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TEXAS. —NOTICE to PURCHASERS of LAND in TEXAS.—Having maintained, de facto, its independence of Mexico, during six years, and been recognised as a S w ereign Government by the United States of North America, by Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Holland, the Republic of Texas does pot require the sanction of the Mexican Government in order to render its acts within its own territory /slid. Purchasers of land in Texas are informed that their titles will not be affected by the notice respecting Texas re cently issued from the Mexican Consulate. The Texan Land and Emigration Board, Exeter Hall, London THE NEW ROMANCE, KAR AH K APL AN; Or, THE KOORDISH CHIEF. A ROMANCE of PERSIA and KOORDISTAN. By the Hon. CHARLES STUART SAVILLE. In 3 vols. post Bvo., 18 NOW READY, and can be had at all the Libraries. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. PRICE EIGHTEENPENCE, the First Number of AINSWORTEI'S MAGAZINE, containing the first two chapters of " THE MISER'S DAUGHTER," and contributions by several distinguished writers. ILLUSTRATED by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK " This Magazine has, we hear, met with extraordinary suc cess. It deserves it, we have rarely seen a periodical which held out greater promise."—Observer. London : Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's place, Trafal gar _ square. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEB. IS, Will be performed, Otwar's Tragedy of VENICE PRE SERVED —Priuli, Mr. Elton; Jager, Mr. Andrrson ; Pierre, Mr. Phelps ; Renault, Mr. G. Bennett ; Belvidera, Miss Helen Faucitt. After which will be repeated the New Comedy,'entitled THE PRISONER OF WAR. Doors a be opened at Half past Six, and the Performance to begin ; t Seven o'clock. Boxes ba. Second Price, 2.. 6d. Pit as., Second Price 2s. Lower Gallery is. 6d.. Second Pr ce Is. Upper Gallery Is., Second. Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTALS. THIS EVENING, FEB. 18, Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.—Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Bartley ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Harley ; Joseph Surface, Mr. Cooper ; Charles Sortace, Mr. Charles Mathews; Moses, Mr. Meadows; Lady teazle, Ma dame Yestri s Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Oiler ; Atria, Miss Cooper ; Mrs. Candour. Mrs. Glover: After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, 'IARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to be opened at half-put Six—the performances to eommenee at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; S►ccon-1 Price. 2•.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to he taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be bad so'ely of Mr. Andreas, bookseller, 1 New Bond-street. To-marrow, Elena Überti, with the Pantomime. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Extensive novelty. Another New Drama and " Norma," in conjunction with the grand Pantomime and " Elizabeth La zarus," a combination of attraction defying competition. THIS EVENING, FEB. 18 • Will be acted an entirely New• Drama, called RABY RUINS ; or, the MOTHER'S STATUE; with new Sce nery and the entire Company. After which, MRS..NORAI.A, with Reliini's Music —Nor ma, Signor Nevilii; Agelgisa, Signor Waltoui ; Porno, Sig nora Martini. After which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK FROST AND KING THAW —Withgorgeous and charac teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun- Ding, c. Harlequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Felix Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. To conelude with Haines' new and successful Drama, enti tled ELIZABETH LAZARUS, THE JEWESS, founded on Captain Glasscock's " Land Sharks and Sea Gulls.' Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebers, Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu lar Pantomime. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. CINDER THE DIRECTION OF AIR. OSBALDISTON. Another new Domestic Drama ; combining intense interest and such powerfully electric situations and effects as have never been attempted in Dramas of this description. ['HIS EVENING, FEB. 18 . Will be performed, a New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled MARY WHITE ; sr, the MURDER at the OLD TA BBA RD.—Savage Sam, Mr. E. F. Saville; Baynard, Mr. Dale ; Giles ' Mr. Gardner ; Mary White, Miss Yin:tent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Tragedy. After which, TH E WILD IRISH GlRL.—Shelah O'May, Miss Vincent, in which she will dance her celebrated Donny brook Rant, and sing several humourous chaunts, and a new Medley Epilogue. 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If there had then been a demand for the repeal, the farmers would have offered no resistance ; but the recollection of past losses is forgotten in present prosperity ; and having unde rgone t h e ev il s o f t h e l aw, they now insist on retainin g i ts temporary a d vantages. 1 e A x p s e h c o t r e t 4 to a review,accompl is h p h l i s o w h e , v w e r i 11 , o c f o n w v h i n a c t e the th e C o m rn o s tl a s w c e s p t w i c e a r l e , that in respect to agriculture they have been a most egregious failure. The law of 181.5 prohibited importation till the price of wheat reached 80s., and was intended to keep it up nearly to that level, This gem of the Earl of RIPON'S wisdom was such a wretched abortion that, before fivo years elapsed, the country resounded with com plaints of agricultural distress, and in 1821 a Committee was appointed to inquire into the sub ject. From that Committee emanated an elaborate Report and another abortive measure, to reduce the price of protection from 80s. to 70s. but its bantling was still-born, and never came into operation. Again, complaints of agricultural distress were continually made ; rents were unwillingly lowered, because farmers could not pay them, and, in 1527, Mr. Cerrwilio proposed another measure, which in principle reduced the proposed protection still more: That Bill did not become law, and in 1828 the existing Corn-law, giving, as was stated over and over again, a protection to the farmer up to 655., was passed. Now we have Sir ROBERT PEEL again lowering the scale, and professing to keep the price of wheat not at 80s., not at 705., not at 655., not even at the Lincolnshire mark of 605., but between 545. and 58s. In spite, therefore, of successive enactments the price of corn, which the law was to keep up, has gradually fallen, and the lawgiver, who pretends to regulate that price by his enactments, has been com pelled to follow the course of events, and reduce his no minal protection from 80s. to 565. Why does Sir ROBERT PEEL select 565. as a sort of general price ? Because the average price of wheat, (since 1828, instead of having been 655., as the cheating law taught the deluded farmers to expect, has only been, including the last year, 58s. But this is the price as shown by the averages worked up for the purposes of speculation, and the actual growers of the corn have received no such price. To get at their selling price, we must deduct ss. at least from the averages, for while the law promised the farmer 655., it has been unable to secure him a greater price than 535. We say, then, that the law has been altogether a failure, even as far as the farmers are concerned, and yet the alchymist Prime Minister is to repeat the ruinous experiment. This difference between the averages and actual prices, the former being, as is well known, made up by an exten sive system of fraud, leads us to remind the virtuous SirltonEnT PEEL, who has such a horror of all fraud, ex cept legislative fraud, that all the calculations on which his new law is based, are derived from, and are depend ent on, these fraudulent averages. His Corn Bill will be founded on palpable fraud. To suppose that such a system either in past times could have been, or in future can be, productive of national welfare, is flying in the face of the moral government of the world. A certain degree of agricultural prosperity, it is true, has co-existed with the Corn-law, caused by the increase of the manufacturing population. All the agricultural societies that have covered the land, all the bounties which have been given for improved cultivation, all the Corn-laws that ever were forged, would never have brought an additional ear of wheat into existence, had there been no stimulus to production from the increasing population and wealth of our towns. It is altogether a delusion, there fore, to suppose that the prosperity of our agri culture has been in the least degree owing to the law, which has at once cheated the unhappy farmer, stinted the growth of our manufactures, and starved the people. Our opponents reprobate very strongly the appeals which they say all the Anti-Bread-tax party make to the prejudices and passions of the people. It is im possible, however, for any person to surpass, on this point, the great master of House of Commons' clap-trap. A Prime Minister, the leading man of the nation, should be placed high above all the mists of popular passions, and see clearly those objects which popular delusions hide from other men. Sir R. PEEL must know, therefore, that former Corn laws have not answered—that they have not given any protection to the agricultural interest--that they have not, and cannot, in this commercial country, prevent prices falling to the general level—that they cannot render us in the slightest d4ree independent of other nations, and if they could it would be criminal to attempt ft. Yet for two hours, the night before last, did Sir ROBERT PEEL address himself exclusively_to