The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-21 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), April 21st, will be per formed, for the first time this season, Donizetti's favourite Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMER3IOOR. With the following powerful east : Edgardo, Signor Ginglini ; Arturo, Signor Übaldi ; Nor manno, Signor Casaboni ; Enrico Aston, Signor Gassier; Raimondo, Signor Bossi ; Alisa, Madame Corsi ; and Lucia, Mdlle. Titiens. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. 1`,.) c3nclude with the New Ballet. On Thursday next, April 23 (Subscription Night).—Titiens, Cluglini. Debut of Madame Therese Ellinger, as Maffeo Orsini. LITCREZIA BORGIA. New Ballet. Doors open at half-past Seven. The Opera will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Prices :—Stalls, One Guinea ; Reserved Box Seats, nalf - a - Guinea ; Pit Tickets, Bs. 6d. ; Gallery Stalls, ss. and 7s. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, in the Gallery Circle, to admit three persons, 21s. Notice. —lt will be necessary for thoss parties who intend to attend visiting the Reserved B3X Seats (at 10s. ect each ), in Evening Costume. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had at the Bo t - , office of the Theatre (under the Colonnade in the Hayrnark ex , which is open daily, under the superintendenceof Mr . . Nugent, from Ten till Six ; and at all the principal Libraries and Music sellers. THE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE,- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, April 21, for the 360th time in London, PEEP O'DAY. Mes , rs. Henry Lorraine, Walter Lacy, C . Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Spencer, T. Neville &a Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, &c. ' To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. T H.EAT E - R 0 IA L, HAY 111 ARK ET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. %cicerone. THIS EVENING, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Chippen dale, and Miss Louisa Angel. _ -- • Alter 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. FECHTER.. 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 Pr3lozue, 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. Brongnam, H. Widdi3ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Ra-ymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenne, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lefseefs, vess s. Lindu. and Vining, THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miss Amy Sedg ck• bliss licndersou, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. K. wi Roxby, U. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which, KILLING TIME. Mr. Get'. Vining, Mr. C eyton, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDEE ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen derson, and Murray; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz ) amts, Moreland, and Cockerill. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.--• 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. MIS? Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford,Phillips, Mr. Bilhngton, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. Commence at 7. rip HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE EXHIBITION of ALUMINIUM and ALUMINIUM BRONZE. SPECIMENS, illustratinz the appli -2,000 cation (Ornamental a nd Useful) of these in teresting Metals, ARE NOW ON VIEW at MAPPIN BROTHERS'STREET. NEW ROOMS, 222, REGENT Admissiou by Card. The Weather—Sun Office, April 21, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday 6O Lowest during the night This day at Noon 55 Wind—South •Westerly ; moderate, with fine but cloudy weather. , HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnis DAT.—Morning, 3h. 59m.—Afternoon, 4h. 16m. TO-goiatow.-Morning, 4h. 32m.—Afternoon, 4h. 50m. ,*,-; 4 , I 11'1)1' XV.144 LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1863. An animated debate took place last night on the " Prison Ministers Bill." It is to be regretted that so much intolerance yet prevails in many quarters, but last night the influence of sectarian prejudice was not suffered to prevail. Sir G. GREY, in pro. posing the second reading was at great pains fully to explain its purport, and if possible to do away with the misconeeptions that had arisen on the subject. He said that he respected the feeling of those against the measure since he believed it was founded on conscientious convictions, but he be lieved it to be totally unfounded and altogether misplaced. In consequence of the great facilities no w afforded to the Irish for coming to this coun try, and the higher remuneration'they had received, there had been a very considerable increase in the number of Roman Catholic prisoners. The special clause that they now had in force, pro vided " That whenever any prisoner not being a member of the Established Church made a special request to be attended by a minister of his own chinch, the visiting justices be empowered to allow the attendance of such minister, under such regu lations as were consistent with the rules of the prison." The right hon. baronet also ex plained that this concession did not in any way interfere with the functions of the prison chaplain, a member of the Established Church, who, by vi r tue of his office, and in accordance with hie stipulated duties, had to visit every cell, and pre scribe the lessons taught and the books to be read, which, in his opinion, were most conducive to moral and religious instruction. In one case only were prisoners left to the exclusive care of the ministers cf the church to which they belonged, and that was when they were under sentence of death. The plan now proposed was only in ac cor d ance w i t h that adopted in all military prisons. Re asked those gentlemen who opposed the bill to imagi ne themselves in the minority in a Catholic country, and to consider how they would feel if, numbered among the criminals, they were debarred from all intercourse with the ministers of their own religion, and left entirely under the care and instruction of the priests. In Ireland, which was mainly a Catholic country, the law made provision for the instruction of prisoners. "It provided for each prison a Protestant chaplain of the Established Church, though in some of the gaols there was not a Protestant prisoner. He only asked the house to ma k e provision for regularly paid Roman Catholic chaplains in such places as the visiting justices might consider desirable, as he had shown that is only i n a few localities that prisoners of that persuasion formed a large portion of the criminal population. The last clause modified that part of the existing i A w, which imposed upon Protestant chaplains the duty of visiting all prisoners, and of selecting all the books employed for the purpose of religious instruction. :Sir. LANGTON moved, as an amend ment, that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He contended that the measure was in every way a hurtful one to the interests of the Established Church. SELWYN was of opinion that the bill was not required, and he considered it was oppposed to the rights a nd principles of the Protestant Church, and the rights of individual conscience. He thought the bi l l embesced an entirely new principle, esnd he therefore supported the amendment. Lord EDWARD HOWARD made a temperate speech in akvocacy of the measure. He said t hat thsase who referred to past legislation as )nclasive, and considered its statutes irre va'c.able, forg o t that in those days a totally different system had prevailed in all things. " Why, those who , spoke of the Act of GEORGE 11/. 