The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-11 00:00:00

THE SVN, THE NECESSITY OF A SECRE TARY OF STATE FOI OUR DEFENCE AND WAR ESTABLISHMENTS. L I T;ILITI1 Ili. THE L.TI"ER,I2 I URE AND ROI:VANCE OF NOI?Th'ERN EUROPE. .By William and Mary Bated& 2 Vols. Colburn. Engliah readers have long been deeply indebted to kr. and Mrs. Howitt for ,an introduction to the de lightful novelists of the north, as the many admirers of Miss Bremer and Christian Andersen will grate fully bear witness. In order to add to the obligations ',Which they have already conferred upon us , t hose indefatigable authors have now presented us with a most charming and valuable work, by means of which 113 e vela majority of the English reading public will he for the first time, and to their surprise no doula', 'node tatquainted with the rich stores of intellectual Wealth l'ong garnered up in the cold and barren it ems or Scandinavia. No less surprising to that :hams m ejority will be the opening chapter of work, in which the "great praise and mar vel of the Anglo-Saxon name is set aside, and those characteristics of the English race which } lave given rise to our conquests and our colonies, Whichshave rendered us paramount on the see, and Which have extended our empire "far as the breeze ean bear the billow's foam," are traced by logical and eonvincing arguments, not to our Anglo-Saxon, but to our Dan isn ancestors /—a lingering indication of "the old Yorse fire in onr veins." If ever "the • Child is fatleor to the man," say the authors of this Work, the 0,1 Sea Vikings . , remarkable for their in domitable en t erprise and their love of martial and maritime glor v, are the ancestors of the English race , a race compot inded of the British, the Roman, the Anglo-Saxon, 6nd the Scandinavian. If, therefore, *According to Ott arguments here so ably advanced (and to which we refer the curious reader) —if to our Scandinavian ancestors we are indebted for some of our most valued national characteristics, it certainly behoves us to take some little interest in their intel lectual history. That interest will be abundantly excited by a glance at these records of their literature and romance. From the famous Edda (grandmother), a collection of traditions, songs, and legends, whose origin is lost in the darkness of antiquity, down to the novels of Miss Bremer and Baroness 'Knorring, the prose and poetic writings of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland, are here introduced to us in a. . I ,!lanner at once singularly comprehensive and concise. t is no dry enumeration of names, but the very !!arrow and spirit of the various works displayed before us. We have a collection of old eallads, always fascinating to old and young we have ancient fairy-tales, in which (another proof of oter ancestry, say the authors,) we find the germs of ray of our na ti ona l fairy tales. We have scenes from plays, and selections from the poets, with m ost attractive biographies of these and other - great men. The sorrowful story of Evald, the romantic adventures of Baggeman, the a:t rious v i c i ss it u d es , strange or ludicrous, melon- y- and triumphant, which marked the careers of their fellow-labourers, alternately excite the pity and admiration of the reader, the necessary consequences ~4eeording to the theor of Violante of any contem- A t c a tien of the heroic y . The songs and ballads we imagine, translated by Mrs. Howitt, 4 7. 4 those who are familiar with the isite beauty and simplicity of her poems will se 'lll • tr at eela , need any assurance of the charm of these Qr ;nslahons. Ia the chapter on the modern novelists :?V. 111 • the north, many of whom are so well appreciated ;;" egland, we are informed, that when the Howitts Ana tr aWated " The Neighbours," the first of Miss rernees works introduced into England, they could P.- and n i no a : 21 Publisher willing to undertake it. The public, t ney, were already sick of French and German elatione. So confident, however were the trans " re that Mies Bremer would find favour in Eng o,* - that they undertook the publication on their more account, but, although the success than fulfilled their expectations, they t eePed little profit by the adventure, for so great i las Miss Bremer's popularity that every fresh tram ,.„,,i,on of her works was altered , and reprinted , and r," l6 bed in a cheap form almost as soon as it sp . rared. As an evidence that these translations were liken from the Howitts, they mentionthe fact that On e of them, of which they had altered the t itle, was r eprinted in the cheap edition, not with the original ' name, but with th a t which they had bestowed upon i I However it may have been with translations, it c annot possibly happen in the work before us that those will reap who have not sowed. The laborious re earch, and the nice discrimination revealed by these 2 1 times, can be attributed to no others than the inde . ''tigable Howitts, who by this work have increased °,l_le obli g ations by rendering us more familiar with ;fa rich " literature" and beautiful " romance" of Northern Europe." 2'- 11 -E ADTENTURES OF A BEAUTY. -' 6I Y Mrs. Crowe, author of " Lilly Dawson," 6-c. Colburn. 3 vols. boubtlesis many who read the title of this book Rill presume that it chronicles the career of some F ort paragon, of some reigning belle, some star of 4 11 e season. They will fancy bright visions of ball ai d ails banoteet, and picture to themselves fascinating of the luxurious life of refined magnificence. at the fact is otherwise. No splendour, no riches, ~,_4 () rank attend the heroine. Born of humble "rente, bred in a cottage, only half-educated, and rrnunded by misfortunes, her course of existence _lfrers widely from that ideal -of delight that ' t ftencists• are wont to foreshadow as hovering over the flowery path of youth and loveliness. But truth and nature triumph here over the charms of fe a tion and the lures of art. Were the archives of ale beauties disclosed without gloss or reservation, • of few names would be written on the bright side ,ttle page of those endowed with the fatal gift of r7s o nal attraction. While, on the contrary, could a •tane be found for half of those whose grace has en their ruin, even in a virtuous life alone, whose !earts have been broken, while their every wish was consider e d o f paramount importance, and who have c their death-bed fully verified the sad exclamation, ad is vanity, and whose last words have de • ti !red that each envied crown was one of de eply Of such is Agnes Crawfurd. Her story is interesting, the incidents are not real in ..,rlTon, but i n their carrying out much of the strange d unusual occurs. This is not a tale that will lose attraction'chapter by here describing it, inasmuch as the first . ' a pter sees its heroine at the altar of her parish • C hurch, married in the stillness of night, with only • t7° witnesses to the heir of the grand domains in the tta l 'Bbbourhood, the' Hall," to which in her childish days oi e had been taught to look up to as the object of a% e • and reverence. This was not a union of affection on ' ei ther tide. Lionel Grosvenor was possessed of a • rissing passion for the lovely maiden, heightened in latensity by-her reserve and dignity. She was led • ilif !lY by his exalted station and fascinating manners, sever before having been attached ; therefore she Consented to an honourable engagement with ene she did not love. R e t r ib u tion was in store for both. Mr. Grosveno r was dangerousl wounded, and carried abroad .by his fond rent. of his m were totally uncon scious, who marriage. Agnes went to London, and bad to support . he rse lf with great difficulty, being too proud to urge claims he did not acknowledge. Meanwhile her despicable husband was again mar ried abroad to an heir ess, again without loving the object of his choice, thus violating the laws Of heaven and earth trufsted, his first for no single reason or purpose. lie and .correctly, in the • amour propre o wife, who 'would have endured any p ; r.vato °OW ther than bring the notice of the publ* utne y ra • 04 such a delicate and sacred subject. lc to her name Besides, she .) yconcluded that she would n ot gain the dear est wish of her heart, to accomplish which had been , her great reason for marrying, namely, that of enter g the elite of society, by branding her name' with the revolting details of a public trial. Pride was the S in by which she fell ;" but pride was the virtue by Which she sustained her fall with dignity, with °lee and with heroism. The subsequent events are • co mplicated. The son of Agnes w as stolen by indi -11 but the vi duals - not concerned in her fortunes at a ; Occurrence favours the wish of Watson, the cousin th of ,eleionel Grosvenor, and the heir to the title of the `,!nlily, if no sons are left. The child of the second ' 4l arriage is of course illegitimate. The crowning • po int of interest is when, after the death of Lionel, • ere are left' living two wives and two sons , t he law fh • • 1 ,1 child lost, and the unlawful of most delicate health. atson calculated his chances whether the first e e " _ uold be discovered, or if it was better to trust to the - t e eond dying, the world believing him the true heir grandfather's title. He likewise planned to thus proposals of marriage to either widow, Ils in another way securing the wealth. tt last, he resolved to ch oose the s econd ; .