The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-16 00:00:00

A NEW STEAMSHIP, One of those r traordinary inventions or designs which come to tlEi in such numbers from America, and which occaeic nally create a perfect revolution among scientific t. -ades, and even among sciences themselves, is just now in process of being tried on the banks of the Thames, at Mr. Hepworth's ship building-yard, near Poplar. This is what is termed a " cigar ship''—that is, a yacht-steamer, the hull of which is immensely long, perfectly round, and which, in fact, precisely resembles, as its name implies, the shape of a cigar, with the ex ception that both ends are very finely pointed, instead of, as in a Cigar, only one. The theories that have been advanced about the sea-going qua lities and immense speed of vessels built in this shape are plausible enough ; and, indeed, are so alluring and based on apparently such solid data that we are exceedingly glad to see that one way or the other they are likely to be theories no longer. The" cigar ship's" hull is nearly finished , and the " cigar ship" itself will be launched com pleted, and with her steam up, by the middle of August, so that we have not very long to wait be fore the problem is solved, and we are proved either to have been all in the dark as to shipbuilding from the days of Noah to this year of grace, or, on the other hand, :Mr. Wienan's yacht is consigned to that place for good intentions, the paving of which must just now 19e in a state of pre-eminent repair. The vessel which is to set at rest these great doubts is being built as the private yacht of an American gentleman, who has designed everything connected with the ship, and who is having his designs exe cuted by Mr, Hepworth in the most perfect work manship of which wrought iron is capable. The hull is almost complete, and, as the hull of a ship, it looks one of the most extraordinary objects it is possible to imagine. It is so at variance with all our generally received notions of nautical beauty of form that one can only stare at it in mute surprise, though there is something about its long tapering lines so suggestive of immense speed that one feels rather ashamed such a simple idea should never have occurred to any one before. In justice to our own age, however, it must be said that such a vessel could only be imagined when iron ships were in use, and iron shipbuilding had reached its highest stages of development. Looking at her now, she appears to be nothing more than a gigantic iron mainyard for some vessel of the Great Eastern class, having a rather wide diameter in the middle, and tapered to a mere point of some ten inches at either end. Her length over all is 256 ft., and ber greatest width and depth is in the middle, where the circle is 16ft. diameter. Thus, then, her length is 16 times greater than her greatest width. She is built throughout of the finest boat plates, in some parts of steel, in some of Low Moor iron. To the water-line these plates are s.Bths of an inch thick ; above the water-line they are only 5 16ths. Her displacement will be about 500 tons, which gives her a little over 300 tons burden, ac cording to builders' measurement. She is built without any longitudinal stringers, but throughout her entire length she is divided by no less than 13 water-tight compartments, and in the engine and boiler rooms is further strengthened by inner rings of angle iron seven inches deep, which are rivetted to the side, and placed as close as at intervals of 3ft apart. Underneath, instead of a keel, is a broad band of the best Low Moor iron, which runs almost from end to end, and which is about lin. thick by 3:t. wide, and meant to protect her in case of her taking the ground. Inside is an iron floor, which also runs from end to end, to be hereafter covered with wood, and form, in fact, the lower pas se.r ger deck of the yacht. This floor amidships is only about six feet from the bottom of the cylinder, so that overhead there is a roomy cabin enough, much resembling in shape a small railway tunnel. The upper deck is 130 ft. long by 10-1- ft. broad, and is formed by holding for that length what we may call a square flit topped cover on the top of the cylinder. This cover or deck is 4ft. 10in, high altogether, of which the lower 2ft. is of iron, rivetted to tee top of the cylinder, and the other 2q. 10. n. of common light wooden bulwarks. She is to have two short funnels, and these and her little deck and a small part of the upper carve of the cylinder are all that will be seen out of water. So much for her external appearance, to which we ne d only add that the rivets that fasten her are countersunk, so that she presents outwardly a per fectly smooth surface, while the workmanship of her joints is so perfect that even the touch fails to detect the slightest irregularity in her smoothness. So far, then, her form, length, and small midEhip section will have a great deal to do with her speed, but when to these favourable conditions is added the immense power with which she is hoped to be driven, it is no wonder that such a rate of going as 26 knots, or nearly 30 miles, an hour, i 3 confidently talked of by her designer and builder. Her engines are to be three-cylinder, driven at high pressure, turning one steel shaft (made by Mr. Krupp) which runs through the whole length of the vessel, projecting from the fine points at each end, where it carried a screw. These screws are to be four feet greater in diameter than the greatest diameter of the vessel—namely, 22 feet, and each is to have eight blades, because the two points being only say a foot or so below the water, four of the blades of each screw will always be out as it revolves, while there will always be four of each immersed to do the work of propulsion. In fact, we cannot better describe the general shape of the ship and its mode of progression when at - ea than by likening it to a porpoise with a call'at each end. Under each screw is a rod(' dr, and by steering with both the vessel can be pivot. As the extreme points - curned as on a admit the passage of the Er ''cult t ;be too fine to ings also, this difficult-, -w shaft and bear of each end revolv is obviatetal by ma ti,ee l f 16 ft e with th e shaft, and ore form part of it , so that, with the increased diameter of the poio`. at the end of the 16ft. towards the mid ships, t`,4ore is ample room gained for both shaft and bear: a3gs . Her boilers, like all the rest about this Neseel, are on a new plan. There are four of them tim the locomotive principle, with vertical tubes. A Mast fan is to give them draught, and they are to work at 1501 b. pressure. This is a great pressure, but, as the boilers are built far stronger than even locomotive boilers, it is asserted that they could be worked up to 1,0001 b„ or even 1,001 b., v i th sa f e ty. There are 136 ft. of fire-bar surface, tied it is expected that with the aid of the blast fan each of these 136 ft. can be made to burn 50 lb of coal per hour. If the furnaces can accom plish thi s , thee, according to the rules which gi v e one nominal horse power for every 21-1 b of coals consumed per hour, Mr. Wienan's yacht will be working at more than 2,500 horse power. For very fast ocean going steamships the rate of horse power to tonnag e is about 2 tons to one nominal horse power ; that is to say, roughly, engines of 500 horse power for a fast steamship of 1,250 tons. Bat our best mail steamships on their fastest trips find it difficult to burn their 30 b. o f coal per foot of firebar surface per hour, burn his 501 b„ he will, Ralf M r . Wienan's then can we have stated, be work ing up to nearly 2,500 horse Pow er or at the rate of eight indicated horse p ower to every ton burden of his vessel ; and this, with her slender form, Smooth surface, and very small midship sect i on ( only 100 ft), should give her extraordinary speed. We do not at sty that all these results as to consumption of coa l, e , are certain to be e ff ected, as the principle i s quite a " S/1 r" Ve"e""eye!, 1 • 8 built to and on the part of the public, ac complish it, who will be the ultimate gainers, we hope she may. It is said also that, as regards motion at sea, rolling and pitching will be reduced to a minimum, and certainly her form seems to suggest that such a re sult will be accomplished. With no top hamper in the way of masts and with all her weights well below the waterline she is certainly not likely to rail. But if she does not pitch, but cuts through the water, she will take it over all, and is that case, with her upper deck so near the eon, it would be swept fore and aft. By the end of August all these doubts will be settled, for in the middle of that mouth she is to be launched, as we have said, from Mr. Hepworth's yard, and