The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-22 00:00:00

THE A TRE-ROY AL, DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. r the Benrfit of Miss Lydia Thompson. TIT IS EVENINCi, Arril 22, for the 261st time in London, PEEL' 0' DA.Y. Ales ra. flenry Lorraine, W,lter Lacy, C. Verner, Addisors, .T. i;raham. G. spencer, T. Neville, dr , c.; Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, &c. After which, THE LITTLE TREASURE. Miss Lydi a Thompson. And TILE TI.U.IIPETEWS DAUJIITER. Commence at instant, decided-virtually in favour of the plaintiff, Mr. COE, in whose name the action had been brought against Mr. WISE, the clerk to the Middle Level Drainage Company. On this ver dict, however, depended some hundred other actions, brought against the commissioners to recover com- pensation for damage sustained through the inun- TrtEATES -110 't AJ , HAY MARKET. dation. On Saturday last t he commissioners, in Lessee, Mr. J ituristone, despair at the prospect throug h th e agency o f Si r THIS EVENING, STILL WATERS RUN DEE P. Mr. and Mrs. Alfre.l Wi g an, Mr. W. F arren , Mr. Chippen- FITZROY KELLY, moved the Court of Queen's Bench dale, and Miss Louisa An g e*. Alter which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a by leave reserved for a rule, calling upon the plain- Panorama of the To. r of the Prince of Wales in the East. . To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. P ame l a tiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set 3liss Maria Harris. Commence at 7. aside and entered for the defendant, or, in the alter - native, for anew trial, on the ground of misdirection, and that the verdict was against evidence. After considerable discussion, the Lord Chief Justice said the Court were of opinion that the learned counsel must have a rule on the points of law; but that with regard to the other points they would consult Lord Chief Justice ERLE before giving their decision. Thus the case is as far from a settlement as ever, although from the strength of the evidence adduced a future jury will probably arrive at the same conclusion as their pre decessors. For the bent fit of those unacquainted with the nature of the country in what are termed the " Fen districts," we may observe that in ancient times the greater part of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suf folk, Lincoln, and the surrounding counties, were nothing more than vast meres or swamps. In fact, at one time, the Eastern counties were completely cut off from the midland and Southern portions of the kingdom. The tracks across the morasses were difficult and dangerous, and only known to the in inhabitants, who guarded their knowledge with jea lous care, for these swamps were their protection from invasion. The danger of traversing them was illustrated by the loss of a large portion of King JOHN'S army and baggage, near King's Lynn, at the commencement of the thirteenth century. But as the population increased and civilisation ad vaeced, land became of more value—the dense forests began to disappear, and the most available part of the marshes began to be turned to account. It was not until the year 1620 that any great suc cess in draining marsh land on a large scale was obtained, when Sir CORNELIUS VERMUYDEN, a Dutchman of considerable engineering skill, was invited to England, and by his enterprise and ability succeeded, among other undertakings, in laying the foundation of the great Bedford Level, a portion of which has been recently the subject of so much loss and litigation. After this, drainage steadily advanced, and large tracts of valuable land were reclaimed from time to time, until the most important works of this vast undertaking were completed under the celebrated TEL FORD. Soon a new era commenced. The full power of steam was 'gradually un derstood, and a rapid advance in the means of discharging water by its agency, rendered compa ratively easy the execution of works which had hitherto been almost impracticable. It was but natural that the owners of large tracts of land in fen districts should desire to combine to improve their property. Amcng others were those residing in the vicinity of the Ouse, which runs through the counties of Bedford, Huntingdon, Cam bridge, and Norfolk. No expense was spared to recover the land and a glance at the Ordnance Map of those counties will show how completely the course of this river has been turned to cause the sluggish inland water to take a straight and rapid course to the sea. The Ouse is a tidal river, in common with all the streams on that part of the coast, for in olden times the whole of the low lands were flooded at high water. It was, therefore, found necessary to erect strong sluices to eheck the rising flood tides, which were so constructed as to allow the accumulated inland waters to escape on the ebb. At a point some five miles from St. Ives, the course of the river is turned by the erection of a substantial lock, and a drain a hundred feet wide, and about twenty miles long, runs between high embankments in a direct line to Downham Market, where it again meets the Ouse 9 or 10 miles above Lynn. The tidal waters at this spot are again cut off from the Ouse by Demer sluice. The tide here rises to a great height, and not being allowed to expend itself as of old over the marshes, it rushes with great force up the hundred-foot drain ; thus every acre of land reclaimed increases the pressure on the sluices and embankments. This drain st as constructed by commissioners, under a special Act of Parliament. The object of the middle level was to drain the upland waters, and the sluice in ques tion was intended to prevent the influx of the tidal waters into the drain, so as to overflow and sub merge the lands below the level of the sea at high water. This was in the last century, but latterly, in order to get rid of the drainage that for a long time used to fall into the river Ouse, it was resolved to cut a straight drain eleven miles in length through the country known as the Marsh Land, from Popham's Eau to the Marshland sluice, run ning into the Ouse, and for that purpose an Act of Parliament called the Middle Level Drain age Act, 7th and Bth Vic., c. 106, was obtained, giving the Commissioners power to enter upon the marshland and make the cut required, imposing at the same time on the Commissioners duties both onerous and difficult. By the Act, full directions were given as to the mode in which the cut was to be made, and the banks, the puddled clay walls, and the fences were to be kept up and maintained, but a good and substantial sluice was to be made at the end of the cat next the River Ouse, which is a tidal river. The sluice was built between 1844 and 1846, consisting of a kind of three arch bridge, each arch being stopped with double sluice doors opening and shutting with the advancing and receding tide. On each side of this bridge the banks sloped gradually down to the bed of the river, which et the highest tide rose to about 18 feet. Be tween the 22d and 26th of March, 1862, one hole— though one witness said there were two holes—was discovered on the west side of the bank shutting out the waters of the Ouse 15 feet deep and 4 feet wide, the appearance of which betokened approaching danger, and to fill up which with stones and straw sundry efforts were made, as it appeared, in vain, for on the 4th o f May the sluice was utterly destroyed, and on the 12th of May 6,000 acres of land were submerged, th e crops destroyed, and their fertility thatseriously the in jured. Now, we agree with the jury first of the four issues submitted to them should have been given in favour of the defendant— viz., that in the first instance the works were pro perly executed, but this is no reason why these same works should have been neglected during sixteen years. The continual wear and tear of a heavy body of water rushing by it has been allowed to undermine its foundations, and ultimately to drown the country. If country gentlemen, either for their own advantage or from public spirit, will take upon themselves onerous duties, they are bound alike in law and honour to fulfil them faithfully, or they must abide the consequences. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Movement of Mr. FEcIITER. WITS EVENING, at 7, to cootro , nee with an Original sketch, entitled A t•UDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, If. Whidicoinb, WKS Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a N ew Romantic Pt . ..ma. in Three Acts, and Pr3log - ,ue, entitled THE /DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, *imported by Messrs.. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougbam , A. 4 iddimmbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson; Vi ales Carlotta Lecicrcq, Kate Terry, B. Lavenue, an flaworthy. Acting-Mana.7r, Mr. Ti. Birnett. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE 1-csse , s. ess s. Lindu and Vintner, TII IS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Mi Amy Sedgwick. Itliss Henderson, and Mrs. Stmpeon ; Messrs. K. Roxby, G. Melville, G. Beimore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which, KILLING. 7 IME. Mr. Ge' , . Vining, Mr. C Seron, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new shimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDEK ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen &re u, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz james, Moreland, and Ceckerill. E W TliTf ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss A. Seaman. and Miss Stok After which, at Eight o'clock, AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss 11. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips. Mr. Billington, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN." Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. 1?. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, April 22, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday. 56 Lowest during the night This day at Noon . Wind—North •Westerly ; blowing fresh, with sunshiny weather, but occasional showers. HIGH WATER , AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tax Dilr.—Morning, 4h. 32m.—Afternoon, 4h. 50m. To-stounow.-Morning, sh. Bm.—Afternoon, sh. 27m. :,, G 4144 4441,k, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1863. Few of the casualties that occur nowadays are more distressing than the constant recurrence of accidents in mines. The one that took place on Saturday was very awful, and its suddenness ren dered it peculiarly appalling. At Hartley, over whelming as was the calamity, the sufferers were prepared for their doom ; but here they were hurled to destruction in a moment. It appears that the mine of Botallack is one of the largest in that part of Cornwall, and the greater portion of its workings lies under the bed of the Atlantic. The ores and the workmen are drawn up a diagonal shaft that slopes down at the steep angle of 32 degrees. The shaft is 180 fathoms deep. On Saturday last ten men were coming up in a waggon that was attached by a chain to the steam engine at the top. They had nearly reached their destination when the chain snapped, and all in the waggon were hurled down the declivity and killed on the spot. It is .curious to notice in - a letter to the _Tones of this morning, written by a gentleman, who visited the Botallack mines on Friday that this very question of the chain breaking was then alluded to. The writer thus describes the circum stance :—" 'While we ourselves were mounting on the day before, I looked at the chain winding round its pulleys at the angle of the incline, and asked half-naked giant at my side what would happen if it should snap. He said, and the captain said, that the break could easily stop the car. It may have been tried and failed—for I saw a miner easily eliding down, feet foremost, when the car was up above —or, in the horror of the moment, the man who sat nearest to the handle may have failed in the presence of mind necessary to apply to it ; or, as seems to be more likely, the first few yards of the descent may have dashed his brains out at once against a projecting corner of the rock." It is of no use to deplore evils without trying to remedy them, and the more this question is looked into the better, with a view of preventing a similar affliction befalling other places. In the first place this accident might have been rendered next to im possible by the application of a simple arrange ment similar to that we have seen in use in the north of England many years ago. This consisted of a clump attached to the cage, and travelling up obe of the guiding ways of a shaft, and so con • mooted with the chain that when the cage was lifted the strain loosened the hold of the clump on the guiding way up which it travelled freely ; but in the event of the chain t •eaking it immediately closed firmly and held the cage securely in mid-air. In the case of the recent accident at Botallack the shaft descends in slanting direction at an angle of some 32 degrees, and a car was used for the pur pose of raising the ore and lowering the miners. It would seem that this car is provided with breaks, which are under the command of the man in charge of the car, but in the present instance either from want of presence of mind, or some accident they were of no avail. Why should the lives of the men be exposed to unnecessary risk, w h en d anger might be avoided by fixing the b rea k s i n communication with the chain in such a manner that they could only be relieved by its strain, and in the event of its breaking would immediately check the car be fore it could gain sufficient momentum in its retro grade movement to render the operation difficult. This awful instance of the faulty arrangements in the working of mines must surely draw attention to the subject, and it need scarcely be added that it is a question of great importance, and one which has every claim on the care and consideration of the community. Unless some stop is speedily put to such casualties, the employment of miners will soon be looked upon as a most perilous one; their relatives will be in constant expectation of hearing of their untimely ends, and the dangers of the works will realise the idea, expressed in the old Scotch saying— " Wives and mothers maist despairing, Ca' them lives o' men." There are certain interminable trials in our courts of justice which must, however much they may in terest the public at the outset, become, at length, tedious from constant repetition. The celebrated YELVERTON case, for instance, created as much stir at the time of its first bearing in London as it did in Dublin, but when that was found to be only the first step in a long series of intricate and weari some proceedings, both in Scotland and in England, people got tired of the matter, and although it was to a certain exten', a cairse celebre, it has now passed out of sight. We expect that that the long pending actions against the midlevel commission Lr the damage done to a large district in the fen coun try, forming part of tho Bedford Level, by the bursting of a sluice, through the alleged neglect of the • conarrasetoners and their servanty, will meet . 