the low passions and vile prejudices of his selfigh auditors, and persuade them to support his new experiment, because it would protect the landed interest, keep up the price of wheat to 585., and keep the country partially in dependent. His whole speech, whether founded in sheer ignorance, or worse hypocrisy, was an appeal to such prejudices and passions, and was worthy of the heacgof the monopolisers. If newspaper writers appeal to the people, by promis ing them cheap bread, he appealed to the landed gentle men by promising them dear corn and high rents. If the former write vaguely about growing commerce, and paint the advantages of free trade, predicting from it an increase of wealth, and peace, and happiness to all the world, he could talk about complicated and great social interests—meaning the rent-rolls of the landlords —which he would on no account disturb. If the Anti- Bread-tax party refer to the rights of poverty, he was eloquent on the rights of property ; and while he had not a thought to bestow on the starving multitudes of Manchester and Paisley, he was filled with horror at the supposition of diminishing the profit of a tenant under lease. He is quite a master in the art of appealing to low passions and vulgar prejudices ; and had we hall his skill in that line, and such a favourable auditory as he has, we should make our fortunes. We expressed yesterday, by one word, in common, we believe, with all who heard Mr. RoEnucK, our admira tion at his able speech. It was clear and forcible, and must have pierced through the triple mail of Sir lion Etta PEEL'S self-conceit. The whole House felt the force of his concluding remarks, which threw on Sir ROBERT PEEL the awful responsibility of not relieving the distress of the people. His statements, however, on some points, could not command our assent ; and we rather admired his speech as an intellectual display in that assembly of gladiators, than approved of its dpetrines. 31r. ROEBUCK was, in our opinion, much too cour• teous to the aristocracy. He would impute to them no bad motives ; he took them at their own estimate of their value ; and set them clown as that leisure class which spreads civilization through the land. He must havt. ill observed the progress of improvement to have come to such a conclusion. The independence of the landlords encourages in them many vices ; and their relative position to other men, making them proud, and their tenants and labourers slavish, corrupts the morals of both. The mutual and equal dependence of man on man, which grows from division of labour, and which extends as division - of labour extends—a system from which the mere do-nothing landowners stand idly and widely apart, is, much more than they aro, the cause of that improvement in morals and manntrs which is opposed to their feudal propensities. Mr. ROEBUCK, who aspires, we believe, to lead the democracy, seemed to us to desert their standard in his observations on the aristocracy. LONDON? FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1842. The regular class of red-tape politicians seem in capable of improvement. If a chemist makes an experi ment, and t'ee„result- - does not answer his expectation, he either gives tip the object he was pursuing as unattainable, or he tries lb "aelconipliSh it by some new combinations. Only tlutt wretched' class of experimenters of the PARA CELBI:B tribe, a mixture_ of fools and knaves, who wasted Unit. lives and fortunes, and the fortunes of others, in hunting after the Philosopher's Stone, persevered almost for : - .ges, in spite:of baffled hopes and defeated eontri vancei, in their vain pursuit, and they have now been for ages the butt of universal ridicule. We are about to show, if we can, that the red-tapist, class of politicians, with Sir ROBERT PEEL as their chief and mentor, re semble much more the hunters after the PI . 1 • ' er s Stone than .careful and rational investigators, like rRIESTLY ! cAVENDISB, and DAVY. E ‘r sinc6lBls, the present generation of red-tapists— for the Earl of RIPON and Sir ROBERT PEEL were both concerned in passing the Corn-law of that eriod—have been intent on giving what they call protection culture, and on proniutint, the prosperity of bo country, by by keeping the pri ce of , ? ..Eind . other things e i g 2 1 2 7 1 1 7 2 , 7 e , t i li e ;t 2 n 2 . 15 1 t r i_ e: e v .ll l ::l - y ‘t.i. , e i • S . uecessively, a s r. f L h .bliged their tLi auti their exy.a•iai-atr; ; y e f- " nt ith tindattntfal pe..rtma city, thut4gll ack `• , ` 7l ;:clg. — tlikt they are actin°. against• all sotuul general principles-•-wr r • Sir 'EtOBERT r EE L av,rvvil Of a! hiS }~- a3 u - r a guarantee against the effect of p improvement in p roducing cheap food to what will they have no d ata to vu as will bo either here or :thread the cost of produc and that they art - P c.eting the dic• of jintic , ',, rk•Y are about to repeat t h eir cx perirrent in nearly the same manner , and hope, by a lit tle re-adjustment of the elments of a sliding scale, t o discover that long-sought Philosopher's Stone, the na tional welfare. If they out" w asted their own faculties and their own means, they would be objects merely of • , pleasing ridicule ; but they experiment on the public, and every one of their devices inflicts misery on some class of the people. Thottgb.- the landowners and farmer., are now rejoicing _ lll 4 l .lirio-esi,f o ; • 01 *" Drbliet . Iprveat., which tit-nut:4l an daft, to the hearthis of the It is probable, we think, that his courtesy was the result of an unfounded theory which he put forth. Ije endeavoured, by a reference to past history, to exone rate the present Legislature from all responsibility for the sufferings of the people. They all grew, he was pleased to think, from some unwise encouragement the Government had in former times given to manufac tures. What the Government had to do with promoting the inventions of WATT and ARKWRIGHT, we are iglu:, rant ; and we do not share Mr. RoEaucik's arcadian prejudice in favour of an agricultural popula tion. We fully exonerate him individually from any part of the responsibility for the condition of the- people ; but when he saw on the Minis terial benches Sir ROBERT PEEL, Sir GEORGE CLERK, and a squad of Tories ; and when he knows that the Earl of Et eoN and the puke of WELLINGTON are still members of the Parliament and the Government, he ought to conclude that to say the existing Parliament is not responsible for the distresses of the people, is to clear the Tories from that charge of misgovernment with which the y have been so long reproached. Ent er t a i n i ng that :pinion, however ; he acted On it, and was as courteous as a mere Whig to the gentlemen opposite. But while Mr. RoEnvci: was so courteous to our op ponents, he was not sparing of our friends. He is afraid of having that religious and moral rule applied to his conduct, which is now applied to the conduct of the Bread-taxers, and he stigmatised those who denounced as sinful the rash interferu,nce of the Legislature with the laws of nature. Lord PALMERSTON took a more sensible view, and justly censured the arrogant and presumptuous .dealers _in. - protective duties and sliding, sCaks, who thwart " the di.- _ crees of the Power which has created and dis poses of the universe." Mr. ROEBUCK seems to think that the Gentlemen of the House of Commons can settle what is right, and that their sovereign will must be un questioned. We recognise a higher power than Par: liament, and we go cordially, with those who, having from philosophy and experience learned some of its decrees, set them up as better and safer guides for mankind than the formal enactments of selfish landlords. Mr. ROEBUCK did not catch, we think, the . spirit which animates this age, and he did not make himself in the House of Commons the champion of the democracy. They lack somebody to plead their cause in that assembly of a larger heart, if not a more gifted tongue, than Mr. ROEBUCK, and we trust that in the ensuing debate, such a champion will be found. When the aristocracy hear the plain unvarnished truth in the House of Commons,when their motives are dissected as well as their acts exposed, we shall be on the threshhold of that moral reform which is necessary for the safety of the State. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY 'EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 184. x.. DUTCH MAIL. ARNHEIM, FEB. Majesty the King of Prussia hay. ing passed a good night, left this town yesterday morning a seven o'clock for Dusseldorf. COLOGNE, FEB. 12.—The presence of our king in this city, yesterday evening, made a real fete. The illuminations were general, and brilliant. At half-past six, a band of 150 singers offered a serenade to the king. His Majesty being much fatigued did not go out to see the i ll um i na ti ons or to t h e th eatre . ELBERFELD, FEB. 13.—His Majesty arrived here to-day at four o'clock, and was welcomed by the joyful acclamations of the whole population. His Majesty gave audience, and after wards accepted the dinner offered by the Municipality. His Majesty left us at nine this morning. DUTCH - FUNDB.—AairraltDAle, FEB 13. _ Money. Bit a. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent ............ 5/ 5234 Jitto, ditto 5 per cent ...•.•....... 100.% 11-1.4, Ameit Syndie,4% per cent.... ........ ...... 92 1 % o%li Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent ...... ••••••••••••••• 77 ;73i Commercial Company, 4S per cent 15734 t 53 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. ......... • Exchange on London, One month l2 10 Twomonths ... Hamburgh, One month 35 62% Two months 33 43% Dutch Papers, Feb. 16. HASIBU 1113 BORSENHALLE, FEE. 12 Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. ........... ....... ...... ..... 