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

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the trumphant success if the closing representations, and in order to accommodate the numbers who have been unable to obtain places, THREE CONCLUDING PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES DAY— March 16 ; THURSDAY, March 18; and SATUR DAY, March 20. They will be arranged as follows : Tuesday, March 16, LA TRAVIATA Violetta, Piccolo mini ; Alfredo, Giuglini. Th ur sday, March 18, IL TROVATORE: Leonora, Spezia; Pczucena, Sannier ; Manrico, Giuglini. Saturday, March 20, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO : Marie, Piccolomini. Last Scene of I M.A.RTIRI, comprising Vie celebrated duo by Madlle. Piceoloneini and Signor Giug lini. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; :rand tier, 3/. 3e ; two pair, U. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. The Box-office will be opened on Thursday, March 11, daces in the meantime may be secured by application to Mr. Fish, stage door, Her Majesty's Theatre. No other representation can be possibly given before the commencement of the Summer Season. THEATR E ROYAL, HAYMARKET , Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Skeridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Cox stance, Miss A. Sedgwick ; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins (her first appearance.) Followed. by PRESENTED AT COURT. Misses Swan borough, Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Bucketone. Ts conelude with SHOCKING EVENTS. orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. L d 4 Second price. 9. Dress Boxes 5 ()Toren Boxes 3 e Upper Boxes 3 Of Upper Boxes ............... 2 0 Pit 2 o,Pit . 1 0 Gallery .................... 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Skaks re pe's Tragedy of HA.MLET. Hamlet, Ur. Chas. Kean ; Gertrudo, Mrs. C. Koan. After which, a now grand comic Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor macit ; Clown, Mr. Hulinc; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Celumbine, Miss C. Adams. THELTRE-R YA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. 'PHIB EVENLNG (MONDAY), March El, a new end original Comedy THE LOVE KNOT. Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray, drc. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER, Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MORE, Mr. Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. Mr: and Mrs. B, Williams. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, the new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY. Mrs. Mellon and Mr. J. L. Toole. After which, will be presented Sir E. L. Bulwer a play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Pauline, Miss H. Faucit ; Claude, Mr. C. Dillon. Followed by A ROUGH DIAMOND. Margery, Mrs, C. Dillon ; Cousin Joe, M. J. L. Toole. Doors open at half.past 6, to commence at 7. 'lox.offlce open from 11 to 5 daily. MR. J. L. TOOLE (Royal Lyceum Theatre) begs to announce his BENEFIT for WEDNESDAY NEXT, when will be produced (first time) a Drama, entitled THE ARTIST OF FLORENCE: Mr. Charles Dillon, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. B. White, Miss E.Webb, Mr. Shore, Mr. Toole. THE BIRTH-PLACE OF PODGERS (never acted) : Miss Ternan, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Toole. The new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY : The Priddles, Miss Wool gar and Mr. Toole. And Mr. Tom Taylor's comic drama, OUR CLERKS : Miss Webb, Mr.Calhaem, Mr. Holston, Mr. Toole. Tickets and places may be secured at the Box-office, and of Mr. J. L. Toole, 17, Wellington-street North (Exeter Change), Strand, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE FATAL MAR. RIAGE. Followed by THE TWO POLTS. Concluding with THE ORPHAN OF GLENCOE. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ! rig company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Silections frem all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, 4c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Barteletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Mime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critehtield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil - Hicks harmoninm, MAMA,. Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &s., until twelve o'clock. - Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 53 min. aft. 6—Even., 18 min. aft. 7 TO-3foßßOW—Morn., 51 min. aft. 7—Even., 31 min. aft 8 THERMOMETER, IN THE SEADE. THE WEATHERZSuN OFFICE, MARCH 7. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 42—this day at noon. BeitomrrEß, 29.78—rising. WIND, ; fresh and squally, with fine cold weather. MARCH 3. 44—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night, 40—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.30 - now 29.39. WIN), N.W. ; very strong and squally, with smart showers of snow, and occasional sunshine. It rained le the night. ,r `tr) 1 . 1 „ : 1 ‘ 7. f 4 LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1858. It is obvious that the traditions of the Empire and the policy of the First NAPOLEON have not yet been forgotten at the Tuileries. His object was to make the Ministers of France the con trollers and directors of all other Governments— torenderyaristhe centre of the monarchical system —the sun by which all other capitals were enlight ened. Every instance of insubordination was to be visited with severe penalties, and dis affected dynasties deposed to make way for his own relatives or dependent s ; who would yield prompt and ready obedience to his slightest demand, and willingly surrender the independence of the nation, over which they were selected to rule, to the iron-will of their Patron. -NAPOLEON the Third, as he loves to call him self, seems to have determined on carrying the doctrine to its full extent, advancing, certainly, by slow degress, but acquiring additional power for fresh aggressions in every new position that he il aaachieved. Itis a part of the system, to induce the French nation to believe that these assumptions are recognised and admitted by other nations. That none will venture to hesitate when the Ear commands' and that, according to the Oriented phraseology, " to hear is to obey," with all who recognise his Imperial supremacy. The virtual suppression of the apologetic des patch may be mainly ascribed to this policy, and the untenable demands lately preferred, not only at Turin and Brussels, but in Vienna and Londou, spring from the same source. All other govern ments are to become gradually accustomed to such requisitions, until moderate concessions pave the :ay for grea t er ones, an d a ll o th er govern r are taught t o swa ll ow th e i r l eeks with the equired docility and submission. The Points against are at' pr esent mai nly which th e I mper i al attacks directedt are the libe r iy of the press a n d the right of public journalists Saving g succeeded mu zzli u a jo co urna i lists in France it is intended to establish sorship in Europe. The first attempt co mp lete ce _ n .,. - .vas 11:1Aue during the Conference at Paris. The Plenipo tentiaries who assembled fu r the purpose of restor ing peace between the Western Powers and Russia were very unexpectedly treated to a diatribe against Belgian journalism, and ominous hints were given as to the possible consequences if the Cabinet of Brussels did not adopt speedy measures to remove the dissatisfaction of the EMPEROR. We regret to say that this decla tnatios was listened to by Lord CLARENDON with out an emphatic protest being offered against the THE 5 eiNi any Minister would certainly show that he trusted the people, and