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NOTICE of REMOVAL. —HERCULES FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited), from 91, Cannon-street, to 33, POULTRY, London, E.C. LONDON and LANCASHIRE FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. CAPITAL. FIRE £ 1,0 0 1,0 0 I LIFE.... £loo ,l 00 Offizes, 73 and 74, Kin/ William-atrect, London. Rates for Home, Foreign, and Colonial Assurances on ap pl.caLion. W. P. CLIREHITGIT, General Manager. ESTABLISHED 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Empowered by special Act of Parliament 4 Viet., cap. 9. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Every descriptioa of Life Assurance business transacted at the lowest rate.; of Premium consi , tent with security. The var ous Tables, some of whic a re , cultar tn this Co m- of piny, have been studiously adapted to thd requirements every cla,s of Assurers, ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. NORTH 14RITISII AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Evablished 1809. FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS of every description transacted at moderate rates. The Duty paid by this Company in 1863 amounted to £60,772. 'rhe usual commission allowed on Ship and Foreign In surances. Insurers will receive the full benefit of the reduction in duty. 17apita1 Annua l Income Accumu l a ted Funds Z 2,233,927 LONDON —HEAD OFFICES, 61, Threadneedle-street. E 'W .C. EST EN D oFFIC ES 8, Waterloo-placrall Mall. Thrrz , ESTABLISHED A.D. 1844. G REAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 25 and 26 Vic„ eap. 74. WILLIAM HENRY DICKSON. Esq., Chancellor-house, Tunbridge Wells, Chairma n . T. P. TAN QUERAY WILLAILVIE, Esq, New Broad-, t: eet, Deputy-Chairman. This society is established on the tried and approved principle of Mutual Assurance. The hinds are aocumuiated for the exc usive benefit of the members, under their own immediate superintendence and control. The profits are divided annually. C. L. LAWSWI, Secy. 10 , Cheapside, L.C. AGENTS RI!: UI R THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY l ii prepared to entertain applicat'onr for Agency Ap pointments from gentlemen haviJg command of Fire arid lice Bu-iness, either in London or the suburbs, or whereyer the Company is not rutty repres 2nted The Royal has always been conspicuous for its liberality and promptiLd in the ett:eme,. t of claims. Its Annual Income is now over.. And its Funds in hand exceed .. . £600,000 . £1,000,000 The Parliamentary return of Insuran3e-paid duty to Go vernm nt again exhibits the Eoyal at the head of all the Offices in increase of business. The Royal no v grants Insurances on Stock and Imple menti in Trade, &c., at half the firmer charge for duty. Transfers cf p9licies from other Companies received with out charge for Policy, whatever the amount. Addre,s, JOHN P. JOHN-TON, Secretary. Royal Insurance Company, 20, Lombard-street. T HE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established, 1840. Tuu STEEI Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Thomson llankey, r:sq ' M.P. William George Prescott, Esq. Bar.m L. N. de Rothschild, ALP. The whole of the Profits divide i among the 3Tembers. Every description of Life Assurance and Annuity busine s transacted. Annual Income X60,000 Invested Fund Claims have been paid exceeding l4llOO, Bonuses have been added amounting to liO,Ut 0 Full information may be obtained at the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C. Wm. THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary, February, IS(S. THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY, Queen Insurance Buildings. Gracechurch-street, I.ondon - : At the ANNUAL ➢IEETING of the Proprietors, held at Liverpool, on the 27th October, 1864, BERNARD lIALL, 3 sq., Chairman of the Company, in the chair, tile Directors' Report for the year stated : _ . That the Fire Premiums fo: the year amounted to £:01,055 Being an increase over the preceding year of 30,785 That :i52 Life Pcl:cies were issued f0r.... Being an increase over the preceding year of 57,508 That the New Life Premiums were 6,'i7l Being an increase over the preceding year 0t.... That the Life Income was And that upwards of 6) per cent. of the entire Net Premiums was added to the Lite Fund. That the Subscribed Capital was increased t 0.... 1,876,720 Thut the Paid-up Capital was increased to .. That after providing for alt outstanding Claims, the Fire Reserve would stand at 114,312 Making the Fun& in hand, atter providing for the flivlat nd , 343,413 A D vi lend was declared of 28. ptr ~hare, being 10 per Cent : on the paid up Capital. J. 3IONCRIKFF WILSON, General Manager. JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary. BRTTISII UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporat3 tby Act of Parba cnt, 27, Gresham-street, City, London.—Cap tat, £251,0t0. TRUSTEES. Adrnra.l Eir Henry J. Leeke, K.D.B„ M.P , Twyford, 14,rks. George Brag,;nton, Esq , Banker, Torrington, Devon. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN.—AdmiraI Sir Henry y .l. Leeke, K.C.8., K IL, M.P., hairman of the United Kingdom Electric Tele_ graph Company. DEP UTY-t. liAllOl AN.—Frederick J. Price, Esq.. 12, Little Tower street, E.C., Director of the London and Provincla.l Marine Insurance Company. Captain the lion. t harles E. Hobart, Wimbledon, Surrey. Benjamin Bullo k, Esq., St. Leonard's Bid, Northumber land; and D. lamere- terrace, Byde-park. homes Ed.4l y. Esq. (Messrs. Esilley, Watts and Grant), 1, Sermoi-*ane, E.C. Carsten Ilolthouse, Esq , 2, Etorcfs-gate, St. James's-park, S. W. Rey. T. Martin, M.A., Greenwich, Kent. Tl'OtnaS Myers, Esq , 22, Bloomsbury-square, London and Brighton. Richard John Sheppard, ,Erq., Wig - more-street, Cavendish square, W. Walter Esq, 12, Copthall-court, E.C. MEDICAL OFFICERS, W. Abbotts 28, Doughty street, W.C. C4r.ten ILLhouse, Esq., F.R.C.S., 2, Storey's-gate, St. James's-park, S.W. ISANKERS, The Alliance Bank Liverpool, and Man- Chester. MANAGER AND SECRETARY. Gilliam It. W Mains, jun , F.S.S. Assurances effected up to f 20,000 on a single life. For Pro pectuses and other information apply to the Manager, as above. N.B.—AGENTS WANTED, on Salary and Commission. ROY AL STRAND THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT. Mr. Parselie; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Hughes. Af tr which, the Grand Christmas Burlksque, THE " GRIN" BIMII ES ; or, the Mrs. Brown of the Missis-sippi. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, &c.; Mesdames Ada SiNanborough, Raynham, Simpson, Johnstone; &c. To e •nclude with MRS. GREEN'S SNUG LITTLE BUSES ESS. ➢lr. Belford. GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. MOSES AND S 0 N E• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest taorics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices are such as must satisfy the most economical. This depart ment is in a uistinct part of the premises, which will be round a gre it convunience for ladies and children, MOSES AND SON • respectfully invite public attention to their large and well-assorted WINTEtt STOCK. MOSES AND SON'S ."SANDRINGIIAM" and "DANISH" WRAPPER ;introduced by them) is the newest and most fashion tb:e style of Overcoats for the season. MOSES AND SON'S • READY-M A DE and BESPOKE CLOTHING- for all classeeandaifaici MOSES AND S 0 N'S E• CELEBRATED "INDISI'ENSABLE" SUIT, from 30s. E. MOSES AND HOSIERY and DRA.P.EIty, for all classes and all ages. S 0 N'S E MOSES AND SON'S BATS AND CAPS, • fvr all c asses and all ages. EMOSES AND SON'S • BOOTS and SHOES, for all classes and all ages. J' 4 MOSES AND SON'S • OUTFI FS, for all classes, all ages, and all climates. 