The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-27 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES. No. CLXXVIL THE LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. „,"Ini—Lincolti opened the ball for the season on the du of February, and at the expiration of the month the second Spring Meeting at Liverpool is marked for deci i!fl. Frain this meeting to the Houghton at Newmar ket, . October next, with the exception of the Derby nettling week, there is presented au unbroken stria;; of mee tings. The card sports five races for hill() on Wed nesday next, commencing with the Trial Stakes of 5 8 " 8 °act), with 30 added by the Earl of Sefton; 3 yes, 6st 41b; 4 yes, Bst 41b; 5 yrs. 9A; 6 and aged, 9st 41h; mares and geldi ngs all o wed 411 s, one mild and a quarter, "hn.. or no race. This stake closed on the Ist of January, and the subscribers have to name on Tuesday evening by seven o'clock. The second race (211 the card is the Liverpool Spring Cup (a handicap) of 10 0 soya, in s p ec i e , by s ubscription of 15 soya. each, 10 fo ffeit, and 5 only if declared, Szn., with 60 added, one mile and three quarters. Eighteen acceptances It'rehTn obtained to the Cup; one , however , Joe Miller , !!teoms, was left in by mistake. The difference between the top and lightest weights is four pounds short of three I kme. Abdallah, who figures at the head of the list, at Bst 71b stands but little chance of clearing the winning post first. Hungerford, at Sot 51b, will, 1 take i u ithout any trouble, dispose of all thu heavy weights, although, iu IltY opinion not good enough to be the actual winner. Cardinal Wiseman and Kilquatle, at 7st 131 b each, are of bat little account; the Irishman being the best of the brace. The Abbess of Jervaux, 7st 111 b, has been backed off and on for a good deal of money; but from some reason or other which d oes not seem very clear, her position in the market is very unstable; I, however, con , ider her chance to be a very fair one, al though the distance may somewhat militate against it. Mulford and La Fiancé?, at tte same weight as the Abbess, cannot possibly have any chance in her presence. Ischia, 7st 71b, I hold in some esteem, as her running last year was at times rather superior; I expect to see her figure well in the race. The colt by lied Deer, out of Sister to Portobello, I should imagine will hardly be found at the post. True Girl, 7st 11b, is asserted by bee ,admirers to be not only a true, but a good one likewise. Her performances last year were generally .of the victorious kind ; but as she beat nothing but 4 0raea of the trashy class, they will not do to rely upon, sea guide in this instance. She has found many sup porters, but Ido not place myself among them. Merry Bir d, 76t Alb, and Sir Charies Napier, Est 91b, I pre -1121°2", Will be on the missing list, or, if runners, will not ._ ll4 Zelmy ra filly, 3 yrs, Est 51b, in the company of V on Carlo s , at 2 lbs less, can h ave no hopes whatever. 1 !" 1 ", 53t 111 b, may likewise be put do wn as hope "'it. The remaining trio of light weights, Don Carlos, eat nlh i Snowdrop, 6st Alb ; and Surprise, sst 11th, it is not at all improbable, turn out the trump card; 1 : 1 "14h. despite the great favouritism of the last IN ln ed, it would surprise me a little were Snowdrop and a.,on Carlos to play second fiddle to Surprise. In a word, I that Suownnee•will probably be the animal, Surprise ~,1 111 1 )071 Carlos in close attendance; I schia, The Abbess, 74 liungertord being the foremost heavyweights. httie already given my opinion on the Grand Ns - sh °ll , 4l , and although in the generality of m y remarks I :Frmiratn the exact state of the case wi ll be found, y et, li ont certain signs in the market, I expect on or before tio °l3( laY next I shall have to alter my previou s selec t n ; I may .as well remark, however , that Mel ittkt, Simple Harry, Dolly's Brae. Silent Friend, A ye" r .. iL Monk, James, Bullfinch, Venture, Maley, °n, Royal Blue, Perjury, and Buscot are le 'Y improbable starters. Sir John, it was reported, h u : _not quite up to the mark; it seems, however, that 4 94 now himself again. Maria Day's condition is by s 3 ,.means first-rate. The favourites maintain their po v!l°11 firmly in the odds; Chieftain, Miss Mowbray, and tet te k n .. r at), are in capital condition, and the last accounts C", Gazza Ladra's quarters report her as quite to hi t Work. my final opinion on this stake, with all the St information from Liverpool, &c., will appear on Monday or Tuesday next. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Veb• 27, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Gooch na Surpri.e—take 9 to 4 LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 1 0 1 agst Mr. Atkinbou's Chieftain 12 to 1 apt Mr. Mason's Miss Mowbray—taken 1 2 to 1 ast Mr. Goodwin's La Gaz za Ladra 2 0 to 1 a gat Mr. S. Thompson's Hardwick 2 0 to 1 agst Lord Waterford's Sir John 25 to t agst Mr. Barling's Bedford, 6 yrs old—taken 3 0 to 1 agat Mr. Choyca's Bedford, 5 yrs old—taken METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 apt Duke of Bedford's Hesse homburg, 4 yrs, let 31b 15 to 1 agst General Anson's Backbiter , aged, Bst 31b 25 to 1 agst Ir. Morris's Hareafoot, 4 yrs, sst 711 CHESTER CUP. No betting. DERBY. 5 to 1 apt Mr. Merry's Hobbit) Noble—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. J. Stanley's Orelio 1, )0 to 15 a ga t M r . J. Scott's Phantom—taken The above quotations with very few exceptions, are 'tide up from offers. B usiness 3 was unusually dull. Z ZV ERPO OL ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. ea M on d ay even i ng Mr. Copeland opened this popular s p e . a tre for dramatic performances, introducing for the et lime to the Liverpool public a Yankee actor named I, Bbe e, who created a great sensation at the Adelphi e ° Th eatre, in London, during the last few months. Mr. b 4l ). Silsbee is undoubtedly the best comedian Americ a he created ever sent us; an d if wo may judge by the laughter created on Tuesday ni ft lit, when we saw him in a P Z t e ce call e d th e Y an k e e Ploughboy, ho will prove highly x i s tr uetive at the above establishment. He does not give the idea of the 'cute town Yankee, tall and slim, b 0 "a3 . 11 chewing tobacco and whittling, but the rough, e u El tlY, and smart rustic Yankee, full of droll sayings, h u " l 'lq‘ving with cunning, and a fund of broad unctuous tat "lour which is irresistible. His dress is quite unique, (41)11 11hly home-spun and rough, and of the, most -ralf t h, celi ver.peovoking description; his walk, his ac totaputa look, and dancing are irresistibly comic, and " unlike anything we ever saw before, either on or Pie the ,nage—althoug, doubtless, true to nature. The ia k : tk ne played iu was poor, and the plot so bewilder . • oiii; that we will not attempt to describe it. In fact, no • e ared for the piece—it is all Silsbee—whom the itif e l , ell " roar at with a perseverance and e ner gy which 14 5 th e most blasé playgoer. He convulsed the house ti ,Pl°roughly Yankee story of a " sausage specula- It 1 , n 1 4 While the string of Jonathanisreai, which rolled, as 44 tint:, from his lips, were as pr e p osterous and absurd quit.; we ever met with in print. Silsbee, in fact, is tullej generis—" none but himself can be his pa lee f iL li lad alt who enjoy a hearty lau g h should g o and ". - -Liverpool Times, Feb. 26. , IiRE A , --------- 088 SOU THER N AND WESTERN (IR ELAND ) _ miles). - Return for the week ending Feb. 21 ; tasaengers, parcels, &c. ... £3,135 18 10 luerchandise and cattle ~., 1,017 13 3 , Total £1,153 12 1 wrresn - °l 4illg 'Week last year ... 4,345 9 5 LITERATURE. SUN, ,JTI A T HOL MFIRTII C ATAST ROPTIF.—FUDLIC MEET. I _,. T MANciursTEß.—Yesterday, in complian ce with a 'r3' numerously signed requisition, a public meeting of the Hobert of Manchester was held in the Town Hall& ...Oben Barnes, Eeq., the mayor, presiding. for ra i s i ng a subscription the meeting The object of was to consider the steps necessary to be taken fecers by the recent - in behalf of the Surviving s . O . WAS addressed by the citealawiv. j it y at Holmfirth. The meeting derstield ; the Lord Bishol) 0 7i. Bateman, vicar of Hurl worth, Esq., Sir John otter, Manchester, James Charles- Thomas Bazley, Esq., the Rev.' r the Rev. Canon Stowell, 'Richard Fletcher, the Rev. Dr. R a t, w• M' Grath, the Rev. stt3oePa receive tl W subscriptions, theBUi Wray. RaeSOhlriOLlS expressive , f el', and the Rev. Canon pp inting a committee oiAneeting separated Ir ere e' c a a n rrie a d . -unnanituously. Before donation of 200/., ;bout 1,330/. was subscribed,!n.clu_di,ng : A and sixteen of DWL each, with others of smaller -u rea. 1001. , me morandum is fronclonithmeittCeeoin :—" The ewith what th.eoyf The following litilli,tte". of Mexican Bondholders pe, after btlillean Bondholders have, "Te to be the wish of th e i i r li co c . i n i n st r int r u m en it t y s , opened : 7) 500 4 for an advance on the Mexican assignment to I t7 2 % tia o - f . t an ate d s earl beat th e '° oo dolls. of the Americanlnduenmitneiatys, _ arrival of the packet from the . satisfactory result. wee k ta, be able to communicate 3 .. - - The failure was announced yesterday ot A . 1e . 8 . 78. a ,: .11 , Shoobridge, and Co., shawl-printers. Their liabilities Clint to about 40,0001. or 50,0001., and as t.hteidsiffifecaurletdieathoef a set el . have not been of recent growth, 1 I. Will prove small. " May no fort ATRIOTIC TOAST AND SENTIMENT. b %'ner ever be before us iu civilization, or behind us in attit.,,_ Punch. Coo WWII to Th e "T E-LEcrons.---According to a . Si t (3 , 1 11 °118 e of Commons (yesterday printed), obtained by t e . ttert lleathcote, the number of county electors regis. i 4 `;',' , for Property situated within the limits of each borough The was 76,627, and iu Wales 4,948, making 81,775. je slt total county constituency in England is given at 396,967, ' in Wales 31,856, making 428,823. ret akra OF LADY CARDERY .