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CRYSTAL PALACE-BURNS' PRIZE POEN The Prize Poem will be published on Tuesday morninl and sold in the Palace, and at all Railway stations. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverle-street. t ig h h e t sani ande more of sentiment Jtocry of our early literature than persons acquainted only' with his previous works would , have been disp ose d to ea v e e ut h e ere ins i g n i d v e u s h t i r m y an n r e d d i r t e s f e o a r r . conscientious udgment which were so conspic uous chl,riltheileswame have in his politica l histories, we have also a sympathy with all that is refined in taste and good in feeling, with all those touches of nature that makes the whole world kin, which is a new manifestation-of his character. f any of his works is likely to become popular it is this, which is likewise the best of all critical guides for those who wish to pick their way through the labyrinth of European literature. To none of his works could we point more confidently than to this for evidence that he who has now gone from among us full of years and of honour was a good and a great man, genial in his nature, wise in judgment, truthful to the last degree, and doing with might whatsoever his hand found to do.----Tinies. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1859. ORYSTAL PALACE—BURNS' CENTENARY . N.-) BURNS' —By scial arrangement, vaousottish Edions of SONGS and POEMS, with andwithout the Music, from ONE SHILLING upwards, will be on sale To-morrow, in the Central Transept, and may be had of the agents, Messrs. Houlston and Wright, 65, Paternoster-row. No. 20,777. PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD. PUBLICATIONS. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held in London, pursuant to Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, on FRIDAY, the eleventh day of Feb. next, at One o'clock precisely, for the Election of Five Direc tors in the place of A. K. Baker, Esq., John William Miles, Esq., Henry Simonds, Esq., Rowland Jones Venables,Rsq., and John Williams, Esq., retiring by rotation, and for other general purposes of business. It is also intended that the said General Meeting shall be made Special, for the purpose of submitting agreements en tered into respectively with the Directors of - the Bridport Railway Company and with the Great Western and Brentford Railway Company, for the consideration and approval of the Proprietors upon terms and conditions for the lease and working severally of the said Bridport Railway, and of the Railway between Southall and Brentford, and of the Docks at Brentford connected therewith. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock , precisely. FREDK. PONSONBY, Chairman. BARRINGTON, Deputy Chairman. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. SARDINIA AND FRANCE. HENRY HALLAM: F ONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT CIRCUS. OXFORD -STREET and GREAT PORT LAND-STREET. This magnificent building is NOW OPEN to the public, for the SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and•FANCY ARTICLES. The Photographic Establishment, Aviary, Conservatory, General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, are replete in their several departments. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 218., RIGHT OR WRONG By GERALDINE E. JEWSBURY, (From the Morning' Adel tiger " Would'st shape a noble life ? Then cast Out of thy mind the vexed past ; And tho' somewhat be lost and ~o-one, Yet do thou act as if new born."—Goethe. ADMISSION FREE. Flurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough- streel DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM market) 3, . TICHBOUUNE-STREE (Opposite the Hay Now ready, in 2 vols., 215., bound, EPISODES OF FRENCH HISTORY DURING the CONSULATE and FIRST EMPIRE. Open daily (for Gentlemen only). LECTURES at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and interesting topics in connection with ANATOMY, PHY SIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Programmes). Admission ONE SHILLING. DR. HAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. By MISS PARDOE. "We recommend Miss Pardoe's 'Episodes' as very pleasant reading. They cannot fail to entertain and instruct."—Critic. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the act, and, in compliance with a bye-law, notice must be given to the Secretary, on or before the 28th day of January, of the names of any Proprietors who are to be nominated for election as Directors at the said Half-yearly General Meeting. The Transfer Books of all Stock and Shares will be closed on and from the 27th day of January instant, and will not be re-opened until after the said Half-yearly General Meeting on the 11th day of February.—By order of the Board. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Paddington Station, Jan. 21, 1859. LORD PANMURE PARLLIMEYTARY REFORM. Now ready, in 2 vols., with fine Engravings, 215., bound, STEPHAN LANGTON. By Martin F. TUPPER, D.C.L., F.R.S., Author of "Proverbial Philosophy," &c. " This is an admirable historical romance, by a very clever writer. It is a life-like, vivid, and absorbing narrative."— Post. Mr. Kinloch, of Kinloch, having lately published a letter to Lord Panmure (of only local inter•^st) regarding some proceedings at a recent meetin gof the county of Forfar, Lord Panmure has replied in the following letter : ARGYLL -ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These popular and celebrated rooms are open every evening, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, M 0316. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Hall. Mona. Bonlcourt, the celebrated cornet a-piston player, performs nightly, • with other talented artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, 11Trovatore, La Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. :Manager, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close ten minutes before 12. Admission, Is. to Promenade. N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the ROOM. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE • SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. W. 001 N G, Now publishing, 'MINISTER'S By Mrs. IJ. B. STOWE, Author of " I.lncle Tom's gabin." Orders received by all Boiikiellers in town and country; and . at all the Railway Stations. - London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co., 47, Ludgate-hill. January 10, 1859. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Half-yearly In terest on the Capital Stock of the Society, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, to 31st December last, is now due, and in course of payment at the SocieWs office, between the hours of 11 and 3. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. j_TOWES AND CUSHING'S' GREAT - 1 - 1 - UNITED STATES CIRCUS.—A safe lace of amuse ment. —The ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square, hay !lig been constructedls a-model of architecture, no accident need be apprehended. • ' The Morning Performances are particularly reooinmended, as the Pantomime can be seen with the same effect as at night. ELLA, the wonder of the world.—The celebrated horse, "Cruiser," will be exhibited in his subdued state, as tamed by Mr. Rarey.—" Black Eagle," the horse. of beauty.—The educated mules, " Pete " and "Barney." The. Comic Panto mime, entitled THE MISER OP BAGDAD, represented in the circle at each performance. Pit, ls. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; Private Boxes, £2. