The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-09 00:00:00

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Can, 100 28k Voll — Dieniqu'R Laud, 13 ••• 13 9nA7reis this day. 9818 98i i 100 1i THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1855 NEWMARKET RACES. pointment of regimental surgeons instead of staff sur geons. As circumstances turned out it would have been better to have adopted the latter plan, as suggested by Dr. A. Smith. After the statements which appeared in the public press with respect to the state of the hos pitals at Scutari, and letters sent home, part of which would bear contradiction, but sufficient remained uncon tradicted as would condemn the system, Dr. Hall was sent to inspect them after the battle of Alma, and he gave the Government a very flourishing account of them. By Mr. Ellice —Instead of there being one supreme head over the hospitals, and all orders and instructions coming from him, there was a large medical staff giving instructions to diff-rent parties. Would it not have been better to have had one person to direct the whole ? —So there was after, and Lord Wm. Paulett was sent out. LITERATURE. (THIS DAY.) The Heiress of Boughton ; or, the Mother's Secret. By the author of " Emilia Wyndham," ttc. 3 (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. vols. Hurst and Blackett. The numerous admirers of this delightful au thoress will welcome with pleasure the announce ment of a new novel from her pen. In her writ ings we hav e never t o c o mplain, as in the case of some novel writers, that there is no one to arouse our interest, and that the denouement is awaited with perfect indifference. There is always some one (and it is generally in the difficult character of heroine) to excite our sympathy and awake our attention. Th e hi g h mora l a i m an d l o fty princi ples so constantly enf orce d w ith ou t effort or pre tension cannot fail to have a beneficial effect on the reader. We are shown, as few writers of fic tion have power to show, that au unyielding sense of duty and a firm adherence to right are compati ble with all the most gentle and gracious femi nine attributes. Our sympathies, too, are alwae s enlisted on the right side, a point of no small im portance in considering the moral tendency of a book ; for it is not who succeeds or who is cen sured, but who the reader feels with, that decides the question, and a few sage remarks on the rela tive qualities of vice and virtue will not negative the effect produced by endowing the unprincipled with every attractive quality, and rendering the model characters hopelessly uninteresting. This fault, at least, can never be charged against the author of " Emilia Wyndham." Her heroine in the present instance is a charming creation. Placed in circumstances of unexampled difficulty, her seeming advantages proving to her the source of the bitterest sorrow, sh e s e c ures th e reader'sin terest by her engaging and unselfish disposi tion no less than she obtains respect for her pure and earnest motives of action. In one respect, indeed, she was grievously mis taken in judgment. Yet that is not surprising in the circumstances in which she was placed. Her best friends, from mistaken motives, became her bitterest enemies, and her upright and gener ous nature consented at any sacrifice to avail her -1 self of the only path they showed her to escape from the consciousness of committing an injustice and injuring another. It must be premised that this novel is a continuation of the last work of the author, " Aubrey," and in this, it must be ob served, she is not quite fair to her readers. Although the story is about totally different people, the chief actors being, indeed, in the next generation, yet the plot is in some respects so complicated that a few pages of introduction are absolutely necessary to the uninitiated, Those who have read "Aubrey" have, of course, the clue which explains every thing ; but those who have not will find themselves bewildered at first. The story, it is true, in part explains itself as it proceeds, but an introductory chapter would have been a great improvement. For the benefit of those who are unacquainted with the former work we will explain that the late Mr. Aubrey had disinherited his eldest son, who was supposed to be dead. His second son, William Aubrey, consequently inherited his estates, which, on his death, descended to his only child, Imogene, the heiress of Houghton. Her mother has been informed, however, that her husband was not really the son of Mr. Aubrey, but the child of the gamekeeper. Many incidents corroborated this assertion to her mind ; but though thoroughly convinced of its truth, she was unable to prove it legally, and consequently had to resign herself to the possession of an inheritance to which she knew she had not the slightest claim. This, to one whose love of truth and justice was a distin guishing characteristic, was intensely painful; but, to add to her distress, she was convinced the right ful heir existed in Eugene, a child who was sup posed by some to be the son of the long-lost Ed ward Aubrey. Mr. Glenroy, her daughter's guar dian, refused credence to any part of the story, and insisted that the young heiress should be kept in ignorance until her coming of age. This is the mother's secret. Lady Emma, disappointed in her hopes of reparation, takes the boy under her protection, and brings him up with her daughter, treating him with an affection and indulgence which that daughter, notwithstanding her good ness of heart and sweetness of temper, rarely ob tains. She devises a plan by which she hopes to set all right—the marriage of Eugene and Imogene. She cherishes this idea for years, when she is sud denly overwhelmed by the confession of Imogene's affection for Albert Faulconer, the hero of the tale. Most painful scenes ensue ; until at length poor Imogene, utterly broken-spirited, surrenders her most cherished hopes, and, sacrificing herself to what she imagines her duty, consents to fulfil her mother's wishes and marry Eugene. It must be explained that her father's will prevents her from disposing of any considerable amount of her pro perty, or even of bestowing too large a sum on one person. Imogene yields to the advice of those she considers