The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-01 00:00:00

RAILWAY MEETINGS. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. The annual general meeting of this Company took place on Wednesday, at the Cotton Sales-room, in the Exchange-buildings. Charles Lawrence, Esq., Chair man of the Board of Directors, presided.—The Report of the Directors, and the accounts of the receipts and disbursements were read. These showed, notwithstand ing the diminution of traffic and travelling, owing to the stagnation of trade and other causes adverted to in the Report, a considerable increase over the net proceeds of the corresponding period of last year.—A dividend at the rate of 51. per cent. was made for the half-year tiding S 1 st December last ; and a first instalment, at the rate of 2/. per share upon the 1001. shares, and of 4s. per share upon the original quarter shares, being a portion of the interest to which those shares (only) are entitled, was likewise ordered to be pail to the Proprietors of those shares out of the surplus fund.— The attention of the meeting was then called by Mr. Alston and Mr. Coglan to the followin g paragraph in the report :—" The last circumstance which e the Direc tors will mention, as having diminished to some extent the travelling by railway, is the temporary want of con fidence in the security on that mode of conveyance. The Directors deeply regret the railway accidents which have occasioned this apprehension in die public mind. In the sudden development and extension of this new mode of locomotion —in the marvellous transition from a speed of ten miles to that of thirty miles an hour—though we may regret, perhaps we can hardly wonder, that newly opened lines have not been alto-1 gether exempt from accidents. Toe earnest attention of railway management is turned to the consideration of the . hest me ans o f ma ki ng ra il way conveyance as pre-eminently safe, as it is decidedly cheap and expedi tious ; and the Directors have the fullest confidence in the accomplishment of this great object, if, indeed, taking a fair comparison, it be not already attained. It is a circumstance worthy of remark and congratu lation, that the frequency of accidents seems to be in no way connected with the increase of traffic on any railway ; those lines where the traffic is the largest in the kingdom having been for a long time almost free from these casualties. In the last twelve months, one million and fifty-two thousand passengers have been conveyed on the Liverpool and Manchester line, with but one accident, which lefel a passenger who reck lessly jumped out of a second-class carriage when at full speed, to save a few miles walking from the next stopping-place. It would seem that the necessity for constant vigilance and unremitting care on the part of the enginetnen, policemen, &c., owing to the almost continuous movement of a large traffic, produces as its consequence the habit of vigilance, and that in tuitive caution, on which the security of railway tra velling must at all times materially depend. Con nected with this subject, the Directors are happy to refer to the General Railway conference which was held at Birmingham, on Tuesday, the 19th instant, the object of which was to consider and devise the means of in creased safety to railway travelling. The resolutions passed at the conference have appeared in the public papers, and copies of tiro proceedings may be obtained at the Treasurer's office by Proprietors feeling an in terest in the subject."—The thanks of the Proprietors were unanimously voted to the Directors, and to their managers and assistants, for their vigilant and skilful management of the line, and for their care and unre mitting attention in those respects. It appears from the statement of accounts submitted to the meeting', that the receipts for the half-year ending December 31, 1840, were as following :—From the coaching depart ment, 81,713/. 3s. 2d.; from the carriage of mcrchan dim 54,901/. 4s. 10d. ; and from the carriage of coal, 2,709/. Os. 7d. ; nicking a total of 1 39,323/. Ss. 7d. 'The expenditure for the same period amounted to 88,P94/. 70. ; leaving a net profit of 70,629/. Is. 7d. BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of this railway was held at the Swan Hotel, Bolton, on Wed beaday afterneton last, Jbhn Hargreaves, sco., Chairman of the Board of Directors, took the chair. Mr. Peter Sinclair, Secretary to the Company, read the Report ; by which it appeared that the line 4) far as Nightingale Bridge, near Choriey, nine miles and a quarter from Bolton, is now com pleted, and will be opened on Monday next for the conveyance of passengers, Sze. from Manchester and Bolton to that place, and thence by coach to Chorley and Preston. The funds were declared to be in a satisfactory state ; and when the Report had been read, a number of questions were put by the Proprietors, and answered by the Chairman, Secretary, and Mr. Adie, tho engineer. —The Chairm a n sa id, th a t 190,000/. the c a p al, had been paid up, as required by the Act of Parliament, and the Company were now in a situa tion to borrow 126,5004 by way of loan, bearing in terest, to complete the line ; and a resolution empower ing the Directors to obtain loans under that section of the Act of Parliatn fnt, was then unanimously agreed upon. The five retiring Directors, John Hargreaves, sen., Benjamin Hick, C. Briggs, R. S. Barlow, and John Cross, lisqrs. were re-elected. A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meting sepa rated. RAILWAY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. On Friday the Ist current, Sir Frederick Smith ertnt by Hamilton to Lanark, and on the 2d he went by one of our railways to Airdrie, on the opposite bank of Clyde, and this week he was to be af . ,.7ain at Lanark. When the inspection is completed, Sir Frederick will then have before him the whole four lines, the merits of each of which are itroegly advocated by their respective st vorters. 1. The East line, from Edinburgh, by Dunbar, and Berwick, to Newcastle, which its supporters hold as the best line betmean the two capitals, London and Edinburgh. 2. the East Midland line, from Edinburgh, by Gala chicle, through Roxbtaghshire and the North Tync, join- 1 A general meeting o7proPrielors of the Grand J unction Railway was he'd on Friday afternoon at one o'clock, in the Cotton Sales-room, Liverpool ; John Moss, Esq. in the chair. From the report which was produced by the Directors, it appeared that, in the receipt from every branch of income, there is an increase as compared with the corresponding port of 1339. except ,n the carriage of live stock, which is rather less, while the ratio of expenditure to receipt is again con siderably lower. The receipts were : Last six months Last six months of 1540. of 1239. From Coaching...XlBB,62o 15 5 ... 187,476 8 5 Goods .... 40,934 .2 1 ... 35,220 10 0 „ Live Stock.... a,ood 10 11 ... 3,607 5 232 563 8 5 ... 226,304 4 1 Expenses... 99,627 1 7 ... 107,880 10 5 This saving, it was stated, is principally in the impor tant item of locomotive power, the comparative outlay being, for the last six months of 1539, on a receipt of 2'26,304/. 4s. Id., 38,511/. 7s. sd. ; and in the cor responding period of 1840, on a receipt of 232,563/. 5d., 29,433/. 104. Id., or an actual diminution of expense, on a receipt larger by 6,0001., of more than 9.000/. The Directors congratulated the Proprietors on tha exemption, of the Grand Junction Railway from unfortunate casualties or accidents affecting life or property, at a time when some untoward occur rences on other lines have been made the ground of much exaggere s tad anxiety on the subject of railway travelling. The opening of the Chester Branch, it was statod, has taken place since the last general meeting ; hitherto the traffic on this line has not been consider ab)o ; but the arrangements now completed for the conveyacce of merchandise from Chester, from the Ist proximo, and the advancing season, may be expected to add materially to the income at Chester, bath from this source and from passengers. A further reduction in the rates of carriage for goods, it appears, has been . made since th e l ast genera l meet i ng ; the result of which has been an increase in the quantity, as well as in the money receipt from this traffic. It is expected that the great advantages which the Company have now secured to the publi c w ill c ontinue to attend a still increasing and profitable business. Or this subject the Directors think it proper to state, in consequence of assertions to the contrary which have been hazarded, that the terms on which the merchandise business of the Company is now conducted, although more reasonable than any be fore offered to the public, are such as to afford a fair remuneration to the Company ; and that, in deciding on the successive reductions which have taken place, as the Company's means ofacconirnodation increased, they have been guided by a conviction, that the prosperity of the undertaking would be promoted by the increase of triadic created by such inducements. The additions which have been lately made to the passenger fares (but which have not raised them to a rate as high as is charged on other lines in connection with this railway) were deemed expedient, in consequence of the subtraction by other lines of part of the traffic on which the calculations of income, originally sub mitted to Parliament, were founded. The net income, it appears, after deducting all expenses, exclusive of the amount of the interest of the unliquidated deist now charged oil the quarter shares at live per cent. on the stock, and equal to I•2s. 6d. per share, is 137,4811. I Is. Oil. This, the Directors stated, would enable the Proprietors to declare a dividend at the rate of 61. 