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

THE AT RE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. Fur the Benefit of Miss Lydia Thompson. THIS EVENING, April 22, for the 361st time in London, PEEP O'DAY. Mes=rs. Henry Lorraine, Walter Lacy, C. Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Spencer, T. Nevihe, &C. ; Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, &c. After which, THE LITTLE TREASURE. Miss Lydia Thompson. And THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER. Commence at 7. T iIEATBA-7.-ROYAJ, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Chippen dale, and Miss Louisa Angel. After which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela Miss Maria Harris. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTE R. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Orizinal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3loc,rue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. Widdimmbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Elaworthy. Lavenue, and Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. R OYAL PRINC E SS'S THEATRE Lew; s, M ess: s. Lindub and Vining. THIS EVENING the drama of AGORA FLOYD. Miffs Amy Sedgwick, Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; me sa ,. H. Roxby, G. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Scyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which, KILLING TIME, Mr. Geo. Dining, Mr. C Seyton, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL H AIDE ;or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth Hen derson, and INDITTity ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore , Fitz james, Moreland, and Cockertil. Nw THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL- We 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 AVollia, Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billinton, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. homer, Mr. C. J. Smith. Commence at 7. fp HE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," 1 Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Ap: THERMOMETER. Highest since the Noon night This day at N00n..... Wind—North -Westerly ; blowing fresh, with sunshiny weather, but occasional showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 32m.—Afternoon, 4h. 50m. T 0 -moitilaw.-Morning, sh. Bm.—Afternoon, 6h. 27m. • , 4VCIAMOp, oss , "A , P , ..„ rgove: 74. 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 Sitrrday was very awful, and its suddenness ren dered it peculiarly appalling. At Hartley, over- Nchelmir g 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 . ft letter to the Times 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 a 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 sliding 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 one of the guiding ways of a shaft, and so con • nected 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 b 'caking it immediately dosed irmly 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 th© 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, when dagger might be avoided by fixing the breaks in 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 i s 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; th e i r 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." Tnere 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 cons'ant repetition. The celebrated YELVERTON case, for instance, created as much stir at the time of its first hearing 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 now to a certain extent, a cause celebre, it has now Passed out of sight. We expect that that the long -1"e ading actions against the mid level commission Er the damage done to a large distric t, in the fen coun try, f orming Part of the Bedford Level, by the bursting of a, s l u ice, through the alleged neglect of the commissioners %. their servants, will meet with a like fate. A1,,,y, at Norwich, on the 6th instant, decided virtually in favour of the plaintiff, Nit.. 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 reoover com pensation for damage sustained through the inun dation. On Saturday last the commissioners, in despair at the prospect through the agency of Sir FITZROY KELLY, moved the Court of Queen's Bench by leave reserved for a rule, calling upon the plain tiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set 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 benefit 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 oft 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 th e commencement of the thirteenth century. But as the population increased and civilisation ad vanced, 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- Soon a new era commenced. The 'ull 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 'en districts should desire to combine to improve heir property. Among others were those residing FORD. 