The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-25 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVI.CES.--During the storms of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by its Lifeboats and other means, contributed to the savin of 707 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended .C 21,374 in the same perivd on its lite boat efitablishments, in addition to grantiug £4,950 for le wards for saving life and exercising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public fur ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat stations. Contributions are received by the London and country bankers and b J the Secretary, Itichard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, ohn-street, Adeiphi. London. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, C OVENT GA. it DEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING (Thurs,l.►yt, Mr. Charles Deffrlli's new opera, in one act, CliltlslMA. s Maclame F. Lancia, Ma lame E. 11.•ywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D. Miranda. Conthictor, Mr. Alfre 1 Mellon. After which. • t S, the grind comic, el ei_tacular, and ope ratic Chris nuts Pan °mime, eutii led A LAD ul,); AN THE WO DEIIPt.A. LA.MI' ; or, llarkquin and the Flying Palac?. (Bce other advertisements). Commence at 7 o'cicck. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- Mana.v:ers, 51essrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Phelps, Mrs. Hermarn Vezin, (to. Atter which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic l'urse and Wishing Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore, H. Drayton, G. Weston. Master Percy ktoselli ; Misses Hazlewood, A. Thomson, K Falconer, Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Boleno. C. Lauri, Cormact, Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS E'VENING, BROTHER SAM : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames Nelly Moore, Snowden, To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET Messrs. W. 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We are not surprised that any one well acquainted with the recent particulars of the outbreak in Jamaica should feel astonishment and indignation at the course taken by some people in this country . A letter from the Custos Rotulorum of Kingston, published in yesterday' s Standard, serves to show in a great measure how unfounded are the charges which have been made against the Governor and the colo nial authorities. At any rate it cannot be said by the most partial or prejudiced person, that this is a communication from one who does not know what h e i s writing about. Unfortunately it is only by slow degrees and at long intervals that we are able to gather these details and collect this information from authentic sources respectin g the outbreak in J a maica, while the vehement memb ers o f the faction and their supporters have in some degree all the talk to themselves. No one who has any regard for fair play would think of passing a condemnatory judgment before they we re i n possession of all the facts of the case, but, unhap pily, with one motive and the other there arc suffi cient agencies at work to render it expedient in certain quarters that every possible obstacle should be put in the way of Governor EYRE and his friends in this matter of an inquiry. Also, it is sought to damage them in the opinion of the people of this country by partial statements and innuendoes of a suspicious character. No language can be too strong or too severe in which to condemn this practice, and all who value justice should bestir themselves in order that such unworthy tactics and contemptible deyieets ohould ;lot carry the demanded, the same has been granted. parties, then, await the result." Let all The report of the proceedings at the trial of Mr. G. W. GORDON in no way tends to cast discredit upon those who conducted and approved of it, and whatever tone these parties may assume respecting it who hope to make political capital of it before the opening of Parliament, impartial judges will recognise the difficulties of the situation and appreciate the importance of settling the mat ter speedily when once the conviction had forced itself upon the minds of all that GORDON was guilty. As for the declarations of those who argue that GORDON ought to have been tried in the usual form by a judge and a jury, they seem to forget that this was altogether an exceptional affair, and one peculiarly adapted to the desperate expedient of having recourse to martial law. It suits these people, however, to assume that all was in its usual condi tion in the island, and that it was as unwarrantable and unjustifiable for the colonial authorities to resort to martial law as if we had done the same in this country on the occasion of a Chartist movement, or adopted such a measure in Ireland on the occasion of the Fenian discoveries the other day. In order to form a correct opinion, we should place ourselves as much as possible in the position of those whom we ate criticising; and accord ing to that standard we cannot see how any one can reasonably declare that the condemnation of GORDON was hasty and premature. Everything tended to prove that he was constantly instigating the black population to rebellion ; and as for the pretext put forward, that he was ill on the 11th of October, that goes for nothing, because it is well known that the movement was premature, and he might have been equally guilty had he had no concern in the rising that particular day if he was planning that a similar outbreak should take place at Christmas or some other specified time. Another thing that seems entirely ignored by those who are so ready to declare that the trial of GORDON should have been postponed is, that in all human probability there would have been a despe rate attempt made to rescue him. `Vas not the outbreak brought on suddenly and prematurely in consequence of the daring venture made by the blacks to get a prisoner out of the clutches of the police, and, what was likely Cien, that they would have followed up their course by saving one of far more consequence to their cause, and held in far higher repute among them, than the prisoner at Morant Bay ? We defy any one to prove that there was any manifestation of injustice