her best friends ; but her health gives way under the struggle, and while Eugene is tra y-oiling abroad she begins to look f o rw ar d t o th e approach of him who solves so many earthly per plexities and befriends so many weary hearts. How the catastrophe is prevented and how the conclusion proves an agreeable surprise we will leave the reader to discover, only regretting that the story terminates so abruptly with so much of that suddenness and rapidity which is one of the author's peculiarities. The reader's interest is deeply engaged by the misfortunes of Imogene, whose position is one of great perplexity and suf fering. To all concerned it is certainly painful and bewildering, but Lady Emma and Mr. Glenroy, in their anxiety to render justice to Eugene, forget that money is not all, and far greater injustice and cruelty did they commit when forcing Imogene to give up the happiness of her life than in debar ring Eugene from the possession of his estate. Wealth and distinction were open to him in many other ways. Even if he remained comparatively poor, what was that to the suffering they inflicted on the victim of the sins and follies of others. They thought, as too many do think, that the feelings are mere fancy, and the affections of the heart only sentimental romance, and that so long as they were provided with wealth and lands they could not fail to be happy. With some it may suffice, but to characters sensitive, refined, and affectionate like Imogene the idea was overwhelming. Eugene, notwithstanding his talents, is not at all attractive, and appears to very great disadvantage beside the noble nature and generous disposition of Albert F . aulconer. These exc iti ng events are a l l related in the third vol ume , th e t wo fi rst describing the childhood and youth of the chief characters. The author transport s us t o Et on i n some vivid and striking scenes, which terminate, however, in a fearful tragedy. Notwithstanding faults of style and some painful points in the plot, we may con gratulate the author on having added another to the list of her literary successes. Acrobat Kaffir Humguffin. Won easy. HANDICAP PLATE. Paros .. Cheddar Eight ran. Won eaßy. QUEEN'S PLATE. Bluebeard Commodore Charley.., Tree ran. SWEEPSTAKES. By Mr. Ellice—lt has been stated by Mr. Stafford, who visited the hospital at Scutari, that when he saw the lamentable state of things there he spoke to Major Sillery, the commanelant, and his answer to him was that he was an officer without fortune, and having a large family he shrunk from the responsibility of giving any orders that might subject him to pecuniary embar rassment. Was that such a state of things as ought to have existed ?—No, certainly not. The hon. gentleman then read letters he forwarded to Major Sellery with reference to the state of things exist ing at Set:tari, complaining of them, but at the same time making allowance for his being in a strange coun try, and referring him to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe for money and assistance under the circumstances, and he hoped his letters would have had the effect of benefitting the service. It might, he said, have been more correct for the Minister of War to have written to Major Sillery, but then the question of expenditure came under his depart ment. With reference to the management of the hos. pitals in the Peninsula under the late Duke of Wel liington, and that of the hopitals at Scutari, the case was very different. In the former case the hospitals were under the duke's hand, as it were, b ing i❑ the same country ; whereas Lord Raglan was in one country, and the hospitals in another, and he could only act in accordance with the reports made to him, notwithstanding the period occupied in communi cating with the hospital iiv.e.s.ch instance must! have been about the same. It was extremely difficult to come to a soundconclusion as tothe truth or falsehood of the reports from the Crimea, and instanced the case of a letter being inserted in the papers, purporting to come from Miss Nightingale, complaining of the want of lint at the time she wrote the Government requesting them not to forward more, having too much in store. When Lord Raglan was sent to the East, he had full powers con ferred on him in controlling the army and its depart ments. Immediately on Major Sillery's inefficiency being discovered, the Government proceeded to find a sub stitute, and a gentleman was sent out. There was a larger number of medical men with the army than had before been sent with a similar number of troops. He did not think Lord Raglan ought to have been so well acquainted with the state of the hospital at Scutari as he (Mr. S. Herbert) was, becaase he got information from private as well as official sources. By Mr. Ellice—Lord William Paulett was sent to Scutari after the mischief had been_donet After it had begun. The army being separated in the field it was necessary to have many persons communicating with one another. Tyne LATEST BETTING. SOMERSE VSHIRE STAKES. 3 to 1 a4st Tvpee 4to 1 agst Hercules (taken) OAKS. 4i to 1 agst Nettle (taken) 25 to 1 agst Habena 4 to 1 Habena does not run. DERBY. 6to 1 ag.t De Clare (taken) 15 to 1 a4st Fl itterer (taken). Jonathan Martin not here. [LEFT SITTING.] CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY). OLD COURT. Thomas Evans, 19, labourer, and George Turner, 19, also a labourer, two of the militia, Were indicted for a rape upon Henrietta Gatland. Mr. Parry prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh defended. The facts were unfit for detail. The prosecutrix is a girl of humble station in life, living near Hammersmith, and the prisoners belong to that place, and are in the mi litia now doing duty in that district. The alleged out rage was committed in a field in the vicinity, both pri soners taking a part in it. For the defence it was set up that prosecutrix was a woman of bad character, and witnesses were cal!ed to prove that they had been upon terms of intimacy with her. The case was likely to occupy the whole day. NEW COURT. Two respectable looking young men surrendered to take their trial for having stolen a fowl, valued at two shillings, the property of a gentleman named Fentum. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted and Air. Ballantine defended. The case was one of the many sent to these sessions by the county magistrates which result in the acquittal of the parties committed, and prove bow wholly unfit many of these justices are to be entrusted with the powers vested in them. The accused parties were both lads of very good cha racter at Edmonton, and had been seen by a person caned Wagger, a farmer at Chingford Hatch, to throw a stick at the fowl, which was straying upon the borders of the forest, and having done so packed it up into a handkerchief and took it away. Information was given to the police, who followed the prisoners and took them into custody. The prisoners were afterwards taken be fore the bench at Waltham, and, although the prisoners were stattd to bear the highest character, and be in the service of gentlemen in the neighbourhood, the bench sent them for trial. Two police constables were sent to prove the apprehension of these lads. The foreman of the jury, after these facts bad been elicited, said that they all thought the thing had been done by the two lads out of a joke, and that it was not the act of thieves. The Recorder said he took the same view of the case. The two prisoners had done very wrong, but he was sorry that any magistrates should have sent them for trial. It was no felony, but the trick of a school-boy, and although a very wrong one did not bear any impu tation upon the honesty of the accused. The verdict of acquittal was then taken, and th e Recorder directed the prisoners to be at once discharged. .B.ICgT CS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE• The supply of English wheat en sale to-day was very moderate, and chiefly the refuse of Monday's market. For most kinds the demand was in a sluggish state, but we have no actual change to notice in prices. In foreiLqa wheat—the shcw of which was limited —very few sales took place on former terms. Floating cargoes realised full quotations. We had a dull inquiry for barley and malt, at last week's prices. There was less activity in the oat trade, at the late im provement in value. Beans, peas, and flour realised former rates. ♦RRIVALS THIS WERE. Barley. I Malt. oats. 480 ) 1,680 1,440 150 7,440 Wheat. 1,010 Flour. 520 English .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third. Vols. 111. and IV. By the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Hurst and Blackett. A second and final instalment of these interesting and valuable memoirs. As was the case with the preceding volumes, the staple matter of the pre sent consists of letters addressed to the first Mar quis of Buckingham by his brothers William (Lord Grenville) and Thomas Grenville, who appear to have reposed the utmost confidence in his judgment and discretion. Among the remaining correspond ence we find letters from the Marquis of Wellesley, Mr. Fox, Lord Castlereagh, Sir Arthur Wellesley, Earl Temple, Mr. W. H. Fremantle, M.P., and other distinguished individuals. Considerable light is thrown on the history of the period in which the correspondence took place. Hardly any event of moment between 1800 and 1810 escapes no tice ; and, as might be expected, a large amount of material for the historian is available. Among the subjects referred to in the present volumes are the proposals of the First Consul- General Bonaparte for peace ; the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland ; the resignation of Mr. Pitt in 1801 ; Nelson in the Baltic ; the peace of Amiens ; the Addington Administration, its rise and overthrow ; the Pitt and Sidmouth Cabi net ; the illness and death of Fox ; the Catholic question ; Sir Arthur Wellesley and the Conven tion of Cintra ; the retreat of Moore from Corunna ; the Parliamentary inquiry into the conduct of the Duke of York ; the Walcheren expedition ; the campaign in the Peninsula ; the quarrel of Castle reagh and Canning ; the debts and domestic dif ferences of the Prince of Wales ; the Percival Ca binet ; the return of the king's malady, and the proposed regency of the Prince of Wales. Not the least interesting portion of the correspondence is that relating to the Convention of Cintra, and Sir Arthur Wellesley's share in it. It would seem that his career ran great risk of being cut short consequence. The king was indignant, a Duke of Cumberland we are told "found h o e ut that all would be cured should one the royal go out in command." of Imaginetblood peninsular army under the Dukeof York a A nd ne L th e e r r d Chatham ! Yet this was suggested. or Lord Grenville 's nar rative interesting portion is L Addington rative of the negotiations ohnhtiheelepradrhoipf A with Pitt in 1803, appears cidiri to have patriotically suggested coalition t a he overwhelming the ruin ablest men of all parties to with which the country tevse fv td as Oreatened. The m is skilful y put together, and where cor respondenceremarks are needed they are given elucidatery w ith m uch g ood taste and judgment. In reading t h e present volumes it is impossble not to be struck with the many points of resemblance exhibited be- Itween the times to which they refer, and the pre sent. It would almost seem, now and then, as if we were living the put over again. From this ea- 5,020 —scks. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-2 P.M. OAKS. 10 to 1 sgst Habena (offered) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. Before business was proceeded with, the right hon. gentlemni expressed his grateful acknowledgments for the kind indulgence which the house had extended to him on Monday and Tuesday evenings, and expressed a hope that the impossibility of making a horse on Tuesday evening, which he believed was entirely attributable to himself, had not been the cause of inconvenience to any hon. members. (Hear, bear.) The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Birmingham Canal Navigations, Glasgow Water, Kelso Bridge, Kingston-upon-Thames Improvement, and Plymouth Great Western Docks. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Abingdon Railway ; Banff, Mac duff, and Turriff Railway ; Commercial-road ; Cork and Youghal Rail way ; Leominster and Ledbury-road ; Lime rick and Castitcannell Railway ; Manchester Improve ment ; Renfrew Police and Improvement ; Swansea Docks ; Rhymney Rail way. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. H. Brown from Liverpool, against church rates ; by Mr. Hadfield with the same prayer ; by Mr. H. Berkeley. various petitions from Bristol against church rates ; also from the com positors of the Morning Post, praying for the repeal of the Sunday Beer Bill ; by Mr. Horsfall, from Liverpool, against the Marriage Bill now before the house ; by Mr. G. Berkeley, 5 petitions from Gloucester, against church rates ; by Sergeant Shee, a number of petitions from various parts of Ireland, praying the house to pass the Tenints Compeosatian Bill ; by Sir G. Grey, from the Wesleyans of South Shields, against the sale of in toxicating drinks on Sundays ; by Mr. H. W. Wick ham, 2 petitions from Yorkshire to the same effect ; by Mr. Pellatt, a number of petitions from various me tropolitan parishes, in favour of the bill for legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister ; by Mr. Bass, from Derby, complaining of the mismanagement of the war. =CATION BILL. Mr. WALPOLE gave notice on the part of Sir J. Pakington, that that right hon. gentleman would to morrow move that the sec,nd reading of his bill should be postponed till the sth of June. CIVIL SERVICE. Mr. MACARTNEY gave notice that, on the sth of June, be should, in the absence of the bill, so long pro mised by the Government, move for leave to introduce • bill to alter the law affecting the civil Fervice. MARRIAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. HEADLAM, on rising to move the second read ing of the above bill, pre-ented several petitions from Scotland and the North of England, in favour of the same. The hen, gentleman said, in proposing this mea sure, he was not seeking to make any trifling or mere theoretic improvement of the law, but was endeavouring i❑ the most earnest manner in his power to repress an evil the magnitude of which he could scarcely describe without what would seem to be exaggeration, which was lowering the character, destroying the morality, and depraving the manners of the people in the northern parts of this island. The hon. gentleman sfter quoting some statistics showing the great number of illegal marriages now contracted in Scotland, and the evil effects they produced on the moral character of tl'e people, concluded by moving the second reading of the bill. The LORD ADVOCATE, though he could not pro mi-e to support the bill in all its details, yet considering it was a praiseworthy attempt to grapple with a subject the evils of which he fully admitted, should not' oppose the second reading of the bill. Mr. ELLIOTT opposed the second reading, hoping that the Lord-Advocate would himself introduce a men• sure that would really grapple with the evils of the question, which this bill would not do. He moved that the bill be read a second time that day 6 months. Lord LOVAINE considered the present bill was cal culated to mitigate at lea-t a portion of the existing evil., and therefore he thought it would be unfair to wait till the Scotch members should agree among them selves to a revision of the whole of the marriage laws of Scotland. Mr. NAPIER considered the difficulty of dealing with this question was, that the people of Scotland did not regard any religious ceremony requisite for marriage. He also objected to the facility of minors to contract marriage in Scotland, the mere fact of people of tender years declaring they took each other for man and wife being at present sufficient to hind them irrevocably for life. He thought this biil would not have the effect of remedying the evils now complained of, and therefore he should feel bound to support the amendment. Lord DUNCAN also supported the amendment. He found that this 1111, while intended to legislate chiefly for the two border counties of Northumberland and Cum berland, would introduce the greatest possible confusion into the whole law of marriage in Scotland. He was far from saying that some measure was not required to amend the existing law of Scotland, but it should be done in a comprehensive manner, and therefore he trusted the English members would assist him in eject ing the hill now before the hou,:e. Mr. DUNLOP supported the bill, on the ground that it would he at least a modification of the existing evils. Mr. WALPOLE considered the bill would fail in remedying the evils of the present law. The penalty proposed by the bill for contracting an illegal marriage was 101. for the first offence, and 501. for a second of fence ; he was sore that penalty would be willingly paid in most cases, and therefore, on the plea of putting down immorality, it would not at aP grapple with it. He ad mitted that the anomalies of the marriage law in Scotland were very great, and he trusted that the Lord-Advocate and the Government would take upon themselves to in troduce a bill that would assimilate the laws of marriage in Scotland with those of England. For those reasons he should he obliged to support the amendment. Mr. HEADLAM replied, contending that no ade quate argument had been brought forward by hon. mem bers who opposed the bill to show that it would not have the effect of at least mitigating the evils of the present system, and he should press the question to a division. Sir G. GREY said that with respect to the appeal made to the Government to bring in a bill to grapple with the whole subject of the marriage law of Scotland, he feared, judging from past experience of similar attempts, it would not be prudent for the Government to make any such pledge. A bill for that purpose had been brought in by a former government; but it was unanimously opposed by the whole of the Scotch mem bers and it was unsuccessful. But he regarded the present bill would affect merely the humble classes, and would not touch those in a higher position who contracted the same sort of irregular mar riages. (Hear, hear.) Fie therefore put it to the hon. and learned member (Mr. Headlam) whether it was worth while to press the question to a division ? After a few remarks from Mr. INGRAM and Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE, The house divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading. 4O For the amendment, 143 Majority --103 So the bill was lost. [LEFT SITTING.] ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM MITTEE.