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174 • 4 ti .• 5 7' WO , "a 149 i '; 1 ~ ~ )05 19% )o4 )0% . 71. 14 , ~_ LITERATURE. • B cfr f:4 IV OF RAILWAYS. By L. Shelford,' 4 , ~i ter at law. Second Edition. Butteru•orth. th e „‘..T.s pardcular stage of railway invest:Lent and of ilia L a % liatll "tary session, a more thoroughly useful or p u b r 1 1 1 busk than the present could not have been wsi e t i s i r e e l. In the present digest of the enactments %ere . a te to railways, the editor has shown more than „it," tipiatestsking ; he seems to have always kept in Partici t i e cenve nience of its readers, insomuch that any with .. ar section of the subject may be referred to sties" the greatest facility. 'The selection of illustrative e 5,,,,:,.. n!teeise most appropriate and judicious. To . k it Vule interested in railways—and to whom does this k eel " s ,erne measur e app l y ? — the volume h ere pro d uce d Pro s . a r esearch and i n d ustry o f M r . Sh e lf or d, w ill sth s te2l..st - most decid e d b oon : it w i ll unrave l to the nee will , h ~ht .ate •it Previously have appeared intricate , it Will 13 . a? them the bearings of any questionable point; tis s, in Troros them when they are in need of inform tditsis guide them when they require guidance. This %e st :: l s very considerably improved and extended, and pe s r ie l a ,, es, under their several heads, the powers, the vol,„ rs, the r esponsibilities, and the duties which de cals ~a P r rail way companies after incorporation. In With r t : u i , we w ou ld recommend all who are connected Proletiss“,waYs, eith er as s h are h o ld ers or ot h erw i se, to " tneniselves forthwith with this little volume. TftE „'' ----_____ 'E W TIIIO.N. A ROMANCE OF 'With I ONDOIV. Part IP. • 1,1414, Ulla fourth part concludes one of the most re- L i % ete e •e s P°„ ems of the present generation ; we speak , --ar keill e " 4 : " e ally, regarding the " New Timon " as re +jail s" 1 a threi,L!d degree—its conception being d s Y ori(e -I ley 's i ns., its language and imagery new, its ten trado sal moral. •On its appearance it was in of all pod to tile lovers f toetry with the most decided of reilssaPorts to popularity l with which any production ap e i tige Merit can possibly be accompanied—it had the s 4sis ° I . helms anonymous. Many, doubtless, may pti ss bil ii t ' lie fo e a r: I t nt i el racy aspirant very questionable sort of advantage ; -4 a, a. is r se!ses, we must ever regard it as the . sat . e . st aspirant can adopt. For one thing, It . a .1 . & etie7o attracts attention by its intrinsic worth, while ` s e se r i s P l . t ge is without any clue to the authorship, IN, en v3lty of its readers is excited, and, in c-eu- Klits• es ' a double interest is aroused. Without this :II ii,,, t, secresy the " Waverley Novels" would in L S eN t ie,"(l have been regarded as very clever and t Tpl . "' efferts on the part of Mr. Walter Scott ; e .4 , l t)ls illi ght possibly have exclaimed " What versa s''llit b,P a ssages in " Marmion" and "Old Mortality" 'lit h;" hsen compared, and those glorious fictions 'qty ere subsided much sooner into the quiet immor thq j bookshelves. Without this- incitement to in- I llil ,Pa s i e li , i us would never have achieved one moiety cf ~..,s 11 0z s"‘ renow n ; without it, the humourous writings i n ' l i4a wo uld scarcely have reached their first extreor , 'sors;",,rculation; without it—to come to a more recent, R: la iret;n„sigoificant but nevertheless quite as appropriate ' 41 (1 4 , - " o e , e , --- " Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb," Voss ~" assuredly never have extended its admirers . , 4 sis s ` s ue subscribers to the circulating libraries. Tisi s ° s uduced these examples in corroboration of our to t e p,,, ti iu s ro s izi the . peculiar . benefit which redounds s7ied s ro ughly meritorious work, when unaceom rsgh ss .3' Its author's name, we will revert, and that „" ili s ",I,,i4considerable pleasure, to the anonymous writer i' 4 sstiii 401/lance of London." To the multitude he t tkasi f . ° utinue to be anonymous; to us the paternity ;hued.4 pr, e w ,St; through every couplet the peculiar bias of 'Ted literateur is evident. Every description is m. ts,s. wised his peculiar idiosyncrasy; the . plot, the . ch . a es. ' ss,e situations , are traceable to his imagination t t t h a g titltilike his illustrious predecessor of Abbotsford, e l'e, sr * e "' s %II aside the arabesqued-garment and opium ,' a t , Cr s ' rt onsance, to assume instead the bay-garland nat aile ystal , goblet of poetry. Upon this his re-ige es,Nipee „'n an unexpected character, and that, too, with h"tlis s fluent freshness and vigour, we congratulate the ir es. °f th e "New Timon," and we congratulate our- Lilki L is a a translator of the . ballad-glories of Schiller, "at '"ready tasted the hippocrene—in the present I a nd . h. fall not unsuccessful effort, he drinks . e e,terake and refreshing draught of that celestial th'4sll3h tai• Those who have not been fortunate S s ` N ell Peruse this satirical poem may conjectu . re - I ,_ 4 ted . ; no Mtuendation is over-laudatory and mis- F4,,n ; pu istl a t n -an earnest desire to clear ourselves fr9M upon our character as candid critics, 4, 4 ess s in ,94 those individuals to the production itself— cLetis—lailY to this fourth and concluding part, which L.sij respect is so immesurably superior to its pre iirlf:ies i t , l ,' Meanwhile, as some assurance that.: such 4's, t illy merited , we will transcribe One deserip k a des • - '• I, o st • scription of that very hacknied subject 41 tie 4 'e —a description, however, which of its class e laet The ( 1 companion in the language while yet, around the Indian, lay tdamn'L l antastie groups—resumed the w:y; . eh old • b . • • h'ish. t ',." 'ullstately from the east, k - k'ai r a :7 God.spre ° sence,. contes_the glorious Priest ! pow, gives .ueseenas , the Mighty One to whom g i ves the charealo hallow and illume ! as li ' enta st e comes—through the great temple, EARTH, 'e rich jubilee of grateful mirth ! . e e' ke;•". 7as flowers their odour-censers swinging, Nii. ,l4 , asted glades Air 'a anthem-chorus ringing; ,stliKs'ike some soul lifted aloft by love, . I ,ti, th it l;d alone the skylark halts above, I „sne„' s ,er the sparkling dews, the glittering corn, , k s i " his frank happiness end hails the morn !" k loa, h ° l t d„ eery employed in the opening of this passage is ";;%t ,2g, but the success with which it is embodied is Zit ate, and most beautiful. A bolder symbol of the 4: 4 11t - h'llarY was never imagined, and the manner in S"Pets t 14 etaphor is carried out is commensurate in all D o ty''• As some additional evidence of the " true l:, ti lor' sti rring within - the secret chambers of our 4 4 ; Y aieis lend, as a token that his fancy aspires to very 4111a,i-Ss turn we to one of those ambitious gleamings t t i i ir,'„' rl ation which occasionally glitter in the pages of I N vs, ref dreams." He is depicting a tempestuous l t ssi (-)77ir).49aleesLthe wild blast dies—and fair and far, t k th s ,e tithe of cloud, looks down the solemn s ar-- ' oke CaJestic moon; as watchfires mark e r f sa t e s Ping War dim-tented in the dark; g )4 1 ,1 1t • "9 1 4 antique chaos and the storm A 'tie „ n e. r, whired and writhing into form It tk , gets . p eer vp 4 '4 t , , t g i t Y no meagre or impoverished intellect could as t ali! ' s lated a thought at once so huge and delicate . i t . ' s 6 ' 0 mere dabbler in the Helicon could write Os, r al iron grasp like this! Wo do not wish to ts ~thejr 4 lt a beauty where none exists: the quotations . t tl elo s 4,o index. Part IV. opens with a description li h , he r ; Is Pilgrimage in search of " forgetfulness ;" roll c his title to be distinguished as the New 0tri... 8 fully demonstrated. His affections !area . by 4 i)l (n itiait eta 3' th i Yof Lucy's father; his soul . burning with ki i ls se rat for vengeance (a holy thirst, we say, be- I ttt. he,:gi t g ating in his reverence for his sister's fame); k "lii '. e mpty' - and - pulseless with' desolation,' the • 1 1 , ti:atiders through the fields, and the city ways, 4,0% 4 .( at 41 g 1 1 the fields again—at dawn, at mid -414 l qll i Of evening, and at noon—without the be, th, any CREED which might console him 4 0 : 0 1Ild Promise of future happiness. And here 4 }4,:r fo r Pause to point out mor e c l ear ly th an by an y z_or t i e l g"ing insinuatio ns , th e id en tity o f t h e author kt-Nes 1 .13 “ Romance of by comparing two ~,,Neght with a glandssule unmistakable similarity at r : e b at, iil laeguaee, n illustration. To be o de or, e nonycnous'poet, when alluding to this incei ksteo o rl,?rvale as to a futurity, says—in this final ?r when " New Timon"-- e ses s e tt his instinct of the life afar . O tt om th e soil and task'd the unanswering star, Ott - 1 1,11 °re than Hope:—that reflex-beam oc,faith— ,,tr ,traiitna moonlight on the unknown path._ o,l'reii,/,'ars ago Mr, (now Sir) Edward Lytton Bul . - N ' a ti t ,;€4 (his first literary production we believe . it t e,kll4` e volume, entitled ` 1 Falkland" : in it occur - 4 !: th e wi ng eloquent ejaculations, and we would - r . d. e nder compare the two fragments in spirit and tei I 1„; t er, v . sole sil s s3'• give worlds for a proof that death does net e ' 'i s i s •• • I have watched over the tomb; I have t e '„' ICc agony of my heart to her who slept beneath. 44' c)ve li .a Ve been, as it were, entranced with the intensity treOss4iadjuration. I have gazed upon the empty air, 4. 111 0 4 1 s c s u Pon my mind to fill it with imaginings. I have u ' i 1 1 , 1. 1 ,ki,1,7, unto the winds and tasked my soul to waken ssaslas. se to reply. All was a waste—a stillness—an th t N ti without a wanderer or a voice! The dead ?to I l t ill 1 :; 1 1 not when I envoked them ; and in the vigils of i!ltro', t o ',kit I looked from the rank grass and mouldering I viC r ,Nli t :',Le eternal heavens, as man looks from decay.to 4tri t ':lS',.... t. , Oh that awful magnificence of . repose— hat it:L ti ll ba, soiawatokreathing, yet unarevealing my thoughts; ,N 4 4 t1 9#1,1 8 ` p u er. ridvd notTo t d h ar e e m to lso I poured breathe aloud y the unhal thht4gitutlll of my mind to the majesty of the wesympa ei'llpet-d• In the vast order of creation—in the midst of t ,'lc t „ . * ; 13 " system of universal life—my doubt and in t()),49 r- murmured forth—a voice crying in the l e'heif and returning without an echo, unanswered 11 1i,, 1 a 1 , ,i.f , L l'it t , l it o 8 t7eltlY unnecessary to analyse a resemblance ,7 , )1.,' ' atm," manifest to every one : has the " New 'ts e " 4:3 to the borrowed from himself or from another? 11 , 14 . e', 4 , it .e. - o ' n ,, o ,. l o . urce of . this poem cannot , 'assuredly be ZL'etstlois " observations, however, should relate to si t "re th lt s Well. as to the writer ; for that purpose e"tai:4tee to short space we have still ,remaining must As , ), :tt, ni,i the former. One evening the hero over- f 1 1 ,44 4 1 s 3ti ra au "sainted and obscure!" discoursing!) ti 4 1 ‘ . 