—Accounts ha ve been l ad e :ved -from Ireland announcing the death of the above ed i.ei lh e e ke m , melancholy event took place at the family seat, Carbery, on Monday, 23d inst. Her ef tir . " i l 3, who was in her 86th year, was the third daughter Catherine Saunders second Lord of Arran, by the Hon. 1 N . " e riee Anneslev, , daughter of William, Viscount Glenaw lei ' ll . a t tl ie d s ,th of arried, in January, 1783, John, sixth Lord Car e-our"' uy her Ladyship's death considerable estates in. the sere e Cork and Limerick, in which she held a life in tt, devolve upon the present Lord Carbcry. b u r RR SPITAL SERMON.—The Bishop of Manchester kaveonsented to preach the sermon this year before the Lord Corporation, on behalf of the Royal hospitals o itt - e itY of London. The ceremony will take place on Easter vad at , 3'. at Christ Church, Newgate-street. 1er),,,,,, G e ,.. -.AGE STAMPS FOR TUE RomArcs.--The Roman ata e ; rn ment have sanctioned the introduction of postage et tos int for the pre-payment of postage on letters. The It i t. '"P is about the size of the English postage stamp ; and on 111 0 .,,,tePresentati on of the tiara and keys, the badge of Papal VL3r ..."' power. S th e FOR THE QUEEN'S ENGLISII.—It seems to ce , ap desire of our leading statesmen that the press h sh c . on. ti ew :,,oecasion s use Parliamentary laegtl3ge' For t e l.,ts Will d‘,,,reputation of English literature we hope journa 1. " ne such thing. —Punch. ~_ Alr A , , glee t oy i n -"" VRTHOP/EDIC HOSPITAL.- -- T e h annual . a. ilefig of this charity was held yesterday in the board-room, Ulm theq M.P., in the chair. By the report it appeared receipts for the year amounted to 2,4181., and after Rutting the tou expenses. there remainerj. a balanceylarl9woa/s. .4,33. cumber of patients admitted during the 12 440 41 g n g A Mal aiLICe the opening of the charity of THE THE ME TA HO RPTIOS CS OF APULEIUS. A Romance of the Second Century. Translated by Sir George dead. Longman and Co. Already the student of letters had reason to be grateful to Sir George dead for his translation from the Italian of Cardinal Pacca's "Autobiography." His present contribution to our imported literature will, if possible, be still more peculiarly acceptable. The " diViognislied foreigner" to whom Sir George acts in the present instance in the capacity of drago man, is this time, however, no denizen of the nine teenth century, much less one among the eminent ecclesiastics of Christendom. As the title-page, or rather as the mere title of the work indicates, it is the volume of the " Golden Ass," penned by Apulc.iiiS of Medaura us far back es that second century when, standing as it were almost equi-distant bAween the modern epecti and the days of antiquity, the Pagan scholar watched—hime self not altogether unmoved—the contentions then raging among the opposing ranks of the. be • lievers in classic mythology and the believers in Christian Revelation. A Numidian by birth, and a Roman by adoption, Apuleius acquainted himself at an early age with the various phases of life during his g eneration, by travels extending over a great part of Asia, over Italy, and over Greece. His marriage at Oea, a town situated near Tripoli, and passed through by him when on his way to Alexandria, of all, the most interesting among the chequered in cidents in his career—the most interesting, at least, of those vicissitudes which have been . happily preserved to our remembrance. It was in consequence of his union with the rich widow Pudeutille, that he was compelled by her relations to stand his trial on the charge of witchcraft, a trial which actually took place at Sabrata, in the presence of Claudius Maximus the proconsul. How the accused vanquished - his calumniators upon that occasion, what adroitness he displayed in his defence, and what signal approval .he wrested from his auditors, are facts already familiar to those acquainted with his " Apology.' A con siderable portion, however, even of our educated classes, may not be so well acquainted with the va rious and marvellous occurrences recounted in his more celebrated " Metamorphoses"—being deterred from the perusal of a volume in all other respects fascinating, by the crudeness and the disagreeable imperfections of its Latinity. Many are doubtless aware of the leading events iu the life of Apulciue, who are, for the reason mentioned, altogether ig norant of the real charms of his literary master ! . piece. In rendering , the " Golden Ass " into our vernacular, Sir George Head has effected for old Apuleius what was originally effected in a similar manner for old Rabelais by Urquhart. His transla tion reads throughout clearly and unmistakably as a translation—many of the sentences having a construc tion as purely Latinized as any in the prose writings of Milton—but it is scarcely a jot the less admirable on that account, evidencing, as that very circumstance does, its careful and scrupulous accuracy. As a ver sion from one tongue into another, the volume before us is remarkable fur its faithfulness : and the story, or " romance," as it is not unhappily termed by the translator, suffers nothing from its transformation from the incorrect original into a fluent and at times eloquent example of our own language. Than the " Golden Ass," or, as Sir George prefers to call it simply, "The Metamorphoses, there is no more preci ous curiosity preserved to us from the waxen tablets and scrolls of papyrus, upon which were first indited the intellectual treasures of antiquity. Allowing for a little anachronism, it is precisely the work which, having been unheard of by moderns until then, it would have been app ro p riate to have dis covered in the subterranean city of Pompeii, or of Herculaneum, to have found a copy of it lying, for example, upon one of the tables in the house of Sallust. It admits us into secrets elsewhere impene trable. It unfolds before us the whole routine of the daily life of the pagan multitude, during the second century of Christianity. Through its pages we are enabled to follow the Roman of that age, within those domestic limits presided over by the tares and penales, as well as into the sanctuaries of that mystic worshi p in which he proffered his homage to one or other among the principal divinities of the Pantheon. We stand by him on the hearth,:we walk with him through the forum, we follow him into the fields, we accompany him even in the behest pre cincts of the most sacred temples of his religion. Everywhere the doors are flung open by the hand of the Romancist as we track his steps in the mean dering course of his narrative. And what a narrative it is! abounding from first to last with the marvel •lous, replete with poetry, both of thought and of ex pression, and coloured with the most gorgeous dyes of fiction, dyes unsurpassed in brilliancy even by the variegated splendour of the "Arabian Nights En tertainments." Occasionally, indeed, there is per ceptible in the " Golden Ass" a kindred richness of imagination to that revealed in that oriental encyclo pedia of fiction —as, in truth, is actually remarked by the present translator of Apuleius, when in the fifth episode we find mention made of the talking water, calling to mind the babbling fountains and warbling leaves mentioned, if we remember rightly, in the tale of one of the One-Eyed Calendare. It is also observed with some show of reason by Sir George Head, that in the narrative of the soporific vapour re enclosed by Cupid in the box of Proserpine, Chamisso may have obtained his first notion of the devil rolling up and carrying away the shadow of poor Peter Schle. mil. Further on in the story, in fact, towards the close of it, it is observed in a footnote, that Le Sage, i n his " Gil Bias," has been greatly indebted to the " Metamorphoses," as may he recognised in a glance at the record of the cave of robbers, of the captive damsel, and of Dame Leonarda, While w e are al luding to these singular and interesting coincidences, we may briefly refer to that description, at page 358, of the piper " sounding a warlike Doric melody upon an instrument, which, mingling a heavy buzzing sound with the sharp blast of a trumpet," is here supposed to have indicated " the origin of the bag pipe." Those who may still be unacqua inted with the fascination of this wondrous fiction of Apuleiue, will find, on an examination of the present volume, that Sir George Head has afforded them reason to be thankful for one of the most bewitching books that pagan wizard ever penned for the delectation of Christian as well as infidel reader. Following in it the fortunes of Lucius, it is impossible not to become very speedily interested in his welfare and his misfortunes, even prior to his memorable transfor mation into An Ass, namely from his departure,from Corinth to his interview with the two traysllerA, to his arrival at Hvpata, to his admission into 11Iilo's house, to his acquaintance with his mother's friend Berrbteno to his flirtations with the servant maid Fotis, and so on through the incident, at first terrible, Ibut at last ludicrous, of his arrest and trial for the murder of three citizens, up to th e fatal moment when he watched the witch Pamphile change herself into an owl, and thereupon endeavoured himself to emulate:her transformation. By Fotis's mistake in the selection of the magic ointment, however, Lucius becomes metamorphosed into a donkey, and thenceforth come all those sufferings and vicissitudes which only terminate with his restoration to his original shape by eating some roses during the procession of Isis, shortly after which he is initiated into the mystic rites of that goddess and of the divinity Osiris. Those who have never themselves glanced through the pages of this celebrated volume can have no adequate concep tion of the abounding fancy of which it is the expo nent. The ingenuity of the plots, the alternation of the sources of excitement, the diversity of the charac ters introduced, the surprises that are constantly startling the reader into attention and kindling a new curiosity as to the denouement —are all of them qua lities by which the work is peculiarly and plentitully distinguished. From the commencement of the nar rative to its conclusion, you burry on with an ea g er and mineisnotr.iesewelitntho perpetually increasing anxiety, solicitous through out for the happiness of the unlucky wight Lucius, who s eems ee . s ever doomed to calamity and disappoint with the gardener sufferings with the robbers, his escape, his religious impostors, with the baker, confectioner —cacti w of ith the soldier, with the cook U13(1 donkey, enlists our warm es t stages in his career as a until the moment Isia, he is relieved from the rough when, through sympathies in his behalf torments consequent on the beneficence of , his metamorphoses. As le a n n ti en a u dditional attrac. of Lu o c f i A us r , is i to s m onead to a story in itself various attractive,. episodes must not omit to enumerate the v which the main history, thatwwithe the Student,": inter spersed —such episodes as the ' , T a l e the Commercial Traveller," that o f it Di ophane ; the Chaldean,' that of " Telephron that of "The Robher t ," e , t , of v e ia th ke er d w s it te h pni th a o t s h e a o r f ,,,f the o " Rural Tyrant , " of the the " Woman Condemned to be thrown to Wild Beasts," of the " Singular P unishment of a Crimi-, nal," of the " Death of Charity and Tlepolemus"-- and, best of all, that exquisite story of " Cupid and Psyche," which is the most bea utiful legend preserved to us anywhere of that lovely old mythology. Perhaps the most unsiitisbctory portion of the whole of the worlvunder review, is that descriptive of Lucius' initiation into the Pagan mysteries --the those secret rites being little more than a jumble of morphoses of Apuleius" to ambiguous insinuations. accou.nst of /. By presenting the " Meta vi in the guise of an elegant and literal translation, Sir George Head has conferred a benefit laden, a benefit for - be eager to proffer his acknowledgments. ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL INTERPRE TATION OF THE HEBREW TEXT OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS. By the Rev. William Paul, A. 41. While engaged in the study of the Hebrew la& gusge some years ago, it occurred to the writer of this volume that a very useful work might be com posed to assist the learner, having the Hebrew•-text of Genesis for its basis. Under this impression he com- menced the present analysis, of which a favourable opinion hes been expressid by c:, , mpetent judges. It con ; B ins a Hebrew Grammar sad Paradigms of Verbs. Tho introduction, which is in three parts, treats of the genuineness of the Pentateuch, and an investigation of the structure of the Hebrew lsn guage. Of the analytical portion the author observes in the preface : "lii - thiq part of it every word is analysed, num bered, and indexed. In the first chapter all the accents are marked, their names and powers given, and the rea sons assigned , when the words are accented contrary to the general rule. In the first three chapters, all the words are written in the English as well as in the Hehrowsharauters, and sylk bled, in ord9r to lessen the difficulty of reading the Hebrew text. Throughout the whole of this part of it the principles of the structure of the Ittngertge, laid clown in the third part of the intro duction, are illustrated; and likewise the principles of the vowel points contained in a grammar which precedes it. The great difficulty that the student meets with in the acquisition of the Hebrew !angling° arises from the fact that.ull the words are new to him. This difficulty can only be mastered by attention and perseverance. There is no royal road by which it can be .avoided. In the study of more modern languages, particularly those which are cognate, and which have common roots, a stock of vocabies way be obtained with comparatively little difficulty. in Hebrew, however, every word may bo said to be new to the learner; its similarity to words in other languages being seldom obvious to him at the commeecerneur of the study. He will likewise find words, previously known, connected with fragments of pronouns, or other words, which modify or alter their meanings, and which greatly disguise theirforms, and often prevent him from again recognising them. Deri vatives are few in Hebrew, compared with those in the Tudo-European languages; and compound words, that is, those which are made up of two or more distinct . werls,•are almost unknown, so that the knowledge of one word helps the learner but to a very few others." Having thus shown the difficulties of the student, the author proceeds to remove them as far as possible, by showing the principles of the composition of words and the general structure of the Hebrew language. The work must prove of the greatest assistance to the learner, who will derive most valuable information from the various divisions of the volume. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. By the Author of " Sketches of Cantabs." Earle. The reader is informed in the preface of this book that it is a " light work." It concerns America, and will'probably turnish very useful information to those desirous of extendiog their 'acquaintance in the new world. The style is free and easy ;it describes the social systems, the mode of carrying on transactions, and the domestic habits of the Americans. A DISCOURSE ON CHURCH GOVERN MENT. By the Most Reverend John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury. Revised and Cor rected by the Rev. John L. Crosthwaite. W. Tegg and Co. This is the eighth edition of the work in question ; it was originally published in 1707. The fact of its remaining in existence for upwards of a century, speaks of itself for its value and merit. The inten tion of the author was to establish the knowledge of the principle upon which the Church of England, ever since the Reformation, has maintained her rights, and the just prerogative of the civil magistrate. The following are the subjects treated of :—The na ture and constitution of the Christian Church ; the foundation and government of the Church whilst Christ lived on earth ; the government of the Church in the time of the Apostles ; from their time till the time of Constantine the Great; and lastly, the powers which belong to the Church. In its present form the book appears with increased attractions, as it has been illustrated with additional notes and authorities. The students of theology must be interested in such a publication, and will doubtless derive great assistance from its learned treatises. HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CEN TURY. Vols. VII. and VIII. By F. C. Schlossel Translated by D. Davidson. Chapman and Hall. We here meet with an extensive plan of history. The period extends from 1799 till 1815. The sub jects included are the countries of Europe during that eventful time. All the plans of Napoleon are related, his campaigns dwelt upon, and the unprecedented effeets they prciduced upon all the kingdoms of the continent carefully particularised. The work being originally by a German, it is not much to be wondered at that there is great partiality shown for hisiatherland. Oa the other side, the admirers of Napoleon will doubtless be disappointed that the great Emperor is so often slightingly spoken of. However, to obtain a correct opinion of history both sides should be perused, without permitting the mind to be biassed by any peculiar or national prejudices, which must inevitably present themselves in details so near our own days. In attentively studying the work before us much valuable information will be gained by those who have hitherto only read over the summary of the chief events, instead of gradually watching their de velopment and tracing them to their finality, noting down their influence and estimating their advantages. As a most useful and interesting chronicle of impor tant epochs, these volumes will be duly appreciated. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Flexinore's benefit last evening was a genuine limper, every part of the house being completely occupied by the rising of the curtain. That extraor dinary and entrancing drama The Corsican Brothers prcduced the same unprecedented sensation on the audience as it did on Tuesday night; and the panto mime, which has now passed its jubilee night, went o ff with peculiar freshness and spirit. Miss Leclercq and Cormack, who danced most admirably, and indeed all concerned, seemed determined to put forward their utmost powers in honour of the star of the evening,. A very pretty little intermediate ballet, entitled The Gipsy, arranged by Flexmere, gave occasion for Madlle. Auriol's execution of the Cracovienne and a spirited pas de deux with the bencficiaire. Both dances were encored with flatter ing warmth. Madlle. Auriora Polish costume in the former was singularly appropriate and becoming, and her performance iu both was characterised by A felicitous combination of activity ; and refinement. Flexmore'a reception was what a seven years' estab- Jibed favourite at this theatre might expect from its frequenters. As our first pantomimist be is emi nently deierving .of . public patronage, and it was certainly dispensed to him last evening in the heartiest: and most ample manner. By not over crowding the bill of fare, as is but-too often injudi ciously. done on benefit nights, the performances were over at haS-pest eleven OLYMPIC THEATRE. .- - - A piece from the French, called the Advocate and his Daughter, was produced with success last evening at this theatre. It is more pleasing than striking. The plot turns upon the incident Of a French advo- Cate or barrister succeeding, by his forensic skill; in annulling a clandestine marriage, the lady concerned in which he iliaeovers, in the middle of the process and before his concluding speech, - to be his own daughter, whom he thinks abroad in Italy. The points are the discovery of the fact, and the subse quent struggle upon the father's part between duty to his client and affection for his daughter. The denouement consists in the softening of the plaintiff in the cause (the young husband's father), a majestic baron, majestically rendered by Mr. Diddear. The bride was played by Miss Sarah Lyons, with natural impulse and feeling. Mr. Farren, Miss Lyons, and Mr. Hoskins were called before the curtain at the conclusion. LOT DAYS OF THE PYRAMIDS.