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GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS leave the Brunswick Pier, Blackwall, at 11, 3, and 5 ; on Sundays at ..._ • 11 and 3. Prom Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 9f, 1, and 5 ; on Sundays at 91 and 5. _ Fares to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Carriage, Ninepence. Saloon and First Class Carriage, One Shilling. To or from Blackwall. Fore'Cabin, SiaNnce—Saloon, Ninepenee: Star Office, Gravesend, March 11, 1145. - R OYAL MAIL STEAM PACE - ET . COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the ANNIT...U. GENERAL lIMETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on Tnosso.tv, the 10th of April next, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving tho Directors' REPORT of the affairs of the Company for the year ending the 31st December last ; and for the purpose of 'electing two Directors and one Anditor, in the room of Andrew 011'0111e, Esq.. find:Russell Ellice, Esq., Directors, and Abraham Geo r g e Roberts, Esq., ' Auditor, Who 14 ,3 out by rotation, These Gentlemen, being eligible, offer them selves for-re-election accordingly. Any Proprietor Vntending to be coine a candidate, or to propose some other Proprietor as a candidate, must signify his intention in writing, to be left at the Company's "Ice, fourteen days at least before the day of election. By order of the Board; E. CHAPPELL, Secretary. lf.oorgate-street, March 19, 1845 LINCOLN RAILWAY MEETING. The Committee of Management of the DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY, beg to Inform their Shareholders that at the County of Lincoln Railway Meeting, held at Lincoln, on Friday; the 25th inst., and at which about eight thousand persons were present, a resolution • in favour of the Loudon and York .Line was proposed and supported by large Slutreholders in that Company. The following amendment was proposed by the Earl of Winchilsea, • and seconded by General Johnson, M.P. • • " Resolved—That this meeting most cordiallyapprove% of the system of railways affecting this county, which has been'ilwoßrably reported upon by the Board of Trade, comprehending the Cambridge Mad Lincoln, and the continuation by the Direct Northern from Lin coln to York, together with their branches." Both the mover and seconder declared that they had no interest in either line, and advocated the Cambridge and Lincoln and Direct Northern Lines solely on public grounds, those lines being best suited -to the wants of the county, and as having been recommended to Par liament by the impartial and unbiassed tribunal—the Board of Trade. The amendment was supported by the Earl Fitzwilliam and Sohn Coupland, Esq., one. of the most extensive corn merchants of Lincolnshire. Upon a show of hands the Sheriff declared that he was unable to decide whether the resolution or the amendment was carried in the affirmative, when a second show of hands being called for, and:with a similar result, a division to opposite sides of the Castle-yard took place, when the Sheriff used the following words :—" I find it difficult to decide ;- but I think I am bound to say, that the London and York ?nave the majority." The Committee of Management beg to state that they have ample proof to show before the Committee on the Bill that a large number of persons were engaged by parties interested in opposing the Direct Northern and Cambridge and Lincoln Lines, at 2s. and 2s. 6d. each, to hold up their hands against those lines of Railway, and that a con siderable portion of their opponents were from Newark and other parts of Nottingliamsbire, and therefore in no way entitled to take part in the proceedings of the meeting. By order of the Committee, WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary. Direct Northern Railway Company, 64, Moor gate-street, London, March 29, 1845. COUNTY OF OFFICE of the GOVERNOR and COMPANY of COPPER-MINERS in ENGLAND. The COURT of ASSISTANTS of the GOVERNOR and COM PANY of COPPER-MINERS in ENGLAND, hereby give notice, that the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT, for the Election of Go vernor, Deputy-Governor, and Assistants, for the ensuing year, will, pursuant to the charter, be held at the Office of the Company, No. 57%, Old Broad-street, on TUESDAY, the Bth of April next, at Twelve o'Clock precisely. They further give notice, that such General Court will likewise be on Special Affairs. By order of the Court of Assistants, W. INGLIS, Secretary Old Broad-street, London, March 19, 1845. CIGARS AND CHEROOTS Messrs. TOSSWILL and CO., Commission Agents and Im porters and Manufacturers of Cigars and Cheroots, beg to inform Dealers and others that they will at all times find on Sale, at their extensive warehouses, one of the largest and best selected Stocks in London, of the above articles, the quality of which will be guaranteed by their own brand or mark, at the following low pikes : Cheroots, ; Ambrosial, 7s. ; Mexicans, 7s. 6d. ; Cuba Cigars, 7s. ; Yara Cubas, 9s. 6d. ; Havanas, 7s. Gd. ; Regalias, Sc. 6d.; Principes, 99. 6d.; Cabanas, 9s. 6d. ; Trabucos, 9s. 6d. ; Silvas, 9s. Gd. ; and every other kind equally low. A great variety of Genuine Old Foreign Cigars of choice quality, 17s. 6d., 19s. 6d., and 20s. per lb. In boxes of Ills.. Mb., 41b., 61b., and 121 b. ; and in cases of 301 b., 501 b., 1001 b., and 2001 b. 2i, BUDGE-ROW, WATLING-STREET, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. General Agency business transacted, and every accommodation for Warehousing goods. PATENT BELMONT SPERM CANDLES ONE SHILLING per lb. ; PATENT BELMONT SPERM 'OIL, FOUR SHILLINGS per Gallon, burning more brilliantly than the ordinary Sperm Candles and Oil, and differing from them in being 'principally prepared from a pure vegetable material, Instead of an hliapure animal one. PRICES PATENT CANDLES, 1014 d. per lb. ' VAUXHALL COMPOSITE CANDLES, 81%d. per lb. PATENT BELMONT WAX CANDLES, Is. per lb. Families wishing to try any of the above are recommended to order them through their own tradesmen, taking notice, however, that these being the London Cash Prices, the Country Dealer must charge higher to cover his expenses of carriage. Where no dealer I b 0 Cal be found willing to sell them, Edward Price and Co. will supply 7 fit2antities of not less than 51 . w orth, direct from their manufactor y , at Belmont, Vauxhall. On receiving a Post-office order for this amoont, they will forward Candles and Oil in the proportions that aaay Le directed ; or, to parties wishing for samples and unable to obtain them, they will, on receiving a 11. Post-effice order, forward a lox ront.ining 31bs of each of the four sorts of Candles, and a gallon of the Oil. They fix the price of the sample box so high, to avoid all suspicion oft heir wishing to Interfere with the retail trade Of the Country Dealers. The trade may obtain the above Candles and Oil wholesale, In London, from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall ; Palmer • and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell ; and W. Merchant, 253, Regent dircus, Oxford-street ; in Manchester, from Richardson and Roebuck, Igarket-place ; in Bath, from T. and G. Butcher, No. 4, Saw-close; and In Cheltenham, from Mathews and Co., 400, High-street. GALVAN IS M . —IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. ANDREW LOVELL'S GALVANIC OINT - A ft/s:T for TEETHING, for the Cure of Rheumatism, Gout, Nervousness, Deafness, Colds, Toothache, Headache, Asthma, In fluenza, Dro'TAY, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Paralysis, &c., and for the prevention of' all other complaints and diseases, especially those pro duced by the gulden changes of this variable climate. Si g ned and sealed with the mune of ANDREW LOVELL (the discoverer), in full length, and stamped with the Government Stamp. London Agent : Dr. Cullen, 30, Upper North-place, Gray's-Inn-road ; and may be had of all respectable whole ale and retail druggists and medicine venders in the kingdom. In pots, ls. lid, and 2s. 9d. each. SEL TER S WA T E R, 11.. IN ENGLAND CALLED SELTZER WATER. - he Duke of Nassau, to prevent any further fraudulent imitation of Selte.n Water, the celebrated produce of his territory, previously car • Tied to such an enormous extent, that Bottles, with his name, arms, and max its, have been specially made for the purpose in this country, has, throe gh the Director General of his Domains, adopted the use of the PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES, and has entered into an agreement with the Patentee, Mr. J. T. BETTS, of London, by , which the exc l us ive right is given to him of purchasing direct from the Springs, for the United Kingdom, its Colonies, and Depen aencies. The nature and extent of this arrangement with the Nassau Go- Tei.nment will not only enable Mr. Betts to supply the public at a moderate price, but (every Bottle being Capsuled the instant it is filled; in the same state of freshness and perfection as at the first mo ment oof the waters being taken from the Spring. p ar tioulars, with the Declaration of the Nassau Govirnment, show ing the impossibility of adulteration, or of a spurious article being sub stituted for the genuine, will be published as soon as the navigation of the Rhftie is opened, and supplies received. 