The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-02 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMAREhT. Mader the management of. Mr. Buckstone. THI3 EVENING, win be performed ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, 3! fa Cush man; Juliet, Miss SWanborongb. Aft er w hich. a new Extravaganza. c 3 led THE NEW HAY MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude with OUR MARY ANNE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cam= KEAN. THIS EVENING, win be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's alatorical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (17th time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Threctress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Whl be performed KING O'NEIL. Characters by 3fessrs. C. Selby, Garden, Parser e J. Bland, L. Murr a y , &c,; Mrs. L. Mur ray, Miss Wyndham, & e. To conclude with ANEW EDITION' OF THE FAIIIIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerou s highly-coloured ust. OLYMPIO THEATRE. Lessee and Manages, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENIN(I, wm be serformed THE WEL - 11 IRL. Chvacters by IDssrs. Emery, Leslie, and DaIWO'S ; bliss Stephens, and ai is 9 Ternan. After M essrs .h Comed!etta. called LAW FOR L , DIES. Cha racters by A. Wigan, G. Vining, H. Cooper, Lanvers, )lies Castleton. To be foll owe d by the Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW DWARF. AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca DMUS. THIS EVENING, T Will be pp MENT.rformed Donizetti's Opera or THE DAUGHTER OF UE be After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. &STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Second night of a Grand Hibernian Ballet THIS EVENING. The interesting Equestrian Drama by Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, including Mr. W. Cooke's Dwarf Elephants. To conclude with, first time, a Grand Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey , called, THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY. A n ew Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. P.Ol-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Air. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIN DAY —Norma 57 mina/It:Jr 1 I Eveningl4min•aft. 2 To- o r nu :, 33 unn„aiter, ,2 j EveniLg 48 min. att. 2 'ME WEATHER.—Stra 077101, May. 2. THIBNONNTIIR, IN THE SHADE. 53—highest since neon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day, at noon. BAROMETXB, 30'10. WIND, N.N.E.—Light breeze, with fine, sunshiny weather. The wind took a sudden change yesterday even ing to its old quarter. • It was full moon this morning at three o'clock. vo - grb LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1855. The House of Commons really does seem dis posed to show a little more interest in the nation's business. At the division on the Loan Bill on Monday night, the number of persons elected to do the business of the country who contrived to be present positively amounted to 321, nearly half the members ! Later in the evening, when Mr. Mums and Mr. Lows proposed to make the Times a present (in addition to Mr. GLAD terorres of last year) of 1251. for every number with a supplement, say of 375/. per week, or about 20,0001. per annum—the house actually mustered some 346 memberS, rather more than half its members. A majority of 174 collected together to express the general feeling about the shameless proposal. Very well in its way this. A•rather hopeful sign that 260 independent and honour able members dared to incur the penalty of a black cross against their names in the Parliamen tary Register of the Great Implacable. If, how ever, they want to show their assiduity or their courage scope will not be wanting. It is some thing, to be sure, to beard the Times ; but it will be somewhat more to brave the dis pleasure of a Prime Minister, of a Cabi net, of a whole Aristocracy, their officials and their inveterate system, of the COBURGS and the Court. The infuriated muster against Mr. LAYARD last Triday shows what an honest reformer of aristocratic abuses must expect. His firmness on that occasion does him infiuite honour. Be seemed perfectly unmoved by the sanctimo nious bray around him ; and he has but to de velope his resolutions with equal firmness to gain for himself a lasting reputation, and to render his country an invaluable service. We take the scene of that evening as a pretty fair proof of the real quality of our present House of Commons. It is one quite ready to swarm together to vanquish if it could a solitary denouncer of aristocratic misrule, and ready, too, to exult in seizing hold of some trivial errors of statement, and to hoot down the weightiest ques tion of the hour on the strength of them. Dur ing the whole session we have not seen the House look so exceedingly small. While it thought to put down Mr. LAYARD, it only compelled him to despise its hypocrisy, and sunk itself in the eyes of all Europe as well as of all England. Mem bers racked themselves to put him on the rack Parliamentary ; but unluckily be would not even wince. He was completely victorious. Let the country see to it that his victory be not a barren one. The nation ought now to face the real difficulty of its position. This difficulty lies at h ome . W e have statesmen utterly incompetent to deal with Saxe-Coburg, Austria, and Russia combined, and equally incompetent to deal with army and official patronage. The politicaland the adnlinistrative diffi culties are both of them such as our aristocratic Government will never willingly grapple with. They make a show of doing something, but will do nothing to annoy either the relatives of our Crown, or Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S pet, Austria; or the titled incapables who have quar tered themselves on the civil and military estab lishments of the nation. The country justly suspects incalculable mischief from the subser viepcy of all our Premiers to court Germanism. Without a tinge of disloyal feeling, we believe there is a disposition to curse the Hanoverian 1)°14 3' of sustaining so rigidly the purity of the as descent of the family which governs us. Thar,,.. was great joy when Hanover itself dropp e d Off from the English Crown ; but it seem s only to have resulted in linking us indissolubly to niediatisea l. one of the mcst com pletelyin fact, is State which, Atl i e states of Germany—a Lord Crowns. the Austrian and . tagr u i t an electric wire between -worth something if oath of secrec It would be absolved from any ALIIERSTOIN could be able pledge, an co u ld b e .._ . 4 7 , or any honour &nee as to how far he : a l ired to give evi- i movements by the wishes or restrained. i n his wilfulness of th e c o b u egs ; or how far he felt th at the interest s o f f the English Crown and people, and th e efa , ien of oar military service and operations, wer e co ra e3 : promised by the necessity of yielding to Ge r - 1 man influence at Court. The people think that nothing else can account for the fatuity which waits with such fatal results on the policy of Aus irria' llf the nation errs in this, 'Were well it should:l, now • it ; if . it ( , does not, it were even still more imp or t ant. Here we now has cancelled a ll - l';:azt . .3 'y roftisier stand u p on th e co mmencement of A new war. R ussia i he Four `.... -•-• • -' -_ th ‘-; 4 - cardinal one. These mis• chievous proposals are gone, ,or ought to be gone, for ever. The questions of Crimean and Bes sarabian conquest, and of Polish liberation, are now fairly before all the parties con cerned. Austria may now surely be required to fight for or against, while Prussia must be compelled to stop Russian transit trade, or to have her Ports blockaded. We confess we shudder at the thought of such questions being entrusted to the class which has long held the helm in England, to the particular individuals who grasp it now, and to a Court so bound up with the miserable despots of Germany. There are men who, at the head of our troops, would have wintered in