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Gallery, 6d. Two Performances Daily at two and half-past seven p.m. Fourth Edition, enlarged,•piice is. 2d. post free, - VACATION THOUGHTS(' ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, FLEET-STREET, LONDON, Ist January, 1859: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the LAW. LIFE, AS SURANCE SOCIETY will be held, at the Society's Office, Fleot-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 2d day of Feb ruary next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's deed of settlement, for the purpose of receiving the Auditor's Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society, up to the 31st December, 1858 ; to elect two direc tors in the room of Richard Harrison, Esquire, and James Valiance, Esquire, both deceased, and one auditor in the room of William Frederick Higgins, Esquire, resigned ; and for general purposes. The Director to be chosen in the room of Richard Harrison, Esq., deceased, will remain in office until the 24th of June, 1862, and the Director to be chosen In the room of James Val iance, Esq., deceased, will remain in office until the 24th of June, 1800 ; and the Auditor to be chosen in the room of Wil liam Frederick Higgins, Esq., will remain in office until the 24th of June, 1859. _ _ _ day re and riso 794 -- ter By CHARLES PHILLIPS, A. 8., One of her Majeatx's Commissioners of the Court for the _ _ Relief of Insolvent Debtors. -- London : J. Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly, IV. 85 0 LETTS'S DIARIES, ALMANACS, • &c., adapted to all Callings, Professions, or Trades, in above 100 VARIETIES of Size and form, from 6 pence to 14 shillings each, as well as Descriptive Catalogues, GRATIS, may be obtained at any BOOKSELLER'S In the Kingdom. LETTS and Co., 8, Royal Exchange. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. _ _ ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORMICEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. By Order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION , ) 14, REGENT STREET, under distinguished patron age, will OPEN on MONDAY EVENING, 24th January. Brewer's Magnificent PANORAMA of those WONDERS of the WORLD.—The MAMMOTH CAVE of KENTUCKY, the largest and most beautiful Cave in the world, startling in its magnitude and beauty. It contains 226 known avenues, the longest of which is 161 miles. Its entire length, including all the different branches, is 600 miles. All the impo s i ng wonders of this magnificent Cave are beautifully and faith fully delineated. The FALLS of NIAGARA, in SUMMER and WINTER. On the Niagara River is represented everything of interest between the two great lakes, Ontario and Erie. The NATURAL. BRIDGE of VIRGINIA, 215 feet in height, 55 feet wide, and 93 feet long. The Grand PRAIRIES of ILLINOIS, painted with unri valled artistic skill, are also shown. The scene of a prairie on lire is beautiful beyond description. Mount Vernon, the resi dence of George Washington, the first President of the United States, together with his tomb, complete the list of interest - - ing_subjects shown. M an y o f th e no bilit y, c l ergy, an d gen t ry of England have Seen the Panorama, and have accorded to it their most unqualified approbation. An interesting and de scriptive Lecture will be given during the Exhibition. Vocal and instrumental music by Mrs. Agnes Hough.—Doors open at halt-past Seven o'clock, curtain rises at Eight. Carriages may be ordered for ten o'clock.—Admission, stalls, 3s. ; un reserved seats, 2s. and ls. Children, half-price to stalls and centre seats. MARRIAGE with a DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.—" Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, * * * * beside the other, in her life time."—Leviticus ,xviii., 18. The - Committee of the Marriage Law Reform Association renew the assurance of their continued efforts to obtain for all marriages with a deceased wife's sister that validity which, with the consent of the Bishops, was accorded to those con tracted previously to August 31;1835 ; a consent which has convinced the people of thiscountry that such marriages are agreeable to Scripture. This is the opinion of a majority of the Spiritual Peers, and no marriage ought to be prohibit e d Which is sancti one d b y the law of God. They congratulate their supporters on the very able and conciliatory manner in which the Marriage Bill of 1858 was introduced by Lord Bury and Lord Gage, as well as on the powerful and unsolicited advocacy of many distinguished members of both Houses of Parliament. They would espe cially refer to the assurance of Lord Lyndhurst as to the benc - ficial effect of the absence of this restriction in America, a well as to the testimony of the Bishop of Ripon, Mr. Baines,- and Mr. Whitbread to the evil consequences of the existing law among the poor in this country. it would be difficult to select three individuals who have laboured more for the lower classes, or are more competent to judge what is for their social benefit. Marriage with a deceased wife's sister has the sanction of Scripture and of public opinion; and that no Act of Parliament *an prevent such unions is testified by the Report of the Roya . Lus hington at thei r l commissioners in 1848, with the Bishop of Lichfield and Dr head, who say, " These marriages will t ake place wh en a concurrence of circumstances gives rise to mutual attachment ; they are not dependent on legislation." ceilbetli marriages are valid In every P rotestant country ex e and t h n R Queen's flotnhilons . and one Canton in Switzerland; South A omen Cathlic countries by dispensation. The a It,aw to uasbtoriai lsiha nt he Parli a ment restriction. has lately unanimously passed of tr uriher information may be obtained on application at the thee" of the Association, where the various publications of Association may be procured. JOSEPH STANSBURY, M.A., Hon. Sec. 26, Par liament -street, Westminster, S.W. _ . 13 ° ARD AND RESIDENCE. —A Superior a ge Home is offered to a Gentleman of steady habits, en i I,d durng the day, by a family residi ng near Regent's '!wo Por a young man coming to Londo n f or th e fi rs t ti me uld be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. rences to be eext e, H an a ch mpstead-road, A oad, N.W. J. P., Wright's alrY, Granby-str. r ( THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. vi CHARLES WATSON, M.D., Fellow and Honorary NitcePresident of the Imperial African Institute of France, es. Member of the Medical Societies of Rouen and Peru, pYvsonal Academy of Sciences, Paris, Sm., and late Resident sician to the Bedford Dispensary, 27, Alfred-place, Bed etarsquare, London, continues to issue, on receipt of six lt, T ps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." Ilo" ; 11 ° , e- about entering the Marriage State should peruse , r • atsons invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on fiftlth and disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound Medical philosopher." —Critic. gait : r r,he true Guide Magazinee ho desire a speedy and private titre." ,'University tb‘e‘ ''absurdity NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' d emonstrates 1,1 of the Engs mode of treatin such com aurts, will prove a blessin li to to the afflicted, who g may safely g e „ t _,' lB l7 regain pristine health by adopting the means pre f.,,e'L' —Evening Sun. • • lyi ".r qualification, vide " Diplomas," and the " London ecilcal Directory." - ......._____ FIFTY THOUSAND CURES ifla :re been effected without Medicine, inconvenience or expense 0.,,,,i indigestion (dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Complaints,Hysteria .zervousness, Biliousness, Liver - ' r,.„ 4 11, 1 gia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, "II - - Pucns, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, —Ysen terY, Ilemorrhids, Headache, Noises in the Head and Ears, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nal!