The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-27 00:00:00

THE SUN; L? , ' y yys ~...-.; H PM'. 7 ' i G----( THiS 1 k A '',' .j t The con:Tisk:ant caw no more of the defendant till LUNDuN„JAN. 27. 'i':, i;.e: a_ iio...ii, ';3.E , f .3ala bzeeze 7,''' , tEidd.Y t when he q'Pit'acnee 3 L'-us av ni6 °thee in an sqoahy, with lain. qiU 0. The ilviendant etonied tilt , ell?..rge of fraut.i, an.l nni;; he LoNGSWILLY, JAN. 24.— TL. 71,:,-,,,,,:.,,, , , stenciler Liverpool to Ballina, Tut in kcre t Jul-. T he F ene li 13.1;i money in tile IL.ooli Britis.ls .35;,1.: et t.tv:i time he s teamer is ashore. ' g ave prosecutor the e1_;,r;•,,1. GLOCCESTER.—SIdQ UEENSTOWN, JAN. 25. Wind Westerly,--Arrd. . Admiral, New Orleans. This Mr. White &nit-J. Defendant saidii . e wi:a a housekeep er , ni - ,,1 ka;7l raid Ord Nel son , M aur i t i us; J o h n Rotsort, (13!110.(13!110.rs . es and trace f . or iffy presuiti-caidenee tor ihrt:e years, arn . i it was not likely he should knowiogiy cor_ainit the DOVER, JAN. 26.—The Esrl of Errol, of and from otko-e) in Tr stiou. Sunderland for Boulogne, sprung a leak on the 19th, AL.. BINGUAM ad :.turned the case till to-morrow, and and went down on the 20th January; crew auv. , tl. in 401. to MARyPORT, JAN. 26.—The F actor s cons:-nted to take def e ndant's rce - nizarcc : ,tii , from Dublin, is On shore. appear on that tiny. SCARBOROUGH, JAN. 26.—The Meehanee, on shore in F eltz Bay, has got oil and into this place. MALDON, J AN . 26.—Th e Master of the Wave, from S underland, reports several sunken wrecks off Ald. bnr -.ov-h t , 5 to which no buoys are attached. L'EAL, JAN. 26.—Wind W.S.W.; P.M. fresh at S.W, t. .. - Arrd. from the River, Saye, Adelaide, South Au_- ( -1 44 1 Hindoo, Calcutta; Gilmore, Madras; Elizabeth. Cape of Good Hops; Lusitania, Pars; Duchess or Por tland, Berbice; Tar, Tobago. Sld. Oriental, Mpg , - k °,9g; Patrick Henry, New York. 4 4 1 VERPOOL, JAN. 26.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. f t thelstan, Calcutta; Evertor, Mauritius; Bieck Prince lief Empire State, New York; Bhurtpore, St. John's: lief , Brunswick; Industry, St. John's, New Brunswick; 0 4r elcit Calcutta; Haste, Bonny; Denison, Antigua; ‘reorge Washington, New Orleans; Lady Sale, New tolileans; Tuscarora, Philadelphia; Star of the West, ew York; Racer, New York; Plymouth Rock, Bos itn• SW. Mangerton, Port Philip; Annio, Charleston; t z , L arraganset, Philadelphia ; Sardinian, New York. rut back Fairfield, Calcutta. The Lceds, steamer, Dub tolin this port, which was abandoned on the 24th inst. about Por t Lyons, was seen Testerday morning s•ill afloat, twenty-two miles N. by W. from the Light ship. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A. aew two-act comic opera, entitled Aminta the Coquette, th e mus i c of which is by Mr. Howard Glover, who is already most favourably known to the public not only as the author of some of the most exquisite ballad compositions of the day-, but also as the composer of the serenata Hero and Leander, was produced here last evening with the most triumphant and deserved -success. The scene of the plot is laid in Spain in the year 1650, and the story is as follows :—Aminta (Miss Louisa Pyne) is the greatest beauty and the greatest coquette in a certain village, of which Don Tenorio de Tenebroso (Mr. Weiss) is the Alcalde. She has of course a number of adorers, but the .two chief pretenders to her hand are Don Tenorio and Fernandez (Mr. W. Harrison). She secretly loves Fernandez, but he, diitrected at her coquetry, joins Garcias (Mr. Corri), a contrabandist, is token by the soldiers, and on his own confession condemned to death. Don Alonzo (Mr. Caulfield), the commander, at the en treaties of Aminta, consents to spore her lover's life, but Don Tenorie, glad of an opportunitY of getting rid of a rival, insists on no mercy being shown him. Immediately afterwards, however, several large hampers of smuggled Bordeaux are brought to him, and Garcias himself appears from one of the hampers, with an order for the Bordeaux, signed by the magistrate himself. He willingly gives his con sent to the pardon of Fernande z, and also accepts an invitation to dance at the wedding of Fernandez and Aminta. The music with which Mr. Howard Glover has illustrated this story is of a highly dramatic cha racter; each piece most skilfully reproduces the sen timent of the situation, and through the whole there runs a vein of delicious and taking melody which cannot fail to make Aminta one of the most popular operas of the day. The opera is studded with songs of the most taking character ; one of which, a most piquant ballad, " What a thing is love," (sung with great point and humour by Mrs. Caulfield, as Paquita), was honoured with a double encore. Miss Louisa Pyne sang a very sparkling cavatina, " I do not love," in a style of brilliant execution that cannot be surpassed. Her duet with Har rison, " Let not jealousy," was also very beautifully rendered. Harrison himself is admirably fitted. He has two ballads, " Queen of my soul," and " Golden sun," both of which were encored, and which will become the most popular pieces in his repertoire. IrVeiFs, too, has an admirable song, which he sings as admirably, " Brightest beauty," which we opine will he the song of the season for boxy tones. The concerted music is excellent, and is composed and arranged in such a manner as to prove that Mr Howard Glover is one of the most accomplished mus MARKET NE WS.—( THIS DAY.) RAY IYEATLICETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow, Hay, 2/ 15s to 31 178 03; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 41 6s; and Straw, 11 Os to 116 s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow flay, 2117 s Od to 3118 s 01, Clover ditto, 315 s to 4l 4s; and Stra w , 11 i s t o 117 s per l ead. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITECHA.PEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 16s to 31 18s 01, Clover ditto 3/ 7s to 41 7s; adtraw, 1 / Os to 116 4 pe t o ad. Trade dull, at our quotations. COZONXZ.2.. SUGAR.—There was rather an improved demand for tiiritiah Plantation at the close of last week, and 900 rds found buyers at stiff prices. At auction 1,560 dg 2 Mauriti us , 3,500 b ags B engal, and 4.200 b ags Ma as met good competition, and rea li se d ver y f u ll pri ces . ' gn-350 cases brown Bahi a have been sold 11, 1 ' export at 15s. The quantity of British loutation landed last week at the East and it India Docks was 1,352 hhds 56 tierces ti barrels ; there were taken for home consump -4,„41, 1,579 hogsheads 155 tierces 362 barrels. The ~ e lt in the same place is 15,987 hogsheads 1,837 tier b ees 3,597 barrels. r ,'ltlistE D is in good demand; brown lumps are 43s 6d. 6 "!EE —Of 4,450 bags Costa Rica at auction, about b ( 2:, s old at the full value of 43s for good ord pale ; 640 4 - 9 1 c,d Washed Ri o we r e tak e n, in at nominal prices, but 1,1: begs Bahia partly sold at 34s Gd for ord. Go o d or d 'give Ceylon is 39?. V" ll3 l—The quantity landed last week at the East and t.iest India Docks was 259 puns 21 hhds; there were X:%l for home consumption 232 puns 5 hhdr, and ex 04d 62 pu ns 78 hhd s . Th e stoc k i n t h e same places i ,,352 puns 1,073 hhd s . 4 ' l OE is firm. jALLow.—P. Y. C. is 36s to 36s 3d, per cwt. on the - eet, and Town 39s 6d per cwt. Not much is doing. op : J ILL—The current prices are:—Congou, ord to good d to 9d; mid, 94-4 to loci her blackish leaf, 1 "14 to lid; blackish leaf, 111 d toffs Id; Pekoe kind, O 1 g il to is 6d; Souchong good ord t o b est mid, Bid toto ; mid t o good mid, is 2d to 2s; Twankay good oTd e2 b id. 10d to Hid; mid to Hyson kind, is to is 2d; C l lten kind, 81 to 9d; liyson good ord, is lid to 18 2d; 4dti mid, Is 3d to is 6d; mid to good mid, is 8d to 3s ix oung Hyson, is lid to 3s: Canton kind, 10Id to O ' lt Gunpowder, is 61 to 33 Gd; Canton kind, lid 8 4e. cians of the day. The finale to the first act is a per fect gem, and the concerted piece, in the second act in the scene in which Fernandez avows his guilt, is a fine specimen of what dramatic concerted music ought to he. The opera of Aminta places Mr. Howard Glover on high ground as a composer ; neither Adolphe Adam, Ambroise Thomas, nor any other of the com posers of their school (to which school Aminta belongs) have composed anything superior to it, and we believe that in our own country Mr. Howard Glover stands alone as the composer of a petite opera. The piece was; admirably pat on the stage, and most care fully performed. The band and chorus, small as both were, were nevertheless scrupulously correct, and in that respect set an example which it would be well that some b an d s and chorasses of greater pre tensions should follow. The manner in which the opera was conducted reflects the highest credit on Mr. Alfred Mellon. The audience were enthu siastic ; Miss Loui sa P yne, Mr. H arr i son , an d M r , Weiss were called on at the conclusion of each act, and at the conclusio n of the opera, in obedience to loud and repeated demands of the audience, Mr. Howard Glover came forward and was welcomed in the most enthusiastic manner. The house was crowded.„ _ QUEEN'S BENCH.-(T1-1 IS DAY.) THE QUEEN v. INGRAM.