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

THE SUN. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1859. If Mr. BRIGHT cannot command success, he most unquestionably deserves it. He is going the • right way to work, following the plans adopted during the palmy days of the League, when the Anti• Corn Law Agitation was most vigorously carried on—when every successive meeting or conference procured new adherents to the great truths so powerfully urged, and inflicted " a heavy blow and great discouragement" on the monster monopoly. Mr. BRIGHT is the champion of the present agitation, and never was one more ener getic and indefatigable! Although his bill may not be carried in all its details, it will at least indice a larger bidding than might otherwise be obtained from the rival promoters of other mea sures under the same title. The conference held yesterday at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester will no doubt have a beneficial result on the different candidates for the Premiership, and induce them to advance a little further in the way of progress. Of the leading, men we confess that wo anticipate far more from Lord DERBY than from either of his competitors. He has always taken a manly and straightforward view of public affairs, andowhe-n he promised that the subject should receive full and fair consideration, we may rest assured that no stinted or milk-and water measure will be brought forward. He has too frequently resisted popular demands ; but when he ever undertook to . ..deal with a grievance, he did so boldly and decisively, going even further than the most ardent reformers on the particula r point he believed would be either offered or granted. We may refer to many cases in corroboration of the above assertion, and we earne stl y ho p e his conduct in respect to the Government Reform Bill will be another valuable precedent added to those already established. We know something of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S views. He had, after repeatedly advocating the doctrine of " finality," brought forward a bill, which, however, he permitted to be shelved on very slender grounds, and most unquestionably it would not be accepted by the nation at the present moment as anything approximating to a solution of the interesting problem. He may exclaim— " Davus non Edipus sum," for he will never meet the requirements of the poli tical sphynx. Besides, he has invariably spoken and voted against the ballot, and that is an inevitable necessity. Without it no measure will be acceptable to the people. Until ample protection is given to the voter— until there is satisfactory evidence that every cor rupt and demoralising influence must cease, the agitation will never terminate. There will be monster meetings and repeated conferences until that which might now be conceded with a good grace must be granted to an indignant and determined nation. Lord PALMERSTON is even more hopel ess . H e is not only committed against the Ballot, like Lord J. RUSSELL, but the Times, once a strenu ous and decided Reformer, and which has taken the Viscount under its especial pro tection, is writing a series of anti-reform articles, seeking to show that there is . no necessity] for . any change, and even this day in quiring "for what purpose, or with what definite object are his hearers to do all that he recommends to be done ? " There is that " sentimen tal (!) question," the extinction of Church Rates, and the abolition of the Game Laws, which "The Leviathan" suspects to be " of much the same character." There may be a notion that there would be some effort to produce more economical government, but that is all a mistake, for the extension of democratic power and democratic principles would rather lead to extravagance than otherwise. Such is the argument of the Times, and there can be but little doubt of the concurrence of Lord PALMERSTON. There must, however, be a large and comprehen sive measure of reform this session, and although it may not be exactly the bill of Mr. BRIGHT, he will be entitled to no inconsiderable portion of the credit to be obtained therefrom. It is impossible to accept the political article in the new number of the Quarterly as in any way an indication of the views entertained by her MAJESTY'S Ministers in regard to the great pro blem now upon the eve of attempted solution—the Reform of Parliament. The argument advanced by the Reviewer is one that no sane person, in either Lords or Commons, would have the temerity to advocate from his place in either branch of the Legislature. It is a great deal more than a mere declaration in favour of the principle of Finality. It is an avowal far more flagrant in its way than that memorable one made once upon a time in the House of Peers by the late Duke of WELLINGTON. Upon the occasion referred to, it will be remem bered that his Grace contented himself with the intimation that, according to his view of things, so far the country had gone in the way of reform, and that it should thenceforth go no further ! But the Quarterly Reviewer is a good deal bolder than this in the irritating temerity of his political dogmatism. He writes not only as though the country ought not to advance further, but as though it ought not to have advanced by any means so far ! Precisely at the very time when everybody is pointing forward—when everybody is pressing on, with more or less eagerness—when all alike are looking for improvement, advance ment, developement—this Sir Oracle, of the Quar terly, is proclaiming loudly the doctrine of Retro gression ! He is positively for retracing our foot steps. Instead of aspiring to witness the bettering, in 1859, of what was done in 1832, he is for undoing what was done in 1832, either in 1859, or as soon afterwards as might be in any way practicable. Upon the whole great question he expresses him self thus explicitly—" Reform," he writes, " is a road which conducts to a precipice. At the first halt there arises a cry, ' Advance.' Another stage is passed, and reasonable men hope that they have reached the goal, but suddenly they find the num bers greater than ever of those who cry, Advance, advance !' In vain the wiser heads endeavour to stop ; an irresistible force impels them onwards. They become still more conscious that they are approaching the brink, and they eagerly desire to retrace their steps while yet they tread upon the solid earth. But on they must go in spite of them- selves, and although they know that they are has tening to ruin. Let the middle classes of this great country, the manufacturers, the respectable trades people, the farmers—all, in short, who em ploy labour and pay wages—pause before they put themselves and their property under the dominion of their men. Unless they offer a steady and timely resistance the fatal boundary will be passed when they will no longer be able to control the movement and save the State." After such a series of pusillanimous declarations, it is surely easy enough to recognise the fact that in its capacity as a poli tical organ the Quarterly's occupation is gone as irretrievably as that of Othello. For all the influence it can ever exercise now upon the politi cal judgment of its contemporaries, it might from this time forth be published at Coventry or at Jericho, as at Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. It was surely high time, in truth, with such evidence before us, that Mr. BENTLEY, or some other enter prising Conservative publisher, should announce the speedy commencement of a new quarterly periodical. The old Quarterly, by the avowal of views so utterly senile and antiquated, has to employ the expressive phraseology of prospectuses, but left a hiatus, the filling up of which has become a desideratum. As though the opinions expressed by the old Tory Quarterly in the current argument upon Reform, from which we have already quoted, were not sufficiently opposed'to the general , aspira tions of