10s. per 100/. share, and in proportion on the paid-up amount of the half shares, and on the quarter shares lately created. And this the Directors accordingly re. commanded to the meeting. When the Report had been read, the Chairman, Mr. Moss, addressed a few observations to the meeting, and the Treasurer read a correspondence which had lately taken place with the Postmaster-General, from which it appears that the Post-office department are quite satisfied with the manner in which the mail service is performed by the G;and Junction Company, both as to safety and des patch, and are convinced that it offers a freedom from accident which never was accomplished by the mail coaches, travelling at their accelerated speed. The report and address were very favourably received, and ordered to be circulated, with the correspondence, amongst the Proprietors ; after which the meeting ter. Irrigated. ing the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway at Hexham, about forty miles from Carlisle. This is held out as giving Edinburgh the advantage of communication both to Lon don by Newcastle, and to Liverpool and Manchester by Carlisle. 3. The West Midland line, from Carlisle by Beatock, through Clydesdale, to Edinburgh and Glasgow, by two diverging lines of thirty miles each, from Symington in this county, or a point on the Clyde above ,Lanark. This is strongly advocated, as giving the nearest communication from both Edinburgh and Glasgow to London, as well as the West of England, with the advantage of accomplish ing this for the greatest part of the way by only one line. This line is reported as the best by Mr. Locke. ; and it may b.? worthy of remark, that it appears to have been by this line, and also from a similar point of divergence, that the Roman armies marched from England to the East and West of Scotland. And from near the same Roman sta tion diverges the great Parliamentary road executed by the late Mr. Telford, under the Government Coium;ssioners for improving the communication between England and Stirling, or the North of Scotland. 4. Toe \Vestmost line, from Carlisle by Dumfries, Sanquhar, and Ayrshire to Glasgow. This is held out to be the best communication from Glasgow to all Eng land, by the report of Mr. Miller, engineer. The line from Edinburgh to Symington, running on the north of the Pentland range, is considered a much easier line, and through a much more productive dis trict, than the one previously surveyed to Edinburgh, by Linton, on the south of the Pentlands ; but the point of divergence, we believe, commands both sides of that range as well as both sides of the Clyde. Sir Frederick, we have also reason to understand, was sa- tisficd with the field plans submitted to hint by the gen tlemen interested in the Eastern line; and was sur prised, after the long period elapsing since his appoint ment, that neither of the Nithsdale nor the Annandale and Clydesdale lines had been sufficiently mapped or delineated ; and this circumstance may, perhaps, ac count for the rumoured decision in favour of the East line.—Glasgow Herald. FRANCE. - CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SiTrtso OF JAN. 29. The Chair was taken at half-past one by M. de Salvandy, one of the Vice-Presidents. The Ministers present were Marshal Soult, and MM. Guizot and Humann. The Order of the Day was the adjourned debate upon tbo Paris Fortifications Bill. M. Arago read a written speech in support of the plan adopted by the Government and the Committee—namely, the continuous wall, with intrenchments. The Hon. De puty entered into considerable details of a scientific na ture to prove that this was the only efficient method of for tifying the capital, and cited Vauban, Valaze, Napoleon, and various other military authorities whose opinions he considered decisive upon this important question. With respect to General Schneider's amendment, he thought it altogether inadmissitde, being nothing more than a second edition of the system of detached forts which had already been rejected. M. Ara4ro occupied the whole sitting with his speech, and the ChArnber adjourned at six o'clock. SITTING OF JAN. 30. M. Salvandy, Vice President, took the chair at one o'clock. Marshal Soult, M. Guizot, and the other Mem bers of the Cabinet were in their seats shortly after the above hour. The Order of the Day vr t as the continuation of the de bate upon the Paris Fortifications Bill. General Schneider read a written speech in support of his amendment, but spoke in so low a tone that few of his observations were audible in the gallery. The King's Commissary then ascended the tribune, and was expected as a matter of course to speak in favour of the measure ; but his observations, or, more properly speak ing, calculations, produced quite a contrary effect, as being of a tendency to frighten the Chamber by the enor mous expense which the materiel alone, not to mention the cost of the fortifications themselves, would entail upon the country. The King's Commissary read a long list of the estimates for the materiel required for Paris as a fortified place, and which amounted to no less a sum than forty three millions of francs.--.( Murmurs of astonishment.) M. Thiers, reporter of the Committee, said that he should have remained silent had the above apparently alarming statement been made by any other member of the Chamber, but coming from the King's Commissary, and appearing to strike the Chamber with surprise, it was his duty to do away with the impression that the Commit tee had concealed a considerable portion of the expense. Such was not the case, and the difference which existed upon the two estimates arose from the various amendments and new places proposed to be fortified. The King's Commissary observed that it was his duty to submit the above details to the Chamber, and it was not his fault if a wrong interpretation were given to his state ment.—( Hear.) M. Thiers (with warmth)—You are here to support the measure, and not to speak against the fortifications. The great object was the defence of the capital ; and if not undertaken in an efficient manner, it would be better not to attempt it at all. In fine, it was now absolutely necessary for the Cabinet to clear up the doubts and ap parent indecision which from day to day perplexed the Chamber; let the Government say if it were seriously de termined to accept and support the measure ; if they did not wish its execution, let them abandon it at once. Marshal Soult said that the opinion of the Government had been expressed clearly and frankly. He had already stated that he accepted the project of law, and was not aware that he had spoken in contradiction to himself. The Chamber must rot be over-scrupulous as to his former ideas upon this subject, or as to what he might still think in pri vate.—( Laughter, and marks of surprise.) M. Billaut, a member of the Committee, said that the fullest details had already been afforded, not only to the Chamber, but to the Ministers ; and he was surprised to hear the Gallant Nl. , rshal (Marshal &tilt) declare, after fifteen days' discussion of the measure, that he was in the dark as to article 3 of the Bill. Mr. Guizot, Minister of Foreign _Affairs, addressed the Chamber against the amendment, declaring that the entire Cabinet still supported the plan approved of by them and the Committee ; at the same time he was bound to say that if it were rejected by a majority of the Chamber, he should not cocsider it as a check to the Ministry. (Left speaking.) SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 22.