38 if it ought never to be altered, forgot that at that time it was des' ;h to break down the bank of a reservoir to get , at the fish inside it, and death to kill a sheep for the sake of its skin." The noble lord said that we lived in happier and more enlightened times, and as for talking of conflicting interests, why, the late Lord HERBERT had succeeded in doing away with all distinctions between the Protestant and Catholic chaplains in the army, and the result was that each kept to hie own limits, and did not interfere with the other. He concluded his impressive speech by stating that on the House would rest a grave responsibility if they rejected this measure, since if Catholics were equal in the eyes of the law, why should they not be in a matter of such vital importance. Mr. DIS RAELI spoke strongly in support of the bill, and said the country would not be satisfied if they came to a hasty conclusion, since the " objections 1 to the bill were not of a light character, and the arguments in its favour recommended themselves by an appeal not only to expediency but to jus tice," The right hon. gentleman said that if he believed for a moment that the interests of the Church of England would be injured by the passing of this or any similar measure, no one would oppose it more strongly than himself. "The existing privileges of the Church of England are great and manifold, but this should be remem bered, that its privileges entirely in theory, and greater still in practice, embody and represent popular rights, and that is the source of their strength ; but I cannot see see what popular right is represented by the Church of England exercising an arbitrary power to prevent a captive, who is not in her communion, from en joying the consolations of his own religion." This passage truly explains the whole state of the case, and sets forward the absurdity of that exclu sive doctrine that would make a church more stable and secure by raising round it a wall of prejudice, and invoking for its attribute the spirit of intolerance and bigotry. Mr. DISRAELI said that he considered the bill was framed and fitted not only to do jus tice to the Roman Catholic prisoners, but also to the Protestant community, since we could not justify a series of legislation which took no care to improve a considerable amount of the penal population of the country. He thus concluded his impressive harangue by appealing to the sense of right and justice, which is the ruling spirit of this land, and the basis of our most lasting institutions—" The speech of the right hon. gen tleman who moved the amendment would have been an excellent speech before the passing of the Ro man Catholic Emancipation Bill and the repeal of the Test and Corporation Act; but it will not do now. And in my opinion the strength of the Church of England does not depend upon devices of that kind, nor does it depend upon the policy recommended by the hon. gentleman, but on deeper ground, and on principles which will have a much more true appli cation. It is the privilege of the Church of England to represent popular rights. Ss long as popular rights exist national sympathy will always rally round that great institution. But the power of the Church of England and the Protestant feeling of this country will not be maintained and supported by acting in a manner inconsistent with all our previous legislation ; and not only shall we do so if this bill be unsuccessful, but we place in the way of a great scheme of ameliorating conduct towards all our criminal population obstacles which will pre vent its entire fulfilment, and the consequences of which must be injurious to society at large." This speech was followed by one from Lord PALMERSTON, who addressed the House in a brief form, but dis played his usual ability in dealing with difficult subjects such as that under con sideration. The noble lord stated with true discrimiation that he considered this question "not as one between Protestantism and Catholicity, but as one between sound sense and respectable and honourable prejudice.' This was certainly clinching the matter in a decided tone. The noble lord also added that there was no danger to be apprehended from Roman Catholic priests having access to those who, as members of Parliament, were entrusted with making the laws of the country neither did they consider danger resulted from their holding intercourse with soldiers bearing arms for the service of the country, and to whom its safety was entrusted. Where then was the consistency of declaring that mischief would ensue from a priest visiting a man confined to a prison for crimes, and whom the state was bound to do its ut most to reform. The noble lord then impressively urged the duty of giving a man, hardened by crimes, the chance of improvement by hearing advice from one " who comes to him with all the sanction derived from early asso ciations, and from the doctrines incul cated into his mind at a time when he was capable of receiving deep impressions." Then he went on in a tighter strain to state that it was just those prisoners who never made a special request to see a priest who the most required one, and sited the instance of a boy at school, whom they might as well say need not be taught at all because he did not like his lesson. Besides, concluded the Noble Lord, there was " some thing ungenerous in taking advantage of the compulsory seclusion of the prisoner to make him swerve from the faith which he professes." Notwithstanding a strong opposi tion, the bill 1 vas carried by a majority of thirty; and while there were some notable instances of pre judice, it is eminently satisfactory to remark that the leaders of the House were of accord. They can find no better principle to uphold together, and no better 1 measure of which to make a common cause than one which vindicates the vital breath and the native air of our constitution, the spirit of tolerance, and the cause of civil and religious liberty. It is to he hoped that the earnest and eloquent speeches of Lord PALMERSToN and Mr. DISRAELI will influ ence their respective parties, and that the House w ill long continue to approve of their magnanimous and e'evated views. Some doubtless act from strictly conscientious motives, bat the larger num ber of the opponents of this and similar measures seem to arrogate all right of judgment to them iselves, and totally to ignore that far-seeing 1 and widely-spread enlighten ment which is the true exponent of the religion of a Christian. The greatest apostle of that faith has taught us that when tongues shall cease and prophecies fail and knowledge shall vanish away, the spirit of charity shall endure, and those Christians best deserve the name who are guided by its laws of love and follow its paths of peace. Civil war is detrimental to the fortunes of any State ; but religious dissensions are still more inimical and injurious to the welfare and interests of the com munity, and should be avoided by every possible means. The Pays of last evening furnishes us with an outline of the note sent by the French Cabinet to St. Petersburg. It is R orded with a careful in genuity, that commits the Imperial Government to nothing, that pledges it to no particular course, j that