Sebastopol, but to have employed them would —we blush to I write it—have superseded old Lords and their relatives, though it would have saved our men and our money, and have brought Russia on her knees before now. We could name the men who as commanders-in-chief would have done what we have stated ; but all the family cliquei would have turued up their noses at e the mention of them. They must make the nation almost mad before they. will give way. There are men, too, who know the political counsels which would save the Allies and Europe, and who could giVe effect to them, but they belong not to the governing cliques, and if they did they must govern their politics by German considerations, or they would not be endured in the Cabinet. We must think that our only hope lies in the nation's awaking to its own imperative wants, and to its compelling the House of Commons to do its duty, or to give place to one which will. Good attendances for party conflicts, and empty benches for 'the busi ness of the country, or for the evasion of su premely important motions can be tolerated no longer. Procrastination and mystery appear to be the prevailing principles of the PALMERSTON Admi nistration. Postpone everything to the latest moment, and then withhold any information while it is possible to do so. These seem to be . the chief rules of action of our present rulers, and they are the only points in which vacillation and infirmity of purpose are not but too plainly per ceptible. The telegraph has, with some trifling breaks, been opened to Balaklava. Ample infor mation may be received from the seat of War within a few hours. But the public are in no respect wiser or better informed. The Govern ment has taken the example of the "Dog in the manger," celebrated in the nursery fable, and will neither itself use the extraordinary means for obtaining rapid intelligence thereby afforded, nor permit any one else to do so. That no accident has occurred to impair its effici ency is certain from the facts stated by the First Lord of the Admiialty, who admitted that tele graphic despatches had been received from the Crimea, but positively declared that he had given their substance nearly verbatim to the House ; and further, that the Government would commu nicate any information they rniAt receive, and which they considered to be interesting ! Extra ordinary as these assertions may appear, we are, in the absence of conclusive evidence to the con trary, bound to believe them. What, then, can be thought of the apathy and indifference of Lord RAGLAN, who does not condescend to make the most trifling effort to appease the public anxiety, or to set at rest the sinister rumours which silence at such a time, and under such circumstances, must necessarily occasion ? What of the Ministry who do not forthwith insist on his availing him self of the means at his disposal, to the extent of sending at least a daily despatch respecting the true state of affairs before S:;bastopoi ? All par ties concerned appear to be equally reprehensible for their very extraordinary conduct in reference to this strange and ominous taciturnity. Sir CHARLES WOOD has also declared that the telegraph will be entirely under the control of Government. But he does not say that it will be confined to their service. But is it net so ? Who else has been permitted to transmit a mes sage of any kind?? From the extraordinary bre vity of Lord RAGLAN'S communications, it is ob vious that the use of the machine for a very few minutes in the day would amply satisfy his re quirements, and that it must remain idle for more than 23 out of the 24 hours. It is impossible to suppose that there are not many persons anxious to transmit intelligence if they were at liberty to do so. Although, therefore, Sir CHARLES WOOD "does not say that it is confined to Government use, it is obvious that it is so, and that the First Lord of the Admiralty has evaded the question which he professed to answer.. - The suppressio vere is, however, scarcely more justifiable than the suggestio falsi. If the House and the Country are deceived or misled by a quibble, it is just as bad as if a similar result had been obtained by a direct falsehood. We trust, therefore, that a more distinct and intelligible answer may be elicited from the Right Hon. Bart. on a point on which the public anxiety is so greatly excited. It is now certain that nosatisfactory result can he anticipated from negotiations, and that any honour able Peace, likely to be permanent, must, as we have repeatedly declared, be "conquered." Al though other elements mayspeedily be added to thu calculation, the venue for the time is laid before Sebastopol. We know that Russia—who has not been idle or slothful during the time•wasted in the Conferences atVi eu na, has concentrated an enormous force in the vicinity &f the Allied lines, and it is more than probable that a fierce attack, similar to that of Inkerman, will be made on the French and English armies, seconded by a sortie from the beleaguered fortress. Should such a conflict take place, it will indeed be one for life or death. Few of the Western warriors will be spared should the Russian attack prove successful. They are not men to quit their posts, or abandon the posi tions which they have assumed, while the faintest hope remains ; and yet, at such a time, and under such circumstances, the Government will neither supply the required information themselves, nor allow us to obtain it from independent sources ! This is assuredly too bad, and it will be the fault of both Houses of Parliament if such an untoward state of affairs should be suffered to prevail much longer. Again, the most serious doubts are entertained as to the course to be pursued by Austria. :Lord JOHN, who can alone dispel the mystery, returned on Sunday, and on Monday evening appeared iu his place in Parliament. An influential Cabinet Minister, one who is generally supposed to have more weight in the National Councils than even the nominal Premier, has admitted that " it is of infinite importance that the earliest possible infor mation should be given to the House and the our doubts country tegpecting the result of the negotiations." And spectful to the L Yet 1.1,3 time is ime is specified, no day named when and anxieties shall be set at rest. represei t This Parliament 13 "t f air to tie community, nor re is, egrslature. The authority of the hereditary a if possible, to be set at nought, either House are t'lc,ll4t, lati:v-eitilmceomntbuenarselyo,f appreciate thy, 11111 richly merit. which, if they slam' . It treat edt,the If they so lightly tha c l oy ar own dignity or 4%47 e t • ztind * Alto memories of those who owe their positions to the suffrages of independent constituencies may be very unpleasantly jogged. The dreaded appeal to the country may come sooner than they antici pate, and if they hope to pass unscathed through that ordeal they must shake off their insouceonce, and display; even at the eleventh hour, qualities befitting the chosen representatives of the British People. WEST INDIA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, 11.30 A.M. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato, Captain Woolley, has just arrived with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails. THE QUEEN'S COURT AND PRIVY COUNCIL. KNIGHTHOOD OF THE SHERIFFS &e. The Queen held , a Court and Privy Council, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. At the Court Senor D,44 - Francisco de Ribero had his fir-t audience of her Majesty, and presented his creden tial-4 as Iklinister Resident from the Republic of Peru. His Excellency was introduced by the Earl of Claren don, the Queen's Principal. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Mr. Alderman Henry Muggeridge and Mr: Charles Decimus Crosley, the Sheriffs of London arid Middle sex, were presented to the Queen at an audience, by Sir George Grey, G.C.B , her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Queen was graciously pleased to confer the honour of knight hood upon both sheriffs. The Privy Cquncii was attended by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, Viscount Palmerton, F►rst Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Earl of Clarendon, Secre tary of State'for Foreign AffAirs ; Sir Charles Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, President of the Board of Control ; Viscount Canning, Postmaster-General; Earl Spencer, Lord Steward ; the Duke of Well neton, Master of the Horse; and Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice Chamberlain (officiating for the Lord Chamberlain). The Queen having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Lord John Russell to he one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of. State, his lordship, by command of the Queen, was sworn into that office at the Council, and received the seals of office from her Majesty. • The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audiences to the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Palmerston, and Lord John Russell. Her Majesty was attended by Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Earl of Mulgrave, Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Dufferin, Lord in Waiting ; and Mr. R. Ormesby Gore, Groom in Waiting. Major-General Buckley and Captain Du Plat have re lieved Lord Charles Fitzroy and Colonel Seymour in their duties as the Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and the Prince. BIRTHDAY OF. PRINCE ARTHUR. JUVENILE BALL. Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent paid a visit of congratulation to the Queen and Prince Albert early in the forenoon. Her Majesty gave a ball in the evening at Buckingham Palace to the juve nile nobility and gentry. About 240 invitations had been issued. The juveniles began to arrive at the Palace soon after eight o'clock, accompanied by their parents, and were ushered to the Reception-room. • Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at half-past eight o'clock, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Baroness•de Speth. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary and his Royal Highness the Duke of Catubridge arrived at a quarter before nine o'clock. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert lett the White Drawing-room at ten minutes before nine o'clock, and passed into the Throne room, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Prin cess Royal, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, the Princesses Alice, Helena, ard Louisa, the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, the Princess of _Hohenlolie LAngenburg, the Princesses Adelaide and Feodore of Hohenlohe, and Prince Victor of Hotienbilie. The Princess Royal and the other .Royal Prince3ses wore dresFes of light blue tulle, over a blue silk glace slip, trimmed with ruches of white blonde and . ribbon. A. bouquet of white hyacinths. Their Royal Highnesses each wore a wreath of white hyacinths. The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a dress with three skirts c.f tulle over a rich pink glace silk pet ticoat, looped up with bunches of apple-blossoms and green ciape leave?. Her Royal Highness wore a wreath of apple-blossoms 'an I green crape leaves. The Princesses Adelaide and Feodore of Hohenlohe Langen burg wore flounced dr,sses of white tarletan, trimmed with white silk fringe. The Princess Adelaide wore a garland of pink roses and white lilac; the Prin cess Feodore, a t'arland of pink roses. The Prince of Wares and Prince Alfred appeared in the Highland dress, which costume was also worn by the sons of the Duke of Ar4yll and other young Scottish nobles Tresert. The queen's bawl was in attendance in the Throne room ; and soon after the entrance of her Majesty and the Royal circle, dancing commenced. A quadrille was formad, which included the juvenile members of the R•Jyal family. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN LNG, MAY 2, 1855 COURT CIRCULAR. Lnrd Dufferin bas succeeded Lord de Tabley as Lord in Wa.iting to her Majesty. A. deputation on the sutject of the Metropolitan ( 7 :tale-market had an interview with Sir ,George Grey yesterday, at the Home-ofpce. The deputation consisted of Mr. H. Taylor (chairman), Messrs. J. H. Hall, R. Obbard, H. De Jersey, G. Atchison, and R. Hicks, with the Town C!erk, the Remembrancer, the Solicitor, and the Architect. Lard Msntsagle bad an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Rowland Hill had also an interview with the right hon. baronet, at his official residence in Downing -street. - Meetings of the Cathedral Commissioners were held at No. 1, New-street, Spring -gardens, on Monday and yesterday. The commissioners present were the Arch bishop-of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Mar quis of Blandford, M.P., the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Hon. and Rev. H. M. Villiers, Sir John Patteson, Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the Rev. Canon Selwyn, and Mr. Henry Kingscote ( ~e cretary). Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester day to the Governors cf the West India Islands. The Countess Walewska has issued cards for a grand assembly, at the residence of the French Embassy, on Wednesday, the 24th inst, The Countess Culioredo will have an assembly this evening, at the residence of the Austrian Legation. The Duke of Roxburgh has left the Clarendon for Bl ightou. The Countess of Enniskillen was safely delivered of a daughter on the 28th ultimo, at the family mansion in Eaton-place. The Earl and Countess of Kintore have arrived at the Clarendon, from Brighton. The Earl of , Shrewsbury is making a tour in Italy. His lord,hip is expected to return to England shortly. Lady Lyndhurst has issued cards for a ball on Mon day next, at the family residence in George-street. LAUNCH OF THE Cognuanon.—Yesterday afternoon the line-of-i , attle ship Conqueror was launched from her Majesty's dockyard at Devenpott. The launch took place at, four o'clock. The sahries of the commanders of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet have been raised, and their f , es and emoluments from passengers and cargo abolished. Mr. Bally has finished his statue of the Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, and it is now in Westminster-hall, preparatory to its erection among the other statues in the vestibuie of the 'Houses of Parliament. Yesterday the two acts passed in the late session on Merchant Shipping came into force. Season tickets in connection with the Paris Universal Exhibition, to be available during the whole duration of the Exhibition, are advertised, the price of each ticket being 50 francs. MR. STERNDALE BENNETT'S CONCERTS.—The last of Mr. Bennett's series of performances of classical piano forte music was given at the Hanover•sgnare Rooms last evening. , The great room was literally filled to overflowing, numbers of persons having been unable to obtain seats. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—lnformation was eirc • 41 yesterday that the premises of M r . J. T . Pattison i , la i2 ' , John-street, Stepney, had been entered and plundered of silver plate, gold and silver watches, gold chalet., jewellery, &c., to 'the amount of 6001. in value. A QUERY.—What has become of the submarine ex plosive concern which was to clear away the sunk ships in the mouth of Sebastopol roads, and thus give admit tance to our fleets ? It is some months since the vessel containing the apparatus was reported to have left our shores, and we still hear nothing of its arrival.— Shefeld The Right Hon. Y. B. Macaulay has just been' elected a member of the Royal Academy of Amsterdam, in the &ass of literature, languages, history, and belles-lettres. Together with our compatriot, Jacob Grimm, the grarn tnarian ; Ranke, the historian ; Lepsins, the archaeolo gist ; and other learned men of European reputation, were elected. CHART:VG-CROSS HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a special ge r,eral meeting of the Governors of this institution Was held, for the purpose of electing two assistant surgeons. The choice of the Governors fell upon Mr: H. Barr/ell and Mr. F. 