14 1 MOSES AND SON'S LONDON HOUSES, 151,1;,5, 156, 157, Minories; 83, 84, 85, 86.87, 89, Aldgate 500 507, 508, New Oxford--street; 1,2, 3, dart-street; 137, 138, Tottenham-conrt-road ; 288, Euston-road Also, Bradford, Yorkshire. MOSES AND SUN'S • Estab l i s h ments are closed eve"' Friday evening le re g at - sunset until S aturday evening at sunset, when sin %timed until li o'clock. figures. A 1 articles are marked the lowest prices in plain --0 Any article not apprved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. List of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement , Fashion Card. and our new pamphlet, 'The Philosophy of Dress," i gratis and post flee. SSAUCE,_ -LE A. and PERRINS' wo Rem :TERSII IR E SAUCE. This delicloa, toruttutent 1 tonounecd by o nono:sseurs "THE ONLY GOOD 3 NUCE," Is prepared solely by LEN and PERP INS. Tl - e Public are respecttuliy cautioned against wrrthl es irnitatlOns, and should see that Lea and i trrlns' names are c.,n wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. A ..li. for L It'A and PERKINS' SAXCE. So'd N' hnlesale and for export by the Propr'etors, Wor cester: Messrs. Crosse nandekvrell ; -.Nressrs. Barclay and , c. &c. ; by Grocers and Oilmen uni :ions, London, ve-sally. T HE BENEFACTOR OF THE WIN g 3101,1.. A. RD'S perfume. Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly p..tronized by the faculty, nobility, and entry. Notfun z equals the properties and qualit.es of the ',Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet purpoecs, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of ent.tneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatam for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without :ay disagreeable orlour. All these pre,gigt4ons may be had at the central dep3t, ;221A. I:egen t-stf-tel, I ondon, ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay n , l ••ons. Edwards, Keating, Saner aad Son, to; eaunetti, and alt chemists. Pamphletd and test:- mow:Os /red tut a p!ication. Agent for Edinb.:4;ll-31r. John 141 - liay, chemist, 119, Giorge-s trent. -...-........ - THE PALL-MALL GAZETTE, An Evening Newspaper and Review, No. 118 This Day published. Price T wopence. Office, 14, Salisbury-street, Strand, W.C. THE PALL-MALL GAZETTE. An Evening Newspaper and Review. It is difficult to deszribe the plan of an enterprise like the PALL-MALL GAZETTE without seeming to boast, or to decry the efforts of others. But we are unwilling to lose the advantage of a few words of exp'anation, and we therefore trust the candour of the reader for a just interpretation of our meaning. The PALL-MALL GAZ ETTE will contain all the news proper to an Evening journal. But, addressed as it will be to eduzated men and women, the space of the paper will not be occupied by trifling chronicles, nor by that excess of words which adds nothing to the ihterest of newspaper records, while it destroys their significance. Literary considerations alone ss ould determine us to have our News Reports written i t plain English ; but beyond these there is the fact that the lessons to be found in many an accident of human life or so,ial polity arc lost in the turgid language in which they are commonly narrated. Events made known by the Morning Papers may be dis cussed in t' e PAI L-MALL GAZETTE of the same day, but they wi 1 not be reported anew. Trustworthy advicea trom the Money Market will be ineuded in the .L\ ewe of the ray. The rest of the paper ;by far the greater part) will be made up of orig;nal articles, upon the many things which engage tne tho.,gh Is, or employ the energies, or amuse the leisure of mankind. Public Affairs, Literature, the Arts, and all the influences which strengthen or dissipate society, will be dis cussed by men whose independence and authority are equally unquestionable, and who are accustomed to regard the public ex ; ression of opinion as a serious thing. This is the , h'ef aim of the PALL-MALL GAZETTE: to bring into daily journalism that fun measure of thought and culture which is now found only In Reviews. At the same time, we by no means intend to make the paper pedantic or solemn. Humour is too powerful, as well as too pleasant, to be lett out of the design ; which will lose none of the acvantag,es of occasional trifling., if a thing can be said better in verse than in prose, it will be said in verse. Epigram, but not spite—burlesque, but not vulgarity—will be readily admitted into its columns ; and since a joke is often as illustrative as an argument, good jokes will be wel come too It will be understood that this advertisement is rather a proclamation of idea and of effort than of promise. But the proclamation is not made bef,:re a lare number of able writers have accepted the idea, and pledged themselves to the effort. Office of the Pall-Mal Gazette, 14, Salisbury-street, Strand, W.C. T E MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and birector, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING the performance will commence wi h t he new iDdkr, LA RA. Principal characters by Alessi . Swift, G. Honey, Forbe , , Terrott, and Renwick; nese Louisa Pyne, Cc itrell, Burrington, and Romer. Conductor, Signor A EDIT'. After the Opera will be given the Burlesque, entitled THE LION AND THE UNICORN. Principal characters, Messrs. Rouse, Anderson, &c. ; Misses E. Button, Cottrell, Furtado. To conclude w.th the GRAND TRANSFORMATION SCENE. Doors open at Halt-past Six. Commence at Seven. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) CONTINUED SUCCESS OF CINDERELLA AND THE WONDERFUL DONATO. THIS EVENING, (Feb. V, a new Opera, the mule by F. Clay, the words by T. W. Robertson, entitled CON STAN CE. Principal characters by Mdlle. blartorelle and Elsa Thirlwall ; Messrs. 11. Corr!, A. Cook, C. Lyall, and Henry Haigh. Conductor, Mr. A. MELLON. Alter which, at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly successful Pautomline, CINDERELLA, in which Donato will reappear, Magnificent Scenery and gorgeous accessories. Commence at Seven. THEATR E-R O Y AL, DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Play of HENRY THE to initiating with the fall of Wolsey. Messrs. l'hflps, Walter Lacey, H: Marston, K Phelps, Barrett, Sin clair; sags Atkinson, Mrs. Vandenoff, &c. Alter which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. tsel more, Tom Matthews, G. Westun, Master Percy Roselle, Zzo. Misses Lydia Thompson. B. Lcclercq, &c.; Messrs. Boleno, U. Laud, W. A. Barne., T. Morris, Cormack, Saville ; Mdme. Boleno, the Misses Gunnies, and Signor Tescano. TH. EATR E-R 0 Y AL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Feb. 7, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buokstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea thersby, (tc. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Hill, &c . With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. And THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- oole rroprletor and Manager, au. atomer. TIIIS EVENING, STEPHEN DIGGES. Messrs. J. L. Tool , Billington; Eburne ; Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. billington, and M as H To conclude with THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Biltitigton, Stuart, S:ephen son, C. J. Smi. h, Eburne ; Mrs. A. Melton, Mrs. Billingtoa, Miss K. Kelley, and .siss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Under the Sole Management of Mr. k echter. _ _ - TIII3 EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. 