4 with a.liky fate. A jury, at Norwich, on the 6th The proceedings relative to the Alexandra will soon engage public attention, but it appears from what has already transpired that the Government have adopted most harsh and unjustifiable means. If these summary arrangements are to be the order of the day, incalculable disadvantage will accrue THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1863. to the ship-builders throughout the country. This conduct of the Government is all in keeping with their refusing to give any protection to the Sea Queen. I Great excitement has been produced in Liverpool, , by this vessel being " exchequered," since it is obvious that the most disastrous results will ensue if the system be maintained. Workmen will, of course, be discharged, and hence a considerable addition will be made to the number of hands now out of employ, and the distress and suffering among the working classes will be greatly increased. Mr. HORSFALL is to bring the question before Parliament on Friday, when it is to be hoped that a full and searching inquiry will be made into the whole affair. It has been rumoured, indeed, that it is intended to put off the consideration of the charges against Messrs. MILLER, the builders of the Alexandra, so that in the event of the subject being discussed on Friday the particulars will not be known. Such a subterfuge will not avail, how ever; for if this trifling with the interests, and in terference with the rights, of ouc subjects go on much longer the general feeling of the country will be roused to such a pitch of excitement that the Government will have cause to regret their vain endeavours. It is as absurd as it is unfair to persist in favouring the Federals in this mintier, and Lord RUSSELL cannot fall back on the argument of neutrality, since the Americans never respect our flag as that of a neu tral power, but are as insolent as it suits their pur pose to be. The plain facts of the case, as repre sented to us by our Foreign Secretary, are virtually these :—We are to bear all the disadvantages of a neutral nation at home, 'and see our workmen out of employ, our manuafacturers idle, and our general trade depressed, while on the seas we can claim no immunity from that position, since Admiral WILKES and his friends are to expose us to the annoyances and losses of war, without our having any power to redress such grievances. It is high time that such anomalies were put a stop to, and before the session is any older let the case be seriously con sidered. It was supposed last year that we had suffered enough from the disastrous war in America, but we are now to learn that thcre is reserved for us the insalt of having our vessels searched, and the mortification of finding that our own Government, instead of being prompt to defend our honour, is taking part against us in the most inconsistent and unjustifiable manner. READINGS BY CHARLES DICKENS. " David Copperfield," in Six Chapters ; and " Bob Sawyer's Party," from " Pickwick." At the Hanover-squareßooms again last evening some seven or eight hundred people hung spell bound for a couple of hours consecutively upon words falling from the lips of Charles Dickens— words long since familiar as " household words , in the mouths and hearts of the English people, and yet words that, though thus familiar, never by any chance pall by repetition ! Never, certainly, when they are uttered by Mr. Dickens himself. As any one who lists may recognise upon any chance selected evening upon which one of these famous Readings may be given by—him whom we still like to speak of sometimes by his youthful sobri quet, as Boz. Constituting a rare intellectual treat at all times, these Readings are especially re garded as such by the London (that we know for a fact) and we believe also by the provin cial audiences no less, when they comprise within them the Reading of Readings, viz.—these wonderful six chapters from David Copperfield. Those who have listened to Mr. Dickens reading the Six Chapters, those who have watched him reading them—for the play of his features no less than the variation of his voice commands the attention of all those gathered together, whenever he stands at his reading desk upon the platform—those who have themselves seen and heard Mr. Dickens reading his Six Chapters from David Copper field will remember upon the instant with what a perfect mastery he moves them at his own whim at pleasure, now to laughter, now to tears, Those who have not heard him, those who have not seen him, can form no glimmering notion at all, of what these readings are in any way like, from any mere passing description of them. The alternations from the ludicrous to the pathetic, from the exquisitely ludicrous to the exquisitely pathetic, are literally —at times—so instantaneous ! Never more effectively pourtrayed than last Light, were the grief of Mr. Peggottyfor his lost Em'iy—or the pretty little comical loves of Dora and Doady—or the whimsical grandiloquence of Mr. Micawber, perpetually ahem! interrupted by a momentary cough of courteous deprecation —or, through the wondrous word painting of those closing descriptions, the awful sights and sounds of the Great Storm at Yar mouth, ending with the simultaneous death of honest Ham and of that bright-eyed evil genius of the story, James Steerforth. It needed the ten minutes pause which followed the close of this foreshortened history of " David Copperfield" to enable the audience, as it were, to get well out of that tempes tuous atmosphere upon the Yarmouth flats, before stepping with Mr. Pickwick and his friends across the threshold of Mr. Bob Sawyer's cosy bachelor retreat at Lant-street, in the Borough. oce there, however, even the elegant audience, last night assembled in the Hanover-square Rooms, were, as usual, fairly in for it—meaning, for a succession of shouts of laughter. Jack Hopkins's story of the bead necklace, his memo rable quarrel and eventual reconciliation afterwards with the Young Gentleman with the Nice Sense of Honour—Mra. Raddle's spiteful altercations with her afflicted lodger—her aboriginal slavey, the Orfling, with a severe cold in the head —not a point, not a touch, not an intonation, or a glance of the eye, but told last night to the very uttermost. It seems almost ungrateful, however, to have even ' a passing thought thus to give to the remembrance of Bob Sawyer's Party from "Pickwick"—bearing in recollection, as we do, nevertheless, so much more vividly, the far higher intellectual gratification afforded to us by the genius of Mr. Dickens through his marvellous declamation of those six noble chapters from "David Copperfield." A SMALL MAN (A PORTRAIT)—SKETCHED BY MADAME DE GIRARDIN.