would, we believe, be as certainly, ever after the Minister sustained by the people. Lord DERZY knows full well what that act is. The Minister who makes the people's votes their own ; the Minister who forbids any superior to pry into the way in which they have exercised their right of suffrage —the Minister who says to landlords, lawyers, mortgagees, creditors, Catholic priests, and angry mobs, " You may persuade, you may argue, you may supplicate, but you may not intimidate ;" the Minister who first proclaims a jubilee electien to the whole Kingdom, and bids all the hitherto intimidated to vote as they please, no man knows how they vote, and therefore no man forbidding." This is the Minister whom the present generation of electors would never forget; and whose repentance, if, on this subject, he needed repentance, they would, as in PEEL'S case, regard as the crowning glory of his life. One such act of confidence would cover a multitde of sins, and if, like PEEL, he should not survive to test their esteem by an election, his statues in every large town in the kingdom would tell posterity that his generation honoured him amongst their greatest benefactors. Sir ROBERT PEEL will live for ever in the memory of Englishmen—and why ?—because at the cost of reasoning himself out of former preju dices, and sacrificing all party ties, to truth and justice—he gave the people free bread—why should not Lord DERBY be immortalised in the memory of Englishmen by giving them a free vote. The Nobleman who shall come forward and say — Fellow-countrymen I trust you. You have a right to be trusted. Your representatives ought to stand or fall by their fidelity to you, and not by the powers to intimidate, or bribery, which any party may possess ; henceforth your vote shall be as free as you like to make it. Such a nobleman would certainly earn for himself the highest place in the popular confidence. If he did not please them in every measure, they would yet have the general and unshaken confidence that he was on their side—that he meant them no wrong, and they would not lightly displace him. But, looking now at the House of Commons itself—we do not assume that all who have voted for the Ballot would like to have it ; but, if not, this only shows the more strongly the potency and course of public opinion. But how large is the majority of Liberals who have voted for it— a majority of 105 of the Liberals voted for it, only 77 of them against it. Moreover, the leaders comprise all the energetic and popular men, and they numbered altogether 219 votes in a ' House of 506 members. They all know and be lieve that the Ballot is the test between the man who distrusts, and the man who trusts the people. Grant them this one puint now, and they would not suffer the Minister who did so to be turned out because his other reforms must be deferred till'next session. We have reason to know that a certain distinguished leader and ex-Premier, is now seriously considering the wishes of the leaders on the Ballot question ; he sees that he has no other wicket-gate by which he can enter on office ; and we are confident that if he should get out of his Slough of Despond and pass that gate, nothing can prevent his entering on the straight path to l office amid the acclamations of the people. As the Ballot is a certainty, and an early one too, as it is a measure of simple justice in itself— as the noblest Ministers of England have succes sively conceded what the people have demanded as a right, and as it is a condition of honourable continuance in office—we press it on Lord DERBY, that if he postpone all other points of reform he will make s. Government measure of the Ballot, and do it at once. There is a necessity w•`th every Government to do much of the work of its predecessor. That ne cessity is more or less urgent according to the nature of the "situation." It may happen, for example, that a ministerial transformation only comes to pass at the fag end of a long and labori ous Parliamentary session, when there are scarcely half-a-dozen Innocents left on hand to be Mas sacred. It may chance to occur that a Cabinet falls to pieces suddenly upon the ♦ery eve of the annual meeting of the Legislature. It may be, on the contrary—in lieu of either of these casu alties that an administration may go to he wall in the very thick of the yearly labours of the Lords and Commons. The position of the new Government in all these various positions would, of course, be essen tially different. In the first imaginary conjunc ture, scarcely anything would devolve upon the incomers in the way of clearing up the incomplete work of the outgcers. In the second, but little might have bean foreshadowed, much less actually commenced. In the last-mentioned event the newly-installed Administrators would have to decide as quickly as possible what to adopt and what to reject among the half-fin ished schemes of their precursors they would have as promptly as practicable to discriminate between the measures to be thrown out as idle and those to be carried through the re maining stages into ripened enactments. The situation of the present Ministry---it ought to be borne in mind at once—is rather peculiar ender existing circumstances, the circumstances forced upon them by the doings of the preceding Government. The advent to power of Lord DERBY and his colleagues takes place, it is true, at the very commencement of the regular session of Parliament. The Legislature, according to went, meets in February, and before that shortest of the twelve months has come to an end, Her MAJESTY'S advisers have collectively tendered their resignation to their SOTEREIGN. The Budget has not come on, has not been hinted at, has not been dreamt of when the whole administration is no longer among the things that be. Scarcely a bill is in Committee. The work of the session has hardly in any parti cular seriously commenced. Yet—in spite of all this—there devolves upon the Administrators who are now suddenly called to power, a weightier amount of responsibilities than almost any Cabinet has ever left as a political legacy to the succeeding Government. There is a rebellion to be conquered. There is a war to be hastened to its consummation. There is a monetary problem to be solved. There is a grand Reform Bill to be afterwards pre pared for the consideration of the Imperial Parliament. There is a diplomatic difficulty of the most exquisite delicacy t) be dealt with adroitly and at once. A war with China--- a tiff witli France—a revolt in India----.. 1 commer cial crisis just passed through "somehow," almost, we might say, "anyhow" at home—a hungering and thirsting for instant and comprehensive improvements in the representative system, rapidly becoming more and more evidently insatiable among our Liberal constituenchp. These and a few other kindred trifles of the like value are the bequests of the late to the n n o . manfully T Present Government. That they are frankly ac cepted at once, for such as t`ley are, the Prim a Minister ha sa w prompt, i ,and explicit statement. He has I,al.etxr, d that, asserted in his very n turn w ill b e d ea lt w ith by his Adnainistrtio for example, the un- unwarrantable pretension. " The sharp end of the wedge " was thus permitted to be introduced, and it has still continued to work its insidious way. Again, Sardinia was approached, and Switzerland was not spared. The former was compelled to bring in a Conspiracy to Murder Bill, such as that which was attempted to be foisted on the British nation by the PALMERSTON Adminis tration, and even to propose to modify the " trial by jury," to please the EMPEROR. While Switzerland, to which he was particularly indebted for