— JUDGMENT. W:Lard CAMPBELL delivered the judgment of the Court .o. oa' uis Case, which was a rule for a mandamus requirin b te : Of the justices of Middlesex to issue his warrant to fltt'crre been obstruction to a public way which defendant en guilty of creating. It appeared that , a e co d m e : f o ,,u; had been made before the magistrate of pictraneli conduct; but inasmuch as the obstruction core- Ith. ped of h a d b een sanctioned by the official referees vo muer the Metropolitan Building Act, the defendant :tended that the magistrate had no jurisdiction in the of thetter, and the magistrate hian . self taking the same view case, dismissed the CO self This Court, how was of opinion that the authority of the official bu ildings only extended to disputes relating to private 'illiiieddings upon private land t4kepu.blicway, and th e , and not to obstructions of u -m thosethe agistrate was, therefore, view h e had taken of the Act. Under k st be granted.— circumstanc es, the application for a mandamus ti ßule abeolut e accordingly. BAIL COURT.. -(THIS DAY.) QUEEN V. W ILSON . to re P. T RESIGER applied to the Court for a certiorari % re move an indi c t ment wh i ch had been found iu the Ivrat Crimin a l C ourt, aga i nst the Rev. Archibald vi a . B ° l ; fur an i n d ecent assau l t. The Rev. Gentleman t o ' anxious not only to have the assistance of Queen's lie t tin sel, but to have the case tried by a special jury, and i ,) the present applicetion. d e r. r. Justice ERLE granted the writ, and directed the Ili t h dant to put in bell for his appearance at the trial, -Bel f hl 2 001. and two sureties in 100/. each. k QUEEN V JUSTICES Cr LONDJN. r • %h ow • ~ergeaat BYLES applied to the Court for a rule to ,the i ,„ e mlie why a writ of certiorari should not issue for leo e r e" l. Pae of bringing up an order of the Justices of Of ;la to be quashed. This application arose out itC,Z iB Pute which has for some time been raging lee t - T e City relative to the dimensions of the end the Otnnibuses; the Act of Parliament required that l et S eats in omn ib uses should be made of sufficient kith a nd breadth to a ll ow eac h person 16 i nc h es, Itie lo a fte time ago Mr. Alderm an Wil son di rec t e d a 11 4e , 11 1 to issue against an omnib us p ro p r i etor name d everuatnara for infringing this Act. Macnsmara, how dies' denied that his omnibuses were not of sufficient hi,C l Gne to allow 16 inches person the to n ;',! Was licensed to carry, andtherefore he refused tsft ia li ,,Te any alteration in the seats. The upshot of this "fil et :, was a fine of fOL, which Alderman Wilson ,aoei.:,`", but th e defendant appealed against the 41C A 'cl,l1 to the session. At the hearing of the appeal hrt*.'ldereauu Wilson, although out of his rota, took la the discussion, and ultimately the fine was con aoa e d• It was contended, however, that neither the 41 ( 1„ ° : / r the confirmation could be sustained, because kiD l , - , r natt Wilson, who was a party to the dispute, had ee—Perly sat npon the bench when the matter was ladicated.—Rule granted. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. ASTLEY'S THEATRE. AB we opined, the revival of Blue Beard has proved an immense hit. The gorgeous display of " The wealth of Oraras and of Ind," the splendidly caparisoned elephants, the admirably drilled camelg, and the truly magnificent and oriental character of the ecenery, give such an air of vraisemblance to the whole that the spectator, may without giving greatly the reins to imagination, fancy that for a while he has been conveyed by some powerful enchanter to " the land of the East," where ".Barbaric pearl and gold" are things of every day life. Never, certainly, bas the luxuriant and gorge ous lif e o f the Oriental been so splendidly reproduced, as in the Blue Beard at histley's ; and we are not, therefore, surprised at the enthusiastic applause with which it is every evening greeted, by audiences crowded to the ceiling. (THIS DAY.) le!°6ert 'Shelley was indicted for stealing a belly and hUl,, ° l !Pork, the property of William Rushworth, a pork I t - "e, by whom he had been employed as shopmabv. tte d laPPeared that the prosecutor, having miesed a oily_ toe, 9 , 4 : of pork upon Christmas eve, caused the pri 1 0 ,, r 4 lodging to be searched, and a belly aed , eh ar there, he claimed them, and gave Shelley i "u and itg being ArdsßP. The latter ran away, but in a fortnight after ef it g ave gave himself up, saying he wanted to have an end the ; The prosecutor b e i ng asked how he recognised le4l' leg, be , whi c h ho rep still lied h ...d. by compariso n w i t h thirteen tellow al f e „ rs bergeaut ADAMS — What! had y ou a p i g w i t h I,"rteen legs? The prosecutor—No; but I h ad thirteen ts . . of which one was the fellow. htln.r. PAYNE, who appeared for the prisoner inquired l many bellies the prosecutor had? Prosecutor ,kfir. of my own.—(A l aug h.) r. PAYNE—But how many bellies of pork? Prose 'ar—Out of that pig I had two. r, PAYNE —Oh! t h en t h e p i g i s b etter off than you A t ha has two bellies?—(A l aug h.) P rose cutor —why, t . we cut a pig he ha s t wo b e lli es t h e same as he has 'e le gs . 1 1 ,,, 41. • Sergeant A DAMS —B u t I a l wa y s thought a pi g Nfour legs. le._r• PAYNE—)Sir. - R 4 Ru s h w or th does not seem very —II3IIWOr ;Ted either in arithmetic or anatomy.—(A. ‘ 4 1r ki,_ : PAYNE pointed out to the Jury litiautifying ' the difficulty of l . a . ,u . g i h y .)_ , a leg or belly of pork. He accounted for the te,,° . ,eer's flight by his desire to be at liberty on Christ 11r4Y, and for his delay in giviag himself up bto Theoce of a person who ought to have known better.. of d n tit,; Learned JUDGE remarked that less proof 1 e Iti e „ w its required than if the pork had been found else ,fh'e than in the lodging of the owner's servant. _ PriC e jury, after a moment's consultation, found the ti /tl er Guilty, and Don ~.,r• Sergeant ADAMS observed that he had been dis- Iv e ,, e Z to sentence the prisoner to imprisonment for six ti t ,"" t ' i s, but a worthy friend sitting near him observed t he - ;Ins a dear Christmas dinner at a month. He Ilte u i7,`" 8 0 too, and, taking into account the prisoner's month good conduct, would sentence him to one '''' B hard labour. N A A '' n i. , BßO'-STREL f — k. i'lllS DAY.) 114V;EGED FRAUD.— Wm. Grey Rex, of No. 3 , WYnd tele &Lace, New-road, and Billiter-square, City, o 'ette ' i;e 4 , 9 •llent, was brought np in custody of City i po e l m ic zn e r : . 4, th "u'e No. M 7, charged with obtaining Illae k ilr James White. hatter, 19, Regent-Street, the It °f 41 .25. by fraudulent pretences. the tppiftreal from th e ev id ence o f t h e pro s ecutor that th, , efendant was indebted to him for a hat, and that on h e iv`ath inst. he (the defendant) came to him an t e:l ol s Le e,,ityery sorry he had not paid for the hat wh' h fee " i elna for, but if pro.iecutor would cash him a cheque /ltwould pay him. Prosecutor told him he ha / °lnch about hi and . asked him to draw one for I ll it . e ) t " th cl Iltle would give ' him the diffA prep. The defers ti Oti e h p 3 _ ,vrote lama a cheque the Royal a , e t 4rik, 429, Strand, ant prosecutor deducted 18 .., Ni " l ee of the hat, and gave the defendant 41. 2s. in ta ti o r4 ; Prosecutor subsequently pAid the claque it a,'.. In the course of bosinoss, and in a day or 60 ta 114 returned to . him by the person to vidi_otn ,_ '4l h ma it, who informed him that the defendant tilie" 4 °et:aunt there. Complainant had since (lacer (ktok" that the prisoner formerly had an account at the 14. ' " (1 that the day after he gave the eh* clue to him ti e lotttor) e s , _ - he paid in a couple of pounds , , which he Zi q (it uut again on Saturday last. The defendant had th e ,"punt at the bank ,at the time he gave 1 . prosecutor SURREY THEATRE: Last night a new and original domestic play, en titled Annie Tyrrell; or Attree Copse, by Mr. Serle, the author of many productions which ore well known to the public, was brought out here with de cided success. The scene is laid in an English vil lage, and the characters consist of farmers, poachers, gamekeepers, cockney sportsmer, a drunken post man, an innkeeper and his daughter, and the various other members of an ordinary rustic circle. The hero is a young farmer, who has fallen in love with a vil lage maiden, and who, bei ng di scovere d poach i ng, kills a gamekeeper in a struggle for his own life. The incidents leading-to the murder, and the consequences arising from it, forms the leading features of the play, and the plot is filled up with a succession of comic scenes. Miss Aitken, Mr. Cresvvick. Mr. Meade, Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. .1.1. Widdicomb performed the principal characters, and the piece was put effec tively upon the stage. HUNGERFORD HALL, STRAND. After having been closed for some days to make a few alterations, this popular place of entertainment was agai n , l ast n i ght, thrown open to the publ i c. The arrangement now is certainly much more satisfactory than formerly, inasmuch tas both the clever feats of legerdemain by Mons. Langlois and Mons. Lassaign e 's experiments in animal inftgnetisin, can be seen in the same theatre, and what is perhaps of greater importance to many, for one price. Of having ere now spo k en o f then] the performances, most favourably, little more need be said. There is one beautiful contrivance, however, introduced for the first time ,the invention of Mons. Lassaigne, which is certainly worthy of notice. It is a chime of crys tal bells suspended on a cord stretched across the proscenium of the theatre. Any tune which any member of the audience wishes will be immediately played by them without any visible motive power. Wheiher wires concealed in the cord or electricity be the cause of the effect, we are at a loss to say, but in whatever manner it is managed its speaks volumes for Mons. Lassagne's ingenuity, and ought to be seen by all those who are curious in such matters. Those crystal chime?, and the beautiful little au tomaton rope-dancers, are quite enough to draw _bumpe r houses, bat when those "illusions" are fol ful, lowed by experiments on ma netism no less wonder thestuhcocuegshs n_o_ H t_ illusory, there can ' be no doubt of ungerford SOU THEASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and g o ods, Week en di ng Jan. 24, " •.. £10,062 1 2 Ditto, Jan. 25, 18319,248 9 9 Increase in 1852 ..