4, 1 "e4 ;alit.gootrines to a neophyte,—tracing out its o t t , i . a udit Purity, its accordance with our better 4 t ti sep s . s s olid, hopeful truth—while he demonstrates th. tril. 4 vit v ftoli re o r ' obscurity, absurdity, and foolish ft g ' , lg o the Heathen Dieties. This harangue of ilia ss c n : th ' s a masterly exposition of the creed of the "• onto int e a ngelic simplicityof which creed is con -4,, 4 kt:4B'", h , i 'Zo admirable . ines— , tie e ll 3 roos t sis to imagine more; ~, Oti ti e te e aspire who meekly most adore I 141114,,Nts stern Infidel is embued with these divine it„t l r e ': a I t ' s p ,":„is converted. With Christianity he h . k't - Lor c r"‘"e serenity ; he allays his vile yearn- S i : tsit i ll es 4s sioe ' l 4r deo'S blood ; he becomes, in the ab . - At "lin, " a • As a proof oc this total alteration in tll lv , s , ll, a , Ell., ! l ip ' il i i t t , ,.t be 'two - enemies meet by accident, in cle - l ive " 4 1.1,,p- 411, upon a Oink, that trembles over a l t 4 tr, t ,r by a ._log stream. Lord Ardeu is swept into 4 1 4 f,:ion by hurricane, and is saved from immediate 0 4 4 41, t ,' Seh;;the Indian, but very recently his dead as,(sikhr ,is este quently, however, Lord Arden dies ; his her e ro e i nlOre thrown penniless upon the world the Pa s 1.4 ' th e el operation of - the bastardy laws— but til ' i i iw eb er toL wealthy Mory ale at the grass tomb o I^4t,lt of e their love is assured for ever amidst 4Vtthu that r • of h - andstory t Sias e ... se.. region death ; the ter he -ge ese . et, lls trte ee ; rip, alcove the funeral yews, l'i SI LT. t hat ji.,l!ams the funeral shades suffuse! die vs,„ . th, gray the tender accents cease, LI, f ilt h , t hiß p, e was Love, and o'ercreatien peace !" la . 44 41 " P. , -" a as a whole, II le a, eti cal it promises . largely as to t 1; 4 oo 00 , xe,-,llcnce of its author. It has its tit • uot It ha s I nanY of which we have partfeu -4130 beauties of no ordinary lustre, T H many of which, in like manner, we have carefully ex tracted or referred to. The animus of the work is essen litunaLising; its diction is peculiarly-nervous and musical; its plot, artli a - few minor exceptions, is in genious; and its effect altogether bold, harmonious,•and origiral- No poem of equal length has issued from the English press for such a number of years as we have not the heart to enumerate, with anything approaching to the abilily of the " New Timon"—it augurs a resuscita tion of our bardic glories. Earnestly we commend the author to his pencil and the woodlands; with due exertion he may carve himself a niche for posterity. MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED.) FRASER. In these days, when hitter reproaches, abusive epi thets, and calumnious charges form the arguments of one section of the political world the Conservative leader, if we are to place any confidence to weeds, is more detested by many of his former friends than any or Radical, or Repealer ; it is a relief to find one writer, at least, viewing his conduct with calm impar tiality, and doing justice to the statesman whom the writer considers as lost for ever to his lesrty. This is a proof of good sense, and by-and-by it will have many imitators—for many of the Tory school at present have recourse to abuse from sheer vexation, and forget the first principles of justice and charity in the midst of disappointments which they never anticipated. They will, like the writer, be convinced in time that Peel's conversion is no selfish act—that it is rather a great sacrifice of power, of friends, of principles long che rished, and of many ties which no rational being would break asunder, but from dire necessity or pure love of his country. This is fairly admitted. "We give," says Fraser, " Sir Robert Peel full credit for a conscien tious change of opinion on the great question which is DOW under discussion in the Legislsture. But for such change, indeed; his conduct would be quite inexplicable. He has become a free-trader, because he believed that free trade would benefit his country." He then admits that the system of free trade may be very good—thee the repeal of the corn laws and the removal of protection from our heavily-taxed manufacturers and artisans may be a wise thing, but then says he, measures like these should not have been proposed by the Conservative leader, and be should not have dragged his friends through the mud: This "dragging of friends through the mud" has become a favourite phrase with a certain class--41 class so obtuse that they cannot perceive the folly of using it. Why are they dragged .through the mud? Because they will neither walk, nor drive, nor be led. They are obstinate as the most obstinate of all classes, and if they can be saved from ruin no other way, what other resource is there but to lay hold of them vigorously, and drag them thrOugh either mud or water, or whatever lies between them and a place of safety? It is equally preposterous to say that the Con servative chief should not have performed this act. Who, then, could have done it? Neither the strength of Lord John Russell, nor all the power of Mr. Cobden and the League, without years of ruinous agitation, and scenes which every friend of peace, and every sincere patriot would regard with deep anxiety and horror. If any two facts connected with these measures are more palpable than others, they are these. Sir Robert Peel can gain nothing personally or politically by the change, and there is not one. statesman in the country but him self who at the present day can carry it. However, the article altogether is very fair, and one or two portions of it might be read by the protectionists with advantage. We will give one as a specimen. It is well known that the landlords boast loudly that they, and their tenants and farm labourers, and other dependents, are the best customers at the markets of Manchester, and Leeds, and .Birnainghen. Listen, ye prot e cti on i s t s , t o y our friend . :— "In favour of a free trade the argument unquestionably lies, that there are periods in the history of all nations when the system of policy which reared ceases to be aPpliaable to their maintenance; exactly as in the individual man, the morale nd even physical'culture which most avails in youth 'becomes injurious in the vigour of our days, and kills if it be persevered in to old age. No fact, for instance, can be more perfectly established, than that the customs and excise, and other sources of revenue arising out of the system of protec tion were stretched by the Whigs, in 1839, beyond their just limits; that they imposed upon both dealers and consumers inconveniences innumerable, and had ceased to be profitable. In like manner the old assertion that the agriculturist is the manufacturer's best customer, will not bear a moment's in spection. - That the home market is more to the manufac turer than all the foreign markets into which he makes his way, we quite believe ; but the error is to suppose, that the only buyers in this market is the agriculturist. Consider what the articles are which the manufacturer produces. He gives us cotton-piece goods for our shirting and our sheeting, for the gowns of our wives and daughters ; he gives us broad cloths and narrow, and 'woollen fabrics of other sorts for our coats, trousers, waistcoats, blankets, and such like; he supplies us with stockings, shoes, hats, cravats. Every ar ticle that is used in the furnishing of our houses—our win - dow-curtains, bed-curtains, carpets, chair-covers, are the pro duce of his loom. Now, who are they that consume these different articles chiefly? Does the country gentleman, with his rental of five thousand a-year, expend half so much upon the clothing of his own person as a spruce clerk in the Ad miralty, or a shoprnan in Howell and James's? And when you look to the farmer, what is his every-day costume? A shooting-jacket, which asts him on an average five years—a pair of corduroy breeches,' leather gaiters, and high-lows, to work his way through which will take him three years at the least. It is only on market-days and Sunday that he arrays himself in his green coat and yell >yrs, and these are carefully pulled off and folded and laid away again as soon as the oc casion ceases. Nor is the case different if we compare the style of dress that prevails among the operatives, and that which suits the tastes and purses of the agricultural labourers. We venture to say, that more money is spent upon wearing apparel in any one thriving street in Manchester, than in half the purely. agricultural villages of Lancashire put to gether." In this number, the other articles in general are respect able, and a fee , of them excellent. We may mention among these, " The History of a Literary Man (Litman Blanchard), by Titmarsh;" " Newman's Theories;" and , "Contemporary Orators—Lord Palmerston." The con cluding advice in the article on " Pueeyisin" ought to be listened to with religious care by every friend of the Reformation:— _ _ " Every bold of union with such a party ought to be reso lutely and immediately broken asunder. Friendship, habit, kindness, personal advantages, what are these to an uncor rupted heart and a conscience void of offence? Under cover of our own betrayers, Rome advances. Not a moment ought to bo lost. Let the separation from the Jesuitism of Pusey and the development of Newman, be instant and complete. Severe crises demand decided measures. "If private sympathies still weigh down and detain the struggling disciple,—if the anchor, encumbered by drifting weeds, will not rise to the hand,—then one course only re mains, and that is to cut the cables and prepare for action at the signal, which ought now to be making from every high place of education throughout the kingdom,—.' Enemy at Sea.' " THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. Well compiled, and elaborately complete in its several departments, this quarterly journal—by the way the title.spundswelcome something like a buil—must be a periodical to agriculturists. " None of the novelties of science in relation to, this branch of • industry are for gotten ; in proof of which the present number contains a perspicuous essay on " The Electro-Culture of Farm Crops," one of the most marvellous and interesting of the phenomena broached by our living philosophers. " The Farmer's Note Book" again, teems with practical hints, and would prove good reading to any tenant-farmer iu the United Kingdom. Of the tables of the public revenue, showing the nett produce of the year last past, we can only observe that it is drawn up with very lauda ble accuracy and clearness : one circumstance in these tables we would especially call the attention of agri culturists to, namely, the remarkable increase in the price of butcher's meat in January, 1846, compared with that of December, 1845. Let them candidly bear this in recollection when the protection agitation is mooted in their presence, or when the presentemergency is treated lightly. Besides the original