on the part of those who conducted the trial of GORDON, and many circumstances conspired to show the expediency of putting the sentence of the Court into execution. No doubt by so doing those in authority exposed themselves to the indignation of some and became the marks for the attacks of others, but they by their firmness and promptitude rendered important services to the whole population of the island, and also preserved the place from the horrors of a general outbreak. It seems very strange that a certain party over here persist in prejuding the case, and flatly contradict all the statements that are made by the authorities in Jamaica, running directly counter to the opinions of those best qua lified to judge. What concerns us most directly at present, however, is the course pursued by the Government, and we regret to say that their con duct is not characterised by that fair play and straightforwardness which we look for in our statesmen. How is it, we may ask, that this report has come forth now, and not till now ? How long has it been kept back-- and why does it see the light at this particular juncture? Was it brought ever by Colonel NEL SON when ho arrived in this country some weeks back ? and, if so, why has it not been given to the public before ? These are questions which naturally present themselves, and many will share in the curiosity thus excited. It will never do for the reputation of the servants of the Crown who have done their utmost to serve their country to be at the mercy of any faction, and if the Government steer their course according to the dictation of a cabal, and withhold evidence and bring forward statements to suit a particular tone or answer a definite purpose, they will find out to their cost that they have mis taken the character of the English people, and gone too far in their attempts in pleasing all parties in stead of seeking out the proper course, and then steadily keeping to it. It is long since so lament able an affair as this Jamaica business has occurred, but it behoves the best and truest interests of the community that all should be straightforward in the affair, that no partiality be shown to any one, and that the Parliament and people of England should have every opportunity afforded to them of judging for themselves. We have now before us the full text of those two despatches of Mr. SEWARD relative to the Mexican question which have been referred to in the tele graphic news. The first is dated Dec. 6th, and is addressed to M. DE MONTIIOLON, in answer to a communication received from the French Minister at Washington respecting the EMPEROR'S "views on Mexican affairs," as Mr. SEWARD politely words it. The substance of Mr. SEWARD'S reply is much the same as that of his former despatch to Mr. BIGELOW. M. .MoNnior.ox had intimated that France would be willing to retire from Mexico as soon as possible, but that it would be inconvenient for her to do so without receiving an assurance of a friendly or tolerant disposition on the part of the United States towards the Mexican Imperial Government. The words in Which Mr. SEWARD answers this application are sufficiently decisive. They have, in fact, been deemed sufficiently important to be repeated verbatim ill the tele- point desired and win the day against honest pur- gr ams. " I regret," he says, "to be ob poses and honourable intentions. Nothing can be li.ged to say that the condition the EMPEROR more decisive than the tone adopted by the - suggests is one that seems quite impracticable." 1 writer of this letter, and his statements clearly Mr. SEWARD then goes on to explain at some length show that a great danger menaced the island, the reason of the feeling existing in the States against and as for the reasons set forth by those who h ave the present position of Mexican affairs, which, he been the most vehement against the Goveimor says, does not appear to him to be rightly under that there was no appearance of a rebelldon, stood by the French Government. It is not merely they are here summarily disposed of by the the presence of a foreign army in an adjacent sser tion that in any rising of the blacks they country which creates uneasiness, nor is it even the are always premature in their movements. This neighbourhood of monarchical institutions. The was stated by some of the blacks themselves, people of the United States recognise the right of and a rebel who was sentenced to imprisonment re- sovereign nations to carry on war with each other marked to another prisoner, that "We black pefJople so long as they do not invade American rights or neber make tings go straight, we break out too menace American safety. They have no desire soon, we were to hab come down about some time either to attempt a war of propagandism in on Christmas." The fact is, that many of those who favour of Republican institutions. They would think have been the most violent in their remarks are it, he pertinently observes, wrong and unwise to really ignorant of the habits of the race they exalt attempt to force Republican institutions on the so highly, and thus proved their incompetency people of France, and they think it equally objection to form a fair opinion of the matter. Another abl that European States should forcibly intervene to reason here given for the numerous executions that replace Republican institutions on the American con took place is, that it was impossible to take many tinent by monarchies and empires. This is the point prisoners for severalreasons, and this, of course, added to which Mr. SEWARD principally addresses himself, to the number summarily disposed of. Well may the insisting that the presence of the French army is an writer of this letter declare that he has been "shocked invasion of the rights of a domestic Republigan and disgusted" at the manner in which the whole Government. The despatch closes with assurances affair has been prejudged and condemned in many of the earnest desire of the American people to pre- 1 instances. " Such conduct is surely cowardly and serve cordial relations with France, and a hope that uu-English like, and ought not to be persisted in by France may find it compatible with " her best in respectable newspapers, and tolerated by an honest terests and her high honour" to withdraw from