—He was 35 years of age, 4 feet 8 inches in height. Well to do in the world, his only grievance was that he was so small. Frem the time he had left off growing, he had been uncomfortable. He had tried all sorts of experiments, A high hat, high-heeled boots, he was as upright as a giraffe, and he often raised himself on the tip of his toes. Little men, who resign themselves to their fate, are often very graceful. They possess some ad vantage in their make—such as suppleness, lightness, activity—they may have a very genteel carriage, But little men who revolt at the stinginess of nature towards them, and fight foolishly with her, never can be graceful or gentlemanly. When any one says of a man who displeases him that he has a good opinion of himself, " Well," say I, " I know something worse than that—a man who looks discontented with himself. You cannot please him any way. You ask him to dinner—' No, thank you, to be just to myself, lam too awkward for a convivc.' You ask him to a recitation or to music- No, thank you, lam too ob scure a person to make part of such a brilliant assembly.' A party in the country—' No, thank you, one wants gaiety on these occasions. Invite lively people ; they will be better suited to you than I am." This man enjoys no thing, is fit for nothing. He is an imaginary leper, who flies his kind. Happily this is a rare malady here in France. In a salon, the little man we describe was pursued by one idea—how he might place himself advantageously. He vobecause near them he app eare d at his s a ma i l d le ed larg e smallest. He men avoided beautiful women, because their ma jesty humiliated him; but what h e most of all disliked was to moat with (what was rare) a man as small as hims e lf. Oh, then, indeed, he suffered martyrdom ell, all this was nothing ; there was torment more horrible than all his other torments--a curse which pursued him—a fatality which set the seal to all his misfortunes, and that was his name I What do you think it was ? This little man's name was M. Legrand." The cuckoo was heard at Romsey, in Hants, on Saturday last —nearly a week earlier than in ordinary sea sons. At W oolstone, in the same county, a famous glace for of February, English s ong birds, thrushes_ commenced singing at the beginning song. and, the blackbirds are now in full LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ACCEPTANCE OF THE CROWN OF GREECE FOR PRINCE WILLIAM. COPENHAGAN, APRIL 22. The Lerlingske Tidencle of to-day officially an nounces that Prince Christian has had a long inter view with Sir A. Paget, the British Minister, at which his Royal Highness declared that the only ob stacles which had hitharto opposed the acueptance of the Crown of Greece, namely, the abdication of King Otho, and the finances of Greece, having now been fully removed, he definitely accepted it for his son Prince William. TEE POLISH INSURRECTION, THORN, APRIL 22. On Sunday last two serious engagements took place betwee❑ the insurgents and Russian troops in the forest of Kampinos, siz German miles from Warsaw and Pultuesk. The latter place was burnt by the Russians daring the engagement. ROME. ROME, APRIL 21, Evening. The Osservatore Romano of to-day publishes a semi-official article stating that although some of the documents in the case of Signor Venanzi have been purloined, the evidence against the prisoner is not weakened thereby, and the judicial inquiry is far from being stopped. The Court of Justice en tru3ted with this affair has discovered that conspi racies have been organised at Turin against the Pontifical Government, and the culpability of the accused is placed beyond a doubt. The article adds that the documents which re. main in possession of the authorities are fully suffi. cient for the condemnation of the guilty parties. THE BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, MARCH 25. (per Navarre,) The anticipated solution cf the Anglo• Brazilian question does not satisfy the Liberal party, who expected satisfaction to be given by England to Brazil for the seizure of the five ships by Admiral Warren. M. de Saint Georges, the French Minister here, leaves by this mail. He has received six months leave of absence, but it is donbtful whether he will return to his post. PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 22. The Tartar, from Lisbon, on the 17th inst., has arrived here with 20 passengers, £3,235 in specie, 4 bags of mails, and 1,832 packages of cargo. She experienced light easterly winds across the Bay of Biscay, and north-westerly winds, with fine weather, up the Channel. There is no news of im portance from Lisbon. LISBON, APRIL 21. The Chamber of Peers has approved of the abolition of majorats (landed property descending with the title to an heir) by 63 against 26 votes. FRANCE. WARNINGS OF THE rAR P I E A S P S. R IL 22. The .Tournal des Debats has received a second warning. The Journal des Villes et Campagnes has received a first warning. The Princess Murat has been delivered of a daughter. Le Pays—no doubt with an ironical sense at I heart of the exceeding importance of its announce ment !—intimates to-day, es its latest fragment of intelligence, the fact that the Bavarian Government has just remitted to the Protecting Powers, a formal Protest on its part against the last events that have taken place in Greece, that is, of course, against the now well-known incidents bearing date the 12th of this present month of April. L'Opinion Nationale describes to-day the grand review which took place yesterday at Longchamps before his Majesty the Emperor —a review of ail the troops of the guard now in garrison in Paris and its environs. His Majesty arrived on the ground at three o'clock in the afternoon accompanied by Marshal Magnan, and attended by a brilliant staff. BOURSE, April 21.—The market shows a strong contrast to the tone it exhibited yesterday. Buoy ancy has taken the place of dulness. Threes, for the Account, are now firm at 69f. 60c. The Rail way Share Market has also improved. The market closed as follows : 4i per Cents 96 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents .. 69 30 Do. end month 69 50 Credit Mobilier 1411 25 Do. end month 1415 Bank Shares rSO Credit Foncier Italian Loan 7l 70 Do. end month — NI e w ditto Do. end month - Russian Austrian §_pardh Threes 62 50 Home Debt ,WAYS. BAIL' Cash. Account. Orleans.... lO2O .. 1020 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 117 u .. 1175 Ciene.va .. Southern Western Eastern .. ......... ~ • 533 75 .. 535 Sardinian 448 75 .. 