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fore recommend it to the reader entire. There is room only for a few lines of poetry, addressed to an old friend, which paint with melancholy truth the • ravages of time:— " We will not meet again, old friend of minel Much of life's beauty bath already past, And now I would not willingly resi a u The spell thy memory can about me cast. What I hive been to thee, and thou to me, Even since those old days wherein we met, We ne'er could be again, if each should see How little of the past remaineth yet. " No, - no! It were not well to learn how strange, How all unlike thy heart and mine have grown; To feel and know how sorrowful a change Time and the wprld have wrought; weeping to own The fairest vision of our lives have fled. I know we are not as we were; I know How much, alas, of my past self is dead! Thelefore, old friend, we'll meet no more below! H ow Lave the depths of bitterness been stirr'd Within my :mil since those departed days; who could smile at every jesting word,— t, whom thy spirit at its will could raise Up to its OA n proud heights of dreamy thought,— I, from whose sunny hopes, thy nobler mind Fr,rsh energy and inspiration caught,— flow little of all this thou now would's; end!" D IN UN] FERSITI . MAGAZINE. The contents of the present N umber of this Maga zine are of a very varied and amusing character. It openi with a quaint and amusing tale of " The Train for the Overland," by Tilbury Trump, Queen's Mes senger. We then have a notice of Baron de Bode's Travels in Luristan and Arabistan, and then a student's reminiscences of the "Quartier Latin," from the pen of one who evidently thoroughly understands the French people. We believe that in the following passage the writer has explained the true cause of the instability of all Governments in France, and the secret of that constant yearning for change which is the bane of the French people : " Youth compressed, will burst like the boiler of a steam engine. Youth has no vent in France, it accu mulates an avalanche of de , pised dimensions—of legiti mate and restless ambitions; it contracts few marriages, families know not what to do with their children. What may be the real storm that shall move these masses I know not; but they n ill inevitably precipitate themselves upon the existing order of things, and overwhelm it. ells XIV., Napoleon, England, were 2nd are covetotlA nr intelligent youth. In France, youth is condemned by the new code; by the evil conditions of the election principle—by the vices of the ministerial constitution. In examining the construction of the elective chamber, you see there no deputy of thirty; the youth of Riche lieu aad that of Mazirin, the youth of Turenne and that of Colbert, the youth of Pit and that of Saint Just, that of Napoleon and that of Prince Metternich, would find no plate there; Burke, Sheridan. or Fox, could not have taken a seat in it. Political majority should have been fixed at twenty-one years, and eligibility leveled to all e.mditions, the departmenls should not have elected any but bona tide deputies, not persons without any political talent, incapable of speaking without maiming gram mar, and amongst whom, during ten years,• there has scarcely appeared a single statesman. At this moment the whole body of youth is driven to become republican, because it desires to s , :e in republicanism its emancipa tion. It recals young representatives of the people, and young generals .' This is succeeded by a continuation of the series of articles on Ittibert Burns. A pilgrimage to Caldaro is descriptive of a visit to the celebrated Estatica, Frau lein Merl, who exhibits the phenomena of what the writer calls spontaneous clairvoyance. She is re garded by sonic of the pious and devout Catholics as a prophetess, while, by others, it is considered that she is possessed by a devil. The following is the de soription given of her appearance during her extacy. Living, yet scarcely breathing ; motionlev, as if the directing spirit had already fled from the pale and ema ciated frame ; present in body, yet, to all appearance, absent in spirit, and unconscious of all around her; near me, yet so fair, so inaccessibly, unapproachably far from me; like one entranced, caught up to Heaven, seeing and hearing things unutterable; Maria Morl impressed me, I will confess, as I stood there, alone in her pre senc, with feelings which I have not words to convey. Her large full eye, so bright, yet so evidently fixed on something beyond the range of sensuous vision, directed upwards as in earnest though submissive entreaty, her hand4gently joined t ogether before her breast; the small red spot or scar visible on the back of the hand next me; her head thrown slightly back, and turned a little to the right; her hair, of a bright brown, falling in wavy muses over her shoulder.