and right-thinking public. An inquiry has been Mexico within a reasonable time. The despatch to Mr. BIGELOW is more laconic andless diplomatically cautious. Mr. SEWARD insists upon two points—First, That the United States desire to maintain cordial relations with France ; and, second, that they will find it difficult to do so unless France withdraws from Mexico. The recog nition of MAXIMILIAN'S authority cannot, he declares, be made by the United States, and he therefore regrets that no basis has been found for a satisfactory adjustment of the case. The Emperor of the FRENCH is astute enough, however, to dis cover such a basis if he is inclined to do so ; and the tenour of his speech to the Chambers seems to indicate that he has no intention of involving him self in a war with America on behalf of the new empire. The States will very probably allow the Mexicans to settle their own affairs should France withdraw her interference ; and both parties will probably be very glad to get out of a difficulty in which, after all, neither of them has any direct concern. During the last week or ten days the Board of Trade received from the Receivers of Wrecks round the coast the sworn depositions of no less than 400 captains and survivors of vessels, which have either been totally wrecked, or suffered serious damage during the recent gales. This number represents a terrible amount of loss and suffering, and unfortu nately fully confirms the painful impression made on the public mind as to the extent and duration of the gales by the accounts which day by day have reached us with tidings of peril and disaster. The loss of the London was so awful a catas trophe that, for the time being, it dwarfed every other calamity, but the same story in a lesser degree has been going on all round the coast. Torbay has furnished a list of victims as well as a record of heroism that would have ren dered any gale remarkable, and each of these 400 disasters has a history of its own, involv ing the happiness and fortune of many a wide circle. The gales of this winter have done more damage on our coasts than has been known since the spring of 1838, so that their severity has been of a most exceptional character, even allowing for the nominal increase of our com merce. Some idea of the extent of our marine interests may be gathered from the fact that as soon as the weather moderated the windbound fleet in the Fal began to disperse in different direc tions-150 vessels taking their departure for their several destinations, and 120 remaining. All these delayed at one port by a few days' storm. It is no great wonder that the hurricanes of the past month should leave such a story behind them. Under the mournful circumstances, which we have recently chronicled, the question of ships' lifeboats has naturally risen into considerable pro minence, and we are not surprised to find the able and indefatigable Secretary of the National Lifeboat Institution coming forward with an interesting com munication, which appeared in our impression of yes terday. The immense importance of passenger ships being provided w ith a sufficient number of properly I constructed boats to carry every person on board in case of a total shipwreck must be at once apparent, and there are countless instances even during the late storms in which such a provision might have saved many valuable lives. In the case of the Lon don herself, the safety of the one light boat in which the survivors embarked proves that many more of the unfortunate passengers and crew might have been rescued with pro per appliances, and in numerous other cases the results might have been the same. Mr. LEWIS gives four rules which the Institution recom mends should be strictly observed : Ist. That there should be a sufficient number of boats to carry every person on board a ship, being always properly equipped. 2d. That every such boat should have painted on it the number of persons she was autho rised to carry ; and it is further advised that all boats should carry the same number, so that the total could be easily calculated, and the confusion attending a wreck might be materially lessened. 3d. That, at intervals during every long voyage, the captain should muster all hands, and call over the officer in charge of each boat, the crew to work and the passengers to embark in it. 4th. That the boats of every passenger ship should be carefully inspected and reported by a Government Inspector prior to each voyage. This is the more necessary; as Mr. LEWIS states that, in consequence of there being no fixed standard, the present system of in- spection is quite useless. Mr. LEWIS adds that there are argumeLts to be brought forward on behalf of each of these recom mendations which he has not space to add, but which we should be glad to hear from him at another time, since the interests involved in this question are very wide and important, involving both those at sea and on shore. It is plain that the present system is most inefficient, and the few lives that are saved in any great shipwreck at sea show the absolute necessity for a change for the better. Our iron vessels are ill adapted for any such casualties, as they offer no opportunities for the construction of rafts, &c. ; and, if they are to go down, they founder with a rapidity and wholesale determination which leaves those who cling to the vessel little chance. The loss of the London, which has filled so many homes with mourning, has so deeply im pressed the public mind that the owners of passen ger ships will find it necessary to take some decided measures to restore confidence, and they cannot consult a better authority than the National Life boat Institution. AN IRONCLAD IN A STonM.