'Lind, • Fellows .of the Royal' Vollegef of Surgeom " LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, TIIIISDIY, MAY 1. The Simois, which left Constantinople, on the 23d of April, has arrived. Despatches leave at 8 p.m. . KAMIESH, APRIL 21. On the 19th the English took by assault two of the ambuscades under the Mamelon, in front of the Malakhoff Tower. The Russians have abandoned ibe batteries of Careening-bay. THE BALTIC FLEET. BERLIN, TUESDAY, MAY 1. Admiral Dundas breakfasted with the King of Denmark on the 27th ult., and returned to Kiel on the 28th, when he hoisted 11;s flig on board the Duke of Wellington. The date of the departure of the fleet from Kiel harbour is uncertain. FRANCE. .PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur contains the following : " It appears from a letter addressed to the Minister of Marine by the French Consul at Stettin, that the navi gation between that port and SK ineruu nde has been re opened for some days. The high tides, however, require extreme caution on the part of pilots and commanders of vessels in consequence of the inundations, which have placed the coast under water. Some small craft have already Leen lost. The boats between Stettin and Co penhagen have been running since the 18th of April. They will also commence running to Stockholm shortly, "The French Consul moreover announces that a de cree of the Russian Government, dated the 3d of April, orders the service of the lighthouses, which had been re established in the Gulfs of Finland, Bothnia, and Riga, after the departure of the allied fleets and the rai,ing of the blockade, to be again susi,ended. The booms and buoys in the Wiborg Straits will also be removed." General of Brigade Breton is appointed to the command of the 2d brigade of the Ist division of infantry of the army of the East, in the room[ of General d'Aurelle de Paladines prOmoted to the rank of General of Division ; General o f Brigade de Pecqueult de Lavaraude, to the command of the Ist brigade of the 3d division of the army of the East in the room of General de Monet, promoted to the rank of General of Division ; and General of Brigade de Saint Pol to the command of th e I s t brigade of the 4th division of the army of the East, in the room of General de Bousingen who has re turned to France. A decree in the Moniteur confirms the nomina tion of two Knights in the Legion of Honour and the grant of military medals to seven seamen, made by General Canrobert, for gallant conduct at the siege of Sebastopol. The Constitutionnel says :—" The Montezuma and the Primauguet, which were to accompany the Imperial yacht the Reine Hortense to Constanti nople, received a few days ago the order to prepare to convey troopi to the East. The following announcement has appeared in the Moniteur "The Emperor, well assured of the sentiments of the French people towards his person, desires that no ad dresses shall be presented by the municipal councils or other authorities on the occasion of the attack from which Providence has preserved him. "All official manifestation becomes useless in pre sence of the public indignation." This announcement may perhaps make some alteration in the proceedings of the meeting of British residents, which was intended to take place at the Rnbassy to-morrow, for th, , purpose of pre paring a congratulatory address. The Earl of Den bigh had consented to take the &Air. The real name of the assassin is not Liverani, but Pianori. He had procured a passport in a false name. He was a volunteer at Rome under Garibaldi. Since the taking of , Rorno by the French he has principally lived in England, and belonged to the sect of Italians who renounced Catholicism. It is further said that he has spoken at Protestant meetings in Exeter-hall. Pianori is now at the Prefecture of Police. Re wears a strait-jacket. A gaoler sleeps at. the foot of his bed to watch him. A hole Lks been made in the wall, through which he may be seen as be lies, and several persons of note have been to-day to ook at him. The report of the examining magistrate, con taining the examination of the man who attempted to assassinate the Emperor, has been delivered to the Chambre du COLIS,4iI ; this decided that the prisoner should be. sent before the Chambre des Mises en Accusation, convoked extraordinarily for that purpose, and the court has issued its order by whioli he is to be brought before the Assize Court of the Seine, to be tried in conformity with the law. M. Barrot, the Minister of France at Brussels, received on Sunday the congratulations pf the rnenabers of the diplomatic body on the escape of the Emperor of the French the preceding evening. The representative of Russia was amongst the per sonages engaged in this manifestation. A letter from Odessa, of the 2tith, says that the bombardment of Sebastopol was suspended on the 11th day, and had caused no damage to the Rus sian batteries. Russian reinforcements were ex pected to the number of 50,000 men. The following private telegraphic despatch has been received to-day : " VIENNA, 30.—The imperial manifesto ordering the levy of the 80,000 men already spoken of is expected. An ordonnance has been published, ordering back to their respective regiments the soldiers on furlough." BOURSE, MAT I.—CLOSING PRICER. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9'.l —93 f. 150. 3 per Cents 67 70 67 95 Credit Mobilier 770 Roman Credit Fonder 540 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 50 Home Debt 3li RAILWAYS—?OR CASH. C. Orleans ,. 1145 Lyond , . 1085 Western 640 Rouen Cate — Strasburg Mediterranean 9 85 Havre ss') Northern THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, April 28.----We learn from Copen hagen that at noon on Wednesday last, the 25th inst., Admiral Dundas, Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet, arrived there on board of her Britannic Majesty's steam sloop Dragon, from Kiel. The gallant Admiral landed, immediately after his ar rival, at the Custom-house quay, and proceeded to the British embassy. The Cuckoo steam gun-boat, of 2 guns, Com mander A. G-. E. Murray, anchored the day pre viously in the Rhine, coming from England. The permission now given to the sailors and marines of the fleet at Kiel to visit the town seems to be an indication that on the return of the Com mander-in-Chief from Copenhagen. a for ward move may be anticipated towards Gothland. Near Landsort, on the coast of Sweden, the ice was firm for about four English mil e s seawards, and at the Shuren the ic e was st ill ver y s trong and thick, with only here and there small openings to be seen, on the 21st instant. Warm weather, which had prevailed, would, however, not be able to remove the m asses o f i ce a way for some time ; and, unless stormy weather, accompanied by heavy rai ns , t a k es p l ace , some consider able delay may ensue yet before the navigation there becomes f ree . Th e accoun ts from Memel say that since th e open i n g o f t h e nav i ga ti on again this season a very large number of ships had ar rived there— as many as 120—o f w hi c h, h o wever, only 30 had cargoes, the rest i n b a ll ast ; i n conse quence freights had fallen considerably. The ice in the Neva commenced breaking up on the 20th of April. During a period of 140 years the same occurrence has taken place on the same day in this river five several times before—viz., 1712, 1766, 1778, 1782, an d 1799. Later accounts from Elsinore state that the Russian brig Phoenix, Capt. Sventlen, had arrived there on the 27th inst. as a prize taken by one of the advanced squadron. She was captured on her way from Revel to Stockholm, having a cargo of barley, according to the present account, and may not unlikely soon make her appearance in England with it. No doubt we shall soon hear of some thing more having been accomplished by the:flying :4quadron. Prince Christian of Denmark returned on the 27th liist. to Copenhagen from his misncn to the Russian Court. Admiral Dundai had an interview with the King of Denmark on the 27th. SARDINIAN 'EXPEDITION. GENOA, April 27.