109 Bank Shares 1643 1680 Anglo-Russian Loan no% iC9 % Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Seri f.'s lO4 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series ... — 9834 Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840)............... ..... ... Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per Cent............. Ditto b per Cent............ ..... - Polish Bonds ... — 15734 New tickets 16934 169 Anglo- Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ........ .......... 7a iv 78 Norwegian Lean, 1834, 4 per Cent.. B-236 10 .: 3a Spanish, New 5 per Cents.... .... is RETURN OF THE CALEDONIA STEAMER. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. We regret to hear that the Caledonia steamer, which sailed hence on the 4th inst., has experienced such very tempestuous weather, that, having damaged her rudder, it was deemed necessary to put back. This she did on the 11th, and the intelligence was brought here by a letter from ono of her passengers, dated off Cork, Feb. 15, and which was received in Liverpool this morning. Subsequently, we learn by the telegraph, that she arrived off Holyhead at 1 p.m. to-day, and may therefore be ex pected in the Mersey this evening. The following is extracted from the letter above mentioned : For the first thre days after we sailed, we got on admirably, with a fair wind, but on the morning of the ith, the wind chopped round, and commenced blowing very hard. On the t3th, the storm increased from the westward, with a heavy head sea. It continued throughout the 9th. On the 10th the sea was tremendous, and carried away our fore-starboard bul warks and ice -house; filled the fore-cabin with water; com pletely washed out the passengers, whose berths were in that part of the vessel, and thoroughly saturated all the bedding, and sprung the rudder. Part of the after-larboard bulwarks and the iron rail on the taffrail were twisted off, the wheel house damaged, and the paddle-box partly stove in. The gale continued unabated during the 11th. We had to steer by the sails whilst endeavouring to secure the rudder (the main piece of which was completely twisted in the ease), by lashing chains round, passing iron bolts through it, and fixing chains over the stern. At six, p.m., (11th), being then in latitude 49 20, longitude 29 W., the Captain and officers found it would not be safe to proceed on the voyage, as they were all of opinion the rudder would not hold together for two hours more against such a heavy sea. The Captain, therefore, put her bead about, for the purpose of running into this place fer repairs. , Lieutenant Parsons, R.N., also coincided with the captain and officers." Notwithstanding all our misfortunes, I must say the Cale donia is a most excellent sea-boat, for she rode through the whole gale like a duck. Too much praise cannot be given to Captain Lott for his courageous and seamanlike conduct through the whole storm—in fact, on all occasions; and I refer you to a series of series of resolutions you will see published, drawn up by the passengers, acquitting him of all blame. - The Acadia will be despatched hence on Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, to take the mail and passengers. We understand that an extra mail will be made up in Liverpool to be forwarded by her. As evincing the energy and promptitude of , Messrs. Wirer, to alleviate the difficulties inevitably attendarit upon this casualty, we may mention that the Acadia is now getting out of dock, and will be in a state of the utmost efficiency by Sa turday morning. Had she not been taken from the dock to day, it would have been impossible, from the neap tides, to have forwarded the mails for a week. This is the only circumstance that Iws delayed any one of the excellent line of steam-ships formed by Messrs. Cunard and Co., between this port, Halifax, and Boston, since they commenced running. They have hitherto been punctual almost to a day, and when the occurrence is considered as one that might, and often does, happen to the best appointed sailing ships out of this port, it ought .rather to increase than diminish the public confidence in steam navigation across the Atlan tic,; nci,part of her machinery is deranged or damaged, and, it confirms the general opinion that a well- equipped steamer is equal- in safety to a sailing ship under any circumstances, and superior in timesof general difficulty. MesSrs. D. and C. APlver, the active agents at this port, lost no time in getting the ,(Acadia steamer imme diately ready for sea. She will proceed at two o'clock on Saturdayto take the mail an d p assengers returned from the Caledonia. NEW YORK LINER " SOUTH AMERICA."—This fine vessel, the packet of the Ist inst., from New York, was reported by the Telegraph, to have passed Holyhead, at one P.M., and Point Lynas at two ; when off Great Orms bead, she was taken in tow of a steamer, and may, there fore, be expected to arrive here this evening. She will bring news a day or two later than that brought by the steamer. COURT CIRCULAR. BRIGHTON, THURSDAY —Her Majesty and Prince Albert left the Palace before ten o'clock, and took a carriage airing along the East Cliff to Kemp Town, accompanied by Colonel Wyldc, on horseback. On their return they walked on the Chain Pier, for about half an hour, and having entered their carriage proceeded to Brunswick-terrace. The Royal party ten alighted and promenaded for a short time, returning to the Palace scon after eleven o'clock. The day jig remarkably fine, and as mild as May. His Royal Highness Prince Albert is paid tobe highly delighted with Brighton. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing this morning, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Fer .i.inand of Saxe Coburg. The Princess Royal was taken out for a carriage airing, at ~ne o'clock. His Royal Highness th e P r i nce o f W a l es was brought out on the balcony of the Pavilion for the benefit of the tea air, and taken out at one o'clock for a carriage airing. The Hon. Miss Liddell, and the Hon. Miss Paget, Maids of 'Honour to the Queen, took their departure this morning for London. The dinner invitations were limited to the Earl of Belfast and Lady Rivers. Her Majefti's private band and the Coldstream band were in attendance. The calls at the Palace this day comprised :—General Sir W. Keir Grant, Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Clarke, Admiral Sir Davidge and Lady Gould, Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Elwood, the Rev. S. Drummond, Mrs. G. Dering, Sir IV. and hiss Strutt, Colonel Blake, Mrs. and Miss Blake. Her Majesty, in the course of her drive towards Rotting- Jean yesterday, alighted beyond the toll-gate on the Rottino• L .,- Jean-road, and walked for some time on the green-sward. At the time we are writing (half-past four) thousands of persons line the East Cliff, waiting the return of, the Royal cortege frOm tiottingdean. The sun is shining resplendently, and the cliffs present a very animated appearance. Her Majesty and the Royal party have just come back, and are gone to the western part of the town prior to their return to the Palace. e s ik g a ay r a o n n d r t e h v e i ew of the powns, Royal 'nearScotsßrighton. G rey s place re wa o s on Wed- verye - ,mall number of visitors, which was accounted for by the •ccrecy with which the intended inspection was kept, .as also the unfavourable state of the weather, the Downs being completely enveloped in fog; and the spot selected, which it generally- seen from the town, was completely hid. About a quarter before one the regiment arrived on the ground, and General Sir William Keir Grant, the Colonel, placed him self at their head, in order to receive the Prince. Shortly after one o'clock, His Royal Highness arrived on the ground, habited in the uniform of his own regiment, the 11th Hussars. The Prince was accompanied by their Serene Highnesses Princes Ferdinand, Augustus, and Leopold of Saxe Cobourg ; the two former appeared in the Austrian uniform, and the latter in a Hungarian dress. After the review, the Royal party re turned to the Pavilion. Their Royal Highnesses Prince George and the Princess Mary of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. A Deputation on the subject of the Rural Police Act, con sisting of Mr. Pakington, M.P., Sir William Ileathcote, M.P., Mr. Gaily Knight, M.P., Mr. Sotheron, M.P., Mr. Poulett Scrope, M.P., Mr. Barneby, M.P., Mr. Wode. house, M.P., Mr. Bramstrrn, M.P., and Mr. Charles Round, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at Ilis official residence in Downing-street. Mt. W. Hamilton Merritt (from Canada), and Colonel Conelly, M.P., had an audience with Lord Stanley yesterday, it the Colonial office. Sir Valentine Blake, Colonel Charles Wyndham, Captain Charles Elliott, and Mr. Hedworth Lambton, M.P., had in •vrviews with the Earl of Ripon on Wedneiday, at the office of he Board of Trade. A Deputation from the North American Colonial Associa tion, consisting of Mr. John Masterman, M.P., Mr. Russell (Chairm an ), M essrs. Gillespie, Bliss, G ou ld , B roo ki ng, A. Gillespie, jun., Harrison, Carter, and Dowie, had an interview ;esterday with Sir Robert Peel, at his official residence in Downing -street, The French Ambassador, the Netherlands Minister, and the Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign office. Mr. C. Wodehnuse had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Ripon at the Office of tho Beard of Trade. Mr. George Banks had an interview yesterday with Sir Ro bert Peel. Despatches from the Governer of Via Diemen's Land were received yesterday at the eolonial.office. 