—A Toulon letter says :—" The ironclad steam ram Taurean took advantage of the tempest which prevailed a day or two since to make an experimental trip. She remained out four hours, and her average speed was ten knots. This somewhat dangerous trial proves that vessels of the Taurean type can navigate with all safety in very rough weather at a speed of five or Six CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN C ORRES P 0 NDENT. ) Pin's, Tuesday Evening. Perhaps a royal speech never created greater satisfaction than that pronounced yesterday by the Emperor. It is, of course, the theme of the Paris papers to-day. It would be useless to analyse them, because the Constitutionnel gives a very true and complete description of the document. It says :—" There was no important question, within or without, which was not treated in the Imperial Speech with that clearness which is the happiest form of good sense, and which is above all an es sentially French feature, and at the same time with that conciseness to which the real Statesman is par tial, and which characterises the profound thinker. On reading this Speech, in which the Imperial policy manifests itself so worthily and so appro priately in regard to Foreign Powers, and proves that it is impressed with regard for the fuller wel fare as regards all internal questions, one recalls naturally the two claims which Sovereigns have upon popular affection and gratitude. The citizen can say of Napoleon the Third that he is the father of the country, and the workman that he is the father of the people." Even the Chief opposition paper, the Siecle, which criticises every expression very closely, seems to approve of all that is said. Its only complaint is in regard to what it does not say. "We re mark," concludes the Siecle, " a few omissions; for instance, that which concerns the policy of Russia in regard to Poland, a policy certainly more afflicting than that of Prussia." I had not time yesterday to give you an account of the ceremonial attending the inauguration of the session, but as the proceedings were more than usually interesting, I supply a few particulars to day. The speech was delivered in the Salle des Etats at the Louvre. In the seats near the throne were the Ministers, Marshals, Admirals, Cardinals, and chief officers of State in full costume, and with their orders. In front of the throne were the mem bers of the Senate, with the President, Count Walewski, who has succeeded the late Duke de Morny. There were also deputations from the courts of law, officers of the army and navy, pre fects—in short, all the high dignitaries of the nation. All the foreign ambassadors and their wives were present. When the Empress was announced, all present rose to 'receive her Majesty. She was ac companied by the Princess Mathilde, and the Prin cesses Lucien, Anna, and Joachim Murat, and the Princess of Hohenzollern. The Prince of Hohen zollern sat behind her Majesty, who was often greeted with cries of "Vive l'lmperatriee !" The Empress, who seems to set the example of sim plicity in dress, was attired very plainly in a mauve silk gown, and wore a white lace bon net. The entrance of the Emperor was announced by the firing of cannon. He was dressed in the uniform of a General, and the young Imperial Prince entered with him. Their appearance was the signal for general and reiterated cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" " Vive le Prince Imperial !" until his Majesty took his place upon the throne. The young Prince sat on his right, and Prince Napoleon on his left. All remarked that the Emperor appeared in excellent health and spirits. Ile pronounced the speech in very distinct, audible, and emphatic terms. When the speech was concluded, the cries of " Vive I'Empereur !" " Vive le Prince Imperial !" were renewed. Several new Senators and Deputies took the oaths in the presence of his Majesty, and M. Rouher, Minister of State, in the name of the Emperor, declared the session to be opened. The .ll7oniteur has the following letter from Madrid, dated Jan. 20 :—" The military insurrec tion is completely terminated. General Prim yester day entered Portugal by Encinasola, leaving with the Spanish Alcalda the arms and horse of his troops. The Portuguese authorities immediately placed the refugees in confinement." The Epoca, a Madrid paper, confirms the report of the suicide of Don Manuel Pareja, upon which some doubt was thrown. ne was about 50, and was born at Peru. His father was a Spanish general. Admiral Pareja had been in several important naval expeditions. - When I gave you the account of the exciting, unseemly, and violent language used by the Baron de Meyendorff, the Russian Ambassador to the Pope at the Vatican, I confessed that I had some doubt of the accuracy of the state ments. The account, however, is completely confirmed. Indeed it appears that the baron's conduct was even more offensive than was repre sented. The Journal des Debats adds its authority to the account. That paper gives its opinion that the language used by the Russian ambassador af fords evidence of previous misunderstandings be tween his Holiness and the Court of Russia. The Pope remarked that he did not believe the ambas sador intended to insult the Head of the Church, but said the interview should not be prolonged. The Debats proceeds to contend that the Pope is not at all responsible for what the Russian ambas sador complained of. His Holiness, although protesting against the violent measures adopted against the Roman Catholic religion in Po land, had always censured insurrections against the Russian Government, and particularly condemned that of 1863. Baron de Meyen dorff therefore was both unjust and unwise when he accused the Pope of " encouraging revo lution." The Pope would equally censure revolu tion at Warsaw as he would at Rome, Florence, or Naples. His Holiness, however, was bound to defend the Roman Catholic religion under all cir cumstances. The Opinion Nationale, remarking upon the posi tion of affairs in Spain, says :—" But if Prim be in Portugal, the revolutionary spirit is still in Spain. The military conspiracy which has just failed is, according to all appearance, only the prelude and indication of a Democratic Revolution." Three Italian ships, two frigates and a corvette, recently arrived in the Austrian port of Pola, and the Austrian commander, after consulting the autho rities at Vienna by telegraph, consented to exchange salutes. The fact is considered as important, because indicating more amicable feelings between Austria and Italy. The Princess Anna Murat, now Duchess de Mouchy, accompanied her father, in 1864, in a voyage to the East, and paid a visit to Ismail Pacha. The Viceroy of Egypt, as a souvenir of this visit, has just sent to the duchess a magnificent diadem of brilliants, worth more than £4,000. Batty, the