matter contained in the journal itself, a careful digest of the " Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society- of Scotland," is appended : an addition which materially enhances the value 'of the publication. THE BRITISH CHURCHMAN. The character of this magazine is strictly in accord ance with its title. Among its articles the most apropos is the one devoted to a consideration of " Ab solution and 1)r. PuFey's Sermon ;" but the one which must attract its reader's attention soonest is respecting ".The State of the Country." " Developements of the Papacy" reaches its fifth chapter ; of its tolerance we cannot trouble ourselves to speak. One thing, however, we would remind the author—the time has arrived when nicknames cannot render argument sounder, or enforce one side of a controversy in the slightest de gree. With other contributions of a more discursive nature, the ;Aurchman fills its allotted number of pages. ALMANACK OF THE MONTH. Whoever enjoys a digestive of laughter, let him get this little comical varlet of a book :—we will wager him a good waistcoat-full of cbucklings, and mellow chucklings to boot. Gilbert a Beckett, as penman, and Doyle, as pencilman, what doubt of finding some rare morsels of drollery, sufficient to put one on good terms even with the blustering winds of March ? " The Cockney Mariner," a parody of Coleridge's renowned poem is—great ; it is a wonderful bit of burlesque, especially with the basso relievo illustrations. The " Fashionable Novel, in Three Chapters." too, is an achie►ement : it is horribly true to the originals. Some serious curmudgeons might look upon this atom of a brochure from the Punch office, as an affront upon the public—to which opinion we can only say—let every one rush into the nearest bookseller's, and—pocket " the affront." SPORTING REVIEW. " The High Mettled Racer," after a picture by Her ring, is wonderfully spirited—it is a very creditable frontispiece to the Sporting Review for March. The literary portion of the magazine is proportionably ex cellent. Craven's chapter on " The Royal Hounds," will be read with much interest ; while to all admirers of the facetious or the descrirtive, " The Griffin's Re vrngP," and " My First Horse," will be very acceptable. With othe.r miscellaneous contributions, the Review is a fair specimen of its average merit. BANKERS' This valuable and cleverly-conducted periodical pro gresses with its usual ability. Its selection of articles for March is judicious and happily timed; and a tone of real truth and integrity pervades every expression of opinion. " Suggestions for a Decimal Currency': is worthy of very general perusal ; it is singularly original, and at the first blush looks really very feasible. Whether on reducing the theory to practice much confusion might not result to book-keeping generally, instead of bringing with it increased simplicity, a trial can alone testify. " Special Burdens' upon Banking and Commerce" is the old song of " Special Burthena upon Agriculture" to an entirely new tune. We renommend it to all pro tectionistv ; perhaps; however, they may regard it as merely a pa , quinade upon themselves—and;'as•far as the title of the paper is concerned, it is SO decidedly. With out transcribing the table of contents, we could not do justice to this number of the Bankers' Magazine ; • we therefore refer every one curious as to our commercial prosperity to its pages. . suN - .L(Lt , 4 DoN, ttluitso TION. #, L i tc, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITET- During thd Doetor Bachhoffner has been giving a series of lectures on astronoifiy in the theatre of this most useful institution. His remarks on the Ci.y . p&rJean system, aided by effective diagrams, showed the incor rectness of the opinions of Ptolemy and Tycho on this scien9e.. These elementary lectures, totally divested of the tramels of scientific technicalities, were well adapted to the capacity of the young. His opinion that a man versed in , astronomy, and professing to be an atheist, mast be a madman, was evidently mist satisfactory to his audience. These lectures will continue three times a week during Lent. The Learned Doctor was accompa nied during his lectures by Doctor Wallis, musical di rector to the above establishment, and organist of St. Paul's, Herne-hill, on an extraordinary new musical instrument, called the "melodian " invented by Mr. Groves, a 'native of Dublin, The singular volume and power of so small and portable an instrument has 'excited the strongest surprise amongst all who heard it. Its dimensions are only 18 inches by 22 inches, and four 'or five inches deep, being, in fact, no larger than a lady's writing-desk, and when it is unclasped it prelents two chambers to view, one is opened by a spring out of view, the other is found by pressing on the chamber. On the top chamber are ivory studs in the order of a piano forte keys with the flats or sharps, and it has the extent of four octaves, from F in the bass to F in alt. in the treble, In the act of performing the motion of the wrists, by pressing on the chamber keeps up a continu ous strain of wind on the vibrators, arid in this point it differs from all portable hand instruments, and by the discretion of the performer, produces effects from the soft passages to the strong hora effects of the organ. - It is best adapted for church music, but from its quick ness of touch, rapid passages can likewise be performed. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. Wonderfully silent is our political essayist of the Dublin University at this extraordinary period of com mercial change; the great achievements of free trade appear to have frightened his editorship into this un usual state of silence,—a silence, however, which we cannot induce ourselves to regret. In lieu of any lamentations at the downfall of protection, the magazine leads off with an agreeable story of a Roman_ sculptor's first-love. For one article we can eipress our' personal obligations; we allude to a survey of " The Insurrections and Insurgents of Italy," translated. from the Revue des Meux Mondes. In those two short chapters the reader obtains a perfect knowledge of the different moral con vulsions which have disturbed the Italian states during the past century. Geeing that it has long been the fa - shion to regard the domination of Italy under Napoleon as a most vicious and baleful despotism, we are rejoic'd to find a correct "exposition of that great man's policy brought before the EngliSh public in a con densed and ppular manner like the present. Far from reducing everything. into 'subserviency for the purpose of insuring the continuance of a tyrannic sway, and that at all risks, at all. hazards. and at the expense of any and every subordinate portion of the kingdom, Napoleon infused into the Government of Italy, a healthier tone' than that country had ever before acquired What does our writer say .respecting the modelling of his Italian constitution ? This— " Everywhere talent was sought out, and obtained its pro per place and due reward, Equality of right was, at the same time guaranteed by the code, by the new organ isation of the tribunals and the administration, and by the laws, which were highly favourable to industry and manufactures, and to the developement of the power of the middle classes. * * * * Dating from 1808, there was throughont all Italy but one code, one system of judicial 'organisation, one financial system, one method of public, instruction ' • the brigands were rapidly disappearing; the public roads were rendered safe to travel; and fusion of manners and intermingling of interests, was huirying on the work of.nationality. At the same time, a spirit of activity was infused into every nand; the peninsula began to be covered with new monuments -; ancient structures were completed and repaired; vast roads were traced out ; agriculture made astonishing progress ; and the arts, sciences, literatufe, and even the Italian lan guage, itself, never received greater encouragement, than during ,the rqign of Napoleon. . ... . . As to that section _of the aristocracy which did rot side with Napoleon,, it was annihilated by the salutary influence of that arrangement which elevated to the highe-t posts in the State men whose only recom mendation was their talent. -The .democratic party -had. noiselessly a ppeaqd,.absorbed . into, . the highly-popular admi nistration of Napoleon. The democrats saw that liberty and equality, though not nos., taped about, were, notwithstanding, realised." • - • • - These are important admissions, and show in its true light the abstract beneficence and practical good devolving upon the inhabitants of those classic territories through the agency of the Eniperor's sovereignty. Nor is the subversion of that wonderful man's power in Italy attri butable to any fallacies or discrepancies in his code, but rather to extraneous circumstances of a most unforeseen description. An internal agitation was excited by the aristocratic party, who had been slighted by Beauhar nais •' and this agitation was furthered still more by cer tain democratic factions of no principle whatever, either moral or political. Fanaticism, in the shape of a new sect, entitled the Carbonari, tended at the same time to stir up the more ignorant among the population; while a foreign interference on the part of the Austrian Go vernment fomented the difficulties of the Viceroy Eugene —difficulties which were brought to their consummation by the disasters of the Russian campaign. Thus—in our estimation, and in the estimation of all sensible readers of Italian history—a most benign "and humanising rule ~ w as subverted. Has the cara ebella Italict been. a gainer or a loser by the change of masters ? Is not its present position a sufficient answer? " Stray Leaflets from the Oak of German Poetry," are rugged and occa sionally uncouth, but rich with thought and feeling. " Glintings of the Shannon" are picturesque ; but the following, by that accomplished author, G. P. R. James, is the most powerful and apropos contribution in the Number:— ON A WAR WITH AMERICA. A cloud is on the western sky, • There's tempest o'er the sea, And bankrupt States are blustering high, But not a whit care Nye. Our guns shall roar, our steel shall gleam, Before Columbia's distant stream shall own another's sway ; We'll take our stand, And draw the brand, As in the ancient day. They count on feuds within the isle, They think the sword is broke, ' They look to Ireland, and they smile— But let them bide the stroke. When rendered one in hand and heart By robber, war, and swindler art, Home griefs all cast away; We'll take our stand, And draw the brand, As in the ancient day. • Oh, let them look to where in bonds For help their bondsmen cry— Oh, let them look ere British - hands Wipe out that living lie. Beneath the flag of Liberty We'll sweep the wide Atlantic Sea, And tear their chains away; There take our stand, And draw the brand, As in the ancient day. Veil, starry banner, veil your pride, The