1, Wharf-road, City-road, London, March, 1845. VIEUMATISM, GOUT, CRAMP, WEAKNESS OF LIMBS CONTRACTIONS, SPINAL AFFECTIONS, &c. • TWENTY THOUSAND PERSONS, and up wards, from the Infant to the very aged adult, have received benefit from an extraordinary BALSAMIC PREPARATION posi tively under the immediate sanction and recommendation of the faculty. CABBURN'S OIL. To be had at his Dis'pensarY, King's Cross, London ; i n bottles, 2s 9d., 4s. 6d., its., 225., a cd of most respectabl e ven d ers i n th e king. • dom. Reports from Medical Dispensaries may be seen in " Bradshaw's Railway Guide," and the daily papers. Ask for Cabburn's Oil for the cure of rheumatism, &c. To Mr. Cabburn, gj--My child, a boy four years old, never had the least use of his legs from his birth until I used your oil, and in six weeks he was enabled to walk, to the astonishment of ourselves and all who know us. Youro, ever grateful, 6, George-street, Bagnigge Wells-road. HENRY CLOVER. P.S.—Mr. Greenwood, of the Northumberland Tavern, and Mrs. Finn, 12, Weston-street, Bentonville, can speak to the truth of it also. Mr. Cabburn, Sir—l have presented two bottles of your oil to a poor woman named Clarke, who has been paralysed for two years, and unable to walk, or move, without a stick or crutch, nor yet lift her jiand from her side. She can now walk comfortably without either *kick or crutch, and eao lift her hand to her head with ease.—l am, yet, , rs respectffilly, W. WARNER. No. 47, Bridle-street, NOttingham. To. J. Cabburn, Esq. Sir-3 beg agreeably to inform you that an individual for whom I sent for your ell has greatly felt the benefit of your most mportant discovery. He has, as I said in my former letter, been under the care of the most eminent surgeons in this county for nearly thirty years, and has been for several months in the various hospitals, &c., but to no effect, until he appliNl your miraculous oil ; last night lie told me with heartfelt gratitude he was well, having no pain, and the inflam mation gone. I should recommend your appointing an agent in this neighbourhood -I am, Sir, yours respectfully, J. C. EDWARDS. H. THOMPSON Halden-wood Cottage, near Shrewsbury, Salop. Mr. Cabburn, King's-cross. Sir—l beg to return you my sincere thanks for your kind attention, and at the same time to acknowledge that I experienced more relief . trona your ail than I did from any other application or operation per rbrmed upon me, and had I been fortunate enough to have met with 3 on in the early commencement of my afflictions, I should have IL N folded much misery and distress. For your kindness, I shall ever ret„nain,—Your obliged, humble servant, iVatton-wall, August 30, 1841. SAMUEL BEST. n, e above person's case was published in the Lancet, December 8, 1832 v from an abridged lecture on neuralgia by Dr. Elliotson, being one of the most dreadful cases ever known. Many noblemen and gentlemtAl saw the patient, among whom were His Grace the DUKE of HAMILTON, The EARL of lIAREWOOD, Sir F. BURDETT, Sir W. BACH, Aide-de-Camp to the MARQUIS of ANGLESEY, And many other officers of high distinction. Mr. Cabbuni, %ir—l beg to state my satisfaction of :our oil ; the peculiar good effeeS are truly astonishing ; having many convincing proofs, I shall be abbe to forward you an extensive list of highly respectable testimonies. Please to forward double the last supply b: lirst coach, and you will oblige,—Yours, truly, .Medical Institution, St. Stephen's, Norwich ~ ~ PRICK sd. // _ (II ' 1 ~, ..,,.. v . . . _ . • - ~.., ..,.. i , :,. t.. ~, i ... ..- \ .- . .1._,,,,,z) : . :1 -,, .: /. .. • ..., ' 1 ~, N. 16,419. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING SUN, APRIL 1, 1845. THE SUN is Published EVERY MO RNING at ' FIVE 0 CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN .DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN 0 CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. . . . _ ADVERTISEMENTS INSE:RTER* . ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Mornieg; Noon, and . Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE. MAGAZINE-DAY some muddy bank, or even a plunge over a bridge, horses, coach, and driver and all, would leave some hope—one half might escape unhurt—the wounded might crawl to the next stage, and the survivors in a body might mount a new coach, and send the old driver to Coventry—but to be led to the Slough of Despond against their will, and see " monarchy sur rounded by democratic institutions," is beyond Tory or even Conservative endurance. Yet, somehow or other, they are led on against their will, and are in a state of such utter bewilderment that even the most rational, and not the least far-seeing, of their organs is as much bewildered as the humblest of the lot. It has no confidence in Peel. He will betray them as he has already done. He is not necessary to their existence as a body, yet they are counselled not to change their leader. He protested against Catholic Emancipation, and the emancipation of the Jews and the emancipation of trade proposed by the Whigs. These and fifty other Whig mea sures he protested against, yet his protestations and his vows are all forgotten, the Catholics and the Jews are his great favourites, and Hume and Cobden, and Warburton and other Destructives, are his Cabinet Ministers. Yet " Sir Robert Peel has deceived no one, or, if any, he has deceived the Whigs, for there is no disputing the fact, that he has managed to cut the ground from beneath their feet, and to have ren dered his Government more acceptable to the free traders of England and the Roman Catholics of Ire land than ever was that of Earl Grey or even of Lord Melbourne." But he has not only cut the ground from under the Whigs—he has served the Tories still worse, and " made them cut, if not their own throats, certainly the throats of all their former opinions. Now this sort of thing cannot last for ever. Men dragged day by day through the mire must perceive in the end that they are very dirty ; and as the conviction matures itself they lose both temper and judgment, and go about declaring that their leader has betrayed them.' Yet Fraser advises the Conservatives to stick to him. "If Sir Robert Peel be determined to go forward in the course on which he seems to have entered, perhaps we could not give our friends better advice than to go with him." Yet, almost in the same breath, we have the following lugubrious strair.s on the admission of the Israelites to civic honours—strains which want only the charms of poetry to equal the lamentations of the Jews when they sat by Babel's streams and wept :—" The last hope of protection for the old Constitution is taken away. It is not an open enemy that has done it this wrong, but the very champion who fought for it half a life-time ; and now on whom can it fall back , seeing 1 that a co nservative Minister has betrayed it ?" Can we wonder after this that Miles and Bankes and Tyrrell, and the whole host of agricultural Con servatives, are lost in the endless maze, when we hear such contradictions from one of their chosen teachers? The article on which these