launched ready for sea with her steam up. As a bold trial of a new principle at the inventor's own expense and risk, she will at least deserve success, and Mr. Wienan has paid a compliment to cur natianal spirit of progress and desire for improvement in preferring to build his first yacht here instead of in America ; so that we shall be, in either event, the first gainers by the experiment. Important Applications of Gun Cotton, At the Royal Institution, on Friday evening, the recent improvements in gun cotton again formed the subject brought to notice, the lecturer on the occasion being Mr. Scott Russell. In the previous lecture on the subject, by Mr. Abel, the chemical history of gun cotton, and the nature of the improve ments in its manufacture recently made in Austria, were more especially dwelt on ; while Mr. Russell principally directed attention to its uses. He stated that at a late meeting of the British Association a committee was appointed, of which he was a mem ber, to investigate the nature of the great improve ments which it was known had been made in Aus tria on gun cotton by General Leuz, but which were kept a profound secret by the Austrian Go. vernment. One of the first things the committee did was to write to Gen. Leo; to request him to come over and acquaint the committee in what his improvements consisted. This impudent request— as Mr. Russell admitted it to have been—excited a commotion in Vienna, bat the young Emperor, against the advice of his councillors, consented to allow the secret to be known, and General Leuz came to this country and informed the corn mitte whet it was. The object to be accomplished in the manufacture of gun cotton to render it appli cable, was to diminish the rapidity of its combus tion, and its liability to accidental explosion. These objects have been folly accomplished, as was pre viously stated by Mr. Abel, principally by spinning the cotton into yarn before it undergoes the process of conversion into gun cotton ; and it was shown by that gentleman that by mechanical alteration of the structure of the cotton fibre alone the explosive material may be placed under complete control, and that, as he said, you may do what you like with it. What can be done with gun cotton, and what cannot be done with it and its merits, com pared with gunpowder as an explosive agent, were explained and illustrated by \lr. Scott Russell, who, though he commenced by mentioning some points of objection to gun cotton, finally removed them, and represented it to be in every respect superior to gunpowder, and to be capable of pro• ducing far more destructive effects. As an illus tration of the different degrees of rapidity of com bustion attainable with gun cotton, he first ignited a thick yarn of the substance which was suspended round the gallery of the lecture-room, which burned along at the rate of about one foot in a second. He next took a piece about a yard long which flashed in half a second ; and another similar length of the most explosive kind, exploded instantaneously. A remarkable property of gun cotton, whica consti tutes an immense advantage in its tue compared with gunpowder is, that it leaves no products of combustion, behind, and produces very little smoke. Another important advantage is, that it is not in jured by moisture, and may be wetted and dried without impairing its power. This was shown by immersing a piece of gun cotton yarn in water, which was then squeezed out, and, though still damp, the outer surface rapidly ignited, and when the remainder was squeezed the cotton again ig nited. This property is a great safeguard in the manufacture of gun cotton, for all the pro cesses may be conducted under water, and it is afterwards dried. For ordinary practical purposes the rapidity of its explosion is reduced to an equality with that of gunpowder, in which state one pound propels a projectile from a cannon with the same velocity as three pounds of guns powder. The recoil of the cannon when gun cotton is used is only two thirds the amount of recoil with gunpowder; there is no fouling of the gun, which remains also comparatively cool; and the absence of smoke enables the gunners to continue firing in casemated batteries and between the decks of ships without annoyance. As an explosive agent, gun cotton possesses some re markable peculiarities, the ceikes of which have net yet been ascertained. A piece of loose gun eotton fired on a balanced scale produces depression, the whole force goieg off into the atmosphere without any recoil. But if the gun cotton be enclosed in a box or barrel, its explosive force in all directions is much greater than that of gunpowder. Some im portant experiments on a large scale have been tried with gun cotton made by a manufacturer of the sub stance in Suffolk. A palisade was formed with the trunks of a number of large trees fixed in the ground close together, and a small box filled with gun cotton was exploded near them. A large gap was instantly made, the trees having been cat asunder quite straight, though at the top of the fractures the wood was splintered into matches. Its destructive effect was tried on two wooden bridges, which were com pletely splintered ; but the most important experi ment was the blowing up of a ship of 400 tone i burden by means of 40tb of gun cotton enclose A a barrel and placed under water at a dista- of o'ca- 90n feet. The ship, it was stat e d, was con y .".‘etely b to pieces. The force of gun cotto mining operations is equally '77hen applied to Cross Collieries it has be, .aafectlye. At the Clay ,a found that a blast with one ounce of gun cot' ,on will remove from 60 to 80 cubic feet of coral, and it has been applied at the slate quart- . _es North Wales with equal success. It is a great advantage in using gun cotton i n min -if or tunnelling that the work is not impeded by smoke, which is a serious inconvenience when blast ing with gunpowder. Mr Scott Russell attributed the remarkable diminution of recoil in explosions of gun cotton to the absence of solid matter in the products of combustion. In gunpowder the solid refuse amounts to about 60 per cent. of the weight of the powder, and the effort required to blow away this'` rubbish," he considers, produces the additio-al amount of recoil. In gun cotton, on the contrary, there is scarcely any solid refuse, 25 per cent. of the products of combustion consisting of water; and he conceives that the expansion of this water into redhot steam by the ignited gases during their explosion is a main cause of the great explosive force of gun cotton. Mr. Russell ventured also to speculate n t h o f a t g t u h n e c l o o t w t o e t r i d ro e a g y r e o he e o f IN h , n a g t c t caused s b u y b t s h e e_ d h e o n w s e a v t condensation t ho at t the the s e t e e e a e m e i e n f t ot these a s e t e r ; n d H o o f cl ad ue m n i t tte c d on , other peculiar properties of gun cotton are involved in doubt, which he hoped the further investigations of the committee of the British Association would remove. He also mentioned that a commission had been appointed by the Government t o consider the applieetion of gun cotton to artillery. 1 Persons who have been in the h a bit of paying weekly as apply at onc e and become members of Messrs. Watts an y w , i but l u t not at t o t i i a e o l . 8 ' borrowers of Sewing Machines will d o well to d C a s b m S e ew ti in me g m M o a n ch ey in t e he C y lu n b o s w . foo ßy us s h o ly d t o bs in o g w th aw ey a y save the secure to themselves the possession of one o f the most celebrated sewing machines in the world. Every e in- beat and formation given on application; or by letter addressed, with a stamped envelope, to Messrs. Watts and Co., 12, Beaufort buildings, buildings, Strand, London, W.C., where meta t rs a re en . rolled daily between 10 and 4 ; Saturdays, 10 ani t [ADvEwnszmENT.l—Consumption, all nervous, bill ow , liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only ag . gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hope 3 of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoration. exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks, emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spittinzof blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous faxcles.