° call e d on Lady Georgina , and to ld her s ister-in-l aw the fatal truth of the first en !,,agetnent, but promised to keep it s ecret (he was one t he witnesses) if Lady Georgina w ould become his ,a,-Lie 6.', e • However, the unfortuna te second, Lady G rosven or , was not informed of this, and when she W as told afterwards of the melancholy position of her self her self and child, she instantly went abroad to bur y had ~ in seclusion. Meanwhile the friends of A g nes bee n ver y busy in her behalf, several fa cts had o brou g ht to light, and'her true priority was re • efgaised• Her child was foun d, and restored to her ter the l apse o f f ou r years' absence. Thus her sins w • e re indeed heavily visited, and she had a right to the e njoyment at last of her dearly-bought grandeur. e u e t adversity had purified her chara cter, and in the ‘ Chapter we leave her only prizing the elevation of 11 144 and the wealth of mind, as in t he first we found e r caring but for the pomp of power and the pride °f 'place. Tyi Of +l . -8 PRICE OF Inorr.—At an adjourn ed meet in g 1 /0 :", e ironmasters of South Wales, held on Tu esday , at •t hp ,"eY's Hotel, the following decision was com e to unani eljtC,,lY That a ggneral reduction of the make of iron, il la ,, v4 gh in itself desirableioes'not appear to this meeting ceder existi • • •umstances, to be capable a being carried Qtit n e , cut, "sr krugwout at tho Nowt Uwe." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " SIR,—I have read with the greatest satisfaction your most able article, at once judicious and patriotic, on a Memorandum lately published by Ridgway, bringing to the immediate notice of the public 'the vast importance towards economy and efficiency in our army and navy, of the appointment of a Secre tary of State for Defence and War. Our last Secretary of State for War l—mind, Sir, he was not Secretary of State for Peace !—was also our Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the monstrous absurdity of the j unction of these two appointments was made self-evident in the contrary opinions given, by his Grace the Duke of Wellington and by Earl Grey, on the military operations of Sir Harry Smith. And let me ask you, Sir, whet would be more absurd at the present moment than that Sir Jchn Pekington, just appointed our Colonial Secretary of - State—heaven know' the superin tendence of forty colonies ought to be work enough for any man—should also be appointed our Secretary of State for War ! If Ireland is to be for the Irish, in God's name let the Colonial Secretary be for the Colonies, and release him from all military or naval responsibility. If he can give a good account of the colonies, let us be aa tisp,ed—he will have done his duty by his country. But, to return to the Secretary of State for our Defence and War. The author of the Memorandum you have in such forcible' language brought to the notice of us, your readers—and our name is Legion-- ever on the increase—deserves the greatest praise for thus agitating this most important question. And, although he candidly confesses he proposes nothing new, yet his merit is not the less for the very con cise and kind way in which he has brought the sub ject to the notice of numerous of his countrymen, who may never have heard of, or given the idea a thought. We are all too apt to suppose that with Parliamentary reform comes, as a matter of course, all others that are required. But I do hope, Sir, that some Member of the present House win bring this matter under its consideration, as soon as a proper opportunity may offer, and that he will not be particular in choosing one. .Why, Sir, as regards econony, the saving mould be immense. Look for an instant at the East India Company's arrangements—consider its army 'of 250,000 men—and then look at the small establish ment in Leadenhall-street,wbence this immense army is clothed, armed, equipped, and provided for in va rious ways ; then inquire into the numerous other du ties performed by that department—a detail of which would fill columns of your paper—and yet to record the staff of that most effective office would hardly take up a corner. One inspector and a deputy-in spector of military stores are, I believe, the only two officers who may be said to receive any salary worth mentioning as sucb ; they are early at their post, and always hard at work. It would, Sir, be a curious calculation. Colonel Sykes, a member of the Statistical Club, and a director of the East India Company, could no doubt give it, and then to make a comparison, of the expense in curred in clothing, arming, and equipping the 100,000 men, or thereabouts, in her Majesty's service, and the 250,000 men in that, of the Hon. East India Company's. Indeed, Sir, it is of Ino use certain Members in the House of Commons trying to reduce the expen diture of this country in its naval and military de partnients until they can establish one uniform system for the accounts, and one individual responsi bility for the head of all their affairs. The number of useless offices and inefficieut people that would disappear would be hardly credible. There would then be one person to whom all evils could be pointed out, and after that he would be responsible for their continuance. A Secretary of State for Defence and War would, depend upon it, enjoy no sinecure; but the country would have economy in its departments, and efficiency in its physical force. It would get something for its millions, and it would not long be 16,000,000/. that would be required. Even so far bait as 1837 it was acknowledged that " the whole charge of the army is nowhere shown in one comprehensive view. The cost of the land forces is only to be found divided in different estimates, prepared and submitted to the Legislature by different authorities." And it Was further ac knowledged at the same time, viz., in 1837, that this system of account "is contrary to the soundest principles of finance, and calculated to throw diffi culties in the way of a thorough investigation by Parliament of the military expenditure of the country !! !" And yet, Sir, this system is allowed by the country still to continue. What can our Re form Members be about ? What have they been about ? What is the Financial Reform Society about? Sir, I have beard it said by one who is by no means a bad judge of such matters, that this little Memorandum, to which. you have drawn our attention, speaks trumpet tongued what ought to be done, and that it should be in the bands of every one who wishes for economy and efficiency in our naval and military departments, and at once clearly pointg out the, necessity of a Secretary of State to superintend the whole system. The Daily News, Sir, of the 9th ins'., in a most able article on military matters, observed that— " The country has a right to see that the money which it has earned by its toil shall be properly spent, and it will triumphantly insist on that right being carried out, if its leaders do not fail it in Parliament. The army and navy are without excuse. If the men thus summoned will but push the assault home in this direction, they are sure to find a very ge neral support from the public, and they may succeed in converting the year 1852 into one of the marked constitutional 'eras of England"—and surely, then, the exposure we 'have lately bad made of an expenditure of upwards of 16,000,0001. of money, and yet neither soldiers nor_ sailors to defend the immense interest at stake, is enough to excite the energy and exertions of all true lovers not only of their country but of the freedom of the world; for should England fail her allies in the hour of need, and confess herself unprepared to de fend those who seek her shores - for shelter and pro tection, the game, in Europe at least, is up, and des potism must have its sway. That the advice so ably given in the Daily News may be speedily followed up, and that you will not, Sir, allow this matter to rest, is my earnest wish—and I shall not fail to add my mite to aid in the good work. I remain, yours. &C., STEWART ELTON. Birmingham, March 8, 1852. THE LAST OF THE MARSHALS OF NAPOLEON. Marshal Marmont, Duke de Raguse, who has just died at Venice, was born at Chatillon-sur• Seine, on the 20th June, 1774. In 1789 he was attached as sub-lieutenant to a regiment of infantry, and in 1792 made his first campaign with the army of the Alps, as sub-lieutenant of artillery. In 1797 he was attached to the staff of General Bonaparte, and in 1797 was sent by him from Italy to present to the Directory 32 flags, which had been taken from the enemy. He formed part of the expedition to Egypt, and returned to Prance with the General in-Chief. After the 18 Brumaire, be was named Councillor of State, and Commandant in-Chief of the reserves of the Artillery. He made the campaign of 1800, and after the battle of Marengo was raised to the rank of Inspector-General of Artil .lery.. He commanded the army of Holland in 1806. He carried on the siege of Ragusa, and occupied the territory of the old Ragusian Republic until 1809. He took part in the battle of Wagram, and after that campaign was made Marshal of the Empire, and where him.d then H e made of Duke de Raguse conferred upon and Dresden. made all the campaigns of Germany, be commanded a corps darrnee. He was junotion i of Bl lv ue i li th present at the apes of Lutzen, Bautzen, Wurtzen, 1814, he received orders to form a Mar mont occupied the Butter' Marshal Mortier to keep and to cover Paris. back the army he opened Saint-Chaumont, but, in steadiegotiations with the Prince de Schwartzenbeernepdani of fighting, Louis XVII. gave the his body guard command of one of the companies to the Duke de Raguse, and he ie s ti sf the King. On the second Restorarteido t 9 Ghent with Paris. 