the community, th e rev i ewer , writes flagrantly, as follows:—" Of all the fallacies," he observes, "that have been promulgated by theorists about our constitution, the grossest is that of the equi-balance of the three estates—independent and coefficient. It is a state of political society which would not exist a month. Supreme power (how ever nominally distributed) must, in practice, be vested in one authority. With us that authority is the House of Commons ; but, in order to prevent that authority being wholly popular and supreme over the other two, the Crown and the aristocracy have a disguised but well-known and acknowledged influence here, which preserves the real balance, and obviates those dissensions and collisions to which the same powers, operating in sepa rate and wholly independent movements, would be liable. The present admixture of in- terests in this house creates a certain elasticity which has acted like springs, and has prevented violent collision with the Crown and the House of Lords. Take away these springs, and we must run the risk of jostling against each other." No fear of the Reviewer jostling with any one. He is in nubibus. He has surely been slumbering for the last two or three centuries in the mountains where the giants are supposed to play skittles when it thunders. Startled from his long sleep by this new agitation for Reform, he stands looking down upon the doings of our generation amazed and be wildered—the very RIP VAN WINKLE of Politics. "For what practical end, indeed," he asks, " is Reform demanded, and what are the advantages we hope to obtain to counterbalance its dangers?" H e is dismayed and astounded at the rashness of Lord DERBY'S Government in promisin g t o d ea l with this purely supposititious difficulty. " The legacy," writes the reviewer, " was bequeathed to the present Government by their predecessors, and [words could not be plainer] we heartily wish they had declined to accept it !" The Quarterly then has clearly abdicated its former position. It is dreaming and doting over the memory of a , Toryism that is no more—that is not only dead,' bat buried and almost forgotten. It is the poli tical organ of no party, of no section of a party anywhere discoverable in either House of Parlia• ment. As a sign of the times all this assuredly furnishes the community with a negative augury full of encouragement. The Speaker arrived at his residence on Carlton terrace yesterday, from Ossington Park, Neward, Lady Charlotte Denison is expected early next week. DEATH OF MR. CO3I3IISSIONER PHILLIPS. We regret to learn that this eminent judge and lawyer expired last night, at half-past 6 o'clock. He was attacked on Monday last with a combina tion of paralysis and apoplexy. He remained in an unconscious state up to the last moment, without ever recovering speech. Dr. Todd and Mr. Harris, his medical attendants, from the first gave not the slightest hope of his recovery. IOYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT 11. GARDEN, under the sole Management of bliss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and Tomantle Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clc thing. Commence at Seven, THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee-151r. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. To conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; Or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. rills EVENING will be'performed the play of LOUIS XL tonis (King of France), by Mr. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince D;amond and Princess Brighteyes. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed THE BUSYBODY. Messrs. Buckstone, Farren, ; Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam and Miss Reynolds. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDLNE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, TAIS EVENING-, will be performed THE SISTER'S SACRIFICE. Messrs. Emery, Barret, and Rogers. Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Julia St. George. After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert . B.Brough, and entitled THE SIEGE OF - TROY. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. Weston, *figs Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, dce.; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. J. Rogers, Mr. Barrett, &c. ; Miss Rosina Wright, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, &c. To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricks and mechanical devices , entitled HARLEQUIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, 31. r Charles Lauri; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 20.; Stalls, 55. ; Gallery, ls. Boa-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past e ,to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Grand Week of Attraction. THIS EVENING, THE BORGIA RING A Legend of Stonehenge. Mr. Stuart, Mr. C Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar,Miss M. Keeley, Miss K. Kelly, Mrs. Billington. After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Eburne, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton. Clown, Mr. Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. Hilde brand ; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupino ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING. THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Crowded Houses Nightly. Another highly attractive and successful Drama. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the grand Spec• tacle of THE GIPSY GIRL OF MADRID ; or, The Edici of Spain. After which, the inimitable SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. Wm. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained palfries and ponies and the Starßiders of Europe. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen,Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. 11. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley ;1 Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest, the Grimaldi of the dak Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Brilliant and unsurpassa le Transformation Scene, wall dazzling effects of Colour an( ire. Gorgeous Scenery, and every incident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to the "New Palace for the People, at Muswell Hill," Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Stage Mapager,Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.-- Proprietor--C. 3IonToN. The üblic is most respectfully- informed that the FINE ARTSGALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters •and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual a Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied Instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-Surr OFFICE, FEB. 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day at noon. BauomETEn---29.47—a sudden fall of nearly three quarters of an inch since yesterday. WIND, Westerly ; rather fresh, with fine weather. Two o'Clock—Wind—North-Westerly ; very fresh and stormy, with heavy rolling clouds, and rain. . i ,1... , l• Ati ' 1 , , v • •.. ~,,- ...1. .„ -... „ AI .., el r . s itl . t.„ . ,sim a . , 4 141 $ . .:,,, ;.... 4 , \ IP.f - N '11.4 . ,,1 i i# 17' " ~ '4 .. *4 .. •-k,46i." r-- ,1,.' bi.74Aitk , " T • ' , l ,' ''._ ~,,- v z ,:ko IT • ".; V. q - ,.- ...10.:... .....zi,,.... THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1859. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. We are enabled to state upon authority that Her Majesty's Theatre will be opened for the usual summer season, under the management of Mr. E. T. Smith, and that the general musical arrangements are to be under the direction of Mr. Benedict, who will officiate as conductor of the orchestra. The principal tenors already engaged are Signori Mongini and Graziani ; the baritones, Signori Graziani (of the Royal Italian Opera), Fagotti, and Badiali ; the ladies, Madlle. Weisser, Signore Sarotta, Brambilla, Vauneri, and Madlle. Titiens. Many other artistes of celebrity are likewise expected to join the company. The vexed question of the re-opening of this great lyric theatre was only decided yesterday afternoon.