remarks are made is en titled " The Treasury Benches," and it is in true keeping. Sir Robert Peel occupies them all, and he is the Alpha and the Omega too of this Number. The last article is on Peel, and so is the first—" Contem porary Orators, No. 1., Sir Robert Peel." His cha racter is not drawn with a partial hand, as may be inferred from the spirit that pervades the preceding extracts, but it is on the whole just : '. A stranger to the House of Commons, who, having heard of Sir Robert Peel's influence there, had conceived some ideal portrait of a great orator, would assuredly be disappointed. He would observe in his speeches a want of strong reasoning on fixed principles, a lax, loose, many-sided mode of viewing the most vital questions, and a great command of that sort of logic which takes in common minds by clever fallacies. He would look in vain for vivid imagination or profound thought. He would find no outline of a complete scheme of policy, nor any one ruling idea with which his own views and poli tical sympathies could associate. The sty!e he would pronounce inartificial ; not that there is no attempt at construction, but that the speech is so crowded with ex traneous matter, and the speaker has so many ends to gain, that a perfect plan would be impossible. He would complain of verbosity, of repetition of ideas, nay, whole arguments, in different words, and then imperfectly ex pressed, of a pervading pretension to something very profound, which constantly falls short of accomplish ment. Of the action used by the speaker he would be tempted to say that it was neither modest as becomes an unassuming reasoner, nor commanding as ought to be the action of a great orator. He would see at one time a pompous solemnity leading to nothing ; at another, the most trivial postures of every-day after-dinner conversa is l e i s a t h i n e gs ominously the t ahl a e t b h e i f s o opponents,ie-hlm while and fi o is n e leg pointedis crossed fi-ng e r over the other, the posture of a man laying down an argument to a familiar friend ; or, his thumbs buried in the pockets of his capacious waistcoat, while his coat is thrown back ostentatiously, as some foreigners do to show their fine velvet linings ; or, as is more commonly the case, his hands bidde n under his coat-tails, while he stands much as .he might with his back to a fire,—the:e are not exactly the positions or gestures of a great orator. But, on the other hand, whatever the defects of Sir Robert Peel, when his speeches or his actions are looked at critically, you cannot fail to admire his ease and self possession, the thorough knowledge he has, even to the minutest details, of every subject he undertakes, the adroitness with which he enters into all the different feelings, prejudices, and interests which surround him, and the wit he evinces in wielding them so as to produce all the appearance of enthusiasm, and in moulding them to his purpose, of subduing their varieties to one harmo nious course of action. In the art of managing the House of Commons he is, indeed, unrivalled." The rest of the Number has greater variety, and among the amusinif and interesting articles are "The Wolves of Esthoma," " Foscolo and English Hos tality," and "Modern Cookery." tively interfere with the process of manufacturing in dustry. . Nothing could be better, too, than the way in which the recent changes were introduced by the Premier ; the broad and emphatic announcement of the soundest doctrine as to the national policy of extending commerce and unshackling industry. But the disagree able reflection always recurs, that it is of comparatively little use to facilitate and cheapen production, while we persist in obstructing exchange—that there can be no exports without imports,— and that the desiderated ex tension of our manufactures for the foreign market must, after all, be limited by our power of receiving returns. Free production of glass and cotton goods requires, as its counterpart and complement, free purchase of corn and sugar. And, though we are fully alive to the high importance, in a national view, of an absolutely unre stricted importation of so many as four hundred and thirty articles of commerce, including such matters as argal and alganobilla, stavesacre and sangins draconis, tam: and din', divi,—yet, on the whole, the Ministerial bill of fare is more tantalising than satisfying. We have the amplest assortment of physics and poisons, but a dismal lack of food ; teeth and gums in profusion, but ndthing to eat ; skins and bones (not to speak of horns, hoofs, and tails) without flesh, and alum without bread." Some of the extracts given from "Freilegrath's Poems and Politics" will be read with interest. They display a vigorous spirit, and at the same time a pa triotic feeling, for the fatherland of Germany against Russians as well as French. We have room for only an extract from "The Two Flags," which shows that the Deutchers feel little sympathy with the French subjects on the Rhine : THE TWO FLAGS. A Mosel dogger on the Rhine ! 'Twas towed up stream ; the horses panted. And forward, fluttering in the shine, The hoisted ensign boldly flaunted ; Long-streaming landwards over head, The finest colours, fresh and galliard,— Blue, as I live ! then white, and red, In upright stripes, too, down the halyard ! I stopped, with wondering eyes thrown wide ; While from the craft, in saucy chorus, The Frenchmen hailing, loudly cried : " Ay ! look ! the tricolour flies o'er us I" So ! to myself I growled,—keep still ; At home it seems you yet speak German ; Lorrainers, bound from Thionville, For France need scarcely make much stir, men ! Tkerewith I let the person go ; And soon the hanging branches hid it. Here, on our Rhine, no welcome, though, As God's my witness now, I bid it ! And meant it aught, upon these banks, Than peace, as borne on yonder gabbard, I'd join its foemen in the ranks, When German steel has left the scabbard ! Let home and country still be first ! But then—no word of blind-eyed rancour ! The flag we prize ; and that it burst For freedom way in France, may thank her. Even now 'tis wet with July blood ; Say where was nobler shed, or bolder ? So, though we'll watch it close—'tis good To have a gallant foe to shoulder. CLARA SEYTON'S NEW ENTERTAIN • MENT. Miss CLARA SEYTON will give her ILLUSTRATIONS of the DRAMA and the OPERA, received with the most enthusiastic ap plause, at CROSBY HALL, BISHOPSOATE-STREET, on TUES DAY Evenings, and on THURSDAYS, at the MUSIC HALL, STORE-STREET, Miss CLARA SEYTON will give RECITATIONS from Ancient and Moden Dramatists, and sing admired compositions of Mozart, Weber, Schubert, &e. ; also throe new songs, by Mr. T. Cooke. The r:ntertainment will conclude each evening with Albert Smith's brilliantly successful Comic Medley Scena, " A Musical Scamper owe Europe." Doors open at Half-past Seven, to commence at Eight. Tickets 2s. and 2s. 6d. each, to be had of all Music-sellers ; at the Ball ; and of Miss Clara Seyton, 4, Argyle-street, Regent-street,' of whom alone Private Boxes for Store-street (One Guinea each) may: be obtained. PUBLICATIONS. DUNLOP'S HISTORY OF FICTION. .sinst ready, a New Edition, complete in one vol., medium Bvo., rPHE HISTORY of FICTION : being a Critical ..Adeount of the most celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the present age. By JOHN DUNLOP. London : Longman, Brown, Green, ead Longman. BLACKWOOteS MAGAZINE. A remarkable change has come over the chief politics, O'Connell t the uoutbreaks Parliamentaryof . u e mn s ad , odHre t adri l l isae ut t eai he absence of leader of the Tory [arty in the north. Passing events, pros pects of Toryism, and twenty other striking events are undeserving of notict. How different Noah is now, from what he was when Normanby ruled in Ire land, Melbourne deserted. his town residence and re sided at Windsor and Buckingham Palace, and Peel and Lyndhurst and the Duke sat almost without hope on the dreary OppositiOn benches. Then his soul was filled with just indignation against the wild schemes of the destructives. They were denounced as the enemies of the farmers, they were preparing the way for the downfall of Protestantism by grant ing favours to