4 11 e n 3o off exile in a foreiir was disbanded. In 1826 he represennt his comp any France at the coronation of the Emperor Ni ebolase thathe had ad periodth the commandbehas been of thea voluntaryar m y o land. His name had been struck out from the list of the marshals of France, and a black , veil. covered hi, portrait in the Salle des Marechaux at the Palace of the Tuileries. A Edition, Vol. 6.—This is STRICKLAND.—New and Revise,. . LIVES OF THE QUVENS OF ENGLAND. —,-BY AONEs interesting volumes. It is devoted to t one of the most pleasing and welcornehoeflißfeßosfstShterbieekallannidfu'sl and unfortunat e Mary B ea trice of Modena , Q ueen of James H. The bioci-raphy of this Princess has never before been written, while the allusions to her in English history are slight 'and hays proceeded from no friendly pens, and' yet ihere was perhaps no Queen of England whose life abounds in circumstances of more touching interest. AS Miss Strick land truly remarks "There are e p ' ochs in her life when she comes before us in her bea u t y, h er m i s f or t u nes, her conjugal tenderness tragedy and or romance pion Etteirteiiuti‘ygiig like l one of t h e distressed of adverse destiny," The matenials'for the life of the consort of the last Of the Stuart Kings . . • d from were chiefly derived unpublished letters and procureddocuments. from the secret archives of France through the influence . against the decrees of M. sec .— Morning Chronicle. __, _ DEATH Or SIM WM. JACKSON HOMAN, BAAL- This venerable baronet died a few days since at the advanced [lgo of 82. The deceased married, in 1797 , the second daughter of the first Marquis of But e , by whom (who died; in 1847) he leaves, with other issue, a son, Philip George•Staart, bora in 1,80, and. successor t o the title and estates, 'S ?MIT of tire — PUBLIC JOURNALS: Preeident of-the Board of Trade has Added another safe, and inglorious triumph to the Derby campaign; and has expressed himself on the oc casion as cautiouslyeas the rest of the Cabinet. The 'Riatit r llan. Gentleman avowed long ago that there were no facts". on which to go to the country for Proteo - Like .. .nod that is very Mitch the line 'which he has taken on the hastioge. Some new and extraordinary facts havegiven au unexpected turn to the question. Famine and emigration have brought , us a Natantl relief from the pros ure which threatened the market of labour; while California has._ ultimately stayed the: depreciation of produce by increasing the great medium of exchange. Neither the labourer nor the landlord has suffered as much as some had expected, and the tenant farmer and occupiers of land have had to bear the chief brunt of the trensitien. ",It had chanced that the blow had fallen almost entirely upon them." Our reporter was probably too intent on his notebook to observe the effect of this touching piece of sympathy on the three hundred gentry and tenant-farmers, be dizened with orange and blue favours, who formed Mr. Henley's Pim . oriate guard. Deulitless they wept, thou h' it must have oecurn d to some of them, that if the tenant was the only ore of the agricultural trio that suffered by free trade, the landlord was at least able to help , Mr e Henley's remarks on -the acfual history of fie e`trade, as cotapared with previous anticipations, are valuable, and only defective in ;bar tone, Ishtar, wo cannot help eeyinee grudges patriotism its sagacity, and Providence its wisdom. We :speak not' merely of our selves, but of theeeneral body of kiwis who, now seven years ago, wen advccating free trade in the prime ne cessaries of life; that they proceeded not merely on 'a financial calculation, but on a firm reliaace that in this ever-changing scene, where we knees not what an hour may brilfg for tb, a tree and natural polio) , is safer than an artificial one; as the former will probably be rewarded by- events, the latter as probably de feated., It is, then, uncandid and unjust to tell the Free-traders . that they have had better success than they deserve ; still taore so, considering Mr. Henley's other admissions, to say, without expla nation, but not without inuendo, that since " the great changes made in the laws affecting the trade and com merce of this country we have been afflicted throughout the length and breadth of the land." What can be the meaning of such a remark in a man who confesses that the case for protection has disappeared? We must take the liberty of telling Mr. Henley that such words, framed as they are to evade literal contradiction, do not the less aggravate the, positive eausen. with which a large part of this people regard a ProtectiOnist. Government, though purged ever so much of its financial offences. Thus far, then, the ground is sufficiently clear for any operations which 'Lord Derby may think necessary to extricate himself, his party, and his country, from their several embariasyments. What use he, wilt make of this °olive rttly° liberty of action next. 'Mondaynot to-morrow, as had been expected—remaina to be seen, and perhaps to be determined. In the meantime. it is credibly stated that the Cabinet which undertakes to wind up this long and disagreeable controversy is not without its "share of the storm that rages around. In this last hour - of the Protectionist delusion the lauded in terest infighting to the uttermost as well for honour as for profit. Like the Parisian Socialists who boasted with drunken rage at the February Revolution, " We will not be deceived . " this time! " the Protectionist squires are preparing their direst imprecations for those who are the last to desert them. The class that utters these threats is unscrupulous, bulky, and compact. They aro as dan gerous to be provoked as the . Eumenides, or the goblins of later mythology. They are the men bat boast they have a stake in the country, though, in truth, they have far less stake in - the prosperity, the good government, the peace of the country, than the poorest artisan ; for, white they will enjoy their acres for their time at least, come what will after, tho artisan has no solid ground, no rest for his foot, except in good order and general pros perity. The well- being of the community is the condi tion of his existence; everything that he has is pledged to his country, and he is himself' a perpetual hostage. A slight error of, legislation may darken all his prospects, or banish him from his country, if it smite him not to the earth. He rises and falls, he breathes freely or is stifled; the very-blood flows in his veins with the fluc tuations of trade and the vicisitudes . of public confidence' and credit. Such is the case of the artisan. It is the wealthy proprietor who is armed against any probable amount of national calamity. He has something to fall back upon. National ruin is a remote and improbable idea; but, unless he is very imprudent, that is the only event that can strip him of his acres. This is the class —so insensible to the immediate results of bad legisla tion, that is now throwing the whole of its weight 'in favour . of a factious obstinacy, and what is more, fl-tiers itself that at least its pride will be saved in the decision.. It is confidently boasted that Lord Derby will not betray the squires, and that next Monday will remove altdoubt.on this point,.by the promise of an attempt tore-impose a five shilling duty on corn. So on an al :laced 'point of honour Lord. Derby is required to sacri fica_bothrhis party and his country, for the interests of both are indubitably involved in an early renunciation of the Protectionist policy. Of course, the Premier him self has little claim to our pity, for be has been merciless to the inconsistencies of more then one Government, and certainly has done much to retard the settlement of this question. But, if his country has a paramount claim to his duty, his course is quite clear. He did not come in on Protection, and he has no call whatever to put. that question to the country. If it is to be put, and if we are to witness a convention of the people to answer " Yee" or " No" to Free Trade, with the certainty that 'the " Yee" will be irrever sible, others may think it their place to summon that convention and put that interrogatory; they may think se naturally and justly; but we cannot see why Lord Derby is called upon to do so. He is neither bound to put the question nor to abide by the answer; for, should a majority be returned pledged to a duty on corn, we can hold no man bound to accept that answer, and rc- 'pen the controversy. But then it will not be enough ler the new Ministry merely to abstain from that controversy. , Lord Derby has justly de scribed his lino of duty as the more useful and humble part, and the people of England certainly expect a cor responding " humility" of tone: We cannot go on long tieing governed by men who .proclaim their attachment to one set of principles,_ while they admit the necessity of acting by another, for 'a country that permits such an inconsistency in its rulers must render itself ridicu lous in the eyes of the world, and expect soon to witness other divergencies between principle and practice. -Statesmen• must not expect to w sa) a pp earancesaearances at the expense of their country's good fame. If they are wrong, they mu s t confess it, and make all the amends in . .their-power. - • THE ASYLUM FOR 113107 W. Yesterday ev ening, the fourth anniversary of this charity was celebrated by a public dinner at the London Tavern, with the Earl of Carlisle in the chair, sup ported by Lord 'lnbert Grosvenor, M.P., Viscount Ebrington, 2.1. P., Mr. Samuel M. Peto M.P., and Mr. Alderman Wire. The general company comprised about 150 persona. • In proposing the toast of the evening—" Saccess to the Asylum for Idiots"—the Earl of Carlisle made an eloquent appeal to the company on behalf of those who could not plead for themselves, but who were, nevertheless, worthy of the benevolence of all humane and intelligent beings. The chairman's appeal was mest,nobly responded to, as appeared from a list of 'subscriptions read by the secretary, which amounted to no 'leis a sum than 3,700/. Among the subscribers to this sum were read the names of Samuel M. Pete, Big., M.P., for 1,0001..; R. Fox, Esq., 105/. ; the Earl of Carlisle, 15/. 