—The unfortunate mishap of I,he Crcesus, so far - front discouraging those charged with the embarkation, appears, on the contrary, to have given them additional energy, partly per haps from an apprehension that it might Lave NUN Dactege4.o4-liie. muds of the Warealiouing or superstitious ; but from whatever cause, certain; it is the last two day s th ere h as b een i. more activity displayed than hitherto, though to Eng- I lishmen, who take a commercial view of the case, and reckon that this fleet of steamers costs - England some 3,0001. a day, it does seem as if a little mote might be shown. On the evening of the 25th the Sardinian steam-frigate Carlo Alberto (Captain the Marquis Ceva) sailed for Constantinople, having on board four compa nir.ls of Bersaglieri, and two companies of En gineers. Yesterday evening the small Govern ment steamer Authion, with some staff officers in charge of the mhitary chest, sailed for the saire destination, as also the Charity and Cleopatra trills- ports, with about I,4oo'men of the reserve division, each of these latter steamers towing a sailing trans port with stores. To-night it is expected the Thames, Europa, and Jura will get away. These three vessels will carry altogether nearly 1,000 horses. The Jura, which is only fitted for 409, will have 500, in consequence of the want of trans port, and the other ships must be loaded in the ,same proportion to their capacity. Her Majesty's troop ship Resistance arrived yesterday morning from Malta, and the screw transport Queen of the South, from Spuzzia. Since it has been understood that the Sardinian army is to be attached to the English, to be em plOyed in the field, instead of in siege works, the leaders of the expedition appear more satisfied, while their friends at home rejoice that they are not to be tied down to that small space before Sebastopol which has been the deathbed of so many thousands during the last five months. Mucl• .if the disagreeable feeling has disappeared, too. which was very naturally excited by the aenounts of suf fering in the allied camp 'during th i ,as. winter. Yesterday the Government placed the steam sloop-of-war Tripoli at the disposition of Captain Hall, of the Croasus, and she proceeded- to Porto fino to examine the wreck. She returned in the evening, and I understand there is little hope of saving anything beyond the hull and perhaps part of the machinery. Captain Hall demanded an in quiry into his conduct; which has been sitting on . board the Vulcan troop-ship. The decision is nct I yet known. RUSSIA. The .Tnvalide Busse continues to publish Prince Gortschakoff's account of the bombardment. It says : "To complete his telegraphic despatch, published on the Bth (20th inst.), relative to the operations before Sebastopol, from the 30th March (11th April) to the 3d (15th) April, a report from Aide-de-camp General Prince Gortschakoff, of this latter date, announces that the enemy continue to cannonade the fortress with the greatest vivacity during the day, and to bombard it during the night. Notwithstanding the rapid fire and the concentration of the fire of their batteries, which mount circa 350 guns, of which 80 are mortars, the loss of our garrison cannot comparatively be considered very great ; we have not had many guns dismounted, owing to our fortifications being cut by a Bufficient number of traverses and to our batteries being sheltered by polings (blindages). " During the day the fire of our artillery is also inces sant • thanks to the coolness and s kill w i th which it is served, many of the enemy's guns have been dismounted, an 1 the embrasures of some of the batteries knocked in. All our damage is actively repaired during the night. The dismounted guns are replaced by new ones, and the losses of the garrison made good by reinforcements that arrive, so that on the 3d (15th) April Sebastopol was as strong as before the bornbarirnent." To the above general statement of the heroic deeds of the defenders of Sebastopol, Aide-de camp General Prince Gortschakoff adds some details on the siege works, and on the operations which have taken place during the bombardment : "On the 31st of March (12th April) the enemy, in superior numbers, made an attack upon the position (loqement) in front of bastion No. 5, but their first at tack was repulsed by the 2d battalion of the Chossenri ue Kolyvan, under the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel Terniriazeff. To explain the operations described below it it indispensable to state that Wong the whole of our line of defence small logernens (rifle pits) have been es tablished for our riflemen, situate nearer to the parallels of the besiegers than to our own fortifications. The enerny,fully appreciating the harm done by„these rapidly constructed defences, are now exerting every possible effort to make us abandon them, but these attenipt.i cost them dearly, for on different occasions our advanced chain his defeated them at the point of the bayonet, or has drawn them under the sharp fire of grape of our nearest works. " On the above•named day, at 4 a.m., we managed nil explosion with the greatest success agaicst the enemy's galleries, directed towards Bastion No. 4. ( Nous fines sauter un globe de compression.) "In the night between the 31st of March and Ist of April (12th to 13th April), the besiegers attempted to carry the rifle pits situate in the ravine between Bastions 4 and 5. The riflemen .of the Kolyvan and C•itherine bourg regiments, who occupied them, charged them at the point of the bayonet, and routed them. "On the Ist (13th) April, our artillery silenced some of the enemy's batter ieQ, and blew up a powder magazine in the great English battery, many of the embrasures of which were dtstroyed. "All this time the Allied fleet, consisting of 20 ships, nine frigates, four corvettes, 22 steamer=, and four gun boAs, remained inactive, anchored opposite Kainiesch and Streietza bays i but on the Ist (13th) April three steamers were detached, which, after firing a few shots at our fortifications, again rejoined the fleet. " In the night between the Ist and 2d (13th and 14th) April the garrison undertook works for connecting the isolated rifle pits in front of bastions 5 and 6,'so as to take in flank and rear the trench dug by the besiegers during the night between the 30th and 31st March. (11th-12th April), ,- " The enemy, perceiving this, twice attacked these works, the second time wit:t field artillery ; but after a hand-to hand fight and a discharge of grape they were obliged to retire. " Prince Gortsehakoff assures that these skirmishes are quite to the taste of our volunteers, and offer them opportunities for displaying their valour. " On the same night, the besiegers attempted to carry out a full sap, directed against the salient angle of Bas tion No. 4, but our fit e prevented them. " On the 2,1 (14th) April, at daybreak, the enemy un masked two 'newly-constructed batteries, but, at the end of two hours, our fire silenced one of them. " In the night between the 2d and 3d (14th and 15th) of April, our secret post established in the ravine be tween bastions 5 and 6, perceiving that the enemy had commenced works near the cemetery, sent information thereof to bastion No. 5. "Five rounds of grape then silenced the works com menced, and, &though they were resumed an hour later, our grape again compelled the enemy to retire, leaving 30 killed, upon the ground. On the same night the bombardment of the fortress was not so brisk. " On the 3d (15th) April all the attempts of the be siegers to continue their works of full sap, or to convert into trenches the rifle-pits in front of bastion No. 5, were stopped by the well-directed fire of the artillery of the place. " The loss suffered by tl4e garrison, from the 30th March to the 3d April (11th to 15th April), consists in 7 subalterns and 436 men killed ; 6 superior officers, 34 subaltern officers, and 1,899 men wounded. Unhap