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RAILWAY NEWS. Subscribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS b=fore the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the EDMON of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY; it also con tains the DEBATES in BOTH HOUSES of PARLIAMENT up to the HOUR of POST EVERY EVENING, PRICES of RAILWAY SHARES, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE by EXPRESS, and all other NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. ORDER the THIRD EDITION, which contains NEWS TWELVE HOURS in ADVANCE. Sun-office, 112, Strand. CAPTAIN CHAMIER'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., COUNT KONIGSMARK, AN HISTORICAL NOVEL, BY CAPTAIN FREDERIC CLIAMIER, R.N. Henry Colbtirn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, 245. bound, MEMOIRS OF PRINCE CHARLES STUART, Commonly called "THE YOUNG PRETENDER." With Notices of the. Rebellion in 1745, By C. L. KLOSE, Eeq. " A valuable addition to our historical literatnre."—John Bull. " Th , s work may justly claim the credit of being the fullest and most authentic narrative of this great era of English history."— Messenger. Henry Colbnm, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. B URKE'S HISTORY GENTRY of the LANDED THREE PARTS of this important national work are now ready, price 10s. 6d. each ; and the Fourth and Concluding Part is in the press. • Also, Just Ready for Delivery, BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1845 NEV AND IMPROVED EDITION, corrected throughout from the communications of the Nobility, and containing ALL THE NEW CREATIONS to the present time, in one vol. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THF.ATTIE. TO-MORROW EVENING. Wi 1 be performed (by desire) Donizetti's Opera LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lucrezia, Madame GrisL Between the Acts of the Operawill be presented the Divertissement, entitled LA BACCHANTE. To conclude with the Grand Ballet of ROSIDA. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor LABLACHE respectfhlly informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place ON THURSDAY, JULY 24, When will be performed (for the last time this Season) Donizetti's Opera, DON PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grist ; Dr. Malatesta, Sig. Fornasarf ; Ernesto, Sig Mario ; Notary, Sig. Dai Flori ; and Don Pasquale, Sig. Lablache. With other Entertainments, in which Madame Anaide Castellan, Madame Rita Borio, and Sig. 3loriani will appear. The Entertainments in the Ballet Department will include the combined Talents of Mdlle. Taglioni (her last appearance but two), Mdlies. Cerito, Lucile Grahn, M. Perrot, M. Gosselin, and M. St. Leon. To conclude with (for the first time) a New Ballet Divertissement, entitled DIANE. Diane, Mdlle. Taglioni (her last appearance but Two). A poientions for Boxes, stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bea o -e, t,pera Colonnade. 1.0 ,rs open at Seven, to comme.lce at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE. MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Mr. Hotlylodge, Mr. W. Farren ; Pansy, Mr. Buckstone ; Nonpareil, Mr. Webster; Mrs. Hollylodge, Mrs. Glover; Ellen Forrester, Miss Julia 'ennett. After which, the Musical Farce of THE LITTLE DEVIL. Nicol() Angtli, Madame Vestris ; Vineentio d'Estella, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with an entirely New Farce, called THE KING AND I. l'eriod, 1691. Sir William Melrose, Mr. H. Holl ; Burchell, Mr. James Bland; Perkin Pyelinch, Mr. Buckstone; Jessie Donald, Miss Jail Bennett. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL ENDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIE DUCANGE. Edward Lascelles, Esq., Mr. Hudson ; John Rawdon, Esq., Mr. 0. Smi•h ; Charles Claude Prong, Mr. lrright ; Marie Ducange, Madame Celeste. Alter which, an Original Terpsichorean &delta, called POWDER AND BAIA. ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. La:nbert ; Captain Kid love, Mr. Selby; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright; Airs. Montgomerie Tibbs, 3lrs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobbs, Miss Woolgar. To be foLowed by (for this week only) NORMA. Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. To conclude with the highly successful and Original Farce, called THE IRISH DRAGOON. Mr. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby; Paddy Murphy O'Brallaghan, Mr. Hudson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TILE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. ' THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal Character., by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, Meadows, Kin loch, and ' urner ; Miss Hicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Lea Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To e. hich will be added an apropos Bagatelle, in One Act, entitled 3IRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea dows, Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. I. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss 'Mars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs. Woollirlge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be perfmned Shakspeare's Play of KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio, Mr. Wallack; Katherine, Mrs. Stirling; Bianca, Miss E. Honner. After which, the Comedietta, entitled THE BRIGADIER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. Wallack, Granby, and Compton ; Miss E. Honner, and Miss E. Stanley.' To which will b.! added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bad Cos tume, with the Original Music. To be followed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CA U DLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Candle, Mir. Compton ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oxberry. To conclude with THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling. Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack; Stage Director, Mr. Emden; , Mr. Edmund liradwell. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHFATRE. rROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Grand Ballet of Action, consisting of Mi litary Manceuvres, Dances, Combats, and highly powerful effects, Including the sagacious performance of the Dog Hector, and sur prising Leap of the Horse Beda over the Broken and Flaming Bridge, called IL DIAVOLO ABRUZZI ; or, The Brigand Chief and the Dog of the Chateau. New and Elegant Scenes in the Circle, by the whole,of the French Equestrians. To conclude with THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Introducing the Double Company of French and English Artistes. The Em peror Napoleon by Mr. Gomersal, who is engaged expressly for this occasion Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Grand Opera of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia ; Alice, Miss Collett ; Edgar, Mr. D. W. ; Colonel Ashton, Mr. Weiss; Arnold, Mr. Barker; Norman, r 1. Harris ; Allan, Mr. M`Mahon. An increased Band and Chorus from the Theatre Royal Drury-lane. Alter which MRS. CA UDLE WILL DELIVER HER LECTURES. To conclude with a New Drama, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., called FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY. In which Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, llonner, Cowell, Johnson, Heslop, Miss Martin, Mrs. It. Homier, &e., &e , will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box °lice. front Eleven to I,our. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOSSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scenic Illusion. The ROCK HARMON [CON from Three till Eight. And on MON DAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. _ . Feeding the Carsivora at Half-pa . st Five ; Pelicans and Polar Bears at SIX : Concert at half-past Six ; and Fireworks at ilalf-past Nine. On Wednesday, At' y 23, a Grand Union Flower Show by the Royal South hondon Floricultural , ociety, on which occasion a combina tion of Attractive Novelties will be presented, exclusive Sf the Floral Fete. TO, CORRESPONDENTS. We are much obliged to M. A. W. for his communication, which, however, it is not in our power to make use of. It is left fur him at the office. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JULY 21. riIYILMoMETER. Lowest, 53; Highest, 69; Noon, 66. BAROMETER, 30.02.—WiND, N.N.E. NoTir.—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. 111011 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. :Morning .. 5 minutes after 3 I Evening .. 29 minutes after 3. .. , sr. k r t„' .... ' ~,.-• MA,. ''''. l„o, . - •Wr. • ... .;,....,, t ,, , , _ c.f .— , . t_ ~ , ~..- ~,:,. • _ n os .'si;ig.::!! ' • .r.!,,,Tii,;o' :4- 'V:,.#;;;7.4.2"',"--3...' ••••••• ' / AM LONDON. MONDAY, JULY 21, 1845. A communication which appeared in the Madrid Mould° (a .jlirnal published at Algiers), compels us to recur to the atrocity committed by order of Colonel PELISSIE R , commanding a detachment of the French co r p s in Algeria, in the massacre of a whole Arab tribe, within the grotto of Freckeh, in the Dahrah—a district of the Atlas range. A Contem porary (the Morning Chronicle) very justly remarks on the limitel and transient influence which the p e rsonal character and firmness o f t h e Ki ng of the FRENC H exer cises over the inherent tend enc i es of certain command ing offict rs in his military and naval service to indulge in exhibitions of gratuitous insol ence i n one quarter and reckless brutality in another. " No sooner," says the Chronicle, " do these generals and admirals re turn to their commands, than this control is thrown off, and not merely military control, but even, 'we repeat, common ideas of justice and humanity. The hor rible cata , trophe which has just, shocked England and Europe is a proof of this. A French Commander takes and stifles a whole Arab tribe, comprising 800 souls, in a cavern, which they have inhabited from time imme morial ;—a tribe which, we are told, has never sub mitted to the French, and which might, consequently, claim the rights and the deference due to open and honourable foes." The Herald° publishes quite inadvertently, as our Contemporary remarks, and as if in the ordinary business-like calculation Of its being an article calculated to amuse its readers, a letter from a , Spanish