judge should even have had a and factious opposition is more than probable, branch of this question three months under his but he never could appeal to the country on better c onsideration is alone decisive of the necessity of grounds than a sincere desire to give fair and legislation. No judgment resting on such per adequate measures of Parliamentary, Mouetarv, plexing arguments can settle a great national and Income Tax Reforms. question. We trust, therefore, that Lord DERBY will see it to be both his duty and interest to take up this question. His predecessors justly claimed credit for a great reform in matrimonial law and its admi nistration ; but the advantages of the late Acts will not be felt by one in ten compared with the number of those whom Lord DERBY might now benefit. Amongst our liberal contemporaries, none have more steadily demanded fair play for the new Ministers than we have, but we must look to them t , ) justify the belief we have expressed that, under the name of Conservatives, they will introduce quite as many, and as good, reforms as their predecessors did under the name of Liberals. They have now an excellent opportunity to in troduce one—they should not let it slip. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen, with Prince Arthur and the Princess Alice, attended by Lady Churchill, took a drive in an (Inn carriage and four on Saturday afternoon. The Equerries in waiting attended on horseback. The Prince Consort, attended by Major-General the Hun. Chas. Grey, and Capt. the Hon. De Ros, rode on horseback in the f ,renoon. His Royal Highness rode on horseback in the afternoon with the Prine of Wales. The Duke de Nemours visited her Majesty. The Princesses Helena and Louisa took a carriage drive. The Earl of Malmesbury had an audience of the Queen on Saturday afternoon. The Queen's dinner party in the evening included the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Earl and CJuntess of Derby, Lord Bigot, Lord Macaulay, the Right Hon. H. and Lady Mary Labouchere, sad the Hon. Mrs. Biddulph. The band of the Coldstream Guards were in attend ance during dinner, and played the following pieces : Overture—" Fra Diavolo" Auber. Money is once more " a drug in the market." The coffers of the discount houses are overflowing. Bank notes, which a short time since could not be obtained, even on unexceptionable securities under 12 or 15 per cent., are now freely offered at 2 or 21 1 . Good bills are eagerly sought after, but, unfortunately, they cannot be found in sufficient quantity to afford employment for the capital that has been brought forth from the secret hoards where it was cautiously concealed at the time it was most urgently required. Nor is it only in England that cash is in abundance. It has also made its appearance in France, and throughout the entire continent, and even in the United States, where the crisis was of even greater intensity than in any part of Europe. It is obvious, then, that the scarcity could not have occurred through the natural ebbing and flowing of the precious metals. If such were the case there would be high water in one cJuntry, when it was low in another, or vice versa according to the balance of trade and the soundness of the commercial operations in the different localities. evireirgite vsiimuaezt.annaeoas disappearance of gold from crease ill the ra tliete of consequent extraordinary in of ,40.0:04 tuscsount, natur e of the course that possibility Proved beyond the occasioned all the misch ief. which is one of the inevitable a " , hoardin g purely metallic currency or, dreni ;_elita o f a 'Log tmedi n ,i posse ssing intrinsic value, equal to its nominal amount. Such money will be withdrawn from its legititilfZie functions, at re t i h u e ire d d e : r times w h en it i s rcvoit urg ently Iraise—" The Songs of the Sultan" C. Godfrey, jun. Selection—" The Rose of Castile." Balfe. Glee—" Blow, Gentle Gales" Sir H. R. Bishop. The " Soldier's Polka" Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Drawing-room : Overture—" Maritana" Wallace. Selection—" Der Wellen Konig" Aguilar. Ballad—" Jenny Bell" Finale—Second Act " Zampa" We expect that the adjournment for the Easter Hell. days will be to Monday, the 12th of April, which will be announced this evening in both Houses. We learn that the Press newspaper, which has hitherto been regarded as the weekly organ of the Conservative party, has recently changed hands, and that it will henceforward be devoted exclusively to the advocacy of the views of Mr. Newdegate, and those propounded by the Reeord.—Morning Herald. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, with the Royal Family, are expected to leave Buckingham Palace, for Windsor, either on Satur lay or Monday next, far the Eater holidays. Ths confir mation of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales by the Archbishop of Canterbury will take place in the private chapel of the Castle during Easter week. . We understand that his Royal Highness the Prince Consort has been graciously pleased b signify his inten t on of honouring with his presence the performance of the "Grosse Passions-Musik," at St. Martin's Hall, on Tuesday evening, March 23. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official reeiden i c s e e :f et t a h r e y C w ha a n i cellor of the Exchequer in Derby, The Ministers present were—the Earl f Earl b l lthe Lord Chancalmi, the Marquis of Sails of Hard wielte„ the Right Hon. B. Walpole,_ the Earl of Malme=- tbi L E, rl ta,"„lfY, General Peel, Sir John Pakington 'IL ley; ium i a t urp*uonall, the" Woo Hon. J. W ' 141hiPpeg, • - IA &TEST NEWS. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess de Persigny entertained a select circle at din ner, last evening . , at the residence of the Embassy, Albert-gate House. The Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale have returned to town from Scotland. The noble lord has taken a mansion in Chesbam-place for the season. The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained a select circle at dinner, on Saturday evening, at Lansdowne House. The Marchioness of Salisbury will have an assembly, this evening, in Arlington-street, Tae Countess ofJersey's party, which was announcEd for Friday, the 26th inst., is unavoidably postponed to Saturday, the 27th inst. The Countess of Hardwicke and family arrived at their mansion in Portman-square a few days since, from Wirepole Hall. It is understood that the Baroness Brunnow may be expected to arrive in this country about the 15th of April. The Earl and Countess of Bandra and family have arrived at Claridge's Hotel. Lird and Lady Huntingfield have left the St. George's Hotel, f. r Heveningham Hall, Suffolk. Lady Henniker has issued cards for an assembly to morrow evening, at the family mansion in Grafton street. _ _ FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. M. do Persigny has arrived in Paris, but it is currently reported th tt the Emperor has persuaded him to withdraw his resignation. It is currently reported that Count Walewski has experienced another check on the subject of the refugees. It is said that he applied to the Portu guese Government to expel some French refugees from Lisbon, and that he met with a direct refusal. The Neapolitan Government, according to official despatches, shows a willingness to permit both Watt and Park to leave the kingdom if the British Government will let the affair end there. A letter received in Paris states that in case the Turks shall not be able to suppress the insurrection in the Herzegovina the Austrian Government will assist the Sultan with a division of troops, and that in such case the Austrians will occupy Bosnia for some time, It appears that an ancient Mayor of Lyons, an old and devoted friend of the Emperor, has arrived in Paris for the purpose of explaining the feeling which prevails in that city, and the effect produced by the late measures of severity. It is also stated that M. Vaisse, Senator and Prefect of the Rhone, of which Lyons is the capital, has been ordered up to Paris forthwith, probably with the view of en lightening the Government on the same subject. Accounts from various parts of France complain of the undue severity exercised with respect to pa,siports. A letter from Orleans says, that on the arrival of the Paris railway train there on Thurs day the gendarmes minutely examined the pass ports of the travellers, aid one of them who had mislaid his was taken off to the guard house. An Englishman, who has resided several years in Paris, and who amuses himself during the fine weather in walking in the Bois de Boulogne, ob served that for several days he was followed by a common-looking man. This survei!lance becoming unpleasant, he turned abruptly, on Thursday, on his unwelcome attendant 'and presented him his card, on which he wrote, "I am deaf, and perhaps you mistake me for Allsop." At the same moment a very gentlemanly-looking person issued from the wood, and, having joined the other, read the address on the card. He very politely saluted the and expressed his regret that he should subjected to any inconvenience. The Englishman,phavea rtieb se then separated. The Municipal Commission of Paris have passed a vote of thanks to M. Pietri, late Prefect of Police, for his conduct during the time ha held office, and expressive of their regret at his retirement. The commission have also resolved on commencing public works on a large scale, so as to give employ ment to the operatives of the capital. General Perret, formerly Commandant- in-Chief of the National Guard, is, it is said, about to be come a candidate for Paris in the elections for the Legislative Corps which will take place on the 18th of April. It is said thai, in consequence of despatches re ceived from Admital Rigault de Genouilly, orders have been given to fit out a new division of gun boats for China, and that the operations of the allied squadrons will probably be extended as far , as Pekin. The command of the corvette La Serieuse has been conferred on Captain Miniar. A melancholy accident happened in the Bois de Beulogne on Friday. The Count Prosper Benoist, elder brother of M. Benoist d'Azy, was thrown from his horse and killed on the spot. This unfortunate person was riding in the wood with his daughter, when his horse ran away. Mlle. Benoist used every effort to stop her father's horse, but in vain. She arrived when her father was thrown on his head, and received his last sigh. M. Prosper Benoist was a superior officer in the guard of Charles X. He had two sons, one of whom was killed while hunting. and the other in the Crimea. It was the horse of the latter which caused the death of M. Prosper Benoist. The UllOwing is the order of the day issued by Marshal Canrobert on assuming his newly created command at Nancy Officers and soldiers of the 4th, sth, 6th, ant 7th military divisions— Called by the wi'l of the Emperor to the high honour of commanding you, I am the more sensible of the value of the distinction cobf-rred up-in me, because I have long lived the life of the grand French army, and have so of. en shared in its useful lah-urs, its sublime sufferings, and its glorious combats. I entertain the legitimate conviction that between you and me there will ever exist a reciprocal conalence. < N7O wilt pr. fit by it to as , mres the strict observance of discipline, obedience to the laws, and an entire respect for the constitution of the empire, which, emanating as it' does from all of us, protects us all. We will continue to give to France and to her providential "Emperor proofs of our unchange able devotinn. In coming to you in the midst of this beautiful eastern part of the empire, whose warlike in habitants have in trying times given so many noble ex amples of patriotism, I cannot resist indulging in feel ings of pride and hope—pride to be the chief of such soldiers, and hope that I may contribute, with your