blood-red cross before, Emblem of that by Jordan's side, Man's freedom-price that bore. No land is strong that owns a slave, Vain is it wealthy, crafty, brave : Our freedom for our stay, `We'll take .our stand, And draw the brand, As in the ancient day. Shout, dusky millions, through the world! Ye scourge-driven nations, shout! The flag of liberty's unfurled, And freedom's sword is out! The slaver's boastful thirst of gain Tends but to break his bondsman's chain ; And Britain's on the way . To take her stand, And draw the brand, As in the ancient day. This is a fine, stirring, and noble-spirited poem. The number altogether for March is really excellent. HOOD'S MAGAZINE. The principal feature in the March number of this periodical is thekomniebeementd an historical romance, . entitled, "Nell Gwyntie, or the Court of the Stuarts." Some conceptick 'may be formed of itscharacter when we remark that it is thoroughly Ainsworthian, a more precise imitation of manner and incident cannot possibly as conceived, the resemblance is little short (to employ a paradox) of identity. Being anonymous, all kinds of conjectures as to the authorship may be indulged in ad libitum. And while we cannot for a . moment fix the paternity upon Mr. Ainsworth, we must be allowed to designate the author as his other self. The story opens in the dilapidated and abandoned pre cincts of Whitefriars, .otherwise known as Alsatia ; pistols are fired to frighten rats from subterraneous passages, nightprowlers are soundly cudgelled, thunder rolls overhead, house-doors are burst open, and trap doors lifted up, giving all lovers of the wonderful a dish precisely to their palate. Among the personages intro duced are the heroine (of course)—very faintly and feebly done is this sketch, by the way—a nameless knight (as a matter of neceessity, very handsome); a king of the canting crew, christened in the true slang as " Rum dumber ;" and a young lady disguised as-0 thou origi nal novelist !--a page. The whole closes in the most admired confusion ; and altogether the first instalment; of this romance is of the usual cut-and-thrust, highly peppered, and ridiculously impossible style. As an other specimen of a well-known genus in fiction, "Nell Gwynne" is satisfactory. A joco se paper on the " Ana tomy of Ghosts" follows ; and immediately afterwards comes a continuation of the " Bushranger of Van Die men's Land." Ono sonnet we must, in cheer grati tude, transcribe ; it is by that right exquisite son neteer, J. Jones : MOONLIGHT ON THE. WATERS. " If, from the gorgeous sun, more genial rays, To warm and cheer humanity, unite; • His sister-regent of the skies displays A More suggestive, soul-communing light— In this the mystical and vast we trace; In that a festal joy for all our race. Forth on the fancy's musings! o'er the sea, The moon creates a causeway with her beams, Capacious in its shining pageantry, And broad and firm, tho' undulous it seems. Awe creeps upon us as the distance blends, So glassy cold, with space that never ends; Ana our thoughts reach it, chasten'd and subdued. The flesh is weak to grasp the spheral solitude." Other articles of various merit impart a very tolerable interest to the twenty-seventh number of the Comic Miscellany. N.EWTON'S LONDON JOURNAL. As complete as ever in all its departments, the re pertory of arts, sciences, and manufactures, is deserving of a very extensive patronage. Ono valuable addition. we' would particularise, we mean the catalogue of "Celestial Phenomena" for the current month ; it is neatly arranged. SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL. In the present Number we have a paper on the growth and production of Indian corn, or maize, and the manu facture of sugar from the stalk, which should be studied attentively by every practiail agriculturist, for, if we mistake not, maize is destined ere long to be an impor tant article of diet in this country, and its cultivation will, in many districts, be a source of profit to the oc cupier of land. It yields magnificent crops, and its im portance " will soon be felt in the new application of it to the ma,nufactnre a sugar from the stalk, and-oil from the meal." As it is grown extensively in the British American provinces, there can be little doubt but that, as far as climate is concerned, it could be cultivated in this country. To those who feel inclined to try the ex periment, the following information may be useful A clay soil is not congenial to the growth of Indian corn ; the best preparation for it is a clover ley, made rich by ma nure. If the manure is long and unfermented, spread it on the sod and plough in with a clean smooth furrow. But if the manure consists of compost, 91. if it has been made fine by fermentation, spread it on the furrow after the land has been plpughed, and incorporate it in the earth by thorough harrowing. Plough but once, and spare no means to do it thoroughly. Plant early; keep the crop free from weeds, by frequently stirring the soil with the cultivator and hoe; and avoid hilling, especially for corn?' We have, in addition to thioa,per, an interesting ac coutit of Captain Sturt's expcft -, ion into the_intertor of Australia, and several vatiaste articles on Colonial iittitistiefs COLBURA'S UNITEI?, SERVICE MAGAZINE. We would recommend " A Tale of a Brevet," which is in the present Number of this magrzine, to the at tentive-I erusal of our legiilators, as an illustration of the iniquity of the system of permitting officers in the army, to purchase theiepromotion a system asimpolitic, and un wise as it is unjust and creel, and to which the happinesS of many a gallant officer who was rich -only in merit has been - mercilessly sacrificed. From ,an admirable paper "On the more efficient Manning of the Royal Navy,", we extract the following-observa tions, and we are delighted to see that this, the pro fessional organ - par excellence, has at length taken up the Subject of the injustice' of underpaying those to whose services we are iadebted'for our national eXistence. " The sailor is like the agriculturist, his labour is his capi tal, and it seems hard that he shou!cl not be allowed to take it to the best market. What-would be thought of seizing upon an agricultural labourer and making him work for a shilling a day, when the value of his labour was 'two shil lings? • The reason why .the royal service is 3J unpopular in time of war, is from the scanty rate of wages: other things may operate more or less, but the principal is' the low rate of wages compared with the merchant service. The lowest pay of an able seaman in the latter service last war, was five pounds a month, and rising according to the de mand for, or scarcity of seamen ; eight pounds for a run home frotn the West Indies, occupying about a month, was commonly given, whilst the pay of an able-bodied seaman on board of a man-of-war never exceeded one pound twelve shillings a mouth,.and thus it continued to the end of the war. It .was then thought too small for puce service, and was raised to thirty-four shillings a month, at which it now stands. We do not mean to argue that the pay of the mans of-war seamen should be equal to that of the merchantman, because the former possesses advantages over the- latter, which are equivalent to a considerable difference; but we do think,.if the Royal Navy is ever the be manned in war time without resorting to impressment, that in the first place the war-pay must be raised ; - -and next, as far as such a- thing can be done, the rate of wages between the royal and the merchant service must in some degree be equalised: then, with the advantage of Greenwich Hospital, and the hand some pensions allowed for servitude, there would be some chance of manning the navylpon the-volunteer system. "At this moment of writing, we are increasing our navy but seamen come in very slowly. Where are they ? The American navy is almost manned with British seamen ; and why? Because the wages are higher than in the British navy._ If we have a war, no doubt her Majesty will issue her proclamation, commanding all British seamen in . foreign services to return to their 'allegiance and - their country; and we doubt not every loyal English sailor will obey the call, and come forward to serve her Majesty. But at what a sa crifice ! Is it to be expected that a man who is receiving from 31. to 41. a mouth for his labour, should leave that ser vice, and enter one where he would only receive 11. 14s. ? "Here is a clear case established for the necessity for an increase of pay to our seamen in war s time, if we wish them to serve us. This -great country is rich enough to pay men a fair remuneration for their services.". We shall look with interest to the continuation of this valuable-paper. The other articles -are all of more than average mtrit. This is a most entertaining as well as most instructive number. of the United Service Ma gazine. DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE. We regret to find in the present number of this'rnao b m zine the following announ cement:— "NOTE PROM THE Enrrou.—Having, thus far, addressed our readers as 'the Editor of Dolman's Magazine,' w e thi n k it right to state to them that they will hear from us no longer in that character. This number is the last which we shall have the pleasure of carrying through the press. It is deemed desirable that the conductor of the publication should reside in London. In resigning, therefore, the post of Editor of Dolman's Magazine, we have to thank those writers who have, thus far, supported us, and have corresponded with us in so courteous a spirit as to have often tempted us to throw aside our incognito and claim them as personal friends. Cheerfully, also, do we recognize our obligation to those re viewers who have so generally approved our endeavours to establish a periodical which, representing feelings we would believe to be those of British Catholics, should contain no expression calculated to embitter the social relations of any class, to offend the sincerity of the religionist, or the self respect of the gentleman and scholar. Respecting ourselves and others, our Protestant contemporaries have treated us with respect. May the approbation which the public press has so generously bestowed upon us, be continued to our successor !" It is with regret that we take leave of the talented, warm-hearted, gentlemanly-minded man, who has hitherto edited !this Magazine, and to whose care and judgment it is mainly indebted for the high character which it has acquired. May his successor tread in his footsteps. GREAT CHORAL MEETING IN AID OF THE HULLAH TESTIMONIAL FUND. A second meeting of the pupils of Mr. Hullah was held last evening at Exeter-hall ,for the purpose of giving a grand choral performance, for the benefit of the Hullah Testimo nial Fund, in aid of the erection of a new •Music Hall. On this occasion Mr. W. H. Seguin lent his assistance. The first part of the performance consisted of sacred music; the second of secular music ; the whole con c l u di ng w ith th e National Anthem. Mr. May officiated as conductor. Nothing could exceed the precision and the accuracy of the choral singers, and their proficiency 'bears ampl e t es ti mon y t o th e plan of Wilhelm, and to the assiduity of Mr. Hullah as a teacher. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the grounds and plantations of. Osborne House, on Tuesday afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken out on ponies, on Tuesday afternoon, in the plea sure grounds of Osborne House. Yesterday the unfavourable state of the weather throughout the afternoon prevented her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, from taking their accustomed walks and rides. . Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen 'Dowager, at Wittey Court, Worcestershire. Her Royal Highness proceeded to the terminus of the London and Birmingham railway, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., and took her departure from the Euston-square station at ten o'clock. Mr. Mosquera, the Charge d'Affairs of New Granada, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. William F. Hamiliton, M.P., had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Archbishops of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of.Carlisle, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Oxford, and the Earl of Bessborough. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOI.-- 7 TITESDAY, INITIT, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The steeple-chase, it is fully expected, will furnish a field of at least twenty-four horses, to be- taken from the fol lowing:— . _ . Lord Waterford's Firefly,.aged, 12st 81b Mi. W. G. Loft's br 11 Cure-all, aged, 12st 41b Lord Howth's Switcher, 5 yrs, 12st 41b Mr. Adam's Pioneer, 6 yrs, llst 121 b Lord Waterford's Regalia, aged, list 121 b Mr. C. Brooke's Eagle, aged, list 121 b Captain Campbell's Craesus, aged list 121 b Mr. Atkinson's Golden Pippin, aged,. list 121 b, Sir R. Brooke ns Alice Gta:y, list 121 b Mr. Wyndham's MajorA, 6 yrs,- 11st 61b Mr. Austin's Troubadour, aged, list 611) Mr. Payne nd Culworth, aged, list 41b Mr. G. Lambden'S Carlow, llst 41b • Mr. Hammond, rd Brenda, aged, 11st 41b Mr. Robertson's Tinderbox, aged, Ilst 41b Mr. Ekins's Peter Simple, aged, Ilst 21b • Captain Barnett's Boxkeeper, Ilst Mr. H. L. Carter's llomilrillarriho, aged, Ilst Mr. Hey's Lancet, aged, list Captain Barnett's Marmeluke, lOst 121 b Mr. G. Lambden's Pickwick, lOst 101 b . Lord Sefton nd The Artist, 6 yrs, lOst 81b Hon. F. Craven lid Perambulator, 6 yrs, lOst 81b Mr. S. Crawfurd's Veluti, 6 yrs, lOst 61b Mr. Pearce's The Scavenger, 6 yrs, lOst 21b Sir R. Brownrigg's nd Lady Grey, lOst Betting hitherto has been very flat, but a few small investments have been made at the following prices :-6 to 1 agst Eagle (taken), 7 to 1 agst Lancet, 8 to 1 agst Veluti, 10 to 1 agst F irefly ' 10 to 1 agst Carlow, 12 to agst Golden Pippin, 14 to 1 agstCulverthorpe, 13 to 1 agst Switcher, and 15 to 1 agst Brenda. _ _ All the horses engaged in the Hurdle Handicap are on the spot, and moat of them will run:" - Entry for the Flat Race-50 sovs. given by the Earl of ,Sefton, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, &c. Lord Chesterfield's The Poor Soldier, 6 yrs—Lord Howth's Switcher, 5 yrs—Mr. R. Bell's Rosina, 4 yrs—Mr. Mostyn's b c by Phoenix, out of l'Hirondelle, 3 yrs—Sir J. Gerard's Camelia, 3 yrs—Mr. Binnie's Apparition, 3 yrs—and Mr. R. J. Mostyn's The Premier, 3 yrs. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.)- LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE-CHASE AND RACES. — WEccoitsDAY. stake. aged One mile. Fifty Pounds, given by the Earl of Sefton, added to a Sweep stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft. ; for three yrs old 9 , st 6:t fi Ll i b e ; 3 allowedfou r, 8s t 3l 3 b 8 1 b . ; :Thefive, secondSst l l t b o ; s s a i v x e andhis (7 Subs.) Mr. R. J. Mostyn's The Prem ier, 3 y rs ...... (T._Williams) 1 Mr Binnie's Apparition, 3 yr s 2 Lord Howth's Switcher, 5 yr s . 3 4 Ho d n eile E. 3 3, y l r . s H .... . . M05tyn'5 .......... hcenix, out of L'Hiron . b c by P , Lord Chesterfield's The Poor Soldier,6 yrs ... 5 Sir J. Gerard's Camelia, 3 Y rs — ..................... 6 Mr. R. Bell's Rosins, 4 yrs ..- ... 7 . Betting-6 to 4 agst Poor Soldier, 4to 1 each agat The Premier and L'Hirondelle cult, 5 to 1 each agst Switcher and Apparition. Won easy:" Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs., 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared, with /00 added. The second to save his stake. Mr. Adams's Pioneer, by Advance, 6 yrs, 1 Ist 121 b 1 Mr. Payne na CulverthorPe, aged, list 41b 2 Lord Howth's Switcher, 5 y rs, 12 st 41 b ' The following also start ed, b ut were not placed :—Lord Waterford's ch g Firefly, aged, 12st 81b —Mr. W. G. Lo f t ' s Cure• all, aged, 12st 41b—Lord Waterford's Regalia, aged, A l I t s k t in l 3 2 o lb n; Golden 3frC. Major A., 6 yrs, list 61b—Mr. Austi n ' s T rou b a d our, age d , list 61b —Mr. Lambden's Ca rlow, I I st 41b—Mr. Hammond Brenda, aged, llst 41b—Mr. Robert son ' s Tinderbox, aged, Pippin,E. Bro aged, list 121b —Mr. Wyndham ' s Brookes Eagle,. aged, 11st 121b—Mr. I Ist 41b—Mr. Ekin's Peter Sim ple , aged, list 211;--Mr. Carter's Homihiharriho, aged, 11st--Mr. Hey's Lancet, aged, 1 lst—Captain Barnett's Mameluke, lOst 121b—Mr. G. Lamb den's Pickwick, 10st 101b—Hon. F. Craven na Perambulator, 6 yrs, lOst Sib—Mr. Crawfurd's Veluti, 6 yrs, lOst 61b—The Scavenger, lOst 21b—and Lady Grey, lost. Won by three lengths. A Free Handicap Hurdle Stake of 10 sous. each, 5 ft, with 50 added. Two miles; over six hurdles. Sir W. Don's Sir Edward, aged, lOst 21b ... ...... (011iver) 1 Captain Campbell's Crcesus, aged , lOst 121 b . ........... The following also started :—Mr. Clift on ' s Pedlar, aged, 12st—Lord Chesterfield's New Brighton, 6 yrs, Ilselolb Mr. Duckworth's Clear-the-Kitchen, aged, .list 71b—Mr; Ralph na Evertors, 6 yrs, list 41 b—Mr. Roberts's Quick silver, 6 yrs, list—Mr. Heaps Chintz Print, 6 yrs, lOst 101 b —Mr. Cross na Singlepeeper, aged, lOst 81b—Mr. W. Turner na Sands, 6 yrs,' lOst 61b—Mr. Henderson's The Artist, 6'yrs, lOst 61b—Mr. Dymock's Grace Darling, loAt___3l, Sutciiffo's Alice, 98t 131 b—and Mr. King's Artful Dodger, aged, Ret 101 b. ito 2so relculA Won by a head, POLITICAL ECONOMY- The Rev. John Dufton, M.A., rector of Warehome, Kent, whose excellent introductory lecture, delivered to the members of the Ashford Mechanics' Institution in March last, we had the pleasure of noticing in these columns, has, we rejoice to perceive, again been directing his mental energies to the noble task of imparting gra tuitous instruction to his fellow-men ; and the result is a lecture, which, preceding as it does from the incum bent of an obscure Kentish village, would yet, from the soundness- of its principles and lucid exposition of its theories, bring honour to the most enlightened philoso pher of our refined and intellectual metropolis. Tie: subject of Mr. Dufton's lecture is the "Art and Science of Political Economy," than which a more interesting or more useful study, at the present juncture, cannot pos sibly be urged upon public attention. if we would have men arrive at right conclusions, we must first imbue them with right notions, and give them right views. Raillery acid ridicule may now and then accomplish cur purpose. Powerful arguments, addressed to some par ticular object, may sometimes produce the desired effect. But the great end to be aimed at is to imbue the minds of the people with general sound principles, the applica tion of which shall be invariable in all cases ; and there never was a period when it was more important that the science and application of political economy should be universally understood and appreciated by our fellow countrymen, and fellow-creatures at large, than the pre sent. We can only say we heartily wish we had amongst us more shrewd, clearheaded, men of the North, like the author of this lecture, to disperse the prejudices and ignorance of our southern provinces. We would gladly, if our space permitted, present our readers with copious extracts from Mr. Dufton's lecture, but we are compelled to confine ourselves to a brief and simple outline. For many, the very words " Political Economy" possess an alarming sound. It is an association of somewhat in congruous terms which they do not comprehend, so they fancy they must mean treason, revolution, and innova tion. Mr. Dufton, therefore, prudently . commences by defining political economy, as the science which treats of the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth ; or otherwise, as the " Science of Exchanges ;" or the " Philosophy of Commerce." He then notices vari ous objections advanced against this science, and proves that wealth, of which it treats, has no more necessary connexion with the vice of covetousness, than with the virtue of charity. The superiority of science over the unaided common sense of the judicious man, or the mere experience of the practical man, is next decidedly esta blished, in order to justify the application of scientific rules even to such a subject as the sources and distribu tion of wealth. After a while we find the studies of the theologian exercising a graceful influence over the mind of the political economist. He contemplates the mar vellous pbenomena connected with man as a rational agent, and as a member of society—the wonderful har mony subsisting betwixt private interests and public good, and the astonished, undesigned, and unconscious co-operation of thousands of disconnected beings for some one important object—such, for instance, as the victualling of a large city—and in all these things he discovers proofs, of Divine wisdom, and of an all-di recting Providence, as strikingly displayed as in the organic 'structure of the human body, or in the glorious works of creation. Again, the theologian comes to the assistance of the political, economist, and shows satis factorily that the progress of national wealth, and ad• vancement of civilisation, are perfectly consistent with the. moral improvement of mankind ; for the chief im pediments of this progress, and hindrances of this ad vancement, are the very things which God has either expressly forbidden, or the opposite of what he hath expressly enjoined. Such are wars, violence, insurrec tions, invasion of property, fraud, and indolence. And therefore the theologian justly argues that results, inva riably springing out of compliance with God's laws, cannot but be favourable to morality and virtue. In conclusion, he repudiates the absurd doctrine that rural ignorance must of necessity be associated with purity of morals, and that vice is the noxious exhalation of thronged cities and crowded workshops ; whilst he powerfully demonstrates the humanising tendency of commerce betwixt different nations, inasmuch as, by making them mutually dependent upon each other, it enlists self-interest on the side of peace, harmony, and civilisation. • We think we