—Morning Post. The Prince of Wales, who is travelling under the name of " Baron Renfrew," passed through Botzen, in the Southern Tyrol, on the 20th ult., and through Verona at 10 o'clock in the morning of the 24th. Although his Royal Highness wishes to travel incognito, he received and re turned the visit of the Archduke Charles Louis, the Gover nor of the Tyrol, when he was at Innspruck. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Baron Knese beck, arrived at St. James's Palace, last evening, from Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the season. His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Dallas honoured the Panorama of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky and other American scenery, at the Royal Gal lery of Illustration, with a visit yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox are expected to arrive in Portland place, to-day, from Goodwood Park, Sussex. His grace is invited to the Earl of Derby's Parliamentary banquet this evening. The Marquis of Bath has arrived at his residence in Berkeley-square, from Longleate, Wilts. The Marquis of Tweedale has arrived in town from fester House, Haddingtonshire. The Countess of Derby has issued cards for assemblies on each Wednesday in February, at her man sion, St. James's-square. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor are ex pected to arrive in town to-morrow from Calvaley Park, Cheshire. - Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly this evening, at her mansion in Piccadilly. Viscount and Viscountess Sydney will return to town to-day from their seat, Frognal, Kent. The Bishop of Durham has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Auckland Castle. Lady Peel and the Right Hon. Frederick and Mrs. Peel come to town to-morrow from Hampton Manor, near Coventry, for the season. It is reported that various modifications of the tariff are contemplated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his next financial arrangements. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—MANCHESTER, Tuesday.---The busines of to-day has beenlimited in amount. Offers are freely made at' a considerable decline in prices ; these are generally refused by producers, who are not pressed for orders. The cloth market is not altered since last week, but orders are not quite so plentiful. The advices from St. Petersburg continue to describe great speculative activity in the field of joint stock enterprise. The concoction of companies proves fascinating in that region from its novelty, and in many cases large premiums are obtained. At the same time rtunsur still runs on the urgent necessity of a State loan. tinder these circumstances the precipitate disclosures at Paris of the aggressive policy against Austria must have been regarded by Russian statesmen as a great and annoy ing mistake. MURDER AT MANCIIRSTER.—Yesterday afternoon a man named William Thompson, of the Cross Keys beer house, Albert-street, conunitted a most determined murder, by stabbing his wife in the neck with a knife. He after wards hanged himself, having previously attempted to set fire to the house. • The cause of the dreadful deed is stated to be jealousy, which had. led to frequent quarrels between th. pair. There is now living in Wells a remarkable old woman, in he? 105th yeav, - who has cut two teeth, a circum stance which occurred to her in her 103 d year. Mrs. Oxley is the widow of the late Mr. John Oxley, tiler and plas terer, of Wells. A YOUNG LADY MORTALLY SHOT.—Yesterday Miss Mary Ann Hum , aged 16, who resided in Hill street, Peckham, asked her brother 'William to shoot some pigeons, and a gun was taken down from the mantelshelf ; while putting on a cap it exploded, the contents entering her body. Medical assistance was sent for, but from the severe laceration • the unfortunate young lady shortly expired. CURIOUS OCCURREVCE.—During the Cothelstone coursing meeting, on Thursday last, the following singular circumstance took place drawing a small covert thee coursers wen astonished to see no fewer than 80 or 100 pheasants rise at once, and three hens singling themselves out flew almost locked together to a house, where they smashed a pane of plate glass (four feet by three) into atoms. They were takcri up dead by the ladies who were watching the coursing from the window.—Manchester Guardian. COURAGE REWARDED.—Yesterday (Tuesday) a rich service of plate, veined at about £lOO, together with a purse containing 100 guineas, was presented as a testimo nial from a number of the merchants of Liverpool to Capt. Johnston, of the ship Eastern City, for his cool and intre pid conduct at the burning of that ship, from which he escaped and saved 4he lives of 237 of the crew and passen gers. The presentition took place at the rooms of Messrs. Elkington and Co., who supplied the plate, and Captain. Schomberg, R.N., the emigration officer at Liverpool, as sisted at the presentation., RAILWAY BlLLS.—Yesterday Messrs. Smith and Frere, the examiners, declared the standing orders of both Houses of Parliament tolhave bee* complied with in re spect to the following railway bills:—Kingsbridge and South Devon; London and North-Western (Branch to Gilder some) ; London and North-Western (Extension to Orsett); London and North-We*ern (Denton to Staleybridge) ; South Staffordshire ; Portsmouth and London and South- Western; Bombay, Baroda, and Central India; Witney ; Great Western and London and North-Western (Traffic Arrangement) ; Vale of Neath ; South Yorkshire; London and North-Western (Working and Traffic Arrangements) ; Great Western ; Oxford,fforcester 9 and Wolverhampton ; Tenbury; Belfast and Lond on d err y Junction' (the standing orders not complied with:.) Mr. ROUPELL, M 2., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS..-- Last evening a very cro7,vded meeting of the electors and non-electors of the boncnigh of Lambeth was held at the Horns Taverns, Kennington, for the pu r p ose o f h ear i ng a n addreSs from r. W. Itoupell, one of the members of the borough, as to his past conduct in Parliament, and the course he should pursne in future. Mr. Roupell, in the course of his speech, said that there were several Reform Bills to be brought before Parliament, but that he should not pledge himself to any one, but would accept that which went furthest. A vote of thanks for his past services and of confidence and support for the future was carried. The meeting then separated. THE POACHING AFFRAY IN NOTTS.-DEATH OF ONE OF THE POACHERS.—Ward, the man who was so severely wounded in the late violent affray at Shelford (Notts), died from the effects of his wounds on Monday, the 31st inst. It is stated by the keepers who were engaged in the affray that the blow on his head was inflicted by one of his own gang ; that it was meant for one of the keepers, but that he stooped, and that it knocked down the deceased. Ward's skull was smashed, and he lingered for a week, when death took place. An inquest upon the body was held at the County Hall on Monday night last, before Mr. Coro ner Swann, and adjourned for a week. The police have not yet succeeded in capturing more of the gang. Curzon (who was taken on the spot) is in custody. OYSTERS AT HERNE BAY.-At the commence ment of the winter it was stated that vast quantities of oyster brood had been deposited along this coast, and a hope was expressed that it would be a boon to many poor persons when employment was scarce. We can now report that the extraordinary low tides which prevailed last week after the full moon, aided by strong southerly winds, have given opportunity to many to collect the brood, and reap a good reward by the sale of it. On Friday and Saturday it was calculated that about two hundred persons were busily employed in this vicinity. From 3s. to 10s. or 12s. a day have been earned by individuals and families, and it is gratifying to state that many have availed themselves of their good fortune to pay off outstanding debts unavoidably contracted.