—The panorama of the Nile, we understand, is about to close. This is the oldest of our pictorial moving exhibitions, and has been a great favourite with the public. We regret that it has to leave London, but before it goes it may be well to warn those who have not already seen it that the opportunity for so doing will soon have passed away. Since its removal to Pall-mall , it has received some very attractive additions which it did not possess under its original phase. Formerly all we saw of Cairo was a bird's-eye view e of the city, but now the streets of Egypt's metropolis ar placed before and we pass along its narrow thoroughfares, still ringing with the tread of llaroun al Raschid, and still reminding us in the portrayal of modern triumphal ceremonies of the The interest of the Nile a s a sub j ect must ever continue Nsith g l or i o us processions which ev er g reeted the entry of Saladin. the river, and before this vivid delineation of its scenery to obtain an idea of what Egypt was in the das ceases to be one of our metropolitan exhibitions it will be in terestingthe Vestry, Church-passage, her proud Pharoahs when cities were set apart for tombs, and a king had a pyramid for his Sepulchre! . . they did not object n E s i Q d e u ri t a tLitoznitThieoN equalizationc rF ofLAND-TAX.—A meeting of co the inhabitants of the liberty of the Rolls, to take into re whirlvenu et, the e ut Mr. Steel passage, yesterday evening, • in the chair r. Shaw said they met to take into con siderationdiviBion ...,. inequalities of the land-tax, was held at made since the — " parishes a to ,se t s h e e m u e nfairness and injustice of the manner in the to I a t n h d e - t taxax inthe as a sourcellol b o r o u t. assessment vas made. There had been no as sessmentisLl parishes 3 s.4d h o . e f:S t o h t. f e , St. Arai. St. George paid at present 9 O i l St. Jo t ) 4 4 1; lenoemnptatatbiet wsuiitnhsoptahiedrsb.y yeii I s 6 ix 92. He submitted a state ment and St. Pancras e lt r o a l e ls l l o ,4 9 : 9 i7 l. l. 5 5:: . . 8 2 d d .. , 5641. ss. Id., St. Pan- A i f libertyoo d l b r o e w r n s , of andatnh de pstead, 855/. 17s. 4d., it was fair that the a i r t is d l:es o l f ie lv a l: k r :i le t l? ' .i. largodd i andng t wealthy3s l/.6 s p . should pay so much less than their Y smg division. I . n their own parish the land -tax neighbours in the the pound, in Marylebone only ls. 4d. ; I x ° was 2s. 6d. in 1 the present , unequal mode of assessing the proposed that England and Wales was not only illegal, but callland-tax in equitable distribution. Mr. Joseph Lowe seconeleeddfer a more lotion, which was carried unanimously. Two other resolu tions were_ passed—First, that the committee should wait the Commissioners for their opinions; and next, that the inhabitants of the Rolls liberty be requested to aid the committee with subscriptions. QUEBEC, Fen • 6.—NOVEL SUICIDE.—An extra ordinary case of suicide took place recently at Tecumseh, near Streetsville, Canada West. A poor woman named Williams, driven to desperation by a drunken husband, took an axe to bed with her, and actually rubbed her neck against it mita she severed ti4o windpipes AILWAY LONDON, ; FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1852. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. - TlM:S.—Though the gentlemen of the Anti-Corn- Law League who essenabled the other clay at Manchester 'have wisely determined to wait for an actual declaration of war, some of them show a nervous anxiety to pro voke Lord Derby to that fztal and unnecessary step. The worthy chairmar, whose solid speeches have so often given his bearers a kcer.es relish tor "the una dorned eloquence" of the next speaker, will evidently bo grievously disappointed if .to-inorrow's post does not bring him the news of Lord Derby's political suicide. " The head of the new G overnment ," he says, is pledged to the restoration of protection; it is not a question with him of to-day or yesterday, nor will it be a question of to-morrow, till it is disposed of. With him it is the sole object, and almost the perpetual aim of his party, in desiring to renew the Conservative element in the Government—to restore protec tion." So says Mr. George Wilson. Now, there is rather more surplusage hero than one usually finds in the language of business-like or serious men; and reiteration, we all of us know, is often a weak form of exaggeration. Is it really true that Lord Derby stands at this moment c ommitted to drive at protection in that blind and deter m i ne d fashion hero descr ib e d? Were it so, we should not have Lordship, for wo should certainly t hink it little 1 ' as (ind uces to hits! as to the country to flatter him with the hope of a single week's power. But what is the proof, a word to say to his the sole proof, on which Mr. G. Wilson ventures this strong and alarming estimate of Lord Derby's intentions? The proof is such that tho estimate fulls to the ground the moment we hear it. "He did not know if gentlemen had read attentiuely his statement at the opening of the present Parliament, but he (Mr. G. Wilson) perceived, on reference to, that statement, that ho was as distinctly pledged as ho could be—or as any man not in an official position could be—to the restoration of the corn-laws." Mr. G. Wilson then proceeded, with most laudable fairness, to quote, in extenso, nearly all that Lord Derby said the first night of the s ess i on on t h e sub jfeecrtitofis quite n protection. This to d iswenwill not quote over again, se. All that Lord Derby said on that occasion, whether in his speech, or when cross-questioned by Lord Yarborough, strong as it was, and explicit as it was, only amounted to a decided opinion in favour of protection , and a desire to see it restored. . His opinion, he sa id, had undergone no alter ation. But is any man com mi tted to any given course of action by the mere expr essio n of his opinions and wishes? There aro very few statesmen, if any, who have not often given utterance to opinions and aspire ythdisolanndotodf r f e r n e ni e thought being able to carry ought, and in a i t n io t n e s ae w ti h e i n c . h I t n he Le gislature the atmosphere of which i s as free as that of the public platform or the private hearth, every man is permitted to express his opinion without entailing the responsibility of a pledge. If we once begin to ostracise men of their opinions, we shall lose not only valuable men, but, what is more, that freedom of speech which is the breath of tree States, and which enables u s to know w h om we have to deal with. We allow a man to hold and to avow eu abstract opinion in favour of the exclusive pre tensions of the Church of England or the Church of Rome—in favour of any point of the C harter—in favour of democratic institutions, or an y othe r possible or im possible change, so long as he is content to shape h i s d t to rs the t a nd demands actual measures to the cir cumstances of the times and go at all beyond a strong ex pression of opinion. Nor is th is an y new remark of ours, for in our observations on his s p eech we said— dtrembling auctioneer with responsibility.to describe the But we exact terms of the bid in this instance. If the Protec tionists have commissioned the Earl of Derby for this office, we mus t b eg to inform them that , though ho has " The Earl of Derby in fact is bidding for p ower, an d Lord of Derby tehrebypetoop" We did not ourse l ves un derstand very moderation of his tone betoke ns a man already ihlli o n f i a p t e o r l i i at political a l p roperty gratified the ears of a polite assembly, and won the praises of his rivals, he has not done the business with which he was charged. He has not told the House of Lords what lie is prepared to d o , an d whether ho i s i m mediately prepared to do anything at ell for the good of the agriculturists. All that he asks for his own followers is, leave to doubt, whether, after a few years, it may not perhaps be advisable to levy a duty of es. or 4s. a quarter on foreign wheat. This possible, problematic paulo post futurum expedient is the most solid and appreciable item in' his budget, or rather the only ono —the solitary crumb of hope left at the bottom of his political wallet." Among other observations to the same purport we also observed, that " there was sca rcel y a hit in the s p eech which might not have been interchanged is the moat amicable spirit betwcen the members of the Government themselves, and certainly none that should preclude the hope of Lord Derby's own ultimate co-operation." Of coarse we may even now bo mistaken, but that was our impression at the time, before there was any immediate expectation of a Ministerial crisis. That impression of the speech wo see no reason to alter; and if it be true, Lord Derby is at this moment quite at liberty to post- Pone the question of free trade altogether till the people aro evidently sick of it—a time which his Lordship may think very near, but which we think about as remote a contingency as the ap proach of a comet or any other purely speculative event. Mr. G. Wilson does not, indeed, state the case against Lord Derby without anyqualification. He only says that his Lordship is as distinctly pledged " as any man not in an official position could be." That is con siderate ; but he might have carried his consideration somewhat further. A man not in an official position could have pledged himself very much more, or rather he could have pledged himself, which Lord Derby did not on this occasion. had his Lordship moved a reso lution, and divided the House on the Corn-laws, or some other kindred question, and so stept into power —or had he announced what he meant to do in the event of his accession to power, either of those courses would have been a pledge which it would have been necessary to redeem. But in fact there is nothing of the sort in this instance. Lord Derby, on the commencement of the session, merely said that his opinion was unc han g ed, in vigorous but not very serious language. We d oubted, and we must be permitt e d still to doubt, whether he was not " cajoling" his more boisterous and trouble some followers, though quite understood by his morn sensible and intelligent allies. He did not say, "I will do," or "I would do," or commit himself to any course of action which the People did not demand of him. Cannot a man out of office do much more than this? And have not men out of office done mach more very lately? Mr. G. Wilson, then, should have c arried his qualification mu c h further. The words he quoted pledged Lord Derby to nothin 2 b u t te, speak th e truth, le nut to immediate a c ti on . eetti v y stated his abst ract opinion, and havin g taken nothing b it, done not hin g , u obtained nothing, h o stood wholly unpledged. Had he simply said that he thought the Church of England had a claim to every ma" n .. i C.in -2 Uty this island, a nd that the day would come w h en all inch wou ld flock to its bosom, ho would not h ave been thereby bound to pro pose a law against dissent or a re-imposition of the 'rest and Corporation Acts. He .