_s.a, Co Sickness (during- pregnancy or at sea), Sinking rits, C°4o, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's DComplaints, are effectually removed by iU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies and is, moreover, the best I:7lo:iiniopr infants and • lid generally,as it never turns acid nn the weakest s tom i a n c v h a , ' nor s interferes with a good liberal diet, arts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores to t he faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy ~..._e Most enfeebled. we extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of Za.ratitude from invalids thus cured :—Cure No. 71, of dyspep a,,irem the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" Dro- sid-a' Ca nTinquin County Waterford.—l have derived,con anp.able benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica 1 ood, con ch u c°nsider it due to yourselves and the nubile to authorise rationloanb of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. v '''''' Y years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner rknnusness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, ess at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by „sit Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near .k....'"iss, Norfolk " Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of "" az ing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan cies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near tiVerpool : of t en years ' dyspepsia, and all the horrors ofnervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure, of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42,116. Major Edie, of liver and kidney dis ease , and total prostration of strength Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. 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AND BAR FOOD FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, 1 ,,, t n NAL IDS, supersedes the dangers and expense of b est " si ng', RR digestiblere easily reared with it, and it is the tare fazomfostlzßa Food for the delicate and invalids of n' s I t I re e a.4* e t , Landon.lne.ani_st.ers, at 25., and 121 b 21s. The large cants _rry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Regent -1) Av.oid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys ,.epsial, habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity, Palpita- Unn of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilious Headaches, '-';eBryousness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrhea, Cough, 4 , Traa, Consumon. Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2d. ti„: l ,. l . l iPs, and you,will 'receive free 'by Post, a popular Tree ,r,,?,, Pages :—" THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF -'''', DIGESTWE ORGANS." Without pills, purgatives, Or medicines of* a ind, and without eense, ' by a simple, bleas ant, and infallible means which saves 50 times its cost ijnamoteber remedies ; adapted to the general reader. London: hone 4 Gilbert,:49, Paternoster-row, and through all book. doing. lester ashire : 3 1 -- dis.— sines , 11/ .Man- I, 16i in and 221 114— mteed Wes- v. w. 'aid's, rford Mari sq., of nnes's ming ler of Bays- JNG, o. 112, lty of Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they knOw nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. COUNTRY MA.RKETS. LIVERPOOL-JA-s. 22. No change in prices to-day of any article of the grain trade. Holders appear to, possess firmness, but the buyers are reluctant to pay any advance. OXFORD —JAN. 22. There was a moderate supply, and generally a heavy market for wheat, but the prices remained without much change. Barley and oats in dull demand. Beans, in consequence of the near approach of the planting season, were a brisk trade, at an advance of 2s to 3s. Wheat ... 40s to 44s Oat 5.... White .44s to 48s Beans 44s to 48s Barley .31s to 38s Peas .. sos to 54s CHELMSF , , RD-JAN. 21. The wheat trade is again d last week's prices are in some material change in other artic] Wheat white.— 408 to Ms lull to-day, and for good sorts ) cases reduced is to 2s. No des. red 32s to 42s Barley 34s to 41s Chevalier 37s to 45s Grinding 27s to 33s Malt 70s to 73s Chevalier 72s to 73s Oats 25s to 35s Peas, Partridge 448 to 4Cs White 41s to 43s Boiling 42s to 48s Dun 44s to 46s Beans,. Tick 3Bs to 40s Harrow Ticks 38s to 42s Mangan 36s to 3Cs NORWICH—JAN. 22. The damp state of the weather during the week had of--' fected many of the wheat samples . at this exchange to-day, and as regards these a reduction of is per qr. was noted. Dry samples, however, nearly maintained late rates ; the supply was fair. A good show of barley at previous rates. In oats, beans, and peas little passing. Flour is quoted this evening at 26s 6d from the miller, or 6d per sack lower. White wheat, 44s to 465, red 38s to 43s per qr. FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858, with Nominations for 1859, is now published. W. Wright, Fulwo9d's Rents, Holborn, London. CIEOLOGY.—KING'S COLLEGE, London.— Professor TENNANT, F.G.S., w'll commence a Course of LECTURES on GEOLOGY, on FRIDAY Morning, Jan. 28th, at Nine o'clock. They will be continued on each suc ceeding Wednesday and Friday, at the same hour. R. W. JELF, D.D. Principal. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND BANK OF DEPO S I T, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON, S.W. The Warrants for the Half-yearly Interest, at the rate of 5 per Cent, per Annum, on Deposit Accounts, to the 31st December, are ready for delivery, and payable daily between the hours of 10 and 4. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director, 10th January, 1859. Prospectuses and Forms sent free on application. SALE OF STORES AND THREE STACKS OF HAY. BY Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE for WAR.—TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at the ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, on THURS DAY, the 27th January, 1859, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, precisely, the fallowing Stores :—Harness (old), Leather (old), Serge (old), Canvas (old), Wool (old), Great Coats, Iron, Lead Ashes, Junk, Pilch Cloths, Calico Cap Covers, Rags, Tools, Canteens, Zinc, Hay, Reeds, Wood (old). May be viewed, from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the three working days previous to the sale, and Catalogues obtained at the War-office, Pall-man ; at the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. OINOPOLION TAVERN and HOTEL. Nos. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn, W.C. The Best Served Dinner in London for ls. 6d. A Succession of Joints from One till Seven o'Clock. Private and Smoking Rooms. TABLE D'HOTE on SUNDAYS, at 5 o'clock, 2s. each. WHO WILL PAY THE CHINESE INDEMNITY ? Why, the English themselves. 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At the market this morning there was a moderate sup ply of English wheat, for which the trade was slow, and Is under last week's currencies Oats and barley equally as dear as lait week. Beans only in- moderate supply. Wheat, white . 42s to 46s Beans, Mazagan..—s to —s I red 38s to 42s Middle & small 45s to —s Barley 3os to 35s I White peas 40s to 42q Oats 23s to 28s Grey.. 40s to 42s STAMFORD-JAN. 22. We have to report a limited supply of wheat at market, and prices at is reduction on last week, with very little business. Fine barley in fair inquiry, and is per qr dearer. Beans scarce and is up. Oats a small supply at an advance of is per 24 stone. Wheat ....40s to 43s f Oats.. 2Bs to 33s White do ..43s to 48s Beans, new 42s to 44s Barley .....38s to 44s Ditto, old .4ls to 48s DERBY-JAN. 21. There was a fair supply of wheat from the farmers to day, and transactions in the market were about the average, with very little change in prices. White wheat, new, 44s to 48s Barley, grinding.. 20s to 30s Red do. 402 to 44s Oats, old, .. 26s to 28s Old white 44s to 486 New:do 28s to 32 Red do. 40s to 44s Beans. 46s to 503 Barley, malting.— 38s to 43s Peas ....—s to —s DUBLIN. At this day's market there ante of buyers, and the de scale. Indian com depressed s. d. s. d. a. d. s. el. Wheat, white 22 6to 25 6 Do., new ..... 11 6to 13 0 Do., red 2l 6t023 0 Bere . Do., new .... 21 6t024 6 Rapeseed Barley Oats Do., 10 6to 11 0 Indian corn .. 