remember to have met with a specimen of that particular genus of which Mr. Dufton speaks, as "not only thinking, but wishing to think, that a con dition little removed from the savage state—one of Ignorance, grossness, and poverty—unenlightened, semi barbarous, and stationary, is the most favourabie to virtue." Ho was a country squire, a keen rider, and unerring shot. But he stuck to flint and steel, and rejected percussion-caps as an innovation. He refused to drain his estates—not so his tenants' pockets. He preferred peat and wood for his fires, with all their dust and dirt, to good coal. Be ridiculed the idea of teaching the poor to read and write, with Jack Cade, deeming it enough for an honest plain-dealing man to have a mark to himself. Ho anathematised railways, for they had spoiled his hunting. And the last time we heardof him he wastposting at the cost of two shillings per mile, and at the rate - of nine miles an hour, when he might have occupied 'a' comfortable first-class carriage for three pence per mile, and have travelled at the rate of twenty five miles an hour. Well, the genus is almost extinct. It has always shunned the bright glare of towns, and sought shelter in the deep seclusion of sequestered vales. Now, alas, railways and meohanics' institutions, are breaking up even these last retreats. Proud ignorance must soon seek a homo elsewhere than in populous Eng land. Nor are any doing more to render this curious genus a matter of past history, than men who, like Mr. Dufton, in some comparatively limited and obscure sphere, bring forth, for the edification of their own neighbourhood, stores of knowledge which would do credit to any station, however elevated. . . _ We cannot quit this eloquent and admirable lecture without expressing-. a hope that it also, like the former one, is only introductory ; and that the lecturer, having displayed to his hearers the open portal and inviting path, will ere long guide them into the interior of the temple of philosophy. PRINTING FOR THE BLIND. Major BENIOWSKI'S PRIMER for the BLIND. A New System for TEACHING the Blind to Read. The expedient of Columbus for making the egg stand on its narrow end was (as the sailors said at the time) no more than they could have used themselves, if they had thought of it. The experiment by which Major Beniowski renders the printing types, and the manner of printing now in use for the Seeing, available for the Blind, is so obvious, practicable, and easy, that it is truly a matter of wonder that no one ever thought of it before. Yet, to effect the desirable object of enabling the blind to read, great ingenuity has been exercised by benevolent and accomplished men, and vast sums of money have been expended to enable them to carry the laudable purpose into execution. The first step to wards the accomplishment of this end, was the printing of raised or embossed characters to be distinguished by touch—a sense which, by a happy compensation, is mostly of peculiar delicacy in the blind, and especially in those born blind. So much having been achieved, many difficulties of no trifling magnitude re mained to be overcome. Types had to be cast, is which the face of the letters was sunk, instead of raised as in the ordinary type, and for this purpose a "costly set of matrices had to be cut. Again, for the sake of simplicity of form in the characters, and the con sequent facility of learning the alphabet, a very clever and effective modification of Byron's system of short hand was adopted, and, as appeared some time ago in the " Sun" report of a public meeting and examination of the society 'l3 pupils at the London Tavern, with very great success. It is greatly to be regretted that this in genious, and in many respects excellent plan, has been to = a great extent laid aside in consequence of the difficulty of finding or perhaps of forming teachers. But the untiring philanthropists were not checked by this obstacle. New matrices were cut, of course, at great expense—and new type were cast of an alphabet in bold capitals, adapts d to produce the embossed -letters. Here, then, we might say 'the desired (and devoutly to. be desired) object is attained. But the cost is still, and must continue to be very great. It is true, that cost has not been allowed to check the benevolence of the society in a single effort. Yet for the sake of the interesting class of bereaved persons themselves whose solace is designed, to diminish the ex pense is of an importance not to be disregarded. Beniowski positively reduces it, from first to last, to the cost of ordinary printing. The books of the society are necessarily limited to portions of the Scriptures. By the method illustrated in Beniowski's primer, copied of any book composed in common type for the seeing, may be struck off for the blind by a very cheap and inexpen sive arrangement. Perhaps there is not a more gratify ing achievement than this to be found in all the triumphs of modern ingenuity. ENORMOUS AMOUNT or CRlME.—During an inquest on Wednesday, at the Penitentiary, Milibank, Captain Grove, the governor, stated that 'within two years and a half they had' trans ported from that prison upicard,s .of eleven thousand prisoners. Of these, there were, males, 9,445, and' females, 1,7,17,. besides midi there were juvenile offetidart4 WllO were keziaor twelve - mnotha VW= tO tt4llsportattn! gtitIVIEWSTIOSPITAL SOCIETY. The 25th anniVeredii of fir?s corporation was celebrated yesterday by a dinner at the London Tavern. The chair was taken .by. the Earl of Ellenborongh, the norm First Lord of -the Admiralty; and' his Lordship was supported b7"/.Prd Lord. Colchester, Sir C. Malcolm, Sir J. H. Pelly, Admiral Doti. fee, M.P., Admiral Totnlimon, General Paslay, Lieutenant- Waghofri, 11'N., Captain W. A. 13 . Hamilton, &c. There were about one hundred and twenty gentlemen present. By the report laid on the table, it appeared that the Society had received on beard the PreadnOnght, during; the last year, 2,421 sick and diseased - seamen of all nations (1,349 of whom were discharged cured), heAdes afLircling medical relief to 1,595 out-patients . After the usual loyal toasfg, and that of " The Army," the toast. of ~T tio Navy" was responded to by Lord CoLviLi.r!, Who fttated thai; the navy of this country, if it should be called upon, i'VOtkid be foli2d in a most efficient state. It was ready for war, in case of need.--c Hear.) The CHAIRMAN, in giving "`access to the St•an;:es Hos pita! and the Committee of Management thereof , " obsecYed, that he was present at the formation of this institution, and had been a subscriber to it ever since. • He mentioned this to show that his regard for the naval service was not new-born, not a thing of the day.—(Cheers.) Admiral 130Wr.r.s acknowledged the toast, and proposed the health of.the Chairman. . - The Citkiamix observed, that the. gentlemen of the naval service were te.consider him, as Lord Colville had said; one of themselves, identified with them in feeling, and resolved to support the interests of the service and its honour. It would be a subject of the highest gratification if circumstances should enable - them to add greater triumphs to those already achieved.— (Cheers.) In resnonding to the toast of • "The Lords of the Ad miralty," The CHAIRMAN remarked, that while there was much that was gratifying in the position -in which he had been placed there was a great deal that was most distressing ;day after day, to see officers, and'read their memorials, stating services which it was perfectly impossible adequately to reward, and asking employment which it was impossible to give, was by far the most painful situation in which he .had been placed in the whole course of his life ; it was only in the discharge of a great public obligation that he could consent to fulfil the duties of an office in which so much pain was to be endured. All he could say was, that he would look to the services of all officers, be they who they might, with perfect fairness ; he cared not one rush about the politics of any one of them.— (Great cheering.) He had a much higher ambition .than to maintain any party—the ambition to do justice to the de serving officer, and maintain the heiwurind efficiency of the British navy ; and he would not condescend to perfbrm the duty at the Admiralty if he could not frthis Qtisfactorily. ne The subsCriptlons of the evening were here tusze:l l ed to amount -to 1,2754 including 11,r Majesty's annual coni.7l,bu lion of 105/. ; the Trinity-house, 3001. ; the .Merchant. Elder Brethren, 100/. ; the East India Company, 1051. A donation of 141. from " the American shipmasters" was an nounced amidst some good-hinnotiredlaughter, followed by a hearty cheer. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of Lieutenant Waghorn, observed that he never met a man of more inde fatigable energy, and he believed that but for him the pro ject of . the overland route to India would never have been carried out. • Lieutenant WAGHORN, who was most enthusiastically re ceived, remarked that the Noble Earl in the chair was the man who, 17 years ago, when President of the India Board, first suggested the overland route.—(Cheers.) The origi nator of the project at that time, his Lordship had been its patron ever since. —(Hear, hear.) I thank you all (added Lieutenant Waghorn), but I trust I shall yet receive more praise from you.—(Loud cheers.) Several other appropriate toasts were drunk, and that of " The Wooden Walls of England" concluded the festivity. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the .Fl:ouie'of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, - MAI:C11 4, BEQUESTS FOR PIOUS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question pro posed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Ques tion to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided t MINORITY-AYES, 24. Acland, T. D. - Duncan, George O'Connell, Maurice Archbold, Robert Ebrington, Viscount O'Connell, M. J. Bentinek. Lord G. Fielden, John O'Connell, John itorthwick, Peter Glynne, Sir 8. O'Conor, Don Bretherton. J. llanmer, Sir John Somerville, Sir W. Browne, W. ' Hope, Alexander ¶frelawny, J. S. Clive, Viscount Howard, P. H. TELLERS. Courteuay, Lord 31.`Cartliy, Alex. Manners, Lord J. Dickinson, F. H. Milnes, H. M. Buller, Charles MAJORITY-NOES, 60. A'Court, Captain Ferrand, W. B. Morpeth, Viscount Allis, J. P. . Forster, Matthew Newdegate, N. Arkwright, George: Frewen, C. H. • • Patten, J. W. Raillie, Colonel Goulburn, Henry Peel, Jonathan Baring, W. B. Graham, Sir J. Protheroe, Edward Bereslord, Major Greene, Thomas Sheppard, T. Bowles, Admiral Grey, Sir G. Sibthorp, Colonel Broadley, H. ‘ Grogan, E. Spooner, R. Bruce, Lord E. Hawes, Benjamin Stanfield, W. R. Buller, Edward Henley, J. W. Stanton, W. H. Buller, Sir J. Y. Herbert, .Sidney Strutt, Edward Cardwell, Edward Hindley, Charles Sutton, Henry Colquhoun, John Hodgson, R. Thesiger, Sir F. Crawford, W. S. Hume, Joseph Thornely, Thomas Cripps, William Hussey, T. Trench, Sir F. Dennistoun, John Inglis, Sir It. Walpole, S. H. D'Eyncburt, C. T. Jermyn, Earl Wawn, J. T. Douglas, Sir C. Jocelyn, Viscount Wortley, J. S. Ellice, Edward Kelly, Sir Fitzroy TELLERS. Escott, Bickham Lawson, A. Young, John Estcourt, T. G. Mallon, Viscount Baring, Henry PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Huuse of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4. . The foll Owing Petitions fbr Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in 15y the undernamed Bon. Members : Norfolk Extension (Stowmarket, Wymondham, and Attleborough • - Branch—Mr. Wodebouse and Mr. IV. Collett. Manchester and Leeds Extensions, &c.