—(THIS DAY.) The committee reassembled this morning at the usual hour. Mr. Sidney Herbert was examined by the Chairman. He stated that he held the office of Secretary-at-War at the breaking out of the war, and his being a Cabinet Minister in no way interfered with the duties of his situ ation. The duty of the Secretary-at-War was that of a check on expenditure only. He had nothing to do with promotion or discipline otherwise than his consent being required in the event of such promotion involving in creased expense. The expenditure of the army was so complicated that it was necessary the office should be kept up. When it was decided on commencing hostili ties instructions were given to Lord Raglan for the de fence of the Balkan, it being understood that Sebastopol would be attacked, that being the object for which the British army was despatched to the East. The prepa rations made for the army were not with a belief that the army would winter in the Crimea, but the place be taken by a coup de main. Admiral Boxer was sent out to superintend the harbour arrangements, and Dr. Andrew Smith the medical department. He had no authority over the medical department, other than with reference to finance, and Dr. A. Smith acted direct from the Horse Guards. The first time he interfered with the medical department was in the difference that existed between Dr. Smith and Dr. Guthrie, respecting the AP, Walked over 1 700 2 - BORO UGH HOP. Our market is very SCZtil;;upTici;dwith most hops, in which a steady business is doing, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat met a dull sale to-day, as follows : —Beef, 3s Oct to 4s Oci ; mutton, 38 2d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 5s 0,1 to 68 2d ; veal, 38 8:1 to 4s 8d; pork, 3a 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. moved for by Sir B. Hall shows that the total number of L OCAL MANAGEMENT IN THE METROPOL IS .—A re t urn houses in the various parishes within the metropolitan district of the Registrar-General amounts to 193,167, the total ratable value of the houses under Schedule A. of the property tax, to 8,284,3461. ; the total rateable value converted into the number of houses at the average value of 421. 17s. 9d. per house, to 193,167 ; the total aggregate number to 366,334; and the total proposed number of representatives that should be given at the p fhousesboardto 28. amounts I n fo 7,2 n; therateable, cit yof London the v numberta o houses under schedule A of th e property tax, to l, a s i the rateable valu e , converted into the totalmnuenitsiri value ;o l number oiinl. ; h ouses at the average value of 421. 17s. 9d. per house, to 36,942 ; the aggregate number to 44,239 ; and the proposed number of representatives, to 3. In the "districts " within the metropolitan district of the Registrar-general (as distinguished from the "parishes"), the total number of houses amounts to 98,470 ; the rateable value under the property tax, to 3,678,8621., the rateable value converted into the number of houses, at the average value of 371. 7s. 2id. per'house, to 98,470, the aggregate number to 196,940, the proposed number of members at the metropolitan board to 15, and the proposed number of members at the district board to 697. In order to base the claims to representation at the metropolitan and district boards upon a joint consi deratiou of the total number, and of the rateable value of the houses in each pariah or district, the rateable values have been converted into numbers by dividing the total rateable value of the houses in each parish or district by the average value of the houses in the whole of the parishes or districts. The number of houses at the general average produced by this division, added to the actual number of houses in the parish or district, is the "aggregate number" shown above, as that which determines the relative position of each parish or district. Thus the average rental of houses in the "parishes" is 421. 17s. 9,1. The parish of St. Marylebone has 15,826 houses, with a rental of 1,168,657/. which ren t a l wou l d be equal, at th e a b ove average of d/. 17s. 9d. per house, to 27,250 houses—St. Marylebone receives, therefore, for the actual number of houses, 15,826 ; and for the rateable value of the same, 27,250, making an " aggre gate number" of 43,076. Toe same mode of computa tion is continued throughout the whole of the return. The following is the number of members of the Metro politan Board of Works, to be elected by the various districts, viz., the Greenwich district, 57; the Wands worth district, 57 ; the Ha c k ney, 57 ; the Whi tec h a pel, 6G6iies, ;th 4 e B ; theHolbo rn, Westminster, 49 ; 5 7; the Popla r , 48 ; the St. the 49 ; the St. Saviou r ' s , 39 ; th e Fulharn a and the St. Wave. 28. the Lewisham, 47 ; ' cumstance the memoirs acquire increased interest. We had almost forgotten to notice a curious paper on agricultural matters, and a letter in which refer ence is made to the poet Campbell, then in needy circumstances. The letter is at once honourable to its author, Mr. T. Grenville, and the poet. But we must conclude our notice, and cannot do so better than by congratulating the noble author on the successful, if somewhat abrupt, termi nation of his task. The illustrations of vols. 111. and IV, a re portra i ts o f t h e Ri g h t H on. M r . T. Grenville, first Lord of the Admiralty, and of the celebrated For. Lights and Shadows of English Life. By the Au thoress of " Clara Cameron." 