452 50 Austrian Lorebard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona .. • - The Commercial Navigation Company of India is an undertaking recently formed, and of consider able importance, as it is about to enter upon a field .of enterprise the success of which is not altogether untried. Its object is to supply the rivers of India, with an efficient transport service for the convey ance of merchandise, &c. Provisiosal arrange ments have been made by the directors for the purchase of the vessels, one steamer and two barges, belonging to the East India Steam Na vigation Company, at a cost of £15,000 in cash and £43,000 in stock, which is not to be en• titled to possess an interest in the dividends until 10 per cent, in one year shall have been paid upon the ordinary shares. Operations are to be restricted in the first instance to the Ganges, and it is stated that the boats at present on that river, excepting the one now the property of the new company, are incapable of carrying the traffic to Allahabad during the dry season, in con sequence of their excessive draught of water. The directors are encouraged to hope for a great improve ment to the general trade of India from the desire manifested by the English Government and manu facturers to foster the growth and development of cotton. The dividends paid by similar institutions, particularly those by the India General Steam Na vigation Company, are cited as affording abundant evidence of the soundness and remunerative charac ter of the enterprise. The nominal capital of the company is at £300,000, one half of which, in £5O shares, is to comprise the first issue. Notice has been given by the directors that the share list will be closed on Thursday, the 30th inst. The Chattillonnais states that a quantity of ancient arms and numerous Gallic coins, bearing the names of native chiefs in their own language, have just been found at Alise-St. 'Reim, (Cote d'Or), the Alesia of the Romans, which was destroyed by Julius Caesar. These coins were evidently struck before the Conquest, as on those subsequent to that event the Gallic names are all Latinised• The Polish young men residing in Paris having forwarded an address to the you th of Sweden, thanking them for their sympathy for the Polish cause, the students of the University of Upsal have now forwarded one in reply. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. —During the week ending April 18 the visitors have been as follows : On Monday, T ues d ay, and Satur d ay , f ree days, open from 10 a.m, to 10 t students' lan days 3,807,414 . a.m, to 6 p.m., 11 , 91 4; total, 39, 055 ; f r om th e op en i ng of i , B 2 s i 7 0 , 1 1 1 4 t 4 0 ; t h f r e o m p u l b l li e c d 6 s ci e . s ) d , a o y p etno from Friday, 10 e f ir ur O t -4.; • rtil 410 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 21. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Princess of Wales and Princess Beatrice, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four. Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge attended on horse back. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold drove in the grounds. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales returned from London at seven o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington, Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, and Sir W. Hoste, went to Buckingham Palace yesterday evening, and honoured the Phil harmonic Concert with their presence. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was also present. The royal party returned to Windsor at night. His Serene Highness the Prince Leiningen le the Castle yesterday. Visit of Her Majesty and the Princess of Wales to the Windsor Infirmary. Yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, at five o'clock, her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, and attended by the Mar chioness of Ely and Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, drove in a pony phaeton and four, with out riders, to the Windsor Royal Infirmary, to which institution her Majesty is a very liberal subscriber. The royal party were met at the infirmary by Major-General Seymour, the Rev. H. S. Ellison, vicar of Windsor, and Mr. Blair, the house surgeon. who conducted her Majesty and the Princess of Wales through the different wards, Mr. Blair ex plaining many of the cases, which were minutely inquired into by her Majesty, who seemed deeply to feel the position of the unfortunate sufferers, several of whom the Queen spoke to in the kindest manner. On leaving the infirmary, her Majesty and the Princess drove to the new buildings in Victoria-street, calculated to accommodate 34 re duced tradespeople of Windsor and Cie wer, which building is just completed, but not yet occupied. It has been built for the purpose of amalgamating the charitable institutions which are situated in various parts of the town. Her Majesty and the Princess were met at the entrance gate by the Vicar and Mr. Alderman Blunt, to whom the Queen ex pressed her admiration of the building, which is from a design by Mr. Edgington, which has been well carried out by the builder, Mr. Snowball. The royal party afterwards returned to the Castle by William-street and Peascod-street. The Hereditary Prince of Sase-Weitnar, son of the Grand Duke has just arrived at Heidelberg to enter the university of that place. He will remain there a year, and afterwards complete his studies at Bonn and Leipsic. %Ve hear that the Prince of Wales will take pos session of Marlborough House to-day. His RJyal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone and Colonel Da Plat, visited the Royal Italian Opera House on Monday evening. The Duke of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Pow lett have arrived in Faris from England. The Marchioness Townshend's dance, which was to have taken place on Friday, the 24th inst,, is un. avoidably postponed to Friday, May 8. Adelaide Countess of Yarborough has returned to her residence in Portman-square from Hastings. Lord and Lady Lilford have left l'arrance'a Hotel for Lyningtou House, Isle of Wight. Lord Palmerston will, on Thursday, move a vote towards the memorial to the late Prince Consort. Sir Boyle Roche's Blunders. Many of these are happily preserved. " Sir, I would give up half—nay, the whole of the constitution, to preserve the remainder." This, however, was Parlimentary. Hearing that Admiral Howe was in quest of the Frebch,he remarked somewhat pleasantly that the admiral would "sweep the French fleet off the face of the earth." By-and-by came dangerous times of disaffection, and honest men's lives were insecure. Sir Boyle writes from the country to a friend in the capital this sad view of his position :—" You may judge," he says," of our state, when I tell you that I write this with a sword in one hand and a pistol in the other." On another occasion, when the famous letters to the Public Advertiser were attracting universal attention, Str Boyle was heard to complain bitterly of the attacks "of a certain anonymous writer, called Junius." He it was who re counted that marvellous performance in gymnastio., when, in a tumult of loyalty, he " stood prostrate at the feet of his sovereign." He it was who denounced in withering language the apostate politician, who " turned his back upon him self."