27 oto 30 6 1-JAN. 21. was only a moderato attend tmand was quite on a retail A VICAR AND HIS PARISHIONERS.- EXTRAORDINARY P.ROCEBDINUS. On Thursday last a numerous and influential vestry meeting of the parishioners of Mottram was held in the church; the vicar in the chair. The meeting had been called by the wardens (Messrs. Henry Heap and William B. Reddish) to take into consideration an " entry made in the parish books without the knowledge of the churchwardens or parishioners, and for other purposes." Wh en th e meeting had been opened, the wardens attempted to explain the reasons why they had called the parishioners together, but the Vicar (the Rev. W. H. Jones ) immediately commenced to read what he had written in the parish book. An extraordinary confusion of cries and hootings followed. The Vicar, however, read the entry . through, no one under standing what it was. When he had finished the wardens tried again to explain the position in which they stood; whereupon the vicar abused them for having called the meeting without consulting him. The tumult became greater, and at length Mr. Red dish snatched the book from the vicar's hands. The vicar now stated that there was a funeral at four o'clock (the meeting having been called for three),and that he should close the proceedings at that time. The wardens tried again and again to make their statement, but the vicar next began to read his de fence. A motion was made for adjournment to the school room. The vicar refused to put this resolu tion to the meeting till he should have finished reading; so the wardens put it, and the meeting adjourned, leaving the vicar vociferating that it was an illegal adjournment, and that he would not abide by what might be done.—ln the schoolroom, the senior warden, Mr. Henry Heap, was called to the chair, and Mr. Reddish explained that they had lent the parish book to the vicar, for the purpose of making out a return, that he had kept the book for three weeks, and that when, after some difficulty, it was recovered, no intimation was given that any thing had been written in the book. It was subse quently discovered, however, that, on part of a blank page in the last warden's accounts which had been passed, the vicar had made a memorandum to the effect that, during the year 1858, the south-east corner of the parish church, known as the Staley Chapel, had been wholly remodelled and decorated by a wealthy parishioner (referring to Mr. John Chapman, who has lately purchased Staley Chapel, with the manor of Hattersley, from the Earl of Stamford and Warrington), and that a number of other things had been done therein without faculty or other ecclesiastical authority ; also that, 40 years ago, the sa id c h ape l and church were uniformly re seated with pew s by a f acu l ty f rom t h e bi shop. bishoph' e vi ca r, eN.r a ddressed ha Dec.cd. power 8,8 The me moran d um was signed " W. Henry Jones, M Ar t e'vserrAytih, r . e s hea ß p o ‘rv b ti t no . gf d t e ht Heh church ly n g wthe referred to. It was then unanimously resolved that the entry should be erased from the parish book, and that the churchwardens should immediately represent the conduct of the vicar to the bishop. Another resolution absolved the churchwardens from blame, and thanked them for their prompti tude in calling the meeting. The thank of the parish were also tendered to Mr. and Mrs. John Chapman, for the splendid eastern window they had placed in that venerable church. That gentleman was present at the meeting, but took no part in the proceedings till the business was over, when he thanked them for their expressions of good -will,Manchester Guardian, (From the . _Da' ily News.) Anti-Reform the •• es two hopes—the one, that some pretext may y e found for another adjourn ment sine die of th e grea t ques ti on now r ip e f or ill adjudication by Parliament ; the other, that should that device fail, conditions and stipulations may be made during the discussion of the measure that may have the effect of neutralising to a great extent its popular tendency. Various schemes are afoot for this purpose. It is part of the general plot that they should be put forward at first as isolated sug gestions " of a practical kind," as is said, egregiously unpretending in their aspect and philosophically recommended to unsuspicious attention.• Our old acquaintance, the "voting-paper system," will no doubt be reproduced with an effrontery as good as new ; and no end of projects for creating select and special constituencies for the use of squeamish and infirm politicians, are ready to be propounded in committee. Our immediate business, however, is with a more audacious proposition than any of these. It is neither moxe nor less than a plan to render it unnecessary fdr certain members of the Government, whose prespr.ce is requisite' in Parlia ment, to have any constituencies at all t. - ' In the' course of a hing and elaborate speech against any and every atttempt to deal effectually with the too long deferred claims of the people to constitutional rights, Mr. Edward Ellice the younger coolly told his hearers the other day, at Cupar, that should any bill seem likely to pass this year, provision s oug ht tote inserted enabling the Minister of the day to nominate 0 offices hitherto filled by members of tho Legislature, individuals too obSeure or unpapidar 'to get returned by any description o f cons tit uen , whether pure or venal, large or small. It is ofte found very inconvenient, says this worthy mo u th ece o f o l igarc h y , no t t o be able to place on the Ti sury Bench the particu lar men who are mo s t i n he confidence of Govern ment, and who would b e e mos t un f a lt er i ng an d effective apologists of its measures. The fear of their electors paralyses t courage o f some ; an d the mere liability to re-el tion damps in many the desire to put on the'liver of office. Not a doubt of it; and th a t i s precis ly the reason why the great constitutional principle was long ago estab lished that the responsible members of the Execu tive should be chosen from the men whom the people were presumed to have sent to Parliament to watch over their interests, and that a corrupt or usurping administration might never be permitted to pack, even for a session, the seat of legislative rule with its un-elected and irrespongible creatures. The founders of our liberties well knew that a popular Minister would never experience 'any diffi culty in finding clever and aspiring members of Parliament to join' the GOvernment ; and that so long as the policy he pursued was national and enlightened, such men avoid seldom, if ever, fail to be re-elected after they had done so. Excep tional cases now and then prove rather than inva lidatethe rule. But, in the main, it is only when a Cabinet is felt to be wanting in public spirit, or neglectful of its duty to the people, that the embar rassment is ever known to arise. Good measures are easily defended ; it is only . bad measures that need the aid of hard-faced advocacy and support of merely mercenary partisanship. The want of hire ling aid of this description has, indeed been some times felt by Ministers who, beginning by specious professions of zeal for freedom, have apostatised in office from their early pledges. It may possibly also with reason be anticipated .by men who, de spairing of acceptance by the nation on their merits, hope to climb up into power by the favour of the Court and the strength of their family con nections, and who would like when they get there to have the aid of their un-parliamentary auxi liaries in Parliament, to talk down opposition to their anti-liberal and anti•national schemes. They fear, and justly, any change in the composition of the Commons House that would reduce still fur ther the number of rotten boroughs. The member for St. Andrew's distinctly says so. • Echoing the words of his kinsman and leader, Lord Grey, he laments the extinction of io many of that useful class of seats by the