-. 0 has eenee into office, not in consequence of any thing he has said this session, or anything he has said at all, bat simply because, one Government having resigned, he happens to be the only m an who can form another. or course vie find ourselves considerably abused for elating thee, in this simple and na tural light. We are trimmin' it is said---we are singing a i d palinode—We are wort-114;D i the rising sun—we are undermining the obligation of pledges—we are asking a fair trial for confessed Political c:factors. But we are acting only in the interest of truth, common sens e, and our country. evi a at can be the possible ad vantage of trying to ent ang l e a large party, oeuvre hending a majority of the eJuutry gentlemen, and many most useful and excellent men, in one net of error, and putting on them a p er p et ual brand o f political disability? If the people of England are t o g o on at this rate, blasting every party in succession and tying to every man's neck all the foolish things, all Ine s , all the hasty things, all the exaggerated things, and all the merely senti mental or casual things, h e - - may have dropped in the w hole of his career , and then call thepledges— let them look to it, for they will not only damage, they will utterly ruin their country. Here we are with four distinct parties in the Legislature, neither of them at all approaching to a majority in the lower House. Our only chance of t h es e four parties shoul d good g overn ment is that ld think less of ' their differences and more of their common points; and that instead of representing four schools of abstract opinion they should meet on the common ground of practical improvetnont. As this is really the only chance for the nation, we cannot respect the zeal of those who amuse themselves b y b aiting and badgering e very enthusiastic or_ loquacious. politician to stick to ever ything he has said or done, however, he may wish to forget it. To us it seems much o f apiece with the schoolboy trick of trying to persuade two inoffensive lads that they are each other's enemies, and must fieht it out. Of course there are people who thi n k they hove an in terest in the ruin of every party in its turn; but they I must bo looking to some other form of government than that we live under. We scene opening whatever for the nation, except that every statesm an and ever party should have the greatest possible f doh l.) e of action, room for repentance, encouragement to c o • nversion and oblivion of errors, that can be allowed consistently ' with the maintenance of political morality ofd good faith. DAILY NEWS._When the Earl Derby was last charged with the formation of a Ministry, he evinced some retention of his early principles, and of those opi nions which actuated him even after his separation from the Whigs. All remember how, even when a declared Tory, he objected to the sending such a man as Lord Londonderry to the Court of St. Pe teraburgh. In the same spirit, when Lord Derby was framing his Cabinet last year, he is known to have selected Sir Stratford Canning to be Minister for Foreign . Aff,te_s u' We now find the inexperienced Lord Mahnesbary appointed to that post. This may either arise from i ts not b e i ng wor th while to remove an ambassador . from an i mportant the l position, in order to take placen a inistry of a few m onths' or weeks' duration; .other reason m a y be the desire to conciliate Russiaeynot appointing to the Foreign-office Sir Stratford Canning,n who is known to h a ve acted on many occasions ..., _ en as a det er mined anta gonist to that power. Lord ' s:la me sbury is considered, and with justice, afar more proper man toconciliate We doubt Russia, and oven Austria . however, the reconciliation. Ther i e possibility of their reconc. it is impossibleis no Alien Act at present in force; it Minister the Home Minister or the Foreign can gratify the o f V ienna with respect desires and pretensions .to If Kossuth Hun garian and Italian refugees. should return • continue hither to talk, and IMazzini to lecture, there is t h e y can be coerced or silenced. no British law whereby admits, that And, indeed, the Tunes itself ticular. r that excited the resentment and English Sinister rzenberg, hat hostility of Prince Schwa . . _ . that it is the . country itself— England, and I' 1 s habits, and its way le and thinking, that are odious intolerable to the Aus to triune. We have the misfortune.bo a constitutional the liberties of association and the people, and to enjoy prets. Louis For these qualitie s N a po l eon dreads and Prince Schwitrzenborg dote& wi• But how is this tv be iemedied? What can Lord Malmesbury do in the busi bess but make lame excuses for what he may not ad mire, but cannot prevent? I❑ the dispatch recently published of Prince SchwarzEnborg to Lord Granville, ft is plainly said that if the British - Government does not reek° use of all the legal means in their power to render Innoxious th e Austrian refugees, the Austrian Go- Vernment will torment and persecute English travellers the Austrian dominions. This pleasant threat has reference, no d ou b t, to the expscted return of Kossuth to this country. If you do not gag Kossuth, threatens Prince p. eh venrznnberg, w e w ill mo l es t and imprison all the cu rious and commercial English who venture into Bohemia, ivisit Vienna, or go to see pictures or gondolas at Ve sice. The Times proposes a ready remedy for this, !which is, that Englishmen should stay at home; if they elo go abroad, that they omit Austria and the Venetian the nae n ~h opev i t e h d athere's ot nota think gthotiotd.rtionhie om John eßuliln,g when a young or territories from their rou t e , conso li ng t h emse l ves with make it his business or his policy ,ral Austrian Minister may rise t o power, who may not to persecute English men." - li n b l e d - , E h will be much inclined to take this hint, or respect this in terdiction. They will venture to Venice or to Carlsbad, and they will prefer the Trieste route, by which theY escape quarantine, to any other. Besides, if Schwarzenberg succeeds in deterring Englishmen from going amongst his subjects, Louis Napoleon will try the same, and then we shall be fairly expelled from the continent and be banished not merely from the remote Vienna, but the neighbouring Palais Royal. Boulogne will become for bidden ground. And Englishmen will be condemned to the peine forte et dure of spending their money at home. We doubt much our countrymen's submission to such severity as this. We should coon have associa tions for opening the continent, and instead of putting down Kossuth and Louis Blanc by such means, they would became the most popular men in England—and not ail the Malmesburys in Downing-street could quell them. Russia, however, is not so personal or so full of pique as Austria. And Lord Derby may hope that by means of that Russian alliance what he once repudiated and despised, he may secure England, and all that England holds dear on this side the Rhine. But Russia abhors Constitutional Governments, and is resolved to tolerate them no more. It has set up the antagonist principle of legitimacy and divine right, and evidently deems that no other bulwark can brave the tide of revo lution. Louis Napoleon has not won Russian favour, because Russia sees the Bonaparte throne based upon force alone, and not upon any principle that could re• cover the respect of the people, or retain that of the army. The restoration of the Bourbons, the older first, is the reigning idea at St. Petersburgh. And it is pos sible but that a restoration of Belgium to Holland should make part of the same scheme. As to the choice, pre dilections, or resistance of the people, rulers now know how that can be overcome, and they regret having ever acted on the belief that it could not be overcome. To restore the status of 1815, in the west of Europe, is then the dominant idea, with which Louis Napoleon is to be half menaced—half gulled. Wilt the Tories be a party to it ? or has Lord Malmesbury spectacles of sufficiently magnifying power to have discerned the small and hidden symptoms of these great changes and coming dangers? The veteran of foreign diplomacy will, however, soon give the first lesson to the new statesmen of Downing-street, and make them believe that adhesion to the new Holy Alliance is the only mode of saving England from war and invasion, and a junc tion of all Europe against her. We have no doubt that the Times will then discover that England was in ex treme danger, and that the only safety for England lies in a renewal of the Alien Bill, the proscription of refu gees, full satisfaction to be given to Austrian and Rus sian police. If with these conciliating measures Swit zerland and Piedmont be abandoned to the dictation or occupation of Austria and France—if England suffers all these things, then Lord Derby, and Schwarzenherg and Nesselrode, will welcome Englishmen as fellows of the right sort, whom no police need meddle with, but who are ready to act as police for the gagging and fet tering of Europe, if required. How far the Tories are likely to fulfil these hopes and prospects time will telL The names of the new Ministry certainly give no war rant of their acting as honourable and patriotic English men should expect. HERALD.