lion tamer, is sufficiently recovered from the wounds he received from the lioness to reappear and repeat the fool-hardy experiment. PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The business in the Chambers will be merely formal for a few days. On taking the chair in the Senate, the First President, M. Troplong, made a brief butaffecting made by in which he enumerated the victims ad eby death among the members dur ingtheast year. Some time ago I enumerated them. " Gentlemen," said M. Troplong, "If I dared to use the expression of an ancient, I should say that none of us can flatter himself that he may not sup to-night among the dead. But we can pray to God, that, after so many inexorable blows, he will postpone the fatal event. One hundred and sixteen of our colleagues have been removed from us since 1852." (Sensation.) Count Walewski, the new President of the Corps Legislatif, claimed the indulgence of the Chamber for any defects, and said he would always act with strict impartiality, and expressed his confidence that all, without dis- tinction of party, would rally round the throne, to defend if necessary the institutions which, by con solidating the grandeur of France, had at the same time insured its repose and prosperity. Both speeches excited great sensation and sympathy. The Emperor's speech, it appears, was received and printed in London three hours after it was transmitted from Paris. All the French provincial papers which arrived in Paris yesterday contained the document, which comprises 1,784 words. I have reason to believe that it was entirely composed by . the Emperor himself. Batty, the lion tamer, has again been nearly killed by a lion. There were two lions and a lioness in the den, and when Batty entered it all the animals were much =aged, bill; particularly the lioness, which it appears has recently given birth to two cubs, and no doubt supposed that Batty was about to touch them. The lioness was upon the point of springing upon the lion tamer, when he emerged backwards from the cage at the desire of the spec tators. Many of them left the house, and ladies were fainting in the passages. A dressmaker at Limoges has met her death in rather a curious manner. While taking some soup one of the needles which she had in her dress fell into it and she swallowed it. It was so fixed in the neck that it could not be extracted, but as there was no pain nothing more was thought of it. A week afterwards, after a violent effort, the woman vomited blood, and the needle came out of her mouth, but it is supposed that it had pierced the carotid artery, as the hemorrhage was so violent as to cause death in a few hours. The dismissal of the Protestant Minister, M. Mar tin Paschoud, which I mentioned a day or two ago, seems to have excited more interest than might have been supposed. The Presbyterial Council of Paris have offered M. Paschoud a life pension of 6,000 f., but he has appealed to the Government, and the Minister of Public Worship, M. Baroche, is in com munication with the Presbytery upon the subject, and has requested them to make further explana tions. The French Court will go into mourning for Prince Oddon, one of the children of King Victor Emmanuel, for nine days, without waiting for an official notification of the fact of the Prince's death. The Prince was born in 1846, and has been in ill health since his infancy. He was very learned, and was very fond of literary and scientific pursuits. His medical attendants describe his death to in tense study. A melancholy and fatal accident to the young Marquis de Saffie, has caused regret and conster nation in many of the fashionable circles of Paris. The marquis was riding in the Bois de Boulogne, when the horse took fright and threw his rider. He was taken to a surgeon and afterwards to the hospital, where he soon expired from the fracture he had received on his skull. The Corps Legislatif was occupied to-day in the verification of powers and the election of secre taries. A trotting match for £lOO a side, between the American horses Shepherd Knapp and Abdaliah King, was won by Shepherd Knapp, who beat by 100 yards. The match took place in the Bois de Boulogne. The distance was one mile. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1866. LITERATURE. Dr. Newman's New Poem. The Dream of Gerontius. By J. 11. N. Burns, Lambert, and Oates. The initials J. 11. N. are as famous in their way as those of I. K. L. They are as unmistakeably indicative of the writer's identity, of his personality, of his individuality. Subscribed to any effusion of his, he can be no longer said to have written that effusion anonymously. It is not so much a futile at tempt at concealment on his part—his employment at any time of those distinctive and distinguishing initials—as it is the conspicuous emblazonment of the fact of his affecting something in the way of such a concealment, that is of one wholely, and obviously, and necessarily futile. The mask from behind which he speaks to us is per fectly transparent—and behind it, behind the mask of those well known initials J. H. N., who is there that does not recognise the features of John Henry Newman, formerly of Oxford, now of Birming ham—the world-famous author of Tract Ninety, of Callista, of Loss and Gain, of the Apologia ? Even, however had there been no such clue to the authorship of these fifty miniature pages of letter-press, as is here put ready-to-hand for every one's acceptance who lists, in those three initial letters of J. H. N.—we cannot but think that there are quite as recognisable indications of the author's identity abundantly scattered through the poem it self—imbedded in the verse as in amber—dis tinguishable in the very nature and ordering of the thoughts and emotions of which that verse is so won drously and impressively, so clearly and yet so subtly expressive. " The Dream of Gerontius," it is especially worthy of note the poem is entitled— the Dream ! It is to be regarded, therefore, as no dog matic utterance indicative of Dr. Newman's belief in regard to the other world of which it treats—but simply, solely, and wholely as the articulation of some among his imaginings in regard to it. And won derful imaginings they certainly are 1 As unlike as possible to the philosophical extravagances (if any such paradoxical phrase can be employed for the nonce) as those set forth by the fantastic fancy of Sir Humphrey Davy in his eccentric little work, en titled " The Last Days of a Philosopher," where the inhabitants of that " other world" are described as not a jot less grotesque or bizarre in their aspect than—what shall we say ?