31. Coste, who was appointeci some time ago as draftsman to the Zwech Embassy in Persia, and accompanied that Legation thither, bas returned from the East, with s magnificent collection driwiDgi of the bigligit LORD PRESIDENT HOPE. 1 A few words now upon the matter of fact. The decline in the late Lord President's powers ,for the last three years has been too notorious to be denied by any person in this city. He was not only lame, and deaf to a serious extent, but his mind was observed to wander from the question bef_re him, and sleep was occasionally seen to surprise him for a few minutes though his n a t ura l temperament was remark ably These infirmiti es were not wonderful in a man o f on the active. Bench, his advanced age, and they were familiarly known to all persons in the Parliament -house. It was equally known —and there are . few Tories who would have denied it— that he lingered on the judgment-seat after his use fulness was gone, in the hope of his party returning to power, and enabling him to make his own retire ment the means of securing the advancement of his son. If . a doubt existed on the subject, the tendering of his resignation in 1835 must remove it. To the people of Edinburgh, the attempt made in Parliament to conceal such patent facts seems not only vain, but ludicrous. Mr. Maule's statements are true au pied de la lettre ; and if, keeping a judicial situation under the gathering infirmities of age, for niere party and family purposes, constitutes a job, we have assuredly here a palpable job before us. In one point we differ from the Member for Perth. We deny that the Lord President's judgment in the Strathbogie case " excited deep and irrepressible dis gust in the public mind of Scotland." On the contrary, it seemed to us that the opinion he delivered on that occasion displayed the clearness and vigour of his better days, and we believe it accorded with the sentiments of nearly all the sober minded and well-informed part of the nation. The word " thimble-rigging" attributed to him, if really spoken, was well bestowed ; but we do not justify its use from the Bench. His Lordship, indeed, like many men of an open, fearless, and passionate temper, was often indiscreet in his language when right in his sentiments.—Scotsman. FROM THE AMERICAN PAPERS. RARE FEDITS.—A MODEL KINGDOM WITHIN THE MODEL REPUBLIC.—A lady of our acquaintance from the East, has shown us a lemon, of large size, which she plucked from the tree at Zoar, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, while passing through by way of the Ohio canal. She saw hundreds of the same kind of fruit in the various stages of growth, besides oranges, figs, and other productions of high southern latitudes. The trees on which they grow, are planted in large truss-like half hogsheads, which being placed on wheels, can be conveyed into the air when the temperature is suffi. ciently mild, and deposited in the hot-houses during the cold weather. The village of Zoar lies on the canal, and is owned and inhabited exclusively by a singular community of Germans, who, on account of difficulties', growing out of their peculiar religious faith, emi grated to America, cast their wealth into a common stock, ap pointed their leader.king, who for a number of years has governed his little community with absolute authority (so far as possible without interfering with the laws), much alter the manner of the ancient patriarchs. He holds the title to the soil, assigns to all, men, women, and children, their appropriate labour, exercises an absolute control over all property, superintends all business trans. actions with the outward world, keeps the treasury, settles all difficulties without legal ,forms, admits or expels members at his pleasure, and exhibits, though on an humble scale, a picture of absolute sovereignty. There, as in Russia, the "one man power" has full sway, but there is no veto. To givegrace to this picture, and render such a state of things tolerable in this Republican country, this despot is one of the most wise, just, and benevolent of men—perhaps the beau ideal of the whole race of " the Lord's anointed." He is loved as indeed the father of his little flock, to the promotion of whose happiness he devotes himself with pious zeal. He is their priest as well as their king, and conducts their religious ceremonies. Under his super. vision, this singular community has become famous for its indus try, its well cultivated fields, its manufactories, its dairies, its gar dens of valuable roots, plants, fruits, and flowers of every variety, climate, and species; for its neatness sobriety, good morals, and regard for the laws. He is now very old, and has a son who is to succeed him ; but his people are becoming too Democratic to like the idea of having all their toils fall into the hand, of a wayward young fellow, who, according to the title which will descend to him, can, under the laws of Ohio, legally claim the whole concern. So when the present beloved ruler shall be " gathered unto his fathers," a small rebellion may be looked for—or, a suit in Chan cery. So much for lemons, oranges, figs, and a kingly government in the interior of Ohio, in spite of a climate and institutions deemed so little congenial to their growl h. —From the Louisville Advertiser. ABSURDITIES.—There are so many courses which people pursue, that, with a little reflection, will appear absurd to every man of common understanding. The individual himself who is looking t'or absurdities, is generally the one in whom they ate first found. A man wants to see the person against whom he has thew eatest reason to guard himself. Let him take a glance at the looking. glass, and he will see a very fair likeness of the individual he is searching for. It is absurd to despair when the clouds lour. We should look earth npw at d underfor comfort. our feet is W sure hen to the b e heaven over our head is dark, the It is absurd to lend m one y to a man whose friendship you are desirous to preserve. It is absurd for an, infidel to tell you to abandon your bible. Tell him you will do so when he will bring you a better book. It is absurd to exhibit violent passion in your family, foaming and fretting at every little annoyance that may cross you, and at the same time expect them to be placid. It is absurd, if you have half a dozen children, all of different dispositions and capacities, to give them all the same education, with the expectation that they will all shine in the same sphere. It is absurd not to go to bed when you are sleepy, because it is not a certain hour- • It is absurd to see a man professing Christianity bristling up with anger twenty times a day like a hedgehog. It is absurd to suppose that a Leghorn hat, loaded with flowers, will cure the headache. It is absurd to suppose that a gold watch will cure the consump tion.—Bosturs Transcript, AWFUL CALANITT.—A private letter received yesterday de tails an accident at the town of lackson, Louisiana, which appals one's very soul. It is one of the most curious as well as heart.rending we have ever heard of. A dray loaded with several kegs of powder was being discharged, when by the care. lessness (some say, drunkenness) of the drayman, one of them was suffered to fall. A scissor-grinder was near, busy in his avcs, cation, and his rapid wheel emitting, a shower of sparks. These fell upon the spilled powder, blew up the man, scissor-grinder, horse and dray, and killed four negroes belonging to Mr. Seth Parker. The shock was felt all over the town, anti many win.. dows were broken. One leg of the drayman and his hat were found several hundred yards off. The mangled remains of the scissor. gt inder were collected and decently buried. His wheel, it Appears, had been sent about sixty yards, and lodged on the balcony of a neighbouring house. When will people learn to be careful with powder ? Crescent. A COLD WATER GALLANT.—Joe Sykes, a dry chap, who is writing letters to time New York Commercial from the Southern counties of the State, immortalizes a wag by the name of Manrow, a contractor on the New York and Erie Ranked, who owns a waggon, the fore wheels of which are as large as the hind ones. One of his horses he calls Fanny, the other Ellsler ; and he swears that " Fanny Ellaler is a whole team." One day he stopped to dine and feed his horses ; a pretty damsel waited at the table, and came to fill his tumbler whenever he rang the bell to call her from an adjoining room. He was smitten with her beauty, and drank his glass dry as quick as possible, that he might have the pleasure ofsce. ing her fill it again. His desire to see her, however, exceeded his capacity to hold all the water she poured out, and, seeing a jar of pickles its the room, instead of drinking the water he poured it into the jar, repeating his calls for the damsel to fill his tumbler till he had filled the jar to overflowing. His reputation for drinking water, of course, soon spread over the neighbourhood ; and the secret was not found out until the good landlady discovered that the liquid in her jar had been diluted, and her pickled cucumbers thereby destroyed.—Montreal Courier. DIET Or THE ANCIENTS.--The difference between the diet of the ancients and that of us moderns is very striking. The ancient Greeks and Romans used no alcoholic liquor, It being unknown to them; nor coffee, nor tea, nor chocolate, nor sugar, nor even butter; for Galen informs us he had seen it but once in his life. They were ignorant of the great number of our tropical spices, as clove, nutmeg, mace, ginger, Jamaica pepper, curry, pimento. They used neither buck.wheat tor French beans, nor spinach, nor sago, tapit•ca salep arrowroot, nor potatoe, or its varieties; nor even the common, but a sort of marsh. grown bean. Nor many of our fruits, as the orange, tamarind, nor American maize. On the other hand, they used substances which we now neglect—the mallow, the herb ox-tongue, the sweet acorn, the lupin. They used greatly caddish, lettuce, sorrel. They liked the flesh of wild asses, of little dogs, of the dormouse, of the fox, of the bear. They are the flesh of parroquets and other rare birds, and of lizards. They were fond of a great many fish and shell-fish, which we now hold its no esteem. They employed as seasonings rue and assafee. dita.