—Cure, No. 5 4,816. The Rev. James T. Cam?bell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 6d; 51 b, ll . a; 121 b, 225 ; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, e grocers and London ; also Fortnum and Maso n ; and all and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. [AAVERTISE oway -- "T•]-11011 'S Ointment and Pills. — There is no question whatever that rheumatism, neuralgia, and such like painful maladie s have been more rife this season than for some yea nials of cures effected by rspap;, The number of testimo dented, and should be enyfor Holloway's rem e dies is unprece ferers from these complaints e . ed •i'n the att en tion of all A uf fomented for some m i nutes with " parts in p a in should be ar m immediately well rubb e d with thew grime, dried, and into the pores of the skin and giveointment It will pass M a ny valuable lives are annually lost which thegreatest relief. might be saved if 'early recourse in illness wer e ma d e i e medies,which wrist necessarily prove to th ese remar k a bl e beneficial, and can not do harm, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1864 Naval and Military Intelligence, THE ARMY. Rear-Admiral R. S. Robinson, Controller of the Navy, visited Portsmouth Dockyard on Saturday, and, accom panied by Rear-Admiral G. Elliott and other officials, went on board the Royal Sovereign, cupola ship, in No. 10 dock, for the purpose of inquiry as to damage on her recent trial, and also to inspect the state of the vitreous sheathing on the ship's bottom, already referred to in The Sun of the 13th. Port Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle, K,C.8,, was con veyed on Saturday by the gunboat Tilbury from Devonport into the Sound, where he inspected the crew of the ironcased screw steam vessel Research, 4, Capt. Wilmshurst. The screw steamship Defence, 18, Capt. A. Phillimore, went on Saturday morning from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze, and was placed alongside the jetty at Devonport Dockyard, preparatory to going to-day into No. 1 dock to be examined, and to have her valves overhauled. For this purpose the paddlewheel steamsloop Geyser was removed from No. 1 dock on Saturday. When the tide rose the Warrior, 40, Capt. the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, followed the Defence, and was placed at moorings in Hamoaze, pre paratory to being put today into the Princess dock, in the dockyard, from which the gunboats Partridge, Gleaner, and Ferret were removed on Friday evening. Yesterday at noon the iron screw steamship Black Prince, 41, Capt. J. J. B. Wainwright, second in command of the Channel squadron, was navigated from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze for the purpose of being docked. Five stearotugs were in attendance. In order to expedite the operation in Woolwich Dock yard for the preparation of armour-plates for Mr. Reed's iron-cased ships, th© Favourite and Pallas, the plate-bend ing shed has been considerably enlarged and the machinery increased by the addition of new machines for planing the edges of twisted, tapered, or curved plates. The machinery has been supplied by the firm of Messrs. Smith, Beacock, and Tannett, of Leeds, with modifications by Mr. Trickett, chief engineer and inspector of steam machinery at the dockyard, as also machines for boring slotting, &o. One of the machines is on a powerful and magnificent scale, and was put into operation on Saturday to test its efficiency with three tools working at the same time. The result was highly satisfactory. The whole of the machines worked equally well. By the introduction of these improvements great progress is expected to be made. An untoward accident has happened on board the paddle wheel steamer Salamis, 4, 250-horse power, Commander F, G. Suttic, fitting as a look-out ship to be attached to the Channel Fleet. The Salamis had just returned from her trial trip at the Maplin Sands, with Capt. Hall, C,B„ and the other officials on board, and was steaming to her moor ings in the Medway, when, from some cause which at pre sent does not seem capable of explanation, the bottom of one of her cylinders was blown out. This accident will detain the Salamis for several weeks, as nearly the whole her ma chinery will require to be taken out. It is the more to be regretted as she was to have sailed on Saturday to join the Channel squadron, to which she was to act as " whipper-in," The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander Deuglas Walker to be an Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard, vice Com mander Smithett, whose period of service has expired ; Lieut. W. G. Annesley, to the Wolverene ; J. Neil, chief engineer, to the Indus, for the St. Jean d'Acre ; Dover Farrant, master, to the Cossack , Dr. W. Smith, surgeon superintendent, to the "Merchantman convict ship; W. A. Kingscote, naval cadet, to the Wolverene ; W. G. Carrow, naval cadet, to the Duncan; W. G. Atkinson, W. H. Adlam, G. Christie, Alfred Gibbons, J. S. Caveneagh, Francis C. Corbet (acting), T. M`G. Bridge, Samuel M. Spry, and Selwyn S. Lugnen, promoted to the rank of masters; J. P. APE wen, second master to the Investigator; J. Riches and Arthur C. Dowdell, second masters, to the Dasher; James Fisher, second master, to the Sparrow ; W. T. Tregidgo, second master, to the Caradoc ; Alfred S. Bradley, second master, to the Steady; and Percy C. Smith, acting second master, to the Triton. THE NAVY. Tho half-yearly inspections at Aldershott have been c )n -tinned during the past week, in every instance with the moat favourable results. On Monday the Ist battalion 6th (Royal) Regiment was inspected by Major-General Taylor, commanding the Ist infantry brigade; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the 59th and 37th Regiments and the Commissariat Staff Corps by the same brigadier; and the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers by Major-Gen. Bates. The re- giments were put through the manual, platoon, and bayonet exercises, as well as a number of field movements, such as advancing in line, retiring by fours from the right of com panies; firing one round by companies from the right; firing one round by wings; retiring by double column of subdivisions, and a variety of other exercises calculated to test the efficiency of the troops to the utmost. On the conclusion of each inspection the regiments were formed into square, and the General addressed the officers, non commissioned officers, and men, expressing their high ap proval of the manner in which the manoeuvres had been peformed. The regimental and companies' books, the men's dinners, kits, the married quarters, &c., were also inspected, and pronounced satisfactory in every particular. The Allershott Camp athletic sports and foot races, under the patronage of Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Penuefather, K.C.8., commanding the division, and the Brigadier-Generals com manding brigades will take piece on the Royal Pavilion Cricket-ground on the 23d of June. Only officers and men belonging to the Aldershott division will be allowed to enter. The head-quarters of the 14th Hussars, under the cona• mend of Col. Thomson, including Capt. Travers, Captain Chadwick, Lieut. Bradley, Lieut. and Adjt. Newton, Major Featherstonhaugh (paymaster), Surgeon-Major Arden, Quartermaster Clark, Veterinary Surgeon Dawson, with 8 sergeants, 7 trumpeters, and 106 rank and filled, arrived t the North C am p, Ald ers h o tt, on Friday, and are a in I and K li nes , stanoned A detachment of the Commissar; - ' North Ca-,, p, Aldershott, on Staff Fe: f a loftth e erg ro' Ale for Ireland. T - 'r nurs g OtfatYhemnoornm-nc:rnomr Bristol ,issoned r,Lticers and men ordered to Dublin, and will form the first commi- .. sariat establishment at that station ; and 29, under 'die command of Deputy-Assist.-Commissary -Gan. sorter (76th Regiment), will proceed to the Curragh. The following companies of Royal Engineers, now serving in the Mediterranean, will be relieved during the present year—viz., the 28th company, now serving at Malta, and the 29th company, employed in the destruction of the fortifi cations, &c., in the island of Corfu, prior to its evacuation by the British forces. The 2,5 th company, now serving in the Mauritius, will also rejoin head-quarters at Chatham. during the present year. A detachment of Royal Marines, consisting of one officer ar..d nine gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery, and two sergeants, two corporals, one drummer, and 27 privates of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, wore on Saturday played down to the dockyard at Woolwich by the fall band of the division, and embarked for foreign service on board her Majesty's gun corvette Wolverine, 21, commissioned by Capt. Algernon F. R, de Horsey. She is under orders to go down to the Royal Arsenal this morning, and take in her guns and ammunition, and will first proceed to the west, to join the Channel fleet. Her crew eensista of 260 of all ranks. Tho military invalids from Bombay in the Gosforth were removed to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, by Go vernment tug steamer on Saturday, and the time•expired men and military prisoners landed at the dockyard, Ports