leaves it free to open or shut the door of the Temple of Janus, according to the necessities or the humour of the moment. According to the will of the astute politician, who sways the destinies of France, the elaborate generalities cf the note in question may develope into a European war, or subside into the insignificance of a diplomatic pro test. Vox ee praderea nehil may be the motto of the hour, but the word of warning in the second paragraph is open to a different interpretation if desired. According to the Pays, the note begins by stating that the troubles of Poland have occasioned great uneasiness in Europe, as it is felt that they do not result from temporary or exceptional causes, but are the in evitable consequences of the existing state of things. " The periodicalconvulsions which occur in Poland," says M. DROUYN DE lnuYs, " are the symptoms of inveterate disease," proving beyond a doubt the inability of the Russian Government to reconcile the country to the situation in which it has been placed by the treaties of 1815, This phrase is worthy of notice, inasmuch as the remonstrance of the English Cabinet is said to have been based upon the treaties of 1815, reminding the Cabinet of St. Petersburg of the obligations it contracted on that occasion, and calling upon it to fulfil them. There is, consequently, an important differ ence between the two notes, since the English Government takes its stand upon the text of treaties which the French Minister declares to have been proved incompatible with the happiness of the Polish people. M. DROUYN DE LHUTS goes on to say that such dis turbances alarm Europe. " These conflicts excite the public mind, and might, if prolonged, disturb the relations of Governments in such degree as to produce the most regretable consequences." This vaguely- worded phrase reminds the CZAR that there aro those who still look upon Poland as an op pressed nation, not as a rebellious province. The conduct of the Russian Government towards its disaffected subjects could scarcely " disturb the relations of Governments" or produce "regretable consequences." A point is given to these mysteri ous hints by the steps recently taken by the French Government. Orders, it is said, have been sent to the naval arsenals to fit out all the iron-clads that are launched, and to hasten the completion of those still on the stocks. The Prefets Mari times have likewise received directions to send in a report on the condition of all steamers in re serve, with a statement of the time they will require to be manned and prepared for active service. The tone which the Parisian press has been suffered to adopt with regard to Poland and Russia is not with out significance ; and the alteration in the views of La France is also worthy of note. It declines to conjecture what will be the reply of Russia, but it declares that it awaits with confidence " a decision which derives from present events, and, above all, from the step taken by the Powers, an importance which no one can fail to recognise." This import ance (gravite) can scarcely attach to a mere diplo matic formula, the answer to which could have been conjectured before it was sent. Russia will, doubtless, repeat the protestations of her good will towards the Poles, and cite the recent amnesty as evidence of her magnanimity. This amnesty was not, as some supposed, the answer to the intervention of the Powers, since the intention of the CZAR was known before the notes were sent. At present all is vague and uncertain, dependent on the will of him who pulls the strings of conti nental politics. At all events the mistake of 1812 will not be repeated; and in the event of hostilities with Russia, the assistance of her natural antagonist will be a prominent feature in the campaign. Rus sia, it is true, may yet take the advice so courte ously given her in the concluding words of M. DROUYN DE LHUYS, and may recognise," in her wisdom," what her justice has refused to acknow ledge, "the necessity of adopting measures which will place Poland in a position of lasting peace." The fortifications of Carlscrona and the iron-clads of Cherbourg may serve as convincing arguments where the voice of justice and humanity has been raised in vain. It is not without reason that our quick-witted neighbours on the other side of the Channel ima gine that the Government of President LINCOLN are endeavouring to provoke England to war. Amazed at the effrontery of their conduct, and at the lofty contempt they display for all the principles of law and justice, they can hardly suppose that the Cabinet of Washington expect such deliberate in sults and injuries to be tamely submitted to, and such damage inflicted on our commerce at the same time, that, with virtuous indignation, they are de manding the interference of our Government in their favour. It is not surprising that, in face of the flagrant encroachment on our commercial rights, the rumours of an approaching rupture between England and the Federal States should be current on the Bourse, although the tame and spiritless conduct of Earl RUSSELL certainly does little to justify them. We commented a few days since on the reprehensible conduct of Mr. ADAMS, who made use of his diplomatic position to protect a vessel loaded with munitions of war for the Mexican Government, bnad for the very same port as the Peterhoff. The one vessel having duly ful filled every legal formality, laden with articles of merchandise, sails from London to a neutral port and is captured on her way, the owners of ship and cargo being put to heavy expense from lose of time, even supposing the case to be satisfac torily adjusted, while the officers, crew, and passen gers are detained as prisoners, and prevented from going on shore and having free access to the British Consul. On the other Bide, we have a vessel, sail ing also from London to Matamoras, whose cargo is not restricted to articles of ordinary merchan dise, but who carries arms and ammundition under the protection of the Ambassador ofthe United States. What does our Government do in this case ? It addresses, it is true, a remonstrance on behalf of the Peterhoff, but it refuses to accord the smallest protection to other mercantile vessels bound for the same port. The correspondence between the owners of the Sea Queen and the Government authorities is scarcely what would have been expected in a great commercial nation, who claims among her dominions, the Empire of the Seas. No fifth rate power could be more hopeless of pro tecting the interests of its subjects. No state insulted by England herself could show less anxiety to provoke a quarrel. The merchants and brokers interested in the cargo of the Peterhoff, in a letter to Earl RUS SELL, Bet forward very strongly the state of the case, and justly m foroablistei formalities v s e have that b e if, after duly fulfilled,all l eg a l and commerci a l any vessel bound for a neutral port may be legally seized and detained on mere suspicion, the whole commerce of the empire is pl ace d at t h e mercy of any belligerent Power. The fact of numerous Ame rican trading vessels running between New York and Matamoras points to another reason for this unwarrantable interference with British com merce. Yet, in the face of these incontrovertible facts, in defiance of the unanswerable arguments of the mercantile gentlemen in question, cur au thorities refuse to interfere. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY will not suffer a mail agent to accom pany the vessel the Sea Queen, to protect the mail bags, although the owners of the vessel offered to defray the ex p ense . Lord RUSSELL contents him self with downofthinesularawneine, s a u n e d h r a ,sf m us a e n s n t e o r asto raise layingthe rates grant the smallest protection, Mr. ADAMS may give what guarantee he likes to vessels leaving English ports. The English Minister cannot pro tect English merchant ships. The security given by an American may be quoted at Lloyd's in favour of a vessel; the letter of the English Foreign Mini ster sends up the rates of insurance forthwith . We are to submit to have our dockyards watched, and are to be called upon to detain any vessel at the suggestion of the represen tative of the Northern States. Our Government does not remonstrate though the arms and ammunition shipped for Matamoros are to be directed against a friendly power. No wonder the indig nant murmurs of the House of Commons answered Mr. LAYARD'S reply to Mr. PEACOCK'S question. The matter is still " under consideration," no com munication having yet been made to Mr. ADAMS. If our ministers do not bestir themselves a little more actively than they have hitherto done some communications will be made to Mr. ADAMS and his countrymen which may teach their inordinate vanity a wholesome lesson. Englishmen will not suffer their commerce to be damaged without re dress, their vessels confiscated, their m a il b ags broken open, and the terrible injury which loss of time and uncertainty inflict on trade to be endured much longer. The Government are going the way to provoke men whose interests are so heavily at stake to take matters into their own hands, in which case we may expect a naval realisation of our friend Punch's famous picture of the shoeless stampedo of Bull's Run " Goin' to take Canada!" The blockading fleet of Charles ton, the vessels which, according to General BUT LER, are to sweep English commerce from the seas, may find cause to remember that the Alabama was of English origin, and, in the words of "Chevy Chase," "We have within our realm Five hundred good as she." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1863 HAYMARKET THEATRE. After an absence of much longer duration than London play -goers could have wished, Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Wigan have returned to town, and resumed their professional duties last evening at the Baymarket Theatre, where they ap peared in their celebrated characters of John Mildrn ay and grs. Hector Sternhold, in Mr. Tom Taylor's favourite comedy of " Still Waters Run Deep," Both artists expe rienced an enthusiastic reception, and performed with all the skill, spirit, and refinement for which they are so emi nently distinguished. Seldom, if ever, has the art of act ing been brought to higher perfection on the British stage than in Mr. Wigan's performance of John Mildms►y, Frank, 12.. nest, and manly, and thoroughly English in tone and treatment, it is an impersonation which challenges ad miration equally by its freshness and originality of concep din, and by the care which the actor has so artistically be stowed upon the minutest particulars of its execution. The judgment which he display a in the management of a most melodious and expressive voice, the " naturalness" and appropriateness of all his looks and movements, and the delightful ease of his manner, give to Mr. Wigan's act ing an irresistible air of truth. He is at once the most refined and the most veracious of actors. There is no cla mour, no turmoil abrut him ; all is genuine, artless, and unaffected, As in the play, so in the performance, the still waters run deep, and the tide of passion is ill the swifter and more profound for the absence of that noise which is alike the characteristic of shallow streams and superficial actors. It too often happens that the per. formances of other artists, even of those who have attained high rank in their profession, leave much to the fancy of the spectator. However highly finished in many respects, they still have shortcomings which the audience have to eke out with their own imaginings in order to make the picture perfect. But Mr. Wigan's acting is open to no such objec tion. Here everything is so complete and absolu; e that in returning to the realities of life when the play is over, the difficulty we experience is to shake off the drr matic illusion we have been under, and to reconcile ourselves to the con viction that what looked so like n ature was after all only consummate art. To adopt such a belief does one's judg ment as much violence as to distrust those marvellous little drawings by Mr. William Hunt, in which fruits, flowers, and birds' nests are depicted with a subtlety of touch and a witchery of colour that make it all but impossible to dis tinguish between the things imitated and their imitations. Whether it take a pictorial or a histrionic form this is art of that genuine kind which, operating powerfully, yet conceal ing the method of its operation, fully realises the classic zest of excellence--" summa ars artem celere." In vigour and variety of expression, and the skilful simulation of many dissimilar emotions, :Mrs. Wigan's impersonation of Mrs. Hector Sternhold, as usual, displayed great merit, and was a worthy pendent to Mr. Wigan's brilliant performance• The other characters were efficiently sustained, Mr. W. Farren, as Hawksley, in particular, deserving favourable notice. PAR,L TAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 20. PRISON MINISTERS BILL. Order for second reading read. Motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word ' now,' and at the end of the question to add the words ' upon this ' day six months.'" Question put, "That the word now' stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes, 162 ; Noes, 122. AYES —152. Acton Sir J. Ewart, J. C. Morritt, W. Adam , W. P. Fergusson , Sir J. Isl orthcote, Sir S. H. Atherton, Sir W. Forster, Charles D. O'Brien, Sir P. Ayrton, A. S. Forster, W. E. O'Conor Don, The Bailey, C. French, Col. O'Reilly, M. Baines, E. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Padmore, R. Baring, Sir F. Gavi n, ibso Thos. Geo. Gibson. T. M Major P aget, Lord A. Baring' Pakington, Sir J. S. Bass, M. T. Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, Sir R. Beaumont, W. B. Gower, F. L. Palmerston, Visct. , . Beaumont,Somerset Greene, J• Patten, Col. W. Beecroft, G. S. Greenwood, J. Peel, Sir R. Bellew, R. M. Gregory, W. ll• Peel, F. Berkeley, Col. Grenfell, H. R. Pender, J. Berkeley, C. Grey, Rt. Hil. Sir G. Pin ne y, Col. Blake, J. A. Grosvenor, Earl Pollard Urquhart W Bonham-Carter, J. Gurdon, B. Potter, E. Bouverie, E. P. Hadfield, Geo- Potts, George Bouverie, P. P. Hanmer, Sir J. Proby, Lord. G. L. Bowyer, Sir G. Hartington , MarquisPryse, Capt. E. L. Brady, Dr Hay, Sir J. Puller, C. W. Braniston, T. W. Headlam , T ho s. E. Robertson, D. Bruce, H. A. Henley, Lord Robertson, H. Buchanan, W. Herbert, H. A. Russell, F. W. Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Heygate, W. U Salomonq,Alderman Butt, Isaac Howard, Hon. C. Scholefietd, W. Buxton, C. Howard. Lord E. G. Scully, V. Calthorpe, F. 11. Hubbard, J. G. Seely, C. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Hutt, W. Seymour, A: - Castlerosse, Viet. Ingham, H. Sidney, Thomas Caveneish, Hon. W. Jackson, W. Smith, J. B. Cochrane, A. D. Kingscote, Lt-Col. Smith, J. A. Cogan, W. H. Knight, F. Stacpoole, W. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Layard, A. H. Stansfeld, J. Collier, R. P. Leatham, E. Steel, John Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lennox, Lord G. G. Stirling, Wm. Cox, W. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Taylor, P. A. Crawford, R. W. Locke, John Vaue, Lord H. G. Dalglish, Robert Lon,gfield, Robert Verney, Sir Harry Davey, it. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. Dering, Sir B. Lyeron, Hon. F. Vivian, H. H. ~ Dickson, Col. 31`Cann, J. Waldron, L. Dillwyn, Lewis L. MacEvoy, E. Watkins, Col. L. Disraeli, Benjamin 31`Mahon, 1,.,. Westhead, J. Douglas, Sir C. Maguire, J. x . Willoughby, Sir H. Duff, M. E. Mainwaring, T. Wood, Rt 11n. Sir C. Dunne, Col. Manners, Lord J. Wood, W. Dunne, M. M ar tin, . Woods, Henry Egerton, A. F. Merry, James Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. MildmaY, H. TELLERS, Ennis, John Mitchell, T. A. Brand, 11. B. Evans, T. W. Monsen, Rt. lin. W. White, L. NOES —122. Adderley, C. B. Gore, J. R. O. Parker, Major W. Addington, Hon.W. Gower, G. W. L. Peto, Sir M. Angerstein, W. Greenall, G. Pevensey, Viscount Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Gray, Capt. Phillips, G. L. o. b, T. B. Archdall, Capt.3l E. Grogan, Sir E. Pigott, Sergeant Aytoun, S. S. Haliburton, T. C. Powell , F . S. Beach, W. W. Hanbury, R. • Quinn, Peter Bentinck, G. W. P. Hardy, J. Repton, G. W. J. Beresr ibbert , J. ord, W. Rogers, John J. li Blackburn, P. llsla Bovill, Wm. Howes, E. S I l° el s a L i ' V e r l -B. A oo . t h , G. Bridges, Sir B. Huut, G. W. f•..cott, Sit W. Bruce, C. L. C. Kekewich, S. Selwyn, C. J. Butler, C. S. Kendall, N. Seymer, 11. K. Caird, James Kennard, R. Seymour, Digby Cairns, Sir H. King, J. K. Shelley, Sir J. V. Cartwright, Col. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Smith, Abel Churchill, Lord A. Langton, W. G. Smyth, Col. Close, M. C. Lefroy, A. Somes, Joseph Cobbett, J. M. Lee, W. Spooner, R. Craufurd, E. H. J. Long, R. P. Stuart, Col. W. Cubitt, George Lyaley, W. Sykes, Col. W. H. Du Cane, C. Mackie, J. Tempest, Lord A.V. Duncombe, A. Manus, R. Tile, Wm. Dundas, Frederick Martin, P. W. Tollemache, J. H. Dunlop, A. Miller, William Trefusis, Hon. C. 11. Du Pre, C. Mills, A. Vance, John Dutton, Hon. R. H. Mills, J. R. Vansittart, Wm. Sir Wm. Edwards, Major H. Milford, W. T. Verner , *nolon J. Ellice, E., jun. Montgomery, Sir G. Watlt ~ , ' Arthur E.ay Enfield, Viscount Morgan, C. O. S. • W Ewart, William Morris, D. Whalley, G. H. Ewing, H. E. C. Morrison, W. White, Jas. Pane, Col. Mowbray, Rt. Hu. J • Williams, W. Wvld, James Farquhar, Sir 31. Mundy, William • , Hon. P. Farrer, J. M Wyndham, ure, David Wynne, W. W. E. Fellowes, Edward Newdegate, C. Yorke, Hon. E. Foley, Hon. H. W. Nicol, William Gard, R. S. North, Col. Getty, S. G. Ogilvy, Si r J. , TELLERS. Gilpin, Colonel Onslow, G u ildford Langton, W. H. G. Gordon, C. W. Packe, C. Barttelot, Col. The Russian A m b assador i n Paris has remon strated rather warmly with the Government for tolerating the animadversions and caricatures of a portion )f the French press on Polish affairs. He was the more earnest in his remonstran ces' as it was known to every one that the press is a t th e mercy of the Minister of the Inte rior, who does not allow authority to lie idle in his hands ; and he felt that it was strange such liberties should be taken with a Power like Russia, which is in such friendly relations with Fra nce. The papers co mplained of h ave accordingly been r eques t ed to in plain Engliih, to mo d erate the i r t o ne, which of cour se they will do. p u t de l' eau dare leer THE TEA TRADE, April 20.—The deliveries in London estimated for the week were 423,8881, which is a decrease of 204,3061 b compared with the previous statement. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF THE SULTAN AT SMYRNA. SMYRNA, APRIL 21. The Sultan arrived here yesterday, but did not land. Fuad Paoha visited the Imperial Railway yeater- day. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, APRIL 20. A manifesto of the National Committee of War saw says : " The Marquis Wielopolski, not contented with being guilty of treason in the interior of the coun try, continues his work abroad, and dares to insult foreign princes on account of their noble sentiments in favour of Poland. The central committee, therefore, protests against these offinces against the public conscience of Europe.' WILNA, APRIL 17, EVENING. Persons of all classes are constantly leaving this district to join the insurgents. Arrests and domiciliary visits are of daily occur- rence. The citadel is filled to overflowing with political prisoners. Many persons have been sentenced to death by courts-martial, but none have yet been executed, the military governor having in all cases commuted the sentences. A large number of Polish landholders have fled to this city. THE POLISH QUESTION. PARIS, APRIL 20. The Pays of this evening says : "We believe ourselves able to give an exact analysis of the French note sent to St. Petersburg. M. Dronyn de Lhuys states that the troubles in Po land have occasioned uneasiness in Europe, as they are not the result of a temporary crisis. The periodi cal convulsions which occur in Poland are the symptoms of inveterate disease, leaving no doubt of the inability of the combinations attempted up to the present time to reconcile the country with the situa tion in which it has been placed by the treaties of 1815. " The note points out that such disturbances are a subject of alarm to Europe. These conflicts excite the public mind, and might, if prolonged, disturb the relations of Governments in such degree as to produce the most regrettable consequences. It is therefore the interest of all the powers to see dangers incessantly reviving definitively removed. "The note concludes with a hope that Russia will reflect upon these considerations, will still show herself animated by those liberal dispositions of which the Emperor Alexander has already given so many proofs, and will recognise in her wisdom the necessity of adopting measures which will place Polard in a position of lasting peace. The Due de Montebello is requested to leave a copy of the note with Prince Gortschakoff." The Pays further states that the imperial ukase promulgating the amnesty will effect no change with regard to the notes of the Powers, as the in tention of the Czar to adopt this step was known to the Powers previous to the despatch of the notes. CRACOW, APRIL 20. The banquet offered to Mr. Hennessy, M.P., took place yesterday evening. Count Skorupka, deputy for Cracow, in proposing the health of the hon. member, said that tine eloquent words of Mr. Hen nessy in the English Parliament had rendered his name as dear to the Polish people as was that of their deceased friend, Lord Dudley Stuart. Sym pathy with the Polish cause was universal in England, and it was no barren sympathy that England offered them. By the earnest and power ful intervention of England the triumph of Poland was assured. Mr. Hennessy, in returning thanks, said that the English Government and people had seen with regret the systematic oppression under which Poland has long suffered, and had looked with admiration on the heroic struggle in which she was now engaged. The numerous meetings held in England and th , strong expression of opinion in both Houses of Par liament were sufficient evidence of the strong sym pathy and good wishes of the English