former protection, when he himself was a helpless refugee, has been required to place re strictions on political refugees, by insisting on their residing in districts remote from the , frontier!. It is scarcely necessary to allude here to the now celebrated WALrWSEI despatch, and the unfortunate decision of Lord CLARENDON to per mit it to remain without an official anawer until the British Parliament had affixed its seal on the act of submission. A Minister determined to maintain the national honour, would have promptly replied, not an hour would have been permitted to elapse until an answer had been pre pared for the consideration of the irresponsible Foreign Secretary. But the omission was capable of misconstruction, and it was misconstrued, for the people of France were induced to believe, without any authorised contradiction, that England was a den of assassins, where the most atrocioua doctrines were publicly preached and permitted to be " ventilated " without the slightest difficulty. The passport system for English subjects was likewise subjected to very stringent regulations, the vexatious cha racter whereof is established by daily ap'plications in the several police offices. Austria, too, has been assailed, although it was scarcely possible to accuse it of undue liberality. It has been required that no adverse criti cisms oa the French Government should be tole rated, and that a journal which, although generally favourable to " Buonapartism," had admitted something displeasing to M. BOURQUENEY should receive a solemn warning. The passport regulations are also to be made more stringent, as if they were not bad enough already. Austria may obey, if it pleases, but surely it is time that a determined resistance should be offered to these petty innovations and usurpations, and that France should be taught that, while other nations abstain from any interference in her domestic laws and regulations, they will not for a moment tolerate anything of the kind on the part of a foreign Power, which, if acquiesced in, must eventually prove subversive to the national inde pendence. We have au appeal to make to Lord DERBY, quite as much we believe in his interest as in our own. It may seem at first sight a preposterous one, but we only ask of him and his colleagues in the Lower House a few minutes' hearing. We have always suspected some shuffle on the part of Lord PALMERSTON in regard to Reform, and there fore are perhaps less disappointed than many of our fellow-liberals at being put off till another session. We do not think we ought to be put off —but, when Lord PALMIRSTON promised us a Reform Bill at nine months' sight, our reply was, perhaps, if he be in office then—and soon after we had to add—and if India and " the state of public business" do not serve in place of a Bill. It is pretty plain now how correct our guesses were, and we have not a shadow of doubt that had the late Premier not been turned out in ' re WALENTAKI, or in re CLA.NRICARDS, he would have found some pretext for yet further shelving the great national question. As we have said, therefore, though all this procrastination from one Icause or another is not the thing, yet we have been less disappointed than others. But now to our point. Lord DERBY is in office. Lord DERBY wishes, we presume, to re main in office ; he does net wish his Government to be, what Mr. BRIGET, in a quite friendly way though, and with much more hostility to the PAL ILEIRSTON sham than to Lord DERBY, terms, "an interim Government." He ought not to wish it. We must think then that his only hope can lie in making himself the " Minister of Eng land," not like Lord PALMERSTON and the "Happy Family Ministry," the Ministry of the aristocracy. There is, and it is useless for him to overlook the fact, there is a majority of 100 who would not be returned at another election but as Liberals. They are bound over to stand by the liberal side, by constituencies whom they cannot afford to affront. Unless Lord DERBY conciliate them we do not see how he can maintain his position. Mr. GIBSON' is equally independent of him, of Lord PAL:VERSION and of Lord JOIIN RUSSELL ; and at some convenient oppor tunity he will not hesitate to move an amendment on some Government proposal, or some resolutions on Reform questions especially, which will place the present Government in a hopeless minority. Nothing can be easier. The great Liberal party will think revenge sweet, and will gladly unite on some well-drawn motion, when defeat must follow. We do not, then, see how Lord DERBY can re main in office, unless by accepting the necessities' of his position. He told us in 1855 bow " in tolerable and galling would be the servitude" of "being a Minister on sufferance," but he can only reverse that position now by some frank and dig nified act, which shall give him a sure majority. How can this be done—honourably done? We reply that there are two great parties, not often openly named, yet the only parties which the people care about—the people-trusting and the people-dis trusting parties. A Minister who by his acts can evince that he belongs to the former, may carry all before him. For the moment, last year, in the Canton affair, Lord PALMERSTON could trust the people. He knew they would carry him through, and his confidence in them won the day, though 1 he received a very general intimation that the constituencies cared about Parliamentary Reform as well as'about Canton. But to keep in power, a Minister must show that he has permanent confi dence in the people. Lord PALMERSTON knew that a dissolution, to justify not answering au insolent despatch, and not requiring the " re grets" to be published where the Colonels' throats had been published, would have left him, perhaps, in a minority of the Members for Tiverton. He could not now confide in the people—he fell. Now, Lord. DRRBY may remain in power for a time—how short or long no one can say—by simply carrying out the work immediately before him ; but if he means to keep in power, it can only be done by some act of confidence in the constituencies, which shall compel them to feel that ho doe, trust th a e t m as electors, and that he After of politi has conferred a bel le never forget. standard the deeply. p olitical people „IQ retain gratitude Notwiths misunderstand ings between Lord Jouri ic a - 1 gratitude for past Reform don at the last electionthem which they will all, however low may be the with placemen their gratitude gratitude long and the ELL and the Libe ta i s Reforms returned him for , and gives him still a strong hold on the Country. He certainly d oes not retain that hold, for an y of his later deeds an d votes. Now, there is one great Act by which LONDON - MONDAY EVENINO, nswered despatch is at last actually replied to— and that now, therefore, rill it be consi dered how far it may be judicious to modify the criminal law of the land cons titutionally, by extend ing toaliens the punishment enstred to British-born subjects, in the event of their being proved guilty of conspiring in this country to attempt a murder afterwards adventured upon abroad. Again, for instance, Sir CoLrN CAMPBELL iS to have fair play to his keen sword in Hindostan, where, simulta neously with the crushing -out of the fiery revolt under the heels of our troopers, a new system of Government is to be built up, and that more securely, with HEAVEN'S blessing, than in the first days of Asiatic dominion— " When one vast, mind itself combined The Ancient and the New, The ardour of the Christian, And the calm of the Hindoo." Beyond all even —though less immediately—Lord DERBY has distinctly engaged that when more pressing difficulties have been encountered and vanquished, his Ministry will not hesitate to deal energetically with the great question of Reform as applied to our system of representation. After a statement like this, a statement in every way so candid and positive, it was simply an act of grace ful justice on the part of Lord GRANVILLE to an nounce that henceforth in everything the course pursued by the Opposition would be entirely and rigidly dependent upon the acts of the new Admi nistration. MINISTERIAL ELECTIONS. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE._(THIS DAY.) The Right Honourable B. Disraeli, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was re-elected this morning without opposition. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. We noticed very cursorily an article in Colburn's New Monthly Magazine for March, under the above title. The article is rather long for a magazine, and from its tone, ability, and character is more fitted for a Quarterly. The author ha , : evidently well studied the character of Lord John Russell, and as the present aspect of political affairs gives more importance to the subject, we readily give a few extracts illustrative of the past career of his lordship, leaving what may "loom in the future" to the chapter of events. Lord John has seen ma ny "ups and downs" in his time, and has con tributed to upset the cabinet coach more than once himself. Whether his own coach may ever rattle as Lord of Downing -street again, we leave to time and chance to d ec id e. W e ra th er suspec t th a t Lo r d John is fast re a li s i ng w h at O'C onne ll once j es ti ng ly but maliciously said in a memorable debate, in allu sion to a party which now bids fair by liberal mea sures to ret urn the compl i ment t o th e Torrified Whigs "As down thy hill romantic Ashbonrne, glides The Derby Dilly, with its six Insides'." EXTRACTS. A period a y oungelapsed since and Intel lectual a istinguished s oc ie nobleman,toyfomf theo r mining ix than ing in forty metropolis, th andeyme a o r s s nt o h br a eu s finud for literary talent and success, became intimately con nected with the leaders of the Whig party, and soon ac quired a character for tact, constitutional knowledge, and general political ability, which made his admission to Par liament not only a suitable tribute to his merits, but an act of expediency as well as of justice. For a scion of the house of Bedford a seat in the House of Commons was always in readiness, as a matter of course; but on this oc casion at least it could not be said that a Russell had been " swaddled, and rocked and dandled into a legislator ;" he fairly earned wh a t m i g ht have been considered his birthright and fully vindicated his pretension to take a place among the representatives of the people by an earnest and inde fatigable pursuit of political knowledge, and by the liberality and even boldness of his opinions. The qualities of his mind and character were doubtless fully appreciated by his parry, but they were not prominently displayed immediately on his entrance into public life. A quiet consciousness of power restrained him from any premature attempts to acquire political distinction. The circum stances of the time, however, were unfavourable to the quick development oven of political genius. It was an age of able, we might almost say, of great men. It was a period, too, when eloquence, like knowledge, was power, and when debate was confined to a few loading politicians, and second-rate men scarcely expected or desired to obtain the ear of the House of Commons. Tierney, Bruu6ham, Mackintosh, and Cauniva thorn held UUdic puted sway, and their impotuous and brilliant oratory" awed and kept in subordination all inferior men. Dazzled by the splendour of their genius, ordinary statesmen were content to admire in silence, and submit to comparative obscurity. It is not our intention to trace in detail the career of this statesman through the subordinate offices which he filled during the period which elapsed between the passing of the It3forin Bill and his accession to power as First Minister of the Crown in 181 b. His political conduct in the long interval may be generally characterised as that of a steady and consistent Whig, after the traditions of his party. He fully sustained the character he had acquired in the House of Commons, and his influence and importance increased from year to year. His voice was heard on every occasion when monopoly was assailed and abuses exposed, and great social questions opened up and discussed. The theories of free trade, which had been so long held by spe culative and thoughtful men, were now to be brought for wardin:eurea for tithe commu tation, and tested on th e grandest scale, and to those theori e s Lord unqualified adhe rence.ellll reform,had l" thge given ment of the p oor -l aws, and national eaoturi doal Jt mc t ui li speae e sn se received mat er i a l a i d from his advocacY ; tcl , i o ot h n hx i, the amendment Russell and conducted 'fill guidance. Of throughts measure o f tthh ee llm of 'N C I IV O : e er i e ' o c if oproposed n n s b e by c y e hish s s i l r ss y ke 1 1 f o l r Ireland ho was an unflinching advocate, audit was not tillthe necessities of a weakened party compelled an alliance with the Irish liberals, that the firmness which he hat manifeeted when dealing to a policy of proved unavailing. as a means of conciliation. The attempt and his fall from power gave very general party as it subsequent election preyed in an un questionableaCavoi ae n aw n e ah l y l i and s his to with pacifyt h compromise e d o disorders oarsd bribee i r n s i it•ie into ti t oo h u a s t tcoo subjectionun himselftr country, o: insa tiable myrmidons is a dark blot on Lord Melbourne's bythe Irish policy of the Government. na T d a e n d e ner how deeply the British constituencies satisfaction.hat Administration,beejlo Lord John Russell, who had laecstse:nl arseptuhteatlieuandtehr than nf any House of Commons and Secretary of State for the Home prestige. With Lord Melbourne's opEhPiasrcotmllaenatg'uPers°,l4aanbdiYloy the influence of his personal cha racter he certainly prolonged the existence of a ministry Governmentwhich ascendancy declined, and a temporary removal of that party from power was at once a just pun ishment for the past and a warning for the future. Of Lord John Russell it may be said, that nothing in his Ministerial life became him like the leaving it. In a speech of great of power il2 this country can be dignity h d ea io n nWr i b u liog n:el t‘ the resignation of the Government. " I do not think," he said, in addressing the House of Commons for the last time as a Minister of the Crown, satisfaction unless there are means for carrying into effect the measures which Ministers feel essential to the welfare of the country. I do not allude now to measures of less or minor importance, but to accompanied pa p n o i s e e d essi b o y n measures of great and transcendent importance. With regard to such measures, we began in the commencement of Lord Grey's Administration with the Reform Act, and we ended in proposing measures for the freed om o f com merce. With large an d i mportant measures we commence d ; „oleo large ofand we o w greatobjects we t r i ump h ed ; in pursuance of t objectsgrea * * * 4 +l iwith i u important measures we conc l u d e. In pur- L e e fallen. And no statesman certainly could have been selected for thi s important mission more likely to impress the Congress with a — due sense of-- -the importance which .Englawi attached to the interrled Conferences than the one who had so recently filled the high office of Prime Minister. His recent errors and short-comings were scarcely, or