„ London Terminus. Jan. 26, 1852. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN R AILWA.Y. Traffic for ,he week ending January 24, 1852 : p as sengers (15,646), g oo d s and parcels, horses and carriages.. £ 3,521 11 7 G. ,356 0 Glasgow, Jenuary -u Corresponding week in last year 3 7 ••• £Bl3 11 5 A GASOM ET ER BLOWN DOWN.—During the gale on Saturday night a gasometer, recently erected at the gas works in Southampton, which contains 5 ),000 cubic feet o f gas, was blown down. The eicape of the gas caused serious annoyance in the neighb)urhood. THE ENGINEERS' STEIL:F.—The Operative Engi neers held another meeting last night in St. Martin's Hall, at which resolutions of a similar character to those passed at former meetings were agreed to. There does not appear to be the least probability of a speedy settlement of the differ ences between the masters and the men. MEETING OF THE LEADERS OF THE COUNTRY PARTY.—Sever I a of- the leaders of the Country party were entertained at alrghley souse, Stamford, during the past week, by the Marquis of Exeter, previous to the commence ment of the Parliamentary were the Earl of Derby, thseess Duke of Montrose the Earl of Malrmsburv, the Marquis of Salisbury, ' ' session. Amongst those present lie Lord Burleigh, Mr. Disraeli, PAr, Herries, Major Captain Vyse, and .Sir Charles Kn r i elford, Mr. Xewdegate, Derby and Lady Burleigh were the visitors at Burgh!ey. The party assembled on nSst a ttleY• The Countess of Thursday, and separated yesterday. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUT H :W Carter held an ESTE , RN AND WINDSOR RAlLWAY.—Yesterday Mr. W. commercial the body in quest at the Railway Tavern, Wandsworth, of Mr. Salem W.,ltcr Cross, aged 29, a co a traveller, who was killed at the Wandsworth Station on Frlcli t A ii3l id gi e o n Tr t n a log last whilst attempting to enter a train in in:: evidence embodied the facts already published in these he columns, and the jury returned a verdict of death," exonerating the railway servants from Ulnae. - - One thousand six hundred and fifty-two vessels entered the port of Gloucester during the year 1851. LONDON, THE LATE ALFRED AUGUSTUS FRY, ESQ. ([From the Morning Post.) The name which we have placed at the head of this notice (lid riot belong to one who inherited or aciii,irved that altitude of place or of rink which com mands the homage of public observation. T) many of our readers it is probably unknown ; end he who bore it might have passed away, wept and honoured by those only who were so happy as to possess his personal acquaintance. Nor do we seek by these re marks to call upon the close of a life that general attention which its ciAirse seemed studiously to avoid. Our object is not to woo for the dead the idle breath of applause, but to encourage the living by a noble example, in the practice of those virtues which give life in every sphere its real value, and which deprive death, under all circumstances, of its sharpest sting. Of the threescore years and four which told his moral term, Mr. Fry spent all that followed his school days in the pursuits of commerce. To that unswerving integrity which is the highest character istic of the British merchant, he added the nice sense of honour and the lofty generoSity which are the true marks of the Christian gentleman. Amidst all the cares and anxieties of business, he never omitted to prosecute his favourite studies of letters and philosophy. " He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one." His learning was not confined to an acquaintance with the philology of ancient and modern tongues, it embraced also the vast treasures of thought and ob servation of which the master spirits of our race have made them the depositories. And those rich stores of wisdom were all hallowed by the pervading spirit of a fervent but unostentatious piety. The great amount of knowledge which Mr. Fry had thus collected from books was largely augmented by observation. No incident of daily life was suf fered to pass without contributing its lesson ; and a keen—almost intuitive—insight into character, enabled him to select his associates from those who were the best calculated both to appreciate and to add to his amazing stores of intellectual wealth. Mr. Fry's powers of communication were fully equal to his capacity for acquisition. He was the most instructive as well as the most delightful of com panions. No one who has ever listened to his con versation can forget the force or the fluency of its eloquence. The clearness and justice of his cone ceptions were made apparent in language the most apt and expressive. His illustrations were almost always original and uniformly cha racterised by a singular felicity and power. He was often compared in this respect, and by no means unjustly, to Dr. Johnson, whom he resem bled in another and still more important characteris tic—namely, his devoted love of truth. This last expression is by no means sufficient to convey to our readers the quality to which we allude. It was not manifested merely in a close and unvarying adherence to what was exact and just—for that may be pre dicated by every honest man—but it showed itself in a scrupulous and often self-sacrificing maintenance of all that belonged to or followed from the proposi tion which had been asserted, or the fact which had occurred. It invariably brought to light all that belonged properly to the matter in hand—no matter whether telling in favour, or against, himself. In every other respect his character was remark able for singular unselfishness. No matter what was the sacrifice which his devotion involved, he shrank from nothing which could benefit his friends, or even his acquaintances. To those in the humbler walks of life, his " hand was open as day to melting charity." Nor was his benevolence confined to acts of bounty— the large nu m b er o f wor k men em pl o yed by the highly-resp ec t a bl e fi rm o f w hi c h h e was a p a rtner (the house of De La Rue end Co.) have testified their deep gratitude for the time which he devoted to their instruction and improvement, and their profound re gret for his loss, in a touching letter which they have addressed to Isis family. As a man, a scholar, a phi- losopher, and a Christian—" 'Take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again !" [ln this just and touching tribute of our cotempo rary to the late Mr. Fry, this discriminating recog nition of his merits as a man, of his high social virtues, his great talents, and his uprightness of cha racter, we fully concur, and we cordially sympathise with his family and the large circle of his friends who are now lamenting the loss of one who in every sense was a " man indeed !" But Mr. Fry's name is not only deserving of honour for the reasons so well assigned by our cotemporary ; his memory is to be regarded with respect for his noble qualities as a citizen and a politician. Although he never assumed a place in public life, as one of the prominent notabilities of the day, he is well known to a large circle of men who have been used in the political movements of the last forty years, us one of that band of intrepid and truly honest men who have contributed so effectually in their present enlightened and re u tile blic mind. To u se th e em phatic expression Lord Chancell or , a f ew mont h s age , ni spheren g e o produce o t h the e he was " a reformer long before reform was fashion able ;" and .we add, he was one of the men who did much, and at a great cost to himself, to make reform " fashionable." As he began in youth, so he con tinued through a pre-eminently energetic manhood, and so he remained at the close of a career, which, although he was approaching his term of three score years and ten, we cannot but feel was too prema turely closed. His private maxim was that of the noble Roman poet— litam inzpende re V ero — an d t o th lat self-sacrificing principle of action throughout his career he invariably, at every cost, adhered. Ho noured be his memory ! He belonged to a race of earnest men—true political heroes —deep thinkers and energetic actors; and we hold forth his example as a guide to the rising generation of politicians in the stirring time so distinctly at hand. Mr. Fry left a family of eight children —four daughters and four sons—the eldest of whom is a member of the bar, who bears his name.—En. Sun.] CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Baker and a respectable jury at the Roebuck Tavern, Elaekney-road, on view of the body of Mr. W. Cletnenti, aged 72, late proprietor of the Observer and Bell's Life in London, who died at his late residence in the London terrace, Hackney-road. Evidence w, 'I given, showing that on Friday afternoon the deceased returned home in his usual state of health. 