—When the Greek!, after the battle of Marathon, would have awarded theiprize to the man who had deserved most of his country, to decide among the numerous claimants, and arrive at the most satisfactory conclusion, they hit on the following expedient. To every deputy they gave two votes, and, on examining the result of the poll, it was found that every man gave tho first vote for himself, and the second for 'Chemise tocles; and thus truth prevailed when selfishness no longer stood in the way. Not unlike the claims of The mistocles is the position of the present Protectionist Ministry in relation to the other political parties in the State. Judge of the claims of each of these separately to that prize which the present Administration has received, and they will tell you that they alone are competent to the task of government, and that they alone fully understand the wishes of the nation and are prepared to carry them into effect. The young Peel party, if we may trust their organ, are the exclusive possessors of intellectual statesmanehip — they are the bright comet on the political horizon, but with out its:tail. They look forward to the time when an in tellectual Ministry shall displace what they modestly call the present race of incapables—the Whigs are drivellers; the Reformers, ignorant and unmannerly ; the Protectionists, behind the age. It will never be well with the world until mankind open their eyes to those blessings in store for them, which they have hitherto overlooked in a most unaccountable manner — until they ferret out from their modest retreat this knot of philosophers, who are ready to put the nation to rights in a trice, with the same case as they would solve a syllogism. Tho Reformers, on the other hand, regard the Peelites with unmeasured contempt; they look on them as a spurious brcod, a cross, .a hybrid between Whim and Tories, with the faults of both, and the excellences of neither. If they do not express that contempt, it is because they feel that this party has no ability to do mischief, and therefore they cam not about its inclina tions. Of the opinions they entertain of the Whigs, we gave copious proofs iu our impression of Wednesday. At the late meetings in Finebury and Marylebono, amendments were moved on the original resolutions, not in order to soften the asperity of their language towards the defunct Cabinet, but to aggravate it tenfold. The Whigs had " haunted the councils of the country"— they were " wantieg in political integrity"—" the Rse form Bill was an idle mockery and a delusion"—" Lord John had deceived the people for six years, and done no thing for them"—these were some of the flowers of Liberal rhetoric with which the speakers perfumed the memory of the late Whig Administration. But they havequite as mo dest an assurance in their own merits and capabilities as the young Peelites have in theirs. Mr. Bright has no mis givings about the First Lordship of the Treasury; Mr. Hume of his fitness for the Chancellorship of the Ex chequer; Sir Benjamin Hall's rubicund ambition would not blush under the honour of the Home Secretaryship; nor would Mr. Cobden feel strange (however the country might) in a seat at the Board of Control. They feel no hesitation about the justice of their own claims, or to whom the prize should be awarded. To whom else, in deed, except to those who know what trade is, by a feel ing experience of its workings and mysteries—who know what money is, by having passed their lives in its acquirement—whose years have not been spent among men of birth and education, in the atmosphere and among the traditions of statesmen, but in the actual hard work of the mill and the factory, and to whom the cabalistic letters s. d. are " the be-all and the end•ah" of this sublunary world. Verily, if the conceit of Pythagoras was a just one, that all difficulties in heaven above or in the earth below were resolvable by numbers, if it be possible to cipher away all political c omplexities, if the essence of wisdom is comprehended within the calf-skin Cocker, Messrs. Cobden and Bright are the only helmsmen fit for the State. Why will not the nation have them? The third and the last party are the Whigs, now mute from their last defeat; but whose evening organ at last puts in a tacit claiM to the gratitude and regard of the nation, on the ground of their long experience in office, their silent and successful progress. In theie respects undoubtedly the late Administration has claims above all others—it may well gain the first vote for itself; the second for the present Ministry. If long continuance bo a claim to respect and a privilege for place, in God's name lot them have the full use of that claim, in common with all abuses which have only the merit of long stand ing to shelter them. But if length of years bring honour, they also bring incapacity with them; and if this be all that their successors want, it is a fault that time will easily mend. Just as each of these parties look upon their own claims as supreme, from some fancied merit I eculiar to themselves, for the same reason do they throw out the most incompatible accusations against the present Ministry. One party reproaches it with in capacity and intellectual in teriorit y; another thinks it too clever and too brillia nt, but nut composed o f men of figures; ano ther regards it as too young , and inexpe rienee in the ways of office; a fourth are always ex claimingtoo that the last Ministry was too old and h ac kneyed. Different winds blo w all at the same time For the from different points of the political compass. days men have last six years, and within the last few . e have been calling out for new blood in the Cabinet; n ti t ar y e been been complaining that no young, statesmenr d mere ur brought forward, and none were more lou havoenevr blood gent in the cry than the Poelite organ. We a number of .we have a new infusion in the Ministry — d now ht forward —an young statesmen have been broug more experienced what is the cry? "We want older and n an older set statesmen." Impose on the Datiocon sistent organ of men, and then the sam ,, e we want younger will veer round and cry, has been raised men." A general exclamation t hat there were no men o f g enius or originality in one invariable red-tapeisna, the Ministry—nothing but precedents and records. unable to travel beyond its own ht p into the present Ad- A scat Raman has been broug bitterest enemies cannot refuse ministration to whom his . t en d genius, and yet the same the praise of great talhent brilliant parts and acuteness authority exclaims, t a llor of the Exchequer. Who are unfitted for a Cblince t s mere malice, and tho r t does not see that allot his d spirit? No knot us of a narrow and sisal an hold such a shifting Protean; he would discover motes in the crystal with a magnifyin g examine the sunbeam, or flaws. Such are to discover the _ the amiable glass of disappointed selfishness. Provo to occupations aspereers of the this and other of present Adminis formed of men tration that it is and tried ability and known integrity, hcy will require that it should include men of genius. P rove that such is the case, and they will say that they want men of experience. Point to te' n ames of Stanley, Wellington, b ug d en, an d liar t d they will assert dinge, an f vv they want young men. Pro duce the name s o a pole, Manners, and young Stan ley, and they will still have another shift—they require men of figures. Produce the names of Herrins and of Henley , and they will want something else. Thei r fastidiousness is like that of Benedict, the bachelor, an d ar i s es pretty much from the sa me cause. " Till all graces bo la ono woman, ono woman shall no; come to my grace. Lich sh© shall be, that's certain; wise, or I'll none; viirtaous, or I'll cover cheapen her; fair, or I'll never g o ), on her; mild, or came not near me; noble, or not for au angel; of good discourse; an excdlcot musi cian; and her hair shall be of what colour it please 'cod." About as definite as this last would be the Objection in the rac. , uth of the Chronicle and ethers, tig,ainst the present or any other iklinistry, not of their own formation, even if it combined all qualities, as per fect and as plentifully as to suit the captious fancif's of a lenedict. A Ministry that shall suit a . ll tastes and meet 1 objections is a thing impossible, like any other per fections. In the present one there is at least such a Combination of talent, experience, official capacity, and young blood, as will satisfy the candid. More cannot fairly be demanded, unless Lord Derby descends io an olecticism in politic=, which is es objectionable as electicism in religior. A fair and temperate advocacy of t,is own views will command the respect of the nation; we aro fain to believe, of all parties, however diversified their opinions. For there are plenty of questions in Which, if all cannot agree, yet all can combine —sanitary, 6ocitil, and even commercial—for the well-being and in terest of thy country. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. The Ordnance estimates have just been issued and we aro now able to see what the authorities propose to do in this department oft he public service. Comparing the sums about to be demanded from the Parliament with those voted for similar purposes last year we find an in crease under the heads of pay and allowances of 36,742/ ; under the head of commissariat and barrack supplies an increase of 25,2991 ; and under " scientific branch" an increase of 10,253/. The enormous cost of the Ordnance office itself is reduced from 75,950/. to 75,580/, showing the wonderful saving of 3701. Other reductions en cer tain branches appear on the statement, which winds up, however, with the announcement that 25 6661. more will be required in the coming year than was asked in the past. One thousand extra men are proposed to be added at this addition cost to tho Ordnance military corps. There can be no better time than the present for in troducing to the notice of the new Master-General of the Ordnance, and to the public, the defective state of the royal regiment of Artillery; and when speaking of that corps, we refer of course more particularly to the proper expenditure of the sum it costa—that is to say, about 400,000/. a year of the public money. But first one word about stores. To the Ordnance the nation Las entrusted the care of all our engines of war, powder manufactories, sea coast batteries, and the organizations of the corps whose par ticular duty it is to work these engines and man these batteries. And how has this trust been fulfilled? Sim ply thus: that at the end of six-and-thirty years of peace there is scarcely anything of a satisfactory nature to show for the vast sums