±, and descending almost to her knee, her white bedgown and petticoat, so clean, so be voming, sa sculpturally simple, her position—in a word, her whale appearance, suggested the statue of a wor ►hipping angel, or of a praying Samuel, chiselled by a master's hand in the marble of Carrara." She was roused from her extacy by her confessor, an•i welcomed her visitor by a friendly nod, present ing him with a small coloured print, which gave him the opportunity of observing the stigmata on her hands. The writer also visited three other patients who were labouring under the: same disease of Maria Morl, and who are also considered by the peasantry as being sub'ect to supernatural influence. The writer seems perfectly convinced that there is no trick or collusion in the matter, and if there be not, these cases are an additional confirmation of the theory of self hypnotism recently broached by Mr. Braid. " The law Mrs. James Gray," is a kind, feeling, and just taibute to the talents and virtues of one who was a constant contributor to the pages of this Magazine, and who, as Mary Anne Brown, had acquired a fame as a poetess, which will be enduring. She died near Cork, the 28th of January last. THE O'DONOGHUE. By Barry Lorrcquer. No. 3. The Nutnber of The ODonoghue for this month is not either as carefully written, or as interesting as the first or second. The author has fixed upon a time distant by fifty years from the present ; but he is continually falling into the mistake of applying phraseology known only in times much snore modern to the Irish peasantry ; added to which he falls into Lady Morgan's ridiculous error of putting into the mouths of his best characters an odd jumble of low vulgarisms and polite and polished sentences. On the whole, however, this work promises to be less ob jectionable to the. generality of Irish readers than either of the last two. But the author should' re- ' member that it is not because the Roman Catholic religion is now held so cheaply in France, that the incident contained in the subjoined extract, as having occurred fifty years ago, is likely to be a whit more , acceptable in the sister kingdom than was his libellous portrait in the person of " Father Tom Loftus." In the present Number he introduces a fire, a stranger, and a smuggler. The first is a sore perplexer to the victim—a recent settler from England. The second of course has the usual amount of mystery wrapped around him. And the third—but he speaks for him self in the following song and dialogue : Thus saying, Flahault pushed back his chair a - little Corn the table, and in a rich deep bass voice, which rung through the high rafters of the cabin, chanted out the following rude verses, to a French vaudeville air— giving the final e of the French words, at the end of each line, that peculiar accentuation of a—which made the word sound coat , abanda ! Though this information as I to Captain Jacques' performance teems of little moment, yet such was the tact. that any spirit the doggrel possessed could only be attributed to the manner of the singer, and the effect produced by the intonation we have mentioned : LA CONTRABANDE. A bumper, " mes enfans," to swallow your care, A full bumper. we pledge, " a L'lrlande ;" The land of" belles femmes—le pays de bonne eher3, Et toujours de la Contralsande." Some like to make love, and some like to make war, Some of beauty obey " la commande ;" But r, hat is a glance from as eye, "bleu," or " noir," Except it be " la Contrabande." Wh.n a prince takes the cash that a peasant can't spare, Awl lute him lie down " sur la laude ;" Call it, as you like—but the truth swear, " C'est bier pire que—la Contrabande." Stolen kisses are ever the sweetest, we're told, They sink like a " navire qui fende ;" And v+ hat's true of a kiss, is the same, too, of gold, They're both, in their way, " Contrabande !" IN hen kings take your money, they won't even say, Mon ami le Dieu vous le rende ;" While even the priest for a blessing takes pay. " Crest partont et toujours, Contrabande." The good things of life are not equal, I'm sure, Then how pleasant to make the " amende ;" To take from the wealthy, and give to the poor, " Voila ! que j'appelle, Contrabande." Yet, as matters go, one must not deem it strange, That even " La France et L'lrlande," If good wishes and friendship they simply exchange, There are folks who call that " Contrabande." " Vice la Contrahande, 'pies aim's," shouted ont,Tacques, as he arose, glass in hand, and made the room ring with the toast. And every vollike repeated the words, in such imitations as they were able. 