Act of p 832. He despairs of actually restoring them, but he is not ashamed to propose that the same purpose they served should be accomplished henceforth by other itteans-=•-• namely, that the Government should have the power of introducing always a given number of office-holders, not returned -by any portion of the community to Parliament, and compelling that assembly to submit to be bullied, or worried, or tired out by these " mere mercenaries." We cannot be surprised that this hopeful propo sition commands the signal favour of a cotemporary distinguished for intrepid admiration of the wisdom of the Coup d'Etat, and consistent advocacy of the policy of the Napoleonic regime. Whatever diffe rences of opinion may prevail as to the origin or tendency of that remarkable system, all agree that its essential characteristic is the completeness of the way in which political power is_concentrated in the smallest possible number of hands, and the manner in which, while certain' forms and ceremonies of representation are presumed, all real responsibility i i s s wevietryhdtrhaiwngn in f ee rom Fr t a h n e People. The administration ; public opinion nothing. Our oligarchs. would fain take a leaf out of the book of the Bonapartist Empire; and the journals whose devotion is divided between French Imperialism and English counteraction of popular tendencies, naturally dwell with delight: on whatever seems to be common to the two. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN PARIS. Great commotion was caused on Saturday in the Faubourg St. Germain, by an extraordinary attempt at murder in the house of the Marquise de Martain vine, 72, Rue St. Dominique St. Germain. The Marquis de Martainville, who died lately, left by his will legacies more or less important to almost all his servants except one, Jean M— by name, aged 67, with whose conduct he was not satisfied. This man, who is of a violent character, ascribed his exclusion from the will to the influence which two other servants, a married couple, L—, the husband footman, and his wife lady's maid, exer cised over their master and mistress, and he con ceived bitter animosity against them in consequence. He frequently abused the couple, but in the hope that his bad humour would wear off they made no complaint. On Saturday morning this man, seeing Mme. L— in a room on the ground floor, began abusing her. She replied somewhat sharply, and flying into a violent passion, lie seized a log of wood and struck at the woman's head, but throwing her self back in terror she only received a slight blow. She cried out loudly for help, and her husband rushing in tried to wrest the log from the man, but was unable to do so, an d rece ived a blow on the head which felled him to the ground. Another ser vant, named Bouge, now hurried in, and Jean, draw ing out a large knife, attempted to stab him, but Bouge after fl dreadful struggle, forced the knife from him. Jean then snatched up a large wood chopper, and three servants, seeing he was about to attack them with it, ran in terror to another room and fastened themselves in. He however broke open the door with the chopper, and struck each of them with great fury, inflicting very serious wounds. The two men, though blood was strearaing from them, succeeded, after a struggle, in getting the chopper from him; but he then drew forth a razor, and cut Mine. L— with it. He then still in a state of fury, rushed .up stairs, and sought refuge on the roof of the house. The police having been sent for arrived at this moment, but seeing that it would be dangerous to follow the man on the roof—where he was walking about in great fury, with a razor in his hand, and crying that he would murder any one who should dare to approach him—contented themselves with guarding the different issues of that and the adjacent -houses, and sent for some firemen. These men ascended 'to the roof, and two of them, who were armed with swords, advanced resolutely towards the . man, and, in spite of his threats to murder them with his razor, ordered him to surrender. The man, seeing that they were not to be trifled with, put his razor in his pocket, and gave himself up. On being searched three razors were found on him. After having been interrogated by the commissary of police of the district he was sent to the prefecture of police. 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Goods forwarded on receipt of Post-office Orders. Important Caution—Beware of spurious imitations offered _by-the ignorant and unSernpulons. All imit a t ors " will be proceeded against. From trustworthy information which has reached *,,.we are inclined to believe that Count Cavour is beginning to ponder seriously over the possible consequences of his rashness in deserting England's alliance for, that of two despotic Sovereigns in whose friendship both nature and sound policy forbid him to confide. It would appear that the alternative, long balanced in his mind, was either liberty or territorial aggrandisement, and that he has finally preferred the latter. But, as we all along foretold, even this consum mation is not to be attained by sudden resolves and violent means, so easily as some of the visionary politicians of Turin seem to fancy. Before Victor Emmanuel can hope to be crowned King of Italy he must wade through torrents of human blood. He mast reconcile the discordant feelings and passions of rival Princes: He must unite, in one common league of fellowship and amity, the con flicting tendenies and antagonistic interests of which Italy has been for centuries the battle-field, and to whose sinister influences his father, and so many Italian leaders before him, have fallen vic tims. Nor is it to be overlooked that Austria is in possession of the best strategic positions and the principal fortresses of Italy, . and that to dislodge her from these strongholds might possibly be the work of years. Sardinia, as we have so often warned her, would have acted more wisely had she been satisfied to abide her time—had she trusted less to physical means thin to her moral influence as the only con stitutional State in Italy; fOr the irresistible pro. gress of events would have opened to her, sooner or later a glorious career, and thus she would not have been tempted to contract intimate engagements with despotic Powers. From this unnatural friend ship she may, very possibly, never obtain the golden prize she is contending for ; while to it she wilt probably ode day ascribe, with bitterness and anguish, the loss of what now raises her above her station in the councils of Europe,—her constitu tional liberty. When a State is topographically and politically situated as the Sardinian kingdom is, it will be impelled by the instinct of self-preservation to seek for a protecting alliance. This ally ought to be neither too contiguous nor too distant ; not too near lest the connexion give rise to the very danger through which it is sought to be avoided; nor too distant, for then the ally's assistance would be of little or no advantage in time of need ; or else, upon the special plea of rendering it more attainable, he would strive to gain a footing,in the smaller State, and might eventually reduce it to the conditions of a dependency. Thus Spain and Portugal, thus Austria and Sardinia, thus Sardinia and France may exchange international civilities ; they may enter into a transient intimacy, more or less preju dicial to the weaker party, but they can never be natural allies. Nor can Rusgia, removed far off as she is, ever become for any lengthened period an efficient ally to the Sardinian States. For in time of war her approach might be impeded and altogether frustrated by the naval superiority of Great Britain unless she were to establish settlements in the kingdom, taking possession of the strongest posi tions, and to garrison them at once; and in this case the peril which we have just pointed out would necessarily arise. Moreover, even on this