1-1,. had his dinner; after which he went out; but previ oudy observed that ho had a pain in his head. On his return he lay down on the sofa, and ;vent to bed about ten o'clock. Before that time ho appeared restless, but was then a little better. Between twelve and one o'clock loft his bed, and stated that he had a severe pain in hilt chest. He took a little brandy and water, and had a mustard plaster applied to his chest in compliance with his own directions. He made no remark about a sur geon being' sent for. About four o'clock he sat in an armed chair, and shortly after pas seized with a fit, while cuff ring from which he fell on the floor of his room. A medical gentleman was instantly called in. The CORONER observed that under the circumstances of the case he had directed a post modem examination to be made. _ _ . saw the &ceased on Saturd a y morning between four sm. Mr. R. Wallis, surgeon, Hackney-read, said that he, five o'clock. He had not attended him professionally. He was dead on his arrival. He had examined the body and observed no external marks of violence. There was great lividity in the neck and shoulders. The heart was extremely flabby, showing disease. The left ventricle was much thickened, which would greatly impede its natural functions. The lungs were also much gorged with carbonised blood, which would lead to apoplexy. This was the cause of death. The extreme apoplectic condition of the lungs was quite sufficient to account for t o b t e l t u d h , e t n , (lo at h, without examining the head. There was nothing n o : ai w sye e , d r nh t o aadl t i h o e br, C trao o i bn n ac o bt m E i t n ye ,d he c h ea e l deleteriou s i n t h e stomach. ai s nv t e a t t b e h d eee , nc t h ota a h t res i ne f wouldlvn adice h s alive. lie had shown apopl • sympi' apoplectic em 3, which would have been properly treated. Witness was informed that some time ego he bad an attack of ..paralysis. Verdiet—" Natural death, b y the visitation of God." ON THE CAPE WAR, Mankind had long disputed at the Cape About the Devil's colour and his shape ; The English held that he was black as night, The Hottentots asherted be was white; But now they split the differcnt.e. rind say They're both quite satisfied the Devil's Grey. !efirmers' Gazette. .._,---- THE STORMS IN TUE INORTIL—Th e Inverness Cou a shepherd, and an old man. The re were also many Tier records th e loss of f our lives in the recen t s t orm — two have been lost. T he Perthshire Advertiser hairbreadth wen escapes. In Strathspey, Braemoray, and Loch b recordsEr, m an g il sheepsevere losses in St rathardle ,and the a s neigh bourhood ; and the Montrose Review states that on one farm ineG -hat\e'net.been lost, W hil e all the farmers sufferedhaNeienisla'°sheep to some extent. A girl fourbien years of Pge was enticed away fr om her parents at Leeds by a gang of thieves last week, and, when discovered, was in the midst of a course of lessons on the art of pickiug pockets. EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1852. CASTLE D LORAIN E; or, the Ruined Peer. By Maria Priscilla Smith. 3 Vol's. Bentley. To convey political opi n i ons through the med i um of :a work of fiction, is not, generally sp aa ki n g, an easy . or a successful und:rLakin g , but the authoress of "Castle Deloraine" has been unusually fortunate, b o th in the selection of her theme and in the manner in which ehe has presented it to the public. The in terest, of the story , is not di m i n i shed by its poli tical bearing. Tne noveli st i s not sacrif i ced to the politician ; on the contrary, whatever ad verse opinions may ba elicitad by the infe rences drawn from the ruined fortunes of Castle Deloraine, there can be but one opinion as to the in teresting nature ot the love -story which from first to lest fascinates the reader's attention, and (far more forcibly than; any other chapters written with that avowed intention) points a moral, and teaches a ter rible lesson. In the conception and arrangement t f this work Miss Smith e xhibits some of the most necessary characteristics of a good novelist. The characters of both heroines are skil fully and beautifully . drawn, and the unfor tunate hero by, turns the o bj ect of our p i ty and indignation. The story, b e i t added, is cf a mournful and even . tragi▪ c nature, occas i onal l y con taining so much of natural pathos as powerfully to affect the heart of the reader. For these portions of her work we hold Miss Smith to be entitled to higher praise than for the more argumentative chapters, ex• cellent though these may be . ; f or t h e novelist should, i to our thinking, share n the a sp i ration of him who said, " Let who will make the laws of a country so that I make the b a ll a d s. " He who can sway the hearts of many ▪ possesses the true power. The politics of "Castle Deloraine" are:of the most liberal and truly popular character. The tenantry of Deloraine are a specimen of that miserable class ground down to the death to pay rents to an absent landlord, and that landlord, " the ruined Peer," is himself forced to resort to all the expedients of po verty while nominally the possessor of vast estates, which he is prevented from either disposing of or enjoying, partly by the instrumentality of bad laws and partly through his own iniquitous conduct, for no laws, however good, could have give n h app i ness or respectabilty to a Lord Deloraine. • • e may safely commend this novel to the reading publi c as, apart from a fascinating story, it contains much judicious and thoughtf u l w riting. The sorrows of the poor cannot be too often brought under the- consideration of the powerful. " Evil is wrought From want of thought, As well as want of heart:" hence we must feel grateful to all who, like Miss• Smith, introduce the neglected and disagreeable topic in a pleasing guise to high places, where otherwise it might be passed over and its very existence ignored. POETRY FOR CHILDHOOD. POETRY FOR YOUTH. Original and Sele c t e d . By Miss Jerrnyn. An excellent collection of poems of real merit, very much in contrast to the works usually arranged for children. " The Poetry for Youth" is also of a superior elms, being extracts from the best authors. Miss Jermy n h as di sp l aye d muc h taste and judgm en t in the selection of these pieces. A. VISIT TO ARUNDEL CASTLE. Th i 6 is a description of Arundel Castle and the scenery surrounding. It contains a history of the Earls of Arundel. It describes the position of the castle, the dungeons, the 0:d Keep, the owls, &c. It gives an account of the siege of the castle and its restoration. It is profusely illustrated. CHAMBERS'S PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE. This is the twelfth volume of this excellent series, and contains its usual variety. There are two tales, in one of " Marfreda ; or the Icelanders," is de scribed the anxiety felt by the inhabitants of that distant istarld to share in the literary and scientific ad vantages of the more civilized world. There are also articles on the Incas of Peru, the Progress of Atnerice, and the Duke of Wellington. HOW TO EMIGRATE ; a Tale for All Classes. By William Ki ngs t o n, Esq. An interesting tale, describing the adventures of several families who emigrate to Australia. It gives directions which are very useful to such adventurers. It speaks in a calm end reasonable manner of the pro?pects of colonists, and while greatly advocating emigration does not deny that toil and perseverance are necessary to attain the desired end. A T- RIP to the UNITED STATES and CA NADA. In a Series of Letters. By Edward W. Watkin. Among the numerous books of travel which have of late years been issued from the British press we cannot particularise any one more intrinsically valua ble then the excellent and unpretentious volume of Mr. Watkin. It is replete with a mass of valuable information, lucidly and succinctly conveyed by the pen of an evidently clear-headed and practical man. The circumstances end progress of North America cannot but be deeply interesting to every thinking man of "the mother country," considering the im portance and extent of our mutual commercial rela tions, and the peculiar intimacy of the alliance sub sisting between us. Hitherto those visitors to the States who have given their impressions to the public have rather sought to contribute to our amusement, by depicting the social peculiarities of our Transat lantic kinsmen, than to present a candid and impartial v i ew cf the mighty resources, the daring energy, and the shrewd intelligence of the citizens of the wonder ful Western Federation. Not so the writer of the letters before us, who within th e a compass of 150 D zes offers a plain unvar n i s h ed tale of the expe riences of his brief but comprehensive travel, which k may well put more ambitious writers to the blush. d Any English youngst er ," says Mr. Watkins, o will tell you that A re esicans speak through their noses, spit, and bold slaves; but bow few, even of the most intelligent, know that better English is . spoke n by the mass of American, by the majority of -L-, than . L'eglish citizens, and that education is practically an institution of the United and universal; though at home it hardly exists States, as a system, and can never be extended in any truly national direction without. exciting a war of parties! Be the reason what it may, We h ave been in the habit of looking down on . , America,, iv Those who wish to gaze at ruins .. e shall soon perhaps have to look up to it .: . rh need not go to it. ose . who i "4' yearn for the sight o f crown jewels, or ancient armour, had better stay awa y, But to all who. would h as spread A o n ue i in her largest features, for the See the realm which Nature development of the . g o-dSazon race, under institutions oven yet wondered at as wh? thudwoul see how a people can once deemed Utop i an, an experimental —to a I . grow -- North America i's at t rac tion• country of i rres i st ibl e " date s Mr. Watkin d the first t wo of his series of letters (which are dedicate to Mr. Carr Glyn, M.P., the Nor th - Western Railway on board the s team-ship Asia in chairman of the London end Company) from which he left Liverpool on the 1 6th of August last, when within a few hours return to the