3lessrs. S. Emery, C. Horsman, Collett; Mesdames C. Horsman, lien rade, E. Boyce, and Elswortily. Atter wiii.h, at halt-past 8, a New Drama, entitled THE ROADSIDE INN. IL. bert Ma7.aire, Mr. reenter. Messrs. Widdicomb, C. Horsman. Fitzpatrick, Garden, Moreland, Raymond, Uollett; Mesdames Eis worthy and B. Percy. To conclude with BEARFACED IMPOSTORS. Mr. Wiud:eomb. Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev.n till Five. ItCYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. EVENING, a new Extravaganzq, entitled THE MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN I RINCESS. Alter which, THE SMELTS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss nanny Gwynn?. COALS. —The LI co. Direct from the SHALL COMPANY'S own Collieries. Marquis'. 26.4. per ton. I Double.. 21e. per ton. Top • 255. „ Deep 22s. „ Tell screened and delivered within five miles of their De. pats, Westbourne t'ark-road, W., and 17, South Wharf Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke la. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOAN SCOTT, Sole /..gent. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening by N. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavenilisti- atreet, Oxford-street. TIIIRD EDITION OF 4 ‘ THE SUN,' 1. Containing the Latest SPOUTING INTELLIGNNE; 'an be had Every Evening, of G. It. GLkNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. Tr. LAST EDITION of " TIIE SUN supplied as goon as Published, containing all the LA VEST NEWS ant SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by LL W. HARRIS, Net% spaper Agent, 4, Blacktriars-road, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TilIS DAL—Morning, 11h. 58m.—Afternoon, h. m. To-Nonnow.-3torning, 12h. 34m.—Afternoon, 12h. 59m _ t-z i t • 0 otirA Mt LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 7, 1865. The condition of the streets is always an impor tant thing, and especially so at this period of the year when so many serious accidents occur. On Friday a deputation waited upon the Metropolitan Board of Works to represent the dangerous condi tion of the roads during winter frost, and to re quest the intervention of the Board. This was a really useful undertaking, and it is to be hoped that success will attend the well-directed efforts of these social reformers. A memorial from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was presented, which showed that the roads of the metropolis were unfit for the traffic of horses during the greater'part of the winter. This is very true, and all who frequent the places of most traffic must notice the struggles that the poor animals make to The memorial also men keep from falling. Eons the pernicious practice that prevails of leaving lumps of granite unrolled without making any effort to form an even sur face. This occasions great pain to the horses, who are frequently known to sprain their sinews, and otherwise become seriously injured, while the drivers of heavily-laden waggons often inflict severe wounds upon them through their frantic efforts to get them on under such difficult circumstances. No wonder l it i s h ere i n remarked that such a " sta t e o f 111 .j 3 is disgraceful to the metropolis of the most cedna t t h i a o t n at o t f en t t h io e li w h o ars k n 1. 0 " t e l ar t lie s r ee b m e s e , n in dr d a e w ed n to this su b ject, , surpri s i ng opinion sho and that thosequalified to give an shod the eas, phown that vseimdone not h a simpl e now. As is something before 'when really serious evils remedies may prove occur, it is 2,421 23,531 THE SUN, LONDOLi, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1865. very effectual in lessening the spread of the evil, if it do not altogether check its mischievous course, and avert its fatal consequences. Thus, in the first place, the slipperiness of the road-way might be obviated by the sprinkling of fine gravel, which can be made I to fall out "of carts as sand from a pounce-box, or as water from water-carts." This solution of the difficulty seems simple and satisfactory, and really 'when we consider the frequency of serious accidents, it seems almost more important to adopt this scheme than to provide water to allay the irri tation caused by the dust in summer. To prevent the annoyance of the rough stones it is suggested that du_riu g the night hours a traction engine be employed, or else an immense roller drawn by seve ral horses_ In Birmingham and other places these rollers are in requisition, and it seems indeed ab surd that the metropolis should be behind provin cial towns in the use of such things. In Paris, in many continental towns, and in Poland even, these rollers are employed, and therefore it is well put here, in illustration of the anomalous condition of our streets, that the " well bred horses and elegant carriages of London are employed to accomplish the work which in other places is performed by road rollers weighing many tons." . The memorial concluded by praying that the Board of Works would endeavour to put a stop to the evils enumerated, and do their utmost to facilitate the introduction of the improve ments suggested. Mr. MOCATTA truly observed that there was another point of consideration, and that was the losses which accrued to the owners of the horses who suffered so terribly from the bad state of the roads. The chairman agreed that great necessity existed for something being done of a remedial character, but stated that unfortunately the Board had no jurisdiction over the surface of the roads. However, his concurrence is a great step gained, and it is to be hoped that the vestries and district boards will pay proper attention to this important matter. Mr. CARPMAEL made a very wise suggestion, when he said that if no powers now existed in any board to effect these important ends, application be made to Parliament for the pur pose. It is to be hoped that this will be done, and meanwhile that some good effects will follow on the resolution carried to refer the memorial to a committee of the board for thorough investiga tion. The retirement of a gentleman who has for many years filled a place in our House of Parliament is always a matter of some interest, and it is especially so when the constituency which he has represented is one of unquestioned importance. The represen tation of Westminster is a position of sufficient honour to be worthy of the most distinguished of our statesmen. Its close association with the scene of the Parliamentary strifes and victories qualifies its electors to form a pretty accurate opinion of the conduct of their representatives, and, therefore, the fact of a politician having continued to hold that responsible office through a long term of years, affords of itself some ground for supposing that he has performed his duties on the whole with satisfac tion to his constituents, and with credit to himself. Unlike a remote rural borough, or even a busy pro vincial town, occupied mainly with its own interests, the city of Westminster is in the very heart and centre of the political combat, it breathes the atmos phere of the battle and the attack, defence, and general skirmishing form its stapl2-abject of interest during the months of the session. A great debate is always a temporary excitement in Westminster, a good speech on a factious movement is the topic of the day, and if ever a member's course is closely watched and narrowly scanned it is assuredly within the precincts of that ancient borough. Sir DE LACY EVANS has sat in Parlia ment, with brief exception, for the city of Westminster for thirty-two of the busiest years of our