—than the denizens of the Flying Island of Laputa—than the creatures float ing about among the coral and ooze of an aquarium ! Here, in Dr. Newman's poem, on the contrary, the existences peopling the other world are spiritual existences, disembodied souls, angelic beings, imps and demons, powers and principalities. The atmos phere of metaphysical abstraction into which we thus soar aloft—borne upward upon the wings of Dr. Newman's imagination—is rarified to the ex - tremest limits of appreciation on the part of the reader, of expression in " thoughts that breathe, and words that burn" on the part of the dreamer of this same " Dream of Gerontius." "Jesu, Maria—l am near to death," is his first utterance—the first utterance (as he lies a -dying) of Gerontius. During the first dozen p ag es or so of this little record of his experiences—physical, intellectual,. spiritual— as he reposes there upon his death-bed surrounded, in articulo mortis, by sympathising friends and ecclesiastical assistants, slowly fading away from this world into the next, into that " other world" of which we have just now spoken more than once. Here it is that--towards the close of his long agony—Gerontius communes with himself (within himself) as follows It comes again, That sense of ruin, which is worse than pain, That masterful negation and collapse Of all that makes me man; as though I bent Over the dizzy brink Of some sheer infinite descent ; Or worse, as though Down, down for ever I was falling through The solid framework of created things, And needs must sink and sink into the vast abyss. And, crueller still, A fierce and restless fright begins to fill The mansion of my soul. And so on to the very conclusion of this uttermost conflict between the powers of Life and Death, when —bewildered as to which in his instance has proved the Conqueror—Gerontius puts to himself the awful problem already indicated. Exclaiming at last, as the conclusion arrived at through his very bewilderment.— I am not dead But in the body still ; for I possess A sort of confidence, which clings to me, That each particular organ holds its place As heretofore, combining with the rest Into one symmetry, that wraps me round, And makes me man ; and surely I could move, Did I but will it, every part of me. And yet I cannot to my sense bring home By very trial, that I have the power. 'Tis strange; I cannot stir a hand or foot, I cannot make my fingers or my lips By mutual pressure witness each to each, Nor by the eyelid's instantaneous stroke Assure myself I have a body still. Nor do I know my very attitude, Nor if I stand, or lie, or sit, or kneel. Surely —in every syllable of it—a very wonderful description : mystically and refinedly realistic to the imagination of a consciousness of disembodiment ! Further 011—where it may be said, that Gerontius' marvellously introspective soliloquy has fairly floated us off into the empyrean—we are carried beyond all our ordinary earthly ideas of time and space by the Guardian Angel, who thus wondrously contrasts for the soul of Gerontius, the different sense of duration among men and among angels, on earth and in heaven, observing that— Spirits and men by different standards mete The less and greater in the flow of time. By sun and moon, primeval ordinances— By eau which riße and 'Jet laarm9nipusly— By the recurring seasons, and the swing, This way and that, of the suspended rod Precise and punctual, men divide the hours, Equal, continuous, for their common use. Not with us in th' immaterial world; But intervals in their succession Are measured by the living thought alone, And grow or wane with its intensity. And time is not a common property ; But what is long is short, and swift is slow, And near is distant, as received and grasped By this mind and by that, and every one Is standard of his own chronology. The least satisfactory part of this otherwise most impressive spiritual drama is that in which the Chorus of Demons chant, or rather mow and gib ber, their impish revilings—making one shudder as with a sense of abhorrence at their shriek of wanton exultation where they howl forth— What's a Saint ? One whose breath Doth the air taint Before his death : A bundle of bones, Which fools adore—Ha! ha! When life is o'er, Which rattle and stink E'en in the flesh ! As this loathly and fantastic portion of the Dream is, we repeat, of all the least satisfactory, descend ing even to colloquisms like " chuck" and " fudge" —the loveliest part of all is that comprising within it the angelic suggestion to the spirit of Gerontius of the rapturous sense of joy awaiting him when ho shall behold his Judge ! The Angel saying to Gerontius that when he sees the Godhead— Tho sight of Him will kindle in thy heart All tender, gracious, reverential thoughts. Thou wilt be sick with love, and yearn for Him, And feel as though thou couldst but pity him, That one so sweet should ere have placed Himself At disadvantage such, as to be used So vilely by a being so vile as thee. There is a pleading in His pensive oyes Will pierce thee to the quick, and trouble thee. And thou wilt hate and loathe thyself; for, though Nov sinless, thou wilt feel that thou bast sinned, As never thou didst feel ; and wilt desire To slink away, and hide thee from His sight ; nd yet wilt have a longing aye to dwell Within the beauty of His countenance. And these two pains, so counter and so keen, — The longing for Him, when thou seest Him not ; The shame of self at thought of seeing Him, — Will be the veriest, sharpest purgatory. Altogether—in spite of those little imps of darkness whose babblings jar so inharmoniously and incon gruously with the eloquent dreamings of Gerontius and his angelic associates—this vision of the soul is not unworthy of the pure heart and elevated intel lect from which it emanates. Dated on the 2d of last November, the Dream here related by Dr. Newman has but just now made its appearance, and that, moreover, in a form