people. Every Power in Europe—France, Switzerland, Sweden. Spain, Portugal, and Italy—even the two Powers which hitherto had always been hostile to Poland, had united in manifesting their sympathy with the Polish people. The only enemy of Poland was the Government of Russia : every other Power in Europe was her friend. Russia was weaker now than at any former period, and so far as Poland was concerned was left without the support of any other Power. The cause of Polish nationality had gained in strength in the same measure as the power of Russia had diminished. He did not believe that any concessions on the part of Russia could be accepted, or that any arrangement (trans action) was possible. He firmly believed that the day of Polish liberty and independence was close at hand. At the conclusion of his speech the hon. member sat down amid enthusiastic cheering. A public demonstration took place in the evening. FRANCE. PARIS, April 21. Le Sieele, we observe, announces to-day the death, at Vesoul, of M. Noirot, formerly representative of the people in the Constituent Assembly. Le Pays contradicts the rumour that H.I.H. the Prince Napoleon will take his departure this even ing en route for Egypt. In describing the races which took place on the preceding day at the Bois de Boulogne, Le Constz tutionnel mentions, in regard to the appearance there of their Majesties among the giy company present, that the Empress walked for some time, leaning on the arm of Prince Joachim Murat, while the Emperor strolled, arm i❑ arm, first of all with his aidecamp, General Lebceuf, and afterwards with M. the Duke de Morny, L' Opinion Nationals bricfly remarks upon the fact of his Majesty the Emperor having just com pleted the fifty-fifth year of his age: of which—it might have been worth while to add—the last fourteen have been passed by his Majesty, more or less in supreme power, as Head of the French Government. BOURSE, April 20.—The market up to the present time has shown a strong downward tendency. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 69f. 50c., arc now weak at 69fr. 40c. Speculators appear averse to enter on any material operations. Mobilier Shares have also declined. The Railway Share Market has shown rat her more firmness than the Rente, but some of the lines show a slight decline. The market continued heavy to the close as fol lows : it per Cents. 69 90 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month. , Credit Mobilier 1400 Do, end month 1395 Bank Shares 3380 Credit F oncier l5OO IL' Italian Loan 7l 65 • Do. end month 7l 25 New ditto ...... 72 25 Do. end month 72 5u • Russian • Austrian • Spanish Threes..., 52 50 • Homo Debt - MAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOlO .. 1012 60 Northern .... 1045 1047 50 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1165 1170 Geneva ................ 440 .. 442 50 Southern .............. 767 60 .. 775 Western .............. 527 50 532 50 Eastern ....... 536 25 637 50 Sardinian.......... 446 Austrian .... . ......... 800 600 Lombard , 450 600 •• 600 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 20. Their Royal 'Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred went to London this morning, at tended by Capt. Grey and Major Cowell. The Judge Advocate• General had an audience of the Queer. The Archbishop of York and the Right Hon. W. and Mrs. Gladstone returned to London to-day. The Prince Witzengorff, Baron von Lindon, and Count Erckert have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn street, on their return to Berlin. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Viscount and Viscountess Castlerosse have re turned to their residence in Eaton place from Malvern Wells, Worcestershire. Lady Chelmsford's ball is unavoidably postponed from Monday, May 4, to Thursday, May 7. The Hon. H. Foley, M.P., has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Glad stone returned to town yesterday from Windsor Castle. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO LORD MASSAREENE.— Lord Massareene has met with an accident at Antrim Castle which will most probably terminate fatally, On Saturday morning, as he was standing on a high embank ment tying a young tree to a stake, the stake broke, and he was precipitated a great depth on some stones. He sus tained injuries to the spine, resulting in paralysis of the lower half of the body, a broken leg, and a disabled foot. The latest accounts state that his recovery is hopeless. Several eminent surgeons from Dublin are attending him. REPRESENTATION OF THE RADNOR BOROUGHS. —There is at present but one candidate to fill the vacancy caused by the decease of Sir G. C. Lewis, though several names have been mentioned, among which are those of Mr. Harcourt, Mr. R. B. Mynors, and Mr. Richard Green Price, whose uncle represented the constituency for nearly half a century. Mr. Price issued his address yes terday in reply :o a requisition from the burgesses of the borough of Knighton, in the course of which he says : " My political opinions are, I believe, well known to you, as I have on more than one occasion proposed your late worthy and lamented representative, when I publicly ex pressed myself on the leading topics of the day. At the pre sent juncture of political affairs there does not seem to be any leading question which agitates the public mind ; and as far as my opinions may be at present important to you, I declare myself a supporter of Lotd Palmerston's Govern ment, and especially of his foreign policy, Should I have the honour of being returned as your representative, my votes will be those of a Liberal Conservative; and, with respect to all matters which affect your local interests, I trust you do not need the assurance that these shall ever have my constant and unremitting attention." REPRESENTATION OF EAST SOMEEtSET.—Sir W. Miles, Bart., who entered Parliament, in 1818, ant! who has represented East Somerset since 1834, does not propose to offer himself for re-election. In an address issued by Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, of Clevedon Court, announcing his intention to come forward, he says :—",My political opinions are known to you ; they are liberal but not democratic. lam therefore pr e p are d to g i ve my conscien tious support to the present government, which rests on a wide basis, and is the safest and most efficient that can be formed." ROYAL NAVAL B ENEVOLENT INSTITIITION.-11 e quarterly count of the governor* of this institution was yesterday held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, Admiral Lord Colchester in the chair. There were also present Admiral Sir H. Leake, M.P., Admiral Richards, Sir Joseph Douglas, Captains Fittock, Barrett, Howes, Westbrooke, and many other distinguished officers. The report stated that the income for the past quarter, in cluding £92 17e. 7d., the balance in hand at the end of the past year was £553 155.; the interest on the funded pro petty of the institution, viz , £36,916 14s. Sd. stock £l9l 4s. 3d. ; annual subscriptions, &c., £1,152 16s. 10d. A legacy of £lOO, but which has not yet been paid into the society's bankers, was also announced as the bequest of the late Sir T. Holbrook. Ths report having been adopted, some alterations were made in the society's bye-laws, after which the petitions of the applicants for relief were taken into consideration, when nearly £5OO was voted towards that object, and the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. THE ALEXANDRA.