-* He it was who introduced to public notice the ingenious yet partially confused metaphor of the rat. " Sir," he said, addressing the Speaker of the Irish House, " I smell a rat I see him floating in the air—but mark me, I shall yec nip him in the bud," There was the famous speech which confounded generations. " I don't see, Mr. Speaker, why we should put ourselves out of the way to servo posterity. What has evefposterity done for us?" He was a little discon certed by the burst of laughter that followed, and proceeded to explain his meaning. "By posterity, sir, Ido not mean our ancestors, but those who are to come immediately atter them." His invitation to the gentleman on his travels was hospitable and well meant—but equivocal. "I hope my lord, if ever you come within a mile of my house, you'll stay there all night." He it was who stood for the proper dimensions of the wine -bottle, and proposed to Parlia ment that it should be made compulsory that " every quart bottle should contain a quart." Very pleasant, and yet per fectly intelligible was his meaning—though it unhappily took the fatal bovine shape—was his rebuke to the shoe maker when getting shoes for his gouty limbs—" I told you to make one larger than the other, and instead of that, you have made one smaller than the other; the very oppo site,—Dickens's " All the Year Round." [The writer makes a slight error here in fathering this Bull upon Sir Boyle Roche—the veritable perpetrator of it having been no other than the famous Lord Castlereagh, vide Lord Brougham's " Statesmen."]—ED. Sti.N. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, after hearing Mr. Wordsworth, Q.C., on the case of the Carmarthen and Cardigan for their new mineral lines, the committee, of which Lord Egerton is chairman, decided that it was not expedient to proceed with the bill, which is conse quently lost. The case for the promoters of the Dare Valley was concluded in Lord Monteagle's committee, and that of tne Val e of Neath opened by Mr. Clarke, in opposition, the principal witness examined being Mr. Bruce, M.P. In the case of the Blackburn, Chorley, and Wigan, Mr. Hawk shaw, C.E., and Mr. Smithers gave evidence of the necessity of extended railway communication in that district. In the House of Commons committee the case of the Barnsley Coal Railway was opened by Mr. Burke, Q.C., and in another committee the proposed extensions and deviations of the Montrose and Bervie Railway were opened by Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, Q.C. DUEL WITH SWORDS.—A hostile meeting with swords took place on Monday, at Auteuil, between M. Koning, of the Diogene, and M. Lafont, of the Figaro. The duel, which arose from a trifling misunderstanding, termi nated without the effusion of blood.—Gaignant. The Charsvars publishes a woodout representing a number of officials in a grand costume each armed with a pen and having suspended from his shoulder a portfolio inscribed " Diplomatic notes." Evesy one is seated on a tortoise, and in the distance is seen Poland in the greatest commotion. Underneath the whole is written, " Diplo matists hurrying off to the aid of Poland." The address of congratulation to the Prince and Princess of Wales voted by the Corporation of Lon don, on the occasion of their Royal Highness's marriage, was presented this day by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and a number of the leading members of the Cora • mon Council at Marl!: °rough House. The civic procession was headed by the City Marshall, and consisted of upwards of 30 carriages, the foremost of those conveying the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs. SOUTH WALES.—It is gratifying to record that the agricultural prospects of the district are more encouraging than has been the case for many years. The mildness of the winter and the favourable weather which has prevailed since the commencement of the spring quar ter have materially aided vegetation, and nearly every de scription of farming produce is in a more advanced state than is usual at this time of the year. The hundreds of kitchen gardens in the mining districts look equally as fa• vourable, and it is expected that if the weather continues moderately propitious the result will be a reduction in many articles of consumption. FINE ARTS. EXHIBITION OF THE INSTII UTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS. This society has changed its name from being the " New Society of Painters in Water -Colours," and has chosen the occasion of opening their newly built gallery to make that alteration. Without being remarkable,there is much that is attractive to be met with in this exhibition. Among the sea-pictures the most striking is that of Mr. G. B. Campion. called " Return of the Lifeboat from a Stranded bitip----Crew and all Hands Saved." This is a sketch of that thrilling excitement which only occa sions of life or death can call fo r th. Th e men in the lifeboat seem excited and overjoyed, while the spec tators who crowd the shore are g , zing eagerly on. This is a fine Subject for an artist, and its skilful delineation has produced the happiest results. " Scott's Burial-?lace, Dryburgh Abbey," " Inte rior of Dryburgh Abbey," and Sir Walter Scott's Tomb, Dryburgh Abbey," by John Chase, are all admirably executed. The latter is especially lovely, and forms one of those fascinating sketches that one is loath to leave, and that linger afterwards in the mind. The peculiar colour of the foliage around is strikingly represented, and it is altogether a per fect gem in its style. It seems grateful to the memory to think that our great novelist sleeps in such a spot, and is taking his last long rest amid the fair scenes of that country he so loved to depict. There is one barred picture by Mr. H. Tidty that has been painted for the Btble Illus tration Society, representing " Our Saviour with the Young Children brought unto Him." This extremely difficult but deeply interesting sketch has been pleasingly illustrated, and the general repose and sanctity of the group seem to illus trate those blessed words, " Of such are the king dom of Heaven." Mr. E. H. Corbould's " Memo rial Design" is a beautiful conception, and must have been especially pleasing to the Queen, for whom it was painted. The colouring is splen didly done, and the features of the lamented Prince Consort are represented in a most impres sive manner. Beneath are written, in German, the words of St. Paul, " I have fought a good fight; there is a crown laid up for me which the Lord, the righteous Judge, &c." Mr. Augustus Bouvier has painted a very la ge picture, entitied "The Princess Elizabeth entering London, a Prisoner of State." This is a great success, and has alrEad3 been sold. The face of the Princess is beautifully done, and displays the anxiety she is evldenti3 suffering from, while at the same time her youth fulness and grace render her attr ctive in no ordi• nary degree. The whole entourage of the sketch is good, and the splendour that characterised the pro cessions of that day is well manifested in the bril Taut colouring. " Pompeia," by the same artist, s a very gorgeous representation of a beautiful young girl, who is rather of an Eastern style in her dress and countenance. "Through the Greenwood," also by Mr. A. Bouvier, is a charming little picture of rural life. " Morning —S reet in Vitre, Brittany," by W. W. Deane, is a quaint picture of a French town. " Tue Reeks of M . G . illicuddy, Killarney," by J. C. Reed, is a good illustration of the beauty for which that neighbourhood is famous. "Where the Deer Fre quent," by E. G. Warren, is a very pleasing sketch. " A Quiet Nook" is a very lovely drawing, that is characterised by the grace that particularly dis tinguishes this artist. "The Trusty Guide," by