Parliamentary history, and he is enabled, on looking back over no insignificant period, to de clare with pride that his course has been consis tently liberal, and that he has fought in the ranks of Liberalism when its success was less assured than at present, when many of its triumphs remained to be won, and when, therefore, the adherence of a steady and consistent supporter was not a matter of indifference. "On becoming a member of the Legislature," says Sir DE LACY E - vArrs, in his brief address, " I identified myself, heart and soul, with the then Liberal party." This was not, as he points out, very advantageous in a worldly aspect, since the party at that time was not in much favour in high quarters, but the Westminster electors have shown their approval of his conduct by the unmis takable evidence of re-election. They will, there fore, learn with great regret that their respected Member feels himself no longer competent, from failing health, to represent their interests with due efficiency. He has issued an address informing them that at the next election, now impending, however little wished-for in many quarters, he will not offer himself for re-election. Sir DE LACY EvArrs has endured not only the fatigues of a lengthened Parliamentary career, but the greater and more exhausting hardships of an active military life. Like the great General with whose campaigns he was associated, he devoted the first half of his life to the field and the second to the senate. The change from the stirring life of the camp to the quiet atmosphere of St. Stephen's must have been striking, even though in the earlier days of his political life times were more eventful and changeful than now. He was able, however, to offer himself to the Westminster electors as no insignificant can date for their suffrages, bearing, as he did, the tokens of honour from more than one kingdom, and having attained marked distinction in the ranks of his own countrymen. Since his entrance into Par liament he has added to his military fame, having taken a forward part in the Crimean war, distin guishing himself honourably at the battle of the Alma, and at the more eventful battle of Inkerman repelling a formidable attack on his division on the heights of the Tchernaya.• For these services he was warmly eulogised by the late Minister of War, and received on his return the thanks of the Houses of Parliament. He was also presented, as a token of the approval of his countrymen, with a congratu latory address and a valuable sword. Prior to these comparatively recent services, Sir DE LACY EVANS had previously distinguished himself in the Penin sula, at Waterloo, in America, and in India, having serve us y a to life in taken a sh are i n all those eventful struggles. After so b the n field, the Parliamentary it campaignhis highest privilege ; thus affording evidence how highly our representa tive institutions are valued, even by those 'who might naturally be supposed to have the least sym pathy with their independent action. Asa soldier and as a politician DE LACY EvANs has deserved well of his countrymen, who, in their turn, have not been slow to express their sense of his merits. It is difficult to say what M. BIS3IAEK will do when the •Schleswig-Holstein case is settled, if it ever be so he will certainly be in the position of OTHELLO with his occupation gone. When we con sider how he has gone on for months past lecturing, retorting, and planning, it really seems surprising that he should have found time to attend to any thing else besides. Every one supposed that by this time, or long before, some finality movement* would have taken place respecting these clisputed territories; but no such thing, the solution is as far off as ever, and to all intents and purposes we have to wait a considerable time yet before we reach that desired end. 'The fact is that Prussia has a purpose in thus putting off the day of reckoning, and in prolonging the debates and discussions on this question. The plans cannot be unfolded all at once, and it is wiser and safer to dole them out gradually rather than jump at conclusions which would, perhaps, spoil the game, or, at all events, mar the affair by incautious haste. M. von BISMARK'S reply to the Austrian despatch is quite in keeping with this double-dealing system—it professes so much, but in reality does so little in the way of a definitive arrangement. In this document the Prussian Minister affirms that he is desirous of put ting an end to the " provisional" state of matters in the Duchies ; but he couples this admission with an important intimation, to the effect that Prussia cannot permit any Pretender to assume the Govern ment of Schleswig-Holstein until the "future rela tions between Prussia and the new State have been determined." This addenda is indeed a significant thing, and perhaps contains more truth in its pas sage than many fine-sounding statements of Herr BISMARK have done. Of course, the object is to delay and gain time until the pear is ripe, as the saying is, or, in other words, until the Berlin Cabinet have deve loped their schemes and arranged their plans so securely that there will be no doubt hereafter who is the real power in the Duchies, and which in fluence predominates there. It is curious that Herr BISMARK: does not announce what conditions it will be deemed necessary for Prussia to impose upon the future Duke of SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, and he evidently expects that such a statement may belooked for from him, for he volunteers the information that an understanding has not yet been arrived at respecting the important matter between the Minis ter of Commerce and the heads of the Military and Naval Departments. It is stated in some quarters that Earl RUSSELL has advised Herr voN BISMARK not to "annex the Duchies," and if so he has cer tainly given good counsel, but whetherfollowed or not in the letter, it is certain that Prussia will henceforth be the virtual ruler in those disputed territories, and that no dictator ever held more power in a direct form than the Cabinet of Berlin intend to exercise indirectly, if they find that, for very shame, they cannot appear as the nominal chiefs and rulers. It would be difficult to state at present what Powers Prussia was anxious to keep on good terms with ; for, in one way or another, she is falling out with all and pursuing a veritable Ishmaelite course of policy. England has been openly defied ; France has been trifled with ; the lesser States of Germany have been alternately bullied or treated with supreme con tempt, and now Austria meets neither with the re spect due to her as an ally or an equal. We hear ,of clap-trap assertions about a treaty affiance, but all comes to nothing, if any practical advantage is expected to accrue from congenial sentiments and common interests. The commercial matters in which the Government of Vienna expected to reap some important benefits, do not seem likely to pro duce much after all, and it is pretty evident that a cunning and selfish policy is the only motive that actuates Prussian statesmen or propels their course. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) AMERICA. (Arrival of the Moravian, via Greencastlo.) NEW YORK, JAN. 27 (Evening). Admiral Porter reports that the navy occupies Fort Caswell, Bald Head, Fort Shaw, and the earth works on Smithville. The Admiral says :—" In each fort an Armstrong gun was found with the broad arrow upon it. The British Government claiming the exclusive right to use these guns, it would be interesting to know how they came into rebel forts." The report further states that a telegram 'was found from Lee asserting that if Caswell and Fisher were not held he would have to evacuate Rich mond. Admiral Porter captured the blockade runners Stag and Charlotte. The total number of guns captured, including those in Fort Fisher, is 168. Wilmington papers of the 18th state that the Federal gunboats are unable to advance, as the Monitors cannot carry water enough to come up the river. The Confederates hold Fort Andrews, and have field artillery adequate to destroy the lighter draft gunboats. Reinforcements are arriving at Wilmington. A message from Mr. Hall, a member of the Legislature, has been read in the North Carolina Senate, stating that Wilmington is not likely to fall. The Raleigh (North Carolina) Progress, however, reviews the situation unfavourably, and says the Confederates have fallen back within eight miles of Wilmington. General Jerry had demanded the surrender of the city, giving Bragg until the 19th to decide. The removal of public property is progressing, and much confusion prevailed. The impression was that Wilmington would surrender, the people remain ing in it. President Davis is said to have arrived at Wil mington. Northern accounts from Fort Fisher, dated the 20th inst., state that a reconnaisance was made on the previous day. The Confederates were found in force two miles from the extreme line of the Federals. A skirmish ensued, and 50 prisoners were captured. The Federals afterwards withdrew. NEW YORK, JAN. 28, Noon. President Davis has signed the Congressional resolutions creating the office of General-in-Chief. He has also sent a letter to the Confederate Con gress stating that when General Lee took the command of the army of Virginia, Lee was commanding all the armies of the Confederate States. He was relieved of the latter command at his own request. Whenever General Lee finds it practical to assume the chief command without withdrawing from the direct command of the army of Virginia, Mr. Davis will deem it conducive to the public interest to place him in that position. The Provost-Marshal has informed the Committee of Supervisors that the quota of troops demanded from New York city could not be reduced. Gold, 2151. It is reported f r o m Hilt on Head that the Federals had captured 2,000 Upper Broad Rive r . prisoners and three guns on the Charleston despatches state that Foster's troops, 15,000 strong, advanced on Pocataglio on the 14th, and that the Confederates, after an obstinate re sistance, retreated across the Salkahatchil River. The Charleston correspondent of the Richmond Despatch reports considerable despondency and dis satisfaction with President Davis as existing among the people of Charleston. Numbers of South Carolina refugees have arrived at Augusta. A Confederate fleet of three ironclads and five gunboats, under the reported command of Semmes, descended the James River on Tuesday to destroy the Federal works at City Point. An engagement ensued with the Federal batteries. One vessel was blown up the remainder of the fleet withdrew under cover of the guns of the Howlett-House bat tery. Fortress Monroe despatches state that if the Confederate iron-clads had not grounded, Grant's iron transport works at City Point would have been destroyed. Preparations have been made at City Point in anticipation of the renewal of the attack. Simultaneously with the naval attack, the Con federates appeared on the Charles City Road, ap parently to attack the Federals on the north bank of the James. Large numbers of troops have left Nashville for New Orleans, it is believed for an expedition against Mobile, or up the Red River. An expedition is organising at New Orleans for Pacagoula. It is reported that Price has captured Fort Smith, Arkansas, with a garrison of 2,000 men. A resolution of both houses of the Confederate Congress requires the President to nominate a com mander of all the Confederate armies—the Senate to confirm the appointment. The Richmond papers entertain no doubt of Lee's appointment if Mr. Davis does not veto the law. The papers urge Congress to remember that Lee favours the conscription of negroes. If appointed General-in-Chief without permission to enlist negoes, it will be giving him stone when he asked for bread. A Charleston letter in the Richmond Dispatch urges the levy and emancipation of 300,000 slaves for the invasion of the Northern States in March. It is reported that Breckenridge has been assigned to the command of the trans-Mississippi depart ment. President Davis has not yet accepted Mr. Seddon's resignation. General Gordon has superseded Early. The Northern press is confident of an early success of the Union arms. 11r. Blair has returned to Washington. Nothing reliable is known as to the result of his mission to Richmond. The Sentinel says the Congress has not devoted 30 minutes during the session to peace discussions. Mr. Leach, of North Carolina, has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to offer an armistice to the Federal authority, preparatory to peace negotiations. The House refused to con sider the resolutions in secret session, and referred them to their Committee upon Foreign Affairs.- It is reported that changes will shortly be made, embracing more or less the whole of the Confede rate Cabinet. It is reported that Mr. Benjamin has resigned. The Illinois Legislature has abolished the black laws, preventing the emigration of negroes into Illinois. D . H. Hill, the commander of the district of Georgia, has ordered all cotton and machinery to be burned at Augusta if exigency required. A Federal force of cavalry and infantry are moving up the Chowan River in the direction of Wilmington. Large Federal reinforcements for Wilmington are reported to have arrived at Balti more. It is rumoured that the Tallahassee, alias Olustee, has been captured at Wilmington. Gold 1121 per cent. premium. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (Evening). Gold, 113 per cent. prem. Exchange on London, 233 ; United States Five-Twenty Bonds, 1081 ; Illinois Shares, 118 ; middling Upland cotton, 88. Jan. 28, 6 p.m. Money easy. Gold, 1121 per cent. premium. NEW YORK, JAN. 28, 6 p.m. The following are the heads of intelligence brought by the Moravian : Mr. Blair has returned to Washington ; his mis sion is understood to be an utter failure, President Davis demanding that negociations should be con ducted between independent nationalities, with an armistice pending negociations. The New York journals publish extracts from the San Francisco Democratic Press confirmatory of the reported cession of Mexican provinces to France. President Davis has signed a Congressional reso lution creating the office of General-in-Chief. It is rumoured that General Lee has been appointed to this office, and General Johnston to the command of the Army ill Virginia. Richmond papers of the 24th report no move ment of the Federals on either side of the Savannah river. Press accounts of the 25th inst. report a large force of Sherman's troops to be moving in Augusta. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 6.—The market has been very firm to-day. Threes, for the Account, opened at 67f. 20c., and are now doing at 67f. 25c. Mobilier have been in demand at 967 f. 50c. to 968 f. 75c. In the Railway Share Market prices have been well maintained The Market closed as follows : 4} per Cents 96 Do. and month — 3 per Cents. 67 5 Do. end month 67 25 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3560 Credit Fonder 1285 Roman 73 50 RAIL' Italian Loan 65 50 Do. end month 65 65 Ditto Threes New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern . lOll 25 ... 