-LIVERPOOL, April 20.—This vessel has been exebequered, and we understand that Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co., her owners, and Messrs Miller, her builders, will probably in a few days be summoned before the local magistrates on the: charge of designing to infringe the Foreign Enlistment Act. Messrs. Fletcher and Hall, solicitors for the defendants, having applied to the Mayor of Liverpool for an inspection of the depositions, were informed by the Town-clerk that he was instructed by Mr. Waddington, of the Home-office, that the law officers of the Crown advised that the application ought not to be complied with. . PIRACY OFF THE IRISH COAST.—A despatch from Wexford, dated April 16, says that the schooner Laurel, Capt. Mullen, bound from Liverpool to Wexford, when off Eagle Island, was forcibly boarded by 13 boats, the united crews of which numbered 64 men, who immediately took charge of the vessel, saying that their families were starving. Capt. Mullen offered them money, but they refused to take it, and added that they only wanted provisions. They broke open the hatches, and on discovering the cargo consisted of maize, they began eating the raw corn. When they had somewhat appeased their hunger, they loaded the boats, and carried off about 15 tons of corn, CHAR FISHING ON WINDERMERE.—Many an angler will be glad to learn that the char season offers the brightest prospect it has done for s,veral years back, and the experienced anglers have already been most uccessful, landing their two dozen a day ; and the fish much finer in condition and larger than for many seasons past. Nor have some of the novices been unfortunate, for they even have taken their dozen a day each. On Monday three of the panniers came into the village with twenty fine fish each, and on Friday and Saturday, last week, hey did more. From acme cause or other, probably the splendid spring weather, we are enjoying these world-renowned fish, which have risen to the surface of the lake nearly a month earlier than usual.— Westmoreland Gazette. PAINFUL SCENE ON THIS RIVER.—On Saturday afternoon, several children were playing on the side of the river in front of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Palace, when one of them, a little boy named Batten, about three years of age, fell in, and the water being al the spring tide height and the current running strong at the time, he was carried out into seven feet of water and sank. At length his head came to the surface, and a sailor named H. Evans, although suffering from illntas, pulled off his coat, and dasl - ed into the river. After much trouble he suc ceeded in rescuing the boy. Upon reaching the shore the sailor was loudly applauded by the bystanders. CHARGING ENTAILED ESTATES FOR RAILWAYS. —Yesterday an important report from a select committee of the House of Lords was printed, with the evidence taken, on charging of entailed estates for railways According to the present law landholders purchase shares, and in many in stances land is increased in value by railways. It is now proposed that a short act should be passed to enable the holders of entailed estates to charge the same for making railways, and thereby increas3 the value of the prop4rty. A Paris letter in the lndependance of Brussels says:—" M. Mommsen, the well-known German historian, the author of a History of Rome,' which is re garded as the beet hitherto publish , d, is at present in Paris, and has been received in the most flattering manner by all the notabilities in litera , ure and science The object of M. Momnasen's visit is to make researches in the Imperial Library. The Emperor has expressed a wish to see the German historian, who has brought his ' History of Rome' down to the time of Julius Caesar, whose reign and the age of Augustus are to b 3 the subjects of his fourth volume," THE INTENDED DUEL IN BELGIUM.—It was ru rnouied during the last two days in Paris that M. Francieque Sarcey, the theatrical critic of the Opinion N a ti on ale, and M. de Villemessant, proprietor o f th e F igaro, were about to fight a du e l iu Belgium, in consequ en c e o f an article inserted in the Figa, 0. From an article in that jour nal of this morning, it appears that M. de Villeuiessant was the challenger, under the following circumstances :—rhe Figaro having for a length of time published articles ridi culing M. Sarcey, t har gentlemau retorted in the journal in which ha writes, and on Saturday last M. de Villernessan rejoined in very sharp language. He afterwards sent a friend to M. Sarcey to &tumid satisfaction. That gentle man declared that on principle he was opposed to duelling-, bur. that in this iast,nco he had been so ill-treated that he should depart from his rule to bring the attacks to a close, and ho even named his seconds. Afterwards, however, probably counselled by his friends, he changed his intention, for the re t , ons as,igned in the following letter addressed to M. de Villemessant's seconds:— " April 15. " I refuse to grant Medea llemessant the satisfaction he demands, for the sim ren that I do not owe him any. The editor-in-chief of the ligaro has for three years past been me with insults, to which I have replied assailing me now thinks proper, in order to con ons-laynbtylysialsesnacieli. n extricate himselt from the position in which recent circum stances have placed him, to consider himself insulted by an article published a fortnight ago, and to which he replied in terms violent beyond all measure; especially as compared with the language I had used. If there is any person offended in this matter it is myself; but I am determined not to assume that character. I further declare that I have firmly re olved to repel all further aggression on the part of M. de Villemessant, either by all the means authorised by the right of legitimate defence, or by recourse to the tri bunals, according to the nature of the attacks made on me, FliAligls4Vz SAUEY." Cmast Cumliar ~,4 MRS. OLIPHANT. Heart and Cross. By the Author of " Margaret Maitland. Pp. 303, Hurst and Blacken. Mrs. Oliphant has of late not only charmed, she has fairly surprised us. Conspicuous during several years past among that numerous and gifted throng, our English women-of-letters, she has latterly contrived to make for herself two or three distinct reputations. She is foremost, to our thinking, among the most prolific writers of her time : and— what is yet more remarkable—instead of degene rating in style in proportion to the increase of her labours, currente ccdamo, her powers evidence, on the contrary, an appreciable improvement and ad vancement, the more those Labours are multiplied. Without wishing to be in any way invidious, it is impossible not to recognise in this fact a distinct con trast to the result manliest in the instance of other lady novelists of her time, when tempted by any more than ordinary success in the wcrld of letters to increase the outpourings of their imagination . In some respects the most singularly gifted among all the female writers of this generation, .Miss Mary Anne Evans, has been the most cautious and deliberate in her demands upon her own capabilities as a fictioniLt. Yet even the authoress of " Adam Bede" has been, in the end, too Eager and precipi tate in her pursuit of popularity. The melancholy failure of " Remola"— of all her writings the least successful, of all unquestionably the least meritorious—is proof positive