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MONDA V EVENING, JANUARYI 10, the Duke of Brunswick were invading France, that he was, in fact, al ways opposed to war and to those who advocated it. and that one of the allied sovereigns said " that if M. Robespierre had lived they would have had peace"—meaning, of course, peace on the terms contained in the Duke of Brunswick's manifesto. Napoleon was, it is well known, con nected with Robespierre ; and it was this connexion which induced Louis XVIII. to write to the First Consul, urging him to hasten on the time of restora tion, for Louis XVIII. no doubt considered that Na poleon, who had taken service under Robespierre, was fully prepared to carry out the views of his former patron ; besides all which, we have heard it remarked, during the days of the restora tion, -as a proof of the complicity of Robes pierre with the Bourbons, that the sister of Robespierre was in the regular receipt of a pension from the Government of the Restoration. Mr. St. John quotes a passage from one of his reports to the convention, as a proof that his talents have been much underrated. "The man," says Mr.'St. John, " who could write an ironical passage like the follow ing could not be wholly contemptible :" " The False Revolutionist. —Full of fire for great resolutions which signify nothing —more than indifferent for those which might honour the cause of the people and save the country—much devoted to patriotic forms, and attached (like the bigots they war against) to exterior forms, they would rather wear out a hundred red caps than do one good action. . . . . Should we act, they talk; should we deliberate, they commence by acting; should we defend the territory, they wish to go in search of tyrants beyond seas and over mountains; should we retake our frontiers, they are for assaulting our churches and scaling heaven! They forget the Austrians to make war on devotees ; should we support our cause by the fidelity of our allies, they declaim against Governments, and prepare a decree of accusation against the Great Mogul!" Mrs. Crowe, who has recently joined the Mirror corps, contributes a highly interesting tale, entitled "The Two Women of Nuremberg," and Maxwell, also a new hand here, commences one of his unrivalled pictures of camp life, under the title of " The Revelations of a Mess Table." The letter on "The Choice of a Profession," by Clelius, is full of quiet sarcasm, and "A paper on Pantomimes," by Mor ris Barnett, is quite a propos to the season ; but we are forgetting our old friend " Paul Pevensey," whose adventures are continued in this number. Paul is arrested as a spy by the miners out on strike, and conveyed to their stronghold. The account of a strike in the colliery districts is admirable ; there is something very graphic in the description of the murder of the magistrate, and the reflections of the writer on popular tumults are worthy the consideration of the philanthropist and the statesman. Would that the gentry of Ireland would ponder over the following passage : " The insurgents had been taught, through no one knew what agency, to believe in the lawfulness of as sassination. Secret societies meeting sometimes in remote and desolate places, as in the beer-shop and ruined windmill above described; sometimes in the ale houses and crowded streets of the towns, drew up the muster-rolls of death, distributed daggers, and coolly inculcated the principle that to assassinate a rich man was to remove a public enemy—consequently, a virtuous rather than a vicious action. Still, to the credit of the educated classes be it spoken, there took place no instance of pusillanimous flight. The gentry firmly stood their ground—confronted the danger—reasoned, when oppor tunity offered, with their misguided neighbours ; and sought to impress them with the belief that their past neglect and oppression ought rather to be attributed to the operation of general laws, acting alike on all classes, for the preservation of barbarism, than to any tyranni cal propensities in the possessors of property. Even the murder of the magistrate, though reports of it spread like wildfire, mixed up with innumerable exaggerations, produced no difference in their conduct. They seemed ready to brave the assassin's dagger, or any other form of peril to which the circumstances of the times might give birth, rather than ignobly abandon their posts, as persons have at various times done in other parts of the empire, where the consciousness of some deserving may possiby inspire more craven thoughts. An excited po pulace is terrible, but may often be successfully encoun tered by a frank and manly courage, upheld by the consciousness of rectitude—as was proved again and again by incidents which would all deserve to be nar rated, were it my object to give here a complete history of the strike." The Mirror begins the new year well. It is equal to any, superior to most of its contemporaries. FINE ARTS. THE ART-UNION. No. CX Y. With the commencement of a new year, the Art l i - Union enters upon a new career of enterprise and excellence. Both in the beauty of the embellishments and the appositeness of the literary articles, there is already visible a very remarkable and laudable im provement. It is intended, according to the an nouncement contained in the prospectus, to issue every month in the magazine " two full engravings and an engraving from a statue," these engravings being copies from originals lent by the munificence of their distinguished, and, in several instances, illustri ous owners. In the number for January, for example, there is an effective engraving by J. Brown from the picture of R. Thorburn, being a portrait of H.R.H. Prince Albert; and the original painting has been tent by her Most Gracious Majesty. "Landseer's Breakfast Party" is admirably transcribed by Finden ; and the graver of W. Roffe, has given a delicate and exqui site representation of the Psyche of Sir R. 'Nest macott. Besides the critical portion of the Art-Union, which, be it observed, displays as hitherto both matu rity of judgment and refinement of taste, there is a delightful contribution by Mrs. S. C. Hall. Not " Midsummer Eve," that being already completed, but the opening of a new serial called " Pilgrimages to English Shrines." illustrated by foot-notes and woodcuts from the pen and pencil of F. W. Fairholt. This instalment recounts a pilgrimage no less inte resting than one to " The Burial Place of Hampden" the patriot, not the bishop elect of Hereford. The other departments of this monthly journal are filled with discrimination, and, what is not less important now-a-days, compactness. A SERIES OF MODERN MAPS. Parts Xlll. and XIV. By John Sharpe and J. Wilson Lowry. This excellent succession of maps progresses in a manner which promises the f u lfil men t o f the various me rits predicted in the ad vert i sement. Th e engraver i s a s painstaking as the supervisor is intelligent. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. — Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, walked out yesterday forenoon, and the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice took airings in the afternoon. Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting yes terday morning. His Royal Highness was accorn panied by Lord John Russell, and was attended by the Marquis of Ormonde, Mr. G. E. Anson, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Colonel Seymour. Her Hi g hness the D uc h ess of Kent arrived from Frogniolre Royalr ognio re House at the Castle yesterday after noon, and visited her Majesty and Prints Albert. Lord John Russell left the Castle yesterday after noon, for his residence in Richmond Park. This morning her Majesty and Prince Albert took their accustomed early wa lk . The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. The Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court and the domestic household attended Divine servic this morn ing in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. a meeting of th e T rustees a the British M Hi s Royal Highness th e D u k e o f C am b r id ge att At the Chapel Royal, St. James' s , y es t er d a y, the prayers were read by the Rev. J. P ova h, th e le ssons by the Rev. T. H elm ore , and the communion ser v ice u e s n e d u e m d by the Rev. Dr. W esle y. The sermo n was p reac h e d by the Rev. Dr , Irvi n g . The musical service was Men on Saturday. Men delssohn's. The anthem was " Rejoice in the Lord" (Humphrey). Mr. George Cooper presided at the Eb r ington, Lords S an d wich and Canter organ. The Duke an d Duchess of Beaufort, Lord present. b an u d ry, w L , adeyre a mong the nobility OF FICIA L DISPATCHES RELAT ING TO SWITZERLAND. M. Guizot has laid before the Committee on the Address the documents connected with the affair of Switzerland. They are twenty-two in number. The most important are the following:— No 1 is the treaty of alliance, or federal compact. of the Swiss cantons, entered into on the 16th of August, 1814. .No. 2 is the declaration of the 20th March, 1815, by which the Congress of Vienna recognise the in tegrity;and independence of the Helvetic confede ration. No. 3 is the adhesion of the cantons to this declar ation. No. 4, is the act recognising the neutrality of Switzerland. No. 5 is a dispatch from M. Guizot to