3 vols. Skeet. The tale before us is one of domestic life and its interest consists, as the title implies in the chequered events in the li ves of the fair young heroines. The story commences by presentinif them to us when they are on the eve of leaving their instructress_one to return to her country parsonage, the other to meet comparative strangers in her parents, who have just arrived fromroslpme Agnes Churchill and Maude Lascelles are as d i f ferent in their dispositions as in their prospects. Agnes, though of a gayer and more lively temper than her friend, possesses more strength of mind and determination of character than Maude, who sacrifices the happiness of her life from a mis taken sense of duty. Maude is not, however, as conscientious in trifles as in greater matters, and a little more straightforwardness and candour would. have preserved her from much suffering. Added to which, her imprudence and want of dignity, in so quickly forming an attachment to an entire stranger, cannot be overlooked. We will leave the reader to unravel for himself the intricacies of the plot, merely saying that, after being disappointed in her first affection, Maude is induced, under the threat of her father's ruin, to marry Lord Swindon, who is half an idiot. Misled by the fatal illusion which has drawn so many from the right path, of "doing evil that good may come," she yields her , consent, and becomes Lady Swindon. The moral in this tale is properly carried out. It shows that such a serious error of judgment once cemmitted, such a departure from the undeviating rule of right and wrong once followed, though from the most plausible motives, nothing but wretchedness and wrong can follow. Those who, perplexed by its seeming expediency and safety follow this delusive principle, may depend on it, that however smoothly it may promise at first it will but lead them further and further from the straight road, which at first they never thought of quitting. On the other hand, a firm adherence to the broad principles of right, though it may appear to be the most unpro mising and difficult course, will in the end prove the clue that shall extricate us from the most intri cate labyrinth of doubts, perplexities, and cares. If this result does not always appear in works of fiction where the adjustment of affairs is under the control of the writer's fancy, it need never be doubted in real life, where an overruling Provi dence guides and governs all. In the present in stance, however, the sequel is in accordance with this doctrine ; for, had poor Maude stood firm, and not suffered herself to be blinded with hopes of saving others from misfortune and effecting good, she would soon have discovered that the risk of her father's fortune was but nominal, and that the sacrifice which was demanded of her was as unne cessary as it was unprincipled and cruel. The career of her friend Agnes showed a happier teach ing, and it was fortunate for her that she had been educated in self-government and dispretion. Had Maude been in her place she would certainly have involved herself in lasting misery, instead of merely suffering a transient sorrow. The authoress does not shine in her heroes. Mr. Leslie is almost toogood, too equable to be interesting, and of Sir George Fortescue very little is said until the conclusion. Colonel Dudley is certainly intended neither for au author's nor a reader's favourite. His con duct cannot be too strongly reprobated, too un hesitatingly condemned. The illusion respecting Lord Dublin is very skilfully preserved. Neither of the fair heroines appear to possess much discern ment in regarding him with esteem and admiration on one side, and such passionate attachment on the other. It does not say much for the perceptive faculties of those who were so constantly associated with him, if they did not discover some lucking , trace of the selfishness, the deceit and inconstancy that were his characteristics. The reader hardly pities him his tragical fate. The lives of these two interesting heroines seem to have divided the sun shine and storm. Maude's path, though it might be partly of her own choosing, certainly led her among the shadows of life ; while that of Agnes, though for a time darkened by her treacherous lover and unhappy friend, brought her at last to the unclouded sunshine that she so well deserved. The plot is skilfully arranged, and the style agreeable. A few of the quotations, however, might be omitted with advantage. The interest through out is well sustained, and though, for a time, it is of a painful nature, and, though some of the incidents cannot be called pleasing, it may be regarded as a very attractive and well-written tale. The British. Quarterly. The first and most important article in this quar terly is on " The Literature of the Italian Revival." It is written with care and ability, and contains many striking and affecting criticisms on the groat masters of Italian Literature. It is observed that Italy may be said to have created music and paint ing, as the fritgments of the sister arts transmitted from the ancient world were barely sufficient to I give to the artists the rudest idea. In literature, it is observed that in many departments Italy has equalled, if not surpassed, her masters : "In pas- ' toral Sanazzaro, Tasso, and Guarini may compete with Bion and Theocritus, or with any of their Roman imitators. If the comedies of Ariosto and Cecchi have not the moral of Aristophanes, they partake, in a greater degree than the plays of that writer, of the sprightly vivacity of Moliere. In lyrics Italy has produced a host of writers, who combine the sweetness of Anacreon with the sublimity of Pindar, with an exuberance of imagi nation and a diversity of feeling to which Anacreon and Pindar were unequal. With respect to the greatest production which requires the highest combination of talents to execute, Homer and Virgil might deem it no indignity to be contrasted with Ariosto and his Ferrarese successor, and to own in many points their inferiority of burlesque poetry the Greeks may be said to know nothinv. It is the Italian's own creation, and in this field he yet stands unrivalled." In political and natural science, the distinction which Italian discoverers and philosophers attained is also clearly shown, and the writer places this epoch above any other before or since. An interesting notice of the " Life and Letters of James Watt," recently published, gives a sketch of his history, and of the progress of his great mechanical inventions. It is happily re marked that he did for the steam-engine what Augustus did for Rome. He found it " a clumsy, imperfect, intermitting machine, fit for little else but to serve as a drawer of water ; he left it a com plex elegant engine, governing itself with extraor dinary precision, and capable of employing its powers iu al most any task that might be prescribed." A paper on " Our New Religions " treats with de served ridicule the founders of those speculative theories, who, in the presumption of ignorance, attacking subjects above their comprehension, lose themselves