of her eventual over eagerness and most mistaken precipitation. Mrs. Wood, again, and Miss Braddon, each in turn is seriously jeopardizing her suddenly acquired re pute as a novelist, by the injudicious rapidity with which the triumphs won by "East Lynne" and " Aurora Floyd," have incited their respective authors into new adventures of all kinds, in the shape of serial stories contributed, sometimes two or three simultaneously, to our weekly and monthly periodicals. Under the exhaustive influence of such extravagant demands upon the imagina tive faculty, even the capacity for hard work manifested by Mr. Aethony Trollope " Author of the Most of the New Nov, 18," as Punch facetiously called him in his last Almanack, might have been expected with tolerable certainty, sooner or later, to have succumbed. As the majority would thus not unreasonably have anticipated—the consequencss of these cruel overtaskings of the powers of our lady novelists, are proving in almost every instance, to lamentable demonstration to be precisely what we have here described them to be. Male or female, in torth—authors almost invariably show, after this fashion, the ill effects of overworking themselves. The catalogue might readily enough be extended. The Great Unknown, even, in this way, betrayed the declension of his splendid capacities. when " Waverley," as the first fruit of them, had dwindled down to " Count Robert of Paris"as the last. The prolific G. P. R. James, and the laborious J. Fen nimore Cooper had long over-exerted their capa bilities—before " The Pilot" had degenerated to " The Redskins," and " Philip Augustus" to " Mor ley Eretein." Almost as if to claim a peculiar and dis tinctive place among those rare exceptions that are said to prove a rule, the accomplished lady, whose last graceful novelette is Low lying at our elbow, fresh from the publishers, yet already newly read by us from title page to finis, in some sense writes the better, so to express it, in quality, the more she writes in quantity. Not that we would have it imagined for one instant that this latest effu • sion ot her fancy is in any way to be regarded • as her happiest effort, as her chef d'oeuvre, as in any one respect even the most remarkable among her varied productions. On the contrary, it is about the least pretentious among all her now numerous writings. For such as it is, however, it is very conspicuous, indeed, among the most graceful of her minor compositions. And this, it should be remembered, is said of " Heart and Cross," immediately after the author's brilliant achievement as a biographer, when (it seems only to have been the other day !) she was recounting so very cleverly the " Lite of the Rev. Edward Irving." And—still more surprising it is, that it should be said of her—immediately after her most extraordinary success of all as a writer of imagina tion, namely as the novelist to whose creative hand we are indebted for the Butterman Tozer, and little Mrs. Vincent, and the other imaginary p e ople flocking in and out ot Salem Chapel —that most ree mLrkable among all the many-coloured " Chronicles of Carlingford." Remembering the vividly contrast ing works we have already mentioned—remembering also many others, such as " Zaidee," and " Merge ret Maitland," as" The Athelings," and" The Laird of Norlaw," as "John Rintoul" and "Adam Graeme," as " Katie Stewart"and"TheLast of the Mortimers," who shall hesitate to give the palm, the pas, the priority, the precedence, in martialling all the fair sisterhood of our lady novelists of nowadays, to the author who has added so abundantly as all this to the stores of our imaginative literature ? In facility she certainly surpasses the most rapid among her contemporaries. As a delineator of character, she has proved upon occasion teat she can vie with the most gifted amongst them all. Tozer the Baptist Butterman, already particu larised, we take to be as veritable an original, in his way, as the immortal Mrs. Poyser herself. For landscape painting, in pen and ink, we know he one to be mentioned among all our lady novelists in the same breath with Mrs Oliphant. The green ..ountry side spreads out before us through the opening lattice of her page. She can paint a dewy hedge-bank with the leafy distinct ness of a Hobbitna, and scatter about the meadows nooks and corners, cowslip tufts and blue bell knots, that the brush of Margaret Gillies could hardly surpass in dainty colouring , One of Mrs. Oliphant's most curiously distiuguieh ing peculiarities, again, upon opening ono of her stories, is that noticeable in many of them—the crowding them at the very comm encemen t with character upon character, often all of the same family—as in " Z tidee," or in " Tee Athelings. l It is even so in the pretty little story here told about " Heart and Cross." Alice Harley is the heroine. Pretty little Clara is her younger sister. Maurice, the fastidious, supercilious , overwhelmingly self-sufficient College Don (that IS, to begin with, for he improves wonderfully before the story ends) is her e dest brother. Another brother, the fair heroine has,in a certain poor lameter of twenty, called by every one Johnnie. Younger people there are in the schoolroom and in the nursery' —sister, aunt, nurse, playmate, governess, amongst them atl, appearing thus throughout the whole story, tt e unmarried eldest daughter of the house's is the pretty heroine of twenty-seven already men . ' tioned! Unmarried, that is, until the very end of th 9 narrative—when, hung round her neck upon s sudden on her birthday, " Heart and Cross" in ones form the gage d'amour of the hero of the tale, Co!' Bertie Nugent I The " Cross" being the Victoeta Cross, won by his prowess during the India ! Mutiny—the " Heart," Bertie IVugent's own, aro,. bolised in the very gift prcffered by him of Ost priceless prize to marked thegentle A us lice ii s i v s ho o m ho h s e en has w tleJ e g chivalrously , g u Having saia this much of the root id ea o f the story here related in five and twenty alluring if not en" thralling chapters, we shall not further mar th e charm of its tesc; nation by attempting to etiun e rate, with cold-bl oo d e d prec i s i on, li n k after 110.r1 the ingenious c h a i n o f t h e i nc i dents. Enough if, be in furth er re f erence to the general characte r the narr a ti ve , we h ere remark that i t might , ceecribed contradiction, let us say, to th ese 0 Christmas Stories once so pop u l ar — a geh tli st Easter Story, a pp ropr i ate l y pu b l i she d t h ere fore this Easter-tide. Mrs. Derv. ent Craton ef'P e6o throughout th e mi n i a t ure romance as the icriegl"l.ss narrator of it. Little D erw i e , ht: oily Chl id b ' ief boy of sev e n, th e o dd es t li tt l e b usy b ody ire egil"' so figures all through the t a l e , c hild thoug h be 15, conspicuously in the foreground. °thee pet Eteesg fr , some of them veil am us i ng l y drawn, fit to W i across the scene as th e tale advances. I t i s nothi n g inure, elf after all, i t i s true, than a little Iwircrif Cabinet Pictu re at t h e b est ; b ut it i s one tow ( ' painted, and by a hand rarely skilled in its art. THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY.---TO-1" or rOO , afternoon the Lord Major, the Aldermen, and o°l 4 00 01' Council of th e c ity o f London will go in procession t0.,,0,0 borough House, his Royal Highness the Prince of n ot having appointed that time to receive their compliraell'' congratulations.