mouth. The latter were immediately sent to prison under military escort, and the former forwarded to the depots of their respective regiments. The Gosforth left in the after noon for London. Dr, Newman on Dr, Whately, I owe him a great deal. He wes a man of generous and warm heart. He was particularly loyal to his friends, and, to use the common phrase, " all hie geese were swans." While I was still awkward and timid in 1821, he took me by the hand, and acted the part to me of a gentle and en couraging instructor. He, emphatically, opened my mind, and taught mo to think and to use my reason, After being first noticed by him in 1822, I became very intimate with him in 1825, when I was Nice-Principal at Alban Hall, I gave up that office in 1826, when I became tutor of my col lege, and his hold upon me gradually relaxed. lie had done his work towards me or nearly so, when he had taught me to:see with my own eyes and to walk with my own feet. Not that I had not a good deal to learn from others still, but influenced them as well as they me, and co-operated rather than merely concurred with them. As to Dr. Whately, his mind was too different from mine for us to remain long on one line. I recollect how dissatisfied he was with an artUe of mine in the London Review, which BlancoWhitc, good humouredly only, called Platonic. When I was diverging from him (which he did not like), I thought of dedicating my first book to him, in words to the effect that ho had not only taught me to think, but to think for myself. He left Oxford in 1831 ; after that, as far as I can recollect, I never saw him but twice--when he visited the University ; once in the street, once in a room. From the time that he left I have always felt a real affection for what I must call his memory; for thenceforwari he made himself dead to me. My reason told me that it was impossible that we ceuld have got on together longer ; yet I loved him too much to bid him farewell without pain. After a few years had passed, I began to believe that his influence on me in a higher re spect than intellectual advance (I will not say through his fault), had not been satisfactory. I believe that he has in serted sharp things in his later works about me. They have never come in my way, and have not thought it ne cessary to seek out what would pain me so much in the reading. What he did for me in point of religious opinion, was first to teach one the existence of the Church, as a sub stantive body or corporation ; next to fix in me those anti- Erastian views of Church polity, which were one of the most prominent features of the Tractarian movement...— Apologia pro vita Stifl. 111 C-CUPPING.—A gentleman, at whose house Swift was dining in Ireland, after dinner intro duced remarkably small hock glasses, and at length turning to Swift addressed him,—" Mr. Daan, I shall be happy to take hoc, with you."—" Sir," rej o i ne d the doctor, a docgtolsr,sof "I hic,sha ile' llb as ehappy to comply, but it must be ont of a hujus The Albert Memorial. The works in connection with this national me morial were last week commenced I , y Mr. rielk, to whom the execution of the entire contract has been intrusted. The eite chosen for it is in Hyde Park, almost facing the entrance to the Horticultural Gardens, and on this spot the excavations for the foundation are being made. Fram the great height (160 feet) and the immense solidity and massive ness of the memorial, the foundations have to be taken unusually deep, considering the excellent nature of the soil, which is all gravel. Under the centre part they are to be formed of 16 feet of cene crete, and nowhere are they to be less then 11) feet. The base of the memorial is to consist of broad and lofty flights of steps that gave access to the work on four sides, and the work itself is to be no less than 130 feet square. The steps of grey granite are to be laid in a double flight, with a broad landing between the upper and lower tier, From this upper landing the memorial proper will rise, the basement being formed of a noble frieze in marble, tbe figures on which will be in high relief and of life size. The columns which su p port t h e spire -like superstructure of the mem or i a l are to can- Th e i r c apitals are ex cee di ngly rich, and s d i i s a t m o e f t g er r . oups of four red granite pillars, eac h 2f t i n will be surmounted with statues of heroic size. The spire, if we may so call it, which c l oses i n t h e arch, is one of the richest and most el a b ora t e o f a ll Alr. granite, Scott's d a e n si d the gns It will be b u il t of red and grey rich whit e s t one known as copperexed by the Skid more barley Dale. The terminal and sureutiting cross gilt, and t hi s port i on owfiltlheb3 of wrought ht is ou to w Art Company, whose rood screen in th e t rent eept wr of the last Exhibition excited ticiroiration for its exquisite finish. Beneath th e gro i ne d gtbeeute arch will be placed the statue of the late Prince Consort. His Royal Highness is represented in robes of State, seated on a chair of etste. The proportions of the figure are ou a scale which, if the statute was representel standing would give it a heigb.t of 30ft. The details of this figure and the ether groups of statuary which will ronaid the memorial are, however, stilt undecided. The whole work is expected to take four years in completion, and by the terms of his contract Mr Belk has bound himself to complete it for the sum in hand—Ll2o,ooo. The laying of the foundation stone will be marked by a public ceremonial, at which the members of the Royal family will be pre , sent. No date is fired for this event, which, in deed, is not likely to take place till late in autumn. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, THE " SATURDAY RE - VIEW ON PROFESSIONAL SPOUTERS.—At the rrinaose•hill meeting there were comparatively few who looked at all like those to whom, in busineee and the affairs of ordinary life the title " working man" would be applied. Consi dering its object and nature, the number or boys who had felt their duty to attend was remarkable. A considerable fraction, perhaps even a fifth, seemed to be under the age of 20, This perhaps was owing to a lurking hope in the breasts of these young champions of liberty that there was going to be a row. To the lively imagination of youth, the glazed hat of a policeman is as typical of tyranny as that of Gesler, and the chance of dancing on it in a melee would naturally prove a strong attrac tion. Their enthusiasm, however, cost them dear, at least come of the smaller once who got embedded in the crowd. It was touching, wren there was any allusion---as there was frequently —to Denmark crushed to death be tween Austria and Prussia, or to Poland trampled under foot by the iron heel of the depost, to hear these small friends of freedom shrilly crying "'ear, 'ear," They, at any rate, fully sympathieed with Denmark and Poland. Another remarkable feature wss the number of unattached spouters who, as their names were not in the programme for the evening, were tinxicas to get an innings before the regulars began. One poor man had hese at the pains to write out his sentiments in a good etout msnuscript-boom, which he endeavoured to read. But the crowd apparently did not consider it re. spectful to address them out of a written document, and treated his arguments with ridicule, rutting questions to him which more frequenel9 referred to h his o w rn a o s th l e e r ft th a a d n d t r o es T i e ng rig e h ofnb empty i,ty p dai ttc meeting s ' ies_o ruh;aatn isd w'do el'e the equivalent for benches in the case of an open air discussion—the moment the real Simon Pares appeared on the scene, which they did arm-in -arm. Why do committee-men proceeding to busew ss always walk arm in.arm? Is it meant to serehOli s perfect unanimity ? If so, the I , . . -j -I - -' Comity, as the persons a o r tn ed mi t t i t i e e e w (4 . t in he . sieted on calling them; wr;c as nhaniMOßE a. body r as aw c l ou okng ld r b i ede • sir', - . e . A 8 we have already said that Were not a e ' n et d y i p a lis t n h t , y ir , it is only fair to stale best to point physical labour in the nr ,:e the I d n ift t i t n inh e ll iv el e g' character of the meeting by p va a n tti o n f g t a h n e member carry ingservrehries Was a the Italian tricolor. The flagstaff was heavy, the evening warm, the ascent steep, and hpet'spired free/y. The subject of these irregulars and of the re protes instance an o! gulars who followed them Was the N t liti f N od t h e style very similar. Any one Who had ever listened for five minutes to a debate in the Discussion Forum or any similar school of oratory might have easily recognised the tone of the professional spouter. Beginning by dilating on hi B own grie vances—the