Catholics, nay they were abr tcn o oho g gpeu a ei rnr t pa i oir n goue g is tsdcwheoo doctrines i pre sent which Christianity rinyrec, ssu Blackwood ompfrsicircumstances, da of the tate by advocating the eman cipation of the Jews, and ruining men , once their pride ; free c b e t s y r n, a never e ru e n s This sh e a . . f ed, D u b telsilence,efdoo before. is looked to by his countrymen, and it was shameful a t to leave them to their own undire cted meditations when events of the first Magnitude come upon the m, one after another, or in c tors, and c ast all the doin g s of Grey, Melbourne, Stanley, into the shade. The present session; .has • been fruitful beyond all others of themes for filseussion, yet on these North is silent as the grave, and longs to amuse his readers with well-rounded sentences and learned disquisitions about such old worn out characters as Virgil, and Tasso, and Dryden. In these stirring times, such personages possess little interest, even with all the skill and classical know ledge plentifully displayed in at least forty pages. Readers, however, must submit to their lot, and if they can only forget Maynooth, and the tariff, and the whinings of disappointed underlings, will find not a little gratification in the comparison drawn by . a learned commentator between Homer and his princi pal imitators—for imitators are they all. Too much praise has been given to Tasso. His epic poem is in the highest degree correct—it is written according to the strict rules of art, but it wants the quality which alone can give a zest to poetry—those simple touches of nature which at once go the heart, and which nei ther time nor change of customs can strip of their effect. In that respect Tasso is not only at an im mensurate distance behind Homer, but he is sur passed by Virgil, and even Milton, and his " Jerusa lem Delivered," whatever may be its other merits, on that account is seldom read. It is kept for show rather than use. The subject, too, is unfortunate. The wild visions of the leaders are now viewed in their true light, and the only good they effected — the accidental introduction into Europe of Asiatic discoveries and improvements—is' as far as we re member, not even alluded t o. In his remarks on the translations of Dryden, North has not confined him self by any narrow limits, for he describes not only the Englishman, but gives the characters of those poets whose works he has so vigorously translated, and so beautifully clothed in an English dress. We select the character of Juvenal as a specimen : "In Dryden and Juvenal we meet peer and peer. In dignant scorn and moral disgust instigated the nervous hand of Juvenal, moulded to wield the scourge of satire. He is an orator in verse, speaking with power and com mand, skilled in the strength of the Roman speech, and practised in the weapons of rhetoric. But he is never theless a poet. Seized with impressions, you see his sail caught with driving gusts, if his eye be on the card. He snatches images right and left on his impetuous way, and flings them forth suddenly and vividly, so that they al ways tell. Perhaps he is more apt at binding a weighty thought in fewer words than his Translator, who felt himself at this disadvantage when he expressively- por • trayed the Latin as ' as a severe and com p endious lan guage: The Roman satirist has more care of himself; he maintains a prouder step; and the justifying incentive to this kind of poetry, hate with disdain of the vices and miseries to be lashed, more possesses his bosom. And what a wild insurrection of crimes and vices! What a challenge to hate and disdain in the minds in which the tradition of the antique virtues, the old mores, those edifiers of the sublime Republic, had yet life! Rome under Nero and Donation! Pedants have presumed to question the sincerity of his indignation, and have more time I''^' - ^ 4 'b."' Is;s I'''r of picturing those enormous profligacies was inspire d by the reieraie s,s ... depraved imagination. Never wa s there fa.ser char6._, and the topics were not for delicate handliif ng,—the f y were to be looked at boldly in the face,—and spoken oat all, at full, and with unmistakeable words. " There is no gloating in his eyes when fixed in fire on guilt. Antipathy and abhorrence load wh wit ich h m but ore rfore volting colours the hideou s visage, from , that moral purpose, they would recoil. But whatthat it may be asked, is the worth and use of a drags out vices from their hiding-holes to flay them in sunshine? They had no hiding-holes. They affronted the daylight." " Bentham's Etruria Celtica" is an amusing sketch, and affords a striking illustration of the wild dreams of etymologists. "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" is of a different character, and merits careful perusal. It relates to those mute records of p a st changes which lie buried i n the earth, the struc ture and movement of the heavenly bodies, and the great works around us, which everywhere show ma nifestly the hand of their Creator. The following remarks are very appropriate for such a grand subject : " To reduce to a system the acts of creation, or the development of the several forms of animal life, no more impeaches the authorship . of creation, than to trace the laws by which the world is upheld and its phenomena perpetually renewed. The presumption naturally rises in the mind, that the same Great Being would adopt the same mode of action in bath eases. If, for instance, the nebular hypothesis, to which we have already alluded, should be received as a scientific account of the pewrox ell i mate origin of our planetary syst em, this, as Mr. W h has shown in his ' Bridgewat er Treatise, would servo only to enlighten and elevate our conception of the power of God. And indeed to a mind accustomed—as is every educated mind--to regard the operations o f Deity as essentially differing from the limited, sudden, evanescent impulses of a human a gent, it is distressing to be compelled to picture to itself the power of God as put forth in any other manner than in those slow, mysterious, universal laws, which have so plainly an eternity to work in ; it pa i ns the imagination to be o bliged to assimilate those opera tions, for a moment, to the brief energy of a human will, or the manipulations of a human hand. Does not the language even of a Christian poet, when he speaks of God as launching from his ample palm the rolling planets id iuto as space, in us some me asure offend us? Do we not avo much pos sible all such similitu des, a s being derogatory to the notions of the Supreme? " There are still, indeed, some men of narrow preju dices who look upon every fresh attempt to reduce the phenomena of nature to general laws, and to limit those occasions on which it is necessary to conceive of a direct and separate interposition of Divine power, as a fresh encroachment on the prerogatives of the Deity, or a con cealed attack upon his very e xistence. And yet these very same men are daily appealing to such laws of the creation as have already been established, for their great proofs of the existence and the wisdom of God ! Their imagination has remained utterly untutored by the little knowledge which they have rather learned to repeat than to apprehend. Whatever words they may utter, ir heart is earning atter. of subtle and hi g h-sounding import, concerning the pure ly spiritual natur e of the Divine Being, it is, in fact, a Jupiter Tonans c lad in human lineaments, and invested w ith human passion s, tha can only be beaten back, aud Such objectors as these chained down, by what some one has called the brute force of public opinion. " Some little time ago men of this class deemed it ir religious to speak of the laws of the human mind ; it savoured of necessity, of fatalism •; they now applaud a Dr. Chalmers when he writes his Bridgewater Treatise, to illustrate the attributes of_ God in the laws of the mental as well as the physical world." NEW SERIES OF THE LONDON MEDICAL GAZETTE. On Friday, May 2, be published, No. I. of T HE LONDON MEDICAL G SerAZETTEunder, amdi -1 Journal of Practical Medicine, New ies, New E tors, price Sixpence ; or stamped for post, Sevenpence. Published every Friday Morning, by Longman, Brown, and Co. 