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 Ns 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 cut 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 at 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 wa ters of the Ouse 15 f eet deep and 4 feet wide, the appearance of which betokened approaching danger, and to fill up which with of May a s the it stones and straw sundry efforts were th appeared, in vain, for on the 4th sluice was utterly destroyed, and on the 12th of May 6,000 acres of land were submerged, the crops iured destroyed, and their fertility . first of tl\TheowfOuwr eissaugerseesuwbmithittetdhe jthseriously in have been given i n f avour o f t h e d e f en dant-- u th ry em th s a h t ou th ld e 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. 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 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. 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 our 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 manner, 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 there is reserved for us the insult 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. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1863. 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 night, were the grief of Mr. Peggottyfor his lost Em'ly—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 fiats, 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. Os ce 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 skyey, 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, 1 feet 8 inches in height. Well to do in the world, his only grievance was that he was so small. From 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 WLS 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 al 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 hem, and fight foolishly w ith h er , n ever can be graceful or t gentlemanly. When an y one says o f a man w h o di s pl eases him that he h as a good opinion of himself, " Well, " say I, 4 i I know something worse than that— a man w ho look s discontented with himself. You cannot please him any way. You ask him t o di nner—' No, thank you, to be just ' to myself, lam too awkward f or a concise.' You ask him to a recitation or to music---' No, thank you, I am 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 ma n we describe was pursued by one idea—how he might place himself advantageously. He avoided large men, because near them he appeared at hi s smallest, He avoided beautiful women, because their ma jesty humiliated him; but what he most of all disliked was to meet with (what was rare) a man as small as himself. Oh, then, indeed, he suffered martyrdom I Well, 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 RomsPy, in Hants, on Saturday last—nearly a week earlier than in ordinary sea sons. At Woolstone, in the same county, a famous rlacc for English song birds, thrushes commenced singing at the beginning of February, and the blackbirds aro now in full sonz, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ACCEPTANCE OF THE CROWN OF GREECE FOR PRINCE WILLIAM. COPENHAGAN, APRIL 22. The Berlingske Wends 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 hitherto opposed the acceptance 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. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. THORN, APRIL 22. On Sunday last two serious engagements took place between the insurgents and Russian troops in the forest of Kampinos, six German miles from Warsaw and Pultuesk. The latter place was burnt by the Russians dating the engagement. R 0 M E. 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 trusted 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 ( f 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 pr o p ert y descending with the title to an heir) by 53 against 26 votes. FRANCE. WARNINGS OF THE PRESS. PARIS, APRIL 22. The Journal 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 heart of the exceeding importance of its announce ment !—intimates to-day, as its latest fragment of intelligence, the tact 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 all 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. 600, The Rail way Share Market has also improved. The market closed as follows : it per Cents. 96 50 Do. end month per Cents Do. end month 69 50 Credit Mobilier 1411 25 Do. end month Ul5 Bank Shares 3380 Italian Loan 7l 70 Do. end month — New ditto Do. end month - Russian Austrian §ianial Threes 52 50 Home Debt ;TAYS. Credit Foncier .... '_ BAIL' Cash. Account. Orleans ................ 1020 .. 1020 Northern New ditto ............ ~ .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1170 _ .. 1175 Geneva ................ 440 .. 44 7 50 Southern ........ 777 50 .. 780 Western Eastern Sardinian .......... 448 75 .. 452 60 Austrian .............. CI 50 .. 500 Lowbard .............. 601 25 .. 602 50 North of Spain ........ 572 50 .. 573 75 Saragossa. ............. 755 .. 752 50 Ditto to Barcelona •• • . 363 75 .. 