and the list, on the 7th of the following Octo ber. This was quick we h rk ,but he had an eye to see, a mind to digest, and and to describe, in no ordi nary degree of excellence. f I s' ah ng at New York on the 28th of August, _a ter a stay of forty.eight he steamed up the Hudson hour to Albany in a boat caned 7 a ,c s low" one, because it at the rate of only seventeen miles an hour, progressesusive of stoppages, WilereL3, we are told, the Reindeer does the journey at the rate of twenty or twenty-t wo miles an hour. Thenco through Schmeetady to Sarat oga , up the beautiful Lake Champlain ; acro ss the frontier to the banks of the St. Lawrence; and so to ,Montreal on the evening of the2d of September. IQ. By steam er our tourist next dropped down to Queb ec, with its Ina. pregnable citadel and admirable commercial position, pre, and retracing his course up the river, worked along Lake Ontario from Kingston to Toronto, which he describes as being evidently a highly prosperous place. " It has a Anthoroughly to-Saxon cast about it and looks , new and bright. Everywhere is the appearance of vig orous trade and rapid extenaion." Niagara is, of course, n ext visit e d, and well and graphically is the great wonder t West described. We then find him at Dastofhe i . oit eshence by rail, through, the country o f the B 1 ack , Hawks and of Tecumseh, and steamer across I elk° Michigan, he reaches Chicago on the llth. Chita the verge of the great prairies of . the 'n ine , :gu is on ens to get a the main object a view. of which was our tra veller's crossing the lake, and after indulgin— g this ' le curiosity he steams across . to , g m ietti,an reasoner , shore, and drives back , 6 • city," on the southern thrc sign Laporte rend Carlil3e Hill to Detroit. thentre he hi ei,an opportunity of bearing one of Governormost erni nent members of the Americanbar, Sees lard , whose name is familiar to our readers as the . v larm visit to the rer friend of Kossuth in his present hroceeds by ~ th - e. ates. Again crossing Lake Eri , e , , th e e p_ Erie railroad,,th%grheatt public work of Americr, distance of 460 m'l fromu 1 es recently completed, a that ci t y '. Dunkirk to NEW York, revis i ting . .3n, the n of two d. :a half 17th, after his delightful excursion 27th, the d all weeks. Between then and the absence hPp r of his departure for Europe (his leave of and Lowell, - out), he visits New Haven, Boston, and W r Oil the on e side, and Philadelphia, Baltimore, not 1 I'slling ton on the other. This certainlyLett in g the was limits grass grow under his feet. Did our. Per Ix .it, we would indulge freely in extracts this from trio; it in teresti do little e a ng tour ; as it is, we can °lse thau cordieely recommend it to general attention, more ! of 1 'nfor ' par ticularly for the condensed amount mats on as r • to the system and progress o f t h e American a d, ways. Oa this head Letter XXI. contains matter wells verth the prlice Of the entire little volume ; and when it is considered that slavery, the public land system. , and almost every great top i c o f i nteres t, i s also tree' ed of in a masterly sketch (independent of the sum Wary which we subjoin from the Preface) we cant (:)t be accused of any undue partiality in according to Mr. Wu tkin's production our earacst approbation. it is a daguerreotype of _North America. " It is but sixty. two years since the foundation of the Republic. I:, then C3D:iAed of thitacen small stores. It new comprises twenty-Line statts; without rpekcming the i;etv dominions of Oregon, California, New Mexicp, and Texas. Ten years ego its araa wa3 2.000,000 square miles, or more than 1,300,000,000 of acres. That area has become, in 1850, 3,252,689 spun?, miles, or 2,061,717,760 acres. It is thus nearly thirty times the size of Great Britain and Ireland. " The _Republic no' possesses an ocean coast of 5.140 miles —Naz a 1,920 on the Atlantic, 1,620 en the Pacific, and 1.600 on the Gulf of Mexico. " Its population in 1790 was less than 4,000,000; in 1840 it stood at 17,000,000; it is now 25,000,000. And if its vast territory, with a more productive soil, cud greater resources of all kinds, should son day become as thickly peopled a 3 our own island, it will then contain a population of 800 000,000 of souls speaking the English tongue. If the Federation hold togeth er in peace, why should this result, though distant, be doubtful? For it now comprises almost every variety of soil, climate, vegetable productions, and mineral wealth. Its 20,000 miles of river and lake navigation—it s 10,000 miles of railway—its 4 000 miles of canal—and its 11,000 miles of telegraphic wire—connect every part of its vast territory together, and give to an interminable continent the compactness of a small island. The facilities of communication, too, place at the command of the people of ono part of the country the climate of every other. When the thermometer is below zero at New York, a journey of three days will bring the tra veller to Savannah, where a genial temperature of 60 degrees, clear skies, and verdant nature, await him. And when a scorching sun is filling New Orleans with never, the cool weather of` the North, and upon the :treat lakes, is healthy and delightful. The apple bloomed a; Natchez in 1850, as early as the 24th March; while at Montpelier, in Vermont, it bloomed on the 10th June. The distance between the two places is but three or four days' travel. " One can hardly name a staple article of production which some part or other of the States will not grow— not as a mere garden curiosity, but as an article of pro fitable cultivation. The champagne of Cincinnati is be ginning to be noted, and tea is under experimental cultivation in South Carolina. " The mineral resources of the country are enormous; and their development is only limited by the present want of capital to work them more efficiently. The coal of Pennsylvania —the iron in various parts of the Union—the copper of Lake Superior—the lead about Galena on the Mississippi; and lastly, the gold of Cali fornia, which has already put in circulation a coinage of 15,000,0001. sterling—all these, are but the first tapping of almost:boundless resources. "In 1791, the public debt of the United States was 75,000,000 of dollars. It is now, with six times the population, only 64,000,000; and in the same period the imports of the country have increased from a value of 52,000,000 of dollars, to 147,000,000: the exports from 19,000,000 to 145,000,000; and the tonnage of shipping from 500,000 tons to 3,300,000. " The post-office statistics show how the transmission of intelligence has outstripped even the march of popu lation. In 1790, the number of post-offices in the entire States was 75; in 1850, the number was 16,789. • In 1790, there were 4,875 miles of post routes; in 1850, there were 167,703. In 1790, the whole post-office revenue was 37,905 dollars; in 1850, it was 4,905,176 dollars; which sum consisted of 4,082,762 dollars for letters, and 819,016 dollars for newspapers and pam phlets. The mileage run in transportation of letters in 1850, was 42,544,069 miles, at a cost, for transportation only, of a little more than twopence-halfpenny per mile. And the total number of letters conveyed was 67,500,000; 62,000,000 of which were paid, and 5,500,000 free and franked. " To come from letters to arms, it is a curious fact, as exhibiting the real military strength of this great country, that the militia force of the States amounts to 1,960,265 men, or us many as the whole population of Canada, or twc-thirds of that of Scotland, who could be called out and in the field in less than a month. " The school funds belonging to the respective states, swelled by the constant eddition of every sixteenth sec tion of Government land sold, are very large. Those belonging to seventeen free states amounted in 1850, in fixed value, to 21,400,000 dollars. Popular education is the condition on which all new states are admitted into the Union. " There are 121 colleges in the States; with a total of 950 instructors; 50,115 alumni; 9,02 S ministers; and 11,565 students; and having 769,079 volumes in their libraries. • " And without a farthing from the State, or from any source beyond the Free-will offerings of the people, to support them, there are in this country of yesterday, 30,217 churches (exclusive of those belonging to the Wesleyans) connected with the various seets of Chris tians; 26,588 ministers, and 4,558,168 communicants, or 1 in 5i of the population. " This country, then, possesses all the elements which are usually considered es contributing to civilization and to power. It has far outstripped us in the rate of its progress; and it becomes every d sy, more and more, the refuge for the industrious poverty, not only of Great Britain, but of Eurepe." We cannot forbear adding the following dispas sionate and sensible remarks on the thorny slave question : " I have found throughout my tour, what all English travellers must find—that slavery is a question which it is better not to go out of one's way to discuss. For, although I have had many frien thy conversations with its most ardent supporters and most violent opponents, I soon discovered, on the one hand, that the question is practically compromised by the vest political parties in the free states, from time to time, in order to conciliate Southern votes; and, on the other, that the slave-owners consider the word abolition' as synonymous with con fiscation and servile war. The latter meet you at the outset of the argument by stating, that their whole pro perty consists of land and slaves. That their lands of course derive their value from cultivation; and that, apart