The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-07 00:00:00

NOTICE of REMOVAL—HERCULES FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited), from 94, Cannon-street, to 33, POULTRY, London, E.C. ...----- _ LONDON and LANCASHIRE F IRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. CAPITAL. FIRE £!,000,0)0 I LIFE.... ZICO,r 00 Offices, 73 and 74, Kin/ William-street, London. Rates for Home, Foreign, and Colonial Assurances on tip rllcation. W. P. CLIREHUGH. General Mana,ger. —. ESTA BL ISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE CUM PATTY. Empowered by special Act of Parliament Vict., cap. 9. 1, Prince s - s treet, Bank, Lon Every description of Life ASSU 'ICR businesi transacted at the lowest rate of Premium con note with security. Thu var:eus Tables, Some of whie I are rteultar to bins C o have been studiously adapted to the uirns of every clas of Assurers. AIgDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. N ORTII BRITISH AN DAN MERCANTILE IN SU RA N CE CO MP Y. Established 180. Fll AND LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS of every description transacted at m,,derate rates. Ttie Duty paid by this Company in 1863 amounted to X 6 V. 72. The usual commission allowed on Ship and Foreign In surances. Insurers will receive the full benefit of the reduction in duty. rapltal Annual Income Accumulated Funds £ 423.3,927 LONDON— HEAD OFFICES, 6!, Threadneedle-street. E.C. VEST END OFFICES ESTABLISHED A.D. 1844. GR EAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 25 and 26 Tic„ eap. 74. WILLIAM HENRY DICKSON. Esq., Chancellor-house, Tunbridge Wells, Chairman. T. P. TANQUERAY WILLAUME, Esq., New Broad-A: eet, - , Deputy-Chairman. This Society is establlshed on the tried and approved principle of Mutual Assurance. The funds are accumulated for the exc usive benefit of the members, under their own immediate superintendence and zpntrol. The profits are divided annually. C. L. LAWSON, Secy. 10 , Cheapside, E.C. AGENTS REQUIRED. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COM PANY is prepared to entertain applications for Axency Ap pointments from gentlemen having c ommand of File add Bu iness, either in London or 'the suburne, or wherever the Company is not sully represented. The Royal has always been conspicuous for its liberality and promptit-d in the tettleme. tof claims. Its Annual Income is now over £600,000 And its Funds in hand exceed £1,000,000 The Parliamentary return of Insurance-paid duty to Go vernm nt again exhibits the I:oyaI at the head of all the Offices in increase of business. The Royal no v rants Insurances on tock and Imple mPnt3 in Trade, &c., g at half the furmer charge or duty. Transfers et policies from other Companies received w.th out charge for Policy,s, JOHN P whatever the amou. Addres. JORN - sT TON. Secretary. Royal Insurance Company, 20, Lombard-street. T HE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established, 1840. TUUSTEE§_ Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Thomson Hankey, .6sq., M.P. William George Prescott, Esq. Baron L. N. ee Rothschild, I.P.A --- The whole of the Profits divide 1 among the Members, Every description of Life Assurance and Annuity busine i transacted. Ar nual Income £60,000 Invested Fund .. Claims have been paid exceeding -11,000 Bonuses have been added amounting t 3 ItAvi.,o • Full information may be obtained at the Chief Office, 15, Hoorgate-street, E.C. Wm. THOMAS LINFOED, Secretary, February, 1865. THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY, Queen Insurance Buildings, Gracechurch-street, London, E.C. At the ANNUAL MEETING of: the Proprietors, held at Liverpool, on the 27th October, 1564, BERNARD HALL, )' sq., chairman of the Company, in the chair, the Directors' Report for the year stated : That the Fire Premiums for the year amounted to £101,035 icing an increase over the preceding year 0f.... 20,785 That '352 Life Pc,l cies IA ere issued for 203,0c8 Being* an increase over the preceding year 0f.... 57.508 That the New Life Premiums were. . . Peing an increase over the preceding* year of 2,42 That the Life Income was And that upwards of 6) per cent. of the entire Net Premiums was added to the I if e Fund. That the Subscribed Capital was increased t 0.... 1,870,720 Th.. Pais.-up Capital was increased to .. 187,67: That aiicr proviAinn - for ail outstanding Claims, th , Fire 11, , 5e-ve would stand at 114,f.',12 Making the Fund,. in hand, atter providing for the Dividend 341,413 A D vir,end was declared of 2s. prhare, being, 10 per Cent: on the paid up Capital. J. MONCR I h',FF WILSON, General Manager. JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary. BRITISII UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporate I b • Act of I'arlia Lent, 27, Greabam-street, City, London.—Cap t al, £25D,0L0. 