1015 Lyons and Mediterranean:..... 948 75 ... 950 25 Southern .8 2 50 ... 582 50 Western 540 ... 542 50 Eastern Sardinian 3OB 75 ... 307 50 Austrian Lombard 555 ... 556 25 North of Spain 342 50 ... 345 Saragossa 407 50 ~. 405 Ditto to Barcelona - . 175 THE WESTBOURNE OPERETTA SOCIETY. —Last evening the members of this society gave a very excellent performance in the pretty little theatre erected at Victoria Hall, Archer-street, Bayswater. The members acquitted themselves in an excellent manner, the ladies, however, as usual, bearing away the palm. It is unusual for us to make selections from amongst ladies and gentle men engaged in amateur performances for special praise, yet on this occasion we must dopart from the rule iu order to compliment Madame Elwood Andrea for the artistic manner in which.she sang the music allotted to her. She displayed a fine voice, musical skill, combined with the utmost taste and expression. The attendance was very fashionable. RECEPTION OF MR. BLAIR AT RICHMOND.- The Washington correspondent of the Boston Journal writes that Mr. Blair was warmly greeted at Richmond, and the wife of President Davis actually " threw her arms around the old gentleman and kissed him." ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Mr. F. Strange will give the whole proceeds of the entertainment to-night at this large and popular place of amusement, to the sufferers by the late unfortunate fire at the Surrey Theatre. The whole company have also given their services. A CONFEDERATE GENERAL.—PLYMOUTH, Feb. 6. —General Wick, of the Confederate States service, landed at Plymouth on Monday morning, by a Brigham fishing -sloop, from the barque Hope, off Plymouth, from New York for Bremen, out 21 days. The general was on furlough at New York, but having some reason to believe that the Federal euthorities designed some harsh measures towards him he made his escape. He left by train for Lon don, and goes on to Paris. LITERATURE, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's Poems. Poems. By the Right Hon. Sir Edward Buiwer Lytton, Bait, M.P. A New Edition Revised. One Vol. Pp. 382. John Murray. Sir Bulwer Lytton's ambition appears to be in satiable. Judging from the graceful, and in one sense, that is, in the prevailing tone of it, we might almost say pathetic, Dedicatory Epistle pre fixed to the present volume by way of an informal Preface, our author's ambition remains, even to this day, unsatisfied ! Meaning, ambition, here, of course, precisely as the lexicographers define it ; namely, as an eager desire for preferment, honour, superiority or power. That desire, in the instance of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, would really, we repeat, appear, after all, to be inordinate. It is still, at the least, unsatisfied. Yet, surely, if any man has had reason for being satisfied, it is this very Man of-letters—it is this accumulator of so many seemingly incompatible reputations. Regarding him distinctly in the general sense as a Man-of- Letters, he stands just alone—the first, the very foremost among his contemporaries. And the ad , mission that he does so, might certainly, as it appears to us, be conceded not only at once, but quite fully and unreservedly, without one moment's aiTAre pense'e in the way of jealousy or grudging, by the most eminent even, and the most popular among all those his rivals and contemporaries. As the Representative—in the most comprehensive meaning of that phrase—of our Living Literature, he might be allowed- the pas in the order of precedence, by right of the variety of his powers and of the diversity of his achievements. Not by any means undertaking to enumerate now even one moiety of his voluminous writings, we would say that—the Novelist of Eugene Aram, The Caxtons, and Ernest Maltravers—the Historical Romancist of Rienzi, the Last Days of Pompeii and the Last of the Barons—the Dramatist of The Lady of Lyons, Richelieu, and Money --,-the Epic Poet of King Arthur—the Satirist of The New Timon—the Essayist of Caxtoniana—might be recognized as holding within his grasp, by cumulative right, pre-eminence among his contemporaries. And this as—par excellence, for these and for a number of other reasons of a similar character—the Representative Man of Letters among English Authors of Nowadays. Alfred Tennyson as a Poet, Charles Dickens as a Novelist, Lord Macaulay as an Essayist and Historian, Sheridan Knowles as a Dramatist, might,' . individually, andcollectively, and without any derogation whatever from the impor tance or pre-eminence of each in his own distinctive capacity, have conceded to this indefatigable claim ant of honours and distinctions in all the various departments of literature—himself at once, as we have said, Dramatist, and Poet, and Novelist, and Essayist, and so forth—the foremost place as a Man of Letters, as the one who has won for himself the most many-sided literary reputation of the age. And it is not only, as the world knows full well, in the various " fields and pastures (ever) new " of literature that Sir Bulwer Lytton has been winning for himself this great diversity of reputations. He has acquired other and some of them very conspicuous reputa tions quite apart from literature. He has obtained distinction as one of the great Chiefs of Party ; as one of the principal Orators in the House of Com mons ; as a Minister of State occupying a seat in the Cabinet, or as an ex-Minister occupying one on the front bench of the Opposition. Yet, with all these signal attentions of success, together with their concomitant honours, thick upon him, Sir Edward's ambition is still, it seems, unappeased, is still at least unsatiated. Another among the many cherished aspirations of his life, he tells us now quite frankly, is yet, according to his view of it, unattained. And this one, moreover—about the nearest to his heart, about the most cherished, and the most beloved. It is the famous aphorism exemplified. It is the statesman, the legislator, the administrator saying to the Song-writer—" Let me make the ballads, and you may make the laws." It is more than that—it is the epic poet's yearning to become the lyrist. It is the author of many big books—world famous most of them—longing to be known, especially and peculiarly, as the writer of little love songs and snatches of rhythmic melody —mere trifles seemingly in their way, like that one, once upon a time, sung by Scrooge's neice by marriage—" a mere nothing, you might learn to whistle it in two minutes," yet, when once heard, haunting you for ever afterwards ! Yearning with all the intensity of his ardent nature to accomplish what he apparently regards as in truth the crowning achievement of his literary life, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has here submitted to public consideration, has here commended to the candid judgment of his fellow-countrymen, this (so far at least as his artistic hand has been in any way enabled to ac complish it by infinite care in the labour of emenda tion) perfected gathering together within the com pass of a single volume, of the more brief and the more distinctly lyrical among his poetical effusions. As an Edition of his' Poems"—revised throughout with exquisite carefulness, and published (in the mere getting of it up we mean) in a manner so worthy of the eminent establishment from which it is issued, that it is virtually an edition de luxe, al though purchasable for no more than half-a-guinea —the beautiful volume under review comes to us here, so to speak, freighted with