officer who had been despatched by his Govern ment to watch the operations of the French in Algiers, containin4 a more detailed account of the Dahrah mas sacre, whereof he had been an eye-witness and writes, we must say, as the apologist. It would seem that this is one of the rare cases in which the first report of hor rible events falls very short of the reality, as subsequently ascertained. The Editor of the Algerine- Spanish journal, does not write one word of sym pathy, or even commentary on this fearful crime ; yet had it not been for him, Europe and the civilized world might have remained in utter ignorance of its perpetration. It now seems that the number of victims thus baked alive must have ex • ceeded 1,000. Of these, RO small proportion con sisted of women, and with these women perished many an unoffending infant at its mother's breast. The premeditation is attested, by the fact deposed to by the Spanish officer, who writes that himself and some companions, near the mouth of the cavern, encountered some Kabyles, and found a means of apprising them, as an inducement to them to sur render their arms and their horses, that the French would burn them in their retreat if they held out, and had already gathered such a quantity of brush wood for that purpose as loaded fifty-six mules. The faggots are lighted, the smoke and the flame, by no unaccountable agency we should have thought, though the Spaniard appears to consider it a " singular" phenomenon, were carried into the interior recesses of the vast cavern. The French soldiers heaped up the faggots and renewed them incessantly, as " though they were feeding an oven." PELISSIER had stated, it seems, that it would have been productive of much "blood shed" to have attempted to drive them out at the point of the bayonet, and so he resorted to the gentle and humane means of terrible suffocation I The details are so appalling that they exceed the imaginations of the most prurient inventors of diciblerie in the most popular school of modern French romance. That a Spanish Colonel should write in a strain of disgusting coolness about there being no remedy (I) for the necessity under which the French officer found himself, to adopt this method of exterminating the valiant Coaled Riahs, does not surprise us. As little do we wonder at the grateful complacency with which he speaks of " two yataghans"—snatched from the cold grasp of murdered men, to whom no opportunity was afforded by the destroyers for wielding them in fair and open battle— " that have been presented to him by Colonel PELTS miI, as souvenirs 0 0 of this horrible affair." From a compatriot and fellow-soldier of the MINAS, and CABRERAS, the MAROTOS, and the BODIES, we need not marvel at such specimens of brutalised insensibility ; or that the same individual should have purchased a necklace which, will other jewellery, he admits to have been torn and violently wrenched, all blood-stained as they were, from the mutilated and blackened corses of the Arab women, by the uncontrollable rapacity of the French soldiers. But that conduct so disgraceful should have elicited no stern rebuke—no emphatic denunciations—from Marshal SOULT in the Chambers—no instant dis avowal and censure from his Royal Master— these are matters on account of which we may well be permitted to express our unfeigned as tonishment—our sincere regret. PELISSIER, the Spanish officer tells us, feels but one uneasiness—as to his own share in this inexpiable villainy. He dreads the ven geance of Divine retribution—the atonement to be ex acted by human law ? No ; he is proof against all consequences of that kind ; but ho trem bles under apprehensions of " the criticisms of the journals." Of what nicely balanced elements of ruf fiani,m and coxcombry must the moral nature of such a man be composed! But we venture to predict that the iron Marshal and the French Government will yet find themselves compelled to record, by some solemn public act or declaration, their unqualified disavowal of such a mode of conducting warfare, even against the chil- dren of the Desert, and will abandon, on proof of his guilt, the odious perpetrator of such an outrage as has been committed in Dahrah against the human race, to the execration of his fellow-men, and the utmost penalty which the laws of his country will inflict for - so desperate an excess of cruelty. Such a reparation will be due, not alone to the public opinion and feeling of all Europe, but to the just and generous resentment which the French nation must entertain against the degenerate soldiers who have affixed, by bar barity so signal, such a great stigma on their reputation. Buenos Ayres newspapers to the Ist May have been received. They dwell with much animation on the result of the battle of India Muerte. Ina dispatch from the Com mander-in-Chief of the Buenos Ayrean forces, General JUSTO J. DE URQUISA, the loss of the Monte Videans is stated to be 1,000 killed and about 500 prisoners. The action began at seven o'clock in the morning, and the General says " that two hours were more than sufficient fur the com plete destruction of the ruthless unitarians." RIVERA had not yet been overtaken, though pursued by the victorious army with great perseverance. It is ob served of him, in a postscript, that " the pardejon" fled from the field with about 200 savages. but that, the pursuit being so determined and close, he was left with only eight, with whom he proceeded towards Mariscola, in the direction of the Paso de las Piedras de Ceboliati. Some intercepted correspondence which had passed between RIVERA and his agents is given in the Gacett Mercantil. It relates principally to the financial position of the Monte Videan General, which appears to have been very desperate. These papers arrived by a private vessel. Madrid journals, of the 13th, have arrived. The Gazette contains two royal decrees—one on the organ irition of the Council of State, the other the long expected decree restraining the liberty of the press. It is dated Barcelona, July 6, and signed by the QUEEN, countersigned by the Minister of the Interior, PEDRO JOSE PIDAL, and consists of 26 articles. The substance of it is that the offences of the press are no longer to be tried by a jury, but by a tribunal composed of six judges, a majority of at least four of whom will be required for the condemnation of the offender. The decree is preceded by a long report to the QUEEN, signed MM. NARYAE4, MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, MAYANS, MON, AZMERO, and PEDRO JOSE PIDAL. The question of the QUEEN'S marriage appears at present to engross the attention of Spanish politicans. The Infante Don HENRY, second son of. Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA seems at present to be the favourite candidate for her MAJESTY'S hand. El Heraldo announces that a " brigade of operations," consisting of the San Fernando regiment, three hundred horse of the Baylen regiment, and a battery of artillery, is forming at Madrid, for the purpose of promptly moving wherever circumstances may require its pre sence. This flying corps has been organised in conse quence of the commotion in Catalonia. By recent letters from Catalonia it appears that the mass of the inhabitants of the towns and villages near Barcelona remained entirely strangers to the move ment, and in several localities, particularly in the neighbourhood of Igualada, a great number of pea sants joined the troops against the insurgents. An ex-colonel, named AGUIRRE, who had already figured in the pronunciamiehtos of Catalonia, aided by his son, a lieutenant on the retired :list of the regiment of San Fernando, had succeeded in assembling under his orders upwards of 400 volunteers, all armed, but the activity of the Captain-General did not permit him to organise a serious resistance. It is stated that the colonel, finding himself abandoned by his partisans voluntarily surrendered to the authorities of the country. The troops, in spite of the offers of every kind which were made by the instigators of the revolt, resisted se duction ; some were suprised and disarmed, but not one would take part with the insurgents. A letter from Barcelona of the 13th inst. announces that the QUEEN and Court would return by sea to Valencia, and proceed thence direct to Madrid. It was stated on the Paris Bourse on Saturday that, on the contrary, her MAJESTY would leave on the 14th inst. for Esparaguera. The Gazette of the 14th publishes dispatches from General NARVAEZ of the 9th and 10th from Barcelona. The drawing for the conscription had been concluded, there without disturbance. CONCHA had entered Tar ragona at six o'clock on the morning of the 9th. The insurgents had fled from the place. In Sabadell the number killed was 40, and 60 made prisoners. Of the troops an officer was killed and six soldiers wounded, with two horses. Many young men had returned to the town, and more were expected, if they were sure of pardon. El Heraldo states that CONCHA. was to have proceeded on the 10th to Igualada, to put down the revolt ; and a force was to be sent to Villafranca for the same purpose. It was intended to give a grand serenade on the even. in ing of the 14th t o D on F RANCISCO DE PAULA honour of the birthday of his son Don HENRY. The Three per Cents. were done at 28 for Cash, and 28 9-16 at 60 days ; 25,400,000 done. Fives, 20i for the 23d ; about 1 000,000. Vales Non consolidated, 9 cash. Passives, 64 cash; 1,000,000 done. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Sa turday. On Friday the session of 1845 was brought to a close, the Chamber of Peers having adopted the re maining Bills on the order of the day, includinz, amongst others, the Tours to Nantes and Paris to Strasbourg Railroad Bill, and the Budget of Receipts. The Royal ordinance will be read on Monday, formally declaring the session to be at an end, M. Tlilzas has left Paris, with his family, for the waters of Vichy. He is to return to Paris in about six weeks, and will then pro ceed to Lille. There was a report prevalent in Paris that the Mi nisters had determined on the immediate dissolution of the Chamber, and that the new elections would take place in September. The Opposition journals are very indignant at the observations which have appeared in some of the Eng lish papers, on the subject of Colonel PELISSIER'S con duct at Dahra. On Thursday evening the Commissary of police of La Villette arrested seven persons assembled in a tavern of that village, and seized a sum of money, and various papers relative to the combination of the journeymen carpenters of Paris. It would appear from an article in the Courier Fraufais, that the suppression of the Jesuits in France had caused considerable sensation in Italy. At Parma, where the order was restored two years ago, some de monstrations took place against them, and a number of persons were arrested. Disturbances had likewise oc curred at Modena, and the lectures of the medical faculty had been suspended. Several carabineei s had been killed in the legation of Ravenna, in a collision with some young men of Cartel Bolognese. The Presse announces that their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of NEMOURS, who are expected at Gueret on the 26th, and at Limoges on the 28th, will proceed from Bordeaux to Bilboa, on a visit to Queen ISABELLA and the QUEEN-MOTHER during their sojourn in that place. The Journal des Debots states, that— " The troubles occasioned by the conscription, and which at one time threatened to disturb the whole of Catalonia, had been suppressed. The forbearance which the Spanish Government had shown upon this occasion, in pardoning such of the insurgents as chose to return to their homes within the space of three days, had produced the best results. Nearly all the peasants in the neighbourhood of Barcelona who had taken part in the insurrection, had, on the 13th, laid down their arms, and the prisoners arrested had been set at liberty." The National thus comments on this statement of the Debato : " If the journal of the Palace is to be believed, the insur rection in Catalonia is now completely put down ; General Concha, according to it, has got the better of the rebels, and the country enjoys a perfect tranquillity. All these asser tions are much exaggerated. It is certain that General Concha has entered into the open towns without striking a blow, as nobody defended them ; but it is also certain that desertions took place in two divisions; that the deserters, amongst whom are non-commissioned officers, have joined a column of insurgents, which still keeps the mountains; that nothing, in fact, is calmed down, unless in the little villages, that are, so to speak, in the banlieue of Barcelona. And, in addition, it was necessary for the Political Chief to promise beforehand an amnesty, and certain alcades had it rumoured abroad that the drawing by lot would not take place. We repeat what we have already said, that there has not been up to the present time any political banner in the insurrection ; it has been spontaneous, and has remained without direction. But, if the Spanish Government does notsucceed promptly in mastering it, most serious events may be expected." We extract the following from the Semaphore de Mar seilles : " The French steamer Pluton has just brought the news of the arrival of 5,000 Turkish soldiers at Tripoli. It is sup posed that the Sultan intends to attempt by land the coup de main which the presence of a French naval division has pre vented him from executing for several years by sea. The Bey, it appears, is preparing to defend himself, for 31. Lecor beiller, a lieutenant-colonel of the French artillery, who was to have embarked for France in the Pluton, on some public mivion, was ordered to postpone his departure, as his pre sence might be shortly necessary in the Regency. The French ship of the line, Neptune, had arrived at Tunis." The same journal contains the following extract from a letter dated Algiers, July 10 " I think I can announce to you as certain, that if the ex pedition projected against Kabylia does not take place next autumn, Marshal Bugeaud will quit his government. Mar shal Soult differs completely from the Duke d'lsly on the pro priety of this expedition. However, if the Kabyles continue hostilities against our allies, it will be necessary to throw a body of troops into the east, for, according to the news which arrive to us from Dellys, it appears that the column of Gen. Soutil is insufficient to keep in check the Kabyles, who have already pillaged several tribes. Matters are assuming a rather grave appearance in this quarter. Thus the war is in the centre, for the insurrection is not completely extinguished in the circle of Orleansville, on the east and the west. Un fortunately the great heat renders it impossible for us to as sume the offensive vigorously. Nothing can be seriously undertaken until September. Letters from the west state that General Delarue was on the evening of the sth on his return from Tangiers at Oran, where he was waiting for an answer to the dispatches which he had sent to France by the Titan steamer, and the result of the mission with which he had entrusted 31. Leon Roche, who had gone to Paris. It is believed that the General will return to Tangiers." The Duchess D'lsLy arrived at Marseilles from Algiers on the 14th. The Augsburgh Gaulle states that the Prince and Princess DE METTERNICH would start on the 20th for his chateau of Johannesberg. It adds that the Prince has received a formal invitation from the King of PRus me and from Queen VICTORIA, at their approaching interview. A letter from Warsaw, 19th inst., in the German Journal of Frankfort, says " During the sojourn of the Emperor Nicholas at Warsaw, the Catholic Bishops having been presented to him, the Em peror demanded of the Governor whether he was satisfied with them. The Prince having replied in the affirmative, his Majesty said, lam not so; I know that many eccle siastics forget that their duties impose on them tolerance and mildness towards their fellow-citizens, to whatever sect they may belong. There are many who, by their words and their actions, do not fulfil this duty. I wish to have tolerance and concord in my states, but I promise to protect the Catholic religion against the schism which prevails around us.' The Emperor conversed with great affability with the head of the Evangelical Church, and asked for information relative to the Jewish Hospital." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Satur day, at 83f. 30c. ; the New Loan at 83f. 60c. ; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 70c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,150 f. ; Rouen, 1,025 f.; Vierzon, 730 f. ; Havre, 837 f. 10c.; Avignon, 951 f. 25c.; Basle, 255 f. The following are the quotations for the new lines :- Orleans and Bordeaux, 170 f. prem.; Boulogne, 105 f. ditto; Troyes and Montereau, 15f. ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 20f.; ditto (Calon), par; ditto (Ganneron), 5f.; Northern Line (Laffitte), 50f.; ditto (Rosamel), 10f. 50c; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 10f. ; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 1 lf. 25c.; ditto (Talabot), 31f. 25c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 5f.; Bordeaux Toulouse (Mackenzie), par; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), sf. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 10f. ; Dijon and Mulhausen, par; Dieppe. 25f. MARSEILLES, JULY 15.-Marseilles and Avignon, 980 f. ; Boulogne, 620 f.; Orleans and Bordeaux, 6701. ; Vierzon, 750 E ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 532 f. 50c. ; ditto (Sebes tiani), 512 f. 50c.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 502 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 502 f. 50c. ; Toulon, 495 f. LYONS, JULY 16.—Avignon and Marseilles, 957 f., end of July ; Paris and Orleans, 1,142 f., ditto ; Paris and Rouen, 1,016 f, ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 723 f, ditto ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 648 E, ditto; Boulogne, 603 f. ditto ; Mon terau, 510 f. ditto. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE, The Cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday was steady. Sales, 8,000 bales, 2,000 of which were on speculation, and 1,000 for export. There was leas doing in the Share market, though prices are firm. MANCHESTEE STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 19.—The sales are —Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 9%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 22 1 4 1 / 2 ; Caledonian, 11 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 5% ; Churnet Valley, 5% ; Clithero Junction, 4 ; Direct Northern, 635. 6d. ; Erewash Valley, 31 ; Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 7-16 prem. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 20s. ; Grand Union, 325. 6d. 335. • Hudders field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 8 11-16 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 04 % ; Leicester and Brming ham, 1% ; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 1 1 / 2 • London and York, 4 1 4 % ; Manchester, B ux t on , Matlock,' and Midland, 5 1 ,4 %; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 10 ; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 7A 9-16 ; Man chester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 1 11-16 Durham, ; Newcastle, and Lancashire 10s. prem. ; North British, New Shares, 7 1 4 ; North Staffordshire, 515-16 ; Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, and Manchester, 2 1 ; Preston and Wyre, 3%; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 7 ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union, 1 15-16 ; South- Eastern and Dover, No. 3,8% ; South Midland, 2 3 / 4 13-16 ; Trent Valley, RN ; Wakefield, Pon tefract, and Goole, 18% 19 ; Welsh Midland, 3% ; West Lancashire and Coast Line, 1% 7-16 prem. ; West York shire, 6 ; Whitehaven and Furness, 2%; York and Carlisle. 