13,:rks. Geor„,e Brag"nton, Esq., Banker, Torrington, Devon. TRUSTEE 3. Adm i ral Sir Henry J. Leeke, K.C.B„ K.H., 31.1' , Tvryford, DIRECTORS. CDAIRMAN.—AdmiraI Sir Henry J. Leeke, K.C.8., K hairman of the United Kingdom Electric Tele, graph Company. DEPUTY-CH tßmAN.—Frederick J. Price, Esq.. 12, Little Tower street, E.C., Dircctor of the London and Provincial ➢larine Insurance Company. Captain the Hon. Charles E. Hobart, Wimbledon, Surrey. Berjamin Bullo k, Esq., St. Leinard's Bill, Northumber land ; and I),lamere-terrace, Hyde-park. 1 hem :s Ed4l y. Esq. pietism Edgley, Watts and Grant), 1, Sermo.Wane, E.C. Carsteu Bolthouse, Esq , 2, Storey's-gate, Et. James's-park, S. W. Rev. T. Martin, M.A., Greenwich, Kent. Tnomas Myers, Esq , 22, Bloomsbury-Equare, London and Brighton. Richard John Sheppard, .Esq., Wigmore-street, Cavendish square, W. Walter L. Strong, Esq , 12, Copthan-court, E.C. MEDICAL OITICERS. IV. Abbotts Smith, BLD., M.R.C.P., Loud., 28, Doughty street, W.C. C asten 11.11 house, Esq., F.R.C.S., 2, S:orey's-gate, SL James's-park, S.W. • ----- BANKERS. The Alliance Bank Limite $, L mdon, Liverpool, and Alan- cheater. 'MANAGER AND SECRETARY. Wiliam L. W lliams, jun , F.S.S. Assurances effected up to £20,000 on a single life. For Pro pectuses tnd other information apply to the Manager, as above. N.B.—AGENTS WANTED, on Salary and Commission. GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. L 7 MOSES AND S 0 N 9 - • 4 respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHINU. The newest fabrics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SUN 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 eistinct part of the premises, which will betcund a great convenience f or ladies and children, ReY...k.L PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. r HIS EVENING, a new Extravaganzl, entitled THE MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN 1 RINCESS. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forre,..ter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Manton, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Friany Gwynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. bwanborough. THII EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT. Mr. Parselle; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Hughes. Af:er which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, THE " GRIN" BUsIIES ; or, the Mrs. Brown of the itissis-sippi. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, ac.; Mesdames zi.da Swanborough, Raynham, Simpson, Johnstone, etc. To c include with MRS. GREEN'S SNUG LITTLE BUSINES.3. Mr. Belford. COALS. The LILLIESUALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 263. per ton. I Double.. 2ls. per ton. Top 255. „ Deep ....225. „ Nell screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne l'ark-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, l'addington, W., and Maiden-lane, 11. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN bCOTT, Sole Lgent. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS). Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish- street, Oxford-street. MOSES AND SON ~j. respectfully invite public attention to their large and weti-assurted WIRTEd STOCK. MOSES AND SON'S ."SAXDRINGRAM" and "DANISH " WRAPPER utrodueed by them) is the newest and most lashiontb.e style of Overcoats for the season. MOSES AND SON'S • READY-MADE and BESPOKE CLOTIILNLi for all classes and all ages. MOSES AND SON'S • CELEBRATED •• INDISPENSABLE" SUIT, from 30s. MOSES AND SON'S E. HOSIERY and DRA.VER.Y, for all classes and all ages. E• MOSES AND SON'S RATS AND CAPS, fur all c asses and all ages. E • MOSES A ND SON ' S BOOTS and SHOSS, for all classes and all ages. 1 - 1 MOSES AND SON'S 1 OUTFIrS , for all classes, all ages, and all climates. EHOSES AND SON'S • LONDON HOUSES, " 4,15 5, 15 6 , 157, Minories ; 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, Aldgate 500 507, 508, New Oxford— 3, street ;I, 2, flart-sireet ; li7, 138, Tottenham-court-road ; 288, Euston-road Also, Bradford, Yorkshire. S - E MOSES A - ND N'S • xbtabtishments are closed eve 7 Friday evening at allUStt until S aturday evening at sunset, w h en business is re sumed until It o'clock. A I articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures. Any article not appr.,ved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. List of Prices with R ules for Self-measurement, Fashion Card, and our new Pamphlet, " The Philosophy of Dress," gratis and p ost flee. SAUCE. --LEA and PERRINS' woItCE.,TEJISIIIRE SAUCE. This deliciou condiment, f ()flounced by emmoisseurs "TILE ONLY GOOD SAUCE, — Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. ea,itioned against worthless Tl.e public are respectfully imitations, and should see that Lea and _terrine' names are on wrapper, label, bottle. and stopper. _ MK for LFA and PER BINS' SA.UCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Propeters, Wor rester; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Bareliy and Bons, London, 4tc. &c.; and by Grocers and Oilme n uni _ Yersally. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE sm - r MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothin ; equals the properties and qualities of the Soap 2Q o. I for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatam for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, Regent-street, I.ondon, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Sanger and Son, Jo7eaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and test*. menials tree on a plication. Agent for Edinbargh — gr. John 31.1jaY, Chemist, 119, George -street T CIE PALL-MALL GAZETTE, An Evening Newspaper and Review. No. lls This Day published. Price T ;cope nee . Office, 11, Salisbury-street, Strand, W.C. E PALL-MALL GAZETTE. An Evening Newspaper and Review. It is difficult to des •ribe the plan of an enterprise like the PALL-SIALL GAZ ETTE without seeming to boast, or to decry the efforts ot others. But we are unwilling to lose the advantage of a few words of explanation, and we therefore trust the candour of the reader for a just interpretation of our meaning. The PALL-MALL GAZ HATE will contain all the news proper to an Evening journal But, addressed as it will be to educated 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 interest of newspaper records, while it d. , stroys their significance. Literary considerations alone wound determine us to have one News Reports written iii plain English ; but beyond these there is the fact that the lessons to be found in many an accident of human life or social polity are lost in the turgid language in which they are commonly narrated. .N.Nents made known by the 3lorning Papers may be dis cussed in ti , e PAt L-MALL GAZE tTE of the same day, but they wi 1 not be reported anew. Trustworthy advices front the Money Market will be included in the mews of the Day. 'the rest of the paper t hy far the beater part) will be made up of original articles. upon the many thin g s which engage tho , .,ghts, 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 an d authority are equally unquestionable, and who are accustomed to regards the public of ext cession of opinion as a serious thing. ithe th aim of the PALL-MALL GAZETTE : to bringculture which is into daily journalism that full mea sure of thought and now found only in Reviews. At the same time , we by no means intend to mak e t he paper pedantic or solemn. Humour is too powerful, as well as tco pleasant, to be lett out of the design ; which will lose none of the advantages of occasional trifling. if a thing can be said better in verse than in prose, it will be said in verse. Epigram, but not s_pite—burlesque, but not vulgarity—will be readily admitted into its columns goodd since a joke is often as illustrative as an argument, jukes will De wel come too. It will be understo:d that this ndrertisement is rathßoa proJlamation of idea and of effort than of promise. t the proclamation is not made before a large number of able writers have accepted the idea, and pledged themselves to the effort. Office of the Fall-Mee Gazette, 14, Salisbury-strt, Strand, W.C. HER MAJESTY'S THEATR E . Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING th 3 performance will commence with the new Opera, LARA. Principa l characters by Messrs\ Swift, G. Honey, Forbes, Terrott, and Renwick; Dl.sses Louisa Iliac, Cc ttrell, Burrington, and Romer. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. 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 CI NDERELLA AND THE WONDERFUL LONATO. THIS EVENING, (Feb. 7`, a new Opera, the music by F. Clay, the words by T. W. Robertson, entitled CON STAN CE. Principal characters by Mdlle. Mar torelle and Miss Thirlwall; Messrs. IL Corti, A. Cook, C. Lyall. and Henry Haigh. Conductor, Mr. A. MELLON. Alter which, at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly successful Pantomime, CINDERELLA, in which Donato will reappear. Magnificent Scenery and gorgeous accessories. Commence at Seven. THE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. TIIIS EVENING, Shakespere's Play of HENRY THE EIGHTH, te. mivating with the fall of Wolsey. Mcsers. Phelps. Walter Lacey, H: Marston, E. Phelps, Barrett, Sin clair; Miss Atkinson, Mrs. Vandenoff, &c. After which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP 011 Y THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN 13 RoT HERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Sevea-League ,Boots Messrs. G. Bel more, Tom Matthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Roselle, &o. Misses Lydia Thompson. R. Lccletcq, &c. ; Messrs. Boleno, C. Lauri, W. A. Barne., T. Morris, Cormack, Saville ; Mthae. Boleno, the Misses Gunniss, aad Signor Tescano. THEATR E-R OYA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. 