expended. When we are ask ing for additional national defence, this becomes a really vital question. Our powder magazine, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, is situated on tae River Thames, and open on every side. A spark from any Gravesend steamer, when the powder is put out to dry, might occasion an explosion which would shake the very Ordnance-office in Pall-mall; whilst to protect this store from incendiaries, who might in safety any night lay a train for its destruction, there are not half a dozen sentries. Custom may be a good, thing in its way, but it never can be shown to the satis f ictidn of the people of England, that because it has been usual to store powder at Purfieet, it should there be stored for the future; and that because some twenty years ago not more than half a company of artillery could be spared to garrison the place, that the garrison should still be restricted to so small a force, when there are hundreds of artillery-men learning carbine drill at Woolwich for want of something else to do. Our splendid and most valuable arsenal at Woolwich is also totally unprotected. As far backas the time of tho great French revolution, a distinguished officer —General Tarleton—explained to the House of Commons its ex posed situation, but from that day to this nothing has been done beyond improving certain field officers' quar ters. Yet we have fortified arsenals such as Portsmouth and Plymouth, and central situations like Weedon, where guns and cartridges could be much more safely stored than at Woolwich. Such improvements would not cost the nation one penny. There would be no oc casion for removing one brick from the Woolwich arse nal. Guns might be cast there; cartridges might be manufactured there; but when once guns are finished and cartridges packed, let them be at once sent off. If stores are required at Gibralta, Canada, or even for our own southern counties, could they not be forwarded far more rapidly and expeditiously from our southern sea ports, besides affording employment to certaiu people— termed fire -masters—who have for the most part nothing to do? Another point, also, should not be overlooked. Would it not be as advisable to mount such guns as are already made in such batteries as we possess, instead of keeping them looked up at Woolwich? Would it not be better to use well what we have, than to be crying out for extra money to build more batteries with? But now let us turn to the Artillery. If, however, the resources which we possess in arms are not properly: applied, the state of the Ordnance corps is still worse. There are at Woolwich five batteries of foot artillery and three troops of horse artillery, which should give us a complement of forty guns fit for service; but how does the case stand? We find upon investiga tion that to put a troop of horse artillery on a war foot ing it woulil be requisite to break up the whole of the three troops at Woolwich, and furthermore to beg horses of the troop at Newcastle. Again, the foot field batteries are formed for the purpose of bringing into the field guns of a heavier calibre than those used by horse artillery, but so far from this being proper, they have only six-pounder guns, so that if the men were given nine-pounder guns, they would have to leave their am munition-waggons behind. And all this sacrifice of effi ciency is made just to be able to " show off" on Wool wich-common, previously—as Sir Ch ar les Napier well says—to enjoying champagne, luncheons. Upwards of some dozen companies of W(ifl are retained at Woolsvieb, to guard our arsenal; a duty which the sentries in Ports mouth dockyard could do just us well, yet by keeping the stores and guard at Woolwich ke withdraw twelve hun dred efficient men from our coast defences. Yet session after session sees the representative of the Ordnance, get up in his place in the House, and congratulate the nation on the efficiency of the artillery. The proposal to add one thousand men to the artil lery looks like an addition to our means of defending England. Da not let the people be too sure of this. This additional thousand men is to give, we aro told, ten extra men for each company;—but half the artillery companies are serving abroad, a fact which we can scarcely suppose the Ministry to have been ignorant of when their plan was made known. Consequently, our thousand men may—so far as force in England its con cerned, be, in reality, m only half that nuber. The chief opposition to putting the regiment on a proper footing arises from the difficulty of coming to any agreement as to how promotion should be given to the officer; in the higher ranks,—a consideration cer tainly of some weight, and which, unless duly settled, would give, or rather does give, us officers eho from age and debility aro totally unfitted for command. This it was that caused a division of the regiment into bat talionc, each battalion having its head quarters at Woolwich, with a lieutenant-colonel and an adjutant; thus giving twelve colonels and twelve adjutants to do what might be easy work for any two efficient officers. Many a good plan for remedying this has been pro posed, but one was too French, another too Russian, and so on—as if an English plan must be something unique. We have imitated forei g ners in too many of their bad points to be too proud of adopting some of their good unc3. There are, however, two well worthy of the Master-C en erar e consideration—one made by Hume end end the other by Colonel Chesney, the energetic commander of the Euphrates expedition. Mr. Hume proposes that the rank of second ptain of artillery should be abolish ed as useler sanFadid. Is expensive. is a For its utility not a word co uld ever be sort of brevet rank, its holder being ll a e t resent captain in the army, but a bond fide lieu tenant of arti he A p ads to one there are two captains to a company .twroy. house—for the distinction of rank i s not _rst withsufficiently gr eat to induce the second ca p tain to obey first the any great alacrity. Colonel Chesney's proposal is to do away with the present battalion system, and its consequent imposition of field officers doing nothing at Woolwich. And really Woolwich has so outgrown its original purpose, that the sooner some decisive measure is taken to change the whole system the b etter. At p resent we h ave an innu merable host of colon els, lieutenant colonels, adj u t ants, and staff-surgeons actually not knowing what to do with their time. But although the service would be at once improved by Colonel Chesney's plan, no Promotion would be lost; for t h e co lonel proposes that every two 31 shouldithafi be eldcififocrenaretdoienotmo b a tt e ries of field artillery ra n naenbaat tery on a war footing , it. A judicious arrangement. Probably the idea that the formation of another use less battalion at head -quarters would attract public at tention gave origin to the scheme of gi • ving ten men per co mpany instead of raising one thousand men as an ad dition to our home force. But the time has gone by for an y public measure to be s The nation likes to kno muggled up in the dark. ea for what it pays taxes, and is anxious that the mon pended. ey so p a id should bo proper l y e x- Lord Harding° is be a soldier of some reputation, and has now an opportunity improvements of making great in the department which govern. ich he has undertaken to we The country is willing to pay what is right; but, if are to pay well, let us be served • well. Let us have military realities —not costly, tinselled, pipeclayed in efficient shams,.—Daily News. DEATH or A ncunisnor Menu y.—The venerable Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, whose dangerous illness was noticed in this paper yesterday, died at a quarter to six o'cldek on Wednesday morning, a t hi s residence in illountjoy- square, Dublin. The death of this ex cellent prelate, whose life has been a model of Christian for bearance i n a c ountry where such an example is invaluable, is deeply r egretted by moder ate men of the several r eligious denominations. The parish priests and prebendiaries of the diocese are to assemble in a day or two, to select a Vicar- Canitular, Who will be entrusted with the ecclesiastical an• thority until the appointment of a new Roman Catholic Arch bishop. A decree has just been issued by the Spanish Go vernment fobse discharge of certain certificates, amounting to 600,000/..ued in 182 S, in sat:sfaction of claims of Bri tish subjects, according to an arrangement between the two nations. The rate of interest paid upon them has been 5 per cent., and it was stipulated that Spain should have the op tion of redeeming them during the first four years from the d a te of their issue at 55, and at any subsequent period at 60, her upon giving six months' notice. She has now availed se lf of this clause, and th ere f ore it i s a t the latter price they w ill be paid off. The debt having been arranged wader the auspices of the British Government' who would have felt bound to maintain the rights of the claimants in case of de fault, the interest h as always been regularly met, and the price or the certificates itt the market WAS 144 ht has 66. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. O Feb. 17 and 24 (R o b ert S tep h enson , in the chair), the di scuss i on on M r . Ell q . , paper, " On the Permanent Way of ; Reilways," occupied the whole of thEse evenings. Tne imporbince of diminishing the cost of meinte nance of way was admitted by all the speakers, and numerous improvements iutroduced.for that purpose were mentioned. Those which appeared to have ob tained the most general approval, were Mr. Fowler's long chair ; Messrs. Adams' and Richardson's fished joints; Mr. Samuel's fished chairs; Mr. P. W. Bar low's cast-iron eleepers; and Mr. W. H. Barlow's sell-supportieg broad-flanged, wrought iron rails. Each of these systems were shown to possess peculiar qualities, but it appeared to be admitted, that the latter combined the greater number of advantages, now that the more powerful machinery of the iron works enabled heavy rails to be rolled with greater facility, and at a less cost. The asserted rigidity of the iron lines, without timber sleepers, was combated ; and it was stated that, from the evenness of the joints, the wear and tear of the rolling stock would be dimi nished, the cost of maintenance of the permanent way would be materially reduced, and that provision against the effects of the contraction and expansion of a long length of rails rivetted together need not be made, as in practice the anticipated effects were not experienced. It was stated, that the system of fishing the joints had been practised in Germany for some time, and that as far back as 1838 rails with a hole at each end exported from this, country ; it appeared, t obe the general o pi n i on, that these holes however,ha d were not intended fur fishes, but for traversing pins to hold down the ends of the rails in the joint chairs ; however, within the last few years the system of fished joints had been introduced with great advan tage in Germany. The numerous varieties of form proposed by Mr. Adams, for inflexible girder rails, for hollow iron sleepers, for a combination of timber and stone bear.. ings, &c., were discussed; the system of accumulat ing all kinds of assumed forms was censured, as hav ing a tendency to retard the introduction of improv meats by. practical engineers • and the compound rails were obj ec t e d to as being less substantial at first, and more expensive to renew than Barlow's rail, which, when exfoliated on the surface, could be again rolled, at a cost of less than 2/. per ton ; the other modifications were not considered to be required, as with the present experience in railway affairs, with good materials, care in putting them together, and keeping the whole in order, a good travelling road might be made and maintained on any of the usual systems. Up to the present time a strong bridge.. rail, firmly secured to a strong loegitudinal balk of timber, soundly packed with dry gravel ballast, and well drained, had been admitted to be, if not the best, one of the best kinds of permanent way. It remained to be demonstrated by time what amount of improvement was introduced by the continuous broad-flanged rail, which it was admitted did appear to be well adapted for foreign lines, but with respect to them it was contended, that in almost all the tropical climates there were some kinds of timber which resisted the white ant, and those would neces sarily be used ; but it was probable that the use of iron might be found ultimately more economical, even if it were more costly at the outset. On the question of stone block railways, it was urged that on several lines so constructed, where the traffic was considerable, but the velocity did not ex ceed ten or twelve miles per hour, the rails lasted well, and the cost of maintenance of way was light ; but that where the velocity was great the rigidity was objectionable, and caused too much wear and tear of the rolling stock. In the various statements of the cost of mainte nance of way, it was essential to specify what items were included in each, in order to arrive at any com parison. When iron was cheap and timber compara tively deer, the proposed system of cast iron sleepers and of very heavy continuous rails might be advan tageously adopted, but in countries where timber was abundant and iron must be imported, the system of longitudinal timber sleepers and light rails would of necessity be adopted. With respect to the cast-iron sleepers on the,South- Eastern Railway, it was stated, in reply to questions, that there was not a greater amount of breakage than with ordinary cast-iron chairs, although the system had been principally tried on a part of the line where the traffic was very heavy and the ballast was very bad, and that the offer of Mr. Taylor, the contractor, to maintain and renew those parts of the line laid with cast-iron sleepers, for 21 years for 1001. per annum, sufficiently proved the fact. It was urged also that it was impossible to draw any accurate deductions from the expenditure in maintaining a wood sleeper line for six months, as it might appear in the next half-year that an apparent saving had been made at the expense of increased de terioration. It was urged that the duration of rails must depend on the quality of the iror, the proportion of its weight to the traffic, and the velocity and amount of that traffic. That the question of the cost of main tenance of way was, up to the present time, almost an insoluble problem, the elements being inconstant, no absolutely parrallel cases being in existence, and unle9s all the conditions were distinctly given, no comparison between different systems could be established. The paper announced to be read at the meeting of Tuesday, March 2, when the monthly ballot for members will take place, was "On the Electric Telegraph, and the principal improvements in its con. struction," by Mr. F, R. Window, Assoc. Inst. C.E. TUE FRENCH INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND THEMAIL. Tho Semaphore of Marseilles has the following on the subject of transmiseiou of the Indian mail:— In the struggle entered into between the two coun tries of which Marseilles and Trieste era the champions, every one is aware that the victory will remain with the one vs hich shall gain a speed over the other; politics will have bat a very slight influence in the affair, and England will definitely give the preference to the shortest route. The question, therefore, is to ascertain whether the passage of the English mail through France is greatest possible speed. To put this effected queat with the ioriisto solve it. It is only necessary to follow with some attention the march of this service, to ace that there is much wanting both in rapidity and regu larity. To quote only one example, we will say that the snail which left Marseilles at the end of January la took 86 hours to reach London, alth ough the journey m i g ht, if necessary , have b e e n made in 4 8 hours. Every snail meets . ono is generally cveed in attributing the frequent the first e;aesificat. causes: w te h r i r c i h tory the to .Bn tw gi e i'll peinci pal with on the i lti n Cit tl ai a 3ic' e sil examination end which takes place at the r mu of the letters, seines, and which Gccesicns a loss of at Mar • time; the second results Irene thess about two hours' for the fast trains on the reP necessity of waiting delcy, varying front on- 'kw ay, which causes another , hour to tun I. , the hour of the arrival of the p .oars, according to evidently fella within the es 1 pascket. The first delay vernment. it we are Ir.,il ee: it ,, tve. domain of the Go has the rare merit of assuming -tenurnacd, the Prefect, who which interest; hi; d the irthiative in all affairs commueicatien to the. Government, has just addressed a that the sorting of the in which he suggests forth m _ . ,_ et. Malta mail „'l,°o cnlewhich would save to the English stifle :" i T ". 114. 1 i f is lost in that operation at Afar this nact is the most rational means of seriousreme dying inconvenience, and it is hoped that this awyfr e oi, ) n may be acceded to by . the Post-office authorities. The second cause oe delay is more compli cared. In order to remedy it it would suffice that special trains should be placed at Marseilles at the dis posal of the English courier on the arrival of the packet. But here there arises a question of expense, which must he first solved. There probably :exists in the contract which has been entered into between the French Post office and the English Government for the transmission of the India mail, ;a blank as far as concerns the trans port by railway, and which blank it will be proper to fill up. On tae other hand, the dispute whicn has arisen between the Post-office and the Avignon to Mar seilles Railway Company, relative to the transport of dispatches, is not yet settled, and will doubtless act on the service of the India mail, which is thus reduced to the condition of a private undertaking. In such estate o f things the English courier only takes a special train under very particular circumstances, and never except by paying the expense of it. The Prefect,:in h is 81) '' pl i ca tion to the Governm ent , h as s aid nothing .on the subject of the expense; he has confined himself to pointing out facts, and the inconveniences which result from them, and demanding that they should be remedied by having the nece ssar arrange ments made in order that the moment th e English mail is landed, the courier may find a train, either special or not, but a fast elle, always ready to start with him. The Chamber of Corn meref4, to which the Prefecteoninaunicated his intended application, has also support ed it by an application. The question thus put cannot fail to receive a speedy solu tion, and one in conformity with the interests of the country. It must not be forgotten that it is the whole of France, and not Marseilles alone, which is interested in preserving the transport of the India mail, and no thing should be neglected to obtain this result." ELECTION. — Last evening a meet• inYorfEtshTelriencis of Mr. John Villiers Shelley, took place at the Piazza PiaZZA Hotel, Covent-garden,. for the purpose of receiv ingexplanation of his political opinions, as a candidate an for the city representationupon the eventual retirement of Mr. L us hington. At a quarter to eight o'clock the chair , fa s taken by Mr. Thomas Prout. Mr. Shelley then cams forward, and having expressed himself in teams consistent With t he liberal character of his address, declaring himself favourable to vote by ballot, short P.irliaments, free tra te, proceeded to notice other topics not mentioned in that do cument. He engaged to oppose church-rates, as being as much an insult to the Churchman as to the Dissenter ; he was for defending the country by the navy, rather than for looking to a militia for safety. He would labour for the education of the a vote of confidence f rom hi s aud i ence , a nd people, and assert their right to self-govern meet. At the conclu s i on o f hi s address , Mr. Shelley received a promise of their support when the election should occur. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. —Yesterday a return to Par liament was printed, showing the stamps issued to news papers, &c., from 1837 to 18:10 inclusive. The return ex tends to 47 folio pages. There is no summary given, buL the ""Its it W each paper are mentioned.