not at all, known on the continent of Europe, where the cabals and personal rivalries of our public men excite very little in terest or discussion. Ile bore a name, too, which every f o reign statesman would honour, and possessed a reputa- tion which was co-extensive with Europe. The quiet re pose of his deportment, the firmness of his character, and the courage which popular opinion had always associated with it, made him, in the eyes of his diplomatic colleagues, a not unsuitable representative of the country that had confided her interests to his care. The very simplicity of his appearance was calculated to command respect. No gaudy ribbon ga ve hi m a fac titi ous di gn ity, no star spar kled on his undec ora t e d b reas t ; been thought, n o t i napt l y, to typify the island which he represented— and his person might have themselves of s Russia,wit a " 0 England ! mo d el to thi ne i nwar d greatii7ss, Like little b o d y w i t h a m i g ht y h ear t." Brought face to face, as they believed, with an impersona tion of the spirit and resolution of the British people, the h o e r p P e r t u h s a s t i a t , e o r r m A e u u s h t h r i e a c , e could t n h o e t character of England, or inadequate to her exertions an l sacrifices, would be listened to for a moment. Never were the anticipations more strikingly falsified. It seemed as if all the qualities for which Lord John Russell had hitherto received credit hal suddenly and completely deserted him. The Russian proposition, made through the medium of Austria, for the neutralisation of the Black Sea, would have been but a temporary solution of the political prob lem, and a most inadequate equivalent to England for the great sacrifices she had inade ; but to that unworthy pro position the British Minister gave, on the part of his country, his ready adherence, and pledged himself to do everything in his power to procure for it the assent of his Government. The French Minister for Foreign Affairs unaccountably took the same view of the situation, but was instantly recalled and dismissed by his master. On his return to England, Lord John Russell laid the Austiian prop= 'tions before the Cabinet, by which they were at once rejected as wholly inadmissible. * * The mind of Lord John Russell is sable rather than powerful, ingenious rather than profound, and in all the gander qualities of human characier be is wholly an con spicuously deflciont. Cold in temperament, philosophierl in his tastes, and unsocial by habit, be was eminently un fitted by nature to inflenca and lead a great popular assem bly. He has never inspired his followers with the smallest portion of enthusiasm, and La bOOll accepted by them as a leader only as a political necessity. His accumulated knowledge, his great experience, and his illustrious name, pointed him out as the natural successor to Lord Althorp in the House of Commons, but lie possesses few of the qua lities of that nobleman, which gave him such unbounded influence with his party, and attracted towards him such general esteem. Although superior in political ability, he fell greatly below him both as a leader of party and as a Minister. Without imagination to adorn his style, or en thusiasm to elevate it, he has never made any pretence to oratory, and his speeches in Parliament are simply clear and cold statements of policy, relieved occasionally, per haps, by a happy metaphor, or aided by an ingenious illustration. Unlike Sir Robert Peel, however, he knows the true range of his intellect, and has never, as that emi nent statesman sometimes did, attempted to soar into regions where it was unable to support him, and, aspiring to sublimity, fallen into absurdity. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood's Board of Admi ralty will elose their official business at Whitehall to day, and to-morrow the new board, under the presidency of the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, will take their seats. Sir John Pakington, M.P., Ist ; Vice-Admiral W. F. Martin, 2d ; Vice-Admiral Sir R. S. Dandas, K.C.B , 3d ; Rear-Admiral Milne, 4th ; Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., sth ; Lord Lovaine, M.P., 6.h ; First Secretary, the Right Hon. H. T. L, Corry, M.P. ; Second Secretary, W. G. Romaine, Esq., C.B. ; Private Secretary to the First Lord, Albert Murray, Esq. MARCH 8, 1858-- THE NAVY IN COMMISSION. The retiring Board of Admiralty leave the following naval forces in commission on their retiring from office : Ships. Guns. Mon. China and East Indies Australia Cape of Good Hope West Coast of Africa Brazils Pacific ... 11 291 2,764 . __ _ North America and West Indies 22 290 3,211 Mediterranean.... ....... . 23 475 5,222 Particular service Coast-guard service Fitting out Surveying service Home ports 49 1,256 6,713 Total.. 277 4,)7.30 44,479 In the coast-guard service, ships at the home ports and ships fitting out, we have 8 screw line-of-battle ships—namely, 3 three-deckers, 4 ships of 90 guns, 1 of 80 guns, and 9 screw block ships of 60 guns—total 17, all sea-going vessels ; but perhaps they require 1,000 men to fill up their ships' companies to the full com plements. DEATH OF REAR ADMIRAL SIR EATON S. TRAVERS, KNIGHT.—We have to record the demise of Rear Ad miral Sir Eatoa S. Travers, who died on Thursday last at Ditchingham Lodge, Great Yarmouth, in his 76th year. The gallant admiral had seen considerable active .service, he having been engaged with the enemy on upwards of 100 occasions ; commanded at the destruc tion of eight batteries, and three martello towers ; as also at the capture of 60 sail of vessels, 18 or 20 of which were armed, and many cut out of harbour, or from under batteries. His services have been honourably mentioned in eight Gazettes, and he received the ap proval of the Lords of the Admiralty ; of the late Ad miral Sir John Duckworth, when commander in chief in the. West Indies ; of Admiral Lord Exmouth, when commander in chief in the Mediterranean ; and of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, when commander in chief in North America. _ _ The Cnracoa, 81, screw, Captain Thomas H. Mason, returned yesterday to Spithead, from her cruise to the chops of the Channel. The Rhadarnanthus, 4, store ship, Master Commander F. R. Sturdee, arrived in Portsmouth Harbour on Sa turday, with machinery and stores from Woolwich. The Cressy, 84, screw, Capt. Edward Yellow Halsted, is fitting in Sheerness basin with all dispatch as the future screw guard ship of the steam reserve for that harbour. On Saturday this vessel was shifting her berth in the basin, when a heavy squall took her, broke the hawser, and she was driven stern on to the basin wall, whereby her rudder has become much damaged ; besides, it is feared from the violent nature of the strike that in all probability her stern-post is more or less in jured. We hope, however, such is not the case ;if so, she will have to be docked again. _ _ _ _ The Locust, 3 paddle, Lieut. Commander J. B. Field, with the Lizard, paddle, Lieut. Commander E. E. Biaunsell, are still under orders to be in readiness to convey the marine artillery, about 130 strong, from Sheerness to Portsmouth. The Adder, tug, is also ordered to take their luggage to the same port. The Tartar, 20, screw corvette, Cept. Dunlop, was in Barbadoes on the sth Jan. last, and bad left there on a special cruise, and will not be at Sheerness to pay oil:, we hear, till June or July. The Royal George, 102, auxiliary screw guard-ship of Sheerness Harbour, is now getting down to her proper bearing, having supplied the place of the For midable, 84, sailing ship, which vessel is now stripping for ordinary at Sheerness. The Spanker, gun-boat, in charge of Mr. Valentine Cuming, left Sheerness yesterday for Hull, there to place herself as tender to the Cornwallis, 60, screw coast-guard ship in the harbour. Saudfiy, gun-boat, Lieut. Commander J. P. J. Parry, left Sheerness yesterday for Hull, as tender to the Corn- I waits, 60, screw._ _ The Russell, 60, screw, coast-guard ship, Captain H. A. Storey, bas been detained in Sheerness in con sequence of sunicthing conneeted with her machinery not having arrived ; as soon, however, as it arrives she will be piloted away for FAlmouth a_ y ..enrga Brockman, master of the Wildfire. It is generally expected that she will leave Sheerness to-day. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.= LONDON, March B.—Wind this day at noon, N.W ; fresh breeze and fine. A fall of snow during the morning. QUEENSTOWN, March 6.—Wind N., strong—Sailed— Atalanta, for Gibraltar. March s.—Sailed—St. Cathe rine, for Barbadces. COWES, March 7.—Winfl N.W., strong and squally Arrived—Redgauntlet, from Batavia ; Queen of the North, from Rangoon, for Havre. MILFORD, March 5. —Win d N. N.W.—Arrived--Brenda, from Demerara, for the Clyie, with decks swept and short of provisions. WEYMOUTH, March 7.—Wind N.W—Sailed —Franklin, for Gibraltar. SOUTHAMPTON, March B.—Blowing a gale from W.N. W. LIVERPOOL, March 8. —The James Holmes (sloop), which was driven on shore here yesterday, has capsized, and become a total wreck. HOLYHEAD, March 6.—The Outlaw, from Chester River to Dublin, took fire in the Now Harbour, she was beached and burned down to the water's edge. [(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind N.W., fine ; strong gale, and rain ; squalls dur ing the night. Arrived—Moslem, South Picton, Alarm, Anne, Wan dbrer, Vestal, Planter, Othello, Rhine, and Tiber—all from Newport ; Argyll (s.), Carenton ; Cousins, Neath ; Fanny, Cardiff; Neptunus, Swansea; L'E toile, Caren ton. Sailed, March 6—Belle, for Newport ; Le Coq, Caro linida ; and La Poole, Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived, March B.—Burmah, from New Orleans. Arrived, March 9.—Caro, screw steamer, from Alexan dria • Henry Cooke, New Orleans. The sloop James lolmes, ashore at Rhyl, has capsized, and is a complete wreck. WEXFORD, March 6. A considerable quantity of wreck, supposed from - the Avondale, wrecked on Arklow Bank, has been washed ashore along this coast. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind N.W. ; four hours ebb; fresh and fine. Arrived—City, of Dublin, from Calcutta. tailed—Feynoord, steamer, for Rotterdam. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind N.W., moderate. Anchored—Aduena, from Shields, for Bona ; James Richard Hindson, Sunderland, Marseilles ; Commerce, London, Newport ; Antipodes, London, Athens ; Litzzia, schooner, Shields, Messina ; York Town, New York, London ; Benjamin Buck, Mauritius, London. Coming in —Palestine, barque, from westward, for Lon don. Sailed—Lilly Dale and Electria►, in tow, for London. HAYMARKET TIIBATRE. Miss Amy Sedgwiok, by her performance of Julia in "The Hunchback," has still further strengthened her position with the theatrical public. After a close obser• vation of her Julia we should say that the more tender side of this varied character is the most completely depicted. Of the indignation with which she listens to Helen's sneers at the fallen Sir Thomas, of the many paesionate passages at the commencement of the third act, and even durin g ► the interview with Clifford, more might be made. Tuere is an absence of that thorough abandonment to the feeling of the moment, that can render Julia one of the most powerful characters of the modern drama. On the other hand, the softer emotions are adequately expressed. " The lin gering look at the shreds of the torn letter, the gentler appeals to Cliff)rd's memory of a past affection are exceedingly pretty and natural. During the inter view with Master Welter in the fifth act sue moreover attains a degree of power that could v=rcely be antioi pated in the ants preceding ; and the commanding posi tion which she assumes in respect to her guardian as she warns him against, the sacrifice of her happiness is ex tremely well sustained. The whole character is, indeed, most creditably represented, and the impression it makes upon the public is, to all appea7•auce, genuine. Cousin Modus, depicted by Mr. BucKstone, creates universal amusement, the spectacle of a willing lady paying her addresses to a coy lover hrAving never failed to excite roars of merriment during the quarter of a century th t the Hunchback has bee❑ performed. Tile house was ful:y and fashionably attE nded. LYCEUM THEATRE.- —M:r. G. L. Toole, the talented low comedian, takes his benEfit on Wednesday next, and we believe his artistic excellencies will suffice to secure him an audience as overitvvving as that of last season. HE4.MAJXBTv's TIIIIA.TRE.—The staff retained before the curtain of ber Majesty's Theatre presented, on Saturday last, to Mr. Charles Nugent, of that establish ment, a spl-ndid silver snuff-box, as a token of their united esteem and regard for his courtesy and urbanity towards them on all occas.onP. Mr. E, C. Egerton was offered the Judge - Advocateship in Lord Derby's Ministry, but declined to accept it. Dir. Robinson, Queen's counsel, of the Connaught bar, ie appointed legal adTiser to the Irish goyeramont, L &TEST NEWS. THE WEST INDIA, MEXICAN, AND PACIFIC MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamer Parana, Capt. Bevis, has arrived with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails. Her dates are :—Vera Cruz, February 4th ; Havannah, 10th ; Greytown, 2d ; Caxthagena, 12th ; Colon, 9th ; Jamaica, 10th ; Demerara, 9 ; Tobago, Bth ; Trinidad, 9th ; Barbadoes, 11th ; Grenada, 10th ; Antigua, 13th ; St. Thomas, 18. The yellow fever bad again made its appear ance at St. Thomas, and four cases bad occurred on board the Parana, of which two proved fatal. The Parana spoke the British barque Seraphim, in lat. 47 25 N., long 15 32 W , on March 5. The Parana communicated with La Plata, steamer with the outward mails, on the 18th Feb ruary, off the island of Virgingerda. She encoun tered violent gales during the passage home. The Parana brings 72 passengers, 2,077,783 dol lars in specie, pearls value 21,900 dollars, 1,619 serons indigo , 37 ditto cochineal, 138 cases cigars, 677 bags coooa, &c. The mail packet Solent was detained in quaran tine at Vera Cruz in consequence of the prevalence of small-pox at Havannah, which prevented her going to Tampicc. There is scarcely any news by the Parana from the Islands. Cuba is this year expected to produce the largest sugar crop ever exported. At Jamaica the weather had been dry, and health much improved. Business was very slack in all departments. The coffee crop was advancing, and deliveries were more plentiful. The banks still refused to discount excepting for bills of ex change, and monetary affairs were very stringent. Exchanges oa London, 90 days, l per cent. premium ; 60 days, 2 ditto ; and 30 days, 2i ditto, Low rates were accepted for freights. In Demerara the sugar crop had commenced upon several plantations, and produce was good. Cocoa was pouring in from all parts, and many bags were sent to England by this packet. From Carriacou we hear that sugar making was in progress. At St. Lucie the weather was favourable, and the reaping of the crops in full operation. Agricultural reports from Chili are very favour able. Cholera had ceased at Guatemala. No other news of importance from the South Pacific or Central America. FRANCE. PARIS, SUND4Y. The Moniteur publishes the names of places that yet keep pouring in addresses of congratulation and indignation regarding