tyrannical O)nduct of his employer, for instance-s-this tort of gentleman gets known among his compoators as a " fellow that has the gift of the gab ;" then, trying a high er H 1 ight , he seeks the bubble reputation eYen In Coger's Hall, and perhaps - gains it to an extent that makes it welrth the land lord's while tO entek into an arrangement with him relaliVo to refreshment on advantageous terms, and so by degrees notaeS to be a cnnfirmed pubic deliverer rif *ell rounded platitudes. i' is easy to conceive gentlemen of this sort being driven to the verge of desperation by the grievance-famine under thin iliey have suf fered for a long ranee There has been such a,total want of any good subject for i t a i e 'es that tint fdr Gari baldi they Mt have bintt. il'e do net for amoment mean to say that the speakers deputed to address thetneeting on Primrose-hill were necessarilY per sons who had received their nrateribal edubation in this way. We Wish heartily that it had been so, because, however pardonablO in a Pethonse Cillero, ir is painful when a bash tit edilnation talks blatant bunkum to a crowd of People less qualified to dis tinguish between right and wrong than himeelf. As to Mr. Washington Wilke e We heVe nothing to say. A man riAt% ttch, a name can hardly help himself; he may be almost conSidered as lisv,ing been predestined to a career o f &ide-bailee: But there was no roason *hy M. Beales should in sinuete that there was a d es i re on t any one: s p ar to interfere with the privilege of free discussion; or why he should invite a crowd of nr4'dileathd , or at least slightly eciiieatt2d teen to 44 allow no o f nee profane this hand to be !nu:eh:heti out against tionat liberty'" Ho knew perfectlywell that it was no question of th e a rt: of national liberty that nobody trthted to profane it- He k l' Ibe new that . _ the only question was whet h e r the Ark aforesaid was to be carri e d about d. bY any self constituted d i David and set '‘in in any place where he might think fit tO dance b e f ore i t 44 a s one of, the yam tei_ lowe,° with more o r lessindecen end e e lsie g arn of aY the !public comfort, froLody wants to interfere with the t' ht of Mr. Beales' B " peop le" to hold open-air meetings; but, unfortunately, ‘ lVlr I3ealcs's sa ys the::" :1 1 :;', to people want, or at least he Inter fere with the r i g h t , , d s . : V a e, people in general in the Parka, "i' - °less listening to a speech of Mr Bealeet'a can be fairly described as public recreation; the Park s are not kept up for hini to atter`elir eet..- in gs in. Nor is it a queetic in the sense °l' l ' * ' in which Me, steahse mould have it understood, It is a queeti'en of order. It is a question of the com fort and convenience of the pu blic which the Govern ment, as trustee for the pu blic, le bound to preserve by such means as may be necessary. There is no Positive law against bathing at noon-day in the Ser pentine, but Mr. Beales and his friends could hardly complain if Mr. C o wper took steps to prevent their coining en ma sse, and going through an operation, healthful and invigorating in itself, and in its proper place highly commendable, but, und er such circumstances , quite out of piece. The comparison is not an extreme one. If Mr. Beales and his friends are to bold meetings about riaribaldi in Hyde-Park, there is, of course, no rea son why the admirers of the Pope should not also assemble to discuss the affairs of that other eminent Italian. The meetings—such is the Celtic tempera ment—might happen t o c ense off simultaneously, and, in that case, we think most of the quiet fre quenters of the park would much prefer the spec tacle of Mr. Beales and a bevy of working men ir. the costume of nature, to the treat which his anxiety in the cause of public speaking had provided for them. THE " SPECTATOR" ON M. THIERS' GREAT SPEECH.— }lis magnificentspeech, upon the Budget, magnificent because, like Mr. Gladstone, he makes long columns of figures as interesting as a die. eourbe upon foreign policy or internal reform, is a mere flash in the pan. He depicts the enormous expenditure of the empire in colours which might make an economist shudder; bat then he has no reduction to recommend. The army, he says, costs greatly too much ) and then are "00,000 men on foot, bet France has and will have 100,000 men abroad, including Algeria. 250,000 men are required for garrison duty, and she has therefore only 250,000 men available for foreign service. With that force, in his judgment, "she is, perhaps, the only Power in Europe on a peace f"oun"t;' Tree :nee; network of reilwaese tesll &d'd a million to the burden of the State, tet they have been commenced, and must be finished. The civil expenditure has been enormously raised, but " intelligent officials must be placed on a level with the classes among ?chows tees The marine require" ..teen ells, Last the ships are abroad, cue !settee:llOn is impossible until they are at teethe again. And so it goes on, subject by sub ject, till the orator acknowledges that the Empire has increased the annual expenses by thitty-two millions sterling a year, and beeste fete a perora tion which ehilt be aea,epted throughout Franee an a justification of the outlay. "I may be told that this general increase of 500 or 600 millions causes alarm, but that all may be explained by a closer scrutiny. Yes, all Ma y be explained if every three et twee years a great war is undertaken Witeout giving the country time to breathe, Such a war as the Crimean, undertaken for a defiuite object, or a war for an idea, such as a Polish war might have been, and the Y.taliait tar certainly was; and thee,c.n the interval, little petty wars, petty iii their objects, great in their cost. Yes s in that way all is explained ; for we have a deficit every year, and thus we have striped at an increase of 30') millions in the public debt; all is made clear if it is wished at one and the same moment to add eireeiegee, to the (oVernment, to augment calaries, to demolish and reconstruct cities, to organise the army in the most costly manner, to add to the obligatory expense of transforming our marine that of distant expeteittehe tie tented em pires, to confer netts And then a crown, in that way, I repeats att Is explained." What Frenchman alive, knowing that he is armed to fight for an idea, that the official world he hopes to enter is powerful and well paid, that the Government ie recenstrittiting cities, founding etenitee ) teatiel'orthing armaments, giving away browns, will not accept that position as compensation for high taxes and higher rents ? We believe, as a matter of fact, that the indirect teaching of the speech is mere correet than its pro fessed object, that Prane,e bee tatted its penny. worth for its penny, that as far as material civilisa tion anti external power are concerned the Empire has given full value for all it has exacted. Napoleon has broken up the old coalition of Europe, has raised France again to her natural position es leader of the Continent, has so increased the facilities of commu nication, the inducements to trade, the habit of speculation, and the actual produce of the country —for example, the vineyards and the mines—that France pays 80 millions a year more easily than she paid fifty. But thea what kind of statesman ship is it which detesting the ray - line for other reasons attacks it on its strongest side The Liberals of France deplore the awful " corvee of blood," the 100,000 youths exacted year by year, and M. Thiers says France is the only Power which has no need to disarm ; they rage at the power of sending untried men to Cayenne, and he talks of the cost of the police; they mourn the decay of intellectual vigour, and he hesitates about railways which are equalising advantages throughout the country ; they lament the surrender of education to priests, and he objects to a rise of schoolmasters' salaries ; they sigh tor freedom to guide and regu. late all this fierce activity, and he questions whether activity be of itself a good. His speech is answered as it is spoken for he enumerates the purchasers, and forgets all of the price not expressed in money. It is as if an invalid officer should say, " I spent a thousand pounds in buying this pension for life, and the coat was great," forgetting that he has also spent a lifetime and a leg. Once, and once only, did M. Thiers rise to the level of his position. He wanted to say that the cure for expenditure was Parliamen tary control, a dangerous topic for any other man in France. M. Tbiers, however, though Bones partist by instinct ) was trained in a school other than that of the taieite, and has the tact of speech which i 4 ti.dt ateen to men who are never contra dicted. M. Fould, he says, advised the relinquish ment of the