T. S. Robins, is a very well drawn sketch of an old blind man led by a little girl ; the contrast between childhood and age is true to nature. " The Wan derer Returned," by Harrison Weir, represents a favourite cat returning home. The animal is sketched with the usual ability of this artist, and forms a novel feature among pictorial representa tions. " When sorrow sleepeth it waketh not," by John Absolon, is an effective sketch of a young girl lying among the bushes and evidently spent with grief. To this subject the artist might have appropriately affixed the lines— "Ye know not what ye do Who call the slumberer back From the realms unseen by you To life's dim weary track 1" " The Doge," by L. Haghe, is a very successful at tempt, and worthy of the fame of its artist. It re presents the Doge, Andrea Dandolo, leaving the Church of St. Mark after taking the cross. It is a splendid picture, and conveys a good idea of the beauty of its subject and the grand old man, who, like ancient Priam, was called forth to arms. Mr. Heghe's other work on " Benevenuto Cellini and Francis the First," is an interesting work, and one peculiarly calculated to excite the imagination of an artist who might be tempted to recall in somemeasure the memorable words "edio anco son pittore." Mr. Carl Werner has some good representations of the Holy Land. "Bethany, near Jerusalem," is an effective one; the ruined church contains the tomb of Lazarus. This is the spot where M .rttia went to meet the Saviour. "An Evening Glow," by Aaron Penley, is effective. It pictures that brilliant light that sometimes suffuses the evening eky, " wh en we cau almost think we gaze through golden vistas into heaven." " Interior of Roslyn Chapel from the High Altar," by John Chase, is a beautiful sub ject well cat ried out. It has been celebrated by Sir Walter Scott in the "Lay of the Last Minstrel," "There are twenty of Rosalyn's barons bold lie buried beneath that proud chapel," and these stately warriors could not have found " couch more magni ficent" than this splendid fane presents. " Lilac,'' by M. Margetts, is a very pretty little sketch ; the colouring is quite natural, and that is the highest praise that can be given to it, since nothing in art can equal, much less surpass those tints with which nature delights us when she dons her spring attire. Milton has immortalised the beauties of the "yellow cowslip" and the pale prim rose," but the lilac may vie with these in loveliness. " Magpie and Jewels," by T. Sutcliffe, is an amusing sketch that furnishes a variety to the other subjects, and is altogether an interesting pro duction. It represents the little animal in the full glory of his mischievous propensities, and sur rounded by the spoils of his trophies. "On the Coast at Port Madox, North Wales," by J. H. Mole, is one of those suggestive scenes that abound in Wales. " Grapes," by Mrs. Harrison, displays that beautiful fruit to full advantage. "Apple Blossom and Chaffinch's Nest," by M. Margetts, is a fair representation of its lovely subject. "Burglen Switzerland, birthplace of William Tell," represents a spot worthy of such a memory being attached to it. It is done by S. Prout, and reflects great credit on his skill. " Rive San Protasio Venice," by H. d'Egville, presents us with those delineations of that far Lined city that are always so attractive. " St. Paul's from Fleet-street," by H. G. Hine, is noticeable if only from bringing before u-- one of our own important edifices. Mr. Absolon's picture of "Kiss in the Ring, Hampstead heath," forms a good comic sketch, and is likely to attract admiration among the lovers of that style. "Pleasant Reflections," by E. N. Wehnert, is not at all capable of carrying out the promise of its title. Two very uninteresting individuals are represented as gazing at themselves in a mirror before them, apparently well satisfied with their contemplatioe, but what there is pleasing in this the beholder will be puzzled to ascertain. Oa the whole there is a fair average amount of merit in this exhibition, and taken altogether, not withstanding some drawbacks, there is ample reason to be satisfied with its col lection. There is ample variety so that all tastes may be gratified, and the geueral arrangements as '0 henging, &c , seem satistactory. The numerous visitors paid great attention to the subjects before them, and appeared for the most part to be pleased and interested with what was offered for their inspeciioe. SOCIETY OF FEMALE ARTISTS. Among the crowd of exhibitions that press on our notice in these spring days the G4liery of the Female Artists is by no means unworthy of a visit. It is a visible and practical proof of the increasing attention that has of late years been paid to the development of feminine capabilities, and also of :he happy results of the increased facilities offereo for the cultivation of womanly talent. The fair exhibitors have good reason to feel proud of their collection, and the walls of their little gallery afford sufficient answer to the depredators of feminine powers. Women have long assumed the right wie:d the pen, and why 6liould they not eshibi talent in the exercise of the sister or'. Thank are due to the enterprising and gifted ladies wb originated the idea of an exhibition exclusive!: feminine, which should be the means of encourag ing artistic genius, and of bringing into publi notice works in every way worthy of the honour exhibition. As might be expected, the subjects selected ar mostly graceful and tender. Childhood, fruit ant flower, landscape, and architecture are of capstan recurrence. Some ladies. however, have taken g bolder flight, and have grasped more difff cult subjects. The very that picture in the cats . logue, " The Retaliation Shot," by Miss Thompsat represents a bandit with uplifted gun, taking airc at his enemy. Somewhat ambitious in its ecopi and design, foo, is a large picture that at once at: tracts the eye on looking up the gallery, "Bri tannic Rules the Waves," by Madame jerice ban, in which Britannia, a colossal figurt in red robes, is pointing to the subject w aters This production, although powerful, is, we mug' confess, more pretentious than pleasing. Anothel lady who has covered a canvas of great eaten' is Mrs. Swift, who, in her picture of " The Letter,' has given us two figures of considerable size. Th , meaning of the scene represented is not very clear , and the faces, though well painted, are inexpressive. Another figure piece by the same hand, " Portrait of Miss Townley," would seam to indicate the pos' session of considerable talent for portraiture. There is a mistiness about the latter that deteriorates from the effect, but the air is natural, and the appearance lifelike. To find the gems of the exhibition, how ever, the visitor must not look at the largest frames, he must rather tura to the exquisite fruit and flower pieces of Mies Emma Walter or the charming figures of Miss Agnes Boa' vier. The latter lady, who bearsa name fast rising in artistic celebrity, has a special aptitude for the felicitous representation of childhood, fie shown in the scene of the " Picture Book," where a rosy faced little one is smiling over the wonaers of "Tom Thumb," whinta an elder sister more gravely reads aloud (No. 99). Another