the loving hopes and aspirations of a whole lifetime. And it is in itself for the author, simply as an Edition of his " Poems," or rather, we will say as the Edition of his " Poems," a sort of a literary Euthanasia. It comes to us, this lyrical argosy, freighted as we have said with the hopes and aspirations of a whole life time. The productions herein collected together — as the author himself intimates to us in so many words, through the medium of his dedication, "have been composed at various intervals." The volume, in fact, so far has its resemblance to the orange-tree — bearing confusedly among its leaves, at one and the same time, the green b u ddi ng s o f spring-time, and the silver blossoms of summer, with the golden fruit of autumnal maturity. So confusedly mingled to gether are these earlier and later effusions—of course intentionally —that the very earliest among them turns out, when we come to look at it more care fully, to be about the very latest, as it is also, without doubt, about the very best in the whole collection. Meaning, here, that lovely allegorical poem of " The Boatman," commented upon by us at some length in these columns of The Sun imme diately upon its original publication, a year or two since, in the pages of " Blackwood's Magazine." Among all Sir Edward's " Poems," it is still to our fancy the most consummate as a work of art. It is, besides that, among them all the most eminently typical of his poetic genius —the most distinctly illustrative of his lead ing peculiarities, of his whole character, of his very idiosyncracy, so to speak, as a lyrist. Through out nearly the entire of these Poems of his, what is chiefly noticeable to our mind is the combination within them of thought and sentiment—of tender, pathetic sentiments—of thoughts subtile and profound. What they lack chiefly, according to our view—and strange and marvellous it is that we should have to say this of poems written alike in his youth, in his early manhood, and in his maturity by the impassioned author of Alice and Ernest Maltravers—is their almost total lack of sensuous ness. Hence the secret of their so slowly winning their way to anything like a wide popularity. They are too etherealised, these imaginings of Sir Bulwer Lytton's muse, to be otherwise, very many of them, than caviare to the general multitude. The Egeria wooed by the poet of " The Boatman" . and of the other lyrical effusions that follow it,' partakes far more of the nature of a spiritual being than of warm, roseate, throbbing flesh and blood. The atmosphere here inhaled, is far more ratified than the grosser air we have been accu9tomed to breathe along the slopes of Olympus : and this because the earth is here so seldom, as it were, under our feet—because we are wafted away so frequently into the regions of Cloudland. It is the essence rather than the substance of poetry that we have here to deal with. Sir Edward Lytton, in his poetic temperament, has qualities far more akin to those of Shelley—floating into the em pyreal; with the Cloud, or with the Skylark—he himself by the way we find while lingering 10001 over the thought of—• • • • the balm of a delicious rain, Pressed from the fleeces of a summer cloud;" thy , and at another moment passing in tenderest sYroPa, before the caged songster of the 44 Trille-la, trillete; Sir Edward, we say, has far more in perament that is akin to the etherealized natio 1. Shelley, than to the more material, palpable, Pio sating, warm-blooded nature of Keats. I le nim is-- o st insist upon what we have already remarked—Q."3—o wholly without the all-essential qualities ne w _ .iar iti to insure to a poet anything like extended —sensuousness. Of the majority of these " of his, he might say, as he says in one of their " I dream the dream I dreamed." rrh p 0 They are dreams of dreams within dreams- 1-- r i fhe y frequently and designedly vague in outline• his poetic 0 of are often—using the term in no invidious se ~„hfh e hilosy t t; visionary in their inner meaning, in the p they inculcate. About the aptest, as als o 31)° it• happiest, illustrations of much that we are he re : ja ing ing upon might be readily culled from the er r. oe Poem of the volume—the exquisitely sc w it) allegorical presentment of Human Life/ sun o n ion so much lyrical verve and melody in the har ili n v e ,iir flow of the whole poem of " The Boatman. :no r ning thus musingly, meditatively, munn u Aed like the babbling forth of a runnel that is Best aof 3 afterwards to swell into the sweeping fl°° broad and resistless river : Half sleeping still, I stand among Tho silvery, trembling sedges, And hear the river rolling strong, Through mists that veil its edges. " Up, Boatman, up ! the moments flee As on the bank I shiver ; And thou must row me towards the sea • Along this length of river." The Boatman rose and stretched his hand" " Come in—thou hast far to go ;" And through the drowsy reeds from land The boat went soft and slow ; Stealing and stilly, and soft and slow._.o. And the Boatman looked in my face, and s ,_.,711 " Thy lids are yet heavy ; sleep on, poor elms Lulled by the drip Of the oars I dip, Measured and musical, sure and steady— . Sleep by my side While from home we glide." And I dreamily murmur, " From home alre' I awake with a start—on my sight flashes daY• " So late, and so little advanced on the NOY 5 Arouse thee, old laggard, and row me fast er ' Or never a sliver thou'lt get from me." ~ s t ffi " When the voyage is over my pert young Be sure the grey boatmen will earn hi 3 fee ' But whether I seem to thee fast or slow, There is but one speed for the boat I row; I measure my movements by no man's tast e ' Whether he asks Ina to halt or haste. "'HAI, plash, drop upon drop, On without hurry, but on without stop; The clock on yon turret is not so steady? "If crawl we must at this snail-like pace, lo re. Ero the river flow curved to the curving s'. Lot me take a last look at my native place , ore. And the green of the sedges—one last 104 Where the home of my birth ? Is it blotted from earth ? Just left, and now lost to my sight already • Tauntingly answered the Boatman grey " Not a moment ago Didst thou call me slow ; But already's a word thou wilt often PP 'Tis the change of the shore Proves the speed of the oar, Stealing the banks away, stealthy, steadY. The allegory throughout is perfectly W ell s cir u wal e° up to the very climax of it all, when to th e ear there " . . . seems to float, Down the length of the way— From the sedges remote, From the rose-garden bay, From the town and the mart, From the river's deep heart, From the heart of the land, From the lips of the bride, Through the darkness again Stealing close to my side, With her hand in my hand, From the gamesters in vain Staking odds on the main Of the last all-invisible die, An echo that wails back the wail of ray sig: o ; ao f. As I murmur, " The Ocean already" — " One glimmer of light From the beacon's lone height, One look at the shore, and one stroke of al° °sr. „ And the river is lost in the ocean already e tiv t Neither the poem itself, however, nor t il° l lo ie people it, are ought else throughout the w 0 51 ' this singularly beautiful allegorical P° Bzji AD e a vague, etherialized, dream-like, visional"' owe' , in fact, is it with most of the Poems h ere :loo. ° d, together. Even some of the love poeras those, nevertheless, there are several s t) iter ° , thick with love" that we might say a theA„,toil them, in the words of old Burton, in 1115 ,41 fr ° ' of Melancholy, that " had he not take n 3 ' l . ). s o O le ; Cupid's wing, he never could