—The following decrees for the ca pitalization of the interc,t due upon the Home and Fo. reign Consolidated debt of Stain, have been issued this morning in the Gazette:— " DECREES. " Queen Isabel the Second, and in her name the Pro visional Regency of the kingdom, decree as follows : " Art. 1. In virtue of the authorization granted to the Government by the fifth article of the law of the lith April, 1838, and also by the second paragraph of the law of the 21st Jane, 1840, paragraph the 2d, the interest due on the Consolidated Debt, interior and exterior, for the half yearly payments anterior to the Ist January, of the cur rent year, are hereby capitalized, and the documents is. vued instead will, from that date, bear 3 per cent, inte rest, payable half-yearly, on the 30th June and 31st December. " Art. 2. The holders of the Spanish Consolidated Debt will present their Coupons for conversion in confor mity with the arrangement and notice of the Minister of Finance. The holders of extracts of inscription ' will present the originals to be stamped with the seal of the payment of their proceeds, and for the issue of bonds equi. valent to them. " Art. 3. For the payment of the new interest, two millions of reals a month arc to be set apart in the general distribution of expenses ; the Minister of Finance ordering that this sum he punctually deposited in the sinking fund, under the personal responsibility of its Director. The following month the sums delivered for this purpose are to be published, with a view to the making public the fulfil ment of this project. In the event of the sums set apart for this object not being sufficient when the half-yearly payments become due, the deficit is to be made up by the public treasury, in order to make good the entire payments. If, on the contrary, there should be an excess, the surplus will be employed in the amortization of the new documents by purchases to be announced, admitting sealed proposals for this purpose, and adjudging the purchase to the high. est bidder. This operation will be entrusted to the Sink. ing Fund office, which will execute it according to the in structions of the Minister of Finance. " Art. 4. According to the state of the monthly re ceipts set apart for the payment of the new interest, and deposited in the Sinking Fund, the Minister of Finance may authorize the same, for the advantage of credit and without injury to the holders of the new conversion documents, to invite them to discount this in terest before due, under conditions favourable to both. " Art. 5. The Government will also present to the next Cortes a project of law, proposing the capitalization of the interest of the whole consolidated debt, which is to become due to the end of the year 1842, and in the same terms, provided in this period the Government cannot pay in money. " Art. 6. The bearing of the interest of the new con. version bonds is to be understood as commencing from the Ist of the present month of January, for those who claim the conversion before the 30th of June next. Those who do not present their claims after this date, and to the lit of December next of the present year, will not receive interest for the first half year, and the same rule be ex tended to delays after the latter date. " Duke DF. LA VICTORIA." " To Don Augustin F. Gamboa. Madrid, 21st Jan., 1841." " The Queen Isabel 11., and, in her name, the Provi sional Regency of the kingdom decree as follows : " First and only article :—The Minister of Finance will present to the Cortes in the ensuing legislature, a project of law founded upon the following bases : " ' 1. The re-establishment of the second article of the law of the 29th July, 1837, for the appropriation of the property of the secular clergy to the uses of the State. " 2. The administration of said property by the offices of the finance department, the valuation and advertising the sale of said property, in conformity with convenience and the conditions of the decree of the 19th February, 183t3, and of the instruction of the Ist of March, of the same year. " The payment of the sums in %illicit the said property may be sold us follows —4 per cent. in cash upon the net value at the closing sales ; 10 per cent, in consolidated debt, interior or exterior, or, if preferred, in 4 per cents. ; and 10 per cent. in coupons due, whether capitalized or not; and binding the purchasers, at the time of closing the.sales, to the following conditions :-Ist. To pay annually 4 per cent: incent, cent. in money, 10 percent. i n consolidatted debt, and 10 per coupons due, capitalized or otherwise ; 2d. To pay in like manner the next two years 4 per cent. ef fective, 10 p er cent. i n consolidated debt, and 10 per cent. i n coupons ; and, 3d. To pay in like manner, during the three years, 4 per cent. nm re in money, 10 per cent. in consolidated debt, and 10 pc r cent, in coupons; that is to say, to pay in the whole, 16 per cent. in money, 40 per cent, in consolidated debt, interior or ex. terior, and 44 per cent. in coupons, whether capitalized or not. " •t. Authorising the Government to allow as a ge neral rule tho purchasers to p.,y 24 per cent. of the purchase-money the third year, in paper of the conso lidated debt. " 5. To inntilize in the act of payment, and in presence of the purchasers, the effects of the public debt delivered in payment, in order that they may be after wards destroyed. "' 6. Exemption for the term of the four succeeding years from the payment of the tax called alcabala, as is the case at present in the properties so purchased, so that the transfer of such property during this period will not be sub ject to any taxation. ‘g • 7. the application to the support of the clergy and public worship of the proceeds of this class of property as long as it remains unsold " DUKE DE LA VICTORIA." To Don A. F. Gamboa. Madrid, 21st Jan., 1831: " The Finance Minister should take care that be is not upon a wrong path for the re-establishment of Spanish credit. The mixing, compounding, or manipulation of a debt fur nishes no means for paying it. Let him put it into whet shape or form he may, the amount will be still the same. The transformation, or arrangement, of a debt in this way is little better than the occupation of a child in playing a game of cards to his own liking, while there is nothing to pay the imaginary stakes. Five per Cents. Active, 29: 1 4 cash to-day. PORTUGAL. The Tagu; (steamer) arrived at Falmouth on Friday. She left Gibraltar, Jan. 21st; Cadiz, 22d ; Lisbon, 25th ; and Vigo, 26th. No intelligence has been received at Gibraltar from Tangier of the movement of the men-of war. The wants of the garrison of Cadiz being loft un supplied by the central Government, its commander was on the 16th instant driven to the necessity of extorting a certain cum from the Intendant, by threatening to recur to violence if his demand were not complied with. The English brig Emma, of Guernsey, F. de Garis, master, was wrecked near Figucira, on the 9th instant, and totally lost. The master, F. de Garis; the mate, Thos. Yandell ; and two seamen, John Hart and Geo. Le Riche, were saved ; but it is painful to state, that the following men were drowned :—Daniel Isemonger, Peter Lanfesty, G,:orge Powle, Edward Edmonds, Samuel du Plan. LISBON, JAN. 25.---The " Senate" has, at last, mustered sufficient number of Members to form a House. The Douro question was accordingly brought under discussion at that Chamber on S ourday ; and as tic greatest exps dition is used, it is hoped thee it will he completely got through tc-day or to-morrow. Thus, as far as it rests with Portugal, the affair may be considered as settled, by the unreserved concession of the point insisted upon by Spain. A private letter from Algarve states that numerous r Spanish corps are approaching the frontier, and that it is generally reported in that quarter that the 31 of February is the day fixed for marching into Portugal. At Ayamonte alone (a Spanish town at the mouth of the Guadiana) three battalions of infantry had arrived on the 21st inst., and more troops were expected. Another circumstance which strongly indicates the expectation of hostilities is, that the impressment, which had slackened considerably, has within the last few days been renewed and carried on with great activity, and that the same impulse seems to have been given to the equipment of the ships of war, which are now almost ready for sea, and, strange to say, are nearly manned with volunteers. On Thursday the King went on board the diff rent ve s se l s t o i nspect t h em , and declared himself perfectly satisfied with the state of for wardness in which he found them. The army is by this time on a very respectable footing, and will soon be raised to its war complement ; and when to this means of de fence arc added the support to be expected from England in the event of a rupture, the rising; in mass of the p o p u . lation in defence of their independence, and though last not least, the difficulties which the face of the country itself presents to the advance of a hostile force, Portugal will be well able to preserve her existence as a nation, though probably not to avert the dreadful calamities of which even a defeated invasion is commonly productive. From the Finance Minister's Report, recently laid before the Cortes. it appears that the estimates of expenditure for this year exceed by the sum of 500 contos those fur 1840, which increase is stated to have been caused principally by the warlike preparations going on for the defence of the country. The revenue for the year is estimated at 8630 contos, and the deficit (exclusive of the instalment payable on the Ist of March next, on account of the claims of Lord t3eresford and others) at 600 cantos. In the item of customs there has been a falling off during the past year of 125 contos, which the Minister acknowledged was owing to the great increase of smuggling ; and the decima tax, which had been estimated at 2,000 contos, only produced 1,600. In order to cover the deficit of the ordinary expenditure, the Minister proposes, first, to raise the duties on raw materials imported for the use of the national manufactories ; and, secondly, to re-establish the feral impost, or tax upon the transfer of property in lands or houses, which was suppressed in 1833; and, to meet the payment of the instalment of 380 contos due in March next upon the British claims, he proposes that a temporary deduction should he made from the salaries of all the civil servants of the State. All these projects will have, of course, to be discussed by the Cortes. The debates upon the address, in reply to the speech from the Throne, began on Friday at the Chamber of De puties, and have been rendered very stormy by the furious opposition uf the ultras. As the Government, however, is perfectly secure of a rn7jority in both Chambers, all this fine oratory is a mere waste of words. The Leeds steam-packet arrived here yesterday, with the mail from England, The American frigate Brandy_ wine sailed last week for New York. The British brig Thames, Rutherford, master, which had put into this port in a damaged state, on her voyage from Leghorn to Lon don, isith a general cargo, sailed again on the 23d instant, without effecting her repairs, although the official surveyors declared that they were absolutely required, and that she would not be s"aworthy without them. The reason of this was, that the Custom •heuie insisted upon having the whole cargo taken out, to which the Twister would not agree, as part of it consisted of several blocks of marble, weighing seven tons each, which could not be removed without much danger to themselves as well as to the ves sel. The Custom-house at last gave way; but the master of the Thames, meanwhile, had lost his patience and his temper, and at last would not accept the favour ho had a first solicited. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLIS, JAN. ;.—Paver Pacha (Captain Walker) and Mazlourn Bey did not take their passage to Alexandria by the Stromboli, a; it was originally intended they should, but in the Turkish steamer Iscutar, which only left Constantinople last Monday, the 33 inst. The mission is, in other respects, the same in all particulars as that announced in my last letter; and the answer they take to the pacific overtures of Mehemet Ali—of the eva sive and unsatisfactory nature already described, being confined to a promise, in the event of his unconditional sub mission, and the immediate restitution of the fleet, of the Pachalic of Egypt—to be held by the same tenure as that of any other province of the empire. The re sult of such a proposition may be easily anticipated ; indeed, the Porte itself, in making it, can have no serious expectation of its being accepted. Its only object is to gain time, under the hope that fur ther successes in Syria may so decidedly establish its superiority, that it may dictate its own terms, and, if necessary, coerce and depose Mehemet Ali without any assistance from its Allies. If the Four Powers were really sincere in their recommendation with respect to the here ditary government of Egypt, it was the height of absurdity to make it optional with the Porte to accept or ri jest it. But this independent action in a question in which it was dependent from the beginning on the,co-operation of the Four Powers, and must, as a necessary consequence, be governed by their views as to its solution, is a fiction too gross to impose upon anybody. JANUARY B.—The Tahiri Bahiri (Turkish steam-boat) has just arrived from Syria. She is still in quarantine; but the news said to have been brought by her is important and somewhat extraordinary. Zaehariah Pacha, aho had been appinted to the government of Syria in the place of ' Izzct Pacha, bad advanced from Aleppo with only about a thousand men, in order to profit by the disaffection of the people of Damascus towards Mehemet Ali. He is re ported to have been there taken and decapitated by Ibra him Pacha. Some reports state that it was Sherif Pacha, the Governor of Damascus, and others Reschid Mehemet Pacha, the bearer of the Sultan's finnan to Ibrahim Pacha, who has been put to death,by the hand, it is added, of Ibrahim himself, while reading the firman. It is further stated that the Egyptian army had subsequently retreated to the de sert, in the direction of Al- Arish. A letter from Samos, under date of the 31st of Decem ber, informs us that the whole island is in open insurrection against the Porte. It said to have been fomented lay emissaries from Greece. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 6.—The decade, or lapse of ten days, which has just elapsed, has caused no alteration in the situation which was given by our last letter. The steamer only arrived to-day, without bringing the European main, which has no doubt been delayed by the bad weather, for it had not arr i ved at Syra on the 2d inst. It appears that there is confidence in the judgment of the Powers, and business is resumed as if everything was at an end, but at the same time every one approves of Mehemet Ali assuming a military attitude, in order not to find himself at the mercy of his enemies. The Stromboli steamer, which is to bring to Egypt the Turkish officers who are to take the command of the fleet, has not yet ap peared. The return of the British Consul-General had been prematurely announced. A letter from M. Laurin, Austrian Consul• General in Egypt, at present at Con stantinople, expresses an opinion that the agents of the Four Powers Kill not re:uru to their posts till after the definite solution of all the points that are contested. The Europeans are very uneasy about •,hc Asiatic epi demic which has just broken out in our city. Mehemet Ali held a grand Council, in order to adopt all the fleece sarymeasures to avert the evil. The Government has just made known that the city is stocked with 130,000 addeps of corn, which are ready to be sold, besides 2,500 bales of cotton, and a small quan tity of other provisions. The vessels schich come here are therefore sure of freights. i A letter written by a person rather hostile to the Egyp tians states that Ibrahim Dacha has united 25,000 men of regular troops, and considers that be has a like number of irregular ones, which would make his army amount to 50,000 men. According to advices from all quarters, anarchy is stated to be at its highest in the interior. Letters from Cairo of the 3d of January state that the most perfect tranquillity prevailed, but that the roads in Upper Egypt were infested with Bedouins. Every Eng lish traveller going to Suez is escorted by a troop of Be douin horsemen in Mehemet Ali's pay, and now there is no escort of less than 40 men. Varin 14ey, the Commander of the Cavalry School, has just written that as soon as security is re-established in the country, he will endeavour to rejoin Ibrahim Pacha. has got together the remains of three regiments, one o which is of cavalry the whole amounting to about 600 men. M. Pajot and his cousin have just arrived from Abvssi nia, having come from Bordeaux with a cargo of merchan, disc which M. Coombes had pointed out as suitable for th, country. The speculation %Vali a failure. MALTA. MALTA, JAN. I6.—There is no political news from Egypt under date of the Gth of January. Rumours were afloat there of disturbances in Syria, and even that there bad iseen a battle. Ibrahim reported at Damascus, and unable to leave till March, in consequence of the roads and weather. Vessels were again flocking to Alcxandr:a for cargcrs of grain, &c. From Constantinople it is reported that Zachariah Pacha had lost his head iu Syria, and Izzet had been equally lucky. From Marmorice, by the Megmra, letters to the 9th inst. are in town. Napier had beer! despatched in a steamer (Stromboli) to Alexandria, by orders from Down ing-street. He was to confirm the Convention, excepting the guarantee of the Allies to the hereditary succession or possession of Egypt. Walker Bey (or Pacha) accompa nied him to receive the fleet. The Edinburgh had sailed for Malta; the Bellerophon was coming to Malta with sick from Acre, &c. General Jochmus (a sick mouse, as the sailors call him), had sent to the Admiral for a naval force to assist him in active measures against Ibrahim. His request was not granted. ARMY MOVIIMENTS.—The second wing of the 92d High. lenders, consisting of two companies, embarked on board the Somerset transport on the 9th, and sailed for Barba does on the 10th of January. The head.quarters will follow in the Cornwall transport on the 23d inst. These two vessels conveyed to Malta the 88th or Connaught Rangers. January 12th, the Abercrombie Robinson, chartered transport, arrived with 21 officers, 622 non. commissioned officers and privates, 42 women and 59 children of the Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, under the corn mand of Lieut.