the Count de Pontois, dated the 10th February, 1845, by which the Count is desired to invite the Vorort to take measures for the suppression of the free corps. No: 6 is a dispatch of a similar tenor, dated the 3d of March, 1845. No. 7 is a dispatch of the 25th March, 1845, in which M. Guizot declares his friendly feeling for Switzerland, and his respect for its independence. No. 8 is a dispatch, dated June 19, 1845, in which M. Guizot desires M. de Pontois to engage the Diet to discuss in a pacific and conciliatory spirit the questions of internal policy which would be submitted to it. No. 9, dated October 24, 1846, is a dispatch from M. Guizot to the Count de Flahault, the French Ambassador at Vienna. In this dispatch, which may be regarded as the commencement of the project of a congress in the affairs of Switzerland, M. Guizot alludes to a note from Prince:Metternich, recommend ing a council of the great Powers, and wishing to know what view the French Cabinet took of the new revolutionary Government at Geneva. M. Guizot desires M. de Flahault to inform the Prince that he regarded the change in Geneva like others which had taken place in other cantons, and did not intend to interfere then, but would see what was to be done at a later period. As regarded the council of the great Powers, suggested by the Prince, M. Guizot expresses his perfect concurrence, and desires M. de Flahault to make this officially known. No. 10 is another dispatch to M. de Flahault, dated Jan.2s, 1847, in which M. Guizot acknowledges the receipt of a communication from Prince Metter nich, recommending that the great powers, in order to prevent the breaking out of civil war in Switzerland, should declare that they would not permit the sove reignty of the cantons to be violated, and the Diet to have recourse to arms. M. Guizot approves of this suggestion, and says it is the only way that can have any real effect. Ile recommends that the representa tives of the great Powers should be instructed to make it, as soon as the question of the expulsion of the Jesuits, and the dissolution of the Sonderbund, is brought before the Diet. M. Guizot observes to M de Flahault, that Prince Metternich does not express any decided opinion as to whether England should be invited to join the continental Powers in this declara tion. He adds, " I think it is not only proper, but important, to come to an understanding with England also in this delicate affair." In No. 11, which is a dispatch from M. Guizot to the Count de Bois-le-Comte, dated July '2, 1847, the Minister for Foreign Affairs expresses his approba tion of the conduct and language of M. Bois-le-Comte in his relations with M. Ochsenbein, and states that he bad taken an opportunity of declaring this in the Chamber of Deputies. Our readers will remember that M. Bois-le-Comte had almost, in direct terms, told M. Ochsenbein that the Diet could not be per mitted to attempt the dissolution of the, Sonderbund by force of arms. M. Guizot observes in this letter that he does not approve of an offer of mediation under existing circumstances, as it could be attended with great inconvenience, and involve the mediators in a host of complications. He thinks the best course would be, according to M. de Metternich, for the Powers to declare to the Federation that they would not suffer the cantonal sovereignty to be violated, and the peace of Switzerland to be disturbed by a recourse to arms on either side. In No 12, to the same Ambassador, dated 2d July, M. Guizot declares that if the Diet should attempt anything against the basis of the federal compact and of treaties, it would be guilty of an interpretation of the federal compact similar to that of the Ministers of Charles X. on article 14 of the Charter, and would risk the less of the neutrality of Switzerland, guaranteed by the Congress of Vienna. N. Bois-le- C ointe is ordered to state this to the Vorort. No. 13 is a note dated Nov. 4, addressed by M. Guizot to the French ambassadors at London, Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh, inclosing the project of a note to be transmitted to the belligerent parties in Switzerland, in which the arbitrage of the Pope in the religious question is approved of, and an offer of mediation is made by the great Powers to assemble in congress at Baden, and there to receive a delegation from each of the 22 cantons. No. 14 is the note alluded to, but as its contents have been published and are well known, it is unne cessary for us to go into details. No. 15 is a dispatch from the Marquis de Dalmatie to M. Guizot, dated Berlin, November 10, informing the Minister for Foreign Affairs that the project of the note had been communicated to the Prussian Cabinet, and received its entire assent. The Marquis de Dalmatie adds that the Prussian Minister for Fe reign Affairs had written to ties Courts of London, Vienna, and St. Petersburgh to announce this fact. No. 16 is a dispatch from the French Ambassador at Vienna, dated November 11, stating that the Prince de Metternich approved of the note intended for the belligerent parties in Switzerland, but desired that it might be distinctly laid down that the _great Powers were unanimous in their determination. No. 17 is a letter from Lord Palmerston to Lord Normanby, dated Nov. 16, and communicated to AL Guizot two days after, in which his Lordship replies to the proposition of mediation made by the French Cabinet. This dispatch declares that the English Government would be well pleased to contribute in any way to put an end to the dissensions existing in Switzerland, but that it conceives that the five Powers ought first to come to sonic understanding as to the course to be pursued to effect that object. The dis patch then declares, that as the neutrality of Switzer land is a matter of importance for the general in terests of Europe, very grave, and, up to that time, unanticipated events would alone warrant an armed interference on the part of the five Powers ; also the refusal of a certain number of cantons to conform to the decisions of the Diet must not be considered sufficient to deprive the Diet of the character of being the official organ of the Con federation in its relations with foreign Powers ; and hence, if a mediation was to be agreed on, it should be based on such motives as would fully comprise these two points. Before, there fore, entering on any attempt to arrange the differ erences in Switzerland, the first thing to be done was to decide what were the matters in dispute ; there appeared to be, on the one hand, the establishment of the Jesuits in S witzerland, and the separate union of the seven cantons, under the name of the Sonderbund; and; on the other hand, the measures determined on by the Diet relative to that separated body. As to the Jesuits, the Britannic Government thought that the objection made to th eir continuance in Swit zerland by the Diet could be most fully justified, and that, consequently, the Five Powers ought to apply to the Pope to recal them ; this being done, the Diet ought not to have any objection to give up all further proceedings against the Sonder bund, but ought to declare that it was fully deter mined to maintain the principle of a separate sove reignty of each of the confederated cantons—a principle universally recognised as the very foundation of the federal compact. Once that the Diet had made this declaration, the Sonderbund, the British Cabinet thought, could not have any pretext for continuing its separate association. Such were the points to be regulated, should the opposing parties in Switzer land consent to a mediation of the five great Powers ; but should they not, such refusal could not be considered as any sufficient cause for an armed intervention. If the offer, however, were accepted, it would be necessary to establish a conference, corn posed of seven representatives, one from each of the five Powers, one from the Diet, and one from the Sonderbund. The dispatch concludes by naming London as the most suitable place for the conference. —Annexed to this dispatch is a note to be presented, on the subjects alluded to above, by the British Charge d'Affaires at Berne, to the Diet, and to the official orga n o f th e Sonderbund. No. 18 is a dispatch, dated Nov. 18, addressed by M. Guizot to the Duke de Broglie, in which the for mer announces that the King's Government, taking into consideration the counter project proposed by Lord Palmerston, insists on its being well understood that, in case of a refusal of mediation, all the rights which may belong to each of the Powers shall remain entire and thoroughly reserved; as to the place where the conferences were to take place, that could be de cided at a later period, the French Government being quite ready to accept whatever place might appear most convenient to the several Courts engage d with it in the mediation. No. 19 is a dispatch from the Duke de Broglie, of Nov. 20, in answer to the foregoing.. It announces Lord Palmerston's consent to the proviso contained in Guizot's dispatch, as well as his Lordship's acqui escence in a suggestion made by the Duke, that the seven cantons of the Sonderbund should be induced to apply to the Holy See, to learn if it was not ad visable for the Pope to interdict the order of the Jesuits from forming or occupying any establish men t -f tie Helvetic -fed Zip trb 7_2 fitton ELECTION OF ALDERMAN FOR THE TOWER WARD.