the attempt of the 14th of January. The strictest orders have been given to the di rector of the prison of La Roquette not to allow any one to visit Orsini or his accomplices. It is stated that Gomez will be immediately removed from the prison and conveyed to the Bagne at Brest. Three of the lawyers who have recently been arrested have been set at liberty. Maillaird is, however, still confined in the prison of the Made lonnettee. The Government has heard from Lou don that Lord Derby will not oppose the canalisa tion of the Isthmus of Suez, and that M. Ledru Rollin will plead for Bernard when the case comes before a jury. The rumours of a commutation of punishment in the case of one er more of the Italian convicts atiil circulate. Rudio's name was the one uppermost for a few days back, though on strictly technical grounds, if not on any other, it perhaps ought to be Pierri, who was arrestel before he had an oppor tunity of taking an active part in the murderous attempt. The appeal comes befora the Court of Cassation on Thursday. It will be on purely technical grounds, doubtless little more than mere formality, and will probably be decided the same day. It is usud to carry the sentence into execution the day immediately following that of the rejection of the appeal; but, then, a certain superstitious feel ing exists against Friday. In the event of no com mutation of sentence, and the ill-success of the appeal, Saturday perhaps will be the day. This, however, is mere conjecture. But though Orsini, Pierri, and Rudio may not be considered objects for Imperial clemency, it is generally believed, and on better grounds, that on the 16th, the anniversary of the birth of the Im perial Prince, a fair number of remissions of penal ties will be granted by the Emperor. They will apply to political offences and offences of the press, and pardon or mitigation of punishments will be accorded. The Prii ce wanted only a few hours to be born on the anniversary of that Saint whose festival is or was wont to be somewhat uproariously celebrated in Ireland. His Imperial Highness might not be the worse for being under the protec tion of Sr. I.)atrick. BOURSE, March 6 4 —The following are the closing prices : 4i per Cents 95 40 Credit Foncier Do. end month — Belgian 4,1 - 3 Per Cent. ..... ... 69 10 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month 69 2i Roman B9 Bank Shares ." ... 8050 —, Austrian Credit Mobilier... 840 Spanish Threes Do. Account B5O Home Debt 37 RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto '7Bs Lyon and Mediteran. 815 New Ditto 785 Geneva 'AYS. Midi Western 662} Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian GENERAL BEDEAU AND THE FRENCH EMPEROR. The Independance Belge, of Friday evening, pub lishes the following letter from General Bedeau "Sir, —I have read in your number of the Ist of March, and in your correspondence from Paris of the 2d, evening edition, that a decree authorises Generals Cnangarnier and Bedeau to return to France. In thus describing the measure taken in our case, an error is made which it is as well to rectify. "In 1852 and 1853 the French Government, wishing to authorise the return of several members of the Legislative Assembly, thought that a de cree was necessary to annul a decree of exile. The Moniteur of the Ist of March, 1858, does not contain a decree ; but a simple atv horisa tion administratively revocable. This authorisa tion, made public at a► moment in which the Government deprives a great number of French men of the most ordinary guarantees of justice, has evidently for its object to divert public opinion. I have no wish to lend myself to such a design. I remember, moreover, that in order to arrest me six years ago, they pretended to accuse me of a plot against the safety of the state, and the depot of military stores.' Hovrever strong my desire to re turn to France, I must before all in this matter protest on behalf of law against arbitr ry measures. —Receive, sir, dzc., " GENERAL A. BRDZAI7." ARRESTS IN FRANCE. Le Nord of Saturday publishes the following telegram : " MARSEILLES, FRIDAY. "Several hundreds of persons arrated, in all pf.rts of France, in pursuance of the late measures of safety, have reached Marseilles. They will be placed in the Chateau d'lf, waiting their removal to Lambess (the penal colcny in Algeria)." ADRIANOPLE. A letter in the Gazette du Midi gives the follow ing details of the late conflagration at Adrianople : "The fire bloke out about naidnighi, and in less than three hours the whole of the palace was a heap of ruins. The flames were seen proceeding simultaneously-Ist, from the part of the building occupied by the Kiaya-Bey ; 2dly, from the room where the passports are delivered; and 3dly, from the hall where the council held its sittings ; and such was the rapidity with which the fire spread that in less than a !quarter of an hour the whole building was in a blaze. The herein, which ad jodis the palace, s 'on caught. All i s i u , a s were asleep, and it was only by repeated knocking at the door by some of the neighbours that they were aroused. The women had not a moment to lose, and were compelled to run out in their night clothes, and take refuge in the hotel of Chakyr." Bey, where the Pacha himself was also received. Some of the most valuable objects' in the harem were thrown out of the windows and saved. A gr vat quantity of valuable documents, books, and accounts fella prey to the flames. From the mo ment of the arrival of the fire engines, it was con sidered useless to attempt to save the palace. The exertions of the firemen were therefore directed to prevent the flames from extending to the houses near. Repeated reports 01 firearms were heard iu the palace as the flames reached the different guns, which were kept loaded. An the hors&s of the Pacha were saved, the grooms having time to slip their halters and turn them out of the stable into the large courtyard adjoining. The loss of pro perty is very great. Tile palace, which was aver,. Handsome building, was constructed in 1828, THE LATE WAR IN RUSSIA. The Russian journals publish a statistical aCeount of the losses sustained by New Russia and the Crimea during the late war. We have already mentioned to what a state the buildings at Sebasto- pol were reduced after the siege, where . only 14 houses remained uninjured. The following are particulars concerning other plams :-- "At Kertch, only 380 houses were left tenant able, 50 others "were dreadfully damaged, and 442 •were completely destroyed ; no trace remains of 607 other edifices, which made up the total of the buildings in that town. Scarcely any of the monu ments in the cemetery were left standing. The town of Eupatoria suffered less ; but out of the 11,796 houses of which it was composed, 426 were completely destroyed, and 475 partly so. The town ' of Balaclava remained in the power of the enemy until the termination of the war, and was conse quently less exposed to the causes of destruction ; nevertheless, its Imes amounted to 1,500,000 roubles. Throughout the whole of the Crimea 132 dominal estates and 105 Tartar villages were de stroyed. Four-fifths of the beasts of burden died from epizootic diseases ; considerable estates were abandoned, and certain localities remain to the present time entirely depopulated. In the interior of the Crimea the towns of Taganrog Mariopol, 'Berdianaki, and Genitchek, suffered most, 890 owners having lost all their property, estimated in value at 21 millions of roubles. The other localities of New Russia suffered less than. the peninsula, and, nevertheless, the special com mission appointed to examine into the losses esti mates at 12,500,000 roubles the