-Col. Hope, to relieve the 47th, which will proceed in the same vessel to the West Indies, on the Ist of February. Paymaster Clarke, of the 47th, died suddenly on the 14th January. Her Majesty's ship Sapphire, with 9 officers, 2 ladies, 349 non•commissioncd officers and privates, 43 women, and 96 children, of the 59th regiment, under the command of Major Gordon, put into Malta, on her way from Corfu to the West Indies, on the 13th January. SMeRNA, JAN. B. —Tire French brig Alcibiade has ar rived here from Beyrout, which was quiet, and no fears were entertained of its tranquillity being disturbed. Egyptian troops who have followed Ibrahim continue to make their submission to the Sultan's dominion, and pro. visions, in consequence of the rapid increase of the popu lation, have become scarce and dear. In the interior bands of robbers prowl about and waylay, and sometimes wan. tonly murder, the unfortunate traveller whom they may encounter. At Aleppo and Damascus all was quiet, the Consuls had long since returned, and business was trans acted with less fear. M. Guys, the French Consul at Aleppo, has particularly distinguished himself during the troubles, in relieving the hardships of the inhabitants through his great influence with the Governor. He lately succeeded in saving from the enemies of the coun try a rich and distinguished Turk who had fallen into their hands. The inhabitants of Jerusalem, particularly the convent=, continue to suffer severely from the excesses and contribu. tions levied on them by the Bedouins. INDIA RAILS AND PASSENGERS. (From the Malta Times ) Copy of a circular address..d by Captain Johnson, deputy agent of the East India Company : " Alexandria, Dec. 29, 1841. " Gentlemen,—l beg to inform you that his Highness the Paella has requested me to make known to passengers proceeding to and from India, the insecurity of the Desert, and to caution small parties proceeding between Cairo and Suez, as they have hitherto been in the habit of doing. His Highness was further pleased to say that he had given orders to Abbas Pacha to fortysh a sufficient escort for Go vernment mails, and he recommends travellers to take ad. vantage of this protection. I have to request you will communicate the above to the persons concerned. I am, Gentlemen, &c., (Signed) " H. JOHNSON. "Deputy Agent to the lion. East India Company." COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, arrived at Claremont Park, at half•past one o'clock, on Saturday afternoon, in a carriage and four, from town. Her Royal Highness lunched with her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and took her departure at three o'clock, on her return to Ingestre House, Belgrave-square. In the evening, Colonel and Lady Isabella Wemyss had the honour of joining the Royal party at Claremont at dinner. Yesterday evening Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner had the honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner. The Duchess of Kent attended Divine Servica yea terday morning, in the Chapel in Kensington Palace. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on her Royal Highness. Tile Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service yesterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Aud- Icy-street. Baron Knesebeck was in waiting on his Royal Highness. His Excellency the Hanoverian Minister had an au dience of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Ingostre House, Belgrave-square. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knes bcck, left town on Saturday morning for Combo Wood. and spent the day shooting. His Royal Highness returned to Cambridge House in the evening. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign Office. It was attended by all the Mi nisters. The Council sat three hours. The Ministers and Officers of State of the Royal Household were invited to Lansdowne House,Berkeley square, on Saturday evening, to arrange the list of Sheriffs for the present year, previous to its being sub mitted to her Majesty in Council. There were pre sent the Lord Chancellor, Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Melbourne, Marquis of Normanby, Viscount Palmer ston, Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Viscount Duncannon, Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Lord Morpeth, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Earl of Al bemarle. Ttie Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the Council entertained the party at dinner. Mr. C. C. Greville, Clerk of the Privy Council was also present. The Lord Steward visited his Royal Highness the Y R es u t s e s r i d ai Ministers t ransac t e d bu siness Duke The o f . Cambridge,Prussian and Y, at Cambridge House. on Saturday, at the Foreign Office. Lard Wbarncliffe had an interview with the Mar quis of Normauby, on Saturday, at the Home Office. Despatches from Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of the Mauritius, and from the Governor of Gibraltar, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. FINE ARTS. BRITISH INSTITUTION. There are several excellent pictures in this ex hibition, not a few indifferent ones, and two or three little better than mere daubs. Sorry are we that we must number Mr. Tu rner among t h e daubers; but what in justice can be sa id i n p ra i se of his picture (No. 104) entitled " Sn ow - s t orm , Avalanche, and Inundation in the Alps," where the colouring seems laid on hap-hazard, without the slightest regard to truth or propriety of effect, and the spectator is absolutely puzzled to make out what on earth he is looking at? No. 112, " Blue Lights to warn Steam-boats of Shoal water," by the same artist, is a little—and but a little better. Mr. Turner should beware how he perils his reputation by indulging in such caprices of art as those we have just alluded to. He is a triumphant master of colouring when he pleases, and in his earlier and better days produced some landscapes, chiefly Italian, worthy to vie with any that modern times have witnessed; but • whether success has spoiled him, or he has be come utterly indifferent to fame, we know not, but certainly some of his recent pictures have been remarkable for nothing so much as fantastic absurdity. As for the fine poetic fancy that he once infused into his productions, of late years we have been unable to detect even a glimmer ing of it. No. 159, "Eagle and Black Cock in a Highland Glen" is from the pencil of Lee, one of the chastest and most spirited artists of the day, and who, we are glad to see has lately been made an Academician. The figure of the royal bird is drawn with great freedom and vigour of expression, and the wild, misty character of the narrow mountain glen, with the foaming stream leaping from rock to rock in the midst of it, and sending up its showers of spray on all sides, is truthfully and forcibly sketched. No. 230, " Hampton Ferry, Middlesex, with the Bell Inn," is an agreeable sylvan scene, by Mrs. Arnold, painted with much of the natural simplicity of Gainsborough. No. 240, " The Eve of the Deluge," is by Martin, but certainly not in his most impressive manner, for in the first place, it is too stiff and formal in style ; and secondly, - it does not convey the idea which the artist would wish to express. No. 310, "A Frolic," is one of Knight's lively, unexaggerated delineations of English domestic life. The figure and face of the naked little boy, whan his young brother is drenching with water, scooped up in the hollow of his hand from the wash-tub, are full of appropriate expression. No. 341, " Napoleon Bonaparte in the prison of Nice," contains one striking figure, that of the young hero and future Consul and Em peror, who is painted with strict regard to the exact descriptions that the Duchess D'Abrantes has given of him in his younger and obscurer days. No. 350, " Statues of the Vocal Mem non on the Plain of Thebes," is one of Roberts's fine Oriental s k e t c h es . The perspective is ad mirably defined. Altogether the collection may be pronouncedneitherbetter nor worse than usual. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. The present portion of Mr. Warren's tale of " Ten Thousand a Year" is taken up exclusively with a description of a small country town elec tion, to which up war d s o f t hi rty pages are de voted ! Now, this is really a dose too strong even for the digestion of an ostrich! Thirty ofMaga's pages occupied with the details of a common place, which figures in at least three out of every four tales of modern life, and which Boz has al ready so tersely and forcibly hit off in his " Pickwick Papers," as to render all competition hopeless! Never was there an instance of worse taste. Were even the election scenes well sketched, they would be far too tedious; but, prolix as they are, and minute to a degree resem bling the details of a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry, they are—as Dogberry phrases it— " most tolerable, and not to be endured." We have read many sermons far less drowsy than Mr. Warren's lumbering caricature of a provin cial election; and if we happen—which is very likely—to be particularly dull in our present criticism of Maga, we beg it may be attributed to the benumbing influence occasioned by our perusal of the fifteenth part of " Ten Thousand a Year." One solitary point in its favour, how ever, we must not, in common fairness, omit to notice. The character of the election agent, Crafty, though only in outline, is delineated with infinite acuteness, and is, we suspect, a transcript direct from the life. " History of France" is a review of an abl e wor k b y M. Mi chelet. The extracts are the most interesting portion of this article. " Hints to Authors" is capital. The ridicule of certain modern novel ists is well applied, and, calculated to do good. In the " Memoirs of Strombeck" we meet with some amusing particulars respecting the Court of Westphalia, during the brief reign of Jerome Bonaparte=the most imbecile of all the brothers of Napoleon. " Syria" is a well-timed article, in which the writer praises (and justly) Mohammed Ali for the toleration, as regards religious mat ters, which he has adopted, and caused to be re spected throughout his dominions. With refer ence to the late successful attack on Acre, we are told that " by this memorable success probably more was gained than national glory. Its unex pected evidence of the power of the British fleet instantly taught common sense to France, diffi cult as that lesson may be to be learned by