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The DIVING BELL, MICROS COPE, &c. &c. Oa April 2, Svo., price One shilling, A FRAGMENT on the IRISH ROM AN CATHOLIC CHURCI!. By the late Rev. SYDNEY * SMITH. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. SIR J. MACKINTOSH'S WORKS. In May will be published, 3 vols. Bvo., QIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S MISCELLANEOUS WORS. Incluing hi Contributions to the Edinburgh Review. Collecte K d and Edited by hi s s Son. • London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Long,mans. THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Just ready, Bvo., ON the ORIGIN and RAMIFICATIONS of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE : preceded by an Investigation into the Primitive Seats, Early Migrations, and Final Settlements of the Nations of Ancient and Modern Europe. By HENRY •WELS FORD TAIT' S MAGAZINE. The articles in this Number are less interesting than usual. We have " Letters from Naples," de scribing the peculiar habits, the gay and careless life, and the lovely imagination of the inhabitants of the most delightful and luxurious climate of Eu rope, but there is little new in the details. The de scription of the drawings for the lottery, however, is good, though the writer magnifies the evils which it causes, and strangely describes the risking of a few pence, " one of the most virulent diseases that eat into the very existence of the people of Naples." The lottery is absolutely nothing compared with other modes of spending money in that country ; and even as regards the common people, the games at which they constantly play when idle, and that is very often, cause money to change hands with infinite more ra pidity than lottery schemes. The lottery has got a bad name, and every one, of course, thinks he may hunt it to death. The " Series of Letters written by Niebuhr while in Scotland" is continued, and furnish some interesting details of his travels, and the visits he made to the men of note in Scotland at the time of his visit, which is now nearly half a century ago. The political article thi s month is the best of the lot. Tait, like all good political reformers, wants some thing more than new tariffs, he wants organic reform and democratic institutions ; but at the same time, like a man of sense and sound discretion, is willing to take an instalment, and thus alludes to some of the doings of Sir Robert Peel during the present ses sion : "To call this Budget a Free-trade' measure, or a ' bold' measure—the usual terms of Liberal laudation of the Peel policy—we hold to be flat nonsense. Free trade' means doing away with the great monopolies ; putting down the interests;' repealing the private taxes which certain privileged classes levy on the public under the name of protection. This Budget does not touch one of the great monopolies, except that of sugar, which it makes many degrees worse than it was before ; leaves all the interests whole and intact ; keeps on every one of the private taxes in undiminished exorbitancy •, and re-imposes a cruel and oppressive public tax to fill up the hole which the monopolists make in the revenue. Boldness,' in politics, us ually means doing the right an d honest thing in the face of formidable opposition ; running risks and braving difficulties for the sake of a just and true principle. This Budget of Sir Rob ower ert Peel's gives no serious offence to any party or p in the country, capab le of endan g ering his official exis tence ; leaves his tenure of office as secure and easy, to all appearance, as it was before ; has nothing bold about it, except the audacity that perpetuates a hateful impost, without even pretending a necessity—declines all attempt at mitigating an acknowledged injustice, involving tedious and unnecessary discussions '—and exults in the possession of a surplus, however derived. "While we regard the praise of boldness,' and ' free trade principles,' as ludicrously inapplicable to a measure which leaves all the great monopoly interests unassailed, and actually strengthens one of them, we cheerfully allow its obvious and substantial merits to approbation on other grounds. Only lay free-trade out of the question ; grant the Minister his fundamental postulate, that the ' interests' are a part of the Constitution ; ac cept the private taxes as a permanent public burden, standing in the same category with the interest on the National Debt,—and the measure is really an admirable and te one. The abolition of the cotton import duty r glass excise, and the erasure litindred and thirty minutia that yielded little revenue, and obstructed much industry and trade, we regard as most valuable eommereial reforms. We are delighted to see the thorough and fi nal establishment, in our fiscal policy, of tw o principles of capital importance, for which our best economists have been conteudiug for years, — the free importation of the raw materials of manufactures, anti the abolition of tare l that vexatiously and °intro ._ corn F ASKR'S MAGAZINE. B The State-coach, which last month was going down bill in such fine style, has since taken some awkward turns, and the jolting and swinging of the vehicle from side to side, the wild career of the horses, and the recklessness of the driver, have produced a most alarming. effect upon the nerves of the pas sengers. The insides are tolerably easy, but the out sides are in a state of the most dreadful alarm, for they neither know where they are going, nor where they are to stop. All blame the coachman, but their curses, though deep, are not loud—he has got the whip-hand of them —they, in fact, are at his mercy, and venture only to mutter broken phrases about the filth of floundditch and Saff rolast n-hill, ands t. Giles's. explain ourselves very "It is not long er than "that month," ss Fraser, plainly concer nin g man y of the measures of the Con servative Premier, and t o afford to him the meed of we took occa sion to praise which they seemed to deserve. We have not a word of our article for March last to retract. We think now, as we thought then, that his Triali policy is most adroit; and though we cannot shut our eyes to the truth that the State-carriage is going the re a hill the of Toryism as fast as it can, we levelof a monarchy surrounded by democratic i nst i t u tions with whole bones," This is a desperate look-out for Conservatives. MY hap would be better tbau this—un overturn, or a fix iu stillho downpe to reach DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. The Dublin University Magazine for this month does not possess its usual average of interesting matter. The first article is a review of Mr. Petrie's work on the vexata questio of the Irish Round Towers, in which the reviewer and the author are of accord, assigning to them, and we think justly, a Christian origin 'and an ecclesiastical purpose. Seeing, how ever, that many who have investigated the subject with great care, and amongst others the learned O'Connor, have given to them a very different object and a far higher origin, we think the reviewer's opinions too dogmatically expressed. Of much more conse quence than the solution of the Round Tower con troversy is the belief to which the investigations into this subject have led that the Irish were in possession of a style of architecture prior to the Norman inva sion, which, if satisfactorily proved, would establish the fact of that high civilization which tradition and the Irish records that remain assert was possessed by the Irish when England was sunk in profound dark ness and heathenism. From the " Poetical Remains of the late Mrs. James Gray" some portions are given which indicate a fine moral feeling and a high religious sentiment, rather than a lofty poetic faculty. " Walter and Mabel" is a tale, the common stale tale of love and the broken heart. There is a happy cor resoonktre.....hewqver- the triteness of of life seemed flickering in its socket like the last fitful rays of an expiring taper." " Bernardo 'lasso" is the first of a series of articles on the Italian poets. Such a series, if well executed might be made highly interesting; but, judging