—Boston Paper. RANKING !—A dying banker thus addressed his eldest son:— " You may suppose you are going to inherit a large fortune, but you are mistaken. I have no property, and the bank is insolvent to the amount of 200,0001. On the death of my father, who died of a broken heart, I found the bank was hardly solvent. I at first resolved to close the concern, and pay off the creditors, but I after wards determined otherwise. I proved my father's will for a quarter of a million, and set up a large establishment. This gave the the reputation of wealth, and increased the business of the bank. I have lived in splendour, as you know, for many years. All your brothers and sisters are handsomely provided for, and to you, as my eldest son, I now leave the bank. I have appointed you sole executor to my will. You have only to prove my property for any amount you think proper to name, and if you manage your affairs prudently, the tank may last out your time as it has lasted out mine."—Montreal Courier. A country practitioner, who attended a wealthy farmer in a serious Illness, thought it necessary to restrict him to very low diet. One evening he called in quite unexpectedly, and found his patient very busy discussing a large tankard of home-brewed ale, and - what was worse, evidently affected • by his previous potations. Row are you Doctor ?" said the farmer. " How are you, I should rather inquire?" replied the medical man, "is this ad hering to - the regimen I prescribed ? did not I tell you that you assist drink nothing but barley water ?" " I know you did," re. plied the patient, "and I have followed your directions; for what is ale, I should like to know, but bet, ley water ?" SWIFTNESS OP MAN —.lt is said that men who are used to it, will outrun horses, by holding their speed longer. A man will also walk down a horse, for after he has travelled a few days, the horse will be quite tired, but the man will be as fresh for motion as at the"beginning. The king's messengers walk to Ispahan, 108 miles in fourteen hours. Hottentots outstrip lions in the chase, and sa vages w h o hunt the elk, tire it downtake it ; 'they are said 'to have performed a j ourne y o , m , cs in less' than slit Weeks. fso a ndo ereapodfritatoh:teh2reyoth November last, Church. The THE WESLEYANS AND THE CORN -LAWS.-- from the various Dissenting Several petitions against the Corn-la , '" , menth o e l r e s w o h f ol i e ts of O t w h n at denominations of Mansfield, have, within the last few days, been receiving signatures; each from the The Wesleyan petition was, with the exception of three members, and the two resident ministers, signed hY paper. Christians, at Mansfield.—Nottingham a return laid before FLOGGlNG.—According to Parliament, the number of civilians flogged during the past year, being disorderly, with four months' FOR SAVINGS.-- of the age of twenty and upwards, has been seven :—viz, two fur imprisonment, at Norwich and ' S lh a :l: a t: blasting, that : A a n n n d ua fl i v c e e a n t e :::r i‘ w ie ic e k ti , ng ST. MARYLEBONE B fb A r isi n I L Spry, D.D., in the Chair. Thursday, the 17th of this month, at of this Institution was held on e ic glectof service. the Office, No. 76, Welbeck_ street, Cavendish.square, the Rev. J. g, that the I I rt n a g p r p e e , :r: ffrt this Bank k severalcontinues Rep o t r o t sb or which no less than 8,322 he ld balances averaging less than 1n,004 deposit accounts remained open no less than 2,512 new deposits having been made in the last year : 41. 12s. Id. each, Upwaids of 266,4071• was then invested with the Commissioners fur the reduction of the National Debt; this amount has since risen to 269,7071, a nd is rapidly on t h e advance. The continu e d ev i dence this affords of the strong and growing dis_ Position of the working-classes to provide against the casualties of life, will prove a source of grati . ficacon to all reflectin g m i nds. , CORONER'S INQHEST.—An inquiry, which lasted seven hours, took place on Wednesday, before Mr. Carter, at the H ero of Waterloo, 'Waterloo-road, Lambeth, conce rn i ny the death of Ellen Gunton, aged fifty, of No. 20, Francis-street, Ne cut, who wad w knocked down and killed on Monday night last by a horse, ridden by Mr. Henry Fownes. The particulars have already appeared in The Sun. Three witnesses said that the horse was go ing at the rate of not less than fifteen or sixteen miles an hour, and that both before and after the accident he struck the horse's sides, and gave it rein, - as if to urge it on. The rider was taken into cus tody, and. We thename of Henry Fownes, before the Magistrates at Union.han, th e next d ay. M r , Fownes (who had found bail to ' answer for his appenEimbefore, the p4:4ls+rate) told the Jury that the horse took fright, and that he-was unable to stop it. The Jury returned a s erdiet- , of-:-AeCidental death, Vitt- a derniand of 204 upon the horse, and were:of opinioli that Nr. roWneS had not exer cise due ce whilst riding LITERATURE. DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAMk D'ARBLAY. Vol. I. Colburn, London, 1842. Frances Burney (afterwards Madame D'Arblay) _was the'second daughter of Dr. Burne, author of a well-known hist or y o f mus i c , an d was 'born in Nor folk, in the year 1752. lhr education was in some degree neglected, but as she Baas a girl of consider able capacity, possessing, in particular, a quick fa culty of observati on , she supplied th e wan t o f regu lar instructor s b y her own assiduity and aptitude for learning. In 1778, when she was in her twenty sixth year, she brought out her first novel, entitled " Evelina," which met with uncommon popularity, and introduced her to the acquaintance of Dr. John son, Burke, Sheridan, the Thrales, and, indeed, all the distinguished characters of the day. Afterwards, in succession, appeared her " Cecilia," "Camilla," and " The Wanderer," the last of which (published about the time of her marriage with a French emigrant) fell still-born from the Press • and from that period to the day of he r d ea th, which took place two or three years since, she produced nothing, we believe, with the exception of some " Reminiscences," which were by no means remarkable for their success. The present volume, which contains Madame D'Arblay's Diary, commencing with the year of the publica tion of " Evelina," gives us familiar sketches of many of the most eminent personages who were then celebrated in the world of litera ture and fashion ; but notwithstanding this, we must confess that it has woefully disappointed us. Indeed, we know not when we have met with a work from which we expected so much, and have derived so little amusement. The cause of this dis appointment is obvious. The writer everywhere sacrifices effect and interest to her own devouring self-conceit and egotism. If Dr. Johnson is brought on the tapis, it is only to sing the praises of " Eve lina." 'lf Sheridan is introduced to our notice, it is only to assure Madame d'Arblay that the genius that could produce "Evelina," could write an excellent comedy. Murphy, the Thrales, and dozens of other distinguished individuals, are brought forward for the same reason ; and each is made to vie with the other in his eulogiums on " Evelina." For upwards of two hundred pages of a closely-printed octavo, we absolutely hear of little or. nothing but -"Evelina," till we sicken at the very mention of the name! Poor Cumberland is sneered at as envious and uncharitable; for no other reason, that we can perceive; than that he does not .choose to consider " Evelina" n prodigy of genius ; and Dr. Johnson and - Mrs. Thrale are held up as patterns of excellence, for precisely the opposite cause. Judging from Madame D'Arblay's Diary—and she evidently wishes to create this im pression —one would imagine that all England was electrified with her astounding novel, and wrote, talked, and dreamed of nothing else. Then her own agonies on the occasion of her being made a Lioness ! Nothing can be more ridiculous or egotistical; She is in the horrors, whenever she hears the word "Evelina" mentioned. If a gentleman or lady happen to smile or talk in whispers in a party where she may chance to he, she is perfectly convinced that they are talking ofher and "Evelina." She entreats Mrs. Thrale not to expose her. She implores Dr. Johnson to guard her " little secret." She blushes at every allusion to any of the characters in her tale, and expresses a devout hope that Mr. Sheridan had never deigned to look at my trash !" Trash inde [ ed ! Why, Madame d'Arblay must have thought " Evelina" the first novel ever produced, for she is not ashamed to repeat more than once Dr. Johnson's opinion that it was superior to any of Fielding's master-pieces ! We have in vain sought to glean any characteristic recollections of the sage of Bolt-court. Though the Diarist is constantly telling us of, his wit and wisdom, yet she adduces no proofs of either ; and all that we can gather from her frequent introductions of him is, that he was among the most kindly-hearted, as he was among the greatest of men ; but this we knew long before. In like manner Sheridan, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Han nah