from the mere question of cost, that cultivation is impossible in the hands of the wiaite man. They tell you, that while the negro endures the labour of the rice field mid-leg deep in water, and with a scorching sun above his head, without danger, anti can withstand the miasma hanging in the night air on the plantations; the white man is attacked with hopeless fever if he expose himself to these influences. They declare that the un conditional abolition of slavery, ire a country abounding in unappropriated lands, where ins ,n may squat without being disturbed, means simply the, confiscation of three hundred millions sterling, the valtr.t) of the slaves iu the first place, and the abandonment mud the destruction of the entire planting interest, in the second. To urge the morality of; the question with those men, would be as successful as a similar appeal to our opium traders; to the maker of fire-arms certain i:o burst; or, to use an American free•state illustration—to the successful ma nufacturer of wooden nutmegs. "After bearing these statemonts, doubtless exagge rated, but which were made with .Dttruestness, and are at least partially true, I was not sus riled to learn, that since the forcible seizare of a aThve at Boston, some months ago, by the abolitionists of that city, many of the Southern merchants have transferred their pur chases of manufactured goods to New York, to an extent which, were it not stated on auth ovity, would be beyond belief. Indeed, I learn that so s trong is this anti-aboli tion feeling, that were any option. exists, the avowed abolitionists are systematically avoided its business dealings. A first class firm in New York, having a magnificent shop in Broadway, sco their old Southern customers pass by to a rival establishment in the same street, the only reason being that they are known to be earnest abolitionists, while their :rival has never publicly expressed his opinion on the ques ti.on. • • • • • • " The fugitive slave law' is, indeed, simply a decla ratory Act. For it is unfortunt.ttily the fact that the Southern States gave in their adhoaion to the Federal Republic solely on condition that,, while the slave trade should cease, the institution of slavery should be re spected, and they should have Coe right to follow and seizo fugitive slaves in any part of the Union. The fugitive slave law' was the work of the ' Union' party — a party composed of mon of all shades of opinion, who wish, by conciliation, to prevent; the threatened with drawal of South Carolina and other slave states from the Union. " Greatly es all just and disp ansionate men must ab hor slavery, every one must ad re it the difficulties with which its immediate abolition is b.ere surrounded. The negro does not possess the er.irdial. sympathy of the white man. For while a small, and, politically speaking, un influential party are prepared to. wake every sacrifice and run all risks in order to blot out slavery on the in stant, the influential and acting headers of the majority, whatever their occasional langue,g,e of denunciation, and affectation of horror, are not di.aposed to brave the re bellion of the South, and the p )14sible disruption of the Republic, for the sake of shorte Ding the thraldom of the negro some fifty years. They profess to rely upon the natural progress of events, which, by quiet charge, has already banished slavery from t a majority of the states originally parties to the Union; and has, within the last few years, forbidden the future .existence of slave st ates north of latitude 36 deg. 30 min.—for the gradual ex tinction of the system; and in the mean time they are prepared to alleviate the lot of tae slave; to refuse any extension of slavery; and, as is in as concession can ob tain it, to narrow the area which it now occupies. `jPerhaps, should these cold political vie ws still hold possession of the moving spirits of the country, tho nest practical step in 'advance may b e to se cure to the slave a personal right to some small portion of the day, and to the produce of his labour in ft:At portion ; --to say, in fact, that after a stipulated nu.naber of hours labour for his master, the remainder of laic time shall be his own. The effect of this would be to (enable him legally t o "- cumulate property. And if, in addition, a mini mum price be fixed at which his in aster should . be bound t o allow him to redeem himself, a nd savings' banks were ' opened to receive the produce of his free earnin gs ,. some glimmering of daylight w ould dawn upon his lot, and his condition, as a c h a t tel, to be bought an d sold, would not be hopeless." THE EARTII AND MAN; Lectures on com parative Physical Geogr a p h y . By Arnold, Guirot. This volume is translated from the I r enc b , b y. C. C. Felten. It treats of the figure of the coniincnts, the oceans, the winds of the temperate rtgionF, the distribution of the rains, .and similar subj ect/. In speaking of the maritime .zon . e , ,. the auth or o b serves of the East Indies , aster descrioing its s i ngu l ar vege tation .. E ver ything most grand . and powerful of the pro ductions of the animal world is there encountered. The rhinoceros, the huge royal td Ter, the oratw-outang, are all inhabitants of those cow] tries. If to these' we add tic mineral wealth, the gold, and the diamonds which there abound, we Laity pronc , unce thou® regions the most richly endowed of the universe. But let us raise cur selves above the limits of the natural , into the inions cf the historic rorhl. Whey!) nave we behe•id all ievie nd soceitics arrivo at their highest perfection, if not in Euroi;e, that i:eoiosular continent, the most indented Fuld tuos; maritime of cll cowmen s? Call together your historic,d recollections, acrd cast your eyes upon the map of the world, and you will sec that all the highly civi lized peoples of the world, with the exception of one or two primitive nations, have lived, or sail live, on the margins of seas or oceans." DIG TIONAI?Y OF GREEK AND ROMAN G 1 . -:' OGI?APHY. Part 1. Edited Gy Milliam S m ith, L L.D. Taylor, Walton, and illaLev. Scholars will not fail to welcome another classical dictionary, edited by a man as experienced in such matters as the learned and pains-taking Dr. Smith, to whose erudition and to whose industry they are already indebted for many other works of a similar and equally valuable descriptim. His dictionary, for example, of Pagan Mythology, has long since been recognised, and deservedly, as the standard bock of reference on the religions and divinities of Heathen dom. Ills Dictionary of Antiquities, in like manner, lies come to be regarded with implicit con fidence by archaeologists. A kindred compila tion is here adventured upon, and this time the energies of Dr. Smith and his gifted corps of contributors will be directed to the elu cidation of the difficulties of inquiry in relation to Greek and Roman Geography. Part 1., as the in itial number, gives large hone of success in the un dertaking. Throughout the letter-press is embellished with appropriate illustrations. Additional portions are promised, in the form of a quarterly periodical, until the work is completed—its contents being com prised in one large volume, as in the instance of its two remarkable predecessors. Conducted to its close with equal spirit, we doubt not that the book here commenced will in every way prove worthy of its editor's reputation. . ME Two . FAMILIES. By the Author of 10 " Rose Douglas. - Smith and Elder, Cornhill. This tale is called "an episode in the . history of Chapelton," a small country town. The characters are well drawn, and although none of them possess qualities to inspire admiration, with the exception of Mary Wilson, the story is entertaining. The hero of the first volume is Ben Wilson, the son of a pauper woman, who runs away from his home to escape being apprenticed to some trade. After the lapse of many years he returns from India with a fortune, buys an estate in the neighbourhood, and appears the wealthiest inhabitant of the town where he once lived on charity. The concluding part of the narrative proves the wickedness of bringing up an heiress in self-indulgence and flattery. Eliza, who succeeds to her father's estate, is a lamentable instance of early mismanagement. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 26. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park and Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family, took their usual pony and walking exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour, and Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, went to town at two o'clock to-day, by a spe cial train of the South-Western Railway. The Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady Constance Leveson. Gower, and Major. General Hon. George Cathcart left the Castle tc-day. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yes terday of b-rnoon at a meeting of the Surplus Com mittee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in ISSI. • His Royal Highness, attended by Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, arrived at the Palace at Westmin ster at three o'clock in the afternoon. The other members of the committee present wcre, the Right Hon. flenry Labouchere, Sir William Cubitt, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Sir Charles Lyel!, and Mr. Cobden, M.P. Mr. Edgar Bowring (secretary) attended. The meeting Inch up at five o'clock, when Prince Albert, attended by his equerry in waiting, took his departur," for Windsor Castle. Mr. F. Mdwatt, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office, on the subject of the Metropolitan Water Supply and Drain age Bill. Major-General the lion. George Cathcart, Gover nor of the Cape of Good Hope, arrived in town yes terday 'morning from 'Windsor Castle. The general had an interview with Earl Grey in the afternoon at the Colernial-office. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Walker, Mr. Knox, and R. Roy (directors), and Mr. W. G. Roy (solicitor to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Com pany), and Mr. Stewart (secretary), and Mr. Carter (solicitor), Mr. Ledsham, Captain Huisb, and Mr. Morgan., representing the London and North-Western Railway Company, had an interview with the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere yesterday, at the railway de partment of the Board of Trade. Mr. G. England (solicitor), Howden, and Mr. W. B. Beckitt (solicitor), transacted business at the rail way department, of the Board of Trade yesterday. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in DoWning-street. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) ar rived in town yesterday evening, from his seat, Bowood-park, Wiltshire. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of Canada. Lord and Lady John Russell had a dinner party on Saturday at their residence in Chesham-place. The company included the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen ; the Marquis D'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister; the Earl and Countess of Minto, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, Mr. Panizzi, Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. D. Seymour, and Mr. James Hudson. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. • 25 to 1 agst Mr. Martinson's Nancy 33 to 1 agst Mr. J. Merry's Ringleader—taken freely 33 to 1 agat Mr. Greville's Ariosto 40 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Scarecrow—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Lord Waterford's Cockcrow 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Waterford's Duc-an-Dharras—t 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Wilkinson's Neasham—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Tomkins's Urbanity—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Gooch's Surprise—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Payne's The Mouse--taken. The only horses backed, except for a trifle, were Ring leader, Scarecrow, and Cockcrow; we have quot e d th e hying prices agst Nancy and Ariosto. They were not backed. DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Hcbbie Noble—taken freely 13 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Augur 14 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Claverhouse—take 15 to I 16 to 1 agst Mr. J. Stanley's Orelio—takon freely 17 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Kingston 25 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist—taken 25 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Filius—taken 30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Homebrewed—t. The odds returned agst Bobbie Noble and Orelio were taken to a considerable amount, for all the money, in fact, that could be got on. 25 to 1 was taken, onto in hundreds, about Lapidist (the taker offering to go on); 95 and 30 to 1, to four or five hundred pounds, about Filius (5,000 to 200 in one bet); and 30 to 1 and 1 ,000 to 30, rather freely, about Homebrewed. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING, 1852. Weights for the Liverpool Steeplechase. Lord George, list 101b—Sir John, list 101b—V a i n Hope, I Ist 41b—Abd-el - Fader, Ilst 41b--Sir Pete r Laurie, list 21b—Peter Simple , - list 21b— D Dhurras, llst 21b—Ltiey Neale , I I st 21b—peter, lelst -3 . 12 - View-halloo, list — Fernhi ll, I Ist—Chi eftain, lOst 121 b —Bourton, lost 101b—Bedford, 6 yrs, 103 t 101 lOst 101b—Little Queen, lOst 10113--P o cr b - -Agia, 101 b -_Postilion, d s . t 8 1 ion 10-tglb_ Warner, 103 t 81b —Maria Day,.lost 6113.....5t . 61b—Melford, lOst 61b-- an of Arc, lOst 61b—_Oscar, lOst. 61b— KissawaY, lOst 61b half, 10It 61b—Jo Brae 1" raYl simple H arr y, lost 61b—IVE, 8 31 1 103 t 41b— Llardwiek, lOst 21b—Doll y's5 yes, 9st 121b--La Ost—Silent Friend, 94 121b—Bedford, 9st 121 b— Gezza Ladla, M•Ion, 9st 121b—Vengeamte, 9st 10Ib--.-Forest L a d, 9st 101b—Abbot Laurence, ga t 101b—Maria Moak, 9st 81b—Janus, 93t 81b—. —Csrrig, 9st 81b— in, 9st 81 b—Bullfinch, 93t 81b Venture, 9st 81b--De Ginkle, 9st 7lb —Victress, Set 71b— Lamienne,9st 71b—Cogia, 9st 61b— Alal Y' 9st 61b—E g 6 t, 9st 61b—Maid of the West, 9st 61b—Cripple, 9 s il t i 41b—Royal 11 v R e , 037 gat l 41 b Blue,— S 9 c s a t v_e 41b—Scavenger, 9st 41b—Maurice D9a3ly, jury, 9st—Buscot Hinton pays forfeit. Forfeits to be dec lared t by the 1 lth of February. Handicap for the Spring Cop.—Mile and three-quarters. Cossack, Sat 7 1 b—The Marquis, 7st 71b—Merry Peal 7st 71 h — Abdallah, 7st 41b—Hungerford, 7st 2113- - --Lough B ilvin, 7st 21k lanthe, 7st 01b—Prior of Lanercost, 6 st 121b—Cou Wiseman ntosP, 6st 121b—Ebor, Est 121b — Cardinal _ ram) 6st 10 1b--Kilquade, 6st 101b—Abbess of .Ter veaux, Est 81 b—Melford, 6st 81b—La Flanc6e, 6st 81h— _ L etter-press , bat 81b—Ischia, Est 41b—Porto Bello colt 6st 41 b—First Fruits, 6st 41b—Young Troublesome, 66t 01b—Tr ue Gi r l , sst .121b—Merry Bird, Sit 121b—Sir Charles Napier, sst 61b—Zelmyre, sst 21b—Joe Miller, sst 21 b—Fallow Doe , _ sst 21b—Don Carlos, sst 01b— Snowdrop, 4st 121b—Banshee, 4st 81b—Surprise, 4st 81b. Forfeits to be declared as above. THE NEW NOVELS.—The following new and po pular Works of Fiction, published by Messrs. Colburn and Co., may be bad at all the Libraries :-1. Mr. Warburton's Darien ; or, The Merchant Prince. 2. The Heir of Arden an, a Story of Domestic Life in Scotland, by the author of "Anne Dysart. 3. Emily Howard, b y M rs. Dunlop. 4. " Jacob Bendixen, the Jew, by Mary Howitt. 5. Ravens cliffe, by the author of " E milia Wyndham." 6. Falken burg, by the auth o r of " M ildred:Vernon." 7. Clara tiar a Domestic Tale. 8. M rs. Mathews; or Fam ily rin Mysgton,teries, by Mrs. Trollope. 9. Cecile, or the Pervert, by the author of " Rockingham," 1 vol. 10. The Livingstoues ; a Story of Real Life. 11. Marian Withers, by G e raldine E. D e wsbury. 12. The L a d y and the Priest, by Mr s. Ma beriy. 13. Lady Ponson yb 's Clare Abbey. , 14. Caleb Field, by the auth or o f " Margaret Maitland:' Also, just ready, 1. Hearts an d Al tars, by R o b er t Bell, Esq., author of di The Ladder of G o ld , " &c. 2. Ruth Garnett, an Mato. rival Romance. ;~:_ t. 2 . ~„-_ NAVAL INTELLIGENCI* . •.„•. Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C.3., M.P h as F its • turned to the Admiralty, from Portsmouth. „ i Britannia, 12', Captain Goldsmith i took cn board ‘ i;.4 iAlci4•"%./Wa yesterday a qu a n tit y of heading knti ()mix cabin f urn i- turn, for the use of Admiral Dundee, from tie ckckya r d, which he ecketed on Friday and Saturda . y, when at Portsmouth. tike has bent .ud has lightened the ship by tlizeiarging her shot and some of her water, to enable her to g , :; out of harbour to Spithead to-morrow. Encounter, 14, screw-corvette, Captain Gordon, is ordered to ho detached tor the Medi:erranean, and to return to Lisbon, to be under the orders of Commodore Martin. Pieta, , 36 (the first of Sir William S:,montis's 36's). it wa.i re-ported some time since was being converted, at Pembroke, into a s.:,rew-ship. Thie, we are sosry to i find, is in correct. A great deal of expense is bring o• curred in repzirinn—er rather renewing, this bad, co..tly, and otaaoletc man•of-war. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY. --A court martial, com prising.. Rear-Ad m i ral H. Prescott. C. 8.. President ; Laptain 11. C. Chads. C. 8.. of the E xce ll en t ; C a pt a i n G. G. Martin,,C.B., of th e Vi ctory ; C aptain Goldsmith, of the Britannia ; Capt a i n Yates, of the Neptune ; Cap tain Warden, of the Retribution ; and Mr. G. L. Greet hum, Deputy Judge-Advocat e cf the Fleet, assembled this morning on b oar d the flag -ship Vi ctory to try M r Lewis Scott R e eceovrepss. s F e i r r y s i t ng Li i e n u h te e ra r a m iat a j o e f st h y e ,s r s M hi a p jesty's Royal Rod ney C Ma ap . t. rl 6 ll 'raham, C.B. (who was the prosecutor under the Admtrahy), on the foll ow i ng charges :—" For that f h 2 e 3 r /. M o ajn e a st c y e ' c s n s n h t ip o Rodney, f the ward room did the said Fiat Lieutenant Lewi s S cott Reeves, while borne u omit to pay upon the th b e o r k u s m o o f mess, although a letter was addre sse d to h i m by Colonel Menzies, K.H., pledging himself to pay the -same gum, such conduct being unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman; and allowed a debt of 271. 7s. for his mess, and a debt of 10/. i . s. 6d. f or wine, to accrue since he joined the ship; also for having at sented himself from her Majesty's ship Rodney, without leave, from the 13th to the 17th inst." The clerk (Mr. Freelock) of the Rodney, proved the entry on the books of that ship, on the ISth of August last, of the prisoner. It appears that by the regulations of all messes in her Majesty's naval service, it is cus tomary for each member thereof to pay the amount of his monthly subscription thereto in advance, at the com mencement of every month. The evidence was much too lengthy and void o f genera l i nterest even to epitomise it. The prisoner's defence set forth, that with respect to the first charge, circumstances et • a private nature over which he had no control prevented his fulfilling the pre mise made by him to Colonel Menzies (the Com mandant of the Royal Marine division to which the prisoner belonged'), namely, to pay the sum of 23/. 