—(THIS DAY.) A public wardmote of the inhabitants of the Tower VVard was this day held at the Baker's Hall, Harp lane, for the purpose of electing an alderman in the room of Matthius Prince Lucas, Esq , deceased. The chair was taken by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at three o'clock. The court having been opened with the usual for malities, and the precept having been read, Mr. SIMPSON, in rising to propose Mr. Q. Finnis, as a fit and proper candidate, congratulated the meet ing that they were then presided over by a gentleman who bad, by his constant application to his duties, and his "general urbanity, won for himself the good opinion of all his fellow-citizens during the short period which he had filled the office of Lord Mayor. He (Mr. Simpson) was, he believed, the oldest in habitant in the ward. For 43 years he had been re sident in the ward, and had during that time been absent from his place of residence for a longer period than a month at a time.—(Hear, hear.) He deeply regretted the occasion of their meeting together to-day, inasmuch as the occasion of their assembling was the death of their late lamented Alderman, towards whom be entertained the highest feelings of respect.—(Hear, hear.) He would go no further back than the year 1793, to prove that the late Alderman was entitled to the respect of every inhabitant of the ward.—(Hear, hear.) In that year this country was placed in a most difficult position by the conduct of that great scourge of humanity who committed war and devas taition over the whole of the continet, and threatened an invasion of this country. It was under these cir cumstances Ithat the protection of the Thames was placed in the hands of the late Alderman, who was appointed Commodore of the Fencibles, for the pur pose of defending this great City from invasion. In the discharge of those duties he was most indefatiga ble.—(Hear, hear.) He followed with assiduity the trade of his father and amassed considerable wealth, which he had employed since his elevation to the office of Alderman for good and charitable purposes. He thought that it was their duty now to select from themselves one who was in every way worthy of the honour, and able to discharge with efficiency the duties of alderman of the ward.—(Hear, hear.) He had been for thirty-four years a resident in the ward, and his conduct was well known to all the inhabitants. He had therefore the great pleasure in proposing Thomas Quested Fin nis, Esq., as a fit and proper person to discharge the duties of alderman of the Ward of Tower.—(Cheers.) Mr. CLARK rose with great satisfaction to second the nomination of Mr. T. Q. Finnis, Esq. That gentleman served his apprenticeship with so much credit to himself, that six months before its expira tion his employer assigned the whole of his business over to him, and he then became a man of business before he was twenty-one years of age.—(Hear, hear.) In the year 1833, he was elected a member of the Court of Common Council ; and he was shortly after appointed to the office of Deputy by the late Alderman. The superintendence of the ward had, in consequence of the great age of the late Alderman, devolved for the last few years upon the deputy. How these duties had been di:charged the inhabitants of the Tower Ward could certify. The family of Mr. Finnis was an ancient and highly respectable one. It was quite true that the connexions of that gentle man formed no ground for his election, but it was something to know that by electing that gentleman on account of his acknowledged abilities, they would also elect a gentleman whose connexions were of the most respectable character.—(Hear, hear.) He had, therefore, the greatest pleasure in seconding the no mination of T. Q. Finnis, Esq„ as Alderman for the Ward of Tower.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BAacLAr wished before the question was put to say a few words wifh respect to the late Alder man. He did not think that the promises made by that gentleman upon his election had been carried out. The speaker then proceeded to call attention to the manner in which the presentation to Christ's Church had been annually disposed of by Alderman Lucas. The LORD MAYOR rose to call the Hon. Gentleman to order. They were met for the purpose of electing another gentleman in the room of Alderman Lucas, and he trusted that the remarks of the speakers would be confined as much as possible to the subject before the meeting. ➢ir. BARCLAY said that they were about to elect an alderman for life, and he thought it quite right that the meeting should be in possession of the opinion of that gentleman before he was elected. He wished to know from Mr. Finnis whether he would sup port any measure for the detraining the duration of the election of aldermen to a period of three or or five years instead of fcr life as at present; and whether he would confine the presentation to Christ church to the inhabitants of this ward; aad whether, in the event of pecuniary difficulties, or extreme old age, he would consent to resign his aldermanic gown? Mr. FINNis declined to give any pledges, but begged to assure the meeting that the interests of the Tower Ward would ever be uppermost in his mind. The LORD MAYOR inquired whether there were any other candidates to be proposed ? No other candidate appearing, His LORDSHIP proceded to put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The LORD MAYOR than stated that he had the gratification of 'stating that Thomas Quested Finnis, Esq., was duly elected an Alderman of the 'Ward of Tower. Alderman FINNIS returned thanks for the honour conferred upon him, after which the Court broke up. The Earl of Durham is at present at Lainbtoi Castle, near Chester-le •street, in the county of Durham His Lordship has also staying with him another yoln. noble, Lord Bruce, we believe. They both appear ardent admirers of the sports of the field. The Earl of Dur ham is in his 20th year.—Newcastle Guardian. GLASGOW COTTON MARX➢T, JAN. 7.—liolder , still demand rather higher rates than those current lately, which has in many instances been acceded tit though the demand has been very slightly improved. — Scotch Reformers Gazette. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—At the meeting of thi society on Tuesday evening, January 11, a paper will In communicated by Professor Owen, on some remains of the large extinct birds of New Zealand, which have lately been transmitted to him by Mr. Mantell, ant which include nearly perfect crania of Dinornis an,t Palaptery.r. A temporary change of wind in the latter part last week enabled a number of vessels to leave this poll where they hid been windbound for several week, Indeed so great had been the detention, that it wtt estimated that there were not less than 1,700 ships in ti harbour, a greater number probably than were evc. collected in the river before.—Newcastle Chronicle. The accident in the tunnel, near Leek, mentioned in last Saturday's Mercury, was not so disastrous in its results as was at first feared. David Smith was the only workman killed; three others were seriously in jured, but are in a fair way of recovery; the other three men who were in the works at the time of the accident escaped unhurt. An inquest was held on the body of Smith, on Saturday last, before W. Harding, Esq., co. roner. From the evidence then adduced it appears that all the workmen got safely out of the way of the blast. and were returning to their work when, without the least notice, about twenty tons of red sandstone fell, striking Smith, and the three others, who were injured Some hours strenuous exertions were necessary before the poor fellows were extricated from the fallen mass. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." — Staffordshire Mercury. The Earl of Carlisle, we are happy to state, has rallied, and his medical attendants have hopes of his ultimate recovery. Viscount Morpeth has returned to Castle Howard, from Hull, where his Lordship was stay ing en official business, when intelligence of his noble parent's sudden and serious indisposition reached him. A body of more than 4,500 students waited yester day on M. Michelet with an address, expressing their re gret at the suspension of his lectures at the College of France. Not the slightest disturbance of public order ook place.—Galignani of Friday. STRANGE OCCURRENCE.--A very strange occur rence happened last week in the neighbourhood of Llan geitho. A poor weman—who occupied a part of a small cottage, in one end of which, separated only by a par . tition, lived other people—was taken ill, and after a short time died. The corpse having been laid out in the usual manner, the neighbours !ell the house and locked the door. They were, however, soon aroused by a very strange noise in deceased's apartment, similar to hard coughing, which, as might be supposed, frightened them not a little, but no notice was taken of it; but, on enter ing the apartment the next morning, they found the corpse turned on one side, the eyes w ide open, and the bands that tied the hands together were loose, and tht sheet that covered the body thrown off. It is presumes; that the deceased must have been in a kind of trans( when laid out, and afterwards in the agonies of deati. struggled violently. The neighbours are greatly tc, blame for not entering the house when they heard the coughing.