155.; Viscount Ebrington, 101. 10s.; Lord R. Grosvenor, 101. 10s.• W. Monk, Esq., 214; J. 11. Shepherd, Eeq., 4001.; drs. E. Pollen, 1051.; Rev. D. D. Morrell, 1001.; and Hon. Emily Eden, lot 10s. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR proposed the health of the Noble Chair Man, which was enthusiastically received by the company. Mr.' PETO, in responding to the health of the Presi dent of the society, took occasion to impress -upon the company the urgent necessity of raising a " building fund," in order to establish a building in which the highly important objects of classification could be car ried ou'. From the report which was laid on the table, it ap pears that tht.re are at present in the establishment 195 individuals, and that in even the worst of the cases' among this number .very considerable amelioration had been effected by the system pursued in the asylum. ROYAL LITERARY Futio.—:—Yesterday the sixty second annual general meeting of the subscribers to this in stitution, founded to administer assistance to authors of ge nius and leerning, irrespective of country or creed, reduced to distresi by unavoidable calamities, or deprived by en feebled faculties or declining life of the power of literary ex ertion—was held at the offices, Groat Russell-street •, 'Sir Ebert Harry Inglis, Bart., M.P., in the chair, supported by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P., Sir Henry Ellis, Sir J, P. Jodrell, Bart., Dr. Forbes, and other gentlemen distin guished in literature and science. The secretary, 0. Blewitt, Esq., brought forward the report, which stated that the sum of 1,6351. had, during the course of the past year, been dis tributed in relief among distressed authors and their fami lies, making a total sum of 40,535/. so applied since the com mencement of the institution. This report was ananimously adopted.' The Right Hon. the Marquis of Lansdowne officers , pwerere sident, the vice-presidents,. council, and other re-elected; Charles Baldwin, Esq., was elected to the vaeant office of treasurer, and Bolton Arne y , Esq., to that of audtor. A day was then fixed for the anniversary dinner, to be pre sided over by Lord Campbell, and the proceedings terminated LONDON INSTITUTIOI4.-0118 of the monthly institution in Finsbury-circus, and soirees of this association was held yesterday evening at I w i( e ir r r e o s rs ha o d f was very well at -0 In the library were displayed a great many inter r eatingconstructed bjecttof science and art, such as microscopes, talbot- Mr. H. White letittieci•Oloit:lktbs.e. orierci.oforrther, the means of our national defences, 'YP ' -/ ac 'sint il es of interesting coins, &c., and even the effec e t a e y by the 'theatre of the institution. *pistols with multitudinous barrels his lecture td a and the second to a brief narra- In microscopethe cours e a n o d f the its euvseensiiil in - n , ot. He devoted the first part of structure of its assistance. He described the improvements , the microscope,and a description of the lion of the wonders of nature rev lens down to the many combinations, from the rude single pointed out the different methods ernl now employed, and cal aberration and to' prodUce perfec i t ) o ,; v e e h d to correct spheii nearer approach to these two conditions thr°lflaisin, fur the instrument; and concluded by a very an ? more perfect the the great knowledge that has been acquired, and picture of greater results that may be expected from the improvementsandte still that are being daily made in its construction. e The advices from the various continental Exchanges s how in most quarters an increasing abundance of mofi-ey Th e railway advance,s of the Bank of France are not, it aii... limited ; to the li nes possess i ng G overnmen t guaran. Seine strictness, h owever , i s exerc i se d w ith regard to t he total of eac h individualloan, and occasionally borrowers on shares find the ac commodation party counteracted by t h e i r being allowe d a less amount o f discount. In Piedmont, ow ing to the eas e of th e moiler market,. the- Government rears, rs' have beep. able to reduce the interest 0 the floating debt. M. BILLA ULT. I , TUESDAY.—The appointment of M. Billault 1 to the Presidency of th..i, g Chamber, as efli. I PARIS T who met for that and Legislative Chamber, • cially announced this morninga in the Moniteur, was ' only decided yesterday after a good deal of hesitation. i‘ T i ll i n e h s t i: r b s j subject was le b n u g si t n h es b s ythe to accept. the office, after aantdsoomtheer yes terday at the Elys6o. Of M. Billault's willingness coquetry, neither the seemed to have any b President nor his advisers perhaps the usual show of do M. Billault had no seat in the last Assembly, ut. though he was a member of the Constituent, having He had obtained by ng been elected for the Loire-Inferieure more than 88,000 suffrages. Considerable celebrity as an ad vocate at Nantes and was member of the Council General of, the Department e in 1837, when two col leges of the department named him Deputy - . e He be gan his Parliamentary career in the ranks of the Op josition by a vehement on " electoral corrup tion,',e and another on th fo reign countries. Hii relations of France with hostility to the Cabinet, and e..peoially to what were t Opposi tion the " English tendencies" 9 termed by the of M. Guizot, was in cessant and uncompromising, 1n.1842 this was still more insrked during the strong debates on the Right l of Search; and in the ' subsequent llimself of the excitement session he skilfully and unscrupulously a va il e d occasioned by the P r it c h ard the Government. During lr indem n ity to denounce Admi njstration he was named Under-Secretary of State U I. Thiers' short in the department of Commerce The celebrated Timon (M. de Cormenin) and Agriculture. Cormenin) has passed the following judgment on Billault : ~ Billault is the most remark orators, and if he was moreable of a ll the incipient precise would be, as another Phocion, the axe to the in his addresses he es of M. duiz)t, the second D e speech D emosthenes. M. Billault has quite as much of political principles as a l a wyer can well have; and much more, in any case, than is requi site for a Minister in our day. M. Thiers he loves to revel, like I, s the Lieutenant of pere grinations by land and sea. I do his General, in not mean that M. Billault may not be some day a very useful Minister, in public no matter what branch of the revenue. He is not bound by any precedent either to the Right or to the Left. He has his petites entrées at the Louvre with out being eithel f butler or pantler. R e enjoys the good graces of the Opposition without being l obliged to put his fingers on the glowing coals of l adidalism. As a speaker, be is ready for anything, rushes on, beats a re treat, and returns to the onset w ith the same rapidity of evolution, &c." It is not yet forgotten that in the • various Minis terial crises during the (Presidency M. Billault's name was more than once mentio ned, and on one re markable, and not remote, occasion he was very near accepting office. M. Billault being by general consent endowed with so marvellous a facility of elo c u ti on, it has occasioned some surprise that he should consent t o fill the most silent and passive of all poets in the new Assembly, from which both eloquence and action in will be ha rushed. He separated from M . Thiersthe Consti tuent on the question of the Right of Labour, and it is not stated that this Socialist tint has been f got rid of. Perhaps his political principles are not such a straight-laced nature as to refuse all compromise o rr ; or he may have believed that on the occasion the wind was setting in from that quarter. eerred to There of was a period when the Presidency of the Chamber Dep uties was one of high honour. Whatever ma of the honour under present circumstances, may be said the post has not ceased to be lucrative. The new 80 President will in all probability have not less than 000 o perhaps Inn ruin ..,,,,,,,,, f rancs as salary, and the ' ' r hotel near the Legislative Palace for residence. splendid All this would be a strong temptation to a stillsterner patriot, and su c h compensation i s no t insufficient for three months' direction of the dull rou t ine of business in the new Chamber of Deputies. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING—WEDNESDAY. The Hopeful Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 50 added; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies and geldings, Bst 31b; winners 31b extra. Half a mile. (15 Subs.) Mr. J. Dawson na f Anteverta (Basham) 1 Mr. Morris's King David (Bumby) 2 Mr. J. Scott's Eaton ............................. (Holmes) 3 . Lord Ch es t er fi e l d ' s c b y Hetman Platoff .., (Nat) 0 Mr. Osb orne ' s B o ld D av ie .... ......... (Osborne, jun.) 0 (G. Simpson) 0 Betting -5 t o 2 ags t King David, 3 to 1 each apt Mr. C. Sp ence ' s P oetess ........... Anteverta. and Eaton, and 5 to 1 agst Hetman Platoff colt. W on by h a lf a l e ngth; a neck between second and third; Bold Davie a bud fourth. Run in 52 secs. The Doncaster Handicap Stakes of 10 sm. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, with 100 soya, added, the se cond to save his stake. St. Leger Course. (46 Subs., 22 of whom pay 3 sous. each.) Mr. J. Scott na Hyacinth, 6st 111 b ... (E. Harrison) 1 Mr. W. Stebbing's Knook-Knoll, 7st 101 b (Basham) 2 Mr. G. Barton's Calculator, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (G. Oates) 3 Mr. J.Wilkins's Abbess of Jervaux, 7st 71b (Charlton) 4 Mr. Martinson's View Halloo, 6 yrs, Bst 51b (Simpson) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's The Proctor, 7st 81b (Osborne, jun.) 0 hlr. C. Peck na La Fiancée, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (Aldcroft) 0 Mr. J. Gill's b c by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Flower of the Tees, 3 yrs, 6st 51b Mr. Ch. Thorpe na, zit. Michael, sst 101 b (1 - layboe) 0 Mr. T. Wilkinson's Dismay; 3 yrs, sst 101 b... (Alla) 0 Mr. 'l'. Lister's Lizzy, 3 yrs, sst Blb (Kendal) 0 Betting-4 to 1' each agst Hyacinth and linook - Knoll, 5 to I cgit Proctor, 8 to 1 ags t La Fiancé- , , and 10 to 1 agst auy other. W on ver y ea sily by a length and a half, the same bet ween secon d an d third, and half a length between third ;tad fourth. Run in 3 min. 21 sec. The Municipal Stakes of 5 sovs, each, and 40 added, for 3 yrs old and upw ar d s; the. second to save his stake. Sr. Leger Course. ( ) (Cheri 4 Subs. Mr. Baker's Emma, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (30/)... ton) 2 1 Mr. S. Hall's Jack Rag (late Mogador), 3 Bst 41 b ( 301) M. R. Briggs's Slapd as h , aged, 7st 6ib ( 301 .) ********* Mr. Hesseltine's Th e S etter, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (30 1 • ) ••• ." 4 Betting-6 to 4 each agst Emma and The Setter. Won by a length. Run in 3 min. 31 secs. v The Sheffield and R o th erham Handicap of 5 8,(:". each, and 40 added. O ne mite. (15 Su b s.) Mr. G. Barton's The Surveyor, 3yrs,6 st 91b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Osborne's Procto r , 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Osborne , j u n.) 2 Mr. 11. Stebbing's Si r Ch arles Napier, 3 y rs, 6st 13 Ib 3 Mr. Harrison's Miss F anny, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b 4 Mr. Sumner nd Merry Maid, 7st 41b (carried 21 b over) 0 T Mr. T. Smallwood's The win, 4 yrs, 6st 13 th 0 Mr. U. Austin's Brawn, 3 yrs, 6st 51b 0 Betting-7 to 4 a gs t S i r Charles Napier, 3to I agst The Surveyor, and st o 1 agst Miss Fanny. W on by half a length, the same b etween second an d t hi r d, th e fourth well up. R un i n 1 min. 45 sec. The Innkeepers' Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added, for three yrs old and upwards ; T.Y.C. ( 4 „ 8111 " . , 1 ) Mr. Ryder's Lady Ilesk et h , 3 yrs (201.)...(0' Oates) Mr. Baker's Emma, 4 yrs (201.) Mr. H. Stebbing's Cent°, 3 yrs (201.) ............... 3 Mr. John Pears' Ariel, 5 yrs (201) •••••.• (Arran) 4 5 Mr. Haywood's Houton Lass, 5 yr s (201.) Won easy. Two .heats were run for this race, the horses having in the first been started by mistake at the Champage post--it was won by a neck by Lady Hes ketb, Cerito second. STEEPLECHASE B ETTING AT SIX O'CLOCK. DONCASTER, .. : ......... (Simpson) 2 5, to 2 agst Miss Mowbray I 5 to 1 agat Sir Peter Laurie NORTHAXPTON RANDIcAP. 8 to 1 agat Cariboo. LATEST STEEPLECHASE BETTING. 5 8 ct t o oR I IO a u x : agst 04 10; 1 , vrot AtOhnieTtri (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 6 to 4 agst bliss Mowbray PARR, 1852. MORNING. 5 to 2 agst Sir Peter Laurie Acceptances for the Granby Handicap. Al on zo, 5 yrs, 12at 81 b - -Clath - worker, 6 yrs, list 131b—Chief Justice, 5 yrs, list 101b—Lough Bawn, 4 yrs, list 61b—Agis, aged, list 61b—Darkie; 5 yrs, list 61b—Sir Robert. 5 yrs, list 51 b —Brother to Dough, 5 yrs, list 41b—Faux Pas, 4 yrs, I Ist 31b—Herbert, 6 yrs, llst llb—Loadstone, aged, list—Warwick, 5 yrs, lOst 111b-201 lOst 131b—Jack in Corner, 5 yrs lOst 121b—John of Estafette, 5 yrs, lOst 31b—Ischia, 4 yrs, lOst lib—Don Juan, 6 yrs, lOst Ilb—Cyclops, 4 yrs, 9 s t 1 us, 4 yrs, lOst 111b 31b—The rest Acceptances for the Gold Cup. Clothworker, 6 yrs, p le y r Berwick, 12st 41b— Chief Justice, 5 yrs, list Ilb—Darkie, 5 yrs, list 1 Ilb..—Herbert, 6 yrs, list 51b—Lough Etawn, 4 yrs, I Ist 101 b - -Harpsichord, 4 Vs s ea Y ch rs . ' yrs, lOst 71b—Is.chia, 4 yrs, lost 21b---Don Juan, 6 yrs, lOst 21b—Cyclops, 4 yrs, 9st 13. Weights for the Handicap of 15 soya each. B!. s. by Prince Caradoc, Miss Julia Bennett, 4 yrs, Bst 7 7 1b —The Incurable, 4 yrs, 7 st 121b—B ar d o l p h , 3 ystrs, 31b. st 10—Evadue, 3 yrs, 7st 61b-- Senoritce, 3 yrs, 7 COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNp --, W EDNESDAY: The Queen and Prince took an early Walk yesterday morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger branches of the Royal P ;1 also took their usual exercise in the grounds. 01)08noenirye thed ne s d Firstay next, will hold her first assembly at The Hon. William Cowper had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the l ime -office. Mr. the 17th inst. Chisholm Anstey, M.P., bad also an interview with the Lord of the Treasury Mr. Varker, of NorthamptonN (Justice of the Peace), and Mr. John Latehmere, of aoirt li mPton, had an in terviewßight with Mr. Secretary d NV . i P?.e yesterday, at the Home-Afiee, and submitted depositions on behalf of the condemned convict, Elizabeth rineltard. oft - s i o er c ' lea r a harbour as ---___ has not been that of Livet pool now presents for out ward -bound ships. Often, during the present year, as na,inly as 100, and on two an A inst C an L ce l f it or or three occasions 150 ships, a e peen waiting to proceed to sea. Yesterday, afternoon, ho w ever, the seven follow ing ships were all that remained,_ b from all causes, in the • h had eela mad port, the entries of which i3tl3oellT;s—tPt erno3b•eabrisy Eurek eat the Custom house to the previoui evening: a, for Jamaica ; Brisk, t • tor. Azores ; Don Pedro, for Hay i, Tom Roberts, for Naples ! Heroine, for St. Michael's; Renner, f or R ... , '''' ' .I. homas ; anu 13srica, for Trieste. LORD RODEN.—It is con fidently stated that the new Irish Government intend tO' reinstate Lord Roden in the commission of the peace. PROPOSED RAILWAY CAPITAL FOR _NEW RAILWAY. WORKS. The following is a careful statist:lna! statement, com piled from the various official estimates laid beforo Parliament by the undermentioned railway companies, applying for Acts for now works this s"ssion, and in volving the raising of addition capital:- alsingstoke and Salisbury ... ••• ...£280,000 Bristol and Exeter (Yeovil branch) ... 23,594 Chester and Liolyheau (Extensions) ... 380,000 Corris and Machjrnidetti Railway ... ••. 12,000 Cork and Bandon ... ..• ... 40,000 Deeside ..„ ••• ..• ... 106,000 Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire 79,000 Dorchester and Exeter Coast ... 490,000 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 227,200 East Anglian (Daviati ons and new lines) ... 35,000 Eastern Counties (to River Nene) ... 18,315 Eastern Counties (Junction with East and West India Docks) ••• • 50 000 Eastern: Union and Great Northern Jurcion 120 000 Edinburgh and Glasgow •• ••• - 4,000 Exeter and Yeovil ••• ••• •• 650,000 Forest of Dean Central... • 20 ; 000 Furness and Pilo Harbour ••• 45,000 Frome, Yeovil, and Weymouth ... 550,000 Great Western (Parchaso of.,7;Kennett and Avon Canal) Bells and Cavan ••• ••• Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Leven ••• ••• ••• Lancishire and 'Yorkshire ••• Limerick and Foynes ..„ London and North- Wostern and Buckingham shire .. 50,000 London and North-Western (Chester to Birk enhead and 'Branches) ... 550,000 Londonderry and Enniskillen and Coleraine 152,000 London, Tilbury, and Southend ... 400,000 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ... 83,000 Middlesburgh and Guisburgh 72,000 Midland Great Western of Ireland (Longford and Cavan Branches) Monmotithshire Railway Newmarket and Chesterford •..• North and South-Western and Brighton and Dover Junction (Wandsworth to Croydon) 85,000 North Staffordshire (Sandbach to Birkenhead and Colwich to Wolverhampton) ... 300,000 North-Western Nuneaton and Leicester ... 150,000 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (Ex tension of Time, &c.) . . ... • 72,000 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (Ex tension, Wolvercot to Oxford) ... ... 70,000 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (Wol vercot to Brentford) ... 830,000 Shrewsbury and Chester ... 17000 Shropshire Union (Branches) ..• ... 322 789 Somersetshire Central ... ... 48,000 South Staffordshire 178,000 South Yorkshire (Isle of Axholme Extension) 300,000 Vale of Neath ... 72,000 Wolverhampton Junction ... 104,000 Worcester and Hereford 220.000 York and North Midland ... 60,000 York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Bishop Auck land branch) •• ... • 190,000 York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Thirsk and Melton branch) ... ••• 10,000 ••• 181,000 ••• 185 , 000 ••• ' ••• 20,000 ••• ••• 15,000 ... 120,900 300,000 ... 80,000 73,000 ... 100,000 Total ... £3,642,428 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NORITI-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of Traffic for the week ending . March 7:— Passengers, parcels, &c. £22,262 5 7* Merchandise ... ... 