from the specimen before us, we do not expect the writer of it will succeed in accomplishing that object. It is true he says he is writing at a distance from books, and can do little more at present than communicate his intention of future papers ; but it would be just as well if he deferred a beginning till he was really prepared to begin. The account of Bernardo Tasso is consequently confined to a few dates, while the style and character of his poetry are altogether passed over. his large work, the "Amadigi," con sisting of a hundred cantos, is certainly not a great work, but it is giving a ver y erroneous i impression of it when it is said of it "it indeed exists. It is a mere translation of the Amadisde Gaul, with some additions of his own ; but it is classified with the Morgante of Pulci, and the two Orlandos of Boiardo and Ariosto (though certainly inferior to them in all respects . ) , , , which are called by Crescinibeni , " I bents's/nu l'Ontalat. Some of his sonnets, also, as that on the death of Charles V., are beautiful; and he composed pastorals and other poems, which had success. lie would have had a greater name if a greater Tasso, his son, did not exist. " The System of Positive Philosophy" is an attempt to analyse Mr. Compte's "Discourse" upon the system (of which he is himself the author), which that learned person delivered, last year, in Paris. The writer has not succeeded in giving a lucid exposition of a very abstract subject. " The Rail versus the Road " details a laughable adventure on the railroad to Versailles. "The Land Commission in Ireland " affords the writer of an article with this heading an oppor tunity of crying up the virtues, the patience, and kind-heartedness of Irish landlords—especially those of them who have been most active in display ing their anti-liberal feelings. The writer thinks that there ought to be no commission till agrarian outrages were put an end to—that is, that there ought to be no attempt at a remedy till the evil was gone! There is much truth, however, in the remark, " that the great want of Ireland is the want of wants." "The Empire and the Consulate" is a well-tempered article on M. Thiers' work. Like other critics in this country, the writer finds fault with M. Thiers' estimate of Pitt and his policy. But is not M. Thiers right ? We have got 'Waterloo ; true, nut have we not paid too much for the "famous victory ?" We have still big budgets, but no Bour bons. We would fearlessly put it to any Englishman —except, perhaps, the Duke of Newcastle—whether he would purchase again the same results at the same price ? " The Nevilles of Garrettstown" continues to increase in interest and effect. DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE. The second Number of this Magazine continues to realise the promise of its first. Some of its articles are clearly from experienced pens, and its fine Catho lic spirit is even better than its literary merit. It , s , first article this month, " Vi ces, Sins, and Crimes," d e monstrates, in clear and almost axiomatic aotifc ego phrase ology, the absurdity an d wicked with th e mainte vernmental power interferi n g in religious erroneous n or ance rid o ie f ulo th n e s o . logi , c , a T l he op inions, a ; e arer t e h l a e tion morality ilo w andd r to his own conscience : his actions under faith of every one," says the writer,. ons su perintendence of the State, whose office e it is to pro. , vide that they s hall not be detrimental to the State at large, nor to any member or members of the commu nity." How happy had it been for mankind if states men always recognised and acted upon this simple truth. Deorunt znjuria diis ewe appears blasphemy only to those who have an int e r es t in religious ascen dancy. God needs neither Pope nor Prelate to wield his bolts. In " The Tractarian Movement" the writer discusses the probability of a change in the religious opinions of the people of England in conse quence of the Oxford movement, with great ingenuity and learning, but we think him too sanguine in his expectation. It is worth while to hear the opinion of a learned Rotnon Catholic on a point which stares every one in the face who at all considers the move ment :—" Without intending for a moment to im peach the sincerity of its authors, and with the ut most respect for their virtues, talents, and learning, we do not hesitate to affirm, that the system of inter pretation adopted of late years fur reconciling the Thirty-nine Articles with the doctrine of the Council of Trent, is one so forced, unnatural, false, and absurd, that if tolerated it would render the intercourse be tween men a snare and a cheat, and all language itself a mockery." One of the advantages which tho , writer attributes to the Oxford movement is, that it has imparted a " better theology and a more spiritual Admission. Is. ; Schools, Half-price. WEATHER PREDICTIONS.—MI who de light in this foreknowledge should purchase, without loss of time, 4iItIMSTO7E'S WEATHER ALM.A.NACK, whose predic tions of the , weather, from his publication to the present day, have teen checked by many proprietors of newspapers and other works. The " Times" has eulogised its correctness and peculiar mode of Printing ; see page 57. The " John Bull," published its usual check, Dec. 22, 1844, giving it, indeed, 336 correct daily predictions : see coPY, pages 52 and 54. Also, " The Sun," the " Globe," the " Era," The " Post," " Herald," " Chronicle," " Satirist," " Punch," and many others, have noticed the correctness of this unique work. 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The attention of the Public lies, in the Advertisements and Pro posals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table of Addi tions applicable to and expectant on Policies of particular dates and ages ; the Directors now beg to refer to a Statement (which may be o btained on application at the Off ice in Cheapside, or to any of the Agents in the Country) of Sums actually paid, showing the Sums re spectively assured and the Bonuses thereon. Persons assured for the whole term of Life in Great Britain or Ire land respectively, will have an Addition made to their Policies every seventh year, or an equivalent Reduction In the future payments of Premium, at the option of the Assured. The FOURTH SEPTENNIAL VALUATION will be made up to Christmas, 1844, and the Directors hope to announce to the Life Po licy holders about the end of the ensuing May, the result of the Ac tuary's computations ALL POLICIES EFFECTED DURING the NEXT SEVEN YEARS, and remaining in force at Christmas 1851, will participate In the valuation to be made up to that date. ASSURANCES for SHORT PERIODS may now be effected in this Office at considerably reduced rates of Premium. The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office in London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, whoAssuran are authorised to to report on the appearance el Lives proposed for HENRY DESBOROUGII, Secretary. 92, Cheapside, April, 1845. FALSE ON MEDICAL GALV ANISM. " Mr. HALSE, late of this county, but now of 5, Pelham crescent, Brompton, London, has lately published a pamphlet on MEDICAL GALVANISM, the contents of which have really asto nished us. If it be true that galvanism can assaccomih such cures as are there stated, the galvanic apparatus must take commanding a position over medical science as the steam-engine does over mecha nical science. It is tree that galvanism has long been resorted to as a remedial agent, but the old form of batteries were so uncertain in their action as to almost do as much harm as they did good. Mr. liaise, like a true philosopher, conceived that it may be possible to select the good and discard the evil effects of the apparatus, and after years of intense study he has accomplished what he desired—viz., to regulate the power of the galvanic apparatus to the greatest nicety. We consider this to rank as the greatestlmprovement et which notic has ed an ever b ee n made in the gal vanic battery. In i th m e extract from the ' Shipping and Mercantile Gazette' of March 14. We extract this articl e for the benefit of invalids :—' Our readers may h ave noticed several extracts we have given from Mr. Halse's pamphlet on Medical Galvanism. We have reason to believe that every ease stated in that pamphlet is perfectly true, wonderful as they curr y inly are ; for, a short time since, we called on Mr. Heise, and were introduced to him by a gentleman who was undergoing the operation. The patient informed us that it was not at all an e f unplea snt snsatin, ndee welt it ourselves, and there was not the least unapleasantnesse oi about d it. This gentleman's ease was paralysis, and he de , lared to us that before he c now, said he,ame to Mr. liaise you per one leg had - . 