damage suffered by Bessarabia, and by the Governments of Ekaterinoslaw and Cherson." THE WESTERN PROVINCES OF TURKEY. We are informed by a telegram that there bas been a fight between the Turks and the Montene irins near the Turkish foi tress of Lessandria, on the Scutari Lake. The Montenegrin captured a Turkish vessel, with its guns and 25 prisoners, who were immedietely beheaded. Their own loss was seven killed and 14 wounded. LITERATURE. Essays : Biographical, Historical, and Miscella neous. By the Rev. G. R. Gleig, M. A. 2 vole Longman. These volumes possess a double recommendation in the fact of their authorship being claimed by one who has attained some degree of eminence as a writer and a preacher ; and by their re-publica tion from the rival quarterlies. They are clearly and sensibly written, on subjects of general inter est and comprehension, and if they occasionally show traces of peculiar opinions or class theories, they bear evidence, also, of a mind enlarged by ex perience, a considerable power of argument, a dis position to regard subjects in their broad and lucid view, seeking rather for the great prin ciples of action than attaching overweening im portance to trivial imperfections or differences of opinion. His long connection with the military service, as chaplain-general to the forces, has naturally directed his attention prominently to questions concerning the efficiency and discipline of the army. In his brief volume of essays, ten in number, he gives us six on subjects connected with military matters. Two of these, it is trues are historical and biographical in their character, one of them giving a succinct and interesting account of the war in the Puujaub, the other being a review of the brilliant and romantic career s ' General Miller in South America. His essays on military education, our defensive armament, Indi.a and its army, &c., merit consideration, from the ir expressing the views of one who has bad extended opportunities of judging of the military cha racter _ and the results of the systems usually p ursued. In his dedication of the book to Dr. Ferguson, his friend during 40 years, he expresses his conviction of the importance of preserving a high tone among the officers and soldiers of a. nation, not only for their own advantage, but as an example to others, as affording " proof how men's lives may be spared amid many temptations to the contrary, by a high sense of duty to Gud and man." The following passage referring to this subject shows the liberal and enlightened principles which actu ate him :—" Now I hold, and so do you, that the link which cements moral with intellectual culture is riveted by the Great Author of both, and that he who aims wisely at giving a stimulus to the one, cannot, even if he desire it, fail to give a stimulus to the other also. Wherefore our maxim has long been—establish for the British army such a system of training as shall exercise both the minds and bodies of all ranks in a becoming meaner ; and if the army do not attain, as a body, to moral as well as to intellectual eminence, the fault will not be yours. At least you will have done your part, by endeavouriug to awaken in the members of that body, tastes which seek their gratification in higher things than those of sense." One of the most at tractive essays is one on the " The Life of Dr. Chalmers." It gives an excellent sketch of his life and labours, not intruding into his domestic life, but restricting itself to the portion of his career which belongs of right to the public. Of course the author naturally dissents from Dr. Chalmers' extreme and 'peculiar opinions ; bat he does no.t obtrude his own objections, and r e nd e rs a cordial tribute to Dr. Chalmers's exertions for his poor and neglected parishioners. He gives the following description of his oratory : " Such was the sudden but calm termination of a career as brilliant, as varied, certainly as eccentric--; perhaps as useful—as has ever barn run by one place" in the comparatively humble station of a Scottish Pres' byterian minister. That popular enthusiasm made sit the timersomething too much of Chalmers his warmes t admirers will now, we . suppose, acknowledge. style is generally turgid, often confused, unnece ssarily disfigured by uncouth phrases and words coined for the nonce, and remarkable for nothing more than the per" petual repetition of some favourite idea in terms which seem intended to create in the unobservant reader a persuasion that new truths are brought before him. But there is a potency in it, notwithstanding, which carries us along—often, indeed, against the better pleadings of our judgment. In truth, we consider him one of the poorest reasoneri, both as a moralist and as divine, that ever strove to convey his own views of things to the minds of others ; and of his political economy, experience has long since shown that it is both based and built upon a delusion. Of his gigantic powers as a pulpit orator there can, however, be no doubt ; there was a fervour in his manner, a persuasiveness in his tones, a char ° even in the coarse Fife accent, of which he never got rid, that arrested the attention and kept it fixed on stet preacher all the time that he was speaking ; and ea the close of the discourse the auditors so ra etinses a strong general impulse to good. Nor was his influence t til of determining the exact point which it was designeda to. establish, they never separated wi thout having received less effective in private conference s than • n putu ap p eels. Whatever he took up , he took u p in earnest, 1 and there is a magic in his earnestness which rare l y f ails of going much further with such as observe it, than an) extent of argument, be it ever so logical." "An Essay on the Puritans" justly condemns their unreasonable and unreasoning hostility to trifles I displayed with such virulence in the early days of the Reformation, when their perversity about mere ceremonials, besides greatly adding , t 9 the difficulties of those in power, wh o had a sufficiently arduous taste, went far to hinder the good cause itself. Among the essays, a legend of Germany i s introduced, which w as intended to form p art of a collection of Celtic and Teutonic legends. The life-ehorveottshwe project was unfortunately stopped by the written of the projector, and the author having w this little tale has inserted it among more arum tious productions. These essays eminently the perusal of the thoughtful and impartial reader . _ e They al e written in a clear and simple contrasts most favourably with the bombastic an exaggerated strain adopted by some writersio ufenteu: present day. There is no attempt at e q d no t They one manner, vgittlh; a bygone age consequently there can be no failuref. pretend to resuscitate the spiritoke delineations ; with the vividness of their desery they do not strive to unravel plex the social philosopher or to . s do they seek Neit ier their that occupy the state-man• s nap . t by th a I to stir the heart or arouse then! eloqueuce, They impas , ioned appeals or m e iiv_ w i ritten essays on et! s o , are clear, sensible, and w f p h r ic o h bl p em er ; from the pen of a writer of of exteudineci jests within the grasp who has had many opportunitiesi and sinlP t knowledge, and whose racy f 1 is readers. will ensure the satisfiction. o in abilityo culatinvdateexdp7riinei_e bath e • —Mr. has. N ew York Tr;bune state- • SU .("2. ISt" , au p‘,.-, ,ant, t, . rt of Wallack's The jest of Mr. A. H. Davenpo , the wifedivorcing fir' 1:67 the decree of court; he "1""."" W ire. fn l.,.. r zz i i e e ri W ir est t cti 'lm 1" e Mrs. Davenport was pronounced week.", that We believe on Saturday 0.