The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-03 00:00:00

- THIRD EDITION OF « THE SUN." We have reeeiced many complaintsfrom Subscribers who are frequently disappointed in not receiving the Third Edition. The fault rests en tirely with the News-agent who serves them, and who thereby not only injures the paper, but does injustice to his customer. This injustice is still further aggravated by an extra charge of a halfpenny (the Post office fee) being made for NOT supplying the latest or Third Edition. This Edition contains the Latest News: Parliamentary Debates up to a Quarter to Seven—The " Gazettes" 074 Tuesday and Friday, together with the " Prices Current' of all the Markets, as well as Official Primo/ Shares in Railways, etc. etc.—l'he Being at Tattersall's on Monday and Thursday—The latest (closing) Prices of the Funds — The Proceedings in Railway Committees up to the close—and all other new arriving in London qf:er three o'clock in the afternoon, when the Second or Evening Edition goes to press. In distant parts of the country, the Third Edition contains news TWELVE souse IN ADTANCS, a matter of importance to those who want early intelligence. In those places where the evening mail arrives in the middle of the night, - the "MORNING SUN," containing ♦LL the Debates, ,to. &c., will answer best, and Subscribers can suit themselves accordingly. Ropectable Agents will always supply the proper paper; but tchere any tciVul neglect is experienced, we recommend parties to write to " The Sun" oftce, 112, Strand, where prompt attention will be paid to their representations. 13, Great Marlborough-street. VOL. 11. of the NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCHES IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS. Henry Colburn, Publisher. MRS. HOWITT'S NEW WORK. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post Bvo., THE IMPROVISATORE; Or, LIFE IN ITALY. From the Danish. By MRS. HOWITT. Editor of "The Neighbours," " The President's Daughter," &c. "A production of singular originality and beauty. It is a tale of intense feeling and deep pathos."—Atlas. "Full of beautiful pictures and genuine feeling."—Young England. Itlcliard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that this THEATRE WILL OPEN on SATURDAY, MARCU 8, When will be produced (first time in this country), Verdi's new Opera, ERNANI. With new scenery by Mr. Marshall, Mani, Signor Moriani ; Huy Gomez, Signor Fornasar Carlo Quinto, Signor Baall ; and Elvira, Madame Rita Borio. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; ou, LA DRYADE. The Made by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall, In which will appear Diddle. Lucile Gratin, Mdlle. Louise Weiss, Mdlle. Ferdinand, Mdlle. Demelisse, Mdlle. Casson, Mdlle. Moneelet, &e. Tousaitint, M. Gosselin, M. Di )tattia, M. Bertrand, M. Perrot. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, FOR TILE BENIEIT OF MR. BUNN. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Femorino, Mr, W. Harrison ; Doctor Dideiunara, Mr. Stretton : Belcore, Mr. Burling ; Mina, Miss Romer. After which, a SOIREE DANSANTE, for the support whereof Monsieur Jullien and llerr Kcenig have most obligingly given their valuable services, and with their Private Bands of their Court Balls and Nobilities' Soirees, added to the strength of the Drury-Lane, Band will present an Orchestra of Eighty eminent Artistes. This performance will be followed by a CONCERT, and the even ing's amusements will terminate with the celebrated ballet of LA GISELLE, which will be produced (first time on the English stage), with great splendour, for the occasion, and in which 31dlie. Maria, Monsieur 11. Vestris, Monsieur and Madame linen, and the whole corps de ballet will appear. Private ',ores, stalls, and tickets, to be had of Mr. Bann, 11, Fitz roy-square, and of Mr. Parsons, at the box-office of the theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Extraordinary Attraction for One Night Only, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. BUNN, • • On which occasion the following Artistes will hare the honour to appear: - In the Opera and Concert — Miss Rainforth, Miss Romer, Miss Smith, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Stretton, Mr. Burdini, Master Adolphe . Simon (an extraordinary Violinist, just arrived from Vienna), Mr. Dlstin, with his Four Sons, and Mr. Harley. In the Soiree and .New Ballet-31(111e. Maria, M. H. Vestris, M. and Madame Finart, 31dRe. O'Bryan, and Madame Ciubilei ; the numerous and unrivalled Corps de Ballet, with 31. (Widen and Herr Kcenig. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be had of Mr. Bunn, 11, Fitzroy-square ; and of Mr. Parsons, at the Box-oil:Ice of the Theatre, where places may be secured. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, AIR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be reps tied a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hu;nby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. In the course of the Evening Mr. John Parry will give his De scriptive Scene, `• Cinderelia." After which, SPEED THE PLOUGH. Sir Abel Handy, Mr. W. Farren ; Bob Handy, Mr. H. Hon ; Sir Philip Blandf)rd, Mr. Stuart ; Farmer Ashfield, Mr. Webster si Blandford, Miss Julia Bennett ; Susan Ashfteld, Mrs. Edwin *mold ; Lady Ilandy, Mrs. W. Clif ford ; Dame Ashtleld, Mrs. Glover. To conclude with HOW TO PAY TIIE RENT. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and one Guinea and a-Halt each. Tickets and , laces to be had of Mlt I. T. Archer at the Box-office, fl - om Ten till Five o'clock. THEATLE ROYAL, ADELPIH. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSH ES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; 31uster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yate , ' ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL, To ho followed by a New Dramatic Anecdote, entitled TIIE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. The Duke of Anjou, Miss Woolgar ; Captain O'llorke, lludson ; the Baroness Beaupre, Miss Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LE74SEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH. Mae bath, Mr. Forrest ; Macduff, Mr. Graham ; Banquo, Mr. Beury Wallack ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Cushman. To conclude with a New Drama (from the French), entitled THE CARBONARI ; or, The Bride of Parma. In which Mr. Com2ton, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Emma Stanley will perform. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Private H,xes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the celebrated Play of TRENTE ANS ; ou, LA VIE D'UN JOUEUR. George de Germani, M. Frederick Lemaitte ; Werner, M. Oudinot ; Amelie, Mdllc. Clarisse. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Last Week before the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE PRISONER OF WAR. Captain Chan nell, Mr. Emery ; Pallmall, Mr. Keeley ; Clarina, Miss Walcott ; Polly Pullman, Mrs. Keeley. After which, THE LEGION OF HONOUR ; or, The Veteran and his Progeny. To be followed by VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha racters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kibdoch, Yarnoid, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair brother, Miss Grove, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled A MODEL OF A WIFE. Principal Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Matthews, and Mea dows ; Miss Walcott, and Miss Fail-brother. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. (Under the Direction of Miss Davenport.) THIS EVENING win be performed LA DAME DE ST. TROPEZ ; or, The Poisoner. George Maurice Mr. Waldron ; Charles D'Arbel, Mr. Binge ; Tiortente, Miss Davenport. After which, BEAUTY : or, Cupid and the Satyr. To conclude with THE ROMP. Priscilla Tomboy, Miss Davenport. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed JANE SHORE. Richard, Duke of Gloster, Mr. Dale; Lord Hastings, Mr. H. Hughes; Dumont, Mr. N. T. Hicks ; Jane Shore, Mrs. Ilonner ; Alicia, Mrs. Henry Vining. After which, a New Ballet Divertissement, entit!ed LA r ETE DE TERPSICHORE. To be followed by SUDDEN THOUGHTS. Impulse, Mr. Seaman ; Jack Cabbage, Mr. Vale. In the course of the Evening a variety of Staging and Dancing. To conclude with BATTLE ; SLAVERY AND SHIPWRECK ; or, The Pour Little Child of a Tar. Places and Private BOXC3 to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, MARCH 2, THERMOMETER, Loweit, 30 ; Highest, 37 ; Noon, 37. BAROMETER, 29.93.—W1ND, E. Notes.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-FRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 21 minutes after 6 Evening ..:48 minutes after 6. t .ttv , i 1 ? V '''. Inul • At . ' 5 I t 6 k '''''. lit r. . '-' ~----- Ir ili k -o - lii, i • • ~ .,,, g 1 „ .. , - ..,...T. ,, , ,, :....t.„,_,, : 0 v , 14 , te r .. , ~.. ..... , .4.•,,,,,,,,..„.„,„.., 7,..r ti • ...,... ~,. AkZE I. , gm, '"." .0 ), " " '.: ' ....,,..... 0 , - ; e irtlA:?77 .