supposi tioa, Sardinia could hope to derive during the course of a protracted war but little benefit from the pro tection of Russia, unless the latter power formed part of a great coalition. Otherwise the Russian garrisons and auxiliary stations iu the Sardinian dominions would be soon completely cut off from all intercourse with the mother country. That France cannot be the natural ally of the kingdom of Sardinia is equally evident, for the reasons we have already assigned. History indeed can tell us that under the first Napoleon Piedmont became a French province, while the Princes of the House of Savoy, like the Bourbons of Naples, owed their salvation to British men-of-war. The Second Empire, we are told, is peace. Consequently, Napoleon 111. has not as yet annexed Piedmont to France. His aim, if we rightly understand his character, is to follow, as closely as circumstances may allow, in the footsteps- of his great uncle—to approach as near as possible the same goal—but by means totally different, and more peaceful. In union with Russia, he has contracted a very inti mate friendship with the little kingdom of Sardinia; and as friends are bound to be mutually agreeable to each other, Count Cavour has sacrificed a portion of his country's liberties to the Emperor, whilst the generous Emperor, in return, has granted the hand of his cousin; Prince Napoleon, to the King of Sardinia's daughter. Now, if so grave a concession as the law curtailing the liberty of the Press was conceded to French importunity before this new intimacy had been strengthened by the endearing ties of affinity, what may not be expected from it hereafter ? Are we therefore to affect surprise if all those who wish well to Piedmont anticipate, at this mo ment, the most unfavourable consequences from the political engagements which the Government of that country has recently contracted ? Great Britain, on the contrary, from the consti tutional elements of her power and her felicitous position, was, of all the countries in Europe, the first and foremost to offer to the kingdom of Sar dinia those conditions upon which an alliance, highly beneficial to the latter, might be perma nently founded ; while, to the most sagacious mind, this alliance could not present even the remotost danger. Our ancestors conferred upon the House of savoy very essential benefits, long before this Royal race was permitted—through British influ ence especially —to extend their sway over the States of Genoa. This important accession of mari time territory—the later ill) ention and general application of steam—the new road to India, hence forth irrevocably adopted—those commanding poets in the Mediterranean and Adriatic, which British valour first acquired, and the public law of Europe formally assigned to us—by bringing both nations into closer contact, must have greatly enhanced the value of our alliance in the eyes of the more saga cious politicians of Sardinia. But to a nation just emerging from absolutism, just awakening to the enjoyment of constitutional liberty, our friendship, indeed, became invaluable. Through it the aroused fears and jealousies of sur rounding Governments, naturally averse to the new order of things, were coerced; through it all ex ternal dangers whatever were warded off. For we - ..eiterate the opinion which we have so frequently expressed, had the Piedmontese pursued with con stancy the course they had so successfully entered upon, England, though little disposed to follow them in aggressive operations, would never have permitted that they should have been assailed with impunity. So that the Minister of the day would have been allowed, freely, to devote all the energies of his mind to the removal of those internal diffi culties and embarrassments which endangered the birth, and which still retard the progress, of the Piedmontese Constitution. How different is the state of things now ! Nor do we believe that any man in Europe is better able to appreciate the difference than Count Cavour himself. He is no longer in that com manding position in which he stood twelve months ago ; backed, as he then was, by the admiration, sympathy, and power of Great Britain. ,He has estranged from his country the affections of the English people, whose enmity, above that of all others, Austria was anxious to avert, and has thrown himself into the arms of Russia, and at the feet of Napoleon ! He already beholds the first effects of this strange alliance, in the darkening of the politi cal horizon ; in the gathering of approaching storms, big, it may be, with the fate of Italy and of Europe. Will war really ensue or not ? If not, the con dition of Piedmont will be intolerable; she will have exhausted her resources and wasted her energies in vain, and will be doomed, on one hand, to endure most of the disadvantages, without any of the ad vantafes of war; and, on the other, to witness in sad silence, after such lively hopes have been awakened, and such boasts have been uttered, and such heavy sacrifices have been borne, the consoli dation of her enemy's dominion throughout Italy. That enemy will continue to encircle her frontier —in grim aspect, in colossal form—and more threat ening than ever. But should war, as is anticipated, break out in Italy, will Count Cavour's new allies, or one or other of them, come effectually to his as sistance ? If they do not, he will discover, but too late, that he has been their dupe, and will rue the fatal hour when he sacrificed England's friendship. If they do, is there a politician so blind as not at once to perceive that such an event would form a new era in the history and destinies of modern Eu rope ; that such an event might, possibly, establish Russian supremacy in the East, and subject Italy to France, but could not, permanently, serve the cause of Italian liberty ? We are not, therefore, surprised, that Count Cavour should be, at this mo ment, a prey to misgivings and uncertainty; for, to us, it appears very problematical whether, through such a war, no matter how successful the King of Sardinia would ever be -allowed to extend materi ally his dominions. The constellation of writers who shed a radiance on the early part of the present century is fast vanishing away. Not the least remarkable of these, the historian of the Middle Ages, of the Revival of Letters and of the English Constitution, Henry Hallam, died on Saturday last, at the great age of 81. He has left but few of his companions behind him, and, more than this, it was his bitter fate to outlive those who should have come after him, to see two sons of rare promise, who should have pre served his name, go before him, the pride of his life snatched from his eyes, the delight of his old age laid low in th e d us t o f death. One of these . was that Arthur Henry Hallam, who died in 1833, and. to whom Tennpen dedicated the remarkable series of poems which have been published under the title of "In Memoriam." The bereaved father was broken-hearted for his son, and spoke of his hopes on this side the tomb being struck down for ever. A year or two afterwards, when he produced the " Introcluction to the Literature of Europe," there appeared a most affecting passage in the pre- - face, which to those who knew him, suggested the hidden grief that was preying on his mind. He referred to the imperfection of his work, to the im possibility of rendering it complete under any cir cumstances, and to the especial impossibility of his doing so. "I have other warnings," he said, "to bind up my sheaves while I may—my own advanc ing years„ and the gathering in the heavens.". His hopes, .however,, revived as his younger son grew up to manhood, and 466.1 - Le promise not - less than the accomplished yoUth - wlicen his father had regarded, and not without reason, as an only one without a fellow. But this son also, Henry Fitzmaurice Hallam, was taken from him shortly after he had been called to the bar in 1850, and the poor bereaved father buried him •in Clevedon Church, in Somersetshire, by the side of his brother, and his sister, and his mother. He selected the place, as he ,says in •his memoir of the eldest son, " not only from the connection of kindred, but on account of its still and sequestered situation on a lone hill that overhangs the Bristol Channel." It is to this hill, and. to this channel, and to this grave to which now the remains of the old, heartbroken father are to be added, that Tennyson refers in the most' pathetic of his poems,— " - And the stately ships gO on To their haven under the hill But, 0 for the touch of a vanished hand. And the sound of a voice that is still I " Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, 0 sea! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me." It - is to the same place of rest that the poet refers in the following description, in which he collects together all the images of stillness, 'order, and solemnity : " The Danube to the Severn gave The darkened heart that beat no more; They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the hearing of the wave. " There twice a-day the Severn fills, The salt sea water passes ly, , And hushes half the babbling Wye, And makes a silence in the hills." Among historians we doubt whether theie is to be found one equal to Mr. Hallam in impartiality. There have been historians as erudite as he, not less acute, more inspiring as thinkers, mire elegant as writers ; but for stern justice he is probably without a rival. His unflinching integrity, his subjugation of personal prejudice, his determination to speak the truth under all circumstances is one of the rarest things in literature. This perfect frank ness never takes in him the form, which it assumes in minds less accurately balanced, of an impatient desire to speak unpalatable truths in season and out of season. Perhaps there never was a critic who was so little of an egotist, and whose judgment was so little swayed by personal feelings, either of regard - for himself or of regard for others. Here, indeed, one might detect a want in_ his character as a writer—a want which might scarcely have been observed w hen he began to write, but which became apparent in his later years, when the tendencies of the age had introduced a new style of history and of criticism. He belonged to_ that school which in -history deals with principleo rather than with persons, and in criticism deals with poems rather than with poets, books rathe k than with authors. The tendency of our liters ture of late years has been in a direction entirely opposite, and would seem to represent principles as subordinate to the personages by whom they are illustrated, books as but secondary to the authors from whose pens they have flowed—a ten dency, in fact, which would renter biography the base of history, the base of criticism, the base even of philosophy. So strongly has this tendency made itself manifest in our later literature that the pecu liarity of Hallam's manner appears in most start= ling contrast, and those who have been nuria ed under the more recent system may not be able to enjoy the dry details and impersonal reasonings of the old school. Mr. Hallam, however, in striving to be a classical historian, has shown but little ambition to be a popular one. His works are more for the student than the idle reader. The student finds in them a mine of wealth—unbounded erudi tion, accuracy that has never been impugned, a wise judgment that almost always leaves one satisfied, a brevity of statement that prevents exhaustion, and an elegance of style that draws him along. The reader for mere pleasure would never go through one of Mr. Hallam's works ; and yet in all his writings there are passages instinct with fine feel ing which might well fix the attention of the most desultory reader. Never writing for effect, but conscientiously and laboriously striving to elicit the bare truth, this great historian, whose works are as valuable as any of the same kind that have ever been written, often attains without seeking it an effect which the masters of popular applause might envy. There are few literary men who have reached an eminence to be compared with that of Mr. Hal lam, of whose personal history so little is known to the great public. That he was born in or about 1778, that he was educated at Eton, that from Eton he pas z sed to Christ Church, Oxford, and that at this University he took his degree in 1799, are almost all the facts of his early life which have been publishod. After leaving the University he took up his residence in London, join e d hi mse lf to the Whigs, and acquired his first reputation as a con tributor to the great Whig Review established in the northern metropolis. It was on account of his supposed connection with the Edinburgh Review that ev.iew that he incurred the wrath of Byron, who, in that satire in which he first of all showed his power, referred in ironical terms to " tke classic Hallam, much renowned for Greek." Greek, however, was not the peculiar study of our historian, who set himself the task of learning all the Europeas. lan guages of importance as the steppingstone to an acquaintance with the state of Europe during the Middle Ages. He quietly settled down to his work, marrying in the meantime, and in 1811 rejoicing in the birth of his little Arthur, who was such a marvel of a child that at the age of seven he learnt to read Latin with fluency in a year. It was amid this domestic happiness and the repose which it provided that, in 1818, he at length gave to the world the first, and, perhaps, the greatest of his works, the " View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages"—a work which, although somewhat expen sive and by no means adapted to the popular taste, has gone through a dozen editions. In every page of this history we are struck with the enormous in dustry and the conscientiousness of the writer, which in union with his sagacity of thought and pith of composition have rendered every work pro duced by him standard of its kind. He waited nine years and then gave to the world his " Constitu tional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the death of George II." Nothing can be more masterly than the manner in which he has here traced the history of the English consti tution from its first faint beginnings to its perfect development. It is a vast treasury of political thought —an armoury of political facts ;in itself the Magna Charta of our liberty and our rights, which_ bears the sign -manual, riot of Kings or their Minis ters, but of the Muse of History.. After these pub lications Mr. Hallam turned from political to lite rary history, preparing to write a full account of the revival Of letters and the various steps by which a literature cane to be cultivated in the vernacular languages of Europe. It was while en gaged in this work, and while his heart was full of j oy in the acquirements of his elder son, who had just left College, and who, under his father ' s Justinian and the, was now studying the " Institutes" of " Commentaries" of Blackstone, now writing short papers for various works, of Tennyson for a Burke and Voltaire for magazine, biographies o the Portrait Gallery of the Useful Knowledge So ciety, that the great affliction came which seemed for a time to prostrate the historian, and whi c h cer t a inly gave a mellowness to his habits of thought a s well as a depth of feeling to his whole character that had the happiest influence on his critical dis quisitions. If it be true of the poets that " they learn in suf fering what they teach in song," it is not less true " Edinburgh, Jan. 19, 185 , 9. night," Deaad rnKosinllocshh,—all beengaged eiv all day witaa your letter ly l re meeting of th e Hi g hl an d S oc i e ty, an d am tc, south in the eveni ng , I can on l y give t o it a l iiir . reply. I may at on ce s t a t e t o you th a t th e rc p or c mistook my figures, and wrote