—Mr. M. Philips and Mr. Entwisle. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester—Colonel Balllle, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. T. Hussey, and Mr. M`Gcachy. Wear pock Railway—Mr. Granger and Mr. Wawn. PEERS AND PARVENUS.—That highly important topic the education of the poor, has seldom been more actively dis cussed in the leading coteries of the day or at the dinner par ties of the season, than now that its powerful interest has been so strikingly impressed upon the public, in Mrs. Gore's new novel of " Peers and Parvenus." We have to thank that. lady for having led the way to a battle-field which can not be too eagerly disputed, till the good cause shall prevail. It must be admitted, meanwhile, that seldom has so grave a question been interwoven with such amusing details, or in vested with so engrossing an interest. THE NEW Tiitori.—a contemporary critic observes, that, "were it not for the introduction of characters who have only figured since his death, this poem might well pass for a posthumous production of Lord Byron himself. It has much of the Byronic keen and subtle wit—his elegant flow— his rapid perception. Certainly the author need bow his head to none of his competitors. He has many of the first requisites of his art. His mind is elevated and pare ; his dic tion terse, vigorous, and mellifluous; there is thought, ideal ity, in his lines; and, in addition, a quality which, in these days, will be a great recommendation—his narrative is full of interest. There is much too of satire, keen, caustic, and severe. Witness that on O'Connell! In a word, we think "The New Timon" a production which will have a wide and lasting reptitation." THE LATE EXPLOSION AT DOVER.—The borough .o:ironer completed . hfs `acirotirifed - Ihque - gt" oTi the berdia — or thC`men killed by.the ekplosion of gunpowder in a cave in Dover Cliffs. Since the adjournment, another man has died of his wounds, making the thirteenth sufferer by the accident. It appeared from the evidence adduced yesterday, that for some time past the cave had been con verted into a kind of beer-shop, to supply the labourers employed on that particular part of the line, notwithstanding the dangerous nature of the contents, which they were perfectly aware of. The jury found' the following verdict :—" That the deceased were killed by the ex plosion . of a certain quantity of gunpowder, not being properly pro tected from the possibility of an accident; and that the said explo sion was caused by a lighted pipe being dropped by one of the de ceased on the said gunpowder." BRITISH COLONIAL BANK AND LOAN COMPANY.— The fifth annual meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the office in Moorgate-street ; James Stewart, Esq., in the chair. From the report of the directors It appearei. that the colony of New South Wales was improving. Since the last general meeting, a reduction of the liabilities of the company had been made to the extent of 4,100/., to the 31st of December last ; and since the closing of the year's accaunts a further reduction of 5,300/. had been effected, making a total of 9,4001. All the other debts affecting the assets of the company were in a train of settlement. The expenses of the company would have been further reduced, had it not been for the law charges in the colony Incurred in foreclosing the mortgages. The call made on the 2d of October was met is a satisfactory man ner. The directors had to express their regret at the death of their late respectel chairman, asnt,aSiirjuHstienrebdertuCieoldnipretocitto. T i h n e r rn e a ce k l i p n ts g. of interest, though small, a une small dividend .ls4s, ws 3,8 1;2 9 11 I I interest ( s i t . on th mortgagesere, ,rents, 2,7061. received d 6d t to 30th 30 Ji Thene plane , Interesto Cook, kw,cddhuo the hh o ee n r se leans ak. tercet due, 1 , 9501. ; 1. 4:Ku:we was 4,3941 . 9 8 4 , 5 1. 5 6 0/.. Os. The balance of account in to fa s v t o h u e r 3 o o f t i he June, m I was 34,372/. 19s. Bd. After the reading of the m izo 4 rt 3 , ir a 3 f ions as. sad .. 3 itre.diitohuods ces, 3uisrs.i o' Cu l part, And it concluded by the adoption of the report and the declara tion of a dividend of 2 per cent. Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart Colonel Sir W. Gossett, and John Sh owe ll , E sq., were re-elected " directors, when the meeting whammed. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. —Yesterday a writ de luna tico inquirendo was executed at the Swan Hotel, C'hertsey, Surrey, before Francis Barlow, Esq., master is lunacy, and eighteen special jurors, of whom G. Allder, Esq., was foreman, to inquire as to the state of the mind of Leonora Harrison, aged 47, described in the com mission as of Addlestone, in the county of Surrey, spinster. The un fortunate lady is a relative of Sir R. H. Ing:is, Bart., M.P., who being trustee for. 15,000/. left by her late father, had instigated the issuing of the commission on the part pofattileiontstizzoigthaetrimilorthpor jury oper administration of the trust, and after a returned a verdict, dating the unsoundness of mind from Decem ber 22, 1845. IGNORANCE AND CRIME.—The calendar for the pre senteen t n y th - a i n e s the of w n h a o m m e s Can of s i xty -fi v e persons Salford Itundrecclhalrngteer,,eidlilaitefelsoensysi,ontsw neither read nor write, thirty-nine can read, Or read and write im perfectly, and three can read anti write well. The degree of instruc tion received by the remaining two is not specified. There are also nine persons charged with misdemeanour, of whom four can read, or read and write imperfectly, and five can neither read nor write. — Manchester Guardian. ALLnmING FIRE AT DOCEREAD.—On Wednesday morning, between four and five o'clock, a fire .was discovered in the premises belonging to Mr. W. S. Day, a lioot and shoemaker, of New-street, Dockhead. :The flames originated in . the back parlour, and passing from thence up the staircase they extended to the upper rooms and penetrated the roof. The family having been aroused before the fire had gained much hold, they were enabled to effect a safe retreat from the premises. Three engines were quickly set to work and the flames were happily arrested an their progress, but they were net entirely extinguished until a considerable quantity of pro perty wes destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. A DOG Scrwor,.—A Mr. Henry Winfield, of Utica, United States, announces that he has opened a dog school, where he will teach dogs to go on errands as correctly as any boy ten years old —to dance as well as the most accomplished dancer, waltz, cut the pigeon wing, to count the number of persons in the room, also to dis • tinguish the number and colour of persons present. —Americana paper.: The half-yearly meetings of Railway Companies con tinue. The Oxford, Worcester, and,Wolverhampton Railway pro ceeds with satisfaction to the shareholders. The balance in the' hands of tho Company to carry oft the works is 212,3561. 4s. 3d. Tile Hull and Selby Railway Company pays a dividaid..of 21. 7s. Gd.: per share. At the Leeds, Dewsbury, and 3fanchester Railway meet ing the undertaking was represented 'as highly favourable. The works are all in it satisfactory condition. The Leeds and Thirsk works are proceeding actively, and an arrangement has been entered into iy the directors with the Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern for constructing the Wharfdale branch from Bramhope to Skipton. The Bedford and London and Birmingham Company are proceeding as quickly as possible. Application has been made to Parliament for a Bill to extend the line from the Bedford terminus to Cambridge, by a separate and independent capital ; and, with the concurrence of the London and Dirmingham Railway Company, arrangements have been concluded with the Eastern Counties Railway, for leasing to the latter the extension line, when made, at a rent equal to 4 per cent. per annum upon the capital, and half profits. The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway pays a dividend of 7 per cent., t and a balance of 4,2211. 4s. 4d. has b e en carried to the next halt year's year's account. The Furness Railway isexpect°- to be openedthe Wa on ter the Ist of May. The Southampton and D orc hester, a nd forctand Limerick Railways are each in a fa ir way of progress.— Times. SIR JOHN Ross.—ln.eonsequence of the unfortunate bankruptcy of Sir John 11955, so well known as the explorer of the Arctic Regions, his appointment as Consul-Gemral at Stockholm has been rescinded. The salary attached to the office was 5501. Per annum. His bankruptcy is attributable to his connexion with the' London and Dublin Trades' Bauk, of which Ia was . Dep u ty.ch a i r . wan, - and!beiDg called 'upon to pay his quota Or 105 to the DUI., haw!! NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITER,RANEAN SQUADRON. MALTA, FEB. 24.7-In Malta Harbour—The Hibernia, 1K Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice- Admirtl Sh• William Parker, Bart., G.C.13:; the Commander in-Chief; Ceylon, 12, receiving-ship; bearing the flag of IZeto-Acimiral Sir L. Curti., Bart., second iii command, and Soperintenelsnt of Malta Dockyard ; Amazon, 19, Captain J. Stopford; Beacon surveying -vessel, Co m m an d er T. G r aves ; Boaetta surveying -vessel, commander T. S. Brock; Locust steamer, Lieutenant Eden; s!ztner steam-slbop, Lieutenant Lavie, •' Wee Pet steam-tug, M. .13Lia•-au, ma'ster; and Re search, tender to Beacon. At Gibraltar—The Fantome, 16, Commander Sir F. W. E. Nicolson, Bart ; the_ Meteor, Lieutenant- Coinfnandtr Binder. At Corfu-11e Orestes, 18, Commander E. S. L. Can non ; the Jackal steamer, Lieutenant-Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco. At the Piro's of Athens—The Tyne, 28, Captain W. N. Glasscock, and the Bloodhound steamer, Lieutenant P. Phillips. En route from Smyrna to Malta—The Siren, le, Con... mender H. E. EdgelL At Constantinople—The Ilecla war-steamer, Commander G. Duffil. At Beyrout--The Inconstant, SG, Capta'n C. 11. Free.. mantle. En route from Gibraltar to Malts—Rhadatr an thus :teamer, Master-Commander Lean. En route from Malta to Gibraltar and England—Warspite, 50, Captain P. W. P. Wallis. Sailed on the 18th inst. En route from Malta to Beyrout—Vir.:go war-steamer, Commander G. G. Otway. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta—The Spitfire steam -sloop, Lieut. J. A. Mac donald, and Sydenham, Lieut. D. R. P. Mapleton. En route from Malta to Marseilles—Volcano, Lieut. Crang. En route from Corfu to Malta—The Acheron, Lieut. B. Aplin. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S FL6TILLA. Ell route from Southampton and Gibraltar to Malts—The Oriental. __ _ At Southampton—The Tagus. En route from Malta to Gibraltar and Southampton— Great Liverpool. • En route from Malta to Alexandria—The Iberia. Expected here daily. En route to Constantinople and ports of the Black Sea from Malta:—The Duke of Wellington. En route from ports of Black Sea and Constantinople to Malta—The Achilles. _ _ _ Foreign ships of war and packets in port—The French steamer Rhamses and Alexandre, and Anglo-Maltese steamer Scotia, and Neapolitan steamer Mongibello. PonTsaionTif, WEDNESDAY.—The Childeralr6, having un dergone a thorough overhaul and repair, was ft-commissioned thl morning by the appointment to her of Commander John C. Pitoan,ll3 42 , who was midshipman of the Rose, at the battle of Nav,vino; and as lieutenant of 4 11%e Blenheim and Druid was in ai the operations on the coast- of China, and whose services *Cre officially reported at the taking of Canton in 1841. The' Childers was masted on Saturday, but being a smaller brig thati the Harlequin and Wanderer, will have The a smaller eery s ie r complement,ti26, we believe. Captain Seyoour, went out of harbour this morning to Spithead, in tow of the Echo tug. She will, it is expected, be paid advance to-rnor:ow, and inspected on Friday by the Commander-in-Chief, wile:a she saluted with 17 guns on going out. She looks a very handsome vessel, and sits beautifully upon the water. The Wanderer, 16, Commander Somerville, has left the basin; and is now shipping her heavy stores alongside the jetty. She got her lower yards across yesterday afternoon. The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, has her top• gallant rigging fitted ready for going over the mast-heads. She filled her tanks to-day, and only wants about SO to complete her complement. The ship's company have petitioned their commander to apply to the Admiralty for permission to have their mess tables and stools taken away, in order to give them more room. The Janus, steam-sloop, went put of harbour on Friday last, at a quarter before seven, A.M., and proceeded round the Isle of Wight, by way of St. Helen's, anti returned into harbour at seven P.M. On this trip she made from tv;'elve to twenty re volutions per minute, her speed consequentij is various, un certain, and unaccountable. She will not go Against tide or a fresh wind; a little sail has an extraordinary effect upon her, under steam and sail she went nine knots. The Rattler did not leave the harbour on the same day until twenty minutes before twelve, but came up with the Janus near the Needles : The accident the Janus met with on Saturday evening was caused by the breaking of an important part of the machinery, called the " flapper," to repair which it is estimated a month will be required; the Admiralty are con sequently deliberating whether they will allow any further attempts to make the Janus succeed, to occupy the valuable time of the dockyard handy, and cause a fruitless expenditure of the public money. The Earl of Dundonald has gone up to the Board to see about it. . . . The Amphitrite, razee corvette, is under the sheers, to be masted. _ _ The Hon. Robert Dundas, Storekeeper-General of the Navy, and a committee of the following officers have this week been testing cables and cordage in the establishrhent, to ascertain the strength of that made at Deptford, by the machine, as compared with that made by band in every other of her MajestX's dockyards :—Mr. Purda, Master-Attendant of this dockyard ; Mr. Diorite, Master-Attendant at Dept ford ; Mr. Burton and Mr. Parsons, master-ropemakers; Captain Brandreth, R.E., Director of Engineering and Architectural Works; and Captain Denison, R.E., in charge of works in Portsmouth dockyard. The Scout, 18, Commander Loring, is hourly expected at this port from Sheerness (which she left on Monday), to be paid advance, &c. The intelligence brought yesterday of the Americans having refused the offer of referring the claim to the Oregon territory to arbitration, has caused the most lively sensation at this port, especiall y among the naval circles, all looking upon a brush with " Jonathan" as likely to be productive of the most glorious results to us. It has been suggested that in the event of our Government not pocketing the affront in tended to be put upon it, but showing by prompt measures its determination to enforce right by might, that Captain WalliF, of the Warspite, 50 (about to come home from the Mediterranean in a fortnight), who was second lieutenant of the Shannon in her conflict with the Chesapeake, should be among the first sent out. NAVAL AND MILITARY rEOMOTIONS. Naval Promotions during the Preceding Month, the First Exercise of the Patronage of the First Lord of the Ad miralty, the Earl of Ellenborough, with the Seniority of the Officers Previous .Rank. To be Commanders—Sir Wm. Wiseman, Bart. (1838) ; William Lester (1808), on Retired List. To be Lieutenants—John M. Jackson (1840) ; Philip Hud son (1840) ;'‘' Henry George Simpson (1840); Lacon Hammot (1840) ; s George H. H. Greathead (1840) ; Henry B. King (1842) ; Roderick Dew (184`2); Henry Boys (1843); Charles 0. H. P. St. John (1840) ; John F. Ross (1840). Restored to the rank of . Lieutenant—Edward Jervis Voules and James B. Kinsman. Military Promotions During the Preceding Month, with the Regiment in which the Promotion took Place. To be Colonels of Regiments—General Sir Thomas Brad ford, G.C.8., 4th Foot; Major-General George Marquis of Tweeddale, 30th Foot; Major. General Lord Saltoun, K.C.8., 55th Foot. • To be Major—E. Stephenson (brevet), 3d Foot. To be Captains—H. W. Parish, 45th Foot ; G. W. Patey, 56th Foot; E. Stanley, 37th Foot, without purchase, vice Lynch, deceased ; M. A. Obert, 97th Foot ; W. Webster, without purchase, Unattached ; IL S. Lumley, 2d Life Guards; IL . P: Chamberlain, 3d Foot; IL Crawford, 89th Foot ; E. D. Atkinson, 37th Foot ; A. Ilelyar, 7th Light Dragoons ; R. Fielden, 44th Foot; A. Patterson, 85th Foot, without purchase; H. Reynolds, Unattached, without pur chase. To be Lieutenants—P. Banbury, 7th Dragoons; L. T. Cave, 45th Foot; H. M. Archdall, 52d Foot; G. S. Hansom, 56th Foot; E. D. Harvest, 97th Foot; A. Fitzgerald, 3d Foot; H. G. Davies, 32d Foot ; W. H. Candler, 80th Foot ; C. Richardson, 89th Foot ; A. B. Cator, 37th Foot ; Sir W. Rus sell, Bart., 7th Light Dragoons; R. C. Stanhope, 7th Foot; Hon. C. W. Agar, 44th Foot; C. Warburton, 85th Foot. To be Surgion . —F. R. Waring, Staff. The Commander-in-Chief in India has been pleased to make the following promotions until her Majesty's pleasure shall be known. All are death vacancies, and consequently without purchase. Date, except when otherwise stated, from 19th to 22d December : BLarineuwt.ceini,a9ntti-ieko.oloontels--George L. Davis, 9th Foot; Majors—Arthurtbsee6ofsltet,lF.9otoht Creak, F (7 o ; 9Dt C he c h . l ar ),0 1 0 e Charles . Douglas, Samuel Cli T rr a o o rl Charles Elmshirst, 9th ' Foot ; D. Fisher,9 t I o F o b o 3e t d; Captains—CharlesLC i t g i thir Dragoons;s Lewis M. Bethune, 9th Foot ; W. Shelton, 9th Foot ; H. P. L'Estrange, 29th Folt ; K. Murchison, 29th Foot; J. C. Brooke, 31st Foot; H. Shearman, 62d Foot; G. Nicholas, G2d Foot; F. P. Haines, 80th Foot (7th Dec.); A. Ormsby, 80th Foot ; C. H. Leslie, 80th Foot. To be Lieutenants—Henry Thomas, 9th Foot; 11. W. W. White, 3d Light . Dragoons ; John D. White, ditto ; John Rathwell, ditto; C. R. Woollaston ' 4th Foot ; W. F. Coryton, ditto; R. G. Cumming, 9th Foot; W. IL Forster, ditto; Thomas Stock, 22d Foot; 11. Francis, 29th Foot; 11. It. White, ditto • G. S. G. Henderson, ditto; E. T. Scudamore, ditto; Z. I'ilkington, 31st Foot; R. M'Kenzie, ditto; J. Paul, ditto; 11. P. Hutton, ditto; C. 11. G. Tretton, ditto; A. White, 50th Foot; C. Roberts, G2d Foot; R. A. Cox, ditto ; J. M. W. Hewett, ditto ; G. H. Hawe s , ditto; J. ianham, ditto ; C. Rowland, ditto; A. H. Har dinge, 80th Foot; G. C. Robertson, ditto; E." W. Kingsley, ditto ; H. C. Smith, ditto; George Bodle, ditto ; A. A. Dick, 29th Foot; J. M. W. Enser, 39th Foot; J. S. Richards, 62d Foot. . . To be Cornet—Sergeant-Major George Kountze, 3d Light Dragoons. To be Ensigns--Sergeant-Major John Whiteside, 9th Foot; Sergeant-Major George Mitchell, 29th Foot; Quarter master William Jones, 31st Foot ; Sergeant •Major Richard Heaton, 50th Foot; Sergeant-Major William Rudman, 62d Foot ; Colour-Sergeant M. Kirkland, 80th Foot. Officers who have entered the army during the preceding month, at the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief, the Duke of Wellington ;—` 7th Dragoon Guards—N. de la Chervis, by purchase, ga. zetted Feb. 6. 45 52d t h Foot—Too 0 0 0 t t--TF.. H. Grantham, vyvy a n ,b b purchase, purchase, Feb. :t.e 6. b. 6 ; 3. H Dundas, without purchase, Feb. 6. 56th Foot—W. W. Basset, by purchase, Feb. 6. 92d Foot—Hon. W. Charteris, by purchase, Feb. 6. 07th Foot—T. E. Jones, by purchase, Feb. 6. 2d Life Guards—H. Johnstone, by purchase, Feb. 6. 3d Foot—C. Taylor, from the Royal Military College, by purchase, Feb. 13. sth Foot—L. Fitzgerald, by purchase. Feb. 13 - 31k1 Foot—M. Turner, by purchase, Fcb. 13. 37th Foot—C. S. Blois, by purchase, Feb. 13. 89th Foot:—E. J. Head, by purchase, Feb. 20. 6 7 t t h h L F l o g o it Foot—J. Dragoons—Sl'. by D. pulrTsec,,bly.ebp.o2rc7base, Feb. 20. 44th Foot—R. Preiton; by purchase, Feb. 27. 48th Foot—C. J. O. SwatTham, from Royal Military Col lege, without purchase, Feb. 27. 3 by r. p l3 u :1 1 : - n as e e ; f F ro e m b. loyal Military 56th Foot—l' 80th Foo •J. • College, without purchase, Feb.. 27. . ALLE GED CuAnon OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST A G OFFICER.-0 11 Tuesday last a person of the nai ve o f Ben iaminnnil37in was apprehended and brought before the magistra• es of end hopping undred, at the Smallbur g h Union House, in the county e k.f.NorFifl i k " , g H and charged by John Barnard, clerk to the board of guardians, with having uttered kcertMit forged document, purporti:ig to be 'a receipt given by Mr. John Bowies, a general shopkeeper of Tunstead, for the sum of lit. 4d. It appeared imto the evidence adduced that The defendant, While acting in his official capacity, had received certain sums of the board of guardians to pay to different tradesmen, and in this case defendant had returned the bill of Mr: Bowles, receipted, and alleged that he had paid it. Mr. Bowles was. called, and proved that he had never received the money, nor was that his signature attached. There were several other casts against him of a similar character, and the magistrates remanded him, for the purpose of getting other evidence. A GOOD RESOLUTION.—Thti ladies in Louisiana have adopted a rile never to marry a man who eves an editor mot than ono boar's rablciption.74inerion igt4r, ....'' ' 10 6 21. , 001!1 / -.0 ~ , 04,