and their followers in a hopeless laby rinth, from which they escape by taking refuge in imaginations so fantastic, and expressions so ab struse that few can challenge or refute them ; their best weapon being their utter unintelligibility. A notice of Giustinian's " Court of Henry VIII.," and the "Memoirs of James Montgomery," are among the most attractive of the remaining papers. The North British Review. This Review opens with an eloquently-written article on " Sir Walter Raleigh and his Time," by an enthusiastic admirer of Queen Elizabeth. It is somewhat rare to meet with so devoted a partisan of that celebrated queen ; for though her era has always been one of the most famous in English history, and though one of our greatest sovereigns, she is not generally regarded with much of the affectionate reverence with which she seems to have h inspired this author, and her vanities and selfish ness ness as a woman somewhat mar the effectle o f on renown as a queen. The second " Scottish University Reform," which rd symbol of conclusion that money, as the o ut:vlthe one thing external encouragement, is Writer considers the article to the i needful at resent; p and the lebawndd easily dealt with ri gde A very inte tchasaento b that e o m f u o ch xfo m r o d r o e r si c at a p ri.l " The Life an Inventions of resting paper on the host remarkable sketch of James Watt" g ives a rem arkable events in his history. An article en titled "Litera r y Coteries" is a review of "Lady Bles_ sing ton's Life an d Corres p ondence." It is w ritten in a fair and impartial spirit, and expresses just and sen sible views. A paper on the 1 • aneholv 11 su bject of " melancholy Our Military Disast ers a d w Causes" concludes the number. their Gout and Rheumatism, and the Cul ative Effects of Ga/v A anism,. By Richard M oore Lawrance, M.., M.P. Henry Renshaw. A valuable handbook for the general practi tioner, and an invaluable boon to those who are afflicted with gout and rheumatism. The work is divided into two parts. In the first we are pre sented with a graphic outline of the general history, nature, and powers of electricity, more especially in relation to the human frame. In the second the author discourses learnedly on the above painful des, uti timig widows forms, sad points out the value and pleasantness of electricity as a curative agent, when used under medical direction, adduc ing a number of remarkable cases in his own prac tice, as well as that of others, by way of illustration. Aware of this powerful therapeutic having fallee, into unmerited desuetude by regular practitioners, we hail with satisfaction an attempt, by one so able as Dr. Lawrance, to rescue it from the dominion of ignorance and empiricism into which it has I fallen. Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts. By J. Heneage Jesse. Bentley: This is the third and concl u di ng volume of this work, which is less a history than a series of sketches. All the chief characters of the reign of the Merry Monarch are described in this volume, which contains thirty-six memoirs—among them Queen Catherine, Prince Rupert, the Duke of Buckingham, and many others of equal celebrity. This volume completes the new and revised edition. Webster's Royal Red-Book, for April, 1855. This well-known Court and fashionable register maintains its high claims to the patronage of all who move or are in any way interested in what is called " high life." As usual it comprises a com prehensive and accurate street guide, an alphabeti cal list of the nobility and gentry, with their town and country residences, Houses of Lords and Com mons, baronets of the - United Kingdom, Crown and law officers, ambassadors, consuls, bankers, army and navy agents, h ote l s, clubs, (tc., and other valuable information. No one with pretensions to fashion should be without it. DOUBTFUL POSITION OF AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna thus comments on the present position of Austrian double-facedne agoss : " You long lear ne d that it was the question of ' splitting the difference' between the Russian propositions and those of the Western Powers, amned wasthraetliatlreussini:olvrmasataionnxious to agree to propose to the virto . e v s es iz t ar e na rd ere ay otus g ers i t v ria— en mn as the Black Sea. statusthoug h quo perhaps aute not beu u i many words--the Whether Austria will lend herse lf to such a scheme remains to be seen, but if England and France should, after having sacrificed so much blood and treasure, consent to such terms, they will necessarily lose caste in Europe, and Russia will have an opportunity of placing her foot on the necks of Turkey and Austria a few years sooner than will otherwise be the case. The expression used in the last part of the foregoing sentence will, in all likelihood, give offence here, but it is my firm and unalterable conviction, based on a care ful and even painful study of the Eastern question, that if Russia comes victoriously out of the pre sent imbroglio,' Austria is the Power which will first feel the consequences. France and England will care for Turkey, but will they be willing to make sacrifices for Austria." MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 28th ult., in the Constitutionnel, says :—" During the last five weeks the Emperor has reviewed the 4th and sth battalions, as well as the artillery of the re serve, which soon after commenced their march. Do not, however, imagine that this is the only movement that has taken place in the provinces of the Baltic. We know here that a greater activity prevails in the preparations of defence than last year. By temporising for nearly six months in negotiations, the Russians have been able to gain the time necessary to withdraw their troops from the different cantonments, and to organise reserves on the necessary points, Mos cow being the centre, so that they have thus been able to overcome one of the greatest obstacles to defensive operations in Russia—the immense dis tance that troops have to be brought in order to concentrate them in the frontier provinces. Three days ago the Grand Duke Constantine went to Cron• stadt, but has since returned. He there inspected th• volunteers of the flotilla of row-boats formed last year for the defence of