33/ 4 ; Dutch Rhenish, 5 5-16 prem. ; Great Northern of France (English), 5 1 4. Rotherham, Bantry, and Gains borough, par. It is highly satisfactory to state that the principal pro vinces are nobly coming forward with subscriptions for the purpose of relieving the mass of individuals who have so severely suffered by the awful fire at Quebec. Our readers will already have learned by the advertising columns of The Sun, that the merchants and bankers of London have libe rally subscribed. Manchester has come forward already to the extent of very nearly 6,0001. The amount collected at stoodL Liverpool x h c e a e s d n t o h t a y t e o t f b i t e s e n r v officially n . named, Froni but die B it r i i s st u o zd t e h r e - Irish, and Scottish ports, no doubt an equal . degree of liberality will be exhibited by their returns to the Committee, the more especially as the last three named, have a considerable intercourse with both Upper and Lower Canada, not only commercially speaking, but also as having promoted emigration extensively to the British North American colonies. It is to be hoped, that by the next packet a large amount will be in readiness to be re mitted by the committee here to the " Relief Committee" at Quebec. The former body are most active in their desire to render the most prompt aid to those who are in such great need of speedy assistance. From the West Indies, as well as from South America and the continent, the bullion and other most valuable property continuing to be received here by every successive arrival is very large indeed. All the islands, both Leeward and Wind ward, forming the West India group, are said to be in a rapid state of improvement. A private communication states that the negroes had become somewhat alarmed at the prospect of a large addition of Hill Coolies from India, and had showed that they were able to perform continu ous labour, as well as those strangers. In point of fact, they have been shamed out, in a great number of instances, of their heretofore proverbial lazy habits. The rapidity with which subscriptions have been raised in London, for the ex tension of railway communication in the Colonies, was matter of general conversation by rich and poor, as every one is sanguine that prosperity must result by an increase of inter-communication of a rapid nature. Papers, &c., to the 22d of May, have been received from the frontier of the Cape of Good Hope. Although the surprise at of the a metier, y er3 , small a n l d l farmers attacked by Colonel Richardson's party had expe . rienced so decisive a defeat, the rest of the B oers , t h e i r first frightto rrepresent e being t i o t v a e s r, t ere rree result affectingoft the olaugh portion of them, while with regard to the arms sur rendered they were mostly of but little value. It might become necessary, therefore, much as the alternative was to be regretted, again to enforce, by the last argument of man, the supremacy of the English Government. Trek king, or emigration further into the interior of Africa, will again, no doubt, be resorted to, and we shall have, by and bye, a considerable European colony in the neighbourhood of our own settlements, the Portuguese at Delagoa Bay being reedy to receive the Dutch. It is, indeed, unfortunate that, for the sake of all parties, the Boers could not have been made good subjects, having every opportunity already of being prosperous ones. The Cprisol market has been rather heavy to-day, the price for the Account having been given at 994. Ai. the first transfer to-morrow, a single quotation was given to-day, which was about 1 4 per cent. below the value of Saturday. The Reduced Three per Cents. have advanced to 99%. India Stock has been quoted at 275, and the Small Exchequer Bills at 58s. 595. premium. Chilian Bonds have advanced to 101 1 ,4, Russian to 118%, and the Spanish Three per Cents. at 37 1 ,4 M. In the other Foreign Bonds the fluctuations have been vary trifling to-day. The general tone of the Railway Share Market is that of firmness. The London and York Shares are in request this morning under the expectation that the preamble will be proved. The Foreign Shares are in steady request. A sale of 8,500 pines, just received from the West Indies, is now in progress in Monument-yard. The sale-room, when Mr. Keeling entered the rostrum, at eleven o'clock, was crowded to suffocation by all sorts of ready buyers, from the rich west-end fruiterer to the perambulating dealer. These sales of pines are now attracting a considerable degree of in terest in the City. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 9 9 1,E 99 New VA per Cents 102%1/ Long Annuities toexnireJan.lB6o CLOSING PRICES. 99% 99 102% 11% India Stock India Bonds, 1,0004. Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... .- 69 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 57 55 pm. 55 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ... 57 58 59 pm. 59 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent — 47 3 / 4 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... • Ditto Deferred Danish, 3 per Cent ... 9O Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 37 IA 371% Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Converted O3 Ditto, Account Russian Bonds llB% •• .. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account — Ditto, Deferred 15% , Ditto 3 per Cent. ... Ditto, Account 3714% 373i' 3 Belgian 4% per Cent. 9 9 1 /4 9934 Dutch, 2 1 ,4 per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific. ..• 99 % 99A PRICES OF ONE O'CLOCK. PAID . CLOSING BM H AWAY SHARES PRICES Aberdeen 2 1 ,4 — Birmin• and Gloucester. 100 ...135 134 1 / 4 136 134 136 Bri'ton, Lewes, & Mast. 20 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ..... 59 1 59 60 6O Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 41 3 / 4 % 4' Chester and Holyhead... 10 Churnet Valley ......... 2 Coventry and Leicester 1 1 4 Direct Northern 3 2 3 4 Dublin and Belfast June. 2% 8 Dublin and Galway._ .. 9 1 / 2 3 % 14. Eastern Counties 14/. 165...... 21 1 / 9 % 21 Ditto New 41. 16s. Eastern Union l5 .. ... Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo 230 Great Western BO 212 ......... ..... 214 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2% ... - 3 2 3 / 4 ...... L .ncaster and Carlisle... 20 London and Birmiughin (Stock) 245 _ _ . 274% 71 69 991,4 Do. New 'Thirds — lO - 55 1 L‘lidon and Blackwell. 16/. 13s. 4d. 10% London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 22% 3 / 4 23 Do. New l3s 4d — Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d B2 81 ...... .... Do. Consolidated Bths 12 Do. New London and York 2% 4%% 5% Londonderry &Coleraine 2 1 A — Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 76 Do. Quarters Manchester and 13irmin. 40 Do. Quarters Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 225.. . .... 5 1 / 4 5 5 Midland 100 190% 191 190... 189 Do. New Midland,Birm., De r by...loo 149 ... ... 149 Midland Great Western (Irish) Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 58 59 ... ...... .. Do. New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick 11 ,4 l 9l North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 North Staffordshire 225....... 4% 3% North Wales .. I IA - Norwich and Brandon... 10 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Oxford and Worcester... 2% 7%... 7, Ferth and Inverness ... 2, Portsmouth Direct 2 l / 2...... 4 Preston and Wyre Richmond and West End Junction Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 ...... 1% 1 4 l l4 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 4 South Devon... 2O .... South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d..• 47% / Do., No. 1.. 8 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ••• •••• Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wales 2% ...... 514 5 5 Trent Valley 2 ..... . -•-• Welch Midland York and North Midland 50 ••• Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 ...... 53 Do Selby Do. Extension VA 2l 20 3 A21 1 / 4 ... 21 1 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and A mien5... 6 Dendre Valley ....... ... 2 •••••• 2 East Indian ... . ....• •••• s s• Great North. of France (Lallitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... Jamaica Junction l% ...... 5 3 / 4 6%... Do. South Midlnd. June 1 ...... tn 51 /s 1- 0 • Louvain and Jeeppe... 4 ••• • 54, Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 ••.... 151/23/ Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 ...... 10% Over Yssel 413 s 4d...... 0% Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 ...... 2% Pans and Lyons, Gan neron's, ... .. 2 ...... 2% 1 A Paris and Rouen 2O Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 ...... Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ~... 4 Verona and Ancona...... 1 -- .... ..... `"West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American 50 Colonial 25 ..... . _. London Joint Stock lO ...... 2 1 / 2 40 49 15 1 4 14 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 21.—Wind N.N.E., light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, JULY 19.—Wind N. to N.N.E., light; P.M. N.E. moderate. —Arrd. Sir W. Scott, New York? for Hamburgh ; New York, ditto fur Bremen; Whim, Richebucto; Nicholson, Pugwash for Hull; Europe, Quebec ; Asia, ditto. 20. Sir Isaac Newton, Matzer, New York for Haniburgh ; Numa, ditto for Bremen. 19. Sld Frederick Huth, Tobo, Cape of Good Hope ; Margaret, Leadbitter, Honduras. And. from the River and sailed, Angelina, Goldsmith, Sydney, New South Wales; Eleanor, M`Farlane, ditto; Guiana, Kreeft, St. Mary's, Gambia. - Castle Eden, Baker, Sydney, New South Wales, and ge, Calcutta ; Arabia, H awes , C o l um bi a; 3 S i in a La b p ar or , e ir T r, rs ii .ja . , nt Edr a l y; i Larne, Wilson, ditto ; Meres, Norie, Africa; Aflance, Wilson, Algoa Bay; Calebanjas, Whittle, Honduras; Medi ator,Faremouth, Bermud a; M ary, Quebec. Chadwick, New Y or k ; Jane, Brown, Squeney, Lord Lyndoch, • PLYMOUTH, JULY 20.—Wind E., fresh.