17,897 5 9 Cattle ... 1,013 17 3 Total ... £41,173 8 7 Corresponding week last year ... 39,404 12 3 Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. * Liverpool races. THE GRZAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 241 i) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending Feb. 29, 1852: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... .£4,38S 211 Merchandise and minerals ... 6,259 16 5 Cattle ... 156 5 1 Total .. £10,802 4 5 Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles): — Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £3,861 12 3 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 3,901 15 11 Total ... ....E7,763 8 2 LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Amount of Traffic for the week ending March 7:— Passengers ... £6,500 19 1 Goods ... .•• ... 2,376 17 9 Total ... £8,877 16 10 Corresponding week last year... 8,522 8 1 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Mar. 7....£16,477 8 3 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) .. ...£14,328 12 1 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. - (Miles 0pen,112.) Return of traffic for the week ending Feb. 29 : Railway and canal ... £4,687 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 4,585' 0 0 Note. —The above is exclusive of the receipts available under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--Traflic for the week ending March 7:— LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, MAIN LENIN. Passengers £923 6 0 Parcels, IL C. and D. ... 75 17 10 Goods, cattle, &c 59s 16 6 Mails "' ... 575 0 0 Total ... £2,173 0 4 MOLD. Passengers £29 8 4 Parcels, 11. C. and D. ... 1 14 lt Goods, cattle, &c. - 1(5 14 (1 Total £146 17 3 STEAM-LOAM Passengers ... £145 11 9 Parcels, H. C. and D. 24 10 4 Total ... ... £l7O 2 1 NE TV METROPOLITAN RAILWAY: We are informed that it is proposed to connect the Great Northern Railway at the present King's-cross Station with the Loudon and South-Western Rail way at the Waterloo Station, the distance being only 2/ miles. This line when made would by means of the East and West India Dock Rail way connect all the narrow gauge railways on the north side of the Thames with the London and 'South-Western Rail way. Besides the great facilities which this line would afford for the transit of goods merchandise and coal to and from the southern counties it would most materially assist in augmenting the suburban traffic of existing railways by giving three central stations, namely, at Guildford-street, near the Foundling, at Holborn, near Red Lion• street, and at the Strand, near St. Clement's Church. Access to these stations would be given by a circular in clined plane, or by ascending and descending rooms. As this line would for the greater part of the way be in tunnel, it would not therefore in that portion be necessary to purchase any building property. The tunnel would extend from the King's-cross station to the south side of the Strand near to Essex-street, and owing to the slight interference with the building property, Mr. Hamilton Fulton, the engineer esti mates the total cost of construction at 750,0001. The proposed bridge across the Thames near to Essex street would be constructed with wrought iron girders at a comparatively small expense, and also be made to afford accommodation to foot passengers and the steam-boat traffic. From the river to the Waterloo station the railway would be carried on a viaduct through inferior property in the neighbourhood of Upper- S tamford- street. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. A commission of lunacy was held yesterday it Love grove's, the London Coffee-horse, Ludgate-hill, before Mr. E. Winslow, one of the masters in lunacy, and a jury of twenty-one freeholders of the city of London, to inquire into the state of mind of Thomas Horatio Richard son, of 23, Old Bailey. Mr. Archibald Smith appeared for the party upon whose petition to the Court of Chancery the commission was issued, the alleged lanatic'e half sister, a lady named Farne ; and before the proceed ings commenced the lunatic's brother, Mr. Richardson, addressing the Learned Commissioner, mild he dis claimed any participation in the inquiry, which he con sidered unnecessary, and most unfriendly on the part of those through whose instrumentality it had originated. His brother certainly was imbecile, and had been so from childhood, but he was inoffensive - and harmless, lived comfortably and apparently happy, and en joyed life as much as any person then in that room. It appeared from th en e upon which no dispute was raised, that the subject of the I inquiry was entitled to 4,5001. in the Three per Cent. Consols, to 445/. under his father's will, of which his brother was the only surviving trustee, and to two small annuities ander the will of his mother. Mr. Richardson, the brother, s tated that the alleged he. natic was incapable of managing his property, but was perfectly competent to take care of himself—in fact, no one had ever entertained the idea of putting him under restraint, and he never committed any act that led to g e had money to nie vi e s s it h ede any unpleasant results. pleased—he never spent it wastefully nor extravagantly —he always conducted himself with propriety theatres, and mixed with society, but his mind was ex cessively weak. The alleged lunatio WO3 brcught int o the room, and was q uestioned by the Commis s i oner, reply to whom he said ho could not tell what pryeer 1;r:, he was possesse d of, the month, or the y e ar; he "eeard not toll how maey twice two - were, but i t h a t he took c are of himself, and that hi s l e knew brother too k care of the mone y . Ile l ived very happy with hits brot h e r, and was so comfot table that he wished for no ch H e had the appearance of i an imbecile. Th e j ur y found that Th omas wa s of unsound mind, an d had the q dbee n °ratio Richardson incapable of faking care in o f himself or propertyof December, 1826; and at the same time expressed a desire that the unfor tunate gentleman should not be removed from his I brother, Mr. E. J. Rich ar d son. The Commissioner said that would rest with the Cour t of Chancery; bat as fa ge stiOn of th e far as he was concer ned, the sug - J",Y Would receive every consideration.' 1852. PARIS TREATRICALS - .... ......._ I The following case of cholera was registered Oa ITALIAN OPERA, —The never -failing Barbieri di lit March, at 36, Fore•etreet, Cripplegate, a female eer- Sieiglia was played for the first time this season on vent, seed 20 years, " malignant cholera, p r i mary s t age (3 Saturday, for the rentree o f M. Lableche, our old s): collapse.(B hours)." favourite, who was received w i t h l oud and cordial TVirty cases of small-pox and one of chicken-pox were within 4 the anan demonstrations of welcome, from as brilli 1 - 1 1 registered in the week. It is stated in six cases that walls vaccination had peen previously performed. There were thence as o e recollect to have sees , Small-pox llottsital, of which of the Salle Ventadour. The secret by • which this the followiug are the particulars : truly great artiste has retained his powers, 4 death& registered in the of course On 29th February a girl, aged one year, frL m Baker not unimpaired, but still wonderfully preserved, is street, Newicgton, died of "small-pax, confluent, un- soda told ; it lies in two little letters, simply the dlr.- protected (12 days)," ference between use and abase. A thoroughly On 3d March a girl, aged 10 years, from East London educated mus i c ian, be has known how to use his Union, " small-pox, confluent, unproiceted (12 days)." voice without abusing it. His Dr. Bartolo has been On 3d March a boy, aged 14 years, from Bedford noticed too frequently in these columns to admit of bury, . small-pox, confluent, unmodified (12 days)." He had been va c c i na ted i n i n f au cy ut Swaitchife, Oxon; one any thi ng new b e i ng said upon it. His actin g was email cicatrix. humorously whinodcal, as usual, and though the sth March a tailor, aged 17 years, from Lemon shaking of the long journey from Italy had left some streent toote , , ( G 9 o d otlecall'e-F.elds, " small-pox, confluent, unpro traces of faigue in his voice, he went through the part with as much spirit, and as touch to the satis- In the subdistrict ys'' of Charing-cross at 5, New Ex facti.)n of the audience as we ever tiered him. chal:ge-court, - 'of on 3d March, the son a copperplate CalzAari was of course the Almaviva, and largely printer, aged 6 years, tied of " caddie (1 week), after shared in the eppleuses of the evening; the vaccination. Mr. Leonard adds, that "two eschars serenade "Io son Lindero)" wits charmingly given, were on the arm; all the children of this family have and his share of the duo "Ah! the d'Ainore" *as taken . tc,r, t c l i te h L"mall•nex, but, except the deceased now re mit less succeeeful. Belletti made a Figaro par ex- and (1 ' badly ' vacvne t r .l ecovered. The bed room is very confined cellenee ;we never before heard him to so much ad- In the sub. d i l, z t i r t i e d i " vantage., The volubility, ease, and distinctness, with saville.stroot, on 4th c f m • i rk r n Souls, Marylebonr, at 31, plater, aged 38 which he gave the rapid passages which abound in years, died of " typhus (it March a. N coach t :3 o 's n i h -" , The medical atten the music of the character, were mo=t masterly, and daut makes the followin g no s h certificati :—" This Moro must be classed among M. Belletti's greatest is the ace-Leith case of lover that occurred in this successes in Paris. Basilio found a fair repreeentative family, and in the semc room. e ....1 e whole am family, which -in M. Susini, whose fine bass came out 11 in "La consisted of eight persons, ate and Calunnia." This brings tie to we night,apartment. The above case, howe ver, has in a sin g le the Rosina of the ever, has assns termi- Mdlle. Cruvelli, w hi c h we approach with some re- nste d f a t e lly." luctance. Though this gifted youngOn the 24th February and 4th of March respectively, artiste can never ward at 11, Eagle-court, in the sub-district of s r. j am fail to please, the impression she produces as the Clerken well, the two daughters of a lookina-elass frame s ' of Bartok) is very far from that created by her Elv . lra maker, aged 1 year and 4 years, died of Norms, l'idelio, and other parts of the highest class, "scarlatina ma the the former after 7 days', the latter after 4 days' the recollections of which should not be disturbed b the assumption of characters for which her talents arey illness. the Landon Fever Hospital, on the 22th of Fe unsuitable, Among the most eff ec ti ve an d most ap- bruary, the son of an engineer, abed 12 years, brought plauded morceaux of the evening, was h er s i ng i ng from St. Pancras, died of " typhoid fever (about three lesson, "Al dolce Incanto," with Rode's variations, weeks"), in the hospital six days; and iu the same hos which she gave with considerable brilliancy, particu- Pital, on the 6th of March, a sailor, aged 43 years, from larly the second, which was followed by acclamation. St. George in the East, died of " typhus (duration u n _ At the close of the opera, all the leading artistes were known)',' in the hospital 2 days. In the I s lin g t on W o rkhouse, on sth March, a painter recalled by general demand, and bowed their thank s • and glazier, age d 67 y ears , di e d o f " c arb u ncle, exhana amid loud marks of the satisfaction of the public. tion." GRAND OPERA.—After a temporary absence from A g irass 1, aged 13 mon th s , died from " suffocation in a the boards, Mdlle. P r i o r a h as , with a courage fit ofpion." Post mortem. , I❑q t. Two persons worthy a better occasion an d more success , m ade her di e d o f intemperance. Fourciildr c en ue w s ere suffocated in re-appearance, in that most poetical of all choregra- the bed clothes. phis creations, La Sylphide ; for, although Mdlle. At the Royal Free Hospital, on 6th February, a rs- Priora was much applauded, it was evident to her trait, aged 20 years, died of " exhaustion caused by low most fervent a d m i rers t h at the qualities required to peritonitis and want of nourishment." Post mo rt em . represent satisfactorily this child of air are diametri- Inquest. • In the first nine weeks of the year (commencing 28th sally opposed to tho se w hi c h she possesses. Mdlle. order of December, 1851), there have been registered in the Ken. jet Priora's substantial and well-roundedb e auty sington district 4 deaths from scarlatina and 17 from black eye, and Oly mp i an b row bespeak th e &c.; in Chelsea 6 from scarla bounding Gitans, born u n d er th e t orr i d skies of An--.c t dulasia or Calabria; her elastic, but firm an d vi o ins and 7 from typhus; in St. George, Hanover-square, 3 from scarlatina typhus, continued fever, - and 9 from typhus; in Westminster, rous step is marvellously adapted for the bolerogor 2 1 ifrfo from scarlatina and 10 from typhus; in M , arylebone, zepateado ; but for the transparent nymph of the in St. Pancrae clouds, both her appearance and style of dancing 27 Pramr m scarlatina slid ll n d 1 9,) from o f m o ci typhus; typhus; in Islington' are singularly ill-suited. As a danseuse and pan- (which contains the London r FeverHospital), 18 from tomimist, Mdlle. Priora ranks after Carlotta Grisi scarlatina, and 14 from typhus; in Hackney, 6 from and Cerito. Compared with Taglioni, whose name is scarlatina and 15 from typhus ;in Strand, 10 from scar inseparably connected with La Sylphide, her per- latina and 7 from typhus ; in Holborn, 12 from scarla lina and 8 from typhus; in East London, one from scar formance appears to still greater disadvantage. Let scar us hope Mdlle. Priora will speedily take her revanche isatt!nna andan d 3 10 fro fr m typhus ; in West London, 4 from scar in.City.ot London, 8 from in some ballet better adapted to her talents. As the scarl a atina and 5 ofrmonatyr typhus; ; young Highlander, M. S. Leon acquitted himself to scarlatina and and 20 fromYp tus;hin Stioreditch, •12 from in Bethnal - green, 18 the entire satisfaction of the spectators ; the other from scarlatina and 17 fromypt has; typhus; in Whiteeha el parts were filled with a bility. none f rom scar l at i na and 23 from typhus; in S P ' pn OPERA NATI ONAL. —Th e di rec t ors hip o f thi s 36 f rom scar l at i na an d 27 from typhus; in popltaereT; theatre being n ow vacant, i n consequence o f th e sa d- f rom scar l at i na an d 4 f rom typhus; in St. Saviour, dell death of M. S eveste, the pr i v i lege , t em p orar il y Southwark, 9 fro m scarlatina a n d 7 f rom typhus; in St. ' granted to the br o - th er o f t h e d ecease d, has become the Olive, 7 from scarlatina and 9 f rom typ h us; in St. George, Scuthwark, 8 from scarl a ti na an d 10 from object of comp e ti t i on among a host o f can did ates . Only two, h owever , out of the num b er are spo k en o f typhus; in Newington, , 10 from scarlatina an d 14 front as having any ser i ous c h ances of success : M. D u - tylab u s ; ln L in Wa n hC•rtlhB 3 fr( f ) . m scarlatina sci an n d d 25 from pres s the celebrat e d t enor, and M . J u l es S eves t e , the typhus; typhus; in Greenwich, 2 frormoniscaralraadtraa a a nd 1132 ff r o m director ad interi m . Th e pr i v il ege i s t o r ema i n , t o typhus. In the 36 districts of which the metropolis is use a legal term, in commission, until May with a composed the above are those in which the numbers have view to facilitate the winding-up of the affoirs of the been most considerable during the aforesaid period. theatre. M. Duprez's Joanita has already had one STATE OF SNA THE Th WEATIIER DURING TIIE PAST WEEK. general rehearsal • and its representation is fixed for c amount of cloud was variable throughout Tuesday next. 7 Mdll D and roultier, for- the SUNDAY.—The D day; Y.7 e. uprez merly of the Grand Oi.era, will sustain the principal was shown at any exami na ti on . parts. MONDAY. —The sky was mostly free from cloud during the GYMNASE.—Thi s t h eatre has b een so f ar f avoure d morning, and after war d s was pr i nc ipally covered with cumu li, by the inconstant oddees as to be the debouche chosen cirrocumuli, d an d c i rrostrati. A shower of hail and rain fell g uringtheatternoon. Electricity--Nothing was shown a t anyexamination. by Mme. Geor ges S an d for her two or th ree l as t dramas. Close on the footsteps of ter Mariage de TUESDAY.—Three-fourths of the sky were covered during Victorine, we have to record the production here on the morning and afternoon; at night the sky was clear ; Wednesday of Les Vacances de Pandolphe, a three cumuli, cirr ocumu li, an d c i rros trati. Electricity—Positi ve , act comedy, in w hi c h the celebrate d rotnanc ie re h as and tensi onw,,„) . N R sDA weak y during the thewasclearafternoon. during the morning, successfully imit a t e d t h e style an d an i mat i on o f th e mostly covered with cloud daring daring the afternoon, and c l ear at Italian school ; refining the buffoonery which is one night ; cumuli and cirrostrati. Electricity—Positive, and of its characteristics by her polished and easy style. tension moderate during the afternoon and evening. THURSDAY.—The sky for the most part was clear Les Vacances de PanYolphe is one of the most at tension tractive and elegant little dramas as yet given to the throughoutmoderate during the t r a y a . fter E n l o e o c n tricity—Positive, and stage by Mine. Sand. The scenery and dresses are FRIDAY.—The sky was clear throughout the day. Elec itt a style of splendour very unusual at the Gymnase; tricity—Positive, and tension moderate during the morning the costumes, designed a la Watteau, by M. Dude- and afternoon. vent, the son of th e authoress , d eserve espec i a l SATURDAY.—Tire sky was clear throughout the d a y. men tion. Mmes. Rose Ceeri and Brassine, and MM. El Theect r i c m i t e e . ' — n INlct h reachingi n g o w f a a s shown thn throughout oniete i m e e, t (i he o d r, ai b •.. main. Numa and Bressant, distinguished themselves in the mast, and read each Clay at Oh. A.m. was ,1 4 ,5•4"; and the mean principal parts. Mine. Sand's name was received et reading atnh. P.M. was 33.8'; the mean readings at the the conclusion of the p er f ormance w i t h s i nce r e m arks Loyal Observatory for the same tim e s were 34.7 e and 35-74 , r espectively. of gratification. The reading of the barometer decreased from 29.72 in. A clasege of some importance has taken place in at the beginning of the week to 29';S iu. by Oh. Pia. on the personnel of the Opera Coinique. Mile. Were the Ist; increased to 00.66 in. by Oh. A.M. on the 6th; and theimber, whose sucu.sstul debut in Le C'arill9nueur decreased to 30 61 in. by the end of th e w eek. de Bruges, was mentioned in our last notice, finding herself unequal to the fatigue of continuing the cha racter in that opera, requested the annulment of her engagement, a demand which was immediately com plied with by the Direction. Mdlle. Darcier has since been engaged. It will be a cause of regret to the public snould this young artiste not persevere in her career ; her style fitting her in an eminent degree for the Grand Opera, or the Italian stage, where her noble' organ would with time and study enable her to rank among the first contralti of the day. A novelty in one act, by M. Adam, Le Lntiu, and another, Les Bareaux Verts, by M. Bazio, are in preparation. A rumour is in circulation, which, if correct, is of considerable importance to this theatre, namely, that M. Roger is about to quit the Grand Opera and to return to these boards. Recent LINES ON THE DEATFI U t'HOMAS MOORE. (.h . = the Cork ,Youthcrn Reporter.) Another departed!