--Kentish Gazette. DEATH OF THE REV. CANON CHESSHYRE.— One of the stalls in Canterbury Cathedral, and the joint livings of St. Paul and St. Martin, Canterbury, have.be come vacant by the death of the Rev. Canon Chesshyre, which took place early yesterday morning, after a lengthened period of extreme suffering, borne with exemplary patience and Christian fortitude. When selected by the Earl of Derby as a successor to the Rev. Canon Stanley, on that gentleman's appointment as Regius Professor of Ecclesias tical History in the University of Oxford and to the canonry of Christ Church attached thereto, in March, MS, the de ceased clergyman was then suffering from the indisposition which baffled all the resources of human skill, and has ter minated his career at the comparatively early age of 55. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.—The new steam ship Nepaul left this day for Marseilles, for the conveyance of the mails between that port and Alexandria. The steam ship Union left this day for the Mauritius, to convey the mails (under the new contract) between that port and Reunion (Isle of Bourbon). The steam ship Fulton left this day for Havre to take on ma il s an d passengers f or New York. She will leave this port on the 9th instant for her destination with the French and English mails. The Hamburg-American Company's ships, which have ceased runn ing during the winter, are announced to depart again on the 4th proximo. They will call at Southampton on the out ward and homeward passage. This line comprises the steam ships Borussia, Hammonia, Saxonia, and Bavaria. They will form a fortnightly communication between Hamburg, Southampton, and New York LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received from Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, FEB. 2. The Moniteur of this morning contains the fo lowing messages : GENOA, FEB. 1. Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Napoleon have departed for Marseilles. JEDDAH, JAN. 23. Two principal ringleaders in the massacre of the Christians, the Chief of the Police and the Chief of the Adramonts, have been condemned to death and were executed yesterday. The Caimacan and the others accused, have been sent to Constantinople, where their fate will be decided upon. BARI, JAN. 28. The King of Naples arrived here yesterday evening. TRIESTE, FEB. 1. The Duchess of Calabria embarked this afternoon for Naples. According to advices received from Ancona, a political assassination has been committed there. FRANCE. PARTS, TUESDAY. A telegraphic despatch from Marseilles, in the Nord of Brussels, asserts that the division of Gen. Renaud has been recalled from Algeria to join the army of Lyons. BOURSE, Feb. I.—The settlement of the Rente The following letter has been received from Major Gauthier de Rougement, appointed by the Emperor guardian of the house occupied by the first Napoleon at St. Helena : " Prospect, Longwood, Dec. 30, 1858. " I embarked at Southampton on the sth of April last for the Cape of Good Hope, where we did not arrive until the 15th of May, the machinery of the packet having broken down in the .latitude of the Canary Islands. Having ar rived too late for the packet which touches at St. Helena, we were compelled to remain at the hotel in Cape Town for 24 days. In fine, we embarked on the 11th of June on board a Dutch merchant ship ; and, after a passage of 20 days, we landed at ,James Town' on the 30th of June last. I was extremely well received by the civil and military authorities. The Governor invited me to a dinner, at which there were 30 guests. Official entertainments were affered to me by the officers of the garrison —the citadel and the artillery. I was hlearise invited by the foreign Consuls. On my part I invited the civil and military authorities to a banquet on the occasion of Napoleon's fete, and I think I am well regarded at Saint Helena ; but every thing here sells for its weight in gold. I cannot express to you the profound emotion I experienced at Longwood at seeing the room in which Napoleon expired, and the melan choly feelings inspired by the valley of the tomb. I inhabit a handsome country house at two leagues from the town, while I am waiting to bo installed at Longwood at the end of January in the large house occupied by the Emperor, which requires numeroas repairs." - The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree ap proving of the convention entered into between the Minister of the Interior and the company represented by Sir J. R. Carmichael and Mr. J. W. Brett for the execution and working of submarine telegraphic lines between France and England : "The company engages within a delay of six months from the date of the convention (Jan. 2, 1859) to establish a submarine line of six wires between Boulogne and Folke stone. It also engages during the continuance of the con cession (30 years) to establish, on the demand of the French Government, and within a delay of one year, a line from Havre to a point of the English coast to be hereafter fixed on ; and another between the English Channel Islands and the coast of France, at some point between St. Malo and Cherbourg. The French Government reserves to itself the right of authorising and fixing the conditions for the esta blishment of a telegraphic line from some point of the coast of France to the coast of Ireland, exclusively for the trans- Mission of despatches to and from America by the Transat lantic cable, the present company to have a right of prefer ence on the terms fixed by the French Government. The telegraphic communications by the lines of the company may be at any time suspended by the French Government, without giving rise to any claim for indemnity. All the apparatus in the towns on the French coast where the cable starts from must be established in a building belonging to the State, and be exclusively worked by persons appointed by the French Government, but paid by the company. The rate of charge by the now line from Boulogne must not in any case be greater than that demanded by the present one from Calais, and all the provisions of the law of December, 1850, are to be applicable to it." account to-day has been heavy. Sales at the com mencement sent down the Rente to 68f. 10c., and the rate of continuation was at 22k. Sellers were afterwards obliged to square their accounts, repur chasers were numerous, and the Rente rallied to 68f. 60c., while the continuation fell to 10c. Mobi lier steady at from 777 f. 50c. to 782 f. 50c.; Orleans , l,3lsf. to 1,317 f. 50c.; Lyons, 832 f. 50c. to 835 f. ; Northern, 932 f. 50c. to 935 f. The following were the last quotations:7— 41 per Cents. .... 96 95 Do. end month .. 96 80 Credit Fonder 650 —. Belgian 4I . Piedmonteso (5) B4 75 Roman BB Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt • 40 50 3 per Cents 6B 16 Do. end month 6B 10 Bank Shares. 2940 Credit Mobilier 785 Do. Account RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. , Orleans Northern • 935 ' .. 935 - New ditto. 805 .. 802 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 836 25 .. 835 New ditto - . .. Geneva' . • 550 Midi Southern Western - 590 .. 592 50 Eastern Grand Central — • • Sardinian 415 —. . ; 410 Austrian ' 565 '— .. 562 50 Exchange on London, at sight; paper, 25f. 121 e. ; money, 25f. 10e.; three months, paper, 241. 