9n or before the Ist of January, and that he had no fraudulent intention of withholding the same. With regard to ab senting himself from his ship without leave, he threw himself on the mercy of the Court; he alleged he had received no orders to go on board, either from Captain Hunt (commanding the Marine detachment on board the Rodney) or from any other officer. The Court having heard the evidence in support of the charge', and what the prisoner had to allege in (li r fence, and having weighed and deliberated upon the whole, where of opinion that the last charge had not been proved, and therefore adjeged him to be acquitted thereof; but with regard to the other charges, they had been fully proved against him, and therefore sen tenced him to be dismissed her Majesty's ship Rodney, and to be placed at the bottom of the list of First Lieu tenants of Royal Marines. Th© Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Warden, went apt of harbour this afternoon, and anchored at Spit head. The Fairy royal stcam•yacht, blaster• Commander Welch, was undccked to-day, and taken into the basin to receive her boilers. WooLwroll, JAN. 26.—Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.B , surveyor to the navy , and Mr. Isaac Wattr, as sistant surveyor of the navy, visited' Woolwich dock yard, and remained for some time on board the High tlyer steam-sloor, in the basic, anti now nearly ready for trial down the river. The Lizard steam-vessel arrived at Woolwich this afternoon from Sheerness, and will proceed up the river to Blakwall tc-morrow, to embark a parry who are to proceed to Sheerness to witness the testing of anchors and their holding powers in the anchorage ground off that port. The Tyne store-3hip, Master-Commander Peter Wel -scgton, is at present under the ,h(•( , ...rs on the river side of 'ale basin a: this dockyard, havitz her rigging and outside repairs effected previous to taking. on board a supply of stores :or the Isloud of Ascension and A detachment of Royal Marines will embark in her when reedy for a passage to Ascension, where they ate to be shitioned. The Resistance, 10, troop-ship, Almtcr-Commander Bradshaw, is still at this port, undergoing a refit pre paratory to further service in the conveyance of troops. DIGNITY OF THE /AMERICAN PRESS —The Editor of the American Mechanic has encountered trials unknown to ordinary men. Hearken unto his wafflings :—" Owing to the facts that our papermaker disappointed us, the mails failed, and deprived us of our exchanges, a Dutch pedlar stole our sciesors, the rats ran off with our paste, and the devils went to the circus, while the editor was at home nursing babies, our paper is unavoidably delayed beyond the proper period of publication."—New York Daybook. THE WEATIIF.R. IN THE NOETH OF EUROPE —A letter of the 13th inst. from Mundal, in the province of Christiansand (Norway), says:—" In the last week, we have had the thermometer at eight degrees above the freezing point; the trees are beginning to bud, add the fields are covered with flowers, as in the finest day of spring. This is an event unexampled in our country. The lower classes, in their ignorance, attribute the extraordinary mildness of the weather to the last great solar eclipses, which they say removed Norway farther to the southward. This warmth does not, however, please every one, for the continual rain which has fallen hap rendered the roads impassable, while with our ordinary winters the .cerumun*ations are always open by means of sledges. — Gabgnani. • - - PREPARATIONS FOR OPENING PARLlAMENT.—Pre parations on a very extensive scale are being made on the works of the new Houses of Parliament for the approaching session, which will be opened by her Majesty in person on the 3d of the ensuing month. The old House of Commons and adjacent buildings in Abingdon-street, and the tempo rary wooden erections and hoardings in Palace-yard, facing the entrance to Westminster-hall, have been pulled down, and the whole space thrown open, affording an uninterrupted view of the end wings of the new palace. The entrance to the House of Commens will be through Westminster-hall, a noble flight of steps at the western end leading to the main corridor or avenue of the chambers. The hall will be lighted by several gas illuminations of a spiral circular form, which will have a most charming effect upon the fine and stately proportions of the structure. The entrance of the Victoria Tower will be used for the first time by her Majesty on the the Thames, has approaching opening. The State carriage will proceed under the tower, and her Majesty, alighting , will be conducted along the Royal corridor to the House of Lords. The entire l l i i g n h e t o e f d b quay , ysoomrbeen and from the water has a very pleasing effect. some forty promenade, or fa tty front i ng g a e 1 a m p 8 , THE SUCCESSOR TO THE AMAZON. —.A s - we state d last week, the directors of tbe West India R e e m r , to a r m a a and ke Val Mail uPAmazon. The Arabia Steam-packet Company have Just completed th e void created from the British and North American Royal h e void so far t il lf II C6lllpany, was launched at Greenock on the 2 course of completion in the dockya rd 4th ult. and is in the b of y the til e losses Arab o i a f the ste a ra D of lee- . Glasgow. She is considered the mr Napier, or American steam-liners. The engines finest of a ll the North l arges t size, we believ e , ev are side levers of the er put cylinders being 103 inches in d' on board a vessel, the stroke. The collective diameter, with a nine-feet upwards of 1,000-horse power of the two engines will be The wheels are 37 feet dpower, working at a low pressure. of the Arabia are as we iameter. The principal dimensions of keel and fore rake, h ave already given 'them—Length breadth of beam, 2 _235 feet; length on deck, 310 feet; nage, 2402 ton, 40.8 feet ; depth of hold 27.7 feet ; ton enabled to part with The owners have been the more readily another of their the Arabia from the fact that the Persia, launched ' liners, is so far advanced that she will be in April next. SottTu-E A the Tunbed STERN RAILWAY.—It is intended to open out to HasitP-w-ells and Hastings branch of this line through nags on the Ist of next month. This will be the shot te t s route by • railway from London to Hastings. NORTH DEVON RAlLWAY.—Prep ar ations are being made by the con t rac t or t o resume the works on this line, with a view to their completion. It is intended to complete the winks at various places on the line so soon as the coat_ party obtain possession of the requisite land, which it is ex pected will be in the course of a few weeks. The Earl of Derby will entertain at dinner a number of the Peers of the Country party on Monday neat; and on the ensuing Wednesday and Saturday th e N o b le Earl will give dinner parties to the Members of the Lower House who at present sit at the Opposition side of the Commons. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have enter tained a succession of visitors at Brcadlands during the week. . THE Loss OF TUE AMAZON. -11 this inquiry yesterday, the remainder of the evidence given by the wit nesses before the Board of Trade was almost a reapitulation of the statements they had previously given before the direc tors of the company, and therefore we have not thought it necessary to give it at length. The inquiry was adjourned till to-morrow (this day). - - SHIPPING DISASTERS NEAR LlVERPooL. —ver y Channel during heavy weather has been experienced in the to the past few days. The Leeds, an old steamer b e longing the Dublin Steam Packet Company, sunk on Sundaybot4 were of south-west of Point Lynas. The cattle 011 picked up by to the course destroyed, though the passengers the ship Empire State. A schooner. the Speculation, we laden vi to Runcorn, was with copper ore, and bound from d ' an d t he crew a), completely disabled in the Channel o n n ye e : e ds Steamer, will t. fortunately t h u e n a little crew having been rescued by tif f ePrf La . d however, she was vessel was left to her fate. Yesterday , in tow by a steam brought into dock, having been the tag. The cargo, unlike that o be little affected by the water. DES TRUCTIVE FIRE.— yesterday mornin g a fi re ... „„ . . . Picture-frame of air. poletti, broke out on the premises,. burned down • the top , floors of dwelling maker, of 64, Banner-street, St. Luke's. The wh ole of the . and workshops, burnt g °Ps, out; the back workshops house, used as store- rooms nisander of house and contents roof destroyed. Tad e r . e , r., & Mrs. Foletti was seriously injured j s u e r v ed e b y y damaged b) -- fi t . window. The contents were insur ed in the jumping °II ° Tire-office.' were bur . The house No. 63, Banner. street, Phoenix r,, avern, was damaged by fire. It was is. . the Monarch Fire- office, Several of the premises cured in , ere damaged more or less severel ter contiguous v. rby fire, wa ter s s called the Hope 1 and removal. C H EAP BEER.—The agitation for the reduction of the price of beer is rapidly progressing amongst the work favourablelC On Wednesday evening- _ last several district meetings were held, at Whiell the reports were of the most character, and a practical result may be shortly anticipated. So strongly prevalent is the feeling at the east end of the town i n favour of the movement that it has been resolved t o convene a public meeting for the populous districts of Shoredit c b , Hackney, & c. SOMETHING LIRE A CLIMATE'. -- The Albany Knichepbocker, of August, says--.. , The weather has beta ' all hot.' We saw a woman do her ironing with no other fuel than the sunshine. When we came away, she hung her kettle out of the window to get tea ready." IJ , , < 4 ;44p TUESDAY LITERATURE.