'PHIS EVENING, Feb. 7, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, ltogers, Clark, Coe, Wea thersby, &c. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, &c. After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, 11111, &c. With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Seeley. And THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.- o,}lo rfunriotur anti Manager. AL:. 23. Yt *Deter. THIS EVENING. STEPHEN DIGGES. Messrs. J. L. Tool , Biltington; Ebnrne ; Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. Killington, and It ss H Simms. To conclude with THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedfol d, btuart, Stephen son, C. J. Sini,h, Eburne ; Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. Billing,tou, Miss K. Kelley, and lass A. Seaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Yechter. THIS EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. Messrs. S. Emery, C. Horsman, Calett ; Mesdames C. Horsman, lien rade, E. Boyce, and Elswortny. Alter which, at halt-past 8, a New Drama, entitled THE ROADSIDE INN. lt,bert Maaairc, Mr. cechter. Messrs. Widdicomb, C. tlorsman, Fitzpatrick, Garden, Moreland, Raymond, Vollett; Mesdames EttiN orthy and B. Percy. To conclude with BEAUFACED IMPOSTORS. Mr. Widdieemb. Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev‘n till Five. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' uoutaming the Latest SPUItTLNG INTELLIIi tE, tau be had Every Evening of • (1. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN ' supplied as soon as Published containing all the LA I'ESP .N.EWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by 11. W. HARRIS, Ne spaper Agent, 4, Blacktriars-road, London, S. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, Tun DAk.—Morning, 11h. 58m.—Afternoon, h. m. To-Monitow.-Morning, 12h. 34m.—Afternoon, 12h. 59m 01 at g jr 4a0 1"4.4g 'II4 Z ioopi,tio 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 keep from falling. The memorial also men tions 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 it is herein remarked that such a " state of thing s is disgraceful to the metropolis of the most civilised nation of the vrorld." It seems, 'indeed, surprising that attention has not earlier been drawn to this subject, and that those qualified to give an opinion should not have done something before now. As is often the case, when really serious evils occur, it is shown that iiim pie remedieg, may prove StiiN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBIWARY 7, 1805. 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 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 during 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 Wtl 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- 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 Parliapentary 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 staple-object of interest during the months of the session. A 'L-reat 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 E` Ass has sat in Parlia. ment, with brief exception, for the city a '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 EVANS, 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 EVANS 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 Wat er l oo, i n A mer i ca, an d i n I n di a , h av i ng taken a share a life in in the allt field,struggles. hoseevehnetfudleemsithis After so busy highest privilege to serve in the Parliamentary campaign ; 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. As a 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. BISMARR 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 thiig else besides. Every one supposed that by this time, or long before, Nome fuaality ruoyemeiat§ would have taken place respecting these disputed 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 he 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 evidentlyexpects that such a statement may be looked 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 whether followed or not in the letter, it is certain that Pruisia 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 Greencastle.) 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 WA 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, J. 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, 215+. It is reported from Hilton Head that the Federals had captured 2,000 prisoners and three guns on the Upper Broad River. 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 deopondency and dia. 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 en)ist 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. Mr. 