More, Seward, Dr. Franklin, Murphy, and others say or do nothing worth a moment's considera tion; but are all compelled, as it were, to:revolve, like so many petty twinkli ng sa t e llit es round one great brilliant luminary—Madame d'Arblay ! If the remaining vo lumes of this Diary exhibit the same insufferable egotism and .simpering self-complacency that are stamped on the present, it will be no hazardous pre diction to assert that the work will be an entire failure ; for who can possibly take interest in the self-laudations of a by-gone, novelist, whose name is not known to one in a thousand of the present gene ration ? When " Evelina " appeared, the art of prone fiction was at its lowest ebb. Fielding and Smollett had been dead for years ; the new sch66l had not yet risen. Under such circumstances, it is not to be wondered at that a smart, dashing, fearless story, fUll of spirit, and equally abounding in carica ture, should have excited public attention, esp ec i a lly when a report was industriously spread abroad (and not denied by those who knew better) that the autho ress was a mere girl, who had seen absolutely nothing of life. Had "Evelina " appeared thirty years later, or thirty years earlier than it.did, though it Would still have been popular, it would not have been so to any extraordinary degree; but it was produced just in the very nick of time, when there was no eminent novelist before the world. The utmost we can say of it is, that, like the rest of Madame D'Arblay's fictions, it exhibits considerable powers of comic portraiture ; that it hits off the oddities of cockney life with marked acuteness and spirit ; and is deficient only in earnest sentiment, of which the authoress had not an atom. VERSES BY A POOR MAN. Painter, London, 1842. It was an act of supererogation for the author of these poems to style himself " A Poor Man," for it may fairly be presumed that all poets are poor. It seems to be one of the necessities of their vocation that they should be slenderly endowed in point of pocket, as a lawyer usually is in point of conscience. From the days of "blind old Mwonides ' " down to those of Burns and Chatt er t on , th e tuneful tribe have been, with but a very few exceptions, remarkable for nothing so much as th e i r u tt er want of—, what Thomp son calls—" an elegant sufficiency." You seldom hear of a poet giving a cheque on his banker ; still seldomer of his drawing a handsome dividend on settling-daj , from the Three per Cents. As a matter of course, he is expected to be poor, and if he be otherwise, one feels tempted to resent his wealth as an impertinence. It was superfluous, therefore, we repeat, for the au thor of this volume to style himself a poor man ; though we cannot commend too highly his modesty in calling his rhymed productions " V erses " i ns t ea d o f " Poems. ' They are verses, and nothing more—that is to say, they are unimpeachable in point of scansion, orthodox as regards rhyme, and deficient only in that fancy and feeling which are so necessary to constitute poetry. We quote a curious poem on the inspiring subject of " mashed potatoes :" " Potatoes mashed are an excellent thing, And fit for the table of even a king ; When the poor man returns from his daily work, He hears not the sound of the rich man's cork ; He smells not the smell of the rich man's venison, But mashed potatoes, and asks a benison : Potatoes and salt, and peace and 'rest, Are the poor man's lot—and he is blest ; But if this book should happen to sell, I sill then have a piece of bacon as well!!" The naivete of the last coupletis exceedingly amus ing. We hope that the author's wishes may be-real ized—though we are by no means sanguine on the point ; and that his volume may sell to such an extent as to enable him to purchase, not only "a piece of bacon," but the Whole hog. HENRY DE POMERO Y —3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1842. Mrs. Bray, to whom we are indebted for this tale, is one of the most prolific novelists of the day ; we can not add, one cdtifeindit successful, for the framework of her stories is Ori"eilatly somewhat loosely put together, and there is a., wan . t, „of rigour in her delineation of character, whichndifinses an air of langour over much of what she; writes. -,- Perhaps, " Henry de Pomeroy " taken as d'WhOl6,'Without reference to particular pas sages, is about the best t a l e s h e h as y e t pu t f ort h . I t is a legend 'of Cornwall and Devon, and professes to have been suggested, by a visit which the authoress paid in the summer of 1838 to the ruins of the Castle of Berry Pomeroy---a fine "relic of the feudal awl situated near the in Devonshire. Th e perio d treated of, is the latter part of the twelfth cent ur y, when Richard the Fir s t was , a captive in the hands of his enemies, and his treacherous and dastardly brother' John was intriguing for' the throne of Englanl Among those who were opposed to the lawful rights of the lion-hearted King, was Sir Henry de Pomeroy, the hero of the narrative, who by way of assisting John's intrigues, entered into secret consultations with Baldwin, the mitred head of Tavistock Abbey —a sworn foe to Richard, in conse quence of that monarch having refused to appoint him to the Archbishopric of Canterbury, to which he imagined he had the strongest claims. In the first volume we have a spirited conference between these two malcontents, in the course of which the Abbot, by way of binding De Pomeroy still closer to the in terests of his faction, offers to exert his influence to obtain for the young man the hand of the beautiful Adela, an heiress of considerable possessions, and of ancient Norman lineage. De Pomeroy, accord ingly, is introduced to the young lady, on whom he makes a favourable impression, and eventually succeeds in gaining a promise from her that she will become his wife ; but before the marriage ceremony can be completed, it is inter rupted by a stranger, who makes known to the ai.- tonished bridegroom that Adela is no other than his own sister, of whose existence he had never heard till then. The scene in which:: this discovery is made, is the most spirited in the narrative, - and is wrought up in all its details with far more than Mrs. Bray:s_ordi nary skill. Immediately after - the interruption Of the marriage ceremony, Adela is obiii'eyed away on horse back to St. Michael's Mount, but is drowfled Qll the passage ; and incinthe tubtequently, on the Dee of St, John, Henry de Pomeroy, in a paroxysm of madness, flings himself from the terrace of Berry Pomeroy Castle, and is found dashed to atoms at the base of the precipice. The story is interest ing ; but .it flags terribly during a great por tion of the first volume, which is taken up with dry, minute details of the Abbey of Tavistock, in which none but some old musty antiquary can take interest; and with sketches of some of the inferior retainers of the Abbey, who are pourtrayed at far too great a length, considering that they make little or . no figure in the narrative—indeed, very soon drop out of it altogether. We could have dispensed with much of the description of the red-nosed Cellarer of the Abbey, and should not have been sorry if our authoress had unsparingly curtailed the early conversations of Patch, the jester. The sketch of the merry, rustic beauty, Grace Bolt, the pet of all the monks and retainers of the Abbey, is, to our thinking, the most pleasing, be cause the most natural portrait, in the story. THE YEAR-BOOK OF FACTS IN SCIENCE AND ART. Science and Art, in this annual volume, meet with a helpful handmaid. The purpose of the work itself is best understood from the exemplificative motto at tached to its frontispiece, which explains its intent to be "to catch the drops of science as they fall, and apply them to the common purposes of life, whereby science becomes not merely a luxury to the rich, but bread to the poor." In pursuance of this plan, the editor, on the same systematized method as beforetime carried out by him in his valuable " Arcana of Science," has compressed into the compass of three hundred duo decimo pages a body of scientific data and experi mental deduction which forms a minute archive of sound knowledge. Though no startling novelty ap pears this year in discovery or theory, yet the ad vances in steam, some peculiar organisms in Natural Philosophy, and many new processes in Chemistry, challenge especial attention. A frontispiece-portrait of the late Dr. Birkbeck is a well executed plate, and accurate as a likeness. EDINBURGH CABINET LIBRARY.-110..32 Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1842. The subjects treated of in this number are Meso potamia and Assyria from the earliest ages to the present time. 'lhe work is in a great measure a compilation ; but it is compiled from the best authori ties, and evidently with great care, by Mr. Bailey Fraser, whose clever historical and descriptive ac count of Persia is' well-known and justly appre ciated. The volume contains a map of Mesopotamia and Assyria, and is further embellished with an en graving of that curious relic of antiquity the Birs Nimrod, which has given rise to so many conjec tures. In the chapter entitled " Modern Babylonia," there are several interesting particulars respecting Bagdad, as it exists in the present day. JOURNEY-BOOK OF ENGLAND. Knight, London, 1842. This little duodecimo contains a minute and accu rate description of the county of Kent, and is em bellished with twenty-eight engravings on wood, and an illuminated map of the county. ODE ON THE CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. Sctnts, London, 1842. We have been much pleased with this Ode on the the Royal Christening, which is unquestionably more . graceful and poetical, both in sentiment and expres sion, than any that has yet appeared on the subject. The author is a gentleman named Archer, who has had the good taste to steer clear of all such congratu latory and conventional common-places as are most usual on the occasion, and to trust for effect to the spontaneous promfitings of his own fancy. We quote a passage descriptive of the act of baptism, and regret that our restricted limits will not allow us to quote at greater length : Lo !