—,, infiriting tnt LONDON, MONDAY, MARCEI 3, 1845. The debate in the House of Commons, on Friday night last, elicited by Mr. T. DIINCOMBE'S motion for calling to the bar certain officers of her MAJESTY'S Post office department, with a view to their examination in reference to the charge of opening letters addressed to that Honourable Member,—terminated as we had anti cipated. A majority of 75, in a House of 301 Members, negatived his motion. It results that, to-day—to-mor row—at any time between the present moment and that at which the felony-indemnifying statute of Queen ANNa shall be repealed,—the most private and confidential correspondence of every man who was a constituent element of that majority may have its seals broken, after being forged by remodelling ;—its contents pe rused, transcribed, and communicated to third parties, may be with impunity violated, surreptitiously resealed, and fraudul e ntly f o rwarded to its original destination, without any intimation or evidence to the parties ad dressed of the fact of its having been so tampered with. Entertaining the strong opinions we have never hesi tated to av o w on t h e cr i m i na l nature o f t h e d e li nquency which her MAJESTY'S Government have, in effect, pleaded guilty to, we cannot help saying that we should be well pleased if every one of their supporters on this memorable question should be placed in the position of having his own letters experimented upon by the Home office and Post-office authorities, after the same fashion by which Mr. DUNCOMBE has been a sufferer. The plea relied upon by Sir RonEier PEEL, and o th er Members, for refusing the very reasonable application whi c h M r DtimcoatnE's motion, if carried, would have enforced' was, as on former occasions, of a kind the most unworthy and even puerile, to which a public man could be supposed, at this time of day, capable o f resorting. In fact, it amounted to little more than the stale clap-trap of throwing himself upon his cha racter—the course of official precedents—the impos sibility of a Minister, in his position, being so guilty of pandering to the appetite of foreign courts for con traband news. There was no indigna nt repudiation-- such as would have well become the Prime Minister of a constitutional Government—of au odious and detestable espionnage, such as should be tolerated only under the most corrupt or the most unmitigated of despotisms. There was no generous expression of confident reliance on the cordial attachment to the institutions o their country of the people which, in its recent cheerful acquiescence in the imposition of extraordinary burdens to meet extraordinary deficiencies of income at an ad vanced period of a protracted peace ; an attachment that surely supplied the best argument against the necessity of such atrocious inquisitorial powers as those embodied in the Act of ANNE. We have not been slow to bear our testimony to the merits of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S ad vances in the right direction of free-trade and fiscal reform, as a finance Minister. But on all occasions, where there is a great constitutional principle to be vin dicated—a large scheme of national policy with regard to our foreign relations to be discussed—a claim of equity or justice to be determined against suggestion* of official convenience or Exchequer expediency—we must own that he is too apt to fall beneath the level of even subaltern mediocrity. His statesmanship is without philosophy ; his philosophy without statesman ship. He argues like a functionary more or less immediately interested in the issue to be tried by the Legislature. He seldom or ' never rises to the enlarged and comprehensive views of a legislator, whose business it is to devise and prescribe the rules which shall govern the conduct of public func tionaries in the various departments of the public ser vice. On Friday last the feebleness with which he met the flagrant charge established against the Home De partment on a former evening, and evaded the just and reasonable appeal of Mr. DUNCOMBE—Was almost piti able. A majority of 75, at the price of such an exhi bition, was dearly purchased. Toe failure of the Right Honourable Baronet to gainsay the general axiom we have so often contended for, and which we perceive was powerfully enforced both by Mr. DUNCOMBE and by Mr. DISRAELI, was still mure signal. That principle was thus put by Mr. D'lsitaieu : " You have a popular government, you have a strong local system ; yon may, by not prying into the correspondence of individuals, be subjected to great calamities. You may have Bristol burnt, as Bristed,was burnt ; you may have Birming ham assailed, as you had' assailed—but the country strikes the balance. It agrees to Suffer these great injuries for the sake of a popular Government, instead of a Government of police; and the country, after all, must decide it.—(Cheers.) Now, Sir, I believe that is the impartial view as regards the general question." In short, the axiom that your Government - should possess no such authority for violating the integrity of this important department, was not even touched by the opponents of Mr. DuszcostnE's motion. The moral im putation on the conduct of her Majesty's Ministers in this affair, and of the Right Honourable the Home Secretary in particular, remains not only unremoved, but absolutely unnoticed by those whom it most concerns. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, indeed, is brought at last to ac knowledge that a warrant was issued in every case where letters have been opened, whilst he has been in office, so that Mr. DUNCOMBE may conclude that his letters were opened under warrant. But Sir JAMES GRAHAM, on commencing his address, and in dealing with the spirited protest of Mr. DISRAELI against the politi cal Mattinetism of Sir ROBERT with any of his sup porters who presume, on large questions, to have an opinion of their own, he spoke with the atrabilious astonishment of an usher astounded at the demonstra tions of a rebellious boy on the upper forms against the aristocratic majesty of the head-master. His reproof was in the very spirit of an angry pedagogue. It was a melan choly specimen of the obsequiousness of political col leagueship, which an apostate from the politi cal creed and associations of the far larger por tion of his existence may be brought to mani fest under to exacting a master as the Premier. The speech of Mr. D'IsRAELI was, certainly, the hsp piest and most successful effort he has yet made in Parliament. It was well calculated to fortify the strongest presumptions of serious divisions in the Ministerial camp, or between the Ministerial staff and the Tory rank and file. Spirited, caustic, and epigramatic, it was received probably by every person in the House, except the two Right Honourable Barovets, Sir ROBERT himself, and Sir JAMES, with visible favour, being more cheered than any other address delivered throughout the evening. If Sir ROBERT can retain, under the excitement of such a castigation, that self-possession to which he is so often indebted fur learning prudence from his dangers, and for deriving advantage from his own errors, he will do well to profit by the unpleasant lesson which the Member for Shrews bury has read to him. It does not follow that because he has for some time past managed to lead the House, not only without, but in despite, to some extent, of his party. he will always ba able to employ the same tactics with the same success. It may be prudent, therefore, fur him to pause before he again strains the cord of leadership too tightly, where its stress is to affect those who are among the ablest and most intelligent of his champions whilst they are in the ranks, but are among the most formidable and harassing of his antagonists the moment they have fallen out of them. Mr. D'ISRAELI was very sparkling in touching upon the " sic ves non vobis" sort of fortune that established the present Government in power on the ruins of its predecessor, exactly because (it should seem) the present men were (luckily fortunate) Li do that, which the others for merely proposing to do were expelled for. The figure of the spoliated bathers was capital. The simile of PETRUCHIO scarcely less striking:— " The Right Hon. Gentleman has only exactly to remain where he is. The Right Hon. Gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.—(Much cheering and great laughter.) He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal position, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.—(Continued cheers and laughter.) I cannot conceive that the Right Hon. Gentle. man will ever desert his party ; they seem nevert to desert him. There never was a man yet who had less need to find new friends. I, therefore, hope all these rumours will cease. I look on the Right Hon. Gentleman as a man who has tamed the shrew of Liberalism by her own tactics. He is the political Petruchio, who has outbid you all.—(Cheers and great laughter.) If we could only induce the Right Hon. Gentleman, therefore, to take a larger and more liberal view of his Parliamentary position than he seems to adopt in mo ments too testy for so great a man to indulge in, he would spare us some imputations which, I assure him, are really painful." But there is a chapter in the past political life of Sir ROBERT PEEL, to which we think it is well that the public mind should be now and then referred, although with the view of working some abatement of the prestige which a long career of Parliamentary and of Ministerial success has thrown around that Minister's reputation. His deportment to Mr. CANNING in the ascendant—his utter want of generosity and confidence towards his early friend and political comrade,—bis ready and somewhat overe-ager adhesion to the most bitter and unscrupulous enemies of that great statesman,—the coincidence of this remarkable estrangement from the companion and fellow partisan of so many political campaigns, wiih that illustrious individual's attainment to supreme rank in the Councils of the SOVEREIGN ;—these are recollections which we doubt not are not those that are dwelt upon with the greatest degree of complacency by his successor in that supreme position. 'With the very neat allusion to this epoch in the public history of Sir ROBERT, with which the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury concluded his address, we shall conclude this article : "lie never refers to any author who is not great, and sometimes who is not loved—Canning fur example.