971 e.; money, 24f. 95e. SARDINIA. The Opinione of Turin states that the garrison of Pavia has been reinforced with the regiment Kinski, so that it is now composed of 8,000 men. A corps of observation, according to the same paper, has been formed between Como, the Lago Maggiore, and the Ticino. The Milan Gazette of the 29th ult. announces that the University of Pavia is to be reopened im mediately on the same conditions for the students as that of Padua. The Giornale di Roma announces that the Pope has appointed Mgr. Lavalletta to the post of pro assessor of the Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition. MANNING THE NAVY,---A eaptai in in the Royal Navy writes to the Times as follows :—" , Sir,—The success with which the merchant ships get theitr crews does not arise solely, as stated by ' Economist' in , your paper of yes terday, from the system of . paying the ; narket value, but , because they have authorised shipping of ;.e nts to enter men for them. Let the Admiralty employ similar means, and they will have no difficulty in getting men.. In every fishing village in England there is a naval alio 3r, and several Coastguard men. Why are not these offitcf 2.rs and men em ployed and paid the same as shipping agon ts ? " MR. GLADSTONE'S MISSION.—SO -many false re ports have been, and are, in circulation, Nit th respect to Mr. Gladstone and his mission that wo again fo 31 it necessary to advise caution. The selection of that dis ti nguished states man, which was at first applauded as a ir:o at sagacious act, has since been condemned, and the most , absurd rumours invented. In spite, however, of the rep 3a ted assertions to the contrary of our contemporaries, it is ;1c , NV generally ad mitted that Mr. Gladstone will not be for ig; absent from his place in Parliament. The other day it w ail announced that the Hon. Mr. Gordon, who had accompank d Mr. Gladstone in the capacity of private secretary, obje. ed to the course that gentlemanhad pursued, and had con; i• aquentlyresigned his post. This is altogether incorrect. Mr. Gordon re mains, having accepted the appointment *Df aide-de-camp. —Morning Herald. LIVERPOOL, Feb. I.—The ship Donald Mackay is reported off the port from Melbourne, ehich she left on the 7th of November, having on board 31,396 ounces of gold. The screw steamer Vigo sails hen .o to-morrow for New York. THE EARL OF DURHAM ON Et EFORM.—The Earl of Durham having been invited to to ke the chair at the Newcastle reform meeting of the Bth t ' February, his lordship has sent the following outspoken rep ly:—!' Lambton Castle, Jan. 27, 1859.—Si r ,—I b eg to ac!knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th inst. Beim g obliged to go up to London next week, I am afraid I j lust decline the honour of presiding at the meeting to be bel d in Newcastle on the Bth. Let me assure you at the sam) ) time that my sentiments on the subject of reform are in a )cordance wi th those entertained by my father, and that fru' my opinion, no measure will be satisfactory that is not ba s ed on extension of the franchise, redistribution of seats, au 1 vote by ballot. —I am, yours faithfully, DURUM. Jose pi 'a Cowen, jun., Esq."—Gateshead Observer. AUSTRALIA. ALEXANDRIA, lAN. 25. The Colombian, bringing £75,000 sterling in gold, 28 passengers, and the Austrian mail, has arrived, with dates of intelligence,—Sydney, 11th; Melbourne, 18th of December ; Galle, Bth of January. The Legislature had adjourned to the 11th of January. The bill to increase the number of members of Assembly had received the Royal Assent. A resolution had been proposed to the Assembly to sanction the purchase of the Geelong Railway. The Council sent a message to the Assembly asking the attendance of the Chief Secretary and the Attorney-General to be examined before a committee of that house, formed to inquire into the appointment of magistrates. Ministers resisted the demand as unconstitutional, and, after a short debate, it was rejected by the Assembly. This slight collision has saved a more serious one. Timely rains have saved the harvest. The departures of gold ships for England are as follows ;—Nov. 28, the Norfolk, for London, with 40,643 oz. ; Dec. 2, the Red Jacket, for Liverpool, with 39,611 oz. ; the Morning Light, for Liverpool, with 13,699 oz. ; Dec. 14, the Tornado, for Liver pool, with 29,164 oz. At Sydney considerable business has been done in wool, and prices firm. Tallow was dull. Ex change on London, 30 days' sight, purchased at par, sold at 1 prem. Parliament was prorogued on the 26th Novem ber, and reassembled on the Bth December. The Electoral Bill had received the Royal assent; the only amendment on principle retained by the As sembly on returning the bill to the Council was the addition of a member to represent the Uni- versity. The European reached Sydney on the 15th. The Oneida left Galle on the 25th of December. THE WEST INDIA, MEXICO, AND PACIFIC MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Parana, Capt. Bevis, has arrived. Her dates are :—Vera Cruz, lan. 4th ; Havannah, 9th ; Grey Town, 6th; Colon, Bth; Jainaica, 1 lth ; Demerara, 10th ; Trinidad, 9th ; Barbadoes, 12th ; Grenada, 11th ; St. Thomas's, 16th. The Parana brings 80 passengers, 888,284 dols. in specie, jewellery and diamonds value 18,011 dols., 136 bags of cocoa, 100 boxes of limes, 174 cases of cigars, 23 casks of coffee, and sundries. Her Majesty's steamers Indus and Jasper, and gunboat Jasseur, are at Barbadoes ; Caesar, Diadem, and Valorous, at Grey-town ; Tartar, Devastation, and Arachne, at Vera Cruz; Basilisk, at Honduras; and Imaum at Jamaica. • From the 28th ult, to the Ist inst. the Parana encountered a fearful storm, with very heavy hail squalls from W.N.W. Weather at Havannahfa,v3urable for sugar-mak ing. Average crop expected. Dry goods' market dull. Stocks of all descriptions large, and low prices expected for the next six months. Exchange on London firm at 14 premium. Money more wanted, and 8 premium paid for good paper. Thebarque Castries, from Liverpool, in lat. 49.38, long. 7.30,0 n the 20th of November, boarded the Swedish barque Skatan, abandoned. Water almost to the beams. Loaded with sulphur, bOund from Sicily to Stockholm. ' Capt. Spike, of the Castries; died on the 10th of December. Nothing of importance from the West India Islands. In Chili the revolutionary movement is spread ing, and the existing Government was likely to be overthrown. • Business at Valparaiso dull. The steamer ealamo arrived at Valparaiso Dec. 14, in 44 days from Liverpool. Paraguay is making warlike preparations to re pel the United States' forces. Two of the American vessels had reached the waters of Uruguay, and others were reported iri Rio Janeiro. A Braiilian fleet was about being despatched from Rio Janeiro to the waters of Parana to ob serve the movements of the United States' fleet. SECRET VOTING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—The statement made as regards the sealed envelope. being used as a corrective of those evils which ha& crept into the American'electoral system, by the open mode) of voting, appeared in letters ad dressed to the Ballot Society by the Hon. A.Walker, wko had been Sebretary of State for MassachuSetts, and who stated that the " sealed ballot" was veheL mently opposed )by a party who found it effective, and had been reversed by a majority of a few votes. The letter of Mi.' Walker was published as a tract by the Ballot Society, and appeared very generally in the papers. / As ieg - ards:the state of Virginia, which has open voting, and is one of the , two slave states which have not rekcted that mode of election, the Ameri can papers,' recently published an account of the election p?oceedings in that state, which the person writing'under the signature of a" New Yorker" so much ,'admires, that according to that statement, under open voting bribery is rampant, and freedom of choice a mere farce. Men's lives were openly threatened, Lynch-law promised, and the account of the hunting of an obnoxious individual by armed men watching his hotel, formed part of as frightful a tale of the pleasures and advantages of Open Voting in a slave state as any gentleman can possibly desire to read for his instruction. I make a present to the editor of the Times of the " old open straightforward utterance of each mat's choice by his own lips," but advise him that if he attempt to