pily, Lieut. Titoff, of the navy, Capt. Stchiegloff, of the Toholsk Regiment, Capt. Privateeheff, and Lieut. Sou kanhoff, of the Kolyvan Regiment, all distinguished officers, are among the slain. Among the officers seriously wounded are Colonel Zageskine, com mander of the 10th artillery brigade, and 'who commanded the land troops of the 2d section (of the line of d2fence), Lieutenant-Colonel Temiriazeff; com mander of the Kolyvan Chasseurs (since dead), and Col. Lauschkoff, commander of the Volhynia regiment, most intelligent officers, distinguished for personal valour." Prince Gortschakoff concludes his report as fol lows : "On beholding the intrepidity, it might be said even the gaiety of the garrison of Sebastopol, in the midst of the most distressing works, executed almost without a moment's respite, under a terrible fire, which has con tinued without interruption for the last six days, it is im possible not to feel proud of bearing the name of Russian.' An extraordinary supplement of the Invalide' Busse publishes the following despatch from Prince Gortscliakoff, the substance of which we have already published : " Aide-de-Camp _General Prince Gortschakoff an nounces from Sebastopol, under date of the 7th (19th) April, by telegraph from Kieff, that the fire of the enemy Was slacker during the 4th, sth, and 6th (16th, 17th, and 18th) April, than on the preceding days. Oifr bat teries replied with success, especially by a very s harp fire against the g roun d in 'front of Bastion 4, so as to obstruct the works renewed with energy by the.besiegers on that point. "Our damage is repaired during the night. "In the night between the 6th and 7th (18th and 19th) of April a sortie was made by a battalion to de stroy the approaches nearest to the place. I t was crowned with complete success, arid attended with little loss. "In general the losses of the garrison during the last few days have been less than on the preceding days." RUSSlA.—Advices from St. Petersburg of the 21st of April stdte that the weather was mild, and that the ice in the Neva had broken up on the preceding day. Open water was therefore expected in about a fortnight at Cronstadt. From Riga the dates are to the 23d of April, when the weather was fine, but cold. There was only 9 feet of water on the bar, and some dredging would be required in order to get vessels lying at Bolderaa to sea, "The British Admiralty," it is remarked, "who at first permitted them to proceed, now make some restrictions." THE LATE REGENT'S-PARK DIORAMA.—The splendid building in Regent's-park, known as the Diorama, was yesterday converted by solemn services into a Baptist chapel, the principal portion of the necessary funds hav ing been supplied, it is understood, by Sir Samuel Mor ton Peto, M.P. The Rev. Win. Landells of Birming ham is to be the officiating minister of the newly-formed place of worship. BURANELLI, THE MIIRDERER.—A post mortent exa,mi nation of the body was made on Monday by the medical superintendent of St. Luke's Hospital, when the brain 'and its membranes were found to be perfectly healthy, thus confirming the opinion of the jury as I t° the sanity o f th e man , an d hi s consequent respon sibiii y for the crimes into which his vicious nature had itupelled THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood.—The first article is on " The Length of Human Life," from which it appears Buffon arrives at the satisfactory, conclusion that man ought to live p or 100 years. This idea is founded on the proportion the lives of animals bear to the length of time they take in growing. The duration of life is generally five times longer than the growth, according to which ratio the natural life of a man is fixed at about a hundred years. .To attain this result, however, it isnecessary to follow the laws of nature, and to adhere to some of the great principles' of health. The continuation of " Zaidee " relates the failure of the unfortunate little heroine in her part of nursery governess to the unruly tribe of juvenile Disbrowes. If the younger members of the family resemble their elder sisters, it is not to be wondered that they are disagreeable and unmanageable ; and we Cannot admire the taste of Mr. Edward Lancaster in selecting the bustling Charlotte for his wife. Mrs. Disbrowe herself, with her really kind heart under all her model Management, is the most attrac tive of the family. At the conclusion of tlis instalment, a new borne and new friends are offered to Zaidee, whom we shall no doubt meet again in another country with other companions. A criticism on the "Poetry of the War, reviewed before Sebastopol," contains notices df Alma, awl other poems by R. C. Trench, and Sonnets on the War. The critic asserts he has read the 'poems " with the accompaniment of the frequent gulls," and therefore cannot review them in other than a kindly spirit. He renders full justice to the merits of all the authors, though some isolated expressions naturally excite his ridicule, especially the epithet of " cold demons," which he declares to upset all one's most cherished ideas on the subject. Wa think the suspicions he expresses as to the public estimation of military merit to be unfounded, and scarcely fair, as, although we have a Peace Society, we have never withheld our tribute of admiration from the distinguished soldiers of ancient or mo; fern times. "The Campaigns of a French Hussar" is founded on the memoirs of Colonel Coin be, who was engaged in the campaigtis of 1812, 1813, and 1814-15, a French work lately published. At the pre sent time it is curious to read such narratives and compare them with recent events. A criticism se " Modern Novelists, Great and Small," ridi,ifei and deprecates the system of quarrelling which has recently crept into works of fiction. Certainly the instances given are. numerous—" Jane Eyre," "North and South," "Grace Lee," " Agatha's Husband," &c. The critic asks, "Do you think tha , , young lady is an angelic being, young gentle man ? Do you compare her to roses and lilies, awl stars arid sunbeams in your deluded imagination ? Unhappy youth ! She is not an angel. She is a fair gladiator." In despair he exclaims — "Shall all our lova stories be squabbles after this? Shall we have nothing but encoun ters of arms between the knight and the lady—bitter personal altercations and mutual defi ance ?Itis a doleful prospect." Notes on Canada and the North-West States of America contains some interesting details of transatlantic life. A criticism on the ROyal Scottish Academy takes a brief review of the progress of Northern Art. It is remarked that to those who remember what it was thirty years ago,"the present exhibition of the Academy must seem especially wonderful. A con versation on "The Cold Shade," and the continu ation of " The Story of the Campaign," conclude the number. ' Dublin University.