aid and that of your worthy fellow-citizens, to the pros perity of France and the glory of the i lustrious dynasty of Napoleon, which is realising its great and happy destinies. The Marshal is about to visit Metz, Luneville, Strasburg, and Besampn, all which principal gar rison towns are in his command. Marshal de C tstellane, now invested with the command of the south-eastern division of France, is shortly expected at Marseilles, for the purpose of regulating the order of service of the 9tti military division, commanded by General Courtigis. An aide-de-camp of the marshal has already been sent to Marseilles from Lyons, to prepare fitting accommodation for the commander-in-chief and his suite. Lord Dunkellia arrived in town a few days since from Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson have arrived at the Queen's H tel, 'Upper Norwood. Mr. and Mrs. John Pryor have arrived at the Fame establishment. His Excellency Mr. Dallas, the American Minister, Mr. Secretary P. N. Dallas, Mrs. and Miss Dallas, and Mr. Samuel Hallett, dined with Mr. R. W. ICennard and his friends, at Porchester-terrace, on Saturday evening. Major-General Sir James Chatterton, Bart., and Lady Chatterton have left the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Dublin. The Hen. Randolph John Want, Member of the Le e Hative Council, accompanied by his 'on aucl daughter, b e e arrived at the Brunswick Betel, St. James's, from Australia. Mr. Caesar Hawkins has been appointed Surgeon Extraordinary to her Majesty. Her Majesty's mission chaplaincy at Constantinople has been conferr-d upon the Rev. C B. Gribble, M A., of Christ's College, Cambridge, incumbent of St. Paul's Mari) • a' Church, W hi echapel. MADAME BOSIO AND SIGNOR TAMBERLIK.—These eminent artists have arrived in Paris from Sc. Peter,- burg, eee route, we suppose, for Covent-garden.— Musical World. ST. JAMES'S HALL —His Royal Highnees the Prince Consort has graciously signified his intention of honour ing with his presence the concert for the benefit of the Middlesex Hospital, which will take place at the New St. James's Hall, on Thursday next. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The Cunard steamship Persia, which sailed from Liverpool on Saturday for NewtTork, had on board fifty passengers, the mails, and a large cargo. STEAM TO NEW YORK.—Tae screw steamship Ham monia, Captain Schweneen, from Hamburg, left South ampton yesterday for New York, with a large number of passengers. She will be followed by the Saxonia on the 4th, and the Borussia on the 18th proximo, mak ing a bi-montely communication between Hamburg and We United S.ates. Tne Government of India Bill, which was brought in by Lord Palmerston, Mr. Vernon Smith, •and Sir George Le sis, is printed, and will be proceeded with im nedialele after Easter by its authors, the members of the late government.—Observer. FATAL FIRE —On Tuesday last a barn, belonging to Mr. Ball, farmer, Maghull, was destroyed by fire, and l t wpvams w eti r ares o cArtf:eh,o l spi dceri r bpßsem i ßuost s i Bss h eoer led" vie a Themed b motns o yn idsarFlaneedst vocalists - - Madam e adb , te w hsya h w ho had slept there during the night, s E vi X ne Ei tt. 7 i ß ent - P E rw A in L icl L ii . p — bael HARMONICn a g e [ x a S , b:d C t l ll:l: - 1 2 , a 6 r t t h ' concerts), . mc- C emrr e .t s s e , ll ,N a i n i (being Dolby, yi n appearance Mr. Eric Farquhar, unpaid attact 4 to her Majesty's mission at Berne, is appointed unpaid attache at Vienna. Mr. Ernest Clay, unpaid attact 6at Madrid, is appointed unpaid attaad at Paris. Mr. Percy Mitfird, unpaid attache at Dresden, is appointed unpaid attache at Berlin. Mr. James Russell, unpaid attacte at Berlin is appointed unpaid attache at Dresden. Mr. Frederick Bernal, consul at Madrid, ie appointed to be consul at Carthagena, New Granada. —Observer. LADY HANELOCK.—The lady of the late Sir H. Have-, lock has been staying at Diver's Dover Castle Hotel, Dover, during the past week. Her ladyship was in Dever, on a visit, some six years since, with her brave husband, the lamented hero of a hundred Indian fights, who during his brief stay won for himself esteem in military circles here, as he did wherever he was known, either as a private Christian gentleman, or as one of the finest specimens of his profession.—Dover Chronicle. GREENWICH HOSPITAL—Another memorial has been sent in to the Lords of the Admiral y by certain old naval captains and other officers of Greenwich Hospital, praying to be allowed their half-pay in the same manner as is now granted to the admirals of that estethliehment. The Lorls of the Alsehalty adhere to their former answer on the subject, NEW COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—A.OOmf rtable sight in B)w-Ar , et. ( here criminal sights are mere numerous than oomf:,rts.ble ones) has been shown within the Last few days in the form of a giga.ntio, urn, hoisted to its owo peculiar corner hard by the Kemble Tavern, which tells that the bricklayers of the new Opora Howie have reached what Mrs. Garnp called "the parapidge." The ctruenters, too, are setting to work on the face of the building—and we are assured by persons who have no interest in spreading delusions, that the building can he ready in time for the proposed opening in May.—Athe nceuen. MR. RAREY'S HORSE-TAMING AND TRAINING.--On Saturday Mr. RArey brl i his first class for instructing his subscribers in his method of training c to and sub duing viewer; horses at the Duke of Wellingten's Riding• school, Kensington. The tido eing noble hen aed gentle men attended :—Viscount Palmerte on, Lord Gage, Lured H 11, Earl Grosvenor, the IVlarciele of Staff ird, the Hon. R. C. Hill, Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P., the Earla An ne..ley, the Earl of Bessborough, the Marquis of Atiereere, Lady Mildred Beresford Hope, le ird Eustace Cec.l, Lard Dufferin, Mr. J. Lewis Ricardo, M.P., the Hon, Admiral Roue,_ 4.ire It t I h r e . NI T n a o r q in u a i a s o Cr f B it r c e h a ley L dal bancier,d the Alfred P Earl ofaget, Warwick,il. and Earl Granville. At the end of the lesson, during which Mr. Raney first practised his method on a grey entire horse, the property of the Marquis of Stafford, and afterwards on a chestnut entire horse of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Palmerston wrote, "I have witnessed Mr. Rarey's process with great satisfaction ;" and this was signed by ail present. E ar l G renv i l l e , w h o h imse lf exeerimented on his own cob, added, " Mr. Rarey's method appears to me to be perfectly satisfactory." INDIAN FINANCE.