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 112 k 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, 112 - 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 in 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 !orce 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 : 41 per Cents 96 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 5 Do. end month 67 25 Credit Mobilier _ __ Italian Loan 65 50 Do. end month 65 65 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian Do. end month 963 75 Bank Shares 3560 Credit Foncier 1285 Roman 73 50 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Cash. Acct. Orleans - Northern , lOll 25 ... 1015 Lyons and Mediterranean.: 9:55. 4 4:1 . 8:07 7 7_55 5 500 ..::::...:. 9 3555.4 5 ;22 ; 2 5575 5 :50 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian ___ LO - 7 - Aard 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 depart from the rule in 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 Brixham 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 Federp.l euthorities designed some harsh measures towards him he made his escape, He left by train for Lon don, and goers on to Paris• LITERATURE, rAYS. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's Poems Poems. By the Right lion. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., 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, of ter 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 arrare 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, and:collectively, 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 Ministn 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 attestions 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 betome 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 morn 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 buddings of 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 acculomed 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 tothose of Shelley—floating into the em pyrean with the Cloud, or with the Skylark—he himself by the way we find while lingering lovi n g l over the thought of— . . . the balm of a delicious rain, Pressed from the fleeces of a summer cloud;" and at an.other moment passing in tenderest 5yn31331 before the caged songster of the " trille -13 * Sir Edward, we say, has far more in his poetic tele; perament that is akin to the etherealized nature °I. Shelley, than to the more material, palpable, pa:, sating, warm-blooded nature of Keats. lie 1 t insist upon what we have already re marked wholly without the all-essential qualities nowada.t to insure to a poet anything like extended 1301 31 ' 131 2 —sensuousness. Of the majority of these . " P° ' of his, he might say, as he says in one of them -- " I dream the dream I dreamed." ear They are dreams of dreams within dreams. TheY mei frequently and designedly vague in outline. are often—using the term in no invidious se lls „ visionary in their inner meaning, in the philosop4 they inculcate. About the aptest, as also about { ,'i happiest, illustrations of much that we amber° i lls . ng ing upon might be readily culled from the openilyl e Poem of the volume—the exquisitely Schiller' nth allegorical presentment of 11 - aman. Life, sung Nv . os so much lyrical verve and melody in the harm ed. flow of the whole poem of " The Boatman." 13ef ning thus musingly, meditatively, ped like the babbling forth of a runnel that is des afterwards to swell into the sweeping il o °' broad and resistless river : Half sleeping still, I stand among The silvery, trembling sedges, And hear the river rolling strong, Through mists that veil its edges. " Up, Boatman, up ! the moments flee As on th?, bank I shiver ; And thou must row me towards the sea Along this length of river." Tho Boatman rose and stretched his hand- - " Come in—thou bast far to go ;" And through the drowsy reeds from land The boat went soft and slow ; Stealing and stilly, and soft and slow. a . And the Boatman looked in my face, a nd sale, " Thy lids are yet heavy; sleep on, poor child' 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 aj I awake with a start—on my sight flashes JAY' " So late, and so little advanced on the way' Arouse thee, old laggard, and row me faster , Or never a stiver thou'lt get from me." s tet, " When the voyage is over my pert young Ilir` Be sure the grey boatmen will earn his feel 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 taste, Whether ho asks me to halt or haste. Plish, 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 panel uo re• Ere the river flow curved to the curving 15 Let me take a last look at my native plane, ~to And the green of the sedges—one last locos" Were the home of my birth ? Is it blotted from earth ? ' Just left, and now lost to my sight alresaY • Tauntingly answered the Boatman grey " Not a moment ago Didst thou call me slow ; But already's a word thou wilt often sal• 'Tis the change of the shore Proves the speed of the oar, Stealing the banks away, stealthy, steady' The allegory throughout is perfectly wel l heavi er up to the very climax of it all, when to the ear there . . . seems to float, Down the length of the way— From the sedges remote, From th 3 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, ;01 An echo that wails back the wail o f my 0.