—Observer. A LIBERAL LANDLORD.--That excellent and t ru ly liberal nobleman, the Lord D inorben, has intimated t. • t his ei numerousdaisrtp,so aai snd ._c tenantry,, rabbits arn a on h thatrvon tHerald. r in future farms hentirely at thei own HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER, On Saturday the police received information—thatoit Thursday last, about six o'clock in the evening, whilst a man named Joseph King, a travelling tradesman, was passing through a lonely part of Exminster-lane w Kenford, near Exeter, he was attacked by two men, who first demanded his money or his life. The poor fellow having refused, they threw him upon the ground and treated him with brutal violence One of the men gay( MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. The Lord President of the Council is expected to arrive at Lansdowne House to-morrow evening, from Bowood, in order to meet his colleagues at the Council appointed for the following day. Viscount Palmeri ton, who is at Broa dlands, his seat near Romsey, comes to town evening, or by the express train on morning. The Right Honourable Sir eiwtheordntoes-dmaeyrrow George Grey, Bart., has returned to London from Sandon Hall, Staffordshire, where the Right Honourable Baronet was called to attend the Mary obsequies of the Earl of Har rowby, uncle of Lady Grey. The Earl of A uckland returns to his official residence ir c h a r 1 u a s t Wood and the b Admiraltyte Lady to o d ay t ss , leaves Howick .Th e Ri g h t H on. Sir e Wood come to town this afternoon, from visiting th e M arqu i s an d u Marchioness of Lansd owne, a t Bowood. The Earl Hall,Grey, Northumberland, morrow morning, for Belgrave-square. Th e Mar quis of Clanriearde is expected to arrive from Por tumna Castle, County Galway, to-morrow. The Marchioness and Lady Emily de Burgh have returned from visiting the y h to. Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle. The Right Honourable T. B. Macaulay is in town, and - the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, who The Right town is staying the with meeting ll family ie oo f tlt Cabinet. Brighton , will be in a se ri al, his proy - ensities were rather towards 'ioy - al -- t - y - tii . ; "•Kt'ull 05 • .• "----- ...., .....• % tUatill, 1. WO ....." .... •, 0,1, as Liu,' ....a a.....scaual• jvu• assaa• ..... ... . . 111.V110 vs. ~•-•••• Were all . the ,siltation, i nunderwhos e they commencementof 1848 , the edit or begins .i.ne nignt nono_a...--- •... —• .u.Lauauitty 18 in town, I.- - a bl H L b Kenfor , near Exeter, he was attacked by two men, wln """ r See, to learn if it was not ad- the dcctas - ed wbt.n he tvz,s got out. The face was black h a _ _ Placed, to be na state of care and the Right Honour& e enry a ouchere, who t v o is a a and swollen, and life was extinct. He tried to bleed republicanism, and it was notuntil all first demanded his money or his life ' . the poor fellols . Pope to interdict the order of the .._ ,e.eustsined a fracturedskull, great . danger. Hickie which he facetiously terms a novel, but which, as yet, towards Holy See, of in great moment, in him but could not. Verdict—" Accidental Death. having re . , Jesuits from forming or occupying . any establishment _ i r i ki y that h e can • and it is not considered is only a jumble of very serious common-places. It chance of a res toration . was gone, that he, to use the town for the meeting of the Cabinet. Th e Sir Right treated him with brutal violence. One of the men gavt LIVERPOOL, J.. . .The Sh dh C fain AN, 7 . enan oa , up in ecoverin_. recover .. The other sufferers are fast must bille Desmoulins, " drove madJ ohn C Hbh on the . territory of the Helvetic confederation. It It is ,6"got the two words of Cam e acknowledged that we have only inHonourable am! o ou.se comes to town him a kick in the side which broke his ribs, and st. West, arrived from New York, brings 20.000/. specie on fid Fra • °l ' entlor der disgust the world •h h " liberty first chapters, yet we conceive, from their exceeding freight; the Charles Brownell. from Valparaiso, also, Francis A y rumoured that Rear-Ad • ' miral ir • • that Robespierre was descended blood. Whilst ii, the text of the circular note to be submitted to the has S aridity of style, they might have been termed a pre- John himself shows uncertain whether the Lord Chancellor will be su ffi - brought up a considerable quantity of brought a number of cases of gold and silver bars. th e late _,!lignstus Collier, C.B , K.C.H , ill succeed Bea r . AZ l4 _ ti.nguished Commander. in-Chie f a t Cork, Q uage oural Sir Thomas Ussher.— United Ser vice face, or an introduction, or an advertisement, or from patrician ancestors, and had therefore a fellow- ciently restored to health to assist in the deliberations an insensible state they robbed him of three 5/. notes aria five powers. p ele y for to th th s e o e ra ll e. . A letter from Bremen states that in the course of —perhaps judiciously—have been left out altogether. feeling with the emigrants—that he was anxious of his colleagues of the Cabinet. Lord Campbell has 41. in gold and silver. The unfortunate man, who is No. 20. is a dispatch from M. Guizot, dated No, the last year, 63,682 emigrants left that port for the Row far the magazine can be regarded as a literary for peace even at the time the armies •of to come town. , upwards of sixty years of age, remains in e very inns- vember 24, informing the Duke de Broglie that, with 1 A • how state. • _____, _ _. -- - • # . United States of America, Brazil, and Australia.l TUE SUN, LONDON, BANKRUPTCY. —(T Ills DAY.) IMPORTANT TO BANKRUPTS.-111 a case before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, " Re Morse," the bankrupt had carried on business as a woolstapler, at Neithrop, Oxfordshire, and his certificate was suspended with out protection for six months. On Saturday an audit Meeting was appointed, but the bankrupt not being in Attendance, His HONOUR said that the bankrupt was bound to attend all meetings to explain his accounts, and pro bably his certificate would be further suspended for his neglect. MAR LBRO'-STREET--(THIS DAY.) William Dirks, a well known thief, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with picking the pocket of a lady named Halle, residing at No. 9, Sidmouth street. The prosecutrix was purchasing a fowl at a poul terer's sh o p on S aturday night, when she observed the prisoner standing close by her. She was in the act of turning round, when she felt some person withdraw their hand from her pocket. She immediately put her hand to h er pocket, and caught hold of the pHs°• ner's hand. A man at that time, who had observed the whole tra nsactionpicked it up th e p u rse at the prisoner' s fe e t, an d gave it to prosecutrix, who idepti bed as hers. The prisoner was then given into custody. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was committed for trial. chAnn Bryant, a wretched looking woman, was arged before Mr. I3ingham with attempting to ob tain from Colonel Ange - rstEin, 72, Jermyn-street, the sum of 35., by fraudulent representations. It appeared that on Saturday evening the defendant went to the gallant colonel's residence, and on seeing him, produced a certificate to the effect that her child Was suffering under a severe case of hernia, and that she had an order f or a truss f rom t h e T russ Society, and that the truss would not he ready till Tuesday next. ‘ H e th ought this rather odd, and knowing Mr. !./ser Hawkins, the surgeon to the society, he felt it his duty to inquire further into it. He therefore sent his servant with the prisoner to that gentleman, who denied that the woman had ever made application for a truss. The defendant had previously told him that she could get a truss suitable for her child for 35., and requested him to give her the money. On being further questioned, the defendant stated that a gentle man by the name of Gregory gave her the order. His servant went to that gentleman, who said he gave the . order to th e woman, but she had not made use of it. lie (complainant) then felt convinced that though the child was in a dreadful state of suffering, the w oman kept the ord er f or the purpose of exc i t i ng charity. Mr. 13iNcriAxt committed her for one month, and ordered the child to be kindly looked after in the workhouse. WORSHIP -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) James Pench, a !potman in the service of Mr. W. Parker, landlord of the Pewter Platter public-house, White Lion-street, was charged as follows : Mr. Parker said that last night he was in his par lour when he heard the prisoner making use of abuse I °lvards his (prosecutor's) wife. Witness remon strated with the prisoner, and attempted to put him out of the house, when the prisoner struck and kicked him most violently. The police-constable fortunately Fame to his assistance, and the prisoner was taken into custody. The prisoner made a rambling defence. Mr. I lAmmiu. said he should convict him in the penalty of 405., or three weeks' imprisonment. As the prisoner was being led out of the office, he turned round to the prosecutor and made use of some threatening language towards him. Mr. HAMMILL ordered the prisoner to be brought back, and said that, at the expiration of the sentence, he should in addition thereto order him to find two sureties in 20/. each to keep the peace for 12 months. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAT. LIVERPOOL CUP.-100 to 6 offered on the field; offers to take 100 to 5 each agst Pioneer, St. Leger, and Wolverhampton. CIIRSTER CIJP.-1,000 to 20 offered on the field; 1,000 to IS agst Clumsy, 1,000 to 15 agst Blaze, and 1,000 to 15 agst Jock O'SOL DERBY.-250 to 25 and 110 to 10 agst Surplice, 300 to 25 agst Glendower, 2,500 to 100 agst Springy Jack, 300 to 10 agst Beverlac, 1,000 to 15 ngst Fiddler. INTELLIG ENCE EXTRA. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1848. Entry for Two Yrs Old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added. Half a mile. Lord Lonsdale's c by Epirus, d by D'Egville—Mr, Leigh's Cashier —Mr. Verrall's British Consul—Mr. Bolt's cby Gladiator, dby Discount—Mr. Cooper's f #by Kremlin, out of Ringworm—Mr. Jackson's Christiana --Mr. Jones's Docility —Mr. Greville's Clarissa—Mr. S. Nevin's by Cf.usar, out of Eraily (h b)—Mr. Gully's 11.aata—Mr. Douglas's Margaret—Mr. Gregory's Que rida—Mr. Gratwicke's Cheerful—Duke of Richmond's Syrup —Mr. Drinkald's Tommy —Mr. Drinkald's Thorn hill—Mr. Payne's Farthingale —Mr. W. 11. Roberts's Charm. EPSOM SECOND MEETING, 1848. Entry for the Woodcote Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 100 added. T.Y.C. Mr. Leigh's Cashier—Count Bathyany's Lepidas— Mr. Vorrall's B r i t i s h C onsu l—M r . Critehley's Sir Henry Hardinge—Mr. Death's Ctesarion—Mr. T. B. Charlton's Kissawsy—Mr. Rolt's The White Lady—Mr. B. Green's Westow—Mr. B. Green's Abbot of Meaux —Mr. Ley's eby Plane, out of Partiality —Mr. Nevin's fby ("icier, out of Emily—Mr. Irtvin's Philippa--!qtr. Herbert's c by Sir llercules, out of Empress—Mr. Herbert's cby Venison, out of Odessa —Mr. J. Day's Traitress —D u k e of Richmond's Syrup —Mr. Osbaldeston's Ruvensborne —Lord Chesterfield's f by Jereed, out of Rhod an th er — Mr. Payne's Farthingale —Mr, W. H. Roberts's Brother to Eldon —Mr. Roberts's Chartn—Mr. Etwad's fby Emilius, out of Soldier's Joy. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Cheltenham stag-hds., Fri., Prestbury Park -12. The Albrighton hds., Thurs., Seighford; Sat., Chil lington. Mr. Seymeur Allen's hds., Tees., Lawrenny-10; Fri., Walleston Moor-10i. The South Berkshire kds., Tues., Jacob's Booth; Fri., Red Lion, Basildon-10i. Sir John Cope's hds., Wed., Slade Heath; Fri., White Waltham. The Craven lids., Wed., Henswood; Fri., Cake Wood; Sat., Great Shefford-10i. The Carmarthen hds., Tues., Cotleigh Bridge; Fri., Pau By. Mr. Fellowes's lids., Tues., Drayford Bridge; Wed. Ringsnyrnpton Park; Fri., Newnham Bridge; Sat., Ro mankiEigh Beacon -10. The Ayrshire hds., Tues., Dalrymple Village; Thurs. Rosemount; Sat., Loch Brown-14 The Sherwood harrs., Tues., Rainworth Bar; Fri., Robin Dawn Hill -11. The Hambledon hds., Wed., Bordean House; Fri., Swanmore House-10i. The IL H.. Tues., Tichborne Park; Thurs., Atkin's Lone Barn; Sat., Rotherfield Park-10i. The East Kent hds., Wed., Swingfield Park; Fri., Sib ton Gate-10i. ,The Monmouthshire hda., Tues., the King of Prussia; Fri., Brynderwen. .The N. F. H., Tues., Eyeworth Lodge; Thurs., Pyle well; Sat., Earldoms-10i. The Pytchley hds., Wed., Sulby Hall; Fri., Walcot Village; Sat., Ashly, St. Ledger's Village-104. Puckeridge hds., Wed., Widdrington; Sat., Chipping. .Surrey Union hds., Thurs., Aldbury Heath; Sat., Row Barns. The Tredegar lids., Wed., Tredegar Park; Fri., Ebbro Village. The Hay don hds., Wed., Spring Plantation; Sat., Harsondale. The Tindale lids., Thurs., Bywell-10i. Sir C. Constable's stag hds., Wed., Lelley-111. The Cambridgeshire hds., Wed., Shearhatch Wood; Fri., Hard" , icke Arms-10i. The Oakley hds., Thurs., Tyringham; Sat., Risely The F. B. hda., Fri., Croftweit-101. The Linlithgow and Stirlingshire lids., Thurs., Rave brig Gate; Sat., Broxburn-101 The Devon hds., Thurs., Ingsdon Mill. Sir Henry Seale's lids., Tues., Morley Toll-bar; Fri., Bo w Bridge, Ashbrington-10. ?Ir. Fursa's hds., Fri., Huntsham Wood. The South Devon harrs., Thurs., Buckland Tout Stint ; Sat., I)eptford's Court-10. GOVERNMENT GRATUITY TO THE WIDOW OF THE L ATE MR. WALKER.—We have great satisfaction in an nouncinng that the Government have determined upon g ra _ T Iltig a gratuity of 701. to the widow of the late Mr. "itnles Walker, surgeon, of this city, who, it will be re• membered, died in the early part of the last year of o e Zer e , taken in the discharge of his duty as medical 11Zet of the London-road district. We understand _taeGovarnrnent has also granted similar gratuities in " d ° icui cases at Liverpool and Chester.—Manchester Guar. h * i Is e are happ W -;' w n ." 1 ,1 be - r y ec ' , tad with universal regret, that his to be able to contradict a report, diseas e of it°- 41 --'gnness the el Prince Consort labours under a unauthenticatec the lungs . Se veral frivolous and evidently reportshave been going the round of the newap bitten by e . a 4 Per s to the effect that her Dlajesty had been u°V., had established a " millinery depart meat," and engaged a German physician; they all, secluded a' character f unfounded gossip, which p their achni,sioo into our columns. The statement, ow h —e ver, with reg ard to the health of the Prince Albert is of sufficientl y serious nature to merit an immediate and distinct contradiction.-7 imes. ' THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE EUSTON -SQUARE STATION.—Upon inquiry Hospital on Saturday evening, at the University College as to the state of the Ilimen injured in the above unfortunate occurrence, on ursday last, it 'was stated that Charles Gage and James Hickie are still pronounced by Mr. Quain, the Zethead surgeon of the institution, under whose care they ,t e,sa all Placed, to b e i n a state of great danger. Hickie . s that ustained a fractur e d s k u ll , and i t is not considered nly he can recover.. The other sufferers are fast recovering. Francist is confidently rumoured that Rear-Admiral Sir Aegustus Collier, C. 8., K.C.H., will succeed t ite hei .ate distinguished Commander•in-Chief at Cork, t i Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher.—United Service Quette. MAGAZINES—(CONTIN UED ). TAI T. In a political memorandum of rather unsatisfactory brerity, we observe that Tait expresses a judicious contempt for the Currency Committee, by the ap pointment of which, towards the close of 1847, Par liament virtually shelved the question of our mone tary difficulties. The tone of the writeris as depre ciative as his remarks are sententious. " Currency Committees," says he, " portend evil—each succes sive Committee has produced something worse than its predecessor " After observing that the science into which they have to examine is plain and comprehen sible even to triteness, lie observes-7" There might be with the same propriety a Parliamentary Com mittee appointed every other year to sit upon the rule of three, or consider vulgar fractions, and extract the cube root of the Natio nal Debt. How much truth there is in this may be guessed by those who have glanced through the library of blue books. What shall we say of our coten orary when, speak ing of the " Irish Coercion Bill, as he callsit, or as the Act itself was entitled, " The Prevention of Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Bill," he observes— " Our principal objection to this measure is to be found in its companionless origin ?" Has he forgotten the boon of a poor-law by which that Act had been preceded, during the session which had only then recently expired ? A couple of leading articles are prefixed to the January number —one on " Ragged Churches," the other on " Reme dies for Highland Famine"—both brief but pithy. The first of a bundle of gossiping " Letters from the Channel Islands" follows; and then a criticism on Mr. Westgarth's historical and topographical account of Australia Felix. George Gilfillan contributes a rambling estimate of the intellectual character, and moral, mission and literary position of Ralph Waldo Emerson. How far the estimate is penned in a fan tastic manner may be conjectured from the fact of Emerson being at one moment likened to a "flunky," at another to a "melon," at another to "Rip van Winkle," at another to a " grocer," at another to " Simon Stylites," at another to a "tree" with sap running in his veins instead of blood. Still the paper has thoughts that are shrewd, large-hearted, and manly; it will be an agreeable introduction to Scot land for the great essayist from Massachusetts. With all deference to the very oracular opinions of Mr. Gilfillan, we must dissent from him with intense emphasis when he speaks of Emerson as the greatest poet of America. While the Song not only of Longfellow, but of Bryant, resounds in our memory, we cannot coincide in such a pre posterously wide decision. Neither can Mr. Gilfillan monopolise to hims e lf th e f acu lt y o f appreciating, or the capacity for depicting, the glories of nature. Let him be wary, lest he deg e nerate from pertnessinto self-sufficiency. He has one sly and severe blow at the age, where he mentions Emerson as " teaching spiritual truth to those to whom Mam mon—not Moses—has become the lawgiver, and Cant - 7 -not Christ—the God." "Furstenruhe" is con tinued, and so also are the chapters of Sir Thomas Dick Lauder on " Scottish Rivers." Elizabeth Youatt contributes a pleasant essay on " Old Songs," and the sanitary que s ti on i s c o ns idered in its imme diate application as a preventive of physical disease. Several literary reviews are comprised in the number, but we miss the tart and sarcastic spirit of De Quincey. DOUGLAS JERROLD. We hail with satisfaction the appearance in this number of the first chapters of the new novel of " Twiddlethumb Town," by the editor. It promises to surpass in pungency and truth anything that Douglas Jerrold has yet written. What, for instance, ca❑ be more bitterly sarcastic than the following, on the magpie crest of the Duke de Bobs ? " For the magpie—the crest of the blood of the De Bob.