4 away to mere skeleton ; " bu " -.el healthy." Such, indeed, was thl case. If we -meats Mr. Raise has, we should say he -- me house is crowded from vale's pamphlet N% it is both stout can judge by the number of is making some very wonderful cures, . morning till night. 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In April will be published, Bvo., a New Edition, corrected throughout and greatly improved, with Portrait, THE PRACTICAL MINER'S GUIDE ; com prising a set of Trigonometrical Tables adapted to all the pur poses of Oblique or Diagonal, Vertical, Horizontal, and Traverse Dialling ; with their application to the Dial, Exercise of Drifts, Lodes, Slides, Levelling, Inaccessible Distances, Heights, &c., &c., &c. By J. BUDGE. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. GUIDE TO PICTURE COLLECTORS. Early in April, Bvo., with Four Lithographic Eng rav i n g s, ATREATISE on the KNOWLEDGE NE CESSARY to AMATEURS of PICTURES. Translated and abridged from the French of M. Francis Xavier de Burtin, First Sti pendiary Member of the Royal Academy of Brussels in the Class of Sciences, &c. By ROBERT WIIITE, Esq. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. PEOPLE OF ENGLAND! If you want to know why doctors hold out to the public that poisons, such as Prussic Acid, Arsenic, and other deadly drugs and chemical preparati, ns are medicines when advised or adminis tered by them—read the 45th Number of the " II Y GEIST" for APRIL, 1845, just published at 368, Strand, London, price One Penny, or Twopence If sent by post prepaid. S e also the two Hygeiaa Lithographic Prints illustrating this important point, in which the safety of the whole world is concerned. Price of the Prints, 6d. plain, cr Is. coloured ; 6d. extra if sent by post prepaid. LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL 1 DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c. • He, who in pleasure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or youthfUl charms, A hero lives, and justly can Exclaim, in me behold a man !" Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s. 6d., or sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d., SELF-PRESERVATION : a Popu l a r Essa y on those concealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses, and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for their perfect Rest f. rat .s op LAME.', '.•,— . • 9, BEDFORD - STREE T, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. " The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even to the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. " Long experience in the treatment of a class of diseases hitherto neglected and most imperfectly understood by the great bulk of the medical profession, has enabled the writer to prove that there are concealed causes of Nervous Debility in existence, where the mere routine practitioner would never dream of finding them ; traceable to certain habits, forming the most secret, yet deadly, and fatal s prings of domestic misery , an d premature mortality. — Wakefield Journal. " P u blished by the Author, and sold in London by S. 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The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Branch and Cheltenham Extensions). Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Deviation). Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Wolverhampton Line). Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Gloucester Extensions, Stoke Branch, and Midland Railway Junction). East Dereham and Norwich Railway. London and Norwich Direct Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFt SATURDAY, MARCH 22. Waterford and Limerick Railway,—Committee on pel tior, Friday, April 4. Bristo land Gloucester Railway,—Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway,—Committee on peti tion, Friday, April 4. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway (Dudley and Sedgley Branch),—Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway,—Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Lynn and East Dereham Railway,—Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Gravesend and Rochester Railway,—Committee on peti tion, Friday, April 4. St. Ives Junctionßailway,—Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone), —Committee on petition, Monday, April 7. Exeter and Crediton Railway,—Committee on petition, Tuesday, April 8. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Acts Amendment,— Ccimmittee on petition, Wednesday, April 9. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway, — (Dudley and Wolverhampton),—Committee on petition, Monday, April 7. FRIDAY, MARCH 28. Guildford Junction Railway,—Committee on petition, Tuesday, April 8. o,•.ston and Wy re Railway Branches,—Committee on peti --a 8. 14 1 3 5 to • a Aft' o ff• Of. e Ice 2' ft• ckPet l , off; Deere'. tak en Id er a re $ 1I 4 C:f e, tb6 W 6II in. 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LING MAGA- DOUGLAS JERROL D'S Sill, INE. Douglas Jerrold still goes on in his course rejoic ing. " St. Giles and St. James" increases in interest, and piquancy, and value, for it is really a most valuable work. In the present number young St. Giles, incited by Tom Blast, steals a pony the pro perty of young St. James—is tried therefore and condemned to death. We give the following extract as a sample of the manner in which Jerrold extracts a high moral lesson from the most ordinary occur rences.. Tom Blast, the ballad-singer, has been roaring through the streets most True and Par ticular Account of the horrible circumstance of a Bear that has been fed upon five young Children in a Cellar in Westminster :" " Nevertheless, though Tom roared with an energy that very strongly declared his own faith in the horror that he sought to vend for only one halfpenny, still his auditors lacked credulity or coppers, for the well-worn enormity. Nobody purchased. Not even a timorous, sympathizing servant-maid advanced through the crowd to make the mystery her own. Tom looked about him with evident disgust at what he had heard called the ad vancement of the -age ; he had heard of the nuisance and now he beheld it. His standing in the world as a tradesman was fast crumbling from beneath his feet." " What too, made it most discouraging to Mr. Blast were the scoffs and loud laughter with which certain new-comers would listen to the description of the horror sought to be circulated, and then hurry off. That cock won't fight now !' cried one—' A little late in the day for that. Get something new,' cried another. Gammon !' shouted a third. " Nevertheless, be of good heart, Tom Blast : take consolation from this. You suffer in great society : you sink in most worshipful companionship. Very reverend, grave, authoritative persons—men of the bench, even of the pulpit—who for centuries sold to their exceeding profit, Most True and Particular Accounts' of a horrid bear of some sort—whether of royal or feudal privilege —of witchcraft—of Popery—of sham rebellion—nay, fifty bears and bugbears, all of horrid, ghastly nature, — they, too, in their turns, have outlived the profitable lie. And even in these latter days, when some Torn Blast in higher places,—nsy, in the highest—sounds his tin horn of bigotry, and would trade upon some bear aprcryphal, —he is assured in the like sense, although in gentler phrase, that such c , ..ek will by no means fight—that the day has passed for so foolish, vain a story—that, finally, his bear is no bear at all, but briefly, yet intensely— gammon. Has not history her catch-pennies, even as the archives of Seven Dials ?" The "History for Young