370 --- The Commercial Navigation Company of India i, 4P, undertaking recently formed, and of consider able importance, as it is about to enter upon a field t )f enterpriFe 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 tnce of merchandise, &c. Provisional 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 o 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 .lirectors are encouraged to hops for a great improve. went 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 th a t a q uantit y of ancient arms and n umerou s Gallic coins , bearing the names of nati ve c hi e f s i n t h e ir own language, have just been found at Alise-St. Reins (Coto d'Or), the Alesia of ihE Romans, which w as d es t ro yed Julius Cve,ar. These coins were evidently struck before the Conquest, as on those subsequent to that event the Gallic names are all Latinised• The Polish y oung men r esiding in Paris having forwarded an address to the youth of Sweden, thanking them for their of the University o f U psal h av e now forwarded one in reply. sympathy for the Poli sh cause, the students SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. —Durin g the week ending April 18 the visitors have been as follows : On Monday, Tu es d ay, an d S a t ur day, free days, open from 10 a.m, students' days (admi ss i on t o the public 6 d.), open from 10 to 10 p.m., 27,144 ; from Wedn esda y to Frida y , a.m, to 6 p.m., 11,911; total, 30,055; front the opening of the museum, 3,807,414, Oren 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 left 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 Cle wer, which building is just completed, but nut 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. S-iowball. The royal party afterwards returned to the Castle by William-street and Peascod-street. The Hereditary Prince of Sixe-Weimar, 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. We hear that the Prince of Wales will take pos session of Marlborough Huse to-day. His R )yal 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 Paris 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 Pot tman-square from Hastings. Lord and Lady Lilford have left Farrance's Hotel for Lynington 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 Frenoh,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, Sir 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 gymnastics, 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 yet 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 serve pow erity. What has ever posterity 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 after 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 - bottl e, and proposed to Parlia ment that it should be made comp ulsor y 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 waiter 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. Stiv. 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 t hat of tne Vale 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 ease 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 WITII SWORDS.---A hostile meeting with swords took place on Monday, at Auteuil, between M. of the Diogene, and M. Lafont, of the Figaro. The duel, which arose from a trifling misunderstanding, termi nated without the effusion of blood.—Galignast. The Charwarz publishes a woodcut 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 Coin mon Council at MarL. orough 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 thts time of the year. The hundreds of kitchen gardens in the mining districts look equally as fa• vourable, and it i s expecte d t h at if th e weather continues moderately propitious the result will be a reduction in many articles of consumption, FINE ARTS. EXHIBITION OF THE INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS. This society has charged 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 bhip—Crew and all Hands Saved." This is R sketch of that thrilling excitement which only occa- sions of life or death can call forth. The men in the ifeboat seem excited and overjoyed, while the spec ators who crowd the shore are gzing eagerly on. This is a fine subject for an artist, and its skilful delineation has produced the hapiest results. " Scott's Burial-place, 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 s 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 _ . he fair scenes of that country he so loved to depict. There is one sacred picture by Mr. H. Tide 5 that has been painted for the Bible 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 ilius- trate those blessed words, " Of such are the king dom of Heaven." Mr. a 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, entitled "The Princess Eliz Abeth entering London,a Prisoner of State." This is a great success, and has already been sold. The face of the Princess is beautifully done, and displays the anxiety she is evidently 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 ce.sions of that day is well manifested in the bril liant colouring. " Pompeis," by the same artist, is 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. " The Reeks of M'Grillicuddy, Killarney," by J. C. Reed, is a good illustration of the beauty for which that . . neighbourhood is famous. " Wnere 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. Robi❑s, is a very well drawn sketch of an old blind man led by a little gir: ; 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 alumberer back From the realms unseen by you To life's dim weary track 1" The Doge," by L. ilaghe, 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. Tlaghe'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 some measure 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 Martha went to meet the Saviour. "An Evening Glow," by Aaron Penley, is effective. It pictures that brilliant light that sometimes suffuses the evening sky, " whe❑ we can almost tLink we gaze through golden vistas into heaven." " Interior of Roslyn Chapel from the High Altar," by John Chase, is a beautiful sub ject well carried out. It has been celebrated by Sir Walter Scott in the " Lay of the Last Minstrel,'' There are twenty of Rosslyn's barons bold lie buried beneath that proud chapel," and these stately warriors could not have found " couch more magni ficent" than this splendid lane 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 Madoz, North Wales," by J. H. Mole, is one of those suggestive scenes that abound in Wales. " Grapes," by Mts. 