equally successful group by the same artist is" Coming from the Farm"—where the little figures are trotting down the country lane, carrying the tin can with due solemnity. Other sketches by the stare tacite pencil meet us on the wads, all admirably painted, one i n part i cular, " La Petite Brunette,' - orming a charming study. If there is a fault to he found amid so much beauty, it is that there is a slight sameness in the faces. Each picture, s: en by itself, is perfect. but looked at after its fellows, there is a lack of variety in the expres' sion, a defect which so gifted an artist can readily supply on another occasion. Miss Walter's fruit pieces might bear comparison with those by Larl°' The brilliancy of the colouring, and the natural er pearance of fruit and flowers, must rivet the atter tion of the most careless passer by. The blown on the grapes in No. 63 'seems as though it might be brushed by any casual touch, while the bright yet delicate tints of the geranium leaves are ea' quisitely pourtreyed. A kindred taste is show° by Mrs. Withers in her study of "Roses," No. 62 ' The landscapes are numerous and tolerably sue' cesaful, though there is a certain stiffness Oat many of them that seems to indicate an unpractised. hand. Miss Bertram g i ves us a careful " Sketca of Krenberg Castle on the Sound," and Miss Renoi r portrays "A Forfarshire Den" with great spirit; There is a pretty scene, called " On the Look-out, by Miss Georgina Swift, showing two figures 031 the sands. Mrs. Hussey has two companions tures, Nos. 118 and 138, representing "Evening ° Utswater Lake," and " Early Morning on Der' wentwater." They are somewhat ambitious at' tempts, and not without success, but in the forme r the reflection of the mountain in the lake is sorer what too prominent, while in the latter the pre valence of the morning mists is suffered to rendef, it indistinct. " Awakened Sorrows, Old L e tters, . by Margaret Gilli es , s h ows cons id era bl e pow er' the faces of the elder woman and her youthful coin' Porter are well contr a st e d, an d th e sorrow f u l ex pre° .. sion of the former is forcibly depicted. The leve l of the arm round the girl's neck is too great, and the position somewhat awkward—faults which do no t prevent the gaze r f rom recogn i s i ng the ability C.', the artist. " The Brothers Grimm," is a very clever portrait, in which the large sized heads seem elneoet nature. It is the woik of Madame Jerichau, the same lady whose "Britannia" we mentioned a •oo!°' Miss Caroline Grierson has shown more ingenuityi than taste iu painting a lady with a black net ye / over her face. It is impossible not to admire 0° skill of the painter, and equally impossible to like the picture. It is not supposed that a branc h° art in which a lady had acquired such a world-gil d : reputation a s R. 84 Bonheu r sho s id b e l ett u ntried' and according y we have severe sketches of o nitow life. Miss N •wcowen'e "Shepherd Dog," .titre; Keating's "Galantine,"ann Mrs Swift's" Blanolle are probably all drawn f r o nt l i f e . W e alluded to Mrs. Swatt's gift for portrait p a i nt i ng, and i t cent vainly extends to the animal world if Blanche 6° o for her portrait. T o j u d ge f rom the an i me tl% sparkling in her woedertutly bri g ht e y es , s he 03° have found the task a tedious one. Very charnl too, is Mrs. Keating's " Song of Praise " on Sere e , o I. where a little Robin Redbrealt is singing I) ,, i ti morning song. The same lady has painted 071 ' 0 care and faithfulness a pair of dead pheasantsi, easy task, as any one who has studied their beau / 4 fully varied feathers, may guess. Mdtle. 13 1 1 , contributes a ch arm i ng p i cture, ent i t l e d " bird, lady bird, fly away home." It is one of ttl° b e delightful scenes of childish life, in which the fein t nine pencil esp ec i a ll y exce l s. I t i s worthy 01 n°l/1, 00 that the pre-Raphaelite school has very few ° he lowers. Miss Ju s ti ne D e ff e ll' s " R ust l e among tea Leaves,"and M r s. Th om p son ' s "V entnor " are Hug e r its peculiarities. The fair exhibit ors a re° devoid of a sense of humour as is proved by e° o of the clever sketches on th e screen. Prom ine among these are Miss Florence Claxton's "R e % from the Life of a Governess," and the same I °l l , laughable illustrati ons of E ngland versus Anstr a j in which the various aspects of home and 0 1° t o ball-rooms, th e diff erent meanings attache d i• "Wanted Governess," and fi n ally the Jon; spinster and hereto, in one hemisphere, and the 6 o r tary bachel or , w i t h hi s d og, i n the other arehel'P f contrasted. Miss Adel a id e Cl ax t on , w h os e ele le r illustrations of one of our s e ri a l s , will be fro b b jo e t the recollections of its r ea d ers , i s a l so am ong oh contributors. Sculpture h as a l so h er votor Miss Durant having cont r ib ute d t h ree very ah lB B id elaborate marble bas-reli e f s re p resent i ng Thetis B of Achilles. Thetis mourning over the dead be d yeti the hero is, perhaps, th e b est. L ast, but not '`oao of the works mentioned in the catalogue ar e 04 admirably executed bronzes, representing cattileot, sheep in vari ous att i tudes. They are all exe°l,, but one of the bulls and the " Brebis debout o 3 perhaps the best. It is surprising that the a° o e , such successful works should withhold her ° eV We heartily congratulate the lady artiste o 0 10 0 high degree of m er it w hi c h th e i r ex hibitioo nd re attained, and which we cannot doabt will se v the support and countenance of the public. 0P There are some writers—Full er , Sir o for Browne, Burton, Izaak Walton, Sir Thomas Overb ilri p itoi example—who roust be read w i t h t h e a dj unc ts a Y - tit eli paper, long s's and obsolet e spe l l i ng, i t you wou ld the tull aroma of their quaintness. 911 4 ; CAMPBbLL'S " PNLINDEN."—EveI Y 0 1 nehmen remember-8 C..mpueli's noble F o ' sit "Hohenlind en :" b ut f ew perhaps Lad considere d, n u ;;pre Edward Cust led the way, how entirely that poem v 18 vi sd e Bent 3 all toe circumstances of the battle which i I P % cei B ' so famous. It i s a b ou t as near to ;act as is Tho lia oei' A /C brated picture of Bo oa p arte cros -i ng I h e Al ps on a P a r charger to the reality of the passage of the Sr. the essence of the poet , cal Hohenlinden is a nigl it 3 1 ./0 38 But the true battle of Hohenlinden began at eight o 1. 01. o'clock in the morning. It is very likely that the rir r froi° flows swift and dark in winter, bail flows naanY rW r t itti cii , ( l Hohenlinden It does, indeed, wash the walls r s votv,, and banners may have waved upon those walls; P . r t , 0 0 0 ' tl ( r ' r u jj e , osli their waving have had less influence upon the invisible, through distance, - from the scene of it. ' ect ,ell feature common to the real and the imagina r y 6 1: it 61 t was the snow, which fell heavily during, a ithoug roe , aps the a not cover the ground before, the battle. P" r " - ` 0 0 " never heard that slush and mud were the allies of Hohenlinden, and that Moreau won the batt le by Jiurtig.gle_ accurately how long his a ss ailant would sticit and • t oot ° in the bo ggy f orest - pat h s, w h ere i t wa s no more p ep rush to gl or y th an it i s t o ga ll o p o ver an Alpiue ridge'