—" The Dramatic Writers of Ireland" has several names in its list this mouth ; the first mentioned is that of William O'Brien, who, it is remarked, is a solitary instance of an actor who made his fortune by marriage. His social elevation .was, however, the ruin of his histrionic prospects,. for the noble family to which he allied himself procured.him a foreign appoint ment in lieu of his praeSsion at home. Simons does not rank very high as a dramatist, having only written a short comedy and a farce, but he is mentioned here on account of his peculiarities. "In imitation he was strong as a Hercules, a per feet giant, superior to Caulfield, Foote, Wilkin son, or even the late Charles Matthews." He played Jane Shore as Mrs: Siddons, and Alicia as Mrs. Crawford, and a person whose eyes were shut might have thought that the two great actresses were in the place. O'Ke4e . was unfortunately blind nearly ail his life, but that did not prevent his being one of the Riost prolific writers ; he gave a list of sixty-eight all his own, and was not sure that this number comprised all. " Scottish Cavaliers and Jacobite Chieftains" is very interesting. "We will leave," it is 'exclaimed at the commencement, " the cold patriotism ¶,f the Dalymples, and the calm wisdom of President Forbes to cast back a glance on &ottish worthies of less prudence and inure spirit, Montrose, Dun dee, and Lochiel. Would we had such men by Sir Colin Campbell's side wherever lie may be above ground this day with his bonuetted. warriors.' Sonic verses of the admirable poem in which Aytoun desCribes the last in9inews of M •ntrose are quoted here, including that glorious verse— " He is coming, he is corning, Like a bridegroom from his room, Caine the hero tr •m his j,risii , n, To the scaffold and the doom. There was glory iu his f,reliead, There was lustre in his eye, And he never walked to Lattle More proudly than to die." It is a curious fact that is related of the devoted Flora, Macdonald, that the shroud which she was burieii in was made of the sheets which Lady Kings burgh had lent the Prince when he took refuge in her house. This shreud. Flora Macdonald kept by her from the days of hei heroic youth till she died, at the age . of seventy. She sleeps in the churchyard of Kilmure, her grave unmarked, brit,. as it is truly said here, her memory fives in the traditions of her country, and her name is hallowed by all Who reverence heroism— " 'Hans .Christian Andersen ; his Life and Writings," forms the sub ject of a very interesting article. The Danish poet, novelist, and traveller, is well worthy of at tention, as being one of those who has not attained his eminence by sudden flights of fortuitous circum stance, or friendlyassistauce. He had to toil upwards alone and unaided. His most striking composi tion, the' Improvisatore," was composed in Italy. " I am a poet" was his exulting exclamation, as' he stood on the brink of Vesuvius, and well does he prove the truth of his boast. It is said that his life is a " romance of reality."' " Onward up the hill" was the secret cry of his heart, and now great men and princes, yea, kings and queens, greet him kindly and take him by the hand, and tell him how they admire his works and his heroiC victory in the great battle of, life—and so the crosses and stars of four orders of knighthood glitter on his breast, and he is the friend and companion of the great and noble, and the cherished author of innumerable works in both hemispheres—he, the son of the poor Odeushee shoemaker." " The War Budget" suggests some remarks of A dis paraging nature, which is only what might be ex pected from such a failure. "Recollecting," it is said, " the able and brilliant men who have held the office, it is painful to consider bow incompetent the present Chancellor is. The only consolation (the writer goes on to say) is in the fact of the people of England being dissatisfied with the affair, and, consequently, it is in the highest degree im probable that we shall ever again be called upon to. review another budget of Sir Cornewall Lewis." "Ninette Pompon" is the name of a tale which is given in this number; it describes French peasant ,lift; in the era of the Revolution, and is well told. The plot of the story turns on the old idea which is immortalised 'in the legend of Roland, who fell at Roucesvalles, and which is ever and anon reappearing iu fiction in all ages and countries. The lover is supposed to die in battle, the object of his affections is informed, and hence mistakes and miseries arise. In the instance before us Ninette was to blame for the imprudent step she took ; she affords an other proof of the folly of concealment and subter fuge._ On the other hand, Hilbert Dessert is an example to hasty persons, who will prejudge and presuppose, and rush madly on, following the bent of their own f anc i es , i ns t ea d o f see king information calmly and deliberately. "De Re Yoetioa" con tains some well-expressed thouZlits, and some good ideas on the subject of which it treats ; but one point is strange in the remarks made, where Words -. worth is placed above Shelley, anti the latter'si beautiful Ode to the Skylark declared inferior to the former's lines on the same subject, which, though certainly good, and possessed of merit, are immeasurably surpassed, both in fire of genius and beauty of language, by Shelley's composition. Some valuable advice is given to the writers after the remarks have been made to the readers :—" Poetry is the expression of the want of something better than this world can give. God has given us no want which has not its proper end; there fore p oetr y is a proof of man's immortality. Poetry, then, is an historian and a proph e t —the historian of a gloryth a t i s passe d , t h e prophet o f a glory that shall be revealed. We may havenot p e or lav er e , we may not e ven have poetic the ro o t o f p oe t r y in ou r taste, poetic bn w souls." With this noble language, lofty as its ex alted subject, and in a spirit kindred to the great ness of the cause it advocates ' And appreciating the excellence of the art it upholds, the writer wisely concludes for the present his reflections, which are inspired by love and admiration - for the glorious vocation which has kept alive in man's fallen na' ture the worship of the beautiful and the re verente of the sublime. " On or Cburn's New onthly Magazine.--e Two ol Habits of Young France" is a s mart ske tc h,s which sums up . the moat remarkable peenli?"(ie, of a certain class of the French. An aratisieg " co count is given at the end of the false ate S l Y e kept up by various people, which is desig° the word " blgue." " The Women 3nd I . e lt Salons of France" is an interesting article, in iv o the the subject is viewed in three lights---und'ir 1 , Empire, the Restoration, and the IVlouarchy of. , e r .i e : After descriptions of the various styles that paid appearei dominated, and fashions that flourished, it is said that the nineteenth centiiry is very far remotes from the time when a La Rochefoucaaild said Duchess of Longueville--:- " Pour rndriter son cceur, pour p'aire h sec beaux Yell,; Jai fait la guerra aux roi ; je l'aulai faits Ua tlieu. l ' a Some account is given of " The Zouaes) Tis paper at the end of the magazine, whic h l i t r s• likely will be welcome, considering dictory statements that have been made coi f them. In completing the brief notice nt • t , it origin, and summary Of their chief exPl el ' s . ', e . is observed that "Alma, liikerman, eumerun ' g lee the eo' nv , pulses_ of sorties, and other gallants teentt`''• before • the walls of Sebaitopol yis fied that they are still the same gallant cor ps ay if . Africa, and their countrymen look to their ItilPie'i ing on the day of assault the same place,vrin‘c, so li did at Constantine and at Zaatcha. ~ cosi . Beauelerc," the continuation of the long, 0 31 : owe s plicated story called the " Elopemen t, I l e the very critical in this number. It is e vident Y estr, intention of the author to decry the systeinn..„ , blished in France of " Marriages de Convos two'd ra iserN d ; a plan which is productive of so much crime. The tale is, however, too tardily n arr L ot there is great feeling displayed in some parts'or the interest would be reaterif it " s more el i ji. tra,ted in detail. "The Parapluie 'Vert" i'''' i l i gil, crous anecdote of a man: who, mall Y e . 3l ' s With paid a visit to the Gallic capital, carr ying big him many articles of vertu, as be thought, d his wardrobe ; but before all things be , val „fleas lie green umbrella. Wherever he went it A 'i - je viss primary object to look after its safety, aeu,,,• oe° continually losing it and distracting lost, for around in seeking it out. At last he 105 ' , othig ever, and the confusion may be inuwied. ,0000 articles of merit are to be met with°, consr men among which, in °e point of interest, ni•3l tioned "Moor Park, as it was and is." --- With Bentley's Miscellany. Bentley opens ,ordi,,l retrospect of the Imperial visit, and welcome given •by the people to their distiefitiele guests. A paper en " French War Ple i roicA l takes a review of some of the modern I ) ,.