England," is also continued in the present number, and there is an admirab'e west country story of a game-preserving parson who was caught in his own trap, while Juniper Hedge hog contributes three admirable letters on the occur rences of the day. The paper on the " Birthday of Shakspeare" should be read by every Englishman who has his country's honour at heart. The re proach cast upon them is most just. We have done nothing for him who has done so much for us. We hope that the attention of those in authority will be drawn to the subject, and that means will be adopted for preserving religiously every relic of Shakspeare which is yet left to us. The lovers of Shakspeare are under great obligation to Douglas Jerrold for having drawn at ention to the subject. SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. This Number opens with a very interesting ac count of the Neilgherry Hill tribes, who seem to differ from the other natives of India in every particular. In language, in religion, in manners, in customs, these Todus are a peculiar race. In every thing they seem opposed to those by whom they are surrounded. For instance, they are surrounded by natives who indulge in a plurality of wives—the Todus have a plurality of husbands : " A word respecting the marriages of this people may be worth inserting. They practise polyandrism, one woman being allowed two and frequently three hus bands. When a young man wishes to marry a girl, he, or, if he is young, his lather, goes to' .e narents of the girl, and having settled the amount of dower the young man is to receive, which is sometimes considerable, presents them with a mulch buffalo, and another on every occasion of a• death in the girl's family, until the parties are of age, when the young man go es to the house of the girl, and, after staying a few days, takes her to his house without any ceremony. This is practised also by all who marry the same woman. She stays with him who first married her three months, and with the next three, and so on. The first three children belong to the first husband, the second three to the second, and so on." The remainder of the contents of the present Num. ber relate principally to colonial statistics, and con tain a fund of valuable information on colonial subjects CLERKS OF ASSIZE, &c., BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—A somewhat curious mode (if not apparent begging plan) is adopting in regard to the Bill now in Parliament affecting Clerks of Assize, Clerks of the Peace, and Justices' Clerks. A printed form of petition has been transmitted to justices thri,uffhout ment scueme. in a little time we shall see how this has answered.—Your obedient servant, March 28, 1845. JUSTICES' CLERK. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—John o'Gaunt, Robertson, from China, at Liverpool, sailed Dec. 8, St. Helena, Feb.ls; M`Dowall, from Manilla, at Liverpool, sailed Nov. 1, St. Helena, Jan. 28; Albert Edward, White, from China, at Liver pool, sailed Nov. 14, St. Helena, Feb. 10 ; Tury, Dun can, from Madras, off the Wight, sailed Nov. 19, St. Helena, Feb. 3; Greenlaw, Edgar, from New South Wales, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 30, Rio, Jan. 25; Sy& ney White, from New South Wales, off Falmouth, sailed Nov. 21; Janet Boyd, Broughton, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Sept. 30, Mauritius, Dec. 8, St. Helena, Jan. 28; Julia, Ramon, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 30, St. Helena, Feb. 4; Union, Todd, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed Nov. 23; Mary Alice, Gardner, from Bombay , in the Downs, sailed Nov. 14, St. Helena, Jan. 25; Ceylon, Beazley, from New South Wales, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 8, Bahia, Jan. 26; Blakeley, Gibson, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed Nov. 30, St. Helena, Feb. 10; John Bull, Cole, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed Oct. 5, Mauritius, Dec. 10. Arrivals at St. Helena—Catherine, Feb. 8, from the Cape ; Flowqua, from China ; Marion, from Bengal and Cape ; Australia, 1 lth, from Bombay ; Flora, from Guernsey ; Hebrides, from China ; Barbara, 13th, from Mauritius ; Hindoo, from Calcutta ; John Cooper, 14th, from Bombay ; William Lee, from Calcutta ; Salacia, from Mauritius ; Olivia, from Cork ; Favourite, Feb. 10 ; Brilliant, Amelia, Hannah , Isab ella, Ann, londel, Europa, Milford, 10th ; Victoria, Campbell, Colum is, Palermo, Panosse, William Ward, Percival, Aurora, Belfast, Olinda, Britannia, Clansman, Blake, 11th Tods, Ann, Gazelle, Minerva, Agnes, Isabella, Lana Boon, Burrows ; John Warrens, Henry, 13th ; Orestes, Essequibo, Hamilton, Chevalier, Garrow, Era, 14th, Ruby and John M'Lelloai, 15th ; Hampden, 6th ; Duncan, Ritchie, 7th ; all from coast of Africa ; Christ ina, Agatea, 1 lth; Petrus, longe lan, and J. Sara, Clasina, 4th ; all from Batavia. THE LATE FATAI CATASTROPHE AT BLACKWALL. Yesterday DT;. Baker held an inquest at the Spotted Dog, Higlakstreet, Poplar, on the bodies of John Payne, aged 2?, and Thomas Bates, aged 22, who lost their lives in the building-yard of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, Orchard-yard, Blackwell, unrte: the circumstances de hiled in The Sun of yesterday. a t ie he fe m o T s t h e m j u u t r ifa h te a d vi ng spectacle, v i ewed dueed:— b l l o o d w i e i sn,gwehviiedhe h p ee res w en as te a d d a . Henry Blackburn stated t hat the deceased, Payne, was a labourer. Bates wa s an engineer. Both were in the employ of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare. On Saturday evening last, about a quarter to six o'clock, the deceased persons, together with several others of the workmen, were waiting to be paid their wages at the entrance of the gateway, opposite the clerk's to the men on the left side. pa standing, Th er e was a stack of rod iron wer e placed against a beam in a slanting direction. I t is customary to place iron in that way. W s Tsthaneyding near has seen between fifty and sixty tons against the same beam. The greater portion of the iron was on one side. The pressure was about seven or eight tons. There was a strut from the beam to the wall to ensure its safety, and compensate for the deficiency of weight on the weakest part. Whilst the men were waiting, about 80 or 90 in number, witness heard a rumbling noise, and immediately afterwards saw the whole mass slip off bodily and fall to the ground, breaking the beam at the end. The workmen were standing and leaning against the iron. The two deceased persons, with five others, were crushed underneath. On being extricated they were found to be quite dead. James Edward Reeves, foreman to Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, described the manner in which the iron was stacked. Witness could not state the precise cause of the occurrence, but in his judgment the number of men who were lounging about waiting to be paid had pressed against the mass of iron, which had forced it down. Witness could only account for it in that way, as the iron had fallen in a contrary direction to the pressure. The foot of the principal had broken off. Mr. T. J. Ditchburn, one of the firm, said he much re gretted the unfortunate occurrence. He had ordered the iron to be differently stacked. It was intended to lee placed where it was, but instead of being conveyed to its destination, in another part of the yard, the men had stopped half way to avoid extra trouble, and to make it convenient for weighing. Witness employs upwards of 500 men, and he coincided with Reeves, the foreman, as to the supposed cause of the occurrence. The CORONER summed up the evidence, and said be trusted that Mr. Ditchburn would see the impdrtance of personally seeing that in future every precaution was taken to prevent accidents, and the jury, without hesi tation, returned a verdict of accidental death. Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yeSterday, from a visit to her Majesty at the Isle of Wig-ht. A Cabinet Council was held_ at half-past two yester day afternoon, at the F^:reign-office, Downing-street. Most of the MinistorS were present. I lea pe rt tyo )tie the ley( I do' tind ?ort, to lint° wil i l eci° 00 0 it offd•