—I-lim that shall be King 1— Lo !—Where the Monarch-boy they bring ! Hail, Royal Albert ! Hail the brightest flower, That - ever blossom'd in the nuptial bower ! Bring water from the new-born founts, that erst, From Eden's happy gardens burst, Primeval, pure, and sweet, To sprinkle' on his brow, and lave his infant feet ! Bring water from that river famed, Choaspes named. Sacred to Persic Or from the lucid springs, Of Abbana and Pharphar. io bless him ever, Bring From Chrysorrhoas—amber river, The charm'd libation. From golden amphora fling The holy watering, Drawn from the crystal streams of Kedron's palmy mountains, • Or from the sacred fountains, Of sweet Siloe. Fill the baptismal cup, With incense dews of Carmel : Pour in the charm from Jordan's floods drawn up, To consecrate the spell,— Whilst heavenly hierarchies tell, All that a mother's love lath dome, This day, for England's Son, And Heaven and Earth proclaim, Immortal Albert's name ! RUSSIAN UKASES. The following are extracts from three important ukases recently published at St. Petersburgh. One bear ing date the 23d DeCcinbee, 0. S. `(the 4th of January), decrees the reduction of the' army to the' peace footing, with the following dispositions : "The fourth battalion of each regiment in the six corps of infantry is to be reduced to the 'footing of the reserve. The strength of the three other battalions is to be maintained at 1,000 each, which is to be completed from the disposable men of the reduced battalions. Spe cial orders will be issued for the destination of the re'.; mainder. In consequence of the number of subaltern officers rendered disposable ,by this measure, a double number of furloughs will be allowed in the army. "In the cavalry all the reserve squadrons of the Cui rassier, Dragoon, and Hulan divisions, as well as of the seven divisions of Light Cavalry, which are now can• toned in the military colonies, and form together 52 squadrons, are to be broken up, .and the officers are to return to their regiments. Soldiers of the reserve squadrons vtlio limit) served from 10 to 19 years to re ceive unlimited furlbugh, and the rest to be sdisposed of as shall hereafter be prescribed. In place of the squa drons thus reduced, the ad and 6th divisions of Cavalry are to be sent into the military colonies of the cavalry. "in the gendarmerie the second division of the regiment quartered at liiew is reduced; the staff and reserve squa dron belonging to this division are united with the line ; the cornet's rank is done away with ; the men of the 2o division join the Ist diviSiou, or the reserve regiments of the line, or are to be attached to the detachment of gen darmes belonging to the other corps, or to the nearest cavalry regiments. " In the artillery all the reserve batteries of the artil lery of the guard of the Grenadiers, and of the six corps of Infantry, as well as the reserve batteries of the Horse Artillery, are reduced. The officers are to be , divided amongst the active batteries ; those artillery men who have served from ten to nineteen years to receive unlimited furlough, the remainder to be distri buted amongst the active batteries. " The second reserve battalion of Sappers is to be reduced, and the third to receive the name of the second. The pontoon parks of the reduced corps to be divided between the other reserve battalions, of which the first is to receive one, and the third the other. In place of three brigades of Sappers, there will be but two ; the first containing the Ist, 2d, and 3d battalions, and the Ist reserve battalions with the pontoon parks, 1,2, and 3 ; the second to be composed of the 4th, sth, and 6th battalions, and the second reserved battalion with the pontoon parks Nos 4,5, and 6." The ukase dated the 24th of December, O.S. (sth of January), sets forth : " In the desire to encourage trade and manufactures in the western portions of Russia," especially in the Go vernments of Mohilew, Witepsk, Minsk, Grodno, Kiew, Volliynia, Podolia, and the province of Bialystock, and thus to raise the prosperity of the towns, we ordain, in accordance pith the representation of our Council of State, that, when tradesmen, citizens, and other freemen of the Christian religion, not belonging to the Govern abovenarned, and who are entitled to enter corporations, are desirous of settling permanently in the cities and market towns of the western portion of Russia' (in the towns of landed proprietors only with their consent), this shall be permitted, and nothing shall be required of them but a certificate from the authorities of their for mer residence, stating that no impediment exists to their change of domicile, that they have not suffered any cri minal punishment, and that they do not belong either to the first or second class of recruits, in which case the communities to which they remove are not to be asked their assent to such new settlement." The following ukase relates to the Church lands of Poland. It is dated the 25th of December, O.S. (the 6th of January):— ' "In pursuance of the example of our great fore fathers, we have thought fit for the relief of the Ortho dox (Greek clergy) in the management of populous es tates, to assign the management of these to the branch of the Administration of the domains of the empire ; and in a ukase addressed to the most Holy Directing Synod, we have desired measures to he taken for carry ing this into effect ; and that at the same time a state ment be made to us of the provision required for the maintenance of the clergy, and of the. (Greek) religious orders in the western provinces,' to be submitted for our inspection and confirmation. " In ordering the dispositions now in force in the other parts of the empire, to be adopted in these provinces, we likewise ordain that they be extended to embrace the clergy of all other confessions in the western provinces,' and decree, _ 6 , That all real property of th e s t ranger cree d s i n t h e w estern provinces be given over to the Administration of Domains of the Empire, with the exceptions of such lands as do not belong to the hierarchy or to the present foundations and chapters ; further, that an estimate be drawn up of the sums necessary fur the maintenance of the eparchal office,' of the chapters and foundations according to their rank and degrees, to be submitted for our inspection and confirtnztion." " Considering. the insufficiency of the present estates in the Western Governments for the support of the (Orthodox) clergy, and the foundations belonging to its order, we decr ee , w i th the view of augmenting the f un d s for their revenues, that the incomes of the estates con fiscated for. participation in the late insurrections be appropriated to this purpose, after the payment of the debts and the f u lfilment of the other obligations charge ebb upon them." THE WEATHER.—Moor, FErinuARY 1 0. 4 1 ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, A DELAIDE - STIVq bO rhermorneter... 38 j highest 46 Lowest ..... ;1/5 Barometer 30.07.—Wind S.W.—Freezinfr point 7%2 Ifrg',,,fl HI. 11 l'Eti A'.l LONDON BIDDGE 141-MOttlittW•,;, ;orning „. 5 minutes after 7 I ravening 33 minutes after Zibt ~ ~ ');l lark " `s-40 ql9" ~426.10 #4tertontfElittiol" - i; ,rooX SUN OFFIC_E; Thrf 0 0' C.loCti Railway legislation, to be worth anything, mus t JtVi ld as widely as the Poles from the ordinary l e gislattorAb f Parliament. The. Acts of Parliament are very fO r, IK 1 deed, which from their extreme wordiness, their OF e r tional clauses, their repeals of fragments of former Ac ts ', and their troublesome modes of enforcement, m i g ht 71 °:,‘ be mistaken for legislative devices to confound conl l°° sense, increase litigation, and thus give Parliame ntary protection to the growth of lawyers. Statute-Ja w England might be defined to be a Parliamentary Collee', tion of words of doubtful and disputed meaning. Sinai • legislation is altogether unsuitable to the maneget , and control of railways. Laws for their regull should be brief, plain, universally intelligible; and cap e of the cheapest and the most expeditious enforcem eii r They ought to be so framed as to leave no room A ll cavilling either on the score of length, doubtful toe 3nil lP or difficulty of access. For these reasons then it l. impossible that we could support the Railway Art le° , h a e ment Bill, laid before the House of Commons by Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade- As A, stated on another occasion, this Bill proposes to anien ti :a Act already in operation. Now the way to amend a tail law is not to patch it up, a s a M onmou th- s treet Ow would an old coat, but to repeal it altogether; and re place it by a good one. It i s l ess t rou bl esom e to [lament to pass a complete Bill than to decide felii4 l° 2 about the patching of one which p er h a p s d oes n ot liol i k7 v , o to be in the hands of a dozen of M em b ers . Leglibt tl. . patchwork is uniformly bad, but in no instance O es threaten to be attended with so m an y ev il s , if persev ered in, as in the case of railway enactments. We CO nte t t against the principle of passing any Act to awe n Railway Act. Where the necessity of brief a nd legislation is so urgent, let th e l aw requ i r i n g am en e d;: went be repealed, and a more perf ec t measure su bstito t The provisions of the proposed Rail Way Amendm ent e Act are - easily-enumerated. It vests th e su preme JO —. , don of Railways in the Board of Trade. No He ir line can be opened before a month's notice has been giv en the Board by the Railway Company. If, upon an in s P e e; don of the line, by order of the Board of Trade, da ll g t 4 to the public be apprehended f rom open i ng i t , the 13° 7 0 ,.. may at its discretion postpone the time of opening i t hiv a month, with power to renew th e p os tp onemen t nic lt till the danger shall have ceased ; v i o l a ti o ns of -: t " h ' orders of the Board, punishable by a fine of tw ell o 'f o pounds daily while the line is kept o p en . The B' , ~0 - Trade is likewise authorised to o r d er an d en f or ce ret tl ' i ,, of all railway accidents ; to comp e l C ompan i e s to 10A T je sridges or viaducts over turnpike roads ; to Abnli t4 . , disputes of rival Companies to arbit ra ti on , appoint 11"- „, f piles, and enforce awards ; to regulate the jenc ti° , ll ,:f :)ranch lines ; and to cede to C om p an i es compel' powers to purchase and take immediate. posses o l4 !ands, either fur extending their lines, or for proviu,oo for the public requisite accommod a tio n f or the pro „7" and transit -of goods. 