—(Hear, hear.) That is' a name never to be mentioned, lam sure, in the House of Commons without emotion. We all admire his genius. We all, at least most of us, deplore his untimely , end ; and we all sympathise with him in his fierce struggle with supreme prejudice and sublime mediocrity—(Cheers and a laugh)—with inveterate foes and with candid friends. —(Loud cheering.) The Right Hon. Gentleman may be sure that a quotation from such an authority will always tell. Some lines, for example, upon friendship, written by Mr. Canning, and quoted by the Right Hon. Gentleman: The theme, the poet, the speaker—what a felicitous combina tion ! Its effect in debate must be overwhelming; and lam sure, if it was addressed to me, all that would remain would be for me thus publicly to congratulate the Right Hon. Gentleman, not only on his ready memtgy, but on his courageous con science."—(The Hain. Gontli o man, after secondingthe motion, sat down amidst loud cheer g.) Madrid papers of the 21st ult. have been received. A military commi s sion had been summoned to meet at Vittoria for the trial of the thirty-one officers and non commissioned officers arrested for a plot against the Go vernment. No business was done in the Chambers on the 21st. The Three per Cents. closed at 33i at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 24 for cash, and 244 at 60 days ; the Debt without Interest, at if at 60 days, with i prem. ; and the Vales at 9 4 3 . at SO days. The domestic intelligence in the Paris papers is with out interest. The accounts from Switzerland are on the whole satisfactory. No disturbances or collisions between the adverse cantons had taken place, and hopes began to be entertained that the differences would be settled by peaceful negotiations. The Extraordinary Diet met at Zurich for the first time, on the 24th ult., but no business was done. The first question for dis cussion was the admission of the popular Deputies from the Canton de Vaud, which would be brought on the following day. The Paris paper, the Pcrtrie, publishes the following extract of a letter, dated Zurich, Feb. 23: " The envoys of the great Powers, and even those of the small German States, near Switzerland, have had conferences, in which all the eventualities that could arise in this country were considered. The canton of Lucerne has already yielded to the represeatations of one of the great powers (France), by withdrawing the order which had been given to General side.pre vent the h a e t tack e N w v t i e t h f r w o h m i c B h e L rij u e C e and r n e Sonnenberg to e n t er t h e terr i tory of Argau i n or d er to was u s a m n e n n e a, c w e d h d o s n t t t h h ey express serious fears as to the maintenance of order on the hypothesis of the Vora not acting ac cor di ng to the 'instruc tions given to the Deputies of those cantons, say there is no reason to hope that the free corps will be restrained from action until after the decision of the Diet. Whatever may happen, France, Austria, Sardinia, Baden, and Bavaria, are firmly resolved to surround with a rigorous cordon of blockade all the cantons which may take any part whatever in the movements that menace the existence of the federal compact. M. de Pontois displays great activity. He is on excellent terms with the Catholic cantons. The new envoy of Prussia is expected to-day." The French Funds remained nearly stationary. The Five per Cents. closed at 1221., the Threes at 85, and the. New Loan at 85f. 90c. Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2131. 75c.; Rouen, 1,1201.; Havre, 927 f. 50e. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The Cotton market at Liverpool, yesterday, continued firm. Sales 8,000 bales, including 2,000 on speculation.— Shares were better, especially Dover and Brighton. Birming ham and Gloucester, 133 1 4 ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual. No. 2,1%; Glasgow and Greenock, 16 ; Grand Junction, 110%; London and Birmingham, 229% 31; Ditto, 321. Shares, 42 1 / 4 ; Ditto and Brighton, 60% %; Ditto and South-Western, 78. 3 % ; Ditto and York, 7%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 3% y ; Churnet Valley, 7 1 4 %; Manchester and Birmingham, 66 1 4 7%; Midland Counties, 126 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 11 5 / 8 12% ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 122 3 / ; Newcastle and Dar lington. New, 31%; North British, 13 1 4 ; Sheffield and Man chester, 104 ; South-Eastern, 42 1 4 ; Ditto, No. 2, 11%; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 8 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 4 ; Northern of France, 5%. Accounts of the 24th December, from Buenos Ayres, give no conclusive information upon the subject of the war. A letter has just appeared, addressed by Mr. A. Mallalieu to t he Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and urging the injustice of an intervention in favour of Monte Video, to which our Go vernment is said to be inclined. The writer states that the sway of Roses has been beneficial to his country, that the charges brought against him are grossly exaggerated, and that our trade with the Argentine Republic is becoming too valuable to be risked by mixing ourselves up in a local contest. The circulation of the Bank of England in the week to Saturday last, was 142,2651. more than in the preceding week ; the public deposits were 607,752/. more ; and the bullion was 145,236!. ; while the rest was 49,8551. less, and the seven day bills 46,8871. less. There is scarcely any business doing in the Funds. Con sols are 99% % for Money, and par for Account. Exchequer bills have alternated from 595. to 625. premium. New Three-and- a-Quarter per Cents. have been 1034 to 104, and the Three per Cents. 100% to 14. Nothing has been done in Bank Stock. An advance has occurred again in Spanish Actives, but there is no alteration in the Threes. The former are 28 to % and th . er 40%. Portuguese Converted bring 61 to % bei6g.k ery firm. Mexican are 36% to % and Coluni el biaia. 4 14 1 %. Brazilian New Stock is worth 86% to 871/,. ''Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. are 63 to %. Snares are buoyant, especially Brighton and South-Eastern. Churnet Valley are fluctuating. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced ••• 100 4 ',4 100 % 3 per Cent. Consols 99 yi 99% New 3 1 4 per Cents lO3 104 103% Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12% 12% Bank Stock for Account — 214 Consols for Account... ....... 100 10C Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 / 0.... 62 59 62 pm. 62 Ditto 500/. . Ditto Small Ditto Advertised 57 60 pin. 60 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds ' Ditto New, 1829 and 1839 B 6 l /2 87% 87% Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent... • • lOO % 101 1 ,4 101 1 ,E Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela I3J /4 14 1 4 14 1 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 36A, % 36% Ditto, Account 3 6 3% 36 1 / it, Ditto, Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account 28% 28% Ditto 3 per Cent. 40:!! 1. 40% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 44 1 4 44 1 4 Ditto, Deferred . . 12 12 Dutch, 2 1 /. 1 per Cent . Ditto. Account ........ ..... Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certitic 99 % 14 9914 PRICES OF CLOSING SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Binning. and Gloucesterloo 134% 135 135 Ditto % Shares Bristol and Exeter Ditto New.... Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 58 59 Caledonian Chester and Holyhead... 5 __ .. 'lt Cliurnet Valley Cornwall Direct Northern EaStern Counties 141. 165....... 17 5 / 8 % ..... ... 17% Eastern Union lO .. ... Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, New Quarters.. 2% 5% ••• •• Great South. and West. A(lreland) ......... . Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo i --- ...... 188 Ditto New Ditto New 2 — Great 'Western ... 80 ......177 Ditto % Shares Ditto Fifths Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 2 1 / 2 . 'W 2 Bull and Gainsborough 136 2 X 3 _2 l / . .i .. Kil . RRIZ. 520 Hull and Selby - 50 - BB% 88 Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlis1e... 15 London and Birmingllin (Stock) — .. 231% Ditto, Quarters London and Brighton... 50 . .... 61 i , 61 62 1 / 2 % 63% London and Croydon, 1 31 . 15 s. 9 d. 181 /2 19 London ;ird S. Western 4116 s 10d 79 1 / 2 78 1 / 2 Do. New consolidated Bths 6 ...... 24 Ditto New 2 IA 12% 12 London and York ..)14 7 Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leed5... 73 Manchester and Birmin. 40 ...67% 66 1 / 2 68 66 1 ,4 66 1 /• Ditto Quarters Midland 100 127 Ditto New 2 ...... 8 1 4 A, B% Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 4 7 3 /4 Do. New Brandling Neweas It and Berwick VA ...... 14 1 2 15 North British Ditto, New 3% Norwich and Brandon... 10 Ditto New 1 Richmond and West End Junction Scottish Midland 1 %...... 1% 2 2 pz Shrews., Wolverhamp , Dudley, and Birm 2 l /2 4 l/ is ... ..... . ...... 5 South Devon... South Eastern & Dover 33/ 28 4d 42%- ...... ...... 42, 1 , Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No. 3 2% B% 9 9 South Wales 2% 4% 4% Trent. Valley 2 .... • 20% 20% Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... West Cornwall ..... 14— 31 A% 3 34 Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 lO3 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Ditto Extension .. 114 13% 14% 14% 15 1 15 15 FRENCH RAILWAYS Boulogne and Amiens... 2 Bordeaux ard Toulouse 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Lyons and Avignon . 2 3 / 4 1 - - Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ...... 1612 17 Orleans and Borde.-tax... 2 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ... 20 Tours and Nantes 1 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial Union of Australia Do. New MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 28.