utter his choice in a slave state at the hustings, or venture to hint at the reasons why Americans refuse the right of search, as he sometimes does from the regions of Printing-house-square, no unhappy dog with a tin kettle attached to his tail Would be in a much worse pickle than the editor of the Times. As for the letter signed " A New Yorker," I believe it to be a perfect case of Mrs. Harris, an emanation from tho brain of a Mrs. Gamp. If lam incorrect, I challenge this New York admirer of the institutions of a slave state to place his name side by side with the names ' of those gentlemen, high in honour and in station, who are the avowed correspondents of the Ballot Society. The last paragraph. of the letter of "A New Yorker" demands a passing notice, and renders it very suspicious that the New York Mrs. Harris hails from the Times office. When did Mr. Bright ever paint America as an electoral elysium—when did Mr. Grote, or any opponent of Open Voting, do so ? Most clearly in eleven speeches which I have made in the House of Commons on the subject, and in many more which I have made out of the House of Commons, nothing of the sort is to be found. The Times and those whose defence of Open Voting rests on the clever use of words, and on no better foundation attack America, because under a system of open voting the ballot-box does not maintain secrecy. Our reply is—most of the American states have not the ballot in its integrity, but wherever they have provided secrecy the ballot-box does all that is necessary. For the perfect success of Secret Voting, we need seek no example beyond England and her colonies ; and at the same time we have asserted, and our conviction is in no way lessened, that no country can be produced and quoted as an example of the failure of secret voting.—l am, &c* , F. HENRY F. B ERKELEY. Victoria-square, Feb. 1. A VERY SLOW POISON INDEED.--A lady (resi dent of Lindfield) having lately placed herself under homocepathic treatment, was, of course, supplied with a bottle of the well-known globules, about 200, with directions to take " two" for a dose. One of her children obtained possession of the bottle last week, and swallowed the whole of the content s , w hi c h , of course, created alarm in the family ; but; up to the present time, the globules have taken no effect—Brighton Examiner. THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood.—The first article is an admirable one, entitled " Mirage Philosophy." It treats of Carlyle's " Frederick the Great." It is written in au attractive style, indulging in pleasant satire on some of the author's vagaries, and in one passage, in particular, the peculiar style is imitated most successfully. " What," it is asked, "if thou, the sworn foe of shams, have deserted to the ene m y ? What if thou, the denouncer of windbags, art also thyself a Professor of Flatulence ?" , The inconsist ency of his remarks is pointed out in a forcible manner—how, on important occasions, his writing is unequal, as when, after relating that the king had imprisoned his son, he says, " Here has a business fallen out, such as seldom occurred before." Another noticeable peculiarity is mentioned, that of Carlyle's persisting in "distinctness at any price, by a trick, if not by other means." He always styles the Emperor Leopold "the little. Kaiser in the red stockings." The King of Prussia is always "Majesty," and the King of Poland is the "phy sically strong." At the conclusion of the article it is thus observed : " In a former part of this paper we said that, considering the style in which Carlyle's thinking is done, the popula rity it has attained is marvellous. One distinguishing feature renders it especially so. It is probably the most arrogant Style that anybody who did not profess to believe himself inspired ever wrote in. The author seems to look down on us as if from some skyey eminence—much as Jove, seated on Olympus, may have looked down on mortal doings by the banks of the Scamander, sometimes in wrath, some times in contemptuous compassion. One might suppose from his invariable tone, that the only veracious, the only sincere, the only clear-sighted individual, who surveyed this terrestial scene, was Thomas Carlyle ; that no one else had a conscience, knew good from bad, was able to exert himself to any purpose whatever, or had the smallest sense of ' the Divine Significance of Life.' The human race is adrift in a fog, above which he sits serene, and marks their futile efforts to blunder through a grim smile for some, a condescending pity for others, while for .genera l guidance and encouragement he exclaims, with Puck, ' Lord, what fools these mortals be !' Even his favourite heroes he patronises as if they were good little boys—patting them on the back, pinching their ears, and calling them nick names as Cromwell and Napoleon did with their generals. But take, comfort, Thomas—be assured you are not the sole excellence produced, or producible, by this despicable nine teenth century.- Other men have appeared, and will ap pear in it, sounder in philosophy, clearer of vision, more original in genius, of no less pure, though less uproarious rectitude, and of more commendable modesty than your self. People who know nothing of Fichte or his .; Sensuous Appearances,' have led and will lead very good lives, and do their duty in this world—and some day admiring readers will get tired of your oppressive virtue, and begin to inquire what singular hap has befallen you, that you should be so contemptuous and impatient of your brother insects. _ It is this arrogance of tone, of which the History of Frederick contains many examples, that now induces us to speak our opinion so plainly of the book. Yet we would much rather have fouud it worthy of all praise, or at least such praise as former experience led us to expect we should think it entitled to—no stinted share. With all his obtrusive faults we, like most careful readers of Carlyle, feel grateful to him for two things. First, for his sugges tiveness—starting, as he so often does, ideas high or deep, productive of trains of thought in - other minds ; secondly, because he has always successfully opposed the vile Utili tarian spirit, whether manifesting itself in the methodic plainness of Bentham, or the specious worldliness of Ma caulay. And most sincerely should we rejoice to see his great gifts, freed from crotchet and affectation, as nobly employed as heretofore." " Objectionable Books" is the name of a paper which contains some very just strictures on the course that a clergyman recently pursued regard ing the literature of a country parish. Certainly, in none of the books here cited can any impropriety be seen, and no unprejudiced or impartial reader will fail to agree with the forcible language in which such unwise conduct is denounced in this criticism. "Falsely Accused" is the subject of a most painful record, which informs us how justice, or rather injustice, was carried on in " Nurnberg" in the year 1790. It is almost incredible to what an extent of folly and wickedness the town-people allowed their fancies and preju dices to carry them. There 'is a continuation of the remarks commenced last month on the " Popu lar Literature and the Periodical Press." This article, like its predecessor, is most ably written, and will no doubt afford gratification to many interested on the subject. The writer adduces various arguments as to the advantages of anony mous writing and, impressively observes, that in " this one question is involved the whole cha racter of the English press—the nature of its mis sion, the glory of its history, the seal of its des. tiny." Altogether, this may be considered as a valuable addition to the contents of the magazine, from the clearness with which its views are ex pressed, and from the elevated tone villich pervades its \ sentiments. "How we went to Skye," is an amusing sketch of the adventures that befel some travellers. The chief interest of the relation con sists in the innumerable difficulties that the unfor; timate party . encountered in the prosecution of their pilgrimage, in which several accidents and occur rences are described in a ludicrous manner, that is most entertaining. " A Cruise in Japanese Waters " is continued in a third instalment. It is not yet concluded, and furnishes information of various sorts connected with the place and the people, and interspersed with anecdotes, which ren der it worthy of attention. There is a paper on " Itawlinson's Herodotus," which will suit the learned reader, and which appears to treat of the subject in a superior manner. Tice Dublin.