'The Act concludes "with .1; 1 7 constabulary powers to all railway servants, for • th ey rest and detenti on o f eac h ot h er if found.drunk, t' 1 "" -- e4 initting any act dangerous to the safety of Tailrlirl. iengers, their goods, or de s t ruc ti ve o f t h e propeity'() way Companies. These regulations are a ll i m p or t ant, an d no doubt Eleo :i sirable for the public protection ;' but as the Big '. ll es to, contains them does not em b o dy a ll t h a t Parli au ;i i i chooses to enact upon the subject, we cannot acceP ip a full and perfect measure. W e wan t one goo d Ae t '' P itt two bad ones. The parable of mending an old ga t. so' ,with a patch of new cloth, and so making the ea .vorse, is directly applicable to this Railway Amen Bill. Besides the evil will not stop at one 4dyft af al f Every Session will call for its own Amendment AO' et thus railway legislation will become as perplexe d As a i vE laW of titles to real property. N ow i s th e time t° ;joitiof vent the growth of this monstrous abuse. All 05 l railway, legislation might easily be embodie:4 4 o Act of not snore than ten or a d ozen c l auses, simple as the Lord's P rayer. E. 10400 0 9, 1 4 )..;}1 • gi We are weary of repeating the announcenagni --- I). a y .91 debate on the Address is not yet closed in the Sl Ol/ ' Chamber of Deputies. On the 9th inst., it was proceed . d as heavily and as d u lly as ever . I n a l e tt er f r om Mat of that date, the following is given as the state of 'sloney'Market 1001 MADRID, FEB. 9.—Notwithstanding the sensations fo ci fi u r ‘ l o. by the movement in Portugal, Spanish Stock remnan t , 111 'there was no transaction in the Th ree p er Centsi „ imi 01 , Five per Cents. 27 bargains were effected for ',"" 6 soo 17,016,000 reats, of which t wo were f or cas h, at 31.15." %, and the remainder for the Account at 33% at 60 pc, toe debt without. . interest three operations took P' ¢ "..,is# 4,344,446 reals, of which one was for cash at 6, and the re , Pw ing two for the Account at 61-16 and 65=32 at 60 ,4 4 eis change on London at • 96_ days, 37%. The buiiness "° day amounted, in English money, to about 220,2101. The French Gov ernmen t h as f oun d . no dillienityThi6 again shelving the question of Electoral Reform. ral , Ducos' motion-for including in the list of electors Piii-;3 fessional men not qualified to vote by right of Pt the requisite amount of taxes, has been rejected vi ct ;ii majority of 41 votes-193 votes being gi ven t O% and 234 again s t it. We have pleasure in s h —ti tlif that M. DE LA.MARTINE, sympathising wit h 4 ,10 claims of literature to direct representation, 7to supported M. Ducos' proposition. But by far most eloquent as well as the most powerftil neat of the measure was the Minister for Foreign i t ff - - e 0 M. GUIZOT. He b egan by d eny i ng t h at the ine"4--,010 in favour of Parliamentary Reform w a s the sponte n 'oJ movement of society. It was superficial, facti°°:, e o ' false, and got up by J ourna l s an d coton' t i, t c• Those who supported it belonged to two cs .ions labouring for the overthrow of the — , I 'Wished Government, the Republicans and the 119 ; iSts. Both together co ns tit ute d a miserable to en rity in the State, and he w a rne d h onest men to be L ' o ie, their guard when they saw them uniting in any s ti c t e v id however specious a name they m i g ht g i ve it. Con" abused the Republicans and Carlists to his hear t "oo tent, the Minister next proceed e d t o discuss' the . tl i tie4 Wit of the suffrage. The subst a nc e o f w h at h e 'sei" this question, -may he gathered from the folloiving.',l • _ at ti extract from his speech:— Formerly,. vr,hen., the interests, of ,the .different ql „ . . • . ------, .....__ tet ..- - . ,--: alpee, society were dirided, and ther e Were privilegedclaises a i they them, a large number of electors was essential; b k tre is nothing of this kind new. I n a soc i e ty icr— -000 aristocracy is strong and • Powerful, 'it is noteow i hat democracy should - find it s weight in the og ie o ,. of the electors ; 'but we. hav e no pow e r f u l or . l issi`v aristocracy to contend with, and it is . not .tecesseLY 4 , 40 .hould seek to augment the number: of electors. - 1 2 . `"„ i ntl* part I repudiate the idea of universal suffrige,' Bl 7; 11.., the respect that I feel for a great nation I.will take noeir,"ak of saying that the great and imminent danger which t ie cp the United States of America arises principally fro', of g ", a ts tence of universal suffrage. -.Not only do I disappr ove tywaehertisaicohl. are r oef suff rage, ad.dhtilcche b d u l t iini a l ,i, tes dreadsfpa sp o ke n, eu i nr : do te n n o d t e c n o c n y. vine T e h ol e e : i t l it ,” (1 0 , tish a , though they emanate from a more honourable sourc e s eal s I' But M. GUIZoT did not lon th g e carry any weight. O r p if tO „, y co do nfi n n ot e o h n iin t:l o .. - ents . abstract question of principle. Having bid c ' , ' OP ,J , fiance to the Opposition, he with equal. opeoP e rt e ;g lv j . lenged the support of the Ministerial majoriti , " . gri' •ttinF life' care to tell them that he had no notion of qui_ -, A - 1617,0 and consequently that his means of rewardit*i. 3 7 _ A ,. glance was as extensive as ever. As *such 81 rj. ," fl 7 somewhat novel, we shall again quote an' e' t " ''. r the Minister's speech : 1 ,, OrriVe An attempt is made to overturn the Cabinet ti n nary. ? 1 tion is desirous'of striking a death-blow at the i‘ ‘ . 6t erY , as ail see what is meant, and where is the use of n t ' l „ o I°' ls l, will say to those who entertain this intention, th a t has bete er g the Chamber shall not change the policy 012 which j t tak e C O since we came into office, so lung will the Cab i z ne octob' s . ta b that it shall not be overthrown. The Cabinet t? th , r e -e r a g ' was formed under the influence of two principles ; an d of ° be e lishment of harmony between France and Euroec,9_, have t he and Conservatism at home. These • tvio princir o lo g ~t'b i fe 6 recognised and acted upon by the Chamber, and pail ou"; o ie majority shall continue to act on them will we. alts to r s e vo rds of our institutions and of the plenitude of our ! I g o a fel , d or I will 5 !'.d is af) Buse ported in o ffi ce. 1 have spoken of our enemies, to our friends. I will say to them—You have eagog' w ili c o' . '" o e ported us in a heavy task ; I feel convinced thatYV__, to a d ' oe ot to support its as long as we shall remain fait' lu' u .. A that 3 1 ' desi' w'aich is equally yours and our own. Take ca re th a t yo d ,, I‘ll - ~ o f t h e hav e weaken, for insufficient motives, the to sustain ; take care not to diminish the streng:o, you , :i a s nistry, wh i lst you do not diminish the task ~'_l'6 l 0 Vt . ' no t called upon it to perform. You have duties 0 % Lite ; d u po re we have. Like us you are members of I-Pe 1 toeY ve eel . hastily throw o ff your share of responsibility. we ,hall e % ,R, to a ffi rm for my colleagues and to myself, In " lone w e a ai d ' be wanting in courage and perzeverance ; v b u ti r t pe s r over t g' o gf the e, nothing. e are hi need of your 3 t , e st one _ e 6 ato I can only rep at to y, use not diminsish burin hen . s t t e n cep pri government, if you do not diminish she lo t " e •oteo de time. If the day should arrive nhenitth for governing should be insu ffi cient, wa , ha t _ , t ve 1 .. e the strengthisneitate 1 t r o et d ir o e ., ren before you should be apprised 01 w hat co. f Ti..Di ..g. ho f “ tec ° I' t° This appeal at once decided • i , , _ ,3 .0, it ): i.iin. 'notion. M. DE LAMARTINE attempte d ste t ': t 9 ~'!f ig, • wou ld riot xte9ol""- GUIZOT, but the Chamber . , of t b,e : ,, 0 00/ 3 He proclaimed himself a chil a iN coe' l'• Of 170, tui4 cbutOnded 1111 it 04' was - a ' July, a , pri the ` staff 'rent tli ( Cabinet: s upport a have ai re Tehler):llfl:l,i The p , °St Au gt : are two a, With , d, a ,, eonstitnth Y o ung i„ he virtual b ribe th at Education 1 Se ientifiC BOt 1111 1 ,,,,„„ Mr !Pei !Pm e at Akat rr t4llltte isarl „ S l ier Dutch 9yy~Pe Versailles. R. clea nut n ” . 3oi • al Na Ex et,e P ftt Thr sack --44 The busip to g'ekt th ex t 4 ek e Ace tx tb ' 170 Th'quer Por folio Ikt et e icrl 'ett, iar tAt i • 3 3 Et„"Y little , co Rht otl ex44vhestere: het iol s, 6 4 1 4r L ' F Si r t tte ero, '°' :*eets Ind_4llll than 1 65 c t rz 0„t A ~-Otlr 4 the se,7 -4 gs , hi t n al time Leu• DI It - tit a.ktt ; a waa t e o tl