-19. Sid. Tory, Rowe, Cape of Good Hop e. 20. Sp ermaceti, Moon, Quebec. DEATH OF LORD CANTERBURY We regret to 'be compelled to record the death of the Right Hon. Viscount Canterbury (many years Speaker of the House of Commons, previous to his being called to the House of Lords), hich took place at the residence of his son the Hon. Mr. Manners Sutton, at 11, Southwick-terrace, Oxford-square, at precisely half-past two o'clock this day, in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Manners Sutton, and Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson, the only medical attendant present being Mr. Flockton, of Cambridge-terrace,j l yde - park. It appears th e Ri ght Honourable V i scoun t arr i ve d b y t h e mail-train y es t erday morning from hi s mans i on , near Exeter, whe re h e had been staying, and, on his arrival at the station of the Great Western Railv. ay, at Paddington, he was suddenly seized, whilst in the act of delivering up his ticket, with a fit of apoplexy. Mr. Flockton was called in, and bled him in both arms, and caused him to be removed to Southwick-terrace, and applied mustard poultices to hi, feet. He was insensible from the time of his attack till hi , decease. Dr. Guth r i e an d D r. Ch am b e rs were sent for, but had nut arrived at the time of his decease. Sir Robert and Lady Pc el gave an elegant enter tainment on Saturday last, at the Right Hon. Baronet's private residence in Whitehall-gardens, when her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester honoured Sir Robert by her company to dinner. The Royal Duchess, attended by the Hon. Captain Liddell and Lady Georgians Bathurst, arrived at eight o'clock. There were present to meet her Royal Highness his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Buck ingham, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. and Miss Everett, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl and Countess of Lincoln, Viscount Cantalupe, Lord John Manners, Hon. Captain James Murray, Hon. Henry and Mrs. Fitzroy, Gene ral A'Court and Miss A'Court, and Colonel and Mrs. Wynd ham. Covers were laid for tsventy.four persons. A deputation on the extension of navigation in Ireland had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday at his official re sidence i n D own i ng St ree t. Th e d epu t a ti o n consisted of Lord Rossmore, L or d L urgan , L or d Cl emen t s , \J. P., Sir Thomas E‘nionde. Bart., M.P., Sir A. Chichester, Bert., Mr. George A. Hamilton, NI. P., Mr. Jilin Young, M.P., Captain Arch dall, M.P., Mr. Grogan, M.P., Mr. B. Roche, M P., Slr. M. J. O'Connell, M.P., Dr. Ctsllins, Mr. C. W. William, Mr. Pierce Mahony, Mr. Baucock, and Mr. M. Colis. NOTICE 1 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY. EVENING, JULY 21, 1/14.5. COURT CIBCUL&R. 26 1 ) 261 204% 4 2 1 / 2 761/2 51 . 14~~ ag 3 1 6% 59 41 19 1 4 25 3 / 4 7 19 1 /i 17 1 4 8 4 1 5 3 F t 15 3 / 4 10 3 1 4 01/2 ?9 71,4 DESTRUCTION OF TULLOCH CAS TLE, ROSS-SHIRE, byFlßt.l. LOSS of JEWELS, &c. ( Abridged from the Edinburgh Advertiser of Friday.) We regret to state that almost the whole of the fine mansion house of Tulloch Castle, near Dingwall, with a large portion of its rich and valuable furniture, some family portraits and pic tures, the library, and other effects, have been destroyed by fire. This lamentable catastrophe occurred early on Monday morning last. The fire was first discovered by the proprietor, Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch, who, going to his bed room about two o ' clock, found . the apartment fill e d w ith smoke and flame, and presenting a most alarming appear ance. The family were all from home, with the exception of the youngest child, and no man-servant being on the p r emises, Mr. Davidson ran to the square to rouse the gar dener and farm servants. A messenger was also dispatched to Dingwall, when the town bell was rung and a great number of persons flocked to the spot. By this time the fire had spread to a small parlour adjoining the bed-room, and com municated to the attics, which, with the roof, were soon all in flames. Water was procured from a well in the flower-garden, and was also conveyed by means of hones from a spot half a mile distant; but it was obvious that no efforts of this kind could avert destruction. The fire spread to the western divi sion of the building, and the attention of all parties was turned to save some of the most valuable of the furniture, and cut off the communication with the back part of the castle. The dining room and drawing•room (the latter a rich and splendid apart ment) were both destroyed, but a few of the paintings were saved. Fortunately some valuable pictures, by the Italian and Dutch masters, had been sent to Edinburgh to be cleaned and repaired, and the family plate had been de posited a. short time before in the safe of the Caledonian Bank, at Dingwall. The chartulary, containing the title deeds of the property and family, was saved. The wines in the cellar were removed, and the crystals and choice articles also preserved. While Mr. Davidson (the proprietor) and his friends were attempting to carry off some of the paintings from the drawing-room, the ceiling fell in, and they narrowly es caped with their lives. The billiard-room and library were consumed, and the old tower (occupied only by bed-rooms), was also destroyed. By nine o'clock in the morning nothing remained of the interior of Tulloch Castle but the bare walls and smouldering ruins. By means of axes, hammers, &c., a large gap was cut across the building, and the communication of the fire being thus arrested, theeback wings, containing the servants' apartments, remained uninjured. We are happy to add that no accident occurred. Many persons, in their eager ness to render assistance, placed themselves in situations of im minent danger, and nothing could exceed the coolness and in trepidity with which the tradesmen and workpeople endea voured, though ineffectually, to stop the progress of the flames. Mr. Davidson himself wrought manfully by the side of his sympathising and warm-hearted neighbours, and was mainly instrumental in saving the remnant of his effects. The house and furniture, we understand, were only partially insured. The unfortunate accident would appear to have originated from a lighted candle left in the bed-room. Our reporter, whom we sent to the spot, was informed that no fire had been made in the bed•room that day. Mr. Davidson, it was be lieved, had entered the apartment in the course of the evening, and returned to his study to finish the writing of some letters, on which he had been engaged. Whilst thus employed, he came aware of the presence of fire in some part of the house, and rushing to his bed-room discovered, but too late, the fatal progress of destruction. Amongst other things, a carved oak table, which had for merly belonged to the Fowlis family, known as the " speaker's table," with the furniture, clothes, wardrobes—in short, all above the drawing-room was entirely destroyed. Unfortunately the late Mrs. Davidson's jewels, watches, trinkets, &c., in a wardrobe containing valuable dresses and other things, were in a room up stairs, to which no access could be obtained during the fire, and have perished. 1 REVISING BARRISTERS.—A return, extendinz to seven pages, has been printed, by order of the House of Com mons, showing the operations of the revising barristers of last year. It contains the names of the barristers, with the days they were employed. They are now paid 2001. each, including expenses, and the revision which, on its commencement, cost the country 31,0001., has been reduced to about one-half of that sum. Last year, the Court of Common Pleas decided seven appeals from counties; two were for the appellants, and five tor the respondents. From cities and boroughs, there were 23 appeals; 17 were in favour of the respondents, and the re mainder for the appellants. Last year, costs were ordered for the first time—the highest amount was 221. 2s. ; and the smallest, 71. 15s. Bd. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—KENDAL, JULY 18.—W e regret to announce that another accident has taken place on this line, attended with fatal consequences. Yesterday morning the 17th instant, a boy named Savage, about 15 years of age, whilst following his employment as a driver, on the Lancaster and Car lisle Railway, in the neighbourhood of Burton, was driving a horse attached to a train of waggons, laden with earth, when his foot tripped upon a stone, and he fell across the rails ; he was pushed along the line by the train, to-• a distance of forty yards after he fell, in the course of which two of the waggons an over the lower part of his body and killed him. This afternoon an inquest was held on the body. The verdict was, " Killed accidentally, by being run over by the wheel of a rail way waggon." The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prine of Wales and the Princess Royal, left town in a carriage an four at ten minutes before two o'clock on Saturday afternoon for Osborne House, Isle of Wight. Lady Portman, Lady in Waiting, was in attendance on her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, and the l'rineess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were in the next carriage and four, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courteeay, Colonel Bowles, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bouverie, occupied another carriage and four. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were conducted to their carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Marquis of Granby, and the Hon. Captain Huod. The royal party was escorted by a party of Light Dragoons from Buckingham Palace to the terminus of the South-Western Railway at Nine Elms, and left town for Gosport by a specie train. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prine of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, arrived at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, at seven o'clock on Saturday. The Royal circle at dinner in the evening, included Lady Portman, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Mr. G. E. Anson, Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, Colonel Bowles, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bouverie. Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal suite, attended Divine service at Osborne House. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated, Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk yesterday, and the juvenile royal family were taken airings in the grounds of Osborne House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knese beck, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Satur day evening. Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and the Town Clerk of Manches ter, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench at tended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. J. C. Haden officiated and preached the sermon. The Duku of Leeds, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Maruuises of Anglesey and Granby, Ladies Wilton, Sydney, and Palmerston, Lords Bandon, Zetland, Delawarr, St. Ger mans, and Palmerston, attended the daily service yesterday in the Chapel Royal. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. C. Haden, the Lessons by the Rev. J. Povah, and the Commu nion Service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was " Turn thee unto me" (Boyce). Mr. Tonle presided at the organ. ROYAL VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. i PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty, Princo Albert, and suite, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, arrived at Gosport this afternoon, at a quarter-past four, per special train from Vauxhall (which left at five minufes past two), en route to the new royal marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Majesty was received on alighting from the train by Major-General Pakenham and staff, and Colonel Henderson, Mr. Sheddon, Mr. Martin, Mr. Beattie, and Mr. Watkins, of the South-Western Railway Company, arid a guard of honour of the 76th Regiment, under the command of Major Grubbe. At sixteen minutes past four the royal party left, in two car riages, far the Clarence victualling establishment, escorted by General Pakenham, where they were received on alighting by Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart. (Sir C. Rowley's health not permitting him to leave the Admiralty-house), Captain Carter, superintendent of the establishment; Flag-Lieutenant Wilmot, Captain Moubray, Colonel Malet, of the Bth Regi ment ; Majors Martin, Longfield, Hartley, and Skelly ; Cap tain Pakenham, Mr. Town, Master -Attendant ; and Mr. Grant, Storekeeper of the Establishment ; and a guard of honour of the 37th Regiment, under the command of Major Francklyn. At twenty-five minutes past two o'clock the royal party em barked in the new state barge, steered by Lord Adolphus Fits clarence, and proceeded on board the royal yacht. The at tendants followed in another barge. At the time of the embarkation it was dead low water with a spring tide (when the water runs lowest), consequently it was not:considered safe to venture out of harbour until the tide had risen somewhat. The men upon the yards of the Victory were piped down, and the yacht remained at her moorings forty minutes. At ten minutes past five o'clock sufficient water had sowed, and the yacht got under weigh. The royal party were all on deck, and on nearing the Victory her Majesty and Prince .tlbert held the royal children up on the port side of the vessel to the view of the seamen, who responded to the gratifying act by a thundering cheer, during which time Prince Albert re mained uncovered. The usual royal salutes were fired by the ships in harbour and the platform battery. The Fairy screw tender followed the royal yacht, which, on passing the Hibernia at Spithead, made signal to her small consort to " get up her steam—full power," and try her rate of speed with the Victoria and Albert, which was accordingly done, and a trial of speed between the two vessels commenced, but the Fairy did not draw upon her larger consort, and from the time the signal was wade up to the end of the voyage the Fairy had lost full a mile. The Hibernia manned her yards, and dressed in colours and saluted as the royal vessel approached. Vice-Admiral Parker expected her Majesty to visit his ship, and had prepared her for the royal inspection ; the companion was handsomely decorated, and every other feature connected with the decoration of the ship attended to, but the yacht steamed on. At 25 minutes past 6 the royal visitors landed at the Medina pier, Cowes harbour, and proceeded in the royal equipages in waiting direct to Osborne House, under the usual salutes from the yacht squadron and battery and West Cowes Castle. Her Majesty has signified her intention of remaining at Os borne 14 days. The royal yacht and Fairy tender remain in attendance. Her Majesty and the Prince continued on the paddle-box bridge nearly the whole of the voyage, and looked in excellent health and spirits, as did the royal children. We are sorry to be compelled to mention an act of gross impertinence and breach of faith committed by a numerous assemblage, who, by the kindness of Mr. Watkins, were per mitted to witness the arrival of the royal train on one side of the Gosport terminus. These persons, immediately on the stop ping of the train, and before the royal party were seated in the private carriages, rushed pell melt across the rails to the ar rival side of the station, and thrust themselves roost rudely against the royal children and attendants, and on their de parture turned their attention to the royal state carriage, which they climbed about, scratched, and otherwise most imperti nently interfered with. The arrangements made by Mr. Watkins, the superinten dent of the Gosport terminus, were upon this, as upon every previous occasion, most admirable, not only for her Majesty's comfort and convenience, hut also for the accommodation of a numerous class of applicants for his courtesy, of which the parties above alluded to formed an unwrrthy portion. We trust, however, the knowledge that their conduct was observed and noted will deter them from the exercise of future impertinent curiosity. The result, for the present, is the suspension of the privilege of entering the station on occasions of royal visits. LITERATURE. POEMS. By Eliza Cook. Second Series. The lovers of poetry have lamented that in this age of civilization and intelligence, while every other species of literature improves and advances, poetry alone—the noblest and highest of the whole—has seemed to decline and fade away. They ask why we must seek for genius only in the past—is there not more wisdom, more learn ing in the present day?—is not education more widely diffused, the intellect more cultivated, the taste more re fined ? Why then are the inspirations of the poet counted but among the things that were? To those who speak thus we would reply, their own arguments convey their answer. The march of intellect has effected wonders, its progress is vivifying as the sun ; learning and knowledge improve by civilization, but poetry needs no adventitious aid. Science may require investigation and research, philosophy needs experience and reflection, but who would " gild refined gold?' Genius requires no teacher but nature ; the unstudied effusions of the heart are the brightest and the best. It is for this reason that poetry has declined : we have sought to refine that which is itself the essence of all refinement, to improve the highest efforts of human intelligence—what wonder if we have failed? The hot-house flowers may be lovely, but they have lost the perfume of their native mountains. True poetry must be unstudied as nature, free as freedom itself— " Immortal habitant of mind, And catch its beauty from the day, its music from the wind." It is for this reason that the poems of Eliza Cook have obtained such celebrity. Free from the vain embellish ments of art, they are, like beauty, " whea unadorned adorned the most." They come from the heart of the writer, and will touch a responsive chord in the breasts of all who read them. It is unnecessary to recommend this volume to the attention of those who are acquainted with the first; the admirers of true poetry will find in it the same unstudied charms, the language of simplicity and truth. " Compared to this, Italian trills are tame." In the introduction Miss Cook observes— " I can only write from my heart, and that heart has been left from infancy to the mercy of its own intense impulses. My rhyming tendency developed itself at a very early age, but the tones of judicious praise, or improving censure, never met my ear. The advantage of an enlightened, nay even a common education was denied me, lest Knowledge should only serve to foster Poetry, and make a sentimental fool' of me. I was left like a wild colt on the fresh and boundless common of Nature, to pick up a mouthful of Truth where I could. The woods and forests became my tutors : the rippling stream and bulrush sighing in the wind whispered to me in sweet and gentle breathings : the silver stars in the measureless night sky, and the bright flowers in my morning path awoke my wonder, and opened the portals that led to the high and mys terious temple of Thought. God and Creation were before my eyes in all their glory, and as an untaught child I wor shipped the Being who had endowed me with power to con template his works, and ' rejoice therein.' " Many of the poems are evidently recollections of child hood, and are written in an easy, inartificial style. Some are devoted to the simplest objects—" The Old Straw Fiat," " The Room of the Household," and others of the same description ; but even the humblest subjects pos sess a charm from the natural and unaffected manner in which they are depicted. It might be said of this au thoress, " Quod tangit ornat." The following are specimens of the more serious poems:— THE FUTURE. It was good, it was kind, in the Wise One above To fling Destiny's veil o'er the face of our years, That we dread not the blow that shall strike at our love, And expect not the beams that shall dry up our tears. Did we know that the voices now gentle and bland Will forego the fond word and the whispering tone ; Did we know that the eager and warm pressing hand Will be joyfully forward in " casting the stone ;" Did we know the affection engrossing our soul NVill end, as it oft does, in madness and pain ; That the passionate breast will but hazard its rest, And be wreck'd on the shore it is panting to gain ; Oh ! did we but know of the shadows so nigh, The world would indeed be a prison of gloom ; All light would be quench'd in youth's eloquent eye, And the prayer-lisping infant would a,k for the tomb. For if Hope be a star that may lead us astray, And " deceiveth the heart,' as the aged ones preach; Yet 'twas Mercy that gave it, to beacon our way, Though its halo illumes where we never can reach. Though Friendship but flit, like a meteor gleam, Though it burst, like a morn•-lighted bubble of dew, Though it passes away, like a leaf on the stream, Yet 'tis bliss while we fancy the vision is true. Oh I 'tis well that the future is hid from our sight; That we walk in the sunshine, nor dream of the cloud; That we cherish a flower, and think not of blight, That we dance on the loom that may weave us a shroud. It was good, it was kind, in the Vise One above, To fling Destiny's veil o'er the face of our years, That we dread not the blow that shall strike at our love, And expect not the beams that shall dry up our tears. - g of passing and re-passing both circles of besiegers, and set ° for St. Ge rma i ns - en -L ay e, where the court of France was th en resident. Those who knew the dreadful secret anticipated the agonising scene that would ensue if the messenger ever sue; ceeded in making his way back ; and after Kre Gamache had said grace afte r di nner . L or d Jermyn entreated him not t retire, but to s t a y t o o ff er the yet unconscious widow al l the consolation she cou ld d er i ve from the miniiters of her religion' Oh, the dull anguish of those hours of suspense, when the shadow of the f a t a l event was cast i ng i ts gloom over part of the assembly, and th e h ear t o f h er most concerned i n t h e a pproach . ing tidings was still agitated by the sharp pangs of hope !pyre " The actual truth had been communicated to the Gamache, who thus had nothing to distract his observstil l from the effect of the authentic tidings on the mind o f the hapless queen : but wh a t wor d s can we find so forcibly tn delineate this climax of a royal tragedy, as those of him "* 1 ;:, drew it from the lif e ? 