a people, all whose hair-dressers and cooks think that they are made for Admirals and Field-Mar shals, and talk once a quarter of conquering the world. The fall of Acre instantly cooled the French blood down from the boiling point." The essay " On Style" is the production of a superior writer, but of one whose thoughts, not duly dis ciplined, play truant too often, and expatiate over too large a field. We think we cannot be mis taken in attributing this ingenious essay to the pen of Mr. De Quincey. "Secret Societies of Asia" gives an account of the notorious Thugs of India. The details would have been more read able had they appeared four or five years since, but now the subject is as hacknied as a discus sion on the site of Troy, or a criticism on Shak speare. " Song Sung at the Symposium in the Saloon" is a lively trifle in verse. The " Disin terment" is a striking poem by Mr. Simmons, suggested by the recent opening of Napoleon's coffin, and his removal from St. Helena to France. Our readers, we think, will be pleased with this passage : 'Tis done—his chiefs are lifting now The shroud from that tremendous brow, That with the lightnhig's rapid might Plumed Marengo's awful night— Flash'd over Lodi's murderous bridge, Swept Prussia from red Jena's ridge, And broke once more the Austrian sword By Wagram's memorable ford. And may Man's puny race that shook Before the terrors of that look, Approach unshrinking now, and see How far corruption's mastery Has tamed the tyrant tamer ! Raise That silken cloud, what meets the gaze? The scanty dust, or whitening bones, Or fleshless jaws' horrific mirth, Of Him whose threshold rose on thrones, A mockery now to earth ? No—even as though his haughty clay Scoff 'd at the contact of decay, And from his mind's immortal flame Itself immortalized became, Tranquilly there Napoleon lies reveal'd, Like a king sleeping on his own proud shield, • Harness'd for conflict, and that eagle-star, Whose fire-eyed Legion f4rensost waked the war, Still on his bosom, tarnish'd too and dim, As if hot battle's cloud had lately circled him. Fast fades the vision—from that glen Wind slow those aching-hearted men, While every mountain ccbo floats, with the bugle's regal notes— And now the guns' redoubled roar Tells the lone peak and mighty main, Beneath his glorious Tricolor Napoleon rests again And France's galley soon the sail Shall spread triumphant to the gale; Till, lost upon the lingering eye, It melts and mingles in the sky. Let Paris, too, prepare a show, And deck her streets in gaudy woe ; And rear a more than kingly shrine, Whose taper's blaze shall ne'er be dim, And bid the sculptor's art divine Be lavish'd there for HIM. And let bite take his rest serene, (Even so he will'd it) by the Seine ; But ever to the poet's heart, Or pilgrim musing o'er those pages (Replete with marvels) that impart His story unto Ages ; The spacious azure of yon sea Alone his rninster floor shall be, Coped by the stars—red evening's smile His epitaph ; and thou, rude Isle, Austerely-brow'd and thunder rent, Napoleon's only monument ! BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. Mr. Daniel's sketches of " Merrie England in the Olden Time" are here resumed. They show lunch out-of-the-way antiquarian research, and are mixed up with quaint snatches of serious and humorous verse, by way of setting off the subject to the best advantage. Some diverting anec dotes, too, are introduced, the best, or at any rate the briefest, of which is the tbllowina :-- " An acquaintance of mine, one Deputy Dewlap, after dining with the Patten -makers on the ninth of November, was attacked with a violent fit of indigestion. His good lady sent for the family doctor, who was a hutnourist. cried the medical man, 'the old complaint, a coagulation in the lungs. Let me feel your pulse. In a high fever ! Show me your tongue. Aye, as white as a curd. Open your mouth wide, Mr. Deputy— you can open it wide 'enough sometimes—wider still. Good heavens, what do I see here V— 'Oh my stars !' screamed the fat Deputy's lady, ' what, my dear doctor, do you see ? " Why, madam, I see the leg of a turkey, and a tureen of oyster sauce! Halt, halt! gluttons all, glut tons all !' " The late Mathews would have made an excellent thing of this anecdote, for he would have hit off the open-mouthed Deputy, his alarmed dame, and the doctor's sly, grave humour to the life. Indeed it was just the sort of story that he delighted to dramatize in his "At Home." Mr. Ainsworth's " Guy Fawkes " moves steadily onward. In one of the chapters before us, Viviana, the young heroine, is wrought upon to confess her love for Guy, but immediately afterwards consents with singular sang froid to his proposal to " die the death of a martyr," a sudden change of , sentiment on the part of an impassioned virgin, seldom found but in modern romances of three volumes. The " Pop Visit" is a scene of low domestic cockney life. The dialogue portion is natural enough, and is not without some pretensions to humour. In the article headed " Children of the Mobility versus the Children of the Nobility," there are several smart hits at the prevalent fashion among the upper •and •middle classes of over-dressing as well asunder-dressing children. " We cannot forgive," says the writer, " the ir rational cruelty which exposes the little naked arms of a new born infant to the nipping of a bitter winter's day, its sleeves, tied up with satin ribands. The wantonness of our folly, too, places on its head a finely-embroidered cap with half a dozen borders of stiff, welhcrimped lace, on which, when it lies down to sleep, it must expe rience the torments of Regulus. To entitle them to walk, the childrens' little feet are encased in shapely shoes of morocco, such as would have ensured corns to the Venus de Medicis. Theis waist is at the same time encircled by a prodi gious sash, with bows and ends large enough for the effigy of Queen Anne in St. Paul's church yard." As an edifying contrast the writer's ac count of the manner in which the children of the Mobility are brought up ; The children of the mobility sprawl unmolested, squall unmolested. No impulse of theirs is checked by the close fitting of their ragged garments. They enjoy free exer cise of limb and lungs. No one excoriates their epidermis with much scrubbing, or brings on catarrhs by the pro. longation of their toilet. Their lives, like their garments, sit easy. They may play with the cat,—they may make dirt pies, —they may make themselves happy.—lf they want to sail their walnut-shell boat, there is the nearest puddle: if they want to fly their kite, the common is at their door. The woods are theirs, with their early vio- • lets and late blackberries, their squirrels and birds' nests. To their imagination, trees are made to be climbed, rivers to be bathed in. The free air is all their own. They breathe it uncompressed by stays, unharassed by the badgering of a nurs er y gove rne ss . They look the sun in the face, fearless that in return it should visit their cheek too roughly. They aro accustomed to rough viLitings. Instead of being tormented about turning out their toes, their toes are allowed to enjoy a state of nature. Instead of being engirded with a backboard, their backs support a sheaf of bulrushes, or basketful of acorns or losechin ist, or perhaps some little loving younger brother cr sister, offer ing kisses in payment of its fare. Fruit not beiac , inter dicfsed by Dr. Magnesia, they snatch their sloes from the hedge, their strawberries from the wood, their rates from the hazelbush. They have no notion of a juvenile fancy ball, with two months training beforehand from Madame Michau. But on May-day, they rise with the lark (and who is better up to a lark than a child of the woods and fields ?) adorn themselves with garlands of wild hyacinths or eglantine, and caper with all their hearts and souls round the hawthorn-bush on the village green 1 Who in veated cowslip halls ?—The children of the mobility. Who invented daisy chains ?—The children of the mobility. —Who made the first necklaces of sparrows' eggs ?—The children of the mobility.—Wh o originated leapfrog, bliudman's buff, and all other boisterous diversions ?—The children of the mobility.