so small, and with a pur pose so radiant, that one would be almost tempted to speak of it as a poetic diamond, or rhythmical epigram, but that any conceit, however seemingly apt, were little less than an impertinence, as it seems to us, applied to imaginings so awful and austere in their way as these self-communings of the soul of Gerontius. RICHARD COBDEN'S LlFE — (Lockwood and Co.) —told as it ought to be (with an especial regard ou the writer's part to " the unadorned eloquence" of fact), has here been related in a two shilling volume worthy of purchase, perusal, and preservation, by John M'Gilchrist, the biographer of Lord Dun donald. The book relates succinctly the political career and public services of the Apostle of Free Trade. The cover is adorned with a likeness of Mr. Cobden, and the title-page with a vignette of his birthplace. THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN 1745 —(Warrington)— is the title of a little fourpenny pamphlet, the MS. " copy" of whi'3h was written more than a hundred years ago by one Henry Orford, a Cheshire farmer. It has a powerful interest just now, not alone for the farmers of Cheshire, but for the farmers of all England, relating as it does to the history of a mysterious murrain that, after the lapse of more than a century, has recently made its appearance. For the publication (at last !) of this little brochure we are indebted to the Warrington Guardian—for the which we herewith offer to our contemporary our acknowledgments. UNWIN'S INDICATOR FOR 1866—is a capital little eighteenpenny contrivance, by which the 365 days of the year are distinctly indicated as they come round. A leaf being torn off as each day dies out allows its successor to become visible until it in turn shall have elapsed. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS• - -Z. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.) In the week that ended on Saturday, Jan. 20, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,568, the deaths registered 3,590. The annual rate of mor tality was 31 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,149 boys and 1,097 girls, in all 2,246 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1856-65, the average number, corrected for in crease of population, was 2,081. The deaths registered in London during the week wore 1,569. It was the third week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,641. The number of deaths actually returned is less by 72 than that obtained by calculation. Whooping -cough is the most fatal disease in the zymotic class according to the present return, and it is recorded in 78 cases. There are 69 deaths from typhus, 38 from scarlatina, 38 from measles, 16 from small-pox. To phthisis 165 deaths are re ferred, to bronchitis 188, to pneumonia 110, to dis ease of the heart 59. The corrected average for bronchitis in corresponding weeks of previous years is 226. On Dec. 29, at 6, Cranbrook-street, Bethnal green, the wife of a weaver, aged 49, died from want of food and necessaries. Censure on husband and mother. On Jan. 10., a hawker, aged 60, died from dis ease of the heart, accelerated by destitution. Was found dead in Bethnal-green. On Jan. 27, in St. Mary's Hospital, a labourer, aged 35 years, died from chloroform administered during an operation. The following seven deaths by carriage accidents in the streets were registered in the week :—A coal weigher, aged 63 years, fell from a vanj died on Jan. - 4 in the Royal Free Hospital. The widow of a coachman, aged 75 years, run over:by a van ; died on Jan. Bin the Royal Free Hospital. The son of a coachtrimmer, aged 11 years, run over by an om nibus ; died on Jan. 8. A surveyor, aged 52 years, fell from an omnibus on account of insufficient con struction of seat ; died on Jan. 3 in the German Hospital. A carman, aged 17 years, run over; died on Jan. 16 in the London Hospital. The widow of a dairyman, aged 82 years, run over by a cart; died on Jan. 4, at 10, Redden-street, Golden-square. A wine cellarman, aged 55 years, run over by a van in Redcross-street, Southwark ; died on Jan. 10. The anual rate of mortality last week was 27 per 1,000 in London, 28 in Edinburgh, and 31 in Dub lin ; 44 in Liverpool, 42 in Manchester, 33 in Sal foid, 29 in Birmingham, 34 in Leeds, 29 in Shef field, 31 in Bristol, 41 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, 26 in Hull, and 33 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 35 per 1,000 during the week ending the 13th inst., when the temperature was 51 Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in Lonon, where the rate was 26 per 1,000. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.740 in. The barometric pressure fell to 29.53 in. on Tuesday - , rose to 33.09 on Wednesday, and fell to 29.43 on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 46.9 deg., which is 10.3 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean temperature wasmuch above the average every day ; and this excess was 13.9 on Sunday, and about 10 deg. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The mean degree of humidity in the air was 84, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind blew from the S.W. The rain-fall was o.6lin.,which wasmeasured on five days, but chiefly on Monday and Tuesday. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Wednesday. Her Majesty drove out yesterday morning, ac companied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold. His Serene Highness Prince Christian of Schles wig Holstein went out shooting. The Rev. George Prothero had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES TO THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND. NEWPORT, SALOP, Wednesday. The enthusiastic Shropshire and Staffordshire folk resident in Newport and the neighbourhood gave their Royal Highnesses th e Prince and Princess of Wales a very hearty reception on their arrival yes terday on a visit to the Duke and Duchess Of Sutherland, and the result is believed to have been highly gratifying to the noble duke and his royal guests. It was understood to be the wish of the Prince of Wales that the public demonstration should be kept as much within bounds as possible, and this was done ; still there was one continued ovation from Newport Railway Station to Lilleshall House, the pleasant Shropshire scat of the D uke of Sutherland. The Earl and Countess of Erroll have arrived ja Grafton-stroct from Stains Castle, Aberdeenshire. The Earl and Countess Spencer, since their re turn to Althorp Hall, Northamptonshire, from Norfolk, have been entertaining a succession of visitors. The Earl de Grey has left town for Hull. The noble earl will return to town to-morrow. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone received the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lord John Hay, Dr. and Lady Millicent Jones, lir. and Mrs. Holman Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Woolner, and 3 select party at dinner yesterday evening, at their residenc e on Carlton-house -terrace. Mrs. Gladstone received friends after dinner. Yesterday forenoon the marriage of Lieutenant - Colonel Francis Lambton, of the Scots Fusilier Guards . son of Mr. and M rs . William Lambton, with Lady Victori a Alexandrina Elizabeth Campbell, eldest daughter of th e Earl and Co un t ess o f C aw d or, t oo k p l ace at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The infant child of Sir R. and Lady Emily pee l was christened yesterday afternoon at the Royal Chape l ' Whitehall, in the presence of a select number of friendS• Her Majesty was represented by the Marchioness of EIY and the Duchess of Wellington. DEATH OF SIR JOHN HA LL.—SirJohn Hall, M.D./ K.C.8., Inspector-General of Hospitals, died at Pisa, 'Oh on the 17th Jan., aged 72. Amateur Performance for the Royal Dramatic College. On Tuesday night a clever band of amateur calling themselves the " :Wandering Th es pians! , gave, at St. Martin's Hall, in which a ;very elegan t little theatre was temporarily erected for the occa sion, a representation of the celebrated pieces , " Still Waters Run De e p" an d " M as k s and Face s." The performance was for the purpose of in creasing the funds of the Royal Dramatic Col lege; and, judging from the very large attendanc e, the praiseworthy effort will result in a very hand some sum being added to the funds of this admirable institution. It is unusual to criticise the efforts of amateurs on such laudable occasions, yet were th e , contrary the case, the " Wandering Thespians: need have no fear of th e d rea d e d gooseqll4`, of the most exacting critic. After a veil admirable overture played by the " Wandering Minstrels, another kindred body of performers, th e curtain rose on Tom Taylor's " Still Waters gun Deep," which was performed with a spirit and ease quite unusual amongst amateurs. Mr. R. Cornet and Mr. Walter Stephens, as Mr. Potter an d Captain Hawksley, each gave a very ad mirable rendering of their respective parts; whilst Mr. Garton sustained the character 01 John Mildmay with the utmost earnestness an d effect. The ladies, as usual, distinguished them selves, and a more telling and praiseworthy per formance than that of Miss Sullivan, who sustained the character of Mrs. Hector Sternhold, we hav e seldom witnessed. She brought out all the pecu liarities of the part with the ability of a perfeCu artist, and, as a necessary consequence, th e audience were much delighted with her perfor mance. In " Masks and Faces," the second piec e ' Miss Maud Burton and Mrs. Leigh as Kitty Clive and Mrs. Triplet, each performed their par t° with much ability, and so did the gentlemen, 111°11 particularly Mr. Walter Stephens, who gave a v ivi d and truthful representation of the actor, autlin t ' musician, and painter Triplet. A very telling address touching the objects of t he performance and the exce ll ence o f th e C o ll e ge 11 , ,: delivered by Miss Sulli v a n , an d suc h was the cut; success of the performance that we shall always pleased to witness any future representations by th e " Wandering Thespians," who no doubt will beee: as celebrated as their " wandering " ran° brethren. THE QUEEN'S NEW CHAPLAIN .--The Rev. jT. Rowsell, who has just been appointed an honOrarY lain in Ordinary to the Queen, is M.A. of St. John's lege, Cambridge. He was for several years engaged t e o f very laborious work o f St. P e t er ' s district, StepneStepney ,° 4 ll „ t d the poor east-end p ar i s h es, an d was a f terwar d s apP°, - °... by the Bishop of Lo n d on R ec t or o f S t. M ar garet's, 1.1°1, ,t bury. Mr. Rowsell has b een th ree t i mes appo i n ted se , - "1 1 preacher before the University of Cambridge, and ha s a l several occasions been app o i n t e d t o preach at the 6 P ei g services in St. Paul's and W es t m i ns t er Abbey. lif:11 no parochial charge atta c h e d t o hi s b ene fi ce , Mr. 11 ", - „ e . 0 has been actively employed on tho committee of the of London's Ftuid and of other societies in Londol6 LA TEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) l i a ...••••• ACCOUCIIEMENT OF TEE QUEEN O F SPAI MADRID, JAN. 25. The Queen of Spain gave birth to a Prince yes terday evening. General Zabala returned to Madrid this morn- In o c , ' • GREECE. ATHENS, JAN. 17. To-day the Session of the Chamber was declared closed. It is probable that there will shortly be a change of Ministry. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 24.—Two o'clock.•—A little more buoyancy characterises the market to-day. Threes/ for the Account, are doing at 68f. 572 c., a frac tional advance. Italian Fives continue their up ward movement, having improved 10c. ; the present quotation is 62f. 60c. Credit Mobilier Shares, after doing at 728 f. 75c., are now quoted at 723 f. 73c. In the Railway Department Lyons have advanced If. 25c., but speculation is mostly attracted by Lombard Shares, which are quoted at 427 f. 50c.) with an advance of sf. Three o'clock.—The market has closed on the following quotations:— Ro man Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan 47 2 0 Do. Bonds 328 75 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Italian Loan 62 55 Deferred 41 per Cents 9B 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 70 Do. end month €B 65 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3665 Credit Foncier 1315 Do. end month G2 GO RAIL' Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman rAYS. ... Cash. Amt. - 858 75 1116 25 - 858 75 551 25 200 - 413 75 427 50 181 25 222 50 '-' ---'' •• • 155 - It Er T ,„ Nit t * Tart titular.