—was of ancient net.t. his ancestress, much put to her wits for materials, had built and set in the Ark ; her husband, it may be, looking curiously at the sea gulls through the windows, and wishing himself for a short time web-footed, aquatic. The De Bobs' magpie could trace a progenitor to Babel ! a magpie in the pos session of a hod man ; a bird that, flying from his mas ter with his master's confounded tongue, brought Irish to the children of Erin, at that early day seated upon thrones of ivory, and carrying walking-sticks of virgin gold. "It could only be such a magpie, hatched in such a genealogical tree, that could be borne by a Duke de Bobs. The bird had been the crest of his family for many, many ages. An officer of the Herald's college of Twiddlethumb—a pious looking man, with so smooth a cheek that no lie for any money could be made to hang upon it—a herald's officer decl►red that he had traced the De Bobs' magpie to so early an age, that he fouud Time himself a very little boy, feeding the bird with grubs and caterpillars. Was it not a virtue in the Duke do Bobs to be proud of such a magpie ? " The Duke de Bobs swore by his magpie. " A big, solemn nook has yet to be written on the oaths of the high and mighty swearers of the earth. Oft times, curious and precious oaths. Sometimes, too, Cu rious and serviceable as old china, that however cracked and flawed, still serves for customary, household use, as well as the soundest. The oaths of emperors and kings —oaths of old fashion—are instructive, provoking me ditation. We think of them with wonder whe❑ unbroken. We consider them with astonishment; even as we should contemplate a silken thread that had tethered rhinoce ros—a trout hook once holding leviathan. " The Duke de Bobs swore by the magpie ; for his oath, inspired by his tutelary bird, ran ever thus, By Black or ‘‘ bite.' A good, serviceable, working-day oath, befitting the Dukedom of a 1)e Bobs ; an oath that it was impossible to break. For the Duke de Bobs, though he took the oath sometimes as often as he winked, was never known to be forsworn. By Black or White was, in sooth, an oath made very easy. " And now the reader of his own cunning may under stand wherefore the townsfolk of Twiddlethumb looked uneasily at the Duke's crest—the terrible magpie. The bird was mixed up in their recollections with many wrongs and many sufferings. The Twiddlethumber, spoiled of a cow—robbed of a goose—his hen-roost ra vaged —or his pocket picked of twopence—laid the loss to the thievishness of the magpie. The bird—the Duke's winged Black and White familiar—was accounted the curse of Twiddlethumb. For there ran throughout the town--nay, it was a belief brimming in the hearts of the iddlethumbers—that the Duke's crest, though seem• ~ ingly a thi ng o f p a i n t, or oa k, or stone, according to its place —now smooth and shining OR the Duke's coach— now p'rched on the Duke's state chair—and now carved over the Duke's windows—was a creature of most mali- cious vitality. The magpie crest—swore the Twiddle thumbers—was a living mischief ; of such cunning and such force, that it coat nick the lock of a money-box, or carry off a bullock. The thing was a devil in feathers, that when he liked hopped out from the Duke's shield, or flew down from the Duke's chair, to pillage the Twid dlethurobers—the Duke's unresisting people. "We cannot believe in this black art of heraldry. It is a coward's blow to strike the dead ; and to give our faith to the superstition of Twiddlethumb would be—we profoundly feel as much—to smite the honourable dust of iron mighty men. For should we not tamper with the ignorance of the many, whom we do not refuse to call our fellow-creatures, were we to allow a vital rapa city to the Duke's crest—a carved or painted magpie ? For after such allowance, what man's crest would be safe,? Griffins and leopards and tigers, whelped bun dreds of years ago in the bed of glory, and fed on human flesh, were notwithstanding harmless creatures ; of no mere ill-will than tame rabbits. They sprawled in shields, and stood upon helmete, and had strong thews of silk and worsted worked for them by female fingers. The lord of the castle looked upon his hangings, and saw therein his griffins ' the children of his own sword and his wife's nee dl e . Awl shall we give air to a belief in a possible necromancy that, at any age sof the world, could animate the panther of a Baron Fitzermonois, suf fering the beast to prowl out from his tapestry at night among the homesteads of the baron's tenants ; now killing a child, and now sucking the blood of poultry ? " Such superstition once afoot, where would it stop ? Would it respect royal crests ? We think not. No : the audacity of the human mind would, we much fear it, give words of abuse even to imperial eagles. Felon knave !'—some hardy slave might say, glaring on the royal bird ; some biped clod of the soil, his blood of no richer compound than converted black bread felon knave ! dead ihing that thou seemest, thou hast accursed life : thou art here, thou hypocrite of honour, to attest to foolish men thy daring and thy might. Thou eanst give look for look with the all-lighting sun, and carry thunderbolts. This is said of thee, but this we know : this the myriad lowly best can tell. Thou fattenest on tke poor man's lamb, and devoureat the poor man's kid.' And should it chance that the eagle have two heads, the malice n of the opp ro b r i ous b oor perc h ance m i g h t a dd— Ad if thou hast two heads, is it not that thou may eat lamb`and kid at the same time ?' " " Galleries of Art for the People" is a paper well worthy the consideration of all those who would wish to imbue our people with a love of art. The proposal to establish in all our large provincial townegalleries of engravings from the_best pictures and of casts from the hest specimens of sculpture, is one which, if car ried out, and carried out it may be at a very small expence, will do much towards improving the taste of the people. In the lighter department of literature we have a well- told tale, entitled, " Vanity in Death," giving a most pathetic description of the death-bed scene of a " poor player," Andy. farcical paper full of dramatic effects, entitled, " Rather too much of a Benefit." This last is from the practised pen of Horace Mayhew. This is the best number of this magazine that has appeared for some time. -ROOD'S MAGAZINE. Ovid never depicted a more incomprehensble i meta morphosis than that which is exemplified n this magazine. It is no longer the organ of Hood, although it still bears the name of that remarkable and lamented man. It is no longer " The Humourist." It is a literary, scientific, and dramatic journal. In the commencement of 1848, the editor begins a serial, which he facetiously terms a novel, but which, as yet, is only a jumble of very serious common-places. It must be acknowledged that we hay first chapters , yet we conceive, froi, aridity of style, they might have bee face, or an introduction, or an —perhaps judiciously—have been . How far the magazine can be regard organ we may judge from the fact of its favouring us; with an instalment of a second-hand translation. from a cheap edition of Ranke's " History of the Popes." How far it is scientific may be guessed. from its containing not one tittle of scientific infor mail= ; and how far it is a competent dramatic. authority is shown by its statement—in the account of the Shakspere night at Covent-garden—that " the entertainment commenced with a prologue written by Mr. Charles Knight, and spoken by Mr. Phelps," and its sententious judgment upon the said prologue that "it was scarcely worthy of the occasion ;" when the truth is the entertainment did not com mence with the prologue, because Mr. Phelps did not deliver it then, or during any part of the evening, and when every one who has a single fibre of sensibi lity, or who can appreciate two lines of poetry, must have felt that the composition in question was an honour to the intellect and the enthusiasm of Mr. Charles Knight, and, in a peculiar manner, worthy of that memorable and national occasion. There is, on the whole, a terrible falling off in this periodical. THE BELLE ASSEMBLES. One thing strikes us as an extraordinary omission at the very outset of the number for January. There is a wood-cut as well as a brief description of the beautiful church of St. Mary Radcliffe, Bristol, and in the description there is not even an incidental mention of Chatterton—the tragedy of Hamlet with the Danish prince omitted. For