—Unobstructed by finery and frippery, they pursue the sports of childhood with child. hood's reckless impulses of joy. instead of the t,clious airing, smothered up in a nurse's lap—instead of the monotonous saunter, handcuffed by a nurse's authority,— instead of the discipline of the school-room, the preven tive physicking of the apothecary inflicted upon their miserable rivals,--the offsets of the mobility bask in the sunshine, or freshen in the shade. As if to counterbalance the cards of after-life, the little ragged urchins hunt their butterflies in inconsiderate delight. A gallop on the tinker's donkey is a happier thing than the formal ride under the stiff documentation of a family coachman ; nay, a swing on a gate is a happier thing, or a see-sax across the carpenter's bench. " Sydney" is the story of a strong, but ill-re gulated intellect, half-crazed by the reveries of Swedenborg who--if we except Anacharsis Clootz—was the most crack-brained fanatic that ever committed his thoughts to paper. The story is not amiss, but it is somewhat too maudlin in its turn of sentiment. The " Praise of Wine" is a poem translated from the German, but ap pears to have been penned under the inspiration of brisk swipes, rather than of the juice of the grape. " Irish Superstitions" is a threadbare topic, but it is lightly and good-humouredly treated. " Stanley Thorn" goes on pretty much as usual. FRASERS MAGAZINE. In an essay on " Religious Authority as the Principles of Social Organization," which leads off thin Number, and which is of too subtle and metaphysical a character to please generally, the writer assures us, in his very first paragraph, that " the old religious mind is gone, and its place anything but enlightenment has succeeded." Now we contend, in flat opposition to this dogma, that the true religious spirit is snore rife through out the country than it ever was, though we grant that religious phrenzy is on the decline ; but surely the writer would not wish to see revived among us the purblind, desperate bigotry of the Millenarians and the other fanatics of the days of Cromwell ! " Winslow's Physic and Physicians" is a sharp, satirical notice of a work that ap peared the other day under this title; wherein, alluding to the present dearth of sterling poets, the Reviewer neatly obse rves th a t " pollo is become an old man, and of infirm nervous sys tem." We do not wonder at the superannuated Deity's nevervousness, seeing that there has been some talk lately among the Utilitarians of en closing his favourite Parnassus, and running a railroad right across it. " The Pirate Fight," is a spirited tale of the sea, as its name imports. The recent obsequies of Napoleon furnish the subject of a whimsical poem, in the Ingoldsby strain, headed the " Funeral Procession." While the ashes of the Emperor are being conveyed to the Hospital of the invalids, the spirits of those whom his ambition has deprived of life, are sup posed to join the cavalcade. Here is a descrip tion of these indignant hobgoblins : But, hark I 'tie old Notre Dame chiming for one. It has struck I To the top of the column upeprang A spectre terrific in aspect and mien, First form'd from the haze of the fell guillotine.— The Spectre of Vengeance was he, I ween I And his clarion rang Forth at the blast, through the glorious arch Of triumph at Neuilly—stiff, stark, and starch_ Some myriads of spectres commence their march I While Death, tb' undertaker,: Stalk'd cool as a Quaker, Or gallant Napier promenading through Acro. First singing con brio, the Marsellaise, Come " the terrible sections" of St. Marccau. Just as they appear'd in their palmier days, B e fore they were mow'd by young Bonaparte's cannon, Which speedily broke Down the doors of St. Roch, And pepper'd the altars with many a man on Waving o'er Albion's " alien" foe Floats the banner of green In its ghastly sheen, Clare the spectral pikes from the shores of the Shannon Who is be? Thy shade, D'Enghein I And yonder? Toussaint One shot like a dog at Valenciennes, One famish'd to death in his dungeon den I Thore, the loyal and free, De lit Rochejacqiielin leads on La Vendee, •Huzza ! Jena and Wagrarn give up their dead, And the Vistula sends from her gory bed Each eski and owski, Words set to a cow's-key; Each owski and eski, As brave as Ficschi,— The shades of the slain to a tyrant's fell reign; And next march the patriot spirits of Spain ! " Guerra al cuchillo 1" with crashing caraccos, Cigars in their mouths of unearthly tobaccos Stalk the solemn senors From Iberia's shores, With knives in their girdles—on crania shakos. Sounds the death trump of the Osmanli° ! The Crescent glares down on th' Invader's pall, Who, minus big Kleber, Could stoutly belabour The Mameluke Copt and his Padishaw neighbour; Could smile at the terrors of Mahomet's sabre, And kick the Impastor from Taurus to Tabor Next, one and all, In their terrible glee, And close on the kibes of the ghost of Mustapha March 'neatb the arch, quite as gelid as Staffs, The poor devils poison'd by Honey at Jaffe. While after the hydrocyanieised Gaul Rush a pulk of Cosaqies on their spectral hack;, That were roasted to death near the Kremlin's wall. " Eminent Soldiers of the Eighteenth Century" —a good subject for a series of Magazine Papers —contains a biographical memoir of Prince . Eugene, the contemporary and rival of Marl borough. "Eugene," says the writer, " was meagre in person, hollow-chested, and rather be low the middle size. He had high features, and fine dark eyes and eye-brows, but nothing pre possessing in his face ; and the quantity of snuff which he took, gave him a habit of always keep ing his mouth open. Though of a quick and lively temperament, he spoke in a slow, delibe rate manner. He was never robust, but was dis tinguished for bold, elegant, and graceful horse manship. Like many other illustrious men, he was the slave of women, but was never married." The " Three Great Epochs" maintains its inte rest as a narrative unimpaired. In the political diatribe "On our Foreign Policy and Home Prospects," Lord Stanley's Irish Registration Bill is defended with more zeal than ability. We doubt much if the writer be aware of the ten dency of this measure. The " Criminal Bro thers" is a highly wrought, tale of guilt and sorrow. MONTHLY CHRONICLE. The subject of a " French and English At, Hance," which was started in the last number of this periodical, is resumed in the present. The article is penned in a sensible and liberal spirit, and repudiates the notion that France is anxious for a war with this country. " War," we are as sured, "is not the wish of France ; it is the wish of scattered parties who are at war with each other. We have no right to attribute hostile views to the nation from the blusterings of such —no right to feel less friendly to her alliance— no right to allow of ourselves being irritated be cause the press of her capital is so, Paris is France, but France is not Paris. Admitting her centralising system, admitting her intellectual and moral monop o ly, ad m itti ng the influence she exerts throughout the country, we are to recol lect what this country has now become; we are to recollect that it is to material rather than moral industry her great mass is indebted, and that it is to that mass we must look, and ask, are they inclined for war ?" ‘‘ Illustrations of Dart moor". is a poem from the pen of Mr. Reade. It is languid as a whole, but the versification in places is not amiss. " New Zealand" is a glance at the history of the colonisation of these remote islands, arid at the present period will be read with interest. In the " Sketches of Spanish Generals" we have an entertaining memoir of the Carlist Chief Gomez. " Sanson" is an account of a visit paid to the famous executioner of that name, who ,guillotined the Royal Family of France, and the majority of the Girond's ts, during the notorious Reign of Terror. From an interesting document entitled " Inedited Facts respecting the French Revolution of 1789," we quote the subjoined singular anecdote " Politics and cupidity were not the only evil passions which sent their victims to the revolutionary scaffold. All the baser feelings of human nature furnished their con tingent, ' envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness,' jealousy, sensuality, and even the wounded pride of bad poets and wretched actors. The following anecdote is related by Heron, private secretary of Fonquier Tinville, the public accuser. On the sixth or seventh Thermidor (two or three days before the fall of Robespierre) one of Heron's friends called upon him at the bar of the tribunal, for Fonquier had scarcely ant) , other domicile, taking his meals and his rest at the bar, so urgent was the work of _ _ clestructi,r, ; and his secretary seas compelled to shop do much rufvity xs himself. Ills college friend, then, cat' s t^ Heron, rubbing his hands, and a chuckting $m:01 on his lips. Bravo 1 cit:7,, , n Heron !' said be , b t s p it the work goes bravely on ; fifty-four to-clq ! Eh! , hgve you as man y f or tomorrow ?'...• Not clu i t c ' - plied Hero n , but nearly.' Is your list complete? tell me, is it signed be citizen Fonquier N o r .t. hy do you ns1;? have You any aristocrat, fanatic, or my other to denounce? ... • Unfortuutitell: no ; but I have a small favour to ask of you, IDY.f rieD b f for you are try friend, are 3ou not? Oblige me.dil, vut.ting my wife's name on the list.' Your wile! II ie culous 1 you are j king 1' Upon my honour, I ii,n l earnest ; and I assure you, it will be doing me a sig b % service' r,juined Heron ; why* i t was dea l last Duodi we dined together, and you then seemed lighted with the citoyenne Never mind; my °P in.