—Our market continues steady, and prices generally are firm. Chester and Holyhead, 8% ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 301; Man chester and Birmingham, 66% 67 ; Sheffield and Manchester Quarter Shares, 13 ; South-Eastern. No. 3, 94 ; Barnsley Junction, 6% • Ditto, Half Shares, 2 3 / 4 3 ; Birkenhead, Man chester, and Cheshire Junction, 8 1-16; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 5 1 4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 7%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 3 1 4 ; Churnet Valley, 7 1 4 5-16; Hudderstied and Manchester Railway and Canal, SX, ; Lon don and York, 7 ; Newark and Sheffield, 2%; Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton, 1%; Trent Valley, 20 1-16 14. ~--- DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, FEB. 28.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber to-day, the proposal for revising the standing orders of the Chamber was acceded to, after a long de bate, by a majority of 40 to 10. A letter from Sliddleburgh, of the 26th, announces that the ship Niderlands Koningen (Queen of the Nether lands), from Batavia to Rotterdam, was wrecked on the Baujert, in the afternoon of the 24th. In the night of that day the captain and twenty-one of the crew landed near amburg, and having been provided with some re fre htielvseivere sent to Domburg, where every attention wai Ma td them. Yesterday they were brought here in waggons, except the English pilot, who is too ill to be removed. Six of the crew lost their lives, the boat in which they were having been dashed against another vessel and broken to pieces. By the latest accounts the ship is a total wreck. MIDDLEBURG, FEB. 24.—Last week there was some rioting at Zieriekzee, in consequence, as it seems, of some executions for arrears of taxes. The citizens, usu ally so peaceable, assembled by hundreds, broke win dows, and committed other excesses. The magistrates issued a judicious proclamation, and order was soon re stored, after some of the ringleaders had been ar rested. A detachment of troops was sent from Flush ing, to be at hand in case of any further disorders. TBE HAGUE, FEB. 28.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber to-day, many petitions were presented relative to the proposal for revising the fundamental law. The state of the rivers remains nearly the same as before, and the cold is still very severe. HAMBURG, FEL 24.—The William Jolliff, not being yet able to put to sea on account of the ice, the mail is sent via Holland. The ice has broken loose at Blankense and there is a considerable extent of clear water a Altona. _ HANOVER, FED. 20.—We have no news of any im portance unless it be that our Government and the Senate of Bremen have come to a final agreement re specting the iron railway from the city to Bremen. The neg'otiations which have been going on for some years, are at length concluded.—lhniburg papers, Feb. 25. DOVER RAILWAY.—Mr. Whitehead, the secretary of the South-Eastern Railway, has resigned his :office, owing to ill health. DEATH OF MR. WOODRUFFE.—Mr. Woodruffe, one of the banisters practising in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, died at his residence at Bayswater, on Wednesday evening. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vublit Opinton. " IF/to runs may rend." FOREIGN. On Tuesday evening the King and Queen of the Punch received the Prussian Minister, the Spanish Chargé d'Affaires, the Marquis de Grille, the Count d'Haussonville, and M. de Vanden!, Peers of Prance, the Count de l'Aigle, the Baron de Humboldt, the ♦is count de Montesquieu, and Lieut.-General Gourgaud. Marshal Bugeaud is to leave Paris for Algiers on tr e sth inst. A great number of the Deputies of the South, representing the localities to be traversed by the Bordeaux and Cette railroad, had waited on the Minister of Public Works to call his attention to the propriety of presenting the Bill relating to this line as soon as pos. sible. The Minister replied that all the surveys were now com pleted, and that he should urge the Council of Ponta et Chaussies to examine the matter rapidly, so that the Bill might be presented in the commencement of May. By this means, the Bill would reach the stage of report in one of the Chambers this year, which would enable Its being voted at the beginning of next session. There are at present (says the Courrier Francais) sixteen rail. roads terminated in France, extending a length of 806 kilometres (about 500 miles), at a cost of 286,600,000 f. Seventeen others are either traced out or in course of execution, to a length of 2,947 kilometres (about 1,840 miles). The whole cost of these is calculated at 470,200,000£, of which 185,000,000 f. will be ex pended in 1845. - M. Roland, the butcher, says Galignani, who went to England for the purpose of presenting to the Queen a round of beef from Pere Goriot, the beauf-gran, has returned to Paris delighted with the reception that he met with in England. The Queen being at Brighton, M. Roland proceeded to that place, and unpacked his voluminous present in the presence of her Majesty and Prince Al bert. The Queen not only did M. Roland the honour to accept his homage of respect, but in the most kind and gracious terms ex pressed her thanks. The attentions shown to M. Roland by some of the most eminent butchers of London have, it appears, con vinced him of the sincerity of the entente cordiale. A letter from Rome, of the 10ffi, announces the arrival in that city of the Countes of Nassau, widow of the late King of Holland. It appears from an official document which has just been pub lished that the number of negro slaves at this time in Algeria is 1,253. They are chiefly from Bornou, Haoussa, and Timbuctoo. Since the yeur 1830 the importation of slaves has been gradually decreasing. COTLYILT-PASHICONAIILE. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Dowager Marchioness of Westminster, Lady Robert Grosvenor, and the Hon. Gilbert Grosvenor, are still at Eaton Hall, Cheshire. The noble family intend to leave that seat is a few days. The Marquis of Normanby has returned to the Clarendon Hotel, from Mulgrave Castle. The Earl of Harrowby continues indisposed in Grosvenor.square; Lord and Lady Frances Sandon and the Hon. G. M. and Lady Louisa Fortescue are staying with his Lordship. Lord Wynford is seriously indisposed at his scat, Leasons, Kent. It is rumoured that Lord R. Grosvenor has been left a legacy of 200,0001 under the will of his late father Viscount Bernard, M.P., has left town for Castle Bernard, the seat of the Earl of Bandon. The Noble Lord has paired off until after the Easter recess with the Right Hon. D. R. Pigot. Lord and Lady De Ros have arrived at their ♦illa at Thames Dittos, from visiting Earl and Countess Delawarr, at Buckhurst Park, Sussex. Lord Francis Egerton has left Belgrave.square fur his seat, Ratchford Hall, near Cobham. The Duke of Leeds has been indisposed at Hornby Castle, which prevented his Grace from coming to town early in the week. The Earl and Countess of Plymouth have arrived at their seat, Knowle Park, Kent, from a visit to Earl and Countess Delawarr, at Buckhurst Park, Sussex. 'lll IS CELL AN OUS. _ _ Mr. Oakeley, the Puseyite clergyman of Margaret Chapel, has contradicted the paragraph which appeared in most of the papers, stating that he had been suspended by the Bishop of London. Re. port, however, states that he had been actually suspended, but soon restored at the request of Mr. Gladstone. Some of the Edinburgh papers state that Sir Henry Bishop has declared his intention of standing for the Music-chair, which he va cated only a few months back from ill-health. At the anniversary festival of the Humane Society, on Wednes day last, the Fotbergillian gold medal, of the value of 50 guineas, was prese. ted to Mr. John Erichsen, of Welbeck.street, for a treatise on the pathology and treatment of asphyxia; and also to Mr. Kay Shuttleworth, of the Privy Council Chamber, for a work on the same subject, published some years ago. A meeting of the Covent-garden actors took place on Wednes day, on the stage of the theatre, and was adjourned to the follow. ing day (Thursday), to take into consideration certain propositions of the manager, Mr. Laurent, upon the adoption of which de. pcnded the re-opening of the house. The meeting broke up again, however, without coming to any definite resolution upon the matter. _ _ The Great Western Railway Company from Dublin to Mul lingar, Athlone, and Longford, whose project was rejected by the Board of Trade, have resolved to lodge a deposit of 45,0001. to prosecute their petition before Parliament. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland has dismissed, with costs, the bill of Mr. Calcraft, for an injunction to prevent Mr. West, or any one but the plaintiff, as patentee of Hawkins-street Theatre Royal, performing the regular drama in Dublin. At a meeting of the Essex Agricultural Association, held at the Saracen's Head, Chelmsford, on Thursday, a petition to the House of Commons was adopted, in which the petitioners pray the Ho nourable House to revise the proposed financial measures, and to afford them :he redress so much needed by so large a portion of her Majesty's subjects. It is understood that the petition will be pre sented by Sir John Tyrrell, Bart., and that the other county Mem bers will support its prayer. DRURY-LANE. The chef dceuvre of Meyerlieer, 'lobe?, le Diable, was produced here on Saturday evening. This is the first time that Robert le Diable has been presented to an English audience in art unmutilated form, and Mr. Bunn deserves the highest pr :se for the manner in which this opera has Le en put upon the stage. The scenery was truly superb, and the costumes gorgeous and appropriate, and the groupings picturesque and beautiful. Nothing could exceed the brilliancy of the opening scene. The chorus of knights not only sang but acted, and the stage presented all the life and bustle of a camp. The revivification of the nuns too, was admirably managed, and nothing could be more excellent than were the scenic effects throughout the piece. The following was the cast : Robert Bertram Mr. Stretton. Raimbault Mr. D. W. King. Alberto .. Mr. Weiss. Alice Miss Romer. The Princess Isabella Mies Rainforth The Robert of Mr. Harrison was wanting in spirit.. Even the dicing song w. nt flatly off. It was evident that he was not at his ease. The part of Robert requires talents, both histrionic and vocal, of the highest order, and it appeared to us as if Mr. Harrison. beautiful as he is as a ballad singer, felt scarcely equal to the task he had undertaken. We have no doubt, however, but that he will improve as he gets more at home in the part. He should, however, practice the music assiduously, for we remarked on some occasions a defect of intonation at which we were rather surprised. Stretton's Bertram was very fine—always correct, frequently excellent —at times even sublitne. Mr. Stretton has edded greatly to his w.ll-earned fame by hi. performance of this very arduous part, and has shown that he possesses pots era of the existence of which, even his warmest admirers had no idea. Miss Romer's Alice too was exceedingly beautiful. We never heard the delicious aria in the second act more exquisitely given. It was perfect, and was of course rap.urously applauded. We never saw Nliss Retner to greater advantage. The Princess Isabella does not ap pear until towards the conclusion of the opera She has but two airs to " Idols de ma vie" and Roo but th e y are th e t w o gems of the opera, xg u given by Mi ss R a i n f o rth with j " iC v n isni a e n er ; pathos, a nd w ith a purity of i t r t e t e ox and p q r theys e intonation that was delightful. Raimbault has one op portunity, and one opportunity only, of showing *the spirit that is within him, and that is in the second act in the solo, and the duet with Bertram. Mr. King ably availed himself of this, and proved himself an excellent musician and an accomplished artist. Mr Weiss had but little to do as. AlLe but that little was done well. At the conclusion the principal pi rformers were called for and honoured. with the usual ovation. The house was crowded to the ceiling. COURT CIRCULAR. - _ The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic house hold, attended Divine Service yesterday morning, in the private chapel, Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on the Duchess of Kent. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Equerries in Waiting, took equestrian exercise in the riding-school, on Saturday. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on Saturday. his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meck lenburgh Strelitz visited Prince Albert on Saturday. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in a carriage on Saturday. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken an airing in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace on Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty on Saturday. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Danish Minister and the Countess Heventlow,_ the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Camden, the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, the Earl and Countess of Listowel, Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, Lord Ernest Bruce, and Sir George Anson. TIIE GRAND DECIIESS OF BADEN.—lier Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness on Saturday, at the residence of the Duke of Hamilton, in Portman-square. The Grand Duchess, attended by Baroness de Strumfeder, and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, dined with their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchessof Cambridge on Saturday, at Cambridge House. In addition to their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the following were present :—His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, the Marquis of Douglas, Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, the Earl and Countess of Lincoln, and Lord and Lady Beauvale. In the evening the fo!lowing joined the illustrious circle, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, the French Ambassador and the Coun tess St. Aulaire, Count and Countess &Harcourt, the Ba roness Brunnow, the Saxon Minister and Baroness Gers doff, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, Lord and Lady Mahon, and Lord and Lady Leveson. The Grand Duchess visited her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. A deputation on window, crown' and sheet glass con sisting of Lord Ingestre, Mr. Ord, Mr. Bell, Mr. Metcalfe, Mr. Muntz, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Ross, Mr. Wawn, Lord Sandon, Mr. Liddell, Mr. A. Nichol, Sir Howard Douglas, Mr. Wort ley', Mr. Pilkington, Mr. Wadland, Messr s . R. Chance, W. Chance, J. Chance, John Cookson, Shutridge, Christie, Ridley-, 0. Crathupe, and C. 'f. Crathupe, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his officiarresidence in Downing street. Mr. Colvile and a deputation respecting sugar had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. A deputation, consisting of Mr. W. Featherstonhaugh, and Mr. Horn, of Sunderland, Mr. Ridley, of ,Newcastle, Mr. Christie, of Dumbarton, and the Hon. Henri' T. Liddell, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with Sir Robert Peel. Mr. Ralph Price, Mr. John Eccles, and Mr. John Jolthson, on behalf of the turpentine manufacturers of Louduo, ha:l an interview with Sir George Clerk un Saturday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong were sent off on Saturday from the Colonial-office. Mr. Wallace. \ , .P., Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., and a deputation, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the West India Colonies. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Mr. Joln , Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The Duke of Wellington attended the early Service yes terday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated. The Marquises of Anglesea and Salis bury, Ladies Palmerston and Wharncliffe, Lords Palmerston, Bective, and Ernest Bruce, attended the daily Service. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the Communion Service by the Bishop of London and the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The Sermon was preached by the Bishop of St. David's. The anthem was— •' 0 Lord give ear," (Greene). The Sacrament was admi nistered by the Bishop of London assisted by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. FASHIONS FOR MARCH. (From the World qf Fashion Monthly Magazine.) CAPS.—The chsktige most perceptible in this style of head dress is their being made very short at the ears, the lace will which they are decorated being put on nearly plain all round, the manner of placing the ribbons is; varied, elegant, and oricinal, rendering them always la mode. For instance, they are formed in rosettes, toques. or pompons, prOucing those pretty little caps denomi nated Fermie:e, Pompadour, Alsacien, Marquise, Char lotte Corday, &c. Embroideries are now in great request both for even ing and out-door costume, as well as those charming little novelties, such us mittens, &c. Ball head-dresses are composed simply of the hair, arranged a l'Anglaise, a single rose being placed on each side, and attached with nceuds of ribbon, the ends of which arc finished with diamonds, forming a kind of pendant to the ears. BALL DRESSES.—The most striking and novel of those that have recently appeared, are :—A robe of white moire, over which is worn a tunique of ciOe lisse, opening in the front, and descending a little below the knee, embroidered all round, as we l as the two sides of the front, with sweat peas, brode in red silk, edged with gold ; plain corsage made low, and deco rated with a berthe, rounded in the front, and et:abr.& &red to match the tunique. A robe of pink satin, trimmed round the bottom of the skirt with two rows of plaited ribbon, put on the one from the other, at about the distance of ten centimetres ; tunic of verdant green c:epe, raised on each side above the knee, with a large ly aiquet of variegated daisies ; plain low body ornamented all round the top of the bust with a narrow plaiting of green satin ribbon, attached in the centre with a cluster of daisies ; the short sleeves ornamented to match, with two rows of plaited ribbon. Trimmings of ball dresses are now of a very rich de scription, being principally composed of open-worked fringes in gat and silver. Ceintures tied in a nmud, with long ends floating., are often worn with double robes of gaze lisse, trimmed with tunings of the mime, through which is passed a ri!ihou, caught at regular interval, with a rose. TOILETTES DE VILLE.—Those of si k are mostly made ait,r the tOltowing- fashion:—For instance, a dress of gre,n moire, tritnrmd en tablier, with two broad folds of velvet on the cross, the corsage plain and high upon the shoulders, opening en cceur, and faced with velvet, which joins those on the skirt; plain sleeves rounded over th hand, and edged wiih velvet. joek, y- a dents, bordered with vials. t; pimp: of muslin, divided with embroidered inlet; under s?eoves of muslin, and manchettes of lace. Bonnets have not varied much shit!, last month, either as to size or material. We observe that feathers are only ased for ufiernoon costume. Those which we have prin cipally remarked tre in satin or velours 6pingle, pink, white, mauve, and ?•ltv blue. . SuEDotsEs:— This 'name is given to those beautiful ...I.saks decorated with rich furs, the sleeves of which ar, ornamented with broad facinv, which fall back so as to form a kind of muff. FASHIONABLE COLOURS.—There is no perceptible change in the colours intended for out-door costume. black still being in the majority. For evening toilette, on the contrary, the colours are most mixed and va6 d ; pink, blue, jonquil, the morning and evening primrose, violet, and light shades of green, being the most pre dominant hue,. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAIL WA V. The usual half-yearly Genera Meeting of the Share holders in the Cheater and Holyhead Railway, was held on Wednesday, at the Office in Nlo .rgate-street ; Mr. W. R. Collett, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the Chair. The minutes of the last half-yearly meeting having been read and confirmed, The CHAIRMAN said he would pursue the plan which had been generally adopted at most railway meetings of introducing the report with a few preparatory re marks. The report which would be read to them was of so explicit a nature that it would reader it unneces sary for him to detain the meeting for more than a few minutes. A rumour had got abroad, but trim what source it proceeded he knew not, that the Directors bad applied to Government for 80,0001., as a re uneration for carr ing the Irish mails. Now, as one of the persons who conducted this negotiation, he could state pasitii ety that no such a sum as EO,OOO/. was ever mentioned—at all events, if it had, the amount would have included the expense of conveying the mails by steam-packet from Holyhead to Dubin. The sum, however, which they asked was 40,0001., and the Government had determined upon giving them 30,0001. for five years, and at the expiration of that time the same sum would be continued upon certain contingencies fora further period of seven years. This arrangement the Directors thought extremely liberal, and they trusted it would prove satisfactory to the Pro pristers generally.—(Hear, hear.) He could refer with no loss satisfaction to another rumour which had gone abroad, namely, the surtuises respecting their share re gistry. The registry was now complete in every parti cular, and the meeting would remember that the whole of their shares had been allotted with the aid of a single advertisement, so firm was the confidence of the petilc in the feasibility of the undertaking.—(Applause.) It had been said that the Directors had unnecessarily declined opening their line, but when they looked at the difficulty of the works, could the Sharehollers blame them for adopting more than ordinary elution in this instance ? —(hear, hear.) S me of these difficulties had, however, been overcome, and two contracts had been ac cepted -o%e, fur contracting eight miles of the line out of Chester; the other, for making the Pentnaen Bach Tunnel. It had been currently reported that their bridge actress the Menai Straits could not possibly be accomplished under five i ears, and at a cost of half a million. Now he could state, on the authority of their engineer, that it would not take more than three-fourths of this expense; indeed, it was estimated that the cost would not exceed 350.00 0 /., and the works would be completed in some. thing less than three ears. - (Hear, hear.) The ex penditure had fallen far short of wh. t had b , en originally estimated. The expenditure attending the formation of the Company, which was stated at the last meeting to be upwards of 20,0001. had not exceeded 19,0001, while the expense of the Mould Junction only amounted to 23,1991. 15s. 2d., leaving a balance in hand of 250,000/.—(llear, hear.) Reference had lately been made to the purchase of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway. Soule there were who doubted whether this agreement would be carried out, but he was in a position to state that the Bill was now before Parliament, and the Chester and Birkenhead Company were determined to carry the arrangement through.—(Hear, hear.) The Irish Rail ways were likely to bring the traffic from the south and south-western parts of that country to Dublin, and then it would have to pass over their line. He hed, therefore, thought it advisable to connect himself with some of these undertakings, because there were some people who desired that the traffic should be brought to Wexford, and transported into the interior of England by means of a railway intended to cross the river Severn ; but, as there were more difficulties in the way of a bridge being thrown across the Severn than the Menai Straits, he thought their line would have the advantage.—(Hear, hear.) A new railway had lately come under the notice of the Directors, called the North Wales Railway, and as it would commend a large slate traffic over their line, they were inclined to regard it favourably, as one of their own branches. They were no doubt all aware of the inten tions of the Government to make Holyhead a packet station and a harbour of refuge. He believed within the present year a sum of money would be voted for the purpose. Holyhead would be immediately converted into a packet-station, and in the course of five years no doubt it would become a harbour of refuge, capable of containing the American packets, and all vessels that enter the port of Liverpool.—(Applause.) The SECRETARY then read the report. It stated that " the Proprietors were aware that, at the desire of her Majesty's Government, the Bangor portion of the line approaching the Menai Straits, and the passage over the Straits, have been omitted from the Company's Act of last session, in order that further consideration might be bestowed on the important points connected therewith. Two routes had at that time been surveyed, —one, by the Company's engineer, laid down with the greatest regard to economy in construction, but objected to by the Bishop of Bangor, on account of its proximity to his palace—and by her Majesty's Government on public grounds, as taking too circuitous a course for a line of so great national importance. The Directors considered the latter route as absolutely inadmissible, on account of the formidable nature of the works, involving a very heavy amount of expenditure and great loss of time in construction. The intermediate line which has been since proposed, the Directors were happy to state, in no way interfered with the Bishop of Bangor, and it was trusted that it would also meet the views of her Ma jesty's Government. The Bill for powers to make it was now before Parliament, and it was expected would be passed without opposition from any quarter. " The description of bridge and site at the Britannia Rocks, as proposed by the Company's engineer, for crossing the Mcnai Straits, had undergone the most rigid scrutiny of the Lords of the Admiralty, and with the modifications proposed would, it was hoped, re ceive, before the Bill was in Committee, their final concurrence and approval. The first eight miles ou• of Chester, of which the works for the first portion were peculiarly heavy, had been contracted for, as also the tunnel through the Headland of Perimaen Bach, near Conway, with the adjoining embankments. A further length of twenty-two miles, in continuation from Ches ter, would be contract, e 1 for next week, the remainder of the line towards Bangor, as far as the Parliamentary powers extend, in the month of April—and the Angle sey portion immediately atterwards. Your Directors are al.-no eh:tem:tiring to make! urrangwrents to procured at once ivit;i tile line at 13uhaor and the bridge across the M.,nai, i:eridi?l.; the progress of the Bill—so that they had full confidence that in their next hail-N early reprrt they would be in a condition to state that the works o the railway, from one end to the other, were in active operation. "Your Directors, after mature consideration, have come to the conclos on that it will be the most judicious course to so make their arrangements that the whole line shall be ample ed and opened simultaneously. " The expenditure hitherto has been very small. But, as the works would henceforward proce,d rapidly, the Directors purpose making a call of 51. per share, payable on the 21st of April next. " The Directors, knowing from exp::rience the damage inflicted on property adjacent to the line— the annoy ance experience I by the resident gentry—the delay in the progress of the works-- and tte loss sustained by the contractors—from the loose and unsettled habits of the description of men engagel in railway works—had felt it to be their rimy to hold out inducements to constant and steady industry, and to promote among them the growth of moral habits. They had, thereire,matle pro vision in the contracts entered into.-1. For proper ac commo;lation being secured to them, where the villages and towns contiguous to the line might not afford it, by the erection of huts, and having regard in fixing the site of the same to th-ir being available when the line was completed. 2. For the due payment of their wages on stated days and in money. • In addition to these precautions, the Directors be lieved that very many anti great benefits would arise to the Company, no 1: as than the men themselves, if some suitable means were adopted, under due authority and supervision, for enabling and inducing the men to attend divine worship on Sundays. It was obvious that the existing places of worship, even where accessible to them, and the service in their own language, would not be sufficient for the numbers abiut to be thus suddenl:: brought. into the country, in addition to the present. population. But there would be erections on the works which might be made use of for the purpose. if a minister were found to officiate. After full consideration of the subject, the Directors begged to recommend that a sum not exceeding 3001. for the current year be placed at their disposal to promote this object. " The Directors recommended the construction of a line of railway to Mold, that district abounding in minerals, coal, iron, and limestone, which would form a most important addition to the estimated traffic. The line, as laid out. was proposed to join the Chester and Holyhead line about 21 miles from Chester, and was 94- miles in length, making the entire distance from Chests to Nfold 124 miles." The report having been adopted, a resolution voting 300/. for the purposes named in the report, was agreed to. Thanks were then voted to the Directors and the Chairman, and the meeting seplrated. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, FED. 28. The following Bills were read a first time:— Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway (Heywood Branch). York and North Midland Railway (Bridlington Branch). Petitions for the following Railway Bills were referred to the select Committee on Petitions fur Private Bills : Guildford Junction Railway. Yarmouth and Norwich Railway. London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway. Eastern Union Railway. Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Associated Railway Companies. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Keymer Branch). Taw Vale Railway and Dock. London and South-Western Railway (No. 2). Aberdeen Railway. Cork and Bandon Railway. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester junction Railway. St. Helen's Canal and Raiiway. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported; 1. " That, in the case of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permittec to proceed with their Bill, upon a memorandum of the radius of the curve reported on, not exceeding one mile in length, being noted on the plan. 2. " That, in the case of the Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford and Biggleswade Line) petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed w'th :—That the parties be Fer mitted to proceed with their Bill upon amending their plan. by marking the tunnel by a dotted line thereon." " That the Committees on this and the prec ding Bili do examine, in the first place, how far such Orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill."—Resolutions agreed to. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. MONDAY, MARCH 3. Ulster Railway Extension. West Cornwall Railway. Trent Valley Railway Oxford and Rugby Railway. Manchester and Buxton Railway. ,TUESDAY, MARCH 4. Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Railway. WEDNESDAY, MAncn 5. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway. Cornwall Railway. THURSDAY, MARCH 6. Edinburgh and Hawick Railway. North British Railway. Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland). Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. South-Eastern Railways. FRIDAY, MARCH 7. Launceston and South Devon Railway. Berks and Hants Railway. South Devon (Tavistock and other Branches) Railway. Erewash Valley Railway. York and North Midland (Harrogate Branch) Railway. Newport and Pontypool Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Dundee and Perth Railway,—Committee on petition, Mon day, March 17. Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway,—Committee on petition, Tuesda•, , March 11. Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale (Heywood Branch) Rail way,—Second reading, Tuesday, March 4. Whitby and Pickering Railway,—Second reading, Ttesday March 4. Barnsley Junction Railway,—Second reading, Tuesday. March 4. Leeds and Thirsk Railway,—Second reading, Tuesday _ . March 4. _ .fludderstield and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Second read in Tuesday, March 4. St. Helen's Canal slid Railway,—Committee on petition. ~. Tuesday, March 11. Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Associated Railway Companies. —Committee on petition, Tuesday, March 11. Manchester and Buxton Railway—Committee en petiti.m adjourned till Monday, March 3. Cornwall Railway—Committee on petition, adjourned till Wednesday, March 5. Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation)—Second reading, Tuesday, March 4. London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway—Committee on petition, Tuesday, March 11. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Jun c tio n Railway—Gan mittee on petition,'Tuesday, March 11. Eastern Union Railway—Committee on petition, Tuesday March 11. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Keymer Branch) Railway —Committee on petition, Tuesday, March 11. London and South-Western Railway (No. 2)—Committee on petition, Tuesday, March 11. Yarmouth and Norwich Railway—Committee on petition. Tuesday, March 11. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway—Committee on petition, postponed from Monday, 3d, till Thursday. March 6. South. Eastern Railways—Committee on petition, postponed from Monday, 3d, till Thursday, March 6. Ships—Return ordered "of the ships launched since lbis, and broken up, cut down, or altered without having baen at sea; and of those turned into hulks and receiving ships, and likewise those that are unserviceable without having been at sea."—(Sir Charles Napier.) Post-office (Edinburgh)—Return ordered "of the name 4f every person employed in the General Post-office, Edin burgh, with the date of each appointment, the nature of the duties performed by each individual, the amount of salary attached to such duties, the fund from which each salary is paid; distinguishing what portion, if any, is derived from fees."—(Mr. Gibson Craig.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANGHESTEIL-FRIDAY. CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Cataract (12 to 140 to 1 agst Pride of Kildare taken several times) (taken) 13 to 1 agst Semiseria 40 to 1 agst Yheoman ac 15 to 1 agst The Era (taken) Knuck (taken) 16 to 1 agst Obscurity to 1 agst Ould Ireland 17 to 1 agst Winesour (taken) to 1 agst Agriculture 35 to 1 agst Celeste i3O to lagst Fitz-Allen(taken) The rest as before. DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Kedger (t to 251.) 40 to 1 agst Clear-the-way 20 to 1 agst Newsmonger I (taken to 25/.) No other change. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 6 to 1 agst Discount 8 to 1 agst Brenda 6 to 1 agst Knight Templar 10 to 1 agst The Romp (t) (taken) STEEPLE-CHASE AT MONMOUTH—MONMOUTH SHIRE AGAINST HEREFOR9SHIRE. TiltiliSDAY.—Sweepstakes of 10sovs. — eac1;,1ift, and 50 added, 1 Ist 71b each. Mr. Veever's Little TomnHereford ...(Mr. Hawkins) 1 Mr. F. Rowland's Tariff—Monmouth — ... 2 Captain Stretton's Jack Robinson—Ditto Mt:. Bosley's Tinker—Hereford Mr. Veever's Velocity—Ditto Monmouth started seven others , and Hereford one, that were not placed. A slow run race, but well contested by the three from the last fence, and won by three parts of a length only. .... ... Ito Handicap was won by Mr. Holman's Paddy. COURSING, F. NEWMARKET MEETING, FEB 26, 27, and 28. THE ALLINGTON STAKES (second ties).—Mr. Do bede's Destiny beat Lord Stradbroke's Machine ; Lord Strad broke's Maiden beat his Lordship's Minister. Tut: Cur (second ties).—Mr. Vipan's Slasher beat Mr. Tyson's Farmer; Mr. Tyson's Foremost ran a bye. Tim POET STAKES (third ties).—Lord Stradbroke's Mint man and Mr Dobede's Duncan divided; Mintman having had three courses with Mr. Vipan's Victor, in the first ties. THE RUTLAND STAKES.-Mr. Tyson's Ferrand ran a bye ; Mr. Tyson's Flash beat Mr. Squire's Octavia ; Mr. Dobede's Davie Deans beat Mr. Gillett's Gamester; Mr. Tyson's Full sail beat Mr. Moody's Ratan. _ _ _ THE ALLINGTOi HILL SECOND STAKES.-Mr. Dobede's Duchess beat Lord Stradbroke's Malvina ; Dispatch beat Mr. King's Reginald. ASHDOWN PARK MEETING.—(CONCLUDED.) THURSDAY. THE Cur.—Mr. Bowles's Brocade beat Mr. Lawrence's Laura, and won. THE CLARET STAKES.—Bras de Fer beat Whim, and won the stakes. THE OPEN STAKES.—Linda beat Beau Brummell, and won. THE WEYLAND STAKES.—Mr. Wyndharn's Vanity beat Mr. Lawrence's Leicester, and won. THE CRAVEN STAKES (first class) were won by Mr. Bowles's Blessington ; and the second class by Mr. Bowles's Bridal. BALDOCK, FEB. 26, 27, AND 28.—The Bitch Puppy Stakes (10 Subs) were won by Mr. Edwards's Rattler; Mr. Wil son's Nettle ran up.—The Dog Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Prvor's Piper, Mr. Smyth's Monster having been drawn. —The All-Aged Stakes (10 dogs) were won by Mr. Litt l e's Liverpool; Ur. Edwards's Bluebell ;au up. 51ACiAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD - S MAGAZINE. b, The history o f th e ei g i i t Eent h centur y is yet to written. S ri ce t h e d a y s eno Engiish write rhgs arisen,that de se r ves th e ti t l e o f historian. Sinollett is! mere inanimate compilerofevents--a drudge that Neil accounts of battl es , an d t reat i es , an d re bellions, a n d political facts, from annual registers, newspaper 9, a n . dispatches, without infusing into his narration eithe,t_ argument or philosophical disquisition, or a partie rs l e of that divine spirit which represents the great ee, on the human stage as living beines, rende't. their character familiar to the reader, and P in out, as if by i n t u i t i on , th e m ainspring ' t their actions and policy. We have s craps history and memoirs with ou t nu mber. Wa l l y ; Fox, Russell, APlntoth and many ot h er s have Ins attempts to give hi s to r i ca l delineations of the O r , remarkable incidents of the period, aut they seerne; overwhelmed with the ma gn it u d e o f the task, and b al it left little or nothing that will descend to posterity. 1.0 writer in the present numb er o f Blackwood 1 1 ' 14 B ' t tried his hand, and furni s h e d an exc ellent sketch, $ll least for Tory readers, of the main features \ch i % distinguished the 13,itish hi s t ory d ur i ng the eightee°l,l century of the principles of Whigs and Tories, 0 . 