—A. return to the H mse of Lords, on the motiou of Lord Monteagle of Brandon, shows that in 1855-56 (the last year t f complete returns) the total income of the several Presidencies and Govern ment: ef India amounted to 28,891,2991, and the total expenditure to 26,599,4611., leaving a surplus of 2,291 8381. This was reduced to a net deficit of 972,7911., after deducting the cbarees defrayed in Eng lacd, which amounted t i 3,264,629/. The net•deficit in 1854-55 was 1,707,3641., and in 1853-54 2,044 1171. Oo the 30th of April, 1857, the total balances in the several Indian treasuries amounted to 13 ; 57,59,615 Company's rupees, or 12,727,4641. The total amount of debt in India on the 30th April, 1856, was 50,483,3691., and the annual interest thereon pas able 2,140,5771. THE CONDEMNED CULPRIT AT YORL—The unhapf y man, Joseph Shepherd, who was convicted, on Tuesday last, of the wilful murder of Bethel Parkinson, at Wads worth Moor, near Halifax, is now confined in the con damned cell in York Castle. Since his conviction he has conducted himself in the most hardened manner, and is apparently indifferent to the awful fate that awaits him. He eats, drinks, and sleeps well, and is in good spirits, net the slightest trace of depression of mind being dis cernible in him. On Friday the culprit was visited by his father, the Elev. T. Sutton (chaplain of the castle), and also by Mr, Price (the learned counsel who so ably defended him). They were in consultation with the wretched man for some time, endeavouring to bring about a change for the better in his mind, but with what success we cannot learn. A WARNING TO WIZARDS.—Signor Bosco, wizard, he s been for a fortnight giving exhibitions of legerdemain in Leeds. On Friday night he gave his concluding pr formacce in the Music Hall, and in order to attract a good audience, it was announced on the walls that 601. wor h of jeweitery would be given away in different 1 As to the holders of certain tickets. Some Yorkshiremen are fond of getting mere than a shilling's worth for a shilling ; there was a good muster of this class, the gallery being quite full. During the first part of the entertainment the jewellery, consisting of an electro plated service, a gold watch, &c., was exhibited on the platforin, and many longing eyes were directed towards it. It was noticed that many policemen were in the Music Hall, and that they entered just at the time when the prizes ought to be distributed. A magisterial prohibition had been sent to the wizard, to the effect that his "prize scheme" was illegal, and that if Err, persisted in being liberal he !eight be fined 100/., or be imprisoned f it a period of sev:n months. Tire police were in attendance party to see the magistrate's order obeyed, and partly to preserve the peace, as the general Yorkshire objection to be hoaxed was well known. Signor Bosco announced this prohibition after the first part of the entertainmen - , and it was immediately received with every demonstration of dissatisfaction. The occupants of the gallery were loud and furious, declaring in no very mild language that it was a swindle. Bosco endeavoured to calm them by offering to give the jewellery to any charity in Leeds, as a proof that "he did not want to o btain money by false pretence." This was replied to by cries of "Let's have our money back," and confusion became worse confounded. At last, Signor Bosco suggested that a jury of twelve, with a chairman, should be se lected from the audience, and that, whatever verdict they might return he would abide by. This plan was adopted, four being chosen from each division of the house. Amongst the jurymen was the junior member of a noted law firm in t'ea town, and also a gentleman well acquainted with the judicial business of the West Riding. The jury retired to the ante-room to consider their ver dict, and the audience waited with clamour for nearly an hour. At the end of that time the jury returned. and the foreman delivered the fellowing verdict : " That Signor Bosco, having been informed on the pre vious night that the prize distribution was illegal, ought soeftcosul;loalwns. occupants." The to have made that publicly known b efore the entertain alert commenced. Having failed t o do so, the j ur y bad del each . c c h i 6 d l e i that tehaeo h second te h co e tn m hdo o l n e e ao y ned s c hugop3uy. to d n g b ethr the gallery n returned t u frontrn ed a seats; a p The verdict was received with tremendous applause, and being acquiesced in by Signor Bosco the money was sooordingly zeturned,. ARRIVAL OF BARON BRUN iVOIV AT DOVER. =CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS. Early on Saturday morning Baron Brunnow, the Russian Ambassador, arrived at Dover, after au absence of four years from this country. The Mayor and Corporation and a number of the prin cipal residents of the town waited on his Excellency at the Ship Hotel, and presented to him an address of congratulation and welcome. Baron Brunnow replied as follows : "Mr. Mayor, and Aldermen and Burgesses of the ancient and loyal town and port of Dover,—l beg to return you my most sincere, hearty, and respectful thanks, for the honour you have been pleased to confer on me in giving me this cordial welcome on my return to this country, where I have always been so kindly received. Nothing can be more gratifying