° of her is altered.' ' But she is an excellent i4O; culotte ?' ' Not et all,' replied the husband, ',he is arittccrat, and I can prove it.' ' You are wall' )". Heron ; 'she is a good wife, and you would quickly A ll pent it.' ... ' Not at all ; listrn to me; once, twice, if! a federsh: you gu Ilutine my wife for MC Certainly not,' ssii Heron ;"I'll have nothing to d o w ith it.' ... Th o i t , ' to place any r ,li ance upon co ll ege f r i en d s, ' exclaimed too visitor as be withdrew, as an , r with Heron as i f f tb i latter had refused t o l en d him b a y n asi nut for a A, francs, or to sign a cert ifi cate o f hi s sjvisrn. Th e- c r"' of the story gether for thirty ' • is, that they continued to live lovingly to }ears; and that the wife never enter tained the slightest suspicion of her husband's 004 attempt to get rid of her." TAI I'S MAGAZINE. Tait is somewhat t am oath this al t e and heavy with the sin g l e excep ti on o f hi s opening ar ticl e entitled " Burschen Melodies," wherein lie er hibits both spirit and liveliness. In this arty /, we find some curious details res p ec ting the drat in associations of the G e r mans , which, We set told, " are held f rom ti me to t i me i n houses ..0 d apart specially for th a t p urpose ; and in the P ceedings of which none b u t stu d ents ar e alloi r ' e to participate. B eer on t h ese occas i ons is dru b right methodic a ll y ; an d woe b e to him virh° g 1 ot the least indicati on h ere t h at h e i s n ot a - toper; his thirst will be quenched for na lll o -/ , tl day, for th e wa t c h- wor d i s, " dr i nk an d stmt and whoso on these points cannot a pprove . .0 self well app o i n t e d, i s d esp i sed as a iveaki li t ti 'We must co n f ess we h ave no great sYlliefthe with th ese y oung G erman beer-guzzlers, or beverage —provided at least it resembled common English beer —is an but enliven ing; indeed, i t i s provocative rather o f sulleM l o e than vivacity, and subdues rather than invig°lo the fancy. It must be a very coarse, a n tall sort of nature that can sit for hours contea•the guzzling swipes. In a letter addressed t e ° t he editor by Mr. C o bd en, on the subject c'ttsit " Eastern Questi on ," the w r it er d• aws a Ptior of the late Sultan Mahmoud, w hi c h, thong" the flattering, is, we suspect, more correct than eeo generality of the ch aracters that have bgr, given of him. " The Sultan," says ost Cobden " was amusing himself with the tn iag childish pursuit s , w hil e t h e world was etile him credit for beso wing all his thoughts 00 . 00 .. improvement of his co un t ry . H e was passii,eo ately addicted to the bottle ; and his Ewe, I saw him, bore the usual evidences of deeP tations. Yet when violating, in this partil t o the precepts of his religion, he lent liiinsei the • the most ri g id en f orcement of its forms upon t he people. When was at Constantinople, 00 populace were actually driven to thera°s4, live times a d a y b y t h e police with whips/ P ur e suant to an order j ust b efore obtained *woos Sultan by the ministers of religion."' ,1 " Feats and Fortunes of Richard the. Reiv er ',ol of the ordinary tone of magazine - stories/ 0 f defers to one o f th e f rea k s of James the Fill" Scotland, who was very fond, as is well kilP,l3, itty of traversing the country in disonise, from 1 „1 0 . tives of gallant r y and adventure. " Autt o t graphy of an E ng li s h Opium-Eater" is deficl K in point of i n t eres t ; moreover, it is negli ( r el ii and verbosely written. " Oliver Cromwell , Ise au able and dispas s i onate notice of a late PoPutbit romance, which appeared four or five men ago. We sel ec t f or quotation, some sensib l e re marks by the Editor on Tee-Totalisin tia drinking songs:— i s " A Rever en d an d a tee-totaller exp resses great --t ti,fection with our melodious efforts for the amnse ele leg the public ; accusing us, in plain phrase, of corruP t- rr , the manners of the age ;' and warns us that, if w e P er f e ll - 0 ceed in our wicked courses, we shall certainly der the condemnation of Jack Sheppard.' To this elle s r a tt our answer may be very short : we advocate drinking,' tg e. sing drinking songs; but we say nothing about the,."„islO that shall be drunk. Banish beer, banish wines US- t e& Crambambuli (of which anon), and say coffee, c0e0e , ,4 1 water, and the sons will remain a s goo d as ever. exceiao rhyme here and there, which it is your d uty to einutegeal are dissatisfied. I t i s not w i ne that we sing, but t""ieoe of'joy and jovialty incarnated in wine ; and if the n o, totaller shall succeed in incarnating that soul more 11. fectly (for Vishnu has many Araters) in coffee or foil water, and convincing the world to that effect--the"„ e f web which Pentagrueliain g fancy weaves. will shne' d - ber pictures, and the language of convivial, poetry 0" . changed But the poet cannot dictate in these matte r he receives and enjoys. For himself, the present wt. ' confesses that be loves a glass of good wino, both on i• P; own account, and as a clear mirror wherein truth from 1 _ 1 ; face of a friend hat" again and again revealed itself i''; umphantly—to the utter rout and prostration of t hl/ minced propriety are] laced dignity which has how u nl pily become p art o f th e h a bi tude of social etiquette in tw-s. country. Avd as for Tee-totalism no doubt it is so t i ; mirable thi ng , acco' di ng to that icripture, If thine Y, t • offend thee, pl uc k i t out; ' whereby, however, i t l e t said, that wh at i s expe di ent or necessary for ono obligatory on all. But let abstinence flourish by slimeTi rather than d run k enness; an d i f a man loves wat e r , 4 him rejoice in it—as wine-drinkers rejoice iu wine. the same time it must be remarked, that never. was the w greater mist a k e t h an to suppose that drinking-songs ole drunkenn es s. Th ey d o so certainly in a fashiou, as I°o may create l us t, an d re li g i on superstition.; but is it 110 i, somewhat m ore common to f i nd that lust b um s love to • cinder, and that superstition chokes and strangles religi ol i; Let a man look a b ou t among hi s friends, and note tb.Q who are most given to mere physical excess at the Certainly not those is ho make the banquet , w lth ,4 floods of mel o di ous g l ee. They who give so much sae from the soul, cannot b e ta ki ng in to the body; for human being can p tfurm only one f unct i on grandij. and 0 the same tim e . A bl ac k b en lays a white egg ; gers of drinking -songs are genera ll y very tem pera o persons." UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. . The fir.zt article, on " Fortifications of Parl 4 is of great length,• and embodies the argurne ti o and opinions of the most celebrated command e r and engineers as to the expediency of an Lind e ll , taking whidi now occupies universally the att e , tion o the French people, and to a certain e 4 _, tent the attention of Europe. It is needless' 0 - t - • give even a summary of them, as they ar e b e , • a conflicting character, and the Nubjeci for t ile last ten days has been so fay discussed in t newspapers. We shall content ourselves, there" f fore, with quoting th e conclus i ons come to bic the writer of the article on the priatV of fortifying Paris, which are briefly these Ist. That French l eg i s l ators far overvalue the importance of the Parisian fortifications, whoa they attribute any serious moral influence 0 % Europe to their construction, or when they W I upon them as calculated to avert war, or to arr i e : t the progress of counter-aggression. 2dly. T a " • if these fortifications can be Serviceable in en t li f trolling the population of Paris, all Europe Is,'“ unite in applauding their establishment. acli t i That the .enormous expense to the nation, nr• positive vexation and loss to the citizens cht , :l o l peace, do not appear t o p rom i se any e v.; benefits in the event of war. 4thly. Thp_t unle' 4 Paris be defended at a distance, by t ier a ctive armies, she never can b e renderert sufficient ii strong to defend herself, through the agencY her citizen garriso n . And, lastl,/, if the fortune' of war should turn against fire French artnie* as it did in 1814 and ISIS, and should tl je Allies, after a succe ss i on of victories, arrivi within gun-shot of th e detached fbrts that would be an act of cruel heroism, °jl ,0 the part of commande rs an d c i tizens, to great attempt resistance, and thus t o expose their great city to all the penalties of attacr " The Navy and Army of the United States in 1840" will be read with interest. The Navy C°11; ag sists at present o f seven s hi ps of the line, (Sl frigate of 51 guns , f ourteen of 44 guns, two of °LA' guns, twenty- one s l oops o f from 20 to 16 guns, al' a few smaller vessels, with fiv e war steam-59)s' The Army, altogether, including infantry, ( IL I ; goons, artillery, &c., amounts to only 12, , P 1 men. These returns are furnished by the secr e ' taries of the Navy and of War; and certai- 01 ),: appear not very formid a bl e ,— not .equallinth; naval and military for ces o f even a thir d -ra ta power in Europe. THE WEATHER. OYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE' STREET. thrometer NOON. Pls. 1. 'thermom e t er 30•5 Deg. Higher Si 8 LoAcst ...... 29 Mr.nd E.—Freezing Point 32 Dee. * The month of February has commenced Rlth a slo r P: , frost and a continued but not very heavy fall of snowy though the barometer stands so high. The wind b10" 1 strong, with every appearance of severe weather. A COLD BATH.--.-On the morning of Stind l Y i the 10th instant, eight persons underwent th e ; cerenroal ,p baptism by immersion in the mill stream, near the iron a" f tin works of H. R. Downman, Esq., Carmarthen. the eight, six were females, and the whole most heroi 0 1 7: braved the plung e , with th e t h ermometer at the f re es i ar point. W e d whit IN fr or SI; O tt 3trlnc TT] l'ilit BE. 1 :1E1 'ln b tin / Sun C 11, Re l takiv,. RANp , 10 11;11 Qir ram Ar t : I° W p,,- ) ~,,11 D R ED UNi 3 4 I' l4 14‘,'vENINr, TI!F: SUN, LONDON", MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 18u. EVEN I NG hu •..~, .1