0 their respective capabiliti es f or con d uc ting the aff' ll o of a great country. To the latter, of course, he g iv , the preference, not that th e y a r e a bl e r or better Ine: d not that they are less addicted to corruption be, other great faults inherent i n h uman nature,, but i n;11 cause the basis of their governm en t i s property, w h be necessarily is vested comparaively in few hands, b cause they are opposed and narrowly watched numbers, and are thus deterred from doing evil r e es. the dread of the consequenc e s rec o iling on them e n The Whigs when out of plaee are all honourable n'ost —useful in their calling, excellent watchers, andin, is determined enemies of those political vices "%me power they are more guilty of than their open n en , but they are bad rulers and unlucky This, however, is put forth merely as an ° P imp and may be passed over, but there are some mas laid down by the writer of a different charaep which sound strangely in the ears of fi n t he men. " The Whigs (says the writer) had brought 6p, country to the brink of ruin, about the year 14, 0 , but fortunately George 111. and his advisers (ineatft'ihrs Bute and the Princess), from the first m oment r ror , accession to the throne, set his face against the P s no s This was the turning point of English history' u f r t he the success of that attempt the future characte r ° It Government and of the people mainly depencl e( e l i the states.M,oo for the first time since the Revolution restored Government fo its proper position—it restenisi property, and put numbers in opposition. I ," ree is the only true basis of good government." judged by its fruit—so are good governments; s ad what fruit was produced between 176 ' 8 01 1 1803 may be learned from the history of the An l ,_ war and the mad policy of interfering with tl e de ternal government of Prance to prop up an, i , g t° , o e and falling dynasty. It would be d'',oll l nay, impossible, to find in the whole te, of the country a time so full of dino so many ignominious disasters, such t r i t yb of territory, and such a general prostration o f ' r od power, while during all that long and dismalthe great specific was in operation —the' i'l ° ,oe ment rested on property, and put numbers in Whic h tion. Yt.t this remedy for bad government, 44, had been tried for forty years, and was found Wino. is still maintained to be the real cause of th e 1 100 ous struggle made against the French R, and the gigantic efforts of Bonaparte. 1 0' timate victory must be attributed to other c o ° to il The old system was persevered in & t ote of Ti destruction threatened the country. The . erb e , York was sent to Holland ; favourites or. Me o sve could command patronage were placed in e i ° o ro l of our armies, and disaster was the na'uar hash sult. The French Revolution, n o t the " Pr e P: oe rgij of good government," roused th e co untry t°:, fro: the nobles and the clergy t oo k waroiribenerfg the fate of their French brethren, an d P r was infused into our rulers by T e po estt fill destruction of the strongholds of " es Oil The e were the true causes of the g reat chang e re pel took place about the commencement of the log century, and which carried the country triunet° 1., ap e ai through so fearful a crisis. We have °nil, , advert to another Tory doctrine. That ~r; 1 8 t 9l course, hated the revolution of 1688, vi'costs:l l admit that "we owe to it many of our n on„ blessings." And these blessings are a „alit debt, a standing army, and a stable fOre l g B 4 l e d " Had Charles 1.," says the writer, " r sse 'hed thousand guards, he would at once have erns 8011, Great Rebellion." That is, he would ha ve & Sn, Into effect the dangerous plans of the reneg 2l Or; ford, restored Pdiery, with the assistance ° ol, 4 o id abrogated Parliaments, and established sP o i n e potism. Such are the aspirations of a g en s iloc.w i i, Tory. Occasionally, how ev er, the Whigs e re i r 0 8 , some merit. They carried on one great si o la 0 . 1; spirit and success, th e y b roug ht a bout the re r s ri b though they did not carry it out with r i t e P i o g i al and justice is done to a few of th e ir lean, e 'ips . bis praise is bestowed on Sir James Macio ° ,,,,plete il a regret expressed that he did not live to e°"7. e t ... .0" history, which " would, unquestionably, b a s 6ibbio its place with those of Hume, Robertson, en, fB ipol s The following character, too, of Horace " ov i • 'ust wor ld alej sel o i.r: r c, a t; ne c , hdd e e A ws h ' ipa a tlalig l : p sesi. 4) niw l ou e dniaecsafk w at aet a ni s gzaaotidu a ib, discernment.ehqo uctroili ei.: Horace admirer natural s l n rce a p i hnr n tt od r i tis f sfr : a r, t c n yw h i d i, ; i r n ssi l e d : l : G o o og t h - " li i h o . . success, from every quarter. He had lived w, - , e clit q hs te the political and great world not to have le l/ ,0 0 4 0 fishness and appreciated its heartlessness; TS, seu r e, become acquainted with many p ilitical seer e ; o siel e ots enough of political baseness. He hi c1 ,,,, - 4 - 01 0 , h . O r d powers of observation, and occasionally rock sci be remark. especially on the selfish tendencies B e - ri a b r- of cret springs of the human heart. His char r a u 'es i drawn from the life ; and often with great rtestslo% observation and expression. But he hst i l ,rve n 4 l e 0 considerable, steadiness of thought or purpose to 24 ";1051 0 t 0 ` 10 , 4 considerable, or draw any important e °/1 1 ,',% - h ' from the multtfa:ious information of I,""i ie . . s itio ll A ; master, or the powers of observation vvhi c i looleracie - There was nothing grand or generous in "' n o 1 )- t .". ,-- No elevated thow=hts, no lofty aspirations, - ailf Oi l , resolves, are visible in his writings." e ha t are l There is another article, on a sol n- r: r i v„, o ric s subject, "Lord Malmetihury's Diari es by re' or ick , on ;" hut it is occasionally enlivenoroldeti on his unlucky mission to the Court, of 55 Of mg and the character of the Prince and Prin ce ss folt r eal in which the former is not spared. - 1 ,, i , 07 0 1 t ° sentence c10,e4 the animadversions en T n i r ochi ro di treatment of his future wife, when fi r4 „ i t ioef_ h a co l !: her. "An interview of a minute's dt ir . - ity O r os 71 and an oath ; rare prospects for the relic,. reto nit tinuance of the future Hymen l'' Nort; b i s ai r v e dea his "Specimens of the British Critics" with P o j iieOt vigour and display of classical knowl e T e . and n e t and Pope form the subjects of the n i , *O l9 lO O which, though extending to great lengt'" e en ) •••• sufficiently short to the admirers of thos e en) poets. We subjoin a sketch of their 11 we be r I t " Pope had a gentleness of spirit, wil th ic er --4 1 life' 'a in his filial offices to his father and 11: 3- be i o ve" .oeo. e l j most, in the prolonged wearing out of a in o bar l s od t i appears in kindly rel , tions to his friends, ~. s be ,, s e e the scheme of his life—contentedness '" n d tre,‘' , lil‘ t quiet existence, a seclusion among booksl d gennf o olte r s flowers. His life flowed on peaceably l o nfing, 'l t the noble river upon which his modest u sto den' i rig, s 11l health, as we said, often dedicates a_uffereclicieboir constitutional feeblen , ss fm which he ' wo re tu jef ° o doubly favour his mind s e as often ti t i e es 0(0 1 tilin,, frame harbours the greater spirit ; an iitorl ° les, i' vy active and rough sports, throws the s° llo sn ergl a f oci' the companionship of books, and upon 1: s acs sri, i , taa n' cations. and pleasures of his own intel l g rs t of P —ree r ' The little poem of his boyhood, and his r iter srYs: f or hood, prophesy his tenor of life, and his inapt s tar ' t r o y It' " A c.mmanding power, a predonliot e en telara ish literature—you might say that the h i s cer is 00 3 onged to him. Dryden reigned o v . e o r o nce r de % , s e a r, raries. Pope, succeeding, took dom!l li n f Pvt. 5 t oo t r time and the following. The purt ess o f B l i f titl e d gratefully proud to proclaim the greyed hitoso,'oool.4f and to own all obligations, hemn ,'." i n the '„ f aae l i 'o theless upon a type in his own min D ryden iii, ..:',i s tr,„ Dryden he is an original master• ii_riYier p r pon e c 0,74 sseaking, without imitators. His 1 7 x ; .. pit y o 0 01 ,his own genius, and baffl-s transcrt .e Id lie jet to pleted an art which could be learned, an wledeoet full of copyists. Os ae kn° is ha s 6 A remarkable feature is the ea en b e W., At SO"' ,„ 0 for the world by his Pastorals, a . . .e___,,,,, teener os l„3, P o i of Pope by his contemporari es. literary adviser in Walsh and aDL Tart' I s — se ont is bull. He does not seem to Court.a knOW " w 0 big is the intimate fr:cnd, we do nd at tha t 96- be T r ee not an d nronie tlo bi l °l scholars and polite writers, Of scarce t wer i l i e seblgeil birth, in education, in station. the Muses. At five-and-twenty) n' ' rapid. tin _lto .0,, dictator of polite letters. So eaT re Y' som e rese n ry cl tbi l e ' &sty on Criticism' he assumes a, el) :a r n in s t ic tr on_t l i e d oo sll, a parallel to. Our literature has " wh i c h j ot f la‘ o l,, knowledgment, gratulation, triumph,r world o f . a occ of ascension to fame, it would ret it ,iot. itoco. iii circles, and the confined literal," le age, cresol , this country could furnish,a n° cer . l ite s si - t h tee l a letter', confirm. En land, in the 0, ..A the ~10, "In the judgment of g __. be ea; 7 e _. s on t". s . turv, the reputation of Pope rn . ay .... , ano _. a cb o country, and a whole world, the extende r v aszzliiig in E•Alish literature. IVraspeoff 01 than fix ti to. N r ilf cer, they were little lat?ttia, , .. _ 4 , SCE bill 1 11011 e 15 REIVTLEY'S MI " Dryden, Milton, Sliakspe,ire ; es_ '" e . .... l l,' Mr. Albert Smith's tale, l .ll e I dnrc • / tet I , the n i nth cb 5 P 01 • iin . ,iveri c ee Brinvilliers," has reached ~ r i,, tio n 15 en th t , well told, and the A-latches 0f .. „ . _r,.evepty_ 00.11_, i4dour a; A o utdoor life of Pans i e, t!',7 oug hl tn th e e s av tb a e tury are natural and picturedsatrue tii old aequel"iie preps, rent ro, Tl3 n ce °f ot lures of f o i‘ f itrheLetb)ruyryis. very ih is i' ...iiiii in t _f the 7 readers of this periodical turns up party ju o ne u 4p a on e Numbe:, and figures in a Polka __ yet cal! P _,llf villa reaidences " which cabmen ne,,,i Whey in the neighbourhood of Primrose -1w" , i b, le: m ot ap t , any TBE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1845. air