--1,;5,01' As I murmul - , " The Ocean already'' --6 One glimmer of light From the beacon's lone height, One look at the shore, and one stroke of ij o And the river is lost in the ocean alreadY• t bo o l o f Neither the poem itself, h oweve r, nor o .l j oie people it, are ought else throughout til ° tl O O this singularly beautiful allegorical P vague, etherialized, dream-like, visionarle cola of in fact, is it with most of the Fowls I le t r together. Even some of the love poeu l l ' so those, nevertheless, there are Baer r ti ; e thick with love" that we might sal Ao f , them, in the words of old Burton , A ci ail l ' yo ' of Melancholy, that " had he not tak ell ` cia so ter Cupid's wing, he never could hao w ritt ts ch rously." As to the Edition itself, 1 5 tint as a Revised Edition—never, perhaps, 115 . 1 v bor9 Horatian precept been more sedulous II mind or more conscientiously acted 11P says— c; Carmen reprehendite quod 1 1 ° ° lta dies et multa litura, coereu it, at e 0 0 1 ') So Prtesectum decios non castigav it 0 11'3511perfri o far as the book could b e itall e o' by the author's own scrupulous (often/ 55 0 v ,„? to us, by reason of the minuteness of 1110 10 1 ') dations here adventured upon) over-5er111),,,,,ie,. sion—the volume under notice has bean r -et, orb, once, we may say, with a loving, and 1 , A fte r " that, frequently with a pitiless strivilletyl, provement. Almost the noblest e ff u sion 0 0 01 1 ; ; ;.if co ll ec ti on , to our thinking, is, we wo6l-`OO 6 :o o ne of the very earliest p roducts of cDei9 Bu l wer Lytton, a poem dating back, 181-40 even to his college days at Cl truly poetic and patriotic celebration 0'07,04 —in verse that, unless we are indeed 9 joy r i mistaken, England will not willingly let siiiiie°.oo the minor poems in the volume, -whiell°,ll,4o,, there that we could adduce as ni_or °r beautiful, and at the same time as fti G t / W 7 and earnest and patheticin its - way, 115 311 a' O P y at t , of our author's most dearly cherished bit)) a poet—than the following, written age of Thirty— I do confess that I have wished to give My land the gift of no ignoble lima, And seen that life, of which the mnoieo na Glass'd in the dreams of fame. Do I lament that roseate youth has 1 10111 . , - In the hard labour grudged its niggar' And cull from far and juster lands alone Few flowers from many a seed ? No ! for whoever with an earnest Strives for some end from this log' Still upward travels, though he miss the - And strays—but towards a 0 9 ' r * f Better than fame is still the wi sh for a 310: The constant training for a glorious otricooo The Athlete nurtured for the Olynritte• , 11 Gains strength, at least, for lil The wish for Fame is faith in holy th-vv i ! . g o l e t c)fil That soothe the life, and shall outlis A reverent listening for som e angel Wil3g That cower above the g lonra' 0 .00 uti .,/ To gladden earth with beau t y , or nte l !itb. t r e o To serve with action, cr t heir souls toil These are the ends for which the 114° 11 The iguobler thirsts of youtb• or 0 No, I lament not, though these leaveSer pp.llJ' From the sered branches on the de s an d Mock'd by the idle winds that waft , V 6 1 Life's blooms, its last, in Will If vain for others, note in vain for rie" t jore ; 1 0 Who builds an altar let hint wors/110 Who needs the crowd? though I ° ll° r' Not hallow'd less the F ille oo e !oe, Eno' if haply in the after da y s, 0 t When by the altar sleeps thefolio:jos to.i When gone the mists our human Pi ts " 0,0 And Truth is seen alone : When causeless Hate can -woundtS ptio:deP And fawns its late repentance o„e. s , 00 0 If gentle footsteps from some kiniall glee' Pause by my narrow' be"' 1 Or if yon children, whose younggale 0,10"' Float to mine ear the evening' Recall some echo, in their yo r9 t° bt Of not all-perish'd song , Taking some spark to glad the heariTcted The student lamp, from now 31,.v.it0 ) 1 ; And one sad memory in the sons r s a lit What—l forgive the 6r e , re 50 of ) Enough, after all that Nye 1103 s il a c e et c iiii °ll l ' , 4l to Sir Bulwer Lyttoll'S gellil-15 a • ca c l,Ol TIC VIS charm appertaining to this as o f " Poems" —enough if We l'ficilablia at our heart of that lowly sY and affecting inspiration. , It;y COXIYIERCIA The continued act which has recently p to a rather large exte bankers and brok ers , nforcing full terms tate. 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