have virittei 01 00,, rously." As to the Edition itself, in i ts tha t Av i : as a Revised Edition —never, perhaps, I° , botil e , l 4 Horatian precept been more sedulously mind or more conscientiously acted 111)°1' says— " -- Carmen reprehendite quod nen Multa dies et multa litura coercuit, atcl o o:' eti Prtesectum decies non castigavit ad no — rfe et z .) . So far as the b oo k could be teeperft by the author's own scrupulous (often, 95 ,1 1 1 elo e : to us, by reason of the minuteness of ou s re"; dations here adventured upon) over-scr a r' sion—the volume under notice has bee n revt for L 4 once, we may say, with a loving, an d Y e :fter P. ; that, frequently with a pitiless striving icbt/c, provement. Almost the noblest effusion ill t 00,4 collection, to our thinking , is , w e would s e o f P e one of the very earliest products of the renstelie'li; Bulwer Lytton, a poem dating back, 'are even to his college days at Cainbrl 2l3 truly poetic and patriotic celebration of —in verse that, unless we are indeed ra Bll loo °9 o mistaken, England will not willingly let die,l oo jf the minor poems in the volume, which of t ii oji io l o3 there beaut f t that a w nd at th e could e adduce timcease as more 1131111,001)110 m ore i ct oir o and earnest and pathetic in its way, art :bit/ 0 o of as an our author's most dearly cherished at at a poet—than the following, written by age of Thirty— I do confess that I have wished to give My land the gift of no ignoble name, „ And seen that life, of which the memories 11 " 1 Glass'd in the dreams of fame. Do I lament that roseate youth has flown a , In the hard labour grudged its niggard We And cull from far and juster lands alone Few flowers from many a seed No ! for whoever with an earnest soul 01'7 Strives for some end from this low world afar' Still upward travels, though he miss the e al" And strays—but towards a star. Better than fame is still the wish for fame/ The constant training for a glorious s trife' 0 The Athlete nurtured for the Olympian GBll3 Gains strength, at least, for life. The wish for Fame is faith in holy things 0 4 . 031 1)' That soothe the life, and shall outlive th A reverent listening for some angel Wine That cower above the gloom. To gladden earth with beauty, or r aeles To serve with action, or their souls with truth vio These are the ends for which the hop e 01°111 The ignobler thirsts of youth. fal l No, I lament not, though these leave s ins ice, From the sered branches on the de sert P all i`* -- Mock'd by the idle winds that waft ; an d Life's blooms, its last, in vain ! If vain for others, not in vain for nl5--- „.Ifi , Who builds an altar let him worsh i p a itl"d Who needs the crowd ? though lon e the shr Not hallow'd less the prayer. Eno' if haply in the after days, W . V h V e h n e g n e b n y e t t h h e e maltieatreseleurephs umtheehfupneereasilosot:ise, And Truth is seen alone : no otere' When causeless Hate can wound its preY def id, And fawns its late repentance dl o'er r lore If gentle footsteps from some kin Pause by my narrow bed. y at ou to c m hi in kh e . Or F iL lo o t t' g l iee g ga les al Recall some echo, in their years to be, Of not all-perish'd song !' r l ight _ eena,rwthhoeseevyeonuinng sounds. Taking some spark to glad the hearth,4 ar o- - The student lamp, from now negle c .; And one sad memory in the sons reci til fee' What—l forgive the sires. said 11' d of Dio Enough, after all that we have her e c o, of D o to Sir Bulwer Lytton's genius as a ci P e c oy charm appertaining to this Revis e e de , tl ° as 'c( that " Poems"—enough if we find thing of at our heart of that lowly and affecting inspiration. ONE OoRm EB The continue( which has recent to a rather large bankers and brol enforcing full to tiate. The rate clay has been 5 p bills have fallen fore, been a fair During the 10 Moderate amour Foreign and CI opera t ions in tea sales, w h ich com iu moderate requ descriptions of cc quotations. Ric only limited tra tal low, and price latent for both pr The London a England is a neN t 200,000 sbk object which the aiding facilities f all descr i ptions of a g e nts for advam buildings, and 'w tted rates of inte tutions h as sti mu and the director, and profitable bu to Th prem. e Stock Exe Y, F e b ruary 4bares of the lc( (Liruited), for ba 1864, not to b e n havealso ordered (Limited) 1 At Pari, this ntelegram, th e 3 I klat. 4, The English St connnencemer Per cent • occurrec ehases improved qnoted 891 'the IVevi, Threes Annuities, 14 7-1' andP°reign Stocks pri ces, in ma hes% Turki s h 6 Cossolides, 52 ; G reek, 23 1; Certificates, 141 8. prem. ; Confe 1 d 1 rem. ; D anubia 1 prem. In t he Itail wa ( " 41 Y a li mited am Nees have in mos. Great W es i recede 158.; N°l ekli lo s . ; and lorkshire, and Mi itll ol4 re Forei gn ar materialan ta nk and Dust d the few bar 4bollt previous ra IllarLied 47i ; Imp tritish South A prov e South Shares meat Land Co: tRITISII Fl a Go r vkitNairziT Ft Cent , 0. A •Consols . ,k•6.eeeunt, Feb. •lelv ent• Reduced New 2P e r Cent ..... to. Per Cent. Jar Aiarni.ii. Per Cent. Ja r boes D. Wait 3p o yrs, ex] exi (Re ~ b d Sea Tele g ~ki, °. .£sctuer Bills, £1 0 ( ta e 4 j o. , xio , i xt f liglatid sto '4(liaja, Gov-zit:olE: Do , -,o lt, 01 per Do reeunt ....... b o. A Per Cent. Jul Do. ikeeeunt ....... bo. ~Per. Cent., Oc tl ti 1 I. , 1 ) 1 )1) z i 1 tt o ° . 1 1 . 1 5 : 1, s , 11 0 Perel3llfolciecii Ceutaaclscafes ' 5 . , I 3 p J . r ia .r . 1 . 1 Do, 4 1 Per Cent., ld Do. b ` Per Cent., At Do. '°11(18, £lOOO. , ' litnler £l,OOO • 0 0. A 4 , 0 per Cent.. 'I Der C t lE 11 4 bo ell '7 et ios • V D o A Yres 6 per C D ''ecennt 'ell 0 x ~,,. .......... kiver Cent. (Del C 1 1)1t41444 6 Pe Cent. k,..1)4i456,3'15eerr kit!, 1 6 . 0 ,..e. 6 ,Per Cet., buo. 5 'l.,'t Cent., 186 , -10 2, - - - ; ' rineipaliti "typtia4 141'1 .......... bi per Cent.., D o , ). 1 s lbt t 1:1)tf4:101 . .: 4° . t -: e. c 3. l ' ; 0 :0 1:e : P o v il —r°ll::iriels:iteCoC Issueen; ;l la' 1:t1:1T.41ia..71 to XlO ends.... 6 Pe C o A r ents., %bo, e•otitit .. 14 0,1„ Pens ........ 1),` 4 1a1, 4- ' ....... +4, 1 •". 8. 3 9 per Cen 1 .1 1 44 6 and 1850 . t ki Per Cent (M b %1 1 a 0. A Per Cent. • D, et ) , lint ....... o ' 186 Do Der Cent. An Do krip r • • g 1., o 1 , 1 ,,, , 43 paid )7%,7101 Scrip, 1 see e , 5 pe r c ( - ' %.,v 0 'kperial 5 p( Ve 2 141 440 . 'ie tiPer' .... , ...., rent....... p uo t4"ed ....... ;I'll;talk. I,ll44iWPearrraCielrtist. jZli Perent. (Uri q'lki,Nllnt •' lo_o . 3 1 3 ::: 1). : .. ... 1 81 , tv - , e, ER , , ...... Do Ae,„,,' per Cent /L uc '. Ac ' kjellt., 185 b B eia F 43l lnt o ° Per .......... Do 41 b„,„ Cent., 1 1,1 --, Cent 18 .... 0 3 .) 181 1 1 , 0 5 Per Cent 18 "0 Per C eut . :, is I) N Fkr2. crir, 18 14, 11 i 14, 466 paid 'Afu l i 4 1 sp e c .., 411 3 r ent., -ue A Per ee tit be -'ee4llll4 **** Dokw te ... ........ , I) 4ecoll tterreci ' , 4 .... N.to rittssive ...... Ni,licerice_linot ............. lilj° Ace,;"rt' cl Cout ,t, mi ala A lint . ... il h rki b R ' Per Celli. " 0 1 - - Per Cent.. 1 Do -6'„ecollilt . .u o rer I) 400 Cent.unt "° 1, , ,, ,:, .to ~,o .......... , ,-) 0 ~,,vr i t ! nds ...., Do 41.7 k,ent. 1862 Aigt..,olint . boV°o 1304..cii; .... tie Pe Cent ig bo l'arante • 63 V4 ll . l i Per Cent. ... D o. 4ecount r Cent. D o . 6 Per c e ,i .. i•g b ., beleeennt ' DividendsPe i.i ko, t . on t 13 % ,' 'fiti R 1141, ' A ‘,,: Per Ce 01.0. 1...2 per cent.,'btielr.triient. Cori 15t e . 4 eeo tt es ' 3 Per Itllikli 2i zte ....... b o n 6 Pee. ee nt., E 4eeennt ilt• ' 18 N 74 3 , 4 eco,ll uilf? ....... ....... Liv eI. P O OI Co e at , s i n, 441,1 t, per thizee Afor 4e