the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Being indefatigable in his wish to justify the confidence reposed in him by the Sove reign, the Grand Duke every day gives proofs of his activity both in the Council and in his own department. He has just concentrated and simpli fied the management of affairs in the technical part of the naval service, and firmly maintains his re solution to oppose all conditions of peace tending to limit the naval forces of Russia. The accounts which arrive from Sebastopol, far from being so satisfactor y as the reports of General Gortschakoff, announce that, notwithstanding all the genius of the Russian generals, and particularly of General Totleben, the besiegers every day advance closer to the fortifications of the place. The day before yesterday a courier left this for the head-quarters of General Luders, conimaiier-in-chief of the army of the south, ordering him to accelerate the con centration of his troops, in order to paralyso the active co-operation of Austria. If we succeed in retarding the participation of Austria in the war until the winter, we shall be stronger by a whole army composed of the last levy of recruits." PRESENT STREXGTU OF RUSSIA IN 1111.1 CILLUE.A. The military correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette writes from the Polish frontier that the reinforcements received by the Russian commanders in the west of the Crimea since the hatt'e of Inkerman bear no proportios, to these which have joined the Allies. He says, " Nume rically, Omer Paella's corps alone is almost equal to the entire reinforcement of the Russians. The new Russian troops which have entered the Crimea since the battle just mentioned are the following :—The 2d brigade of the 13th reserve infantry division, and the two brigades of the 14th reserve infantry division, forming together 12 battalions, or at most 9,000 men ; further, the 9th in fantry division, at present near Perekop, and numbering possibly 10,000 men. These and a Greek volunteer bat talion make up the reinforcements of the Russian infan try since the battle of Inkerman, for the troops of the second infantry corps, represented by some journals as having marched to the Crimea, and the division of Gene ral Wagner, said by the Austrian Military Gazette to be in the Valley of Baidar, are not there; the second corps, in fact, is still in Poland. Before the battle of Inker man the Russians had no more than 70,000 infantry in the Crimea ; at the present moment they should have about 90,000. The cavalry force which has joined the Russian army since the battle of Inkerman consists of six regular regiments. If we reckon the crews of the ships at 8,000, and the Tchernornorskischen battalions at 6,000 ; the rifles, sappers, engineers, and artillery at 15,000 ; and the cavalry, regular and irregular, at 20,000 —the Russian army at Perekop, Eupatoria, and near Sebastppol will 'number about 140,000 men." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAT 8. THE NEW lIIISEIIM. The museum delegacy having resolved that it is desi rable that the University should accept the tender of Messrs. Lucas and Son, of London, amounting to 29,041/, for the erection of a museum according to the plan of Messrs. Dean and Woodward, approved by Convocation on the Bth of December last, modified in some respects with the approbation of the delegacy, it was propopercl is convocation held on this afternoon, to affix th' e if 2 0 versity seal to a eontract with Messrs. Lucas for tnaboere cution of the plans, thus modified, on the term s stated. The convocation was numeroutslya After the registrar had read the agreemen t , . e ' a tz propo was demanded, the result of which !,11!,vorleso the num. sal was carrried by a majority of e l l o. o c w t i o t r h of Civil berg being—placets, 123, non-Pr• ree In the same convocation a c e ' ;he office of Regius acancyll2 einpo wearsisnote:2t Rhye. Vice-Chancellor, during a v /.iiinntacrtaei"pDsrevented front o es immediately afterwards, a In a congregation ho lde n having for its object the short statute was promulgate d,tLPoraoewxfejois:dirniasoctfiboaliiteaiilontandLeeharoen repeal of a 3O days atter they have passed taking effect till .the and providing of Convocation, House in the body of wise determined . the statute, they shall be immediately. Dr. Bliss, we of force understood, sub mitted an amendment. Mr. Marriott also add clause tfiP addressed the house. PROFESSOR OF MUSIC. This morning the Proctors (in whom the appointment is vested) appointed the Rev. Sir Frederick A. G. Ouseley, B andart., M.A., a D octor of Music, of Christ Church ; Dr. Heathers to be Professor of Music in room of the late Sir Henry Rowley Bishop. In a convocation to be holden on Thursday next, the 10th inst., at 10 o'clock, the following decree will he submitted for the approbation of the house :—Decrevi t .. Academi a ut El quis vacante officio Professons June Civilis Regii, vet Lecturis a Professore in locum vacantem suffecto nondum habitis, ad Baccalaureatum in Jure Chili promoveri cupiat, ad supplicanduni Gratia adnaittatur, quamquam Lector's . prout ta p _ re a (Tit. VI. sec. 2) rsqu i runt , non interfu . ent. R. L. COTTON', ICe- h ocellor. THE GREENLAND SEAL FISHERY.—The Lady Franklin, Captain P e nny, arrived at Aberdeen on Frida y , fro m Greenland, with 6,000 seals, yielding nearly 7 0 tons of oil. She left the ice on Monday morning, and thus made rptheeopiatss of i e Peterhead sealers bad k illed above 100,000 s eals, which will boil above 1 0 , 000 tons of oil. Th e vaxious ships the h ome fisheryin four o u d r o d w a n y s to . T t h h e e La(i 19thy Franklin brings of April. Th e fished as follows : Resolution, 9000 ; Magentheim, 9000 00; ; Dublin,Co ur ;Columba, a l 1 . G , 9000 e ; Agostina, 10,000 ; Gem, 1000 ; Gipsy and Xanthus, sealing ; Victor, 3000 . Traveller, ctliz, o, Enterprise, 3000 ; Alert, 1000 ; North of Scotland, 3000 ; Ranger, 1000. The Melinka, of Fraserburg, had arrived full ship.. The Lady Franklin sails again immediately for the *inter whale fishery at Cumberlead Straits. et. 2 05 Itz, fit 80 lo o p k 25 '• 1p A 20 !t. 100 % lo 2 0 4 114 1 64i 81 80 691 9 12i i 19A i 98 40 i 33 i 30 20 1 1 40 5 St. 25 Bt. 21) St. St. all 100 100 ! all 100 9 6 100 100 10i i 1041 100 101 108 1011 2 1 , i 32 PM