down 30,000 insti 80,000 inhabitants. My impression was, and is, that on this basis of population you clain second member for Forfarshire in the redistrih ,of seats which_ yoll anticipated under some new Reform 'Bill -13rightA 1 / 4 ,...F not I pow forget. Founding upon this erroneous report, you proceed to read me a lecture on my speee a at Bre chin, and my political conduct in general. It seems agreeable to you to do so; and I feel not the smallest resentment at your taking the trouble to re , view my past conduct with respct to reform. In lookin g back upon my political life, I defy you or any o - se to lay your finger upon any pledge which lever gate on the subject of reform which I have not red eemed or endeavoured to redeem. - If you and others formed extraordinary expectations that I was t 3 becOme one of that band of extreme politicians who saw no limit to popular demands, I am not responsible for your disappointment; and it seems somewhat hard. o u quote inxyp wordse essd that I should be c o me th e o bj ec t o f your censure. I will not, howev e r,. p ursue th ese genera li t i es, but expressed th a e t n I still confine my se lf more i mme di ate l y to y our letter. Y Forfar and the opinions shall be much surprised if any government brings in a bill . giving any ver y extens i ve redistribution of seats ; and I shall also be surprised if Forfar or Perth obtain a second member. Why, your friend, and I presume your leader in reform, Mr. Bright, in all his extensive redistribution, does not think of either county; and lean easily imagine the dis appointment with which you read that portion of his schedules which enfranchised Aberdeen, but silently passed by the tivo counties of Perth and Forfar. You next proceed to leCture me for stating that the repeal of the corn laws was the effect of the bill of 1832.:I adhere, however, to the opinion. It .was the bill of 1832 that, placed. Mr. Cobden and Mr.. Bright in Parliament, and enabled them to devote their extraordinary energies and talents, in and out of .the house, to the advocacy of the total repeal of the corn-laws. They occupied the ground already laid for them by Chas. Villiers, who fought many a battle against heavy odds before these two latter champions entered the field. You next proceed to accuse the Whigs of not efficiently working out the Reform Bill, and of becoming as great jobbers as once the Tories were.' I have often heard the former expression, but I confess I do not fully understand its meaning: ' The Whigs did pass many measures of the greatest benefit to the nation between 1832 and 1841, which nidy be directly ascribed to the powerful aid of those whom the. Reform Bill brought into the House of Commons. You and others may ignore these if you choose, but you cannot blot them from the statute book, where they remain as proofs of the energy of those who were their authors, and of the ingratitude of those who forget them. lam sorry to see you adopt the cant phrase of Whig jobbers.' Such phrases are the last resources of those who lack argu ments to condemn a political party. You are the last man who should forget the long struggle for the liberties of the people maintained bythe Whigs at the risk of personal liberty, and certain exclu sion from the attainment of the highest offices in the judicial and other professions by those who had the honesty and courage to belong to the party. His tory will do them justice, though it is the fashion to refuse it now. Whatever may be said against us, I trust we shall be forward in supporting every just re form and fair demand on the part of the nation at large. But if reforms be proposed which have for their object the serious disturbance of the balance of different interests in our constitution which still happily exists, and to set up one portion of the nation an dominion over the rest—such reforms 1, for one, willresist, even at the risk of incurring your renewed censure.—l am, dear • Kinloch, yours truly, " PANMURE.” "To George Kinloch, Esq., of that Ilk." • FALMOUTH DOCKS AND BARBOU1?. A numerous and influential meeting was held in the Town-hall, Truro, on Tuesday last, to support a proposed plan for the construction of docks at Falmouth. Viscount Falmouth, who presided, said that the mails were removed from Falmouth in consequence of the want of two requirements-- dock accommodation for steam traffic and a railway. There was now a railway constructed to within 11 miles of the port, and they only wanted dock ac commodation to supply the remaining deficiency. Mr. Tilly, with the aid of a large chart, gave a full explanation of the details of the plan. He said that a careful survey of the harbour had been made by Mr. Abernethy, the engineer recommended by tlie Admiralty, who hadselected a site for the proposed docks in a well-sheltered position, in proximity to deep water, and affording the utmost facility for in gress and egress of vessels, the rise of tide being 18 feet 6 inches at springs, and 14 feet at neaps. It w as intended in the first place to construct a tidal harbour of 12 acres, with 18 feet at low water, spring tides, and a channel of the same depth lead ing out to deep water. These works, with two slips, a dry dock, and warehouses, would be sufficient for the immediate wants of the port ; but the under taking comprised alsci a half tide basin or dock of 8 acres, connected with the harbour, the latter work to be executed whenever required. The entrance into the harbour at Falmouth would be a straight one. There was a dock at Southampton of 10 acres within the tidal harbour, but the entrance was only 46 feet wide, and the large royal mail steamers cannot get in, as they are wider than the entrance across their paddlewheels. At Falmouth the entrance to the tidal harbour dock would be 80 fret wide, and the same to the graving dock, so that, with tho exception of the Great Eastern, th ere wou ld b e entrance room for . the largest class of ships now afloat. Mr. Tilly proceeded to say that in time of war, especially with France, Falmouth harbour, from its po s iti on , wou ld b e of still greater import ance than in time of peace. Mr. Baring and Mr. Gurney, the members for Falmouth, had liberally assisted in this project, and Falmouth, although a poor place, had subscribed £37,000 towards it, and, he believed, would subscribe some thousands more.. The whole capital required, including thelansd inter and £20,000 for warehouses, was X200,00_0 ,001:hi the Southamptim Docks' capital was X 8 000. The standing orders had been complied with, and rhe £B,OOO paid into the Court of Exchequ e r. meeting was then addressed by se vera l g entlemen, forw h o Falmouth urged t h that harbour, dock and a the be l i N . e , atostufhlinnercaeoetbfsi thereby be importance,mail stea es s to th e Falmouthpospostal se r w v i r e d would greatly accelerated at reduced risk and expense, and the dangers of collision in the Channel avo id ed. Resolutions were unanimously passed in favour of the undertaking, and the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to Viscount Falmouth. PERILS OF TIGER-HUNTING. —Our readers will hear with the deepest regret that Captain Handeock, aide :de •cainp to the Right H no o tu u t ou r a tigerble sportsman s t h h , e h)oadt G in nE a nf efree o w r ly , m wdao e y t uns m ad i ge th t s l . ( 3 ‘ : . t e t t il p act o;e id . eln'thlevghai whilst d a roy=al tiger, and was approachi ng w h at he believed to be the dying animal, when it suddenly sprang upon him. The captain endeavoured to savehimself by catching the branch of a tree, but before he could get out of harm's way, the tiger clawed him down, and wounded him in the sevprest manner, though we trust not dangerously.- His friends are anxiously waiting for further information, and we hope may soon be relieved from their present anxieties concerning so bold and adventurous a huntsman.—Madras Spectator. 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