'At t hi s gr i evous intelligence,' 810 Pere Gamache, I felt my whole frame shudder, and 01 forced to turn aside from the royal circle, where c onversati° ll , went on for an hour o n di vers matters, without any subj ect being started which had th e e ff ect o f di vert i ng t h e m ind of 1 0 queen from the dire i nqu i e t u d e un d er w hi c h i t was secret / oppressed. At last, she complained piteously of the tardinl of her messenger, and sa id that he ought to have retur n ! before with his tidi ngs .' Th en L or d J ermyn spo k e : T he gentleman dispatched on thi s erran d,' h e sa id, is known t° so faithful, and so prompt in executing all your Majesty's COT: mands, that, if he h a d h a d aug h t b ut very d i sastrous tiding' , - would have been in your presence ere this.' Whatever they may be,' replied the Queen, ' I see that you know them full well. " ' I do indeed know somewhat,' replied Lord Jermyn' Then the Queen, dreadf u lly a l arme d , entreate d hi m to sPe' less darkly, and, after many circumvolutions and ambiguoui words,;he at length expl a i ne d th e h orr id trut h to h er , w ho never expected such intelligence." ":oh, the cruel kindness of those who undertake to break ea' lamitous tidings by degrees ! And yet sudden death has been known to follow such a tale too bluntly told, and indeed ttg communication, as it wa s , a l mos t s t oppe d t h e spr i ng s of when the widowed Qu een a t l engt h was b roug h t to colnPre' hend her loss. " ' She stood,' continues Pere Gamache, 'motionless a 5 s statue, without words and w ith out tears. A great phil°s°Ph! r has said that ordinary griefs allow the heart to sigh and the "P a to murmur • but that extrao r di nary afflictions, terr ible an fatal, cast the soul into stupo r , an d, by locking up the sen se !' make the tongue mute, and the eyes tearless." If the good fa ther had been, like Charles 1., himself a reader of Shakspear e o ! he would have described th e s t a t e i n t o w hi c h t h e ro y a l widow was plunged, by that exquisite quotation : ' The grief that cannot speak, Whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break.' " To all our exhortations and arguments,' the Pere c°° . tinues, " our Queen wa s d ea f an d i nsens ibl e. At l as t, awed r by her appalling g r i e f, we cease d ta lki ng, and stood rou nd in perturbed silence, some sighing, some weeping, all with mournful and sympathising looks, bent on her immovableco un ; tenance. So we continued till nightfall, when the Duches s °I Vendome, who m our Queen tenderly loved, came to see he r. Weeping, she took the hand of the royal widow, and tendeof kissed it : and at last succeeded in awakening her from plungedtri stupor of grief into whi c h s h e h a d been since she b comprehended the dreadful death of her husband. She was able to sigh and weep, an d soon expresse d a d es i re to retire from the world, to indul ge i n th e pro f oun d sorrow s h e sufferea j Her little daughter wa s w ith h er , an d h er materna l l ove folios' it hard to separate from her ' • yet she longed to withdraw i n i t ! some humble abode, whe re she might weep at will. At last, 586 resolved to retire, with a f e w o f her ladies, into the enrl en ' of the Carmelites, F aux b ourg St. Jacques, in Paris.' Before Henrietta went into th e conven t, h er friend Madame de Motte,l ville obtained leave to see her ; it was the day after she ha learned the fatal tidin gs . M a d ame d e M ott eville's friends 11 ' 1 d made interest with the Frondeurs to permit her departure from Paris, to join her royal raistre ;s, the Queen-Regent of Fran ee 'd She was anxious to kn ow if th e a ffli cte d Queen of Engl and had any message to s en d t o h er roya l relatives. was, s 'd says, admitted to her bedside, where I fell on my knees, an she gave me her h an d, am id st a t h ousan d so b s, which oftel l choked her speech. She commanded me to tell my Queen th e state in which I found h er ; th a t Ki ng Ch ar l es, h er lord, wh o ' ° death had made her the most afflicted woman on the wide eartbi had been lost because none o f t h ose i n w h om h e truste d had I°l s him the truth ; and that a p eop l e , w h en i rr i tate d , wa s l i ke ferocious beast, whose rage nothing can moderate, as the gi rl ° her lord, had just proved ; and that she prayed God that tl.l Queen-Regent might be more f or t unate i n F rance , than s 1 and King Charles had b een i n E ng l an d . R ut, a b ove all, abe counselled her to hear the truth, and to labour to discover i t , for she believed that the greatest evil that could befal so ft : reigns, was to rest in ignorance of the truth, which ignoranr, reverses thrones and destroy s em pi res . Th at if I wa s re ° faithful to my Queen ( Anne of Austria), I should tell b e , these things, and speak to her clearly on the state of be s ; affairs ; and she finished w ith an a ff ect i onate remem b ran ce I W to make to my Queen, in her name.' Then the afflicted Queen gave me some orders relative tf. 'the interests of the young King, her son, (become Charles h i through the lamentable death of his father.) she entre ate : that he might be re cogn i se d as suc h b y t h e King and Q: h t of France, and that her second son, James, Duke of York, ou,g receive the same entertai nment as the King, his brother , P A done previously. As s h e re it erate d these requests, she wr un°, my hand, and said to me , w ith a b urst of grief and tendernessf I have lost a Ki ng , a h us b an d , an d a friend, whose loss / o never sufficiently mourn, and this separation must render t 0 rest of my life a perpetual torture ! I avow that the t e m s es and words of this afflicted Queen touched me deeply. Bens the sympathy I felt in her grief, I was astonished at thew, ° she commanded me to repeat to my Queen, and the calamt;ese she seemed to foresee for us ; nor did I ever forget the dise°, ° to of this Princess, who, enlightened by adversity, seemen . .,, presage for us such disasters. Heaven averted them from "' but we merited them all from the justice of God.' The remaining portion of this v.)lurne is devoted tcciP Catherine of Braganza, the neglected wife of the sec° l3 . l Charles. Her lot was co m p ara ti ve ly ca l m an d tranqu . . l . ! yet she was scarcely h a ppi er th an H enr i etta ; her 5% rows were secret, but th e y were no t l ess po i gn ant. ' d the whole this book will be found interesting to all, s at we await the future v o lumes w ith con fid ence, hap pY h the Queens of England ha v e f oun d so a bl e an hi st oric A PRACTICAL TREATISE on CONG,ESTIOA. and INA CTI VI7'Y qf the LIVER : s h o wing some of etrvcts produced by these disorders on the Most Im; pot tort Organs o/ the Body. Second Edition. By -P. MOSGROVE, M.D. The author of this well-written little work, says in bill preface : " It has been my d es i re , as f ar as possible, to avoid technice, expressions, and t o treat t h e matter i n so simple a style a s "a come within the comp re h ens i on even o f those least acquaint° with medical subjects." In this he has completely succeeded, for it has pe l f been our good fortune to read a more succinctly writtes clearly understandable bo o k on an y sc i ent ifi c su bject' r is not often that we h ave to compliment the author of scientific work on the beauti es o f his style, b u t we fe i e e bound to say that this littl e wor k i s a model as to sti i l well-worthy the attention of all scientific and rote,' sional book- wr it ers . Hi s first chapter is an admira bly written, condensed d escr ipti on of the anatomy, PhY siology, and pathology of the liver. The succeedia chapters are devoted to the demonstration of the sympa thies existing between the liver and the other orgallsl, the body, and to a d escr i pt i on of the manner i n wu w ,, those organs be come a ff ected in consequence of dise ase „- of the liver. Th e c h apter on t i le lungs, in which the t 1 7 1; thor chews ho w f requent l y consumption is developed 1 . consequence of in a tt en ti on to t h e f unct i ons of the liver I 9 most valuable and well-worthy the attention of parent!: The treatment w hi c h M r . M osgrove a d opts i s very judtio cious, and for the cases which he has recorded appear. ti have been very succes s f u l. Hi s di rect i ons, as to (11% are clear and ample, a n d, a lt oge th er, we recomme nd th, l o little manual to the attenti ve p erusa l o f t h e bili o us, t P nervous, and the dyspeptic. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE- (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END. GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Pythia—taken 12 to 1 agst The Libel 14 to I agst Rowena 14 to 1 agst Queen Mab—taken 16 to 1 agst Venus 17 to 1 agst Boarding School Miss 20 to 1 agst Lightning 20 to 1 agst "Egis--taken 20 to 1 agst John o'Gaunt--taken 20 to 1 agst Warp—taken 28 to 1 agst Una GOODWOOD CUP. 7 to 2 agst Foigh-a-ballagti 6 to 1 agst Valerian 12 to 1 agst Stomacher ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Weatherbit 11 to 2 agst Merry Monarch 8 to 1 agst Mentor 10 to 1 agst Old England 13 to 1 agst Pantasa 25 to 1 aget Pam 40 to 1 agst Fitzallen. lire IMPORTANT METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT.'" An a understand the Co mm i ss i oners f or the improvement of 1.0" have it in conte m pl a ti on to open a most important avenue f.. 70 ;,,,, the West-end of th e t own to t h e Ci ty, with the view of t eh te j ing the crowd of carriages now so inconveniently congregt to at times in Holbor n an d th e S trand. This new street !