right to order supplementary credits, and the preroeetiise *as resigned. " Had I bet n then in his Majesty's councils, I should have said, with the ti.rofotiod respect due to his august per son and high dignity, Sire, do not renounce the right of decreeing supplementary credlte t it is impossible to ferettee that they may not be re quired le the eoilisc or t deaf ; end then it would be necessary to ,violate the law, an act always to be dephieed, I should beee added—' instead of deprieing us of this valuable faculty, allow me to venture a criticism on your policy, and to this end restore the relations between myself and my collo:1)0es ? Mkd then bot'otetti them and the Cham bets.' " That introduction of a demand for the responsibility of Ministers into the Corps Legielatif without reproof from Imperialists is admirably done, but even in this M. Thiers diiplaya his secret in stincts, He does not ask that the greatest right of despotism, that of spending national money with out the nation's consent, should be abolished or re strainee, He would retain it in full, but make the power beneficial and transfer it to himself. If these are the criticisms to which the Empire is to be submitted in the annual dcbite it will add to its many victories one in the tribune: The Empire has crushed out freedom and impaired intellectual vigour, placed the thinkers under the heel of the peasants, and statesmen beneath the soldiery, stopped the progress of population and destroyed the security of social intercourse, turned all Freassh men into gamblers and destroyed ell belief in politi cal morality, made of every seven a „ courtier and rendered every politician liable to seayenne, and then M.Thiers declares that its vice is an expendi ture which, as every Frenchman sees, has some thing like a fivefold return. Napoleon gives France a stone for bread, and the great Orleanist only grumbles that the stone was paid for. THE " LONDON RILTIEW" ON THE ROYAL PRE EOOATItE.--These high authorities (the writer has been quoting from the "Lord's Journals and from Hallam's " Constitutional History") establish that, While foreign treaties and wars are by theory subject to the Sovereign's despotic will, they are matters for which Ministers Can be ealled,to account and peniehed by the severest penalties, under the principle that it iS Only by them that the Sovereign acts: And this being the undoubted lave, theia must follow the rule, as clearly in foreign as in home affairs, that the Sovereign is not justified by the Constitution in acting against the advic e o f r u inisteit, Who moist thee bear the responsibility ; and that Parliament ;s "titled to act by previous discussion as amply as by subsequent itnpeasehment. Neer has this implied rule been departed from since the date of the refeeeineteftece which established it. If, on any edeasion, treaties hate been concluded, or seatie eleseleteeL fot Whieh the ptevious sanction of Parliament, expressed !a netetietakeable votes, has not been given, it has been becatise Parliament has (iirt 44 allY cnintnitted to the Government for the time the power of negotatiol); No instance in modern history ban be quoted whete it has far a moment paeeed Millitry either to confer an the Sove reign alone suen peiereee, tie to aermiesee its his exercise of such powers in contraventlesee hY 'Minis terial advice. Blest as this nation has been so: a quarter Of a eatittirer reith a Sovereign whose exem plary private life has bsen etilialle2 by her strict adherence to eebstitittional principles in home poli tica, it has had iio heel:sateen to iequire critically into her relations with her respentible Minititets, or to suspect that in this age there could be danger of an extension of the Royal prerogative. Yet it may perhaps seem, to the Balm eheeseee of hum an net uret scarcely possible that in a female reign some such eueitidne tithettlel not 'awe nefAliari ' ties of disposition and temperament which Make a woman most loveable and:most sacred, are precisely those which tend to urge her, in such a position, to the exeeeitte i of ferbitiden 'sowers. It would be almost Unnatural t ani::h an dug t ot be moved by family feeling and by tender metheeiete tteoeld not struggle to support her wishes by her authority, and ehonld bp Ole to weigh against these motives the polley of ti`ltatb di)a the Unwritten restraints of the Constitution. But unhappily that which tends to the overstepping of the constitution makes the teatisgreasioh dOtiblfr daceerotis. Personal go verntnent, iti the hand s of a man so eteaty, an expe riented, so impassive, as the Emperor of the French, may, during Dee genetation 4 he successful ; but personal goeernment, virtual or aedstel, exercised by a Worean's intellect, deprived of the maeeeline support on *kith for 20 years it avowedly leant, guided by a woman's knowledge, awl inspired by a woman's feelings, eats neither represent the leterests of the hatiob ' fair copy \kith the astuteness of foreign diplomacy, For these reasons, we have thought it right to mall to attention that in foreign as wen an iii domestic rule, the edeetitation subjects the sovereign, norainehy supreme, to the same re straints. It removes the responsibility from het to her Ministets ) by assigning to them, not to her, the right to act. And If the liqhtly reckon such re sponsibility, we d are not. isor eete tee , ff.! e y one of us, are responsible to God for our shire in the nation's deeds. We can, if we will, do what is right; we can, if we choose, take arms against op pression, and beat back in time the advance of vio lence and anarchy in Europe. And if this be our power, our duty goes with it. If we f a il in its per. formance the penalty will lie on us and on our chil dren ; for the constitution tells ea that the Queen can do no wrong, and reas on t e ll us as plainly that whatever wro ng i s done by by its head but b y i ts membetthsis station is not done members. THE " EXAMINER " ON PARIfAMENTAILY LYNCH LAW.—There are things whit la get such a twist of e,rrcr at first that they never c ti 3 bo got straight and right again. As the French phrase it, the erase has taken and cannot be eaced. Of this class is the case of Mr Lowe, the victim of Parliamentary tynah law. A resolution of the House waa levelled at him, which applied to him was wholly false. It served, however, to drive him from office, and noo PtAn.(lB on the raCerds of the ,houveto be fitt e d to the case of some other, any other, dllctr of the Council-office. This Lord R. Cecil distinctly states. It is the old story of the wolf and the lamb, little as Mr. Loweiresembles the helpless animal, "If it was not you; it was one of your family." The mutila tion Of reportB is charged in the .*esttltitioni and triumphantly, says Lord Robert Cecil, a line in the report of a Mr. Morel' has been suppressed ! The single swallow proves the summer. It was said the resolution had het a leg to stand upon: It is false, answers Lord Robert, here is its leg, the words i " cenSidering hoW recently the present teachers have been in charge'' streek out of Mr. Morell's report. There is the one leg, and sa'h a leg ! The line was not struck out by Mr. Lowe, but by Mr. Lingen. But what of that ? There is a consistency in thi, joint; Mr Lowe was convicted first and tried afterwards. i'he resolution sidled tit him as passed was entirely groundless, but after it was put oil the journals of the honourable house a ground has been discovered for it—a very small ground certainly, and perhaps r ottea, tat nritih eld it id an afterthought and if Mr. Lingen should finally be acquitted, like Mr. Lowe, the resolution will nevertheless stand good to have a shot at some one else in the Council office. And all this conies of Education, the most fruitful source of strife of our contentiduati es, The truth is clear enough that the resolution ought to have been ieseinded. It was founded on mistaken evidence, and passed, as Mr. Osborne says, when the Homeric rage of hunger was superadded to the pas• sion of party; Oue thing is but too certain, that Mr. Lowe has been treated with great injustice, and an injuslice which cannot be repaired. As re gards him, what can a committee of inquiry ascer tain that has' not already been confessed, that he is blameless The only question is whether he was run down by his enemies or abandoned by his friends ; perhaps a delectable mixture of both. The puzzle to the public is something like the dilemma in whieh the old schoolmen put the character of Lucretia. Si casta quare trucidata f si non quaro, lauEiata t If blameless, Why is Mr. Lowe out of office ; if not blameless, why universally acquitted P Has he, indeed, like Lucretia, to whom he bears EO many points of resemblance, been more tenacious of tithe than of reality P Be that as it may, it is something for him to have to boast, as ne may safely do, that he is the worst used man of his day. But his time will come, for talents such as his, once known and appreciated, proved and approved, cannot be lost to the public service ; and there is that in him which will never let it be forgotten that he is not where he ought to be and has a right to be, by title of intellectual merit. THE " JoHN BULL" ON THE ETHICS OF Go- YERNMENT.