—ln the present number there is not so much vivacity as is usually met with in this periodical. The story of " Gerald Fitzgerald" is not continued. " The Townland of Garanisky" is a peculiar tale. It is entitled, " A Curious Story of a Marriage and a Murder," and the events that give rise to its name are very remarkable. It is written with vigour, and one feels interested in its perusal, although it cannot be called pleasing. Only a very simple girl could have allowed herself to be entrap ped as Rosy did, but it is satisfactory to find her persecutors caught iu their own toils, for a more nefarious scheme could hardly have been devised. The first of a series of essays by clergymen of the United Church in Ireland is presented to notice. It is called " The Analogy between the - Decline of Paganism in the Roman Empire- and its present Decline in India." Although evidently . written with care, and displaying ability, it is not likely that this subject will prove attractive to the gene ral reader: In a paper called." Love ; Lore," a recent French work by Michelet is criticised. The general 'style 'of it seems to be justly censured on account of the impressions it conveys. Some passages are here quoted in illustration of the remarks. '" Tenant Right'_' is an article which contains some I) graphic accounts of the disthrbances in Ireland, and mentions'' as a 'primary cause the desire to terrify landlords into the reduction of rents. The _following • paragraph, taken from the Dundalk Democrat, exemplifies the argument here used --" We have been on a tour through the neigh louring counties, and are assured that the murder 'of Mr. Mauleverer has been attended with very good effects." Some observations are made on Lady Tourists in the Two Sicilies," which are entertaining, and contain some sensible observa tions on the countries referred to. Some space is devoted to the_ consideration of Mr. Massey's His tory of England. After discussing its merits, a hope is expressed that he will continue his labours. ." We are assured that he will bring sound political principles, a love of truth, a spirit of research, and a fund of good sense to assist him, in the difficult attempt." Some verses on " The Grave of Felicia :Hemans, in St. Anne's Chnrch, Dublin," are written - with taste and feeling, and the following allusions to the last resting places of some of the chiefs of song are striking and effective :-- Is not England's greatest, glory granted In the centre of her busiest life, And her old memorial Abbey haunted With a murmur of perpetual strife ? Thousand curious careless glances scan it, And the corner where the poets lie, Listening underneath their weight of granite To the sea of life that surges by. True, like fair ship in a land-lock'd h aven, Where no storm may touch the shelter'd wave, Shakespeare, by his own immortal Avon, Sleepeth ever in his guarded grave. True, our Wordsworth hath not left his mountains, He lies tranquil in their grand embrace, Lull'd his car by Rotha' s s il ver f ounta i ns, Rydal's shadows on his silent face. True, tho white moon, like a lonely ward er , Guards a fair t om b in a ruined aisle, Where the gentle Minstrel of the Border Hath all Dryburgh for a burial pHs. But the veriest child of Nature's teaching Whom she took a peasant from the plough, Stoop'd her highest laurels to his reaching : On her daisied bosom sleeps not now. High aspiring, genius, earthly troubles, In a dose mean suburb lie asleep; Not where silver Nith or Cluden bubbles, Not where banks of bonny Doune are steep. Let the Poet lie among his brothers, Where great words of Christian truth shall be ; He that hath most fellowship with others Is most Christ-like in his sympathy. Fraser's.—A memorial sketch of the career of one of our Indian heroes meets the reader on opening Fraser, "Hodson, of Hodson's Horse," is the title of the paper, and it is founded on the biography of that officer, recently published by his brother. The account here given of his eventful career, and the interesting passages extracted from the memoir will induce many readers to peruse for themselves such a noble testimony to English valour and endurance. The shrewd and amusing writer of speculative social articles furnishes us with an account of his musings in a railway train in the dim, early morn ing. A good deal of truth mingles with a little prejudice in his moralising, but the correctness of his observations on nervousness, most readers will admit. His closing remarks, too, on the system of intentional exaggeration are. very frequently exemplified in daily life. He is a pleasant writer , and treating of subjects within the reach and com prehension of all, his papers afford an agreeable variety from more weighty or didactic treatises. A " Sketch of Life in. New Zealand" gives us a series of lively pictures of the antipodes: Frederick Tennyson contributes a poem entitled. " Song of an Old Man," addressed to his mother , written with feeling and expression, though not remarkable for poetic excellence. HolmbY, House," the tale of the civil wa r , w hi c h co mmenced last month, is continued. Lord Falkland hag already passed f rom it s p ages , an d t h e c l ou ds o' , domestic discord are thickening round the actors; The Rev. Barham Zincke contributes his second paper on Mr. Gladstone's recent work. The write r is evidently familiar with his subject, and with the epoch referred to. His article will interest the scholar, and perhaps enable the less cultivated reader to form some idea of the peculiar claire; teristics of th e race an d th e age, w hi c h w it n essed the production of those great poems, since who!: creation, as an em i nen t wr it er h as finely sal' " everything that is changeable in our world hal changed." " Schloss-Eishausen" is continued, and the second part of the mystery makes it still mom mysterious. The reader will await the third P 3l : with some curiosity, as it mus t puzz l e th e m k t accomplished solver of lit erar y p ro bl ems t o un rave l the intricacies of this ex t raor di nary a ff a i r . Th e life and labours of the late Dr. Buckland forte the subject of a highly interesting paper, will% gives several extracts f rom th e wr i t i ngs of tha A accomplished scholar a n d sc i en tifi c p hil osop her. 0. brief article on playgoing, commends the stag!; under proper management, as a promoter of nl Oll4 and mental culture. • Bentley.;--An attack on Mr. Bright's view df r e. form defends the a r i s t ocrac y f rom his - sweep censures. " Recollections of Charles Strange ~ ," the title of a singular s t or y, th a t i s f orc ibly t0,1,Z . but the event s are ex t reme l y i mpro b a bl e . mt gotten good s are se ld om so o bli ging l y re stored' i. " The Dia r y o f L a dy M organ " a ff or d s t h e .subject for a paper of pleasant reminiscences of an ag' most of whose luminaries, whether literary or social , have long since passed away. Another interesting topic is found in the second article on " Sir Henri Sydney's Autobiography:" It gives:acurious glimPße i into the details of mediaeval life, and is full,°' curious anecdotes connected with the history of w e time. " The Horrible Revenge," and " The Conl mercial Room at W--," are two tales which a re both very mediocre, and not particularly , pleasing' "A Frenchman in Kentucky" is the