to me than such a reception, especially as it comes from those I may ven ture to cal old friends. Dover is a town in which I am not a stranger. I have spent many happy hours here ; and it is rendered sacred to me by one recollec tion in partieular, which I am sure is alike dear to all your hearts—the memory of the late illustrious Duke of Wellington. He was not only the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, but the real friend of this town ; and I congratulate myself that I bad the satisfaction to be honoured with his friendship. I have not yet had the honour of presenting my credentials at the court of your illustrious sovereign, and I look upon this expression of your esteem, therefore, as a private individual rather than in my official capacity. I assure you I heartily respond to all the feelings to which you have given utterance. I have always been of opinion that the existence f good feeling between two great nations strengthens.the hands of each. lam the same man now as you have always known me, and I can assure you that my best endeavours shall not be wanting t o main tain that good f .eling which so happily exists between E9gland and Russia." His Excellency left Dover for London by the 12 o'clock train of the South Eastern Railway. THE ROYAL FREE lIOPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD. On Saturday several rep,,- ei.ratives of the Press at. tended by invitation at the Royal Free Hospital, with the view of being made acquainted, by personal inspec tion, with the internal arrangements of the institution and its fitness for catrying out the benevolent inien tions of its founder, Win. IVtarbrien, Esq., M.D. Toe Royal Free Hospital, we should first state, was founded in February, 1828, the great and distinguishing prin ciple of the institution being, that; "destitution and disease should alone be the passport for obtaining free and instant relief,"—and that principle is thus carried out : —Under the head In-door patients—Foreigners, strangers, and others in sickne-s or disease, having neither friends nor homes, are admitted into the wards of this hospital on their own application, so far as the means of the charity will permit ; and under the head Out-door Patients—all sick and diseased persons, hav ing no other means of obtaining relief, may attend at this hospital every day at one o'clock, when they will receive medical and surgical advice and medicine free. It appeared, by a statement with which we were fur nished, that the number of persons who have participated in the benefits of the charity since its formation in February, 1828, up to December, 1857, amounted to 608,685. Of those patients a number were unfortunate females, nanny of whom returned to a life of respecta bility, having obtained medical assistance without ex posure of previous errors, and, in addition, having re ceived also pecuniary assistance from the institution. The inspection proved to be of the most satisfactory character. The wards, in which 100 beds are made up, were exceedingly clean and well ventilated, and all the arrangements, as regarded nurses, &c , well attended to. Including the new wards, we understood that 250 beds could be made up, and room could be provided for 400. Medical officers are always on duty, and the capacity and usefulness of the institution are only limited by the want of funds. UNIVE RSI TY INTELLIGENCE. OX VORD, MARen 21 The University sermons were this day preached—in the morning by the Rev. H. L. Mansel, Bampton Lee tatter, and in the afternoon by the Rev. E. Palm, of Sr. John's College. The sermon on Thursday (the Annun ciation) is appointed to be preached by the Rev. H. E. Moberly, of New College. In the Convocation to be holden on Thursday, March 25, at 2 o'clock, the nomination of the Rev. Frederick Bulley, D.D., President of Magdalen College, to be Curator of the Taylor Institution, in the place of the Rev. M. Pattison, 8.D., Fellow of Lincoln College, whose period of office has expired, will be submitted for the approbation of the Howe. In a Convocation held oe Saturday, at two o'clock, the proposal to allow the Savilian Professor (Mr. Dt!n kit,) to occupy, rent free, the house in Broad-street re cen ly in the occupation cf Mr. Wood, was accepte'l by the house. The Rev. B. Price, of Pembroke College, Sedleiao Professor of Natural Philosophy, has been permitted by a vote of the College, under the powers conf,rred by the rec,nt statutes, to retain his Fellowship notwithstanding his being married. Erratum, —The name of Mr. Luke, of Balliol College, was accidentally printed as " air. Lake" in our ac vomit of the Llertf , rd Sritnaarship no Saturday. THE SHY BACHELOIt'd MANUAL. My suggestion involves nothing less than the writing of one gigantic book by all the ladies of Great Britain put together. What I propose is a Hind Book of Courtship, written by all Briti:h Wives, and edited, with notes, by all British 'Daughters. The magnitude of my own idea abso lutely takes away my breath—and yet, the execu tion,of it is so - uniolagimibly easy, that the Hand Book m;ght be ready for publication its six months' time. I propose that every married lady in the country shall write down the exact words (for surely her affectionate heart must remember them ?) which her husband used when he made his offer to her ; and that she shall then add to the interesting report of the offer illustra tive particulars of the circumstances under which it was made, and of the accompanying actions (if any) by which the speaker emphasized the all-important words as they fell from his lips. I would bare the returns, thus prepared, collected as the income tax papers are, with the most extreme care and the most honourable secrecy. They should be afterwards shuffled together iu baskets, and distributed, one by one, just as they happened to turn up, among the unmarried ladies of the country, with the fol hwing brief formula of two questions at tached :—Fit st, would the form of