` h et sv writers of Paris. Mr. Harrison Ainswor: inbie tinues his romance of " The Spendthrifittrotive characteristic style. The clever and , nt k s bots i author who writes under the title of N O1) ,saY' the Liiislie(l, gives us this month au article " About tile s p i,ol ists and Reviewers," first of whom he 113 k etch i 5 William Hazlitt. A very interesting 3 1 is 0; given of his life and writings, in .w i n g served that his character as a man ha° l i e l'w with his reputation as a writer. To strarso itre manners were repelling, and to his frieuuisoat 0 f pears to have manifested suspicion an b eer confidence. "Morbidly suspicious, WO .ii „ht l l sitive, he staggered those who knew liiinVosit h by a seemingly cynical reserve, an d these w eew ivg l i; humwell, and prized hith sincerely, capricious distrust." Charles Liinb):Ythaolsighelbeito° hi§ greatest admirers, says, ' 6 What liath 500nrattelitf and made him to suspect his friends of ~,1 3 tt ert towards him, when there was noon lo , l ": 30 yeerl; know not. I stood well with him f firt e ... Le i 0 1 `, I never betrayed him, I never slackened.l" wo', miration of him ; I was the same tO ilin'thoolt he could not see it as in the days Whe n e w e oa id 0 1 : i tt fit to trust me . . . I wish li i e "does' ' f ici quarrel with the world at the rate i1e,,.. 05 e1f, 3 40 the reconciliation must be effected bi, u T 31 1 , 0 in'' ti i. I despair of living to see that dap 4 . his s e : which Hazlitt adopted showed Which " l es tlr v o i ties he esteemed most highly, " F°r I f r erie v 0 0 if not critical." The writer takes .a furs , brie a a:! lie his lectures on the Elizabethan literai we ' the English Poets. Of the "Spi rit c ' f t , t 0 0 ! writes as follows :—the 1,01.0 Freels "The `Spirit t;t - the Age' is perl.aPg r ks• and most generally relished of Bazut's*°„,,,„o9,eor and wit'.out respect "f peison4 he ftlerv-s the ir 1 er contemporaries, liter-try and political Von,.a aod'irigots s ure, ant reports it without fear or fi„ 'ot,, 3 °' i; t• tenuates, where they have bad or w eal‘• r`. ) , hale ' it , 00 clown Her r a good deal i n mace whew theior prtnigeo, which keenness of scrutiny, his tial e „,.", t o the es4g rit'g ), (.4 ilthe. so ' like' that one disrega- . ea title' b i 4 tiii.ii :.kill in distortion, the li..V,ei',„„ Odi t iee eit, . , . comparative anatomy. hie I" ' ' 00 111%11 r , of his style, of mt adru , iration awl . '„f . hate' the Pe seen to the' be 7 advantage. a - e n i t ' a te g n e t. . i.nl A 4. e r a , 4 c ' e r s i ' Yi r j ;: "l." ' ll: (l : ti C° us of peers and poets, preachers and t oh ue-I' i; '''' - i ° cicerone calls them all by naive so)finnil"Lir;Jy, -11 , t scribes their nature and their arts- en vine s ,,, vill'r t :a e l we cannot choose bUt see them ~ut to a 1 ", - ,.; . ;- o '6 we may think of his manner of appraising " - : i ti er tod/ is the detested if not dreaded Gail ,d, ':I thel3tPh-00 Muses, a doorkeeper to learning, a broke), i" r , witlips Wilberforce, 'anxious to do ad the good he c , a t , cif° 1 13 6 hurting himself or his fair farne'—Berithatv, e ; ' ; yet i ,' e ,t , the corning age,' and Lamb, 'ever turntvg withP, tee dearo past'—' Eldon plods on through the street, , o . h 0 0 natured face in the world, arid au uiii• rells vve",,pyri'bj4 his Only taut the inability to say Nay t 1 e"'" . ..:,, alr e r oli seen, making man after, his own image, w ° `:,: s o i.iter own heart,—Wordswoith, reading bi 4 '''‘,. itli l',V while at favourit , passages his eye beato : r o 0 ' 0 natural lustre,—Moore converts the wild 111 % r du e ', into a musical snuff-box, —G )dwin strive', , : i ' t , Fr e d pass tile Ar. tic Circle of mural science, a"u r wer Regions, where the understanfing is no 1004`; foileit by the aff-ctions, nix fanned by tile breeV ° : l oi,i ) 4 o Coleridge's faculties are watched gooiPipg,..l3oltriit: time, and gadding about from house to 1101, 0 e' ie ffreY . i iit" screams with "high ununtigtted v oice, -1 ...... ou tbef.;, 0 'like one accustomed to pun' lc speaking,' .. , r ieV A te ll 'i ' peaked austerity of countenance, sits `ul s roir,:i r i L A chair,' turning from reading to writing, bi ‘",, ea';` ) s o ,", —Scott issues what is ' almost like a ii of tre k 1 " human nature,' as the ' only ainanUerniis °lljetitleiriiiii': history,'—and Chambers is seen, in ' his ° P 0 , 0 40 1 ' the pulpit,' like Balfour of Burley inn 11 10 e r g for" 0: contended with the imaginary SaLau, gic'r„ F 0 c0.,..,10, and the cold moisture running down ' II ' Coie''i t te' 'Spirit of the Age' is the best voucher f U t r v.a g vir o fe f i description of its writer, long years before„ l f I reil tr .4l, as a' thinking, observant, iokinal matt ;_ k u ide l to Or o as a painter of character r it ;:,it , ,' art d A to il l rr °O he well-feathered thoughts straightorwat. ~,, w it.' f the wit,„r„, ,i , 0 with a twang of the, bowstring. It 0 " e eV e' e of these straightforward missives, •f IV .10 tWang, and sometimes with east:Full iiiillila lir ilir '4 the bowstring." e ctirig O r ( Tivo papers which follow this inter • 00 , 0 in :o ° l are both descriptive of foreign fluevrandjljiettli`tlo, and Italy. A criticism on some of o ils ' l lO O, the forthcoming Academic Exhibition so cl G ee Mr. Maclise, Mr. Millais, Mr. ,g'g',„. Of, ' 0 celier well-known names- are ailW e , s IV tributors. • Mr. Stanfield's adinir e c j e 1 3 iri c ; glad to • learn that be ha s P r°" ' :llect 11 panion to the beautiful picture of o lti e ep , 1 4 tory towed into Gibraltar.' it fre t t 3ii ,jo3,:c, the siege of San Sebastian, when " •j etist r ',',i 1813. Mr. Maclise's picture is 3 ' .2- ii i,e , it i 'diff t so the assembled court, in "As 3 70 ": e Pl' pa 'Ol Millais's subject is one that must g' v iig ht 3 so l i efe to his' peculiar powers—a fire l'Y t i lle r */ 3 to l ,it rescue of some children, w lioso 1 11 ° d d i tic:," ver r l agony their danger. Mr. Egg, i° ', i. .1 do ~ r ao s fah pictures illustrative of the " Lain, hit- 4 c o il ii; of Villierg, Duke of Buckininegeltiair;itefoovic:fo picture representing the daughter with the unfortunate .11°'!",i a t ( ) o`,, prison. All admirers of Moore wi t ' lo oo' v e, member the ballad referring to tbi° her '' is ez P ell t " She is far from the land where her You — eie-,teri 1, are so• or From these, and many others obje-..„, the f ill f. we should feel inclined to concu r .7;' it ie R oo de o hope, that the 'coming Paris i i. the tis have interfered with the prospects 0 tfi,,,, - 40° f PT, .....--...... on le e. r ' Colburn's United Service. ---10 the i y ,IP CO _ge 0 ;, the war we have the narrati ve of eri° tai, bastopol brought down to the latest P 0 o 0 1 if A All/ oh iil Months with the ExpeditionarY ,--- t io ; ee iv; c l a n i e lY ide d n es t c s ri e P f liv l e nk p e;m pe a r ti"— a loyal and heroic foes, who are represe'bebinry f:d youth and beauty to deplore fallen by each other's band, leaviljgontielveAst Oa, __Among the remaining nscitorleVseosf.,ttedgi°o3,l° tflire, the , !r ea l 0 , /,, A r° ll oo Present," and " The Calinlearts'Alacersalits°it; f:fitc; most noticeable. The first soliPresitioilibee, picture of the past and prese nt latter de' e Pi c unfortunate isl Anti, and the _ o al r objects of ti ne camp, and offer e sev 1 3 t suggestions. 0 11 lie 0 et' il _____-.. „ ve tlg 0,5 .00 , The Law Magazine contains ail . 7 o restf,, se! ) , of papers of purely professional ..` . , 00 ; ,70. 0 1 with an article on "Reformtnenal colvitj, showing the desirability of a `,:''';, ' l t hird (I, l s fr (° structed on a given scale ; an d star s 1 4 J tion) on " Lot 0 Brougham anu ~ clonal and Parliamentary Career. W e d ~.d t re 0 , ...-.........."'""...... 1 OIL , e , The Art-Journal. —The prigeiP_!'i rsY c o f 9 the May number are " C e pi i d l a:1 30 ,0 1 ° 0 o wef; the picture by Uwins, and 6 T l•tage, s pot Ovoi nee," from the picture hy A ol _ l e3 ,oo a o o d, Royal collection. The first is a . ,. 1 ', s 5,01:1,. s o i r i ing of a beautiful subject, and47oo, th,v,,,, r ring one. " The TemptatioD, 0 3, b il M. Vande Iranne, is well Bog ogigl we caunot-o peak favourably s* r! ii