title of an amusing paper founded on a recent French work,,. The completion o f " H orace W a l po l e ' s L e tters discusses the peculiarities of that remarkable cor respondence :—* These nine volumes contain matter for - all 111 ° 4* grave and gay, contemplative and frivolous ; for student! of English history, social progress, and human nature I" large and in little. Wh a t a span in the eighteenth cent —beginning with the eighth year of George 11. and enclitg at a period when the French Revolution had recover from its Reign of Terror, and the star of Napoleon,„ ; ,,W 9B beginning to flame amazement' on th e wor ld. that interval what Ministries rise and fall, wh a t re putatio': are won and sometimes lost, what successions o f beautio ° flourish and fade—all of them registered in this f ar glancing correspondence. Mr. Cunningham, who chara c ; terises the letters as absolute jests and . story books, an t the exact standard of easy engaging writing,' points their value as preserving the ' dark jostlings for _plac,l ° the many Administrati ons w hi c h governed England,' m', - ; the fall of Sir R o b er t W a lp o l e t o th e access i on of "I' younger Pitt. Horace, we are reminded, knew the 10 1 5 bers of the Broad B o tt om an d Coalition ministries; , ae seen or known (certainly knew a great deal about) tu many mistresses of the fou r G eorges , from the Duchess f Kendal to the Countess of Suffolk, from Miss Vane to Aar Fitzherbert. 'He was kn own t o two kings and to WI children. He lived throughout a long life in the be society, and in the best clubs. His means were awe' and every reasonable desire he seems to have gratified. , a boy he had kissed the hand of king George 1., and as 7. man in years had conversed w ith :two young men, who after his own death succeeded King George 111. on tti: throne of England. H e h a d seen i n th e fl es h t wo of t,l heroines of De Gram mon t an d th e . R es t ora ti on , L a Bell e Jennings and Ar a b e ll a Churchill, and lived long enoug h to offer his coronet to two ladies (Mary and Agnes Bevil' who lived far into the reign of Queen.Victoria.' " Mr. Dudley Costello's story of " Faint he art never won fair lady" has at length reached its COw elusion, which, truth to tell,• is at the close some what hurried. If the events are riot very probabl e, they are at least novel,. and if the story is occx sionally tedious to the critical reader, there ar e many lovers of elaborate romance who will dill appreciate its merits. "Up among the Pandies, continues the relation of the author's personl experiences in India with interest. "Monkshood finds an attractive subject' in ;the new volume by • the American Macaulay, as stiie historian of Philip the Second has been termed, only on the ground , apparently, of being the most eminent historia n and essayist of his country. In this new volume, Mr. Prescott is occupied. with the " Rebellion al the Moriscoes," and the " War with the Turks. The critic gives a very interesting account of the cruel persecutions suffered by the unfortunaP Moors. The only poetical contribution in th e number • is from the pen of Mr. Thornbury, entitle a; " Rhymes for Baby Alice," and we are sorry to O n it so totally unworthy of his reputation. Colburn s United Service.—A paper on , Navies of England an d F rance t a k es a rev i e w' (1 1 the present position of the rival marine forces, an; strongly recomme n d s th a t ne ith er pa i ns nor e x pe nse ought to be sp are d t o k eep us "far a-head of all other naval powers." In this opinion all parties and factions, with the exception of the Peace-at" any-price " sect appear to coincide, and we nu/ therefore hope that immediate steps will be takel l to bring our navy to the greatest possible effiel; ency. " Our military departments ' are, discussea immediately after the rival service, and the anoma' bons position of the War-office and the Horse' guards are strongly reprehended by the writer. A paper on the operations in Oude laments that, since the fall of Delhi and the last actions under General Havelock, there has been no decisive action. The Earl of Dund ona ld' s i nteresting memoirs form the subject of an ar ti c l e wh i ch traces his distinguis h !, career.from his ear li est ac hi evements, and ren de 7, full justice to hi s ' great an d eff i c i ent serv i ces. review of the Indian Rebellion is commenced, and discusses the probable causes of that catastrophe' The writer arrives at the conclusion that the inSur' rection was a military one, but that the great bodY of the people have been strictly neutral. Another paper on Indian topics is the continuation of `the narrative of the movements of the Azimghur field force, which proceeds at some length, and gives an interesting record of some of the important events of the Indian campaign. The Editor's portfolio, and the Naval and Military intelligence, contain their usual complement of information. The New Monthly.—A lengthened paper on Bri; tish C o l um bi a g i ves us a v i ew of some of the 0 1 1 ° ' features of the new colony. " The Assize Cause continues• to narrate the complicated events eon' nected with the theft from the Riverton Registry It is an interesting tale, pleasantly written, but vre fear will no i t end so cheerfully as the happy condo' sion of the trial would seem to indicate. " Stereo' scopic Glimpses " is the attractive title of a net series of poetical pictures. This first one shows li g Pope at Twickenham, grieving over the loss of bi° mother, and amidstlall the luxuries and refinement! 4 • of his home sitting desolate arid forlorn. Masses‘E - Life of Milton receives a careful and encouragie criticism. " Craig Luce Castle," by Mrs. Bushbyr is idle first part of a story that is painful and gloomy. It is a relief to turn from its dreary r©' cords to the prosaic troubles of . poor Mr. Pickle* now in a panic at the garotters in his neighbour' hood. Lord Ravensworth's recent volume of trans lations from Horace is highly commended. The second edition of the History of the Royal S a ppers and Miners enables an admirer of that valuable corps to trace the efficient services rendered 1 1 them since their first formation. " H err E rn st Mitterkamp " continues his curious autobiography • The memoirs of the Empress Catherine 11. are dis cussed and quoted at some length. " Evalla "is continued, but not yet brought to a conclusion. A paper on the Italian Question discusses the aspects of European politics, and the probable reply to the important questiori which is now agitating Courts and Cabinets, " Aurons nous la guerre." DISASTROUS FIRES. DUBLIN, Tuesday Night—This morning, between seven and. eight, afire was dis covere d i n the eaten sive distillery of Sir James Power, Bart., in John's lane. The flames spread w i t h fearful rapidityand in a short time a large section of the building was enveloped In a blaze. The fire continued to rage till about four, when it was completely got under. The damage done is estimated at many thousands, but th e p rem i ses, i t i s sa i d, are fu ll ) " insui*d in several offices in the city. NOTTINGHAM, Feb. 1, 11.30 p.m.—One of the most alarming fires which Nottingham has known for many years is now raging. The large premises of Messrs. Hine and Mundella, hosiers, are one mass of flames. The fire was discovered at half past 9 o'clock. All the local engines are on the spot, and the military are keeping back the thou sands of sp ec t a t ors . N o h o p e is entertained of saving any part of the buildings, a s th e wind alternately blows from all points. The damage will be immense. The cause is not known. HOLYHEAD HAEBOUR.—Both the inner and outer harbours have been crowded with vessels seeking refuge during the late gales, as many as 300 sail being counted at one time. The harbour is now comparatively empty, though some vessels had been there as long as six weeks• A large quantity of wreck has turned up along the coast, particularly in the 13ay of Cardigan.