offer'presented herewith prove to be a satisfactory one in your case ? And, it not, will you say in what particulars you think it might be improved ? Second, would the accompanying actions by which the offer was pressed on the kind attention of the individual addressed have specially inclined you to favour it with a suitable reply ? And if not, what improve ments in the way of addition or suppression would you be disposed, in the stric'est confidence, to suggest ? When the necessary answer to these questions had been given, I would have the papers again collected, on the same income tax principle, and would immediately set the printers at work. The MiriiedLadiei' Returns should form the text, and the Unmarried Ladies' Returns should be added in the form of notes. No names or ad dresses should appear anywhere. The book should be bound in virgin white, with orange-flower de corations on the back. It Alould be printed in rose-coloured ink, and it should be issued to the world from a publishing-house established for the pur pose in Doctors'-commons . What an inestima ble bachelors' manual this would be !--Dickens's I Household Wbrds. DOUBLE EXECUTION AT ~ W AINS6A.-0a Saturday morning, at 8 o'elece, Maneli Zelephanta, alias Marled Salapatane, and Hanagader Al?pus, alias Pa.naotis Alepis, who were convicted before Mr. Baron Bramwell, at Swansea, on the 27th of last month, for the wilful murder til Atanasio Metropani on the 16th ult., were executed in front of the county gaol. Toe convicts were Greek sailors on board the Greek brig Penelope, which was lying in Swansea harbour, and the deceased was a cook in the same vessel. He was found in the river, stabbed in a great many places, and the skull was also fractured. The evidence given at the trial clearly fas tened the committal of the crime th upon e prisoner-, and they were left for execution. The prisoners' con r-, at filet was marked by a total absence of the belief of the position in which they were placed, and it was only by the ti , r emitting attentions of the Archemandrite of the Greek Church of the rnetrepoiis, and the Rev. Edward Barnhart! Squire, p ea chaplain of the gaol, that they realised the awful fate that awaited them, and their sub- Sequent conduct gave general satietaotion to the autho rities. Various attemots had been made to procure a mi tigation of the sentence, but they were unsuccessful. On Saturday morning the Rev. the Arche,naudrite and the Rev. Mr. Squire, together with Mr. Cox, the humane governor of the gaol, were early in atteasdance upon the convicts ; and the usual preliminaries having taken place, the mournful procession was formed and moved towards the scaff -Id. The culprits bore themselves firmly, and thanked Mr. Cox and the other officials for the kindness with which they had been treated during their confine ment in the gaol. Upon arriving at the drop, whither they' had been attended by the Greek minister, they warmly expressed their obligations to him, and having kissed his hand with great fervour, Calcrait drew the bolt, and after a short struggle they died. The fearful scene was witnessed by about 20,000 spectators. The prisoners died without having made any confession. THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY SERVICES. --Yesterday evening there was a very large congregation at West minster Abbey, when the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, one of the canons. Prayers were said by the Rev. Precentor Haden, and the lessons were read by the Rev. Lord John Tnynne. The preacher selected for his text the words of the Apostle Paul—" We must all appear before the judgment sea. of Christ," Upon this he founded an eminently prac tical discourse, which was delivered with great fervour. It is understood that the Bishop of London will preach in the abbey on the first or second Sunday in May. There was a special service last night at St. Margaret's Church for those who failed to obtain admission into the abbey. The bercoon was preached by the Very D. Trench, Dean of Westminster; SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 14th contains a royal decree which authorises the municipa lity of Madrid to levy a small octroi duty on building materials from the Ist of April next. The Esperanza and the Novedades had been seized.attelitio In the Congress, M. C onga A rgue lles drew to the numerous robberies which of late have been committed in churches, and the Miuister of Grace and Justice said that the G overnme nt had adop t ed measures t) prevent their rec urrence, and had ordered that objects of value and jewels safe be ilgingto church es s h ou ld b 3 de posited places. The railway from Madrid to Alicante had been opened to the public. A repub lican proclamation had been somewhat extensively circulated in the capital. The Zcit of the 19th, in dismissing the latest correipondence of the littlependance Beige, denies that the German Governments have replied to the confidential Danish co mm unications, which, most probably, are merely attempts to make sure of the ground. Tho Zeit affirms that Prussia and Aus tria are perfectly agreed on the D an i s h ques ti on . The same journal finally suggests its disbelief in the existence of a Prussian circular on the publica tion of the Federal discussions, that circular having been announced by Le Nord, Constantinople letters of the 13 h state that the t n o ot e. comply with the demands of Porte m. de hagßu Safet Effendi, the Com missary in the Prin ci palities, will be recalled. ot r e e n fu je s tr ed ,s Kernel Effendi was to leave on the 15th for the Caristian provincrs,with instructions to maintain the statu quo. THE WRECK OF THE AVA. We have been favoured by the Peninsular and Oriental Company with the following list of the the Sultan, who were on b o ard the Ava at the time names of those-passengersbrought to Marseilles by " Captains Garden and Malleson and lady Lieutenants Chambers, Ripley, and James ; Mes dames Case, Martin, and Thornhill ; Misses Dick son and Keurick . ; Messrs. Fietcher,Reep (or Keep) ; Turner, Lynch, R. M. Thomas and Boulderson." EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE.—LIVERPOOL, March 20. This afternoon the Blaclt Ball" ship Gipsy Bride, Capt. Murphy, sailed for the Cape of Good Hope with 500 emigrants, selected by the Hon. Wm. Fitld, who has deputed by the Cape Government to represent them in England in sending emigrants to the colony. They were eh gen almost entirely from the pastoral districts of Scotlane, and a finer set of people have rarely left our shores. They seemed quite happy in the prospect bef ire them, and everything that could contribute to their conifort was provided through the generous wishes of Mr. Field. This is the first ship which has sailed under the new emigration arrangement, and the colony owe their representative a debt of gratitude fcr his suc cessful efforts on their behalf. The ship Aurifera, of 400 tons, has also been chartered by Mr. Field, and she will be despatched' for Algoa Bay on or about the 22 , 1 of April with 170 or 180 emigraitr. GREAT FIRE NEAR HUDDERSFIELD. —One of the greatest fires ever witnessed in this neighbourhood oc curred in the village of Minden yesterday. The build ing, belonging to Messrs. Benjamin Sykes and Son, was brought to ruins in a little over - ae hour. Though an alArtn was speedily raised, and a telegraphic message forwarded to Huddersfield for fire-engines, they did not arrive till the whole will, containing many valuable pieces of cloth and bale s o f wool, just bought at the Lon don wool sales, was burnt to the ground. The most re liable estimate of the loss is about 5,0001. The place Ma% insured in the Royal lasura - et-office at Hudders field. 0 wing to the stagnation of business in thii locality this unlooked- I .or mi,firtune will have a depressing in fluence, and cause ranch suffering to a great portion of I the working classes, • Portrait of Tord Palmerston. Painted by Francis Cruickshank. Engraved by G. Zobel. Pub lished by Owen Bailey. There is now on view at 123, Pall-Mall, a grand national portrait of the late Prime Minister of Great Britain, the Right Hon. Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston. It is of full length life-size, and was painted during the months of June and July, 1857, from actual sittings given by his lord ship at Cambridge-House, Piccadilly. The scene is the interior of the House of Commons. The occasion is the assembling of the new Parliament on Thursday, the 7th of May, 1857, the day on which the ex-Premier returned to power triumph antly after appealing to the country upon the Chinese War question, and having his appeal re sponded to, far and wide, "as it were, by acclamation. In the background of the picture there may be dimly recognised the Bight Hon. the Speaker in the chair, and scattered here and there upon the benches, on the other side of the table, some of the leading members of what was then her Majesty's Opposition. There, for example, is the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, now himself once more Leader of the Rouse of Commons. There, by his side, is the C►ichton of his party, Sir Edward Lytton, now no longer conspicuous upon the front bench, but ban ished by circumstances to the shadowy seclusion of the bird—the seat ocaipied of late by the tabood chief of the Liberals, Lord John Russell. Alto gether the picture is a startling reminder of what was and what is—it is a significant memento liough of the recent transformation. The Ins are out, and the Outs are in. The victor of yesterday is the vanquished of to-day. It is a type of the evanescence of popularity and of the instability of Power. As a portraiture of the ex-First Lord of the Treasury the painting is singularly truthful. Its truthfulness in this way is as the truthfulness of is daguerreotype—uncompromising. Mr. Francis Cruickshank is in this respect not the least bit of Lawrence or a Winterhalter. His brush is not dipped in the daintiest pigment upon the pallet— flattery. His pencil is never guided from the direct line of fact by the perturbing influence of compli ment. He would never do for a court painter—he is too scrupulously accurate. He is rather one of those faithful artists for whom old red-nosed Oliver had a preference—a man who would copy a wart not less unmistakeably than a dimple. It is in this honest and true spirit that Mr. Cruickshank has painted the present life-size full-length portrait of Lord Palmerston. It is the noble viscount as he is with his seventy. odd years upon him—not as he may have been before be was fifty, with his hair neither grey nor thinned, and his face unwrinkled. Precisely as he looks now—he is here represented. In this way the painting will be all the more acceptable to after times. As such, contemporaries cannot but regard it, as we have regarded it, with satisfaction. The engraving of the work is announced to have been entrusted to G. Zobel, in whose hands the truthfulness of the graver will emulate the truth fulness of the brush, already commended as the conspicuous merit observable in the painting by F. Cruickshank. The production can hardly fail to be very welcome to the still numerous admirers of the veteran statesman, of whom it is the exact por traiture, or, as Shakspere has it, the " counterfeit presentment." " God Save the Queen." Painted by Mrs. E. M. Ward. Engraved by W. IL Simmons. In the same Gallery, 123, Pall-Mall, there is hanging a cabinet picture, entitled, " God Save the Queen," from the easel of the accomplished wife of one of the youngest and most gifted of our Royal Academicians. It represents the fair artist herself in her maternal character—seated at the piano, playing an accompaniment to the National Anthem, chaunted by the three eldest of her bloom ing children. The fourth is visible in the back ground, clambering, baby-like, down the staircase-- evidently bent upon adding another voice to the domestic