„',. continue the line op ene d f rom C oventry-street thoug h Le''" et ter-square to Lo ng - acre , f rom t h e corner of Bew-Ido obliquely acros s D rury -l ane to Carey-street, on the south of Lincol n ' s In n -fi e ld s; t h ence across Chancery-lane thr ° , l3 ,t, the Rolls property, midway between Holborn and Fleet - s tr i c ie to Farringdon-street, and passing under an arch to the " be part of the Old Bailey. This valuable opening is again,_ t° ,ide intersected by a wide street ext en di ng f rom t h e north the II of St. Clement's Church, k nown as Pickett-place, into centre of Lincoln's Inn-fi e ld s , across w hi c h t h e s treet :7 d go directly into Holbo r n, t o j o i n R e d Lion-street, oble thence direct to the F o u n dli ng H osp i ta l , t h us opening 4 . 1 1, of avenue, long wanted, from the north to the south ss London. There i s a l so e ver y reason to b el i eve that the I° t ' e f required establishm en t o f t h e courts o f l aw in a central Pgl,reen the metropolis will be accomplished. Surveyors have t ic h engaged during th e p as t wee k i n measur i ng the new s it e , w" ar d, is to extend f rom B oswe ll- court, C arey -street, to B e ll-Y in g Temple-bar, ext en di ng b ac k towar d s t h e S trand, thus bripgway the courts clo se t o Li nco l n ' s Inn and the Temple, and mi d i of between the east and west and north and south porti":00 London. The plan is consistent with common sense 00 4 convenience of the p u bli c , a lth oug h l ong oppose d b y the tat. and bigoted influence of a few old crones who keep ceerleitt, and find it de s i ra bl e t o com bi ne P ar li amentary w i t h legal terests. The plan s will b e carr i e d out b y M r. B arry , the :rte brated archit ec t, an d, c • m bi ne d w i t h t h e new stree ts, and south, east and west, referred to above, will indeed boor, to the public, as well as a vast advantage to the :never' in a healthful as well as moral point of view.— Observer• DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN THE NEW-ROAD. d at ' turday morning, at an e ar ly h our , a fire was discover. e d No. 7, Tunbridge -pla ce , New-road, Somers -town, occuln e r ii• Mrs. Sherman, M r s. S ote h war d, an d a M r. Cl ar k e ; hi nated in the lower part of the premises it is supposed, "vireo the early arrival of the fire brigade from the City and , e ded end station, the flames were subdued ere they had ext,` v , to through the building. A young female, in her anv e a d oo rouse some children that slept in one of the back rooms, 1 1 ,6 0 0 alarmed by the smoke that was issuing from the lower Pe' ll oy of the premises, believing that the fire was nearer than iterrtii - ~ .vas, as to jump out of the window into a back yard; h er juries, however, are not serious. erP °°l oUTHAMPIO:s, SUNDAY.--The Great Li'- st team-Ship, 11-I,od, le,ft th,, river this aft , rne . ;' e rs, thr, o' , H , ,ek, with ;he Ea -t Ind:a mail, ab:iut thirty and a 1 rge and valuable cargo of goods. the Pispate!les were sent .if on Saturday evening f' ° i - p is.o Colonial-office for the Lord High C o m m i ss i oner o f the A ° Islands, and also for the Governor of Malta. DREAMS OF TILE PAST. As we wander alone where the moonlight reposes, And the wind o'er the ripple is tuneful and sweet, When the stars glitter out as the day-flower closes, And the night-bird and dew-drop are all that we meet ;- Oh ! then, when the warm flush of thought is unsealing The bonds that a cold world too often keeps fast, We shall find that the deepest and dearest of feeling Is pouring its tide in a dream of the past. Oh ! who shall have travelled through life's misty morning, Forgetting all waymarks that rose on their track, Though the things we loved then had Maturity's scorning, Though we cast them behind, yet we like to look back. Though the present may charm us with magical numbers, And lull the rapt spirit, entrancing it fast, Yet 'tis rarely the heart is so sound in its slumbers, As to rest without mingling some dream of the past. Oh ! the days that are gone—they will have no returning, And 'tis wisest to bury the hopes that decay, But the incense that's purest and richest in burning, Is oft placed where all round it is fading away. Though the days that are aone had more canker than blossom And even that blossom too tender to last, Yet had we the power, oh ! where is the bosom Would thrust from its visions the di earns of the past ? LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. Vol. VIII. By Agnes Strickland. Many and varied as are the branches of instruction, the study of history is of all others the one most cal culated to interest and improve. From the records of the past it brings many a lesson to direct the future—it gives knowledge to the ignorant and wisdom to the simple—it is second only to experience, and in many an instance may supply its; place. But, though general history be instructive and entertaining, how much greater is the interest we feel when following the fortunes of individuals, and contemplating the record of private trials and sufferings. "In the worst of men there is more to love than hate"—more to pity than to blame; and however much we may disapprove of his general conduct, we cannot study the life of any single being, we cannot regard his difficulties and temptations, without sympathising in his sorrows, and rejoicing in his success. Politicians may be taught by the annals of nations, but philosophers will prefer the history of men. We may delight in reading of the actions of the great, but we shall profit more if we go to the fountain-head, and learn what feelings animated their hearts, what im pulses inspired their mighty deeds. When we think of the monarch or the warrior we may admire their genius and be awed by their glory, but we feel no sympathy they are different beings ; but let us look beneath the gaudy trappings of their imagined greatness—regard them as men—and we shall find they are even as our selves. Hope and fear, love and doubt, joy and sorrow dwell alike in the hearts of all, and the highest and the proudest must feel and suffer like the humble ; none are above our pity or beneath our love. It is for this reason we may regard biography as the most important branch of history, and for this reason we are indebted to Miss Strickland for this admirable work, which she has rendered interesting as a novel, yet instructive as history. The "Lives of the Queens of England" are well worthy of attention ; they illustrate the influence of individual character, and the various effects of time and circum stance. Not posessed of authority themselves these illustrious ladies occupied a prominent place in the history of the country, strangers in a foreign land, theit task was difficult, their fortune hazardous— surrounded by trials and temptations, their situation demanded the highest abilities of the mind, and the gentlest qualities of the heart. A few, indeed, found a happy home in their adopted country, but many passed lives of suffer ing and sorrow ; of this number are the subjects of Miss Strickland's present volume—the beautiful and unfor tunate Henrietta of France and the unhappy Catherine of Braganza. The life of Henrietta Mafia comprises an im• portant epoch in the history of England, but the authoress has been careful to avoid as much as possible all political allusions, and to speak of the Queen arid not of the nation. Though evincing a preference for the Royalist cause, this biography is written in an impartial strain. We read of the amiable qualities of' Henrietta, but her faults are not passed over in silence, yet whatever were her errors, surely her situation was a trying one. Not only a foreigner by birth, but differing in religion from her husband and her subjects, the English people regarded her with dislike, all the errors of the king were attributed to her influence —she became the object of universal hatred, like th,l beautiful Austrian whose sorrows so nearly resembled her own. Miss Strickland justly observes:— " At sixteen, Henrietta was no judge of the state of her husband's affairs ; it is not an age when the faculties which produce foresight are much developed in any class of human beings; those who placed a petulant child in a situation that required all the calm temper and clear judgment of which a woman of twenty-five is capable, were responsible far the whole of the mistakes she committed as queen. Unfortunately the effects of her childish errors in judgment weighed heavily against her in after life. Yet there was no moral wrong in the conduct of the young queen ; her errors merely proceeded from a fervent attachment to her religion, manifested without wise calculation on the preju - lices of her new country. Alas ! in political history, crimes committed with tact are often wiewed with complacency, but small mercy is shown to blunders, even it they may be traced to the virtuous affections." If we wished to learn the vAnity of human greatness we could hardly find a fitter example than this princess, the daughter of Henry the Great, the wife and mother of English sovereigns, her lot seemed cast in the sunshine ; but the dawn was overcast. Believing in the inralli bility of kings, she Limed by experience they are but men. Her illustrious father was struck by the hand of an assassin, her husband perished on the scaffold, and her children were wanderers in foreign land,. In the following touching scene we find livnriova bearing th death of the husband whom site love.' so dearly, and who, whatever were his faults as a king, was eminent for his private virtues:-- " Greatly exhilarated by the arrival of her favourite son, the queen rose on the morning of F. bruar‘ 1 , 21 (4), with the, deter. minatioa that a fresh e-ffort should be made to obtain ridir,gs of her husband; she entreated a brave and faithful gentleman of her household to proceed to St. Gerinains to ascertain what news the queen -regent had lately received from London. " The messenger accordingly undertook the perilous service ~. 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