—the last of a cluster That star like illumined thy slavery's night, That shed on thy combat for freedom a lustre Which shone like a glory of God on the fight. Thy Prelsto* the first of the galaxy eerished, Thy Tribune, f thy Orator,f later have past, Thy Minstrel—that name in thy story so eherished§— The Dad of thy struggle, has left thee the last. Each nobly essayed to exalt thy condition. One only through ages the work will prolong. Priest, Orator, Tribune have ended their mission, Bu; lintath no term to the triumphs of song. No—long as thy cliffs shall be lashed by the wa'ers, And long as thy cloud-wreathed hills shall endure, A spell on the to ins of thy sons and thy daughters, Will rest, in the soul-stirring;lyrics of Moore. Not now, while thy feetioni still madly distract thee; Not now, while thy wountle, self re-open e d, eat! bleed, Wiltch utes tehoupae weresetor th eme 7 bcr hoty he backed th ee, guerdon, until thou wart fre e d 'lB ):u o n a d l. thee, Yrs! freed from the yoke that so angrily galled * f t r b o r m w a t r h d e to vicesL i Liberty's thee, The fetters that tied thee in limb and in soul, From these thy deliverers then dizenthrelled thee, And freed ButA rinclot,baaldads alas! The weakness—half trust, half sus c The ignorance ages of wrong gather4r ion, of slaves, Which leave thee, to day, still the vi • oil" thee, ctim of knaves. Oh! Erin, from these, thy deliv'r Ince were glorious; The weed of the victor were Who should stifle the breath of thy indeed, thy faction s uproarious, And teach thee true Liberty's di snill.d d• 6 . creed: — Should Should raise thee from an And, leading thee forth to a r c h y's victim-stained altar, t') a holier shrine, Should hear th ee , at length, with a trembling lip, falter The precepts of Freedom's religion divine. The page of thy Bard yields that loftier teaching That yet thou wilt learn—though day, For turn thee thou wilt fr o in th e neg anarchist's lecte p d re t aCh To love that great gospel that lives in his lay. Half ally, half serf, to a free-thoughted nation, His tad to uplift th ee , h e g loriously gave. Uplifted resolve! Be her equal in station And freedom, nor grovel, the slave of a slave! He lived to lament o'er thy saddest condition— While slavery's antics mocked liberty's name— And, shocked at thy bondage of self-imposition, He fled thee for ever, in sorrow and shame. Leave his dust to the land where his death•sigh was breached Land worthy the dust of a freeman to keep ! With night-shade his urn would, by thee, be enwreathed, And bigotry's venom the corona' steep. Perchance, in some moment of happier omen, When present dissensions shall wake thy disgust, Wh en shy children, as rivals, shall strive, not as foemen, Thou too shalt be worthy of guarding such dust. Then may'st thou implore it, with piety tender, Erpairiug tby slights, and re penting tby wrong; A n d Albion, subdued by thy sadness, surrender The urn of the bard to his loved Isle of Song. But, now, let him sleep, far away from contention, His memory embalmed in the Patriot's thought— The Patriot who blushes bis genius to mention, While bitterly conscious how vainly it taught. M. J. B. London. March Ist, 1552._ _ . circumstances arising from the representation of Guillaume Tell before the President, give probability to this rumour. A descendant of one of the great Guelphic families of Italy, the Piceolornini of Sienna, Mlle. Clementini- Piccolomini recently made her debut as a cautatrice, at La Pergole, in Florence, and excited great enthu siasm. Hera uccess is said to increase at each suc- cessive performance; as yet she has only appeared in Lucrezia Borgia, and a popular ktfa, called Crispino e Comare. Her organ i 3 descrin,d as a mezzo -!o- prano, of great power and extent ; Mdlle. Piecolomiui, in . additior, is said to be young and beautiful, quali ties that never do any harm on or off the stage.— Galignani. * Doyle. t O'Connell. The Bards of Ireland have, it is known universally, b ees ever her most lionotil 77 - ---- ---- %It' .--By a return to print it appears that on the Ist of Ja nuary, just ?_ were 50,730 widows in the receipt ofout doorPOOß- -1351, therte nuary, relief, and on the Ist of January parochialz7 0 0. bfr was ''' 1 nutriii, LAW RELIEF TO 1 i MOWS HE LEAGUE 1' UND...--.Tfit! lacre recent,, subscrip tions include Messrs. Matters, Liveroool 5001 , - • , r. l , .:as. Stanton, Stroud, MIL ; and Messrs. George Ash . Mr. John probably by the time this reaches the .11.0"11. 11 \ a ' n is :l '° S u o u n t s D , l u t r u ic c a hl ' ale, ion/ ri wort --- '.. -e total to vesterday noon was of the 4 rrer l it a N n v d ill exceed 50.000 i. eve Wii o AUNTS THE liArnis ?—it is an our inferior ar ticle from Dirmin:haui V.hich h as b een s laughterin s oldiers at the Cape for m out h s past. One won d ers w hether g they know the net, au whaber it ..g,-gers on the African ra•. - atcs the pain of their wounds and their shank„ Traders coast ascertain the wa n t s o f t h e i n h a bi tan ts, in regard to firearms among other things : they send their order to London merchants; London merchants order the article o the Birmingham manufacturers, and, after a time, if a Kafir is disarmed, hi s piece is found to bea r the nam e or mark of a Birminghain gunmaker. ~ W e make firearms for both parties, in all wars ," said a manufacturer to us yes. terday. As Such i s an d must b e the fact, we like the plain, avow::} of it; but it is A arange-smrading truth.—Dickepee Household Words. . LYNN THEATRE. The spirited manager of this theatre, Mr. Hooper, has had considerable rivalry of late by the attra ctions presented to the seekers after amusement by our cele brated mart, which, in its turn, had also an opponent in the severity of the weather ; the clouds have now passed away, and we augur great success to our talented manager and company. We ha ve had occasion before now to speak of the general constituents of the company and the class of entertainment, and it is now our duty and pleasure to be able to record that some of our finest dramatic productions have been played most efficiently. Amongst the plays produced ' we may enumerate the Othello of oar immortal bard • Richelieu;" .The Stranger; and Sheri lan's glorious comedy of the Rivals. The principal parts of these plays were sustained by Mr. Coleman, actress of St e phenson, and Mr. Mills; Madame Si ll -* 1012, and Miss F. Bennett, a young n the play the greatest promise in her profession. H er delineation of the part of Julie, i of Richelieu, was rich i e n s e feeling ltihn the and tr ue to gentle and suf. n ature, and seldom have w youngfering DinehBdeermpornofaesmsioonre, we f ithf e u e i l l faithfully painted, painted. Thou g h with time and care she will take a most legitimate standing in the dramatic art. HEALTHOF LONDON DURIIVG THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) • In the second week of February the deaths registered in the metropolis were 970; in the first week of-lilarcl?. which ended la s t S aturday, they rose to 1,128. Thisn latter number i s t h e highest that has occurred during the nine week s t h at have elapsed since the 3d of j - n Janu ary; ary; and it d eserves also to be noticed that the any aa other ea temperature of the l ast week was lower t h a n in a st week of week during th e same interval. In the February, when the mean temperature was the tempera deaths were 1,016; and in last week, 47, the return t t u h r : a w a a h s l2 3 ll 6 d l„ a t d he eaths. exhibits en increase of more In the t en correspon di ng weals if this average is raised el-s of the years 1842-5 1 the aver age num b er was in propo r ti on to i ncrease i c 'f . ° . 2 population it becomes 1,123, an amount which nearly coincides with the 1,128 deaths registered lest week. the returns proves that not the yo - u t .- ng c , o b m u l ) ,, a r r e is r o so n li : e f c.fin v erdriltiegu l years, aro the eufferers; week (Aiding 28th Fe' . for v. , hareias ia tt hi, occurred under 15 years of age, the bruary) 489 deaths,, ead'amt:rt:ineek, being 466, ' , hews an actual de crease; ongst persons of mildle age the 368 to 399, ind amongst persofi_s o ot num b b o u t t ha" ip ";,, a r s i d upWards they have risen from 212 to l''.„ 60 years - also from the returns of the last two w e ' It appear`' • or cPid °°l . le w hoa the mortality from xymotic 208 ni from has been nearly stationary, having Loon 0 `deaths the previous week, and 207 in the last, th diseases of the respiratory organs rose and 121 persons; Bronchitis was fatal successively to diseasesthat p n eumonia (which unlike bronchitis d carries to 21 and pally the young) to 67 and 70, ali... 47 to 40; pat r o n 24. lleoping•oough has declined Pram frcm 193 to 231. was fatal in the two weeks in 143 and than any other chltis, therefore, 'has contributed disease to the increase. d 14:4:: P.:::::1