concert. It is a charming picture alto gether ; a tasteful, grateful limning, in every way worthy of Mrs. E. M. Ward ; one of the most bewitching of whose previous productions we very well remember to have been a realization upon canvass of the toilet-scene of the exquisite Queen of the May, of the poet Laure ate, Alfred Tennyson. --- Wood Carving. By William Bryce. A really wonderful specimen of artistic ingenuity is on view at the present moment at 3, Pall Mall East, the well-known gallery of the 111C3a3. Colnaghi. How shall we describe it ? How can it in any way be tealized without being actually seen, and not only seen but studied minutely and examined almost microscopically ? Fancy a solid bock of box-wood, about nine inches by six, carved by no more delicate implements than—a penknife ! a bradawl !! and a needle !! I Fancy tke surface so Cut and punctured that on the close of the artist's labours there should be revealed a marvellous delineation of what Mr. Bryce aptly calls " The Moment of Victory !" It is the moment of victory in a duello between a couple of game cocks. The conqueror radiantly triumphant, as we may almost term it, in the vibra tion of every feather—for one can hardly imagine the bird to be motionles3. The c .nquered being, on the contrary, prostrate in all the abjec tion of a defeat the most complete and ignominious. Besides these two principal figures in this extraor dinary specimen of wood-carving, there are wonders of artistic skill to be detected in all parts of the background —human figures, above all human faces, trees, houses, a whole landscape. There is an old' woman looking out of the lattice window at the tight with features expressive of eager curiosity, which said old woman alone is worth five or ten minutes' careful scrutiny. Again, there is an urchin's countenance thurst between the rails of a wayside paling*.cheek, mouth, eye, every atom of it beaming with delight and admiration. William Bryce is proving himself to be a worthy disciple in the school of Grinling Gibbons. After this exaniple of his "cunning-of-hand" we look to him for nobler workd of art of a kindred description. More ingenious productions of this kind we almost defy him or any one else to accomplish. " The Moment of Victory" might apply to the comple tion of the artist's toil upon it hardly less than to the close of the " ca veil contest between the box-wood gamecocks. WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO. A " Lover of industry" communicates the fol lowing interesting and instructive narrative to the Ballarat Times :—" I removed to the Caledonian Leal a few months since and located in the vicinity of Brown Hill Hotel. In a few days after being in stalled in my new quarters my attention was at tracted by the strokes of an axe, plied incessantly from mowing until night. On observation, much to iny surprise, I perceived the indefatigable wood chopper to be a woman. At first, however, as the stately gums and other primitive monarchs of the forest, one by one, came down with a groan and a trash, I supposed that the limbs of the fallen were merely destined to supply the wood yard of a provi dent neighbour ; but not so. The boughs were indeed chopped off, cut into uniform lengths, and the larger split, but not for the purpose which I had at first supposed. After the completion of this work the conqueror next appeared in the field armed with maul and wedge, and with the utmost apparent goodwill and determination attacked the knotted trunks of the fallen trees. In a few days the last of these had disappeared in a heapof posts and rails. Immediately in front of her tent, or bark hut rather, is a low piece of ground, which at that time was partly inundated by the early rains. Of this ground she staked off the area of an acre, more or less, and after having planted her posts and erected the fence (which, by the way, is a substantial one), as heretofore, unassisted by any one, she deliberately, set about the excavation of a drain several hundred feet iu length. After the completion of this the spade was again brought into requisition, and about two thirds of the •enclosure turned up and prepared for cultivation. This ground, owing to its watery pro pensity, required the greatest ingenuity and most laborious pains in its preparation. But in time, iu spite of all, industry and perseverance conqueted. The marshy soil was deprived of its moisture, the ground planted, and now, in a high state of im provement, presents one of the most forward and beautiful vegetable gardens in this vicinity. I may furthermore add that the time of this girl (I have b ee n told she is single) is not undivided. With the assistance of another woman, her partner, she keeps a dairy, a lot of poultry, and a herd of pigs. I ion unable to give the name of either of the person°, but any inquiries made in reference to the awed in the vicinity of 70 or 80, Caledonian Lead, would besuccessful. Her reputation has become quite a prodigy in these parts, and every one in t h he neih bourhood would be able top oint ,? ut_t e garden "made and cultivated by a svoinan. Now, sir, in conclusion to these remarks, I feel assured that you before f t: r u e n h p e a r r a n l e l g l e h d . will concur with me in saying that this girl deserves not only the highest praise t the perseverance and industry, bu commendation of all for the excellent exa hours. Hers was the firit or second garden staked m io p r le h s e e r t off in surroundiang it tht ga il, but there are now nine or ten hicb now flushed with the propitious smile sa yof all of w Cares and Flora, stand as liv ing evidence to attest the force of Australia n fer• THE WHITE SEA..—A copy of a notification issued by th© Russia n Ministry of Marine, announcing the erec tion of certain new beacons at the entrance of the Nor thern wins, White Sea, has been transmittsd to Lloyd's by the Russian Consulate-Cleneral. 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