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. " Rivo San Protasio Venice," by IL d'Egville, presents us with those delineations of that far fumed 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 ske'tch, 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 a s gazing at themselves, in a mirror before them, apparently well satisfied with their contemplation. but what there is pleasing in this the beholder will he puzzled to ascertain. On the whole there is a fair average amount of merit in this exhibition, and taken altogether, notwithstanding 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 general arrangements as ro hanging, &c , seem satisfactory. The numerous visitors paid great attention to the subjects before them, and appeared for the most part to be pleased ,ind interested with what was offered for their inspection. SOCIE IT OF FEMALE ARTISTS. Among the crowd of exhibitions that press on our notice in these spring days the Gallery of the Fbmale Artists is by no means unworthy of a visit. I t i s a visible and practical proof of the increasing !Attention that has of late years been paid to the development of feminine capabilities, and also 01 he happy results of the increased facilities offerer) 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 depreciatory of feminine powers. Women have long assumed the right to wield the pen, and why should they not exhibit equal talent in the exercise of the sister art. Thanks are due to the enterprising and gifted ladies who originated the idea of an exhibition exclusively feminine, which should be the means of encourag ing artistic genius, and of bringing into public notice works in every way worthy of the honour of exhibition. As might be expected, the subjects selected are mostly graceful and tender. Childhood, fruit and flower, landscape, and architecture' are of constant recurrence. Some ladies. however, have taken a bolder flight, and have grasped more diffi cult subjects. The very first picture in the cata logue, " The Retaliation Shot," by Miss Thompson, represents a bandit with uplifted gun, taking aim at his enemy. Somewhat ambitious in its scope and design, too, is a large picture that at once at tracts the eye on looking up the gallery, "Bri tannia Rules the Waves," by Madame Jeric han, in which Britannia, a colossal figure in red robes, is pointing to the subject waters. This production, although powerful, is, we must confess, more pretentious than pleasing. Another lady who has covered a canvas of great extent is Mrs. Swift, who, in her picture of " The Letter," has given us two figures of considerable size. The 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 tne exhibition, how ever, the visitor must not look at the largest frames, he must rather tura to the exquisite fruit and flower pieces of Miss Emma Walter or the charming figures of Miss Agnes Bou vier. The latter lady, who beersa name fast rising in artistic celebrity, has a special aptitude for the felicitous representation of childhood, as shown in the scene of the " Picture Book," where a rosy faced little one is smiling over the wonders of "Tom Thumb," which 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 same facile pencil meet us on the wails, all admirably painted, one in particular, " La Petite Brunette," rorming a charming study. If there is a fault to be found amid so much beauty, it is that there is a slight sameness in the faces. Each picture, ssen 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 Lance. The brilliancy of the colouring, and the natural els' pearance of fruit and flowers, must rivet the atten tion of the most careless passer by. The bloom 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 ex quisitely pourtreyed. A kindred taste is shown by Mrs. 'Withers in her study of "Roses," No. 52. The landscapes are numerous and tolerably sue' cessful, though there is a certain stiffness about many of them that seems to indicate an unpractised hand. Miss Bertram gives us a careful " Sketch of Krenberg Castle on the Sound," and Miss Rent/ . portrays " A Forfarshire Den" with great spirit. There is a pretty scene, called " On the Look-out," oy Miss Georgina Swift, showing two figures on the sands. Mrs. Hussey has two companion pie' tures, Nos. 118 and 138, representing "Evening on Ulswater Lake," and " Early Morning on Der' wentwater." They are somewhat ambitious at tempts, and not without success, but in the former the reflection of the mountain in the lake is some' what too prominent, while in the latter the pre valence of the morning mists is suffered to render