—Ia the ancient monarchies and repub lics it was deemed the highest function and most important duty of Gueernment to make men vir tuous. I'he greatest statesman was be who could by positive enactments do most to accomplish this end, and the best-ordered commonwealth was that which most readily accepted such laws and most strenuously enforced them ; Si quairit Pater ilrbitun Inscribi statuis, indomitarn audeat Renfranare licentiam. But the lawgiver of old had to supply his citizens with a religion as well as law in the modern sense of the word—he had to train their spiritual life as well as their social life. We, living under the Gospel, have gradually learned that Christianity is a better agent for making men virtuous than muni cipal law can be. The State is acquiring the habit of leaving such matters to the Church, and the Church, though she has still at times a han kering after the help of the civil sword to enforce her sanctions, finds that on the whole she is more patent without such auxiliaries. Nevertheless there is still in Parliament a great deal of leg'slation which is proposed or accomplished with the view, generally a very honest and sincere one, of "making men virtuous by statute." And the same principle constantly crops out in the incidental discussions which arise in Parliament on points of govern ment or legislation. Thus on Thursday night last, when Sir Edward llering suggested to the autho rities of the Woods and Forests that it would be a reasonable and cheap kindness to put up two or three sheds in the vicinity of Rotten-row so as to furnish the fair equestrians of that spot with a place of refuge when a sudden shower cl rain might come on, Mr. Scully was amusingly sarcastic at the notion of Parliament spending any time or money for the comfort of Aaonyma and her tribe of " pretty hormebreakers." Sir Edward Dering, with the legitin_ate indignation of a father of a family and a county member, protested against the assumption aria he had referred to " that class of ladies," But seriously we do not see, when a little matter of public convenience of this sort is in ques tion, that our legislators have any right to speculate as to the class of ladies that will evail themselves of it. Rain falls on the evil and the good, and virtue looks to higher rewards than an umbrella at the public cost. Some years ago there was a cry to rernole the colonnade in the Quadrant, on the ground that when the weather was bad people took refuge there who had much better have been at one of the "midnight meetings." So whenever an arcade is projected protests are immediately entered against the plan on the like ground. We think this sort of thing carries State supervision a little too far. If the thing is needed for general conve nience the Legislature hue no right to be curious as to the undeserving people who may partake in the benefits of it, or even abuse theizt. On this ground (though we certainly do not subscribe to Mr. Roeback's angry and uncharitable denuncia tions on the subject) we were glad that the House of Commons rejected Mr. Somes's Bill on Friday week. We fully grant that Sunday observance constitutes (at first sight at least) an eaception to the principle for which we have been contending, that the State has no right to control us in matters of morality unless these matters can be shown to have a direct connection with our social duties, Legislation on the subject of Sunday is necessary to guard the interests of those who would unduly safer by observing the day, if others were left at liberty to desecrate it. In all such cases no doubt a strong claim ought to be made out by those who feel themselves aggrieved. We cannot think that any argument of this kind could have been urged in behalf of Mr. Somes's measure. People must eat and drink on Sundays as well as on week-days, and other people must perforce work in the culinary duties reqeired for the purpose. This sort of work will probably on the whole be considerably increased by lightening the weekly labours of Meritornes and other functionaries whom Mr. Somes may profess to consider his clients. To the general public it is a great accomoda• tion to be able to obtain reasonable refreshment at these places on . Sundays ; and if some people abuse the accommodation by eating or drinking too much, or by making an unseemly noise over their viands and liquors, that is no reason why the well-disposed part of the community should be mulcted of their freedom in the matter. We will say the same of what we may call Sir George Grey's Curfew Bill. He proposes that the State shall do its best to curb the licence of those who propose to themselves not to "go home till morning" by providing that no one keep a house of entertainment open be t the hot,. sof 1 and 4 a.m. Now it may be very proper that we: 611".1d all be in bed by one o'clock; Put we do not rise that the State should candle—more see us to tied and take away ot:: t. especially when it in done for our own eood an this, we presume, is the motive of Sir George Grey's d action in the matter. No doubt there are hotmee of this kind where disreputable and lawless people Congregate, turning night into day, and making a very ill;-spent day of it. But, on the other hand, there are a great many of us who, though spending the night in a manner comparatively re speetable, have still a fancy for "hearing the chimes at midnight" and something more. Arc these people—perhaps very exceptional in their dimpa tion—to be cut short in their nocturnal festivr ties ? Malvolio to put on a policemsns garb and to come upon us with the Queen's authority ? Beeline Sir George Grey is virtuous —the quotation is something musty: All such nights are not necessarily demoralising. Has Sir George Grey never looked in at the festive halls of Mr Patrick Green in Covent- gardeu, and ob served what that worthy entertainer has done to provide a pleasant and respectable gathering for the young lawyers, medical students, and other care less spirits who are looking about for amusement after the theatres? Yet Mr. Green's house will, we suppose, be closed under Sir George Grey's legislation wnen the clock strikes one, and his audi ence dispersed to roam the streets. These are the classes which are out for pleasure ; the bill perhaps will fall still more hardly on carters who come to Covent-garden market at three o'clock in the morn ing and find the houses closed w h ere th e y met to seek their early refreshment. We do not suppose that the Home Secretary's Bill will pass, but the failure of such schemes has frequently a bad effect in itself. THE THREE HEROIC BROTHERS, THE NAPIERS, AT THE BATTLE OF Buvico.—Charles Napier, "advancing on tho 4th of March, ISII, met a litter of branches borne by soldiers, and covered with a blanket. What wounded officer is that ?' ' Captain Napier (George), of the 52d—a broken limb.' Another litter fol lowect. Who is that ?' 'Captain Napier (William), of the 43d, mortally wounded.' Charles Napier looked at them, and passed onto the fight in front." A Horrible Story of Revenge. At a large school in the country a rebellion took place. among the bbyd; the master, very anxious to know the name: of the ringleader, at length, either by threats or bribes, or both. induced one of the !sop to disclose the name of a boy named Davison. He was, of course,. severely punished ate. eipelled, darrying away with him sentiments of deadly bate: instead of tlre affection he had formerly felt for his school fellow. Many years Inter+ettedi daring which they never had the least intercourse. The young man who ha, peached went to the East Indies. He retUrned v and landed on the coast of Devonshire. Stopping to dint at a small. inn, he inquired of the waiter what gentleman live,' in the , neighltwortrhood, and hearing that the squire of the patiala was a Mr. Davison, the name struck him ; he thought he' recollected that his former schoolfellow used to talk of his home in Devonshire, and while his dinner was getting ready ho defetteined to go to the squire's house. A maidseraanh opened the door, and ho sent in his name, saying that, L Mr. Davison had been ektteated at such a school, he would tstollect it. Ho was introduced, and mot cordially received ty hie schoolfellow, whom he found laid up with ' a fit of the gout, and was pressel to dine, with many apologies for bad