its musical sweetness, its hope fulness, and its simplicity, we have pleasure in trans cribing the verses on " EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT. " BY CAMILLA TOI7LMIN. " What is the star of thy birth, New Year? Is any f.o learned to prove a seer? The' Forties" have done pretty well we must own, So You come of a race whose prestige is known; Then pray do not place on their 'scutcheon a blot, By what you may do or what you—de not. They've work'd pretty hard, those brethren of yours —For what once took up weeks is nowdone in hours. There is not (thank _Heaven) a Corn-law for you To be in at the death, or like hunters pursue. And the Factory-child has a thanksgiving said, For th-. , ,meed of cold justice was poured on her head. But You've plenty of work if you have but the will, And, indeed, I don't think we shall let you stand still! If you could—but you can't; it will take many years, The brightest and best made of hopes, joys, and fears— To raise up the Wretched from Ignorance's slime, And save from the plunge to the Waters of Crime! But I pray you attempt—look forward, not back, Though you leave in your wake a bright silver track. Rouse the souls that are dormant with eloquent words, That are struck from the fire-heart of Genius like swords, To storm all the strongholds of error and wrong, By the right and the might that to Truth must belong. Cast the idol of Self from the hearts where its rule . Corrupts the best natures to fashion a fool! Making blind, making deaf, making dull every sense, To the soul's truest joys, that are lasting, intense. Ab, indeed, if you can but achieve such a feat, All the good will rush in, like waters that meet To form a strong river, and bear on its tide Humanity onward, with Hope for its guide; Till the haven that Worldlings still doubt and deride, Shall be found and be seen by Reality's light, And the Day that is dawning succeed the world's Night!" The publication is graced with its usual diversity of prose and poetical contributions. SPOItTIAG REVIEW. Craven gives a comprehensive and sparkling narra tive of " The Racing Season of 1847," and his coad jutors—Oxonian, Castor, Harry Ilieover, Scribble, and Brushwood, add their quota to the number for January. They all begin 1848 in tip-top spirits, and with an unaffected gusto that promises admirably. The engravings are excellent, being a vignette tandem, a portrait of Van Tromp, and " The Fortune of War," the last-mentioned being the trip of a hunter. THE JOURNAL. W. AGRICULTURE. There is nothing whatever of a superficial character in the writings contained in this able and practical quarterly. The various papers are the result of re search and experience. A spirit of true benevolence has actuated the contribution of the first article for January—being an examination into the condi tion of " The Labouring Classes," suggested by the eloquent disquisitions of M. Charpentier. The re marks upon the " Influence of Railways," and the necessity of road reform are judicious; and we would particularly direct attention to the admirable paper on " The use of Lime in Agriculture," by Professor Johnston. SthIRPL'S LONDON MAGAZINE. Under its new auspices, or rather its new arrange ments as to illustration, Sharpe proceeds well, and without any sensible abatement in excellence. Besides a very agreeable assortment of letter-press, it con tains some beautiful specimens of wood-engraving— the very best of all being a delineation of " the moated grange of Tennyson." THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. Besides containing two neat engravings of " South down Rams," and "A Cart Stallion," the January num ber is replete with seasonable contributions. After the disastrous seasons from which the country has re cently suffered so much, the agricultural reports ap pended to the magazine will be watched with pecu liar interest. It is in these reports, moreover, that the care of the entrepreneur is manifested more con spicuously than in any other portion of the pe riodical. TBE FREEMASWV.s' QUARTERLY. In the number just published there is a perceptible improvement as regards the arrangement of the vari ous papers constituting the review ; arid there seems to be in some measure an extension of the size of the Quarterly. Brother Thomas Pryer continues his lucubrations on " The Study of Masonic Antiqui ties," with an increase of ability and exactitude. The miscellaneous intelligence is varied and compre hensive. CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL. From an entertaining account of the rise and vicissitudes of the newspaper press of France, we quote one excellent sentence:—" Society demands from treatises, science ; from books, ideas ; from reviews, profound study of the questions discussed, from special collections, to justify their title; from daily journals, the speediest publicity, the most im partial views on all debates, documents, and facts— the most rapid and dispassionate judgment on events, institutions, men, and things." The sentence is from the French. Among the articles for the past mouth there are several of a superior character. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. After a superficial reference to the anomalous posi tion of the Presbyterian clergy of Ulster, and their pertinacity in maintaining their regiutn donum interests, the Eclectic gives a very lively and agreeable descrip tion of John Duncan's Travels in 'Western Africa dur ing 1845 and 1846, startingfrom Whydah, and passing through the territory of Dahomey to Adofoodia in the Interior." The third article is a curiosity, sug gested by a still greater curiosity : it is a paper which asserts the " Credibility of the Evangelists," and is suggested by a book called " An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules ofEvi deuce administered in Courts of Justice," and written by Simon Greenleaf, LL.D., Professor of Law in Harvard University. Clever as it is, we cannot but think that it is battling too much against infidelity with its own weapons—weapons quite inadequate for the settlement of such august and awful mysteries as the mysteries of the Christian religion. This is fol lowed by an historical chapter on King James 11. and the acquittal of the Seven Protestant Bishops in 1688 ; by a criticism on Leopold Ranke's " History of Servia ;" by a notice of Hutton's " Five Years in the East ;" and by an additional enforcement of the necessity of national education. The most attractive contribution for January will be, however, the com prehensive article on " English Schools of Art." THE MIRROR. The Mirror appears in a new dress this month. The paper is of better quality, the letter-press is clearer, the double column arrangement has been given up, and the Mirror now has as neat an appearance as any of its monthly; contemporaries. The number opens with the first chapter of a work, by Mr. Percy B. St. John, entitled "Maxi milian Robespierre, his Life and Opinions." Mr. St. John undertakes to rescue the character of Robespierre from the aspersions which have been cast upon it, and to prove that he was honest, sincere, humane, and virtuous—a task which, with all his ability, Mr. St. John will find of somewhat difficult performance. He scarcely enters upon it in this chapter, which may be considered as the bill of indictment, from the charges contained in which he is to defend his client. There is one accusation, however, which Mr. St. John passes over much too lightly, saying it is only worthy of notice as a curious opinion —it is the accusation of M. Delaure "that Robespierre was th roug h ou t an agen t o f th e emigratio n , and was secretly wishing for the counter revolution." Th e accusation was b roug h t aga i nst him long before the days of M. Delaure—it has been often repeated since, and has never been satisfactorily refuted. His personal connexions, his conduct dur ing the early days of the revolution, before the States- General became the National Assembly, and during the early days of the National Assembly, show that his propensities w ere rathe r t owar d s royalty than towards republicanism, and it was no t un til a ll chance of a restoration was gone, that he, to use the G illf D "d, the modifications contained in the preceding dispatch, the circular note containing the offer and bases of a mediation iu S vitz3rla - Lid had been agreed to by the Ambassador of "Austria, and the Minister of Prussia, who had engaged to transmit it to their representatives in Switzerland, in order that these latter gentlemen might hand it in simultaneously with the Ambassador of France and the Charge d'Affaires of England, to the President of the Diet and to the President of the Council of War of the Sonderbund. The dispatch adds that the Chargé d'Affaires of Russia, not having as yet re ceived any instructions from his Court, could not enter into any engagement to take immediately a similar step, but that he was of opinion that his Court would adhere to the line of conduct pursued by those of Vienna and Berlin. No. 21, dated November 28, is addressed by M. Guizot to M. de Bois-le-Comte, enclosing the circular note to be presented to the President of the Diet and to the President of the Council of War of the Son derbund. No. 22, dated Dec. 2, is from the Duke de Broglie to M. Guizot, informing him that Lord Palmerston had that morning, in the course of an official conver sation, observed that the proposed mediation would in all probability be rendered unnecessary by the rapid progress of events. "If the Sonderbund still exists," observed his Lordship, " it will receive from Sir S. Canning, on his arrival at Berne, in concert ith the envoys of the other four Powers, the note agreed on • but if that body no longer exists, the mediation falls to the ground. The dispatch further contains the rest of the conversation which took place between his Lordship and the Ambassador, chiefly on the precise meaning of the words " perpetual neutra lity" and " inviolability of territory," as applied to Switzerland. The Noble Duke maintained, he states, that though an intervention was to be consi dered highly objectionable, and to be justified only by very extraordinary circumstances, still it might be rendered necessary by the relations existing be tween the Swiss cantons and the Powers contiguous to their frontiers. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. The greatest consternation was occasioned in Wandsworth on Friday afternoon, by a sudden report of such violence as to shake many of the houses to their foundations. It was soon ascertained that the scene of the catastrophe was a baker's shop, situated near the swing-bridge, and not more than one hun dred yards from the railway station, and which had been blown up with its occupants, the baker (Mr. Cupit), his wife, and child. The scene that pre sented itself to the beholders was heart-rending, the interior of the shop was a heterogeneous mass of ruin, under and amongst which lay the insensible bodies of Mr. Cupit, his wife, and child. These un fortunate beings were, with praiseworthy diligence, soon released from the mass of rubbish in which they had been buried, and upon being exposed to the fresh air showed signs of animation ; but all of them had Lecn most frightfully injured, Mrs. Cupit more particularly so; indeed so serious are her inju ries that, if life is spared, she will probably be a cripple for life. The house is the corner one of a number recently built in a very substantial manner, and was only opened a week since. At the time of the explosion there were ups % ards of five bushels of bread in it, which Mr. Cupit and his wife were placing ready to take out, both being behind the counter, and the child in the centre of the shop; it was broad daylight, and therefore no necessity for the gas or any other arti ficial light, and the circumstance makes the occurrence the more extraordinary, inasmuch as it was a gas explosion, and a vast body, to judge from the damage done. The entire flooring, under which there is no cellar, was blown up, some of the boards forcing their way partly into the first floor; several joists of this floor were snapped in two, and the boards forced up. Both shop windows were blown out, the two heavy folding doors torn from the jamb-posts, and the destruction continued in an unabated form to the bakehouse, a distance of eighteen yards from the shop. The opposite house had all the windows broken, and the damage altogether will amount to several hundred pounds. The gas was only laid on from the main on Monday last, and various opinions are afloat as to the efficiency of the work ; the matter will, however, be investigated by the company (a local one), and no doubt sifted to the bottom. On Saturday Mrs. Cupit was declared out of danger, but she will be a deplor able sufferer for months. HAYMARKET TREATRE. We are requested to give insertion to the following communications : " Mr. Webster regrets to inform the patrons of the Haymarket Theatre that, in consequence of the severe indisposition of Mrs. Kean, the appearance of herself and Mr. Kean in the new play of The Wife's Secret is unavoidably postponed until Monday next." Mr. 'Webster has received the following ejrtificate from Mrs. Bean's medical adviser : "Percpstreet, Jan. 8, 1848: " Sir,—For several days Past I have been attending Mrs. Charles Kean with slight influenza, from which she was gradually recovering, but, unfortunately, this evening I find her attacked with infLumnation of the rachea and glottis, which renders her quite hoarse, and as I hear she is to perform at the Haymarket Theatre on Monday next, I have given it as my decided opinion that she will be incapable of articu lating distinctly by that dad•, and I may add, that in all probability she will not be able to appear for a week, and that not without care and attention on her part, the weather at present being so unfavourable to her recovery. "This account of Mrs. C. Kean's health is commu nicated at the request of Mr. Kean.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, "B. Webster, Esq." "JAMES CLAYTON." Lord Joifli Russell left Windsor Castle on Satur day for Richmond Park. Lady John Russell and family are expected to remain there for some weeks. Lord John Russell will come to town each day to attend his official duties at the Treasury, returning to Rich mond in the evening. DR. HAMFDEN AND THE SEE OF HEREFORD.- Dr. Hampden will be confirmed Bishop of Hereford to morrow, at eleven o'clock, at Bow Church. We believe that the day on which the connect atlou will take place is not yet fixed. I. ' E COURT, &C.-WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING. —The death of Madame Adelaide has thrown consider able loom over the celebration of the holidays at the Castle. It was in consequence of this melancholy event that the royal party arranged for Twelfth sight was vut aside, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Priecess Marv, Prince George, and• Prince Frederic of Hesse so suddenly left the Castle on Thursday. There were no fresh arrivals at the Castle yesterday ; nor were there any invitations to the royal table last even ing ; but her Majesty and the Prince dined alone, and, in consequence of the calamity which has betallenthe family 01 his Majesty the King of the French, the usual attendance of the musical band w as forbidden. It was o l ma leave r for ow between two finally arranged last night Claremont , u e r h t ic s ,k vil t l a t u h d at t h th r e ee C o o afternoon, at which time the Marquis of Ormonde will go out of office as Lord in Waiting on the Queen, and the Earl of Morton will meet the Royal Family at Claremont to succeed him. DETERMINED AND MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.-011 Saturday Mr. Mills held an inquest in the Middlesex Hospital, who on hs dH linednry a Lm s a porter o unt, re e faithful years ser vant, withtawg-eednty4-sth, a Mr. Solomons, glass-dealer, Poland-street. The deceased had the misfortune to be married to a woman who rather indulged in drink, and who died on Thursday. A ter her death deceased went to a drawer in his room where he expected to find 141. and his watch, both were gone. He then rushed frantically from his lodging, in Broad-street, to Mr. Solomons, exclaiming " I am a ruined man ! I will never recover it; I will be compelled to apply to the parish to bury my wife." Mr. Solomons in vaM endeavoured to soothe the poor fellow. After sometime he left his master's house, and having bought half-a-pint of vitriol drank it off in the street. He was removed in the greatest agony to the hospital, were death quickly terminated his sufferings. Mr. Solomons, who was affected to tears while he gave evidence, deposed that deceased could not be surpassed for honesty, so briety, industry, and attention to his employer's interest. He (Mr. Solomons) was certain that he never could get such another servant. Verdict—"lnsanity." DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT IN BISHOPSGATE-STREET . On Saturday, at eight o'clock, Mr. Joseph Payne, the e deputy coroner, held an inquest at the s_v_orkhou aged Bishopsgate-street, on the body of James3B., John Morgan, the prOprietor of the Gr een,o_ w.witness'ss Bishopsgate-street, said, that in th e gatwa:', f house a sewer was at the present time in course of con struction. On Friday nig ht an alarm was raised that the cutting had fallen in, and that the men were buried saw two men standing upright the earth. The mou ld alive. Witness immediately went to the spot, when h o in was removed as soon as possible, and the men were extricated. It took about 20 minutes to clear away the earth, when the deceased was found in a stooping posi tion. Ho was quite black in the face, and life was totally extinct. Upon the alarm being given a surgeon was, sent for, who was present when the deceased was got out. Witneas had heard the dfteased's master order the men to shore up the sewer, but they had neglected to do so. By the Coroner—" There were three or, four feet of earth on the deceased." John Thumpling said, that he was at work with the deceased when the occurrence took place. Whilst deceased was stooping down he perceived the earth crack. He called out to him, and made a jump towards the ladder, when the earth tell in and buried the deceased. Ho had frequently stated to the witness that the ground was solid enough without being shored op. Mr. Miles Beale, surgeon, 41, Biahops,gate-street, said, that he saw the deceased when he was got out. The face was black and swollen, and life was extinct. He tried to bleed him but could not. Verdict—" Accidental Death." LIVERPOOL, JAN 7.----The Shenandoah. Captain V