o it indistinct. " Awakened Sorrows, Old Letters,'' by Margaret Gillies, shows considerable power; the faces of the elder woman and her youthful cote' tarter are well contrasted, and the sorrowful expres' slob of the former is forcibly depicted. The length of the arm round the girl's neck is too great, and the position somewhat awkward—faults which do eh t , prevent the gazer from recognisi ng th e a bility 0 ' he artist. " The Brothers Grimm," is a very clever portrait, in which the large sized heads seem a lmost nature. It is the work of Madame Jerichau, th e same lady whose " Britannia" we mentioned above' Miss Caroline Grierson has shown more ingenuity than taste in painting a lady with a black net ve t/ over her face. It is impossible not to admire the skill of the painter, and equally impossible to all the picture. It is n o t su p pose d t h at a branch art in which a lady h a d a cq u i re d suc h a wor ld-wid e reputation as Rosa Bonheur should be lett untried, and according'y we have severs, sketches of an imal life. Miss Newcowen's "Shepherd Dog," Mi l :, Keating's "Galantine," and Mrs. Swift's" Blanche are probably all drawn from life. We alluded to ;Nits. Swift's gift for portrait painting, and it eer: taiuly extends to the animal wor ld it B lanc he se' for her portrait. To judge from the animati on sparkling in her wonderfully bright eyes, she tull e s t have found the task a t e di ous one . V ery charmitni too, is Mrs. Keating's Song of Praise" on Scree! 1., where a little Robin Redbreast is singing b i b morning song. The same lady h a s painted vil t o care and faithfulness a pair of dead pheasants- -4 , easy task, as an y one w h o h as stu di e d t h e i r bet/ 11° i fully varied feathers, may guess. Mdlle. Ra Z contributes a charming picture, entitled " Lady' bird, lady bird, fly away h ome ." I t i s one o f tho s e ; delightful scenes of childish life, in which the fee! t o nine pencil es p ec i a lly exce l s . I t i s wort h y 011101 . , that the pre-Raphaelite school has v er y few O n lowers. Miss Justine. Deffell's "R us tl e a mong t i/ i Leaves," and Mrs. Thompson's "Ventnor" are ting e t with its peculiarities. The fair exhibitors are 11° 0 devoid of a sense of humour as is proved by 0111 .1 of the clever sketch es on t h e screen. Pronein e ' o among these are Miss Florence Claxton's " Semis from the Life of a Governess," and the same 1e c3 , 1 . 01 laughable illu s t rat i ons o f E ng l an d versus A u stral oi in which the various aspects of home and cole l3 to ball-rooms, the different meanings attached i s " 'Wanted a Governess," and finally the lo ue i l, spinster and her cat, in one hemisphere, and the ' 4 . 0 tary bachelor, with his dog, in the other are haPP O I contrasted. Miss Adelaide Claxton, whose el e ' it illustrations of one of our serials, will be fresh o/ the recollections of its readers, is also among . 0 contributors. Sculpture has al so h er votar l o Miss Durant having contributed three very able e o elaborate marble b as - re li e f s represent i ng Thetis 6 0 Achilles. Thetis mourning over the dead 15A 3 , 1 0 01 the hero is, perhaps, the best. Last, but not ie fle i of the works mentioned in the cataloue er e 0 0 admirably executed bronzes, representing sheep in various attitudes. They are all excel;sf but one of the bulls and the " Brebis debout jot o perhaps the best. It is surprising that the sn a ps such successful works should withhold her t o We heartily congratulate . the lady artists . oe s ss nigh degree of merit which their exhibitiouctis attained, and which we cannot douht will s' the support and countenance of the public. cattle 41 whew . There are some writers—Fuller, Sir Browne, Burton, Izaak Walton, Sir Thomas Overt tr) :o example—who must be read with the adjuncts of g a te paper, long a's and ob so l e t e s p e lli n g, if y o u would c the full aroma of their quaintness. CAMPBELL'S " iiOIIENLINDEN.”—EveIY n 3 4 eishman remembers Campbell's noble p°" - t 0 " Hohenlinden ;" but few perhaps had considered , il i n re pil Edward Cust led the way, how entirely that poem l' vs m eet' gents all tile circumstances of the battle which i t 1 1. - 5 Ce lt so famous. it is about as near to tact as is Dav i " o cit brated picture of Bonaparte crossing the Alps on e stoat,A charger to the reality of the passage of the St• :;,tto, c .; Ihe essence of the poetical Hohenlinden is a titg P t - re" But the true battle of Hohenlinden began at e i g ht o'clock in the morning. It in very likely that the fro flows swift and dark in winter, bat it flows mallY liohenlinden It does, ind ee d, was h the walls ' and banners may have wave d upon t h ose walls ' f: r be co ll their waving have h a d l ess i n fl uence upo n the bett le , r pe invisible, through distance, from the scene of it. Pc; ;eature common to the rea l an d the imagined 9 t . tl was the snow, w hi c h f e ll h eav ily during, altheugtbe P° not cover the ground b e fore, the battle. perhg never heard that slush and mud were the allies of tau s Hohenlinden, and that Moreau won the battle hlo.'irogl3 .ccurately how long his assailant would stia and 0.010. in the boggy forest-paths, where it was no 1320terli'dge. rush to glory than it is to gallop over an AlPille