fare, &c., &c., Mr. Davison having unfor tnizately given :permission to all his servants to go to a neighbouring place, and having kept only the woman who was his nttrze. Mr. Davison appeared so rejoiced in talking over old stories with his friend, and pressed him so strongly to be charitable enough to pass another day with him, that at last he consented. Next morning the unfortu nate guest was found with his throat cut from ear to ear. Of course, the maidservant was taken up on suspicion—in deed, as it seemed impossible from its nature that the Wound should have been self-inflicted, and as she was the only creature in the house excepting her master, who was unable to move, there did not seem a doubt. The trial came on—Mr. Davison appeared as prosecutor—Lord Roselyn was his counsel. In spite of the poor girl's protestations of innocence, the case seemed nearly decided, when Mr. Davison sant a note to his counsel, desiring him to ask the girl whether she heard any noise in the night. Lord Rose lyn objected—but his client insisted. This seems to have been one of those strange perversions of intellect by which guilt is ordained to betray itself when all the artifice which had accompanied it is lulled to sleep. What could have been the object of this inquiry does not appear ; its effect was fatal. The girl replied that she recollected hearing a noise along the passage, which had awakened her—but that, having been much fatigued during the day, she was too sleepy to get up to inquire the cause. More questions were asked, the noises and various other circumstances de scribed; suspicions arose against Mr. Davison, and the business ended in his avowing himself the murderer. He said that, from the moment in which he first beheld the face of his old schoolfellow, he had determined upon re venging his ancient quarrel by the death of the offender. He had crawled on hands and knees from This own room to that of his unfortunate guest, and, unable to support him self without the use of his hands, had found great diffi culty in opening the door; but, helping himself by his teeth, had at last achieved it, reached the bed, and perpe trated the horrid deed ; he had then crawled back, and had contrived to free himself from all blood-stains before he got into his bed. It was the extraordinary noise made by his crawling which had disturbed the maidservant, and at last led to his detection.—Diaries of a Lady of Faihion, re cently published by Messrs Longnuzn and Go. COUNTRY MARKETS. YORK-SATURDAY. There was only a moderate Supply of wheat at market to-day, with an inactive demand, and recent rates difficult to support. Barley scarce. Beans in fair demand, and at rather more money. Oats firm. Wheat, red 37s to 39s Oats.... lBs to 20s White do .40s to 44s Beans ..32:, to 34s Barley ..,, .26s to 31s Peas —s to —s Malt, 58s to 60s per qr. ; to 29s per sack. re, _284 per qr.; flour, 274 GRANTHAM-SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 418 to 458; red, 408 to 418 per 36st. ; new white, 40s to 448; red, 388 to 40s. Malting barley, 33s to 368 per qr ; grinding, 28s to 30s ; oats, old, 238 268; new, 20s to24s; beans, 348 to 36s ; peas, 318 to 365. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. We have again to report another week of fine growing weather. There was a scarce show of wheat at markot to day, end prices slightly declined, with a limited business. —New white wheat, 42s to 45s ;' red, 39s to 418 per 3G stone. Old red, 38s to 42s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 33s to 36s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 30s; old oats, 28s to 30s; new oats, 21s to 248 per 24 stone. Beans x old, 408 to 428 per 38 stone ; flour, 26s to 31s per 20 stone. NORWICH-SATURDAY. There was a large supply of wheat to-day, and prices were the same as on this day se'nnight. The demand ruled dull. Beans, barley, peas, and oats were at former rates, with a slow trade, White wheat. 42s to .14 Red wheat 38s to 40A Malting barley ...35s to 36s I Chevalier barley 33s to 34s Distilling d 0..... 298 to 30s I Oats.... Flour, 25s Otl to 26a Od per sack from the miller NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. A fair show of wheat to-day, with a moderate attendance of the trade. The demand was inactive, and prices were Is lower than last week. The show of barley wac small, and little business was transacted. Oats at the rates of last Saturday, with a fair business. Beans a ready sale. —White wheat, from 39s to 46s ; red wheat, 37s to 425. Barley—malting, 30s to 378 ; grinding, 27s to 30s. Oats old, at 24s to 30s Od ; new, 198 to 265. Beans sold at 38i, to 42s:per qr. ; new, 34s to 365. Flour, fine, 27s to 30s ; super, 32s to 37s per 20 stone. DUBLIN-FRIDAY. Irish wheat and barley unaltered. A slow trade, and the prices of last week were realised. Oats were 3d per barrel lower. Oatmeal dull. Flcur steady. e. d. S. d. Wheat, white.. 24 0 to 26 6 Do., red .. '2l 6 to 24 0 Do., new .... 0 to 0 Barley Oats Do., black — 0 to 0 s. d. s. d. Oatmeal lO 0 to 13 0 Beans.. Bere Itapebecd 0 to 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn Foreign Mail Packet List. NAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. May 19. via Marseilles May 13. irazil and Capo Verds, by British packet. June 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 29. taiina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton May 19, India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via. Southampton May 19. via .Marseilles May 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton . May 27, via Marseilles May 21. Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 21. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... May 19. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. May —. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Juno 10. Bahamas, via New York' , ... June 2. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, P.cru, 1 California. and British Columbia. Mi. DISRAELI'S REVOLUTIONARY EPICS.--- Taunted by many critics, who were confessedly quoting his poem at second-hand, Mr. Disraeli has repub lished, through Messrs. Longman, " The Revolutionary Epick." In a brief preface, Mr. Disraeli speaks of having given up literature for politics, and finding it improbable that ho should ever publish another book, has sometimes regretted that he could not avail himself of the graceful privilege of a writer—that of dedicating a volume to a. friend. Lord Stanley is the friend in this case, and to him the revolutionary poem is now inscribed. Very oddly sounds the prosaic line of this new preface compared with that of the old :—" It was on the plains of Troy that I first, conceived the idea of this work," it begins. "It flashert across my mind like the lightning that was then play ing over Ida For mo remains the Revolutionary Epick." Readers will smile over this youthful work of a man of genius ; but which of us would like to be judged at 40 of 50 by the tragedies and epics which we wrote at 19. Athenauna, Births. FITZGERALD.- On the 13th inst., at Merrion-gquare, Dublin, the Hon. Mrs. Fitzgerald, wife of the Right Hon. J. D. Fitzgerald, of a son. ITILLs.—On the 11th inst., at The Bank, Cranbrook, the wife of Edwin Hills, Esq., of a son, MITFORD.—On the 13th inst., the wife of John Mitfor(7 l , ,Etq., of 26, Palace •gardens, Kensington, of a son. LINTON,—On the 13th inst., at Watford, the wife of John. Linton, of a daughter. Marriages. PAUL—FREEMAN.—Ou the 12th inst., at Saint James's, Plymouth, Arthur Paul, Esq., Winchester, to Maria B. Freeman, second daughter of the late Richard Freeman,, M.D., of Plymouth. WOODWAYD---lIAYES. On the 10th inst., at Halesowen, George (lower Woodward, Esq., of the Manor House, Puaton, near Kidderminster, to Matilda Louisa, eldest. surviving daught,r of the late Cieorge Hayes, Eeq.. s of lialesowen. Deaths. BULLA.R.—On the 13th inst., at Basset Wood, near South ampton, John Bul ar, Esq., aged 87. Cuoox.—On the 13th inst., at 23, Dorchester-place, Bland lord •square, Miss Eliza Crook, aged 72 FRASEn.—At Portobello, N. 8., John C. Fraser, E , 'll C.A., General Register House, Edinburgh. IREDELL.—On the 13' h inst, at Pelham-crescent, Hastings Lestock Wilson Ireilell, Esq., late of Manor-house, Dan bury, Essex, aged 65. MOFFAT.—On the 11th inst., at 36, Cravan-hill-garden M, James Douglas Moffat, Esq., of Harperton, and High" ridge Hall, Hoxburghehire, late Major Bengal Cavalry, aged 52. WHATELY.—On the 10th inst., at Brook Lodge, Sunning' hill, the Rev. Thomas \Vhately, rector of ChemYti d s Shropshire, aged 91. - London: PrinZed and Prt.qlshed by WILLIAM ANDREWS of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office No• ) 1 ; Strand, ' 0 the Precinct of the "iftvoy, la the counq Of Ilildlttex.—Monday, May 16, 1861.