'Tis an elegant song, any way," sa:d Lanty, " if one only understood it all—and the tune's mighty like the 6 Cruiskeen Lawn.' " VI el', Harrt," slid Fiahault, slapping. his friend on the shoulder. " will the song persuade you to turn smuggler ? I fear not. You'd rather practise your own Contrabamle' amongst. the bright eyes and the dark looks of the capital. Well, there are worse metiers.' I have had a turn at it these fifteen years, and whether on the water.; of Ontario, or Champlin, or scudding along undor the fog-banks of the Scheldt, I never grew weary of it. But 1.07 f for a little business talk—where is the Padre where's Father Luke ? Was he not to have been here to-night ?" Mary whispered the answer in the captain's ear. " Ah ! parbleu," exclaimed he aloud—" is it to ? Practising a little Contrabande' of his own--trying to see a poor fellow safe over the frontier, into the next world." Fie for shame, Captain Jacques," said Mary, with pious horror. " That's not the way to talk of the holy offices." " I wish I had old Maurice Dulang here, the priest of Trois Rivieres, he's the boy could despatch them without trouble." Neither Lanty nor Mary gave any encouragement to ~, Flahault's new turn of the conversation, and so, address ing himself to Talbot, he went on— " We were dining together one day, at the little inn at Trois Itivieres, when a messenger came from Lachegon, for the Pi2re to administer the last rites to a mourant.' Maurice promised to be there in half-an-hour, but never stirred—and though three other messengers came fur him, the answer was all the same—until, at last came word, C'est trop Lard, e , t owl t.' Trop tat( said Maurice, not a bit of it ; give me a pen and ink, and some paper.' With that he folded a piece, note fashion, and wrote— ' 6 ' Mos CHER PIERRE—Fais ton petit possible pour cet pauvre diable, qui s'est gliss6 hors du monde sans mei coins. Apparement it etait bien press ; nmis to l'arrangera pour le mieux. . . . " Ton vigil ami, " MAURICE DULANG. " St. Pierre, ala Conciergerie au Paradis.' " Put that in his mouth," said Maurice, " and there's no fear of him." " Twas a blessed gospel he gave him," said Mary, who did not comprehend the French portion of the story, " and sure is's as good as anything." We all thought so, Mary. Poor Maurice related the story at Lyon;, when he was led out to the guillotine—but though the Commissaire laughed heartily, and enjoyed it much, they had found a breviary in his portmanteau, and they couldn't let him oti. Pauvre 1 ete ! To travel about the world with the pice de conviction' in his possession." Though every book from the pen of " Harry Lorrequer," is looked forward to with pleasurable anticipations, and read with interest, yet it is ad mitted on all hands, that his style savours less of originality than as an imitation of Maxwell ; and hence the inapplicability of this style. however attrac tive and amusing in itself, to a story, characters, and incidents half a century od; yet it must be admitted that some of the dramatis personce are true to life, particularly the O'Donoghue and Lanty. THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE. We have read, with much pleasure, this month's portion of Craven's tale "Father-Land." The writer has thrown more thought into it than usual, and it touches lightly, but effectively, on several points of our social system that might be altered with improve ment—among them, two things that affect the two extremes of society, prison discipline, and the educa• tion of our public schools and colleges. As to the first, he points out a difference that ought not to exist, as it gives the balance of advantage to the convicted felon. " Ilow long will it be a fact, credited by civilized Christian people, that in England the treatment of those suspected of crime was cnce more penal and severe, than after conviction had taken place ? That such is the ear n ing out of the law at the present moment is past per adventure, not alone in remote and ill-cared-for districts, but in the heart of our great metropolis itself. The New Prison, at Clerkenwell, is the place appointed for the sage -keeping of persons charged upon wholly ex mute statements, awaiting evidence being adduced against them, the arrival of witnesses, or, in short, anything or everything that shall make such a case as would warrant their committal for trial. Millbauk Prison is the recep tacle of the convicted felonry, awaiting conveyance be yond sea ; of the worst of transports—villains of every conceivable grade of atrocity : murderers, who have had the luck to come within the loosest interpetration of manslaughter ; in short, of vagabonds, ninety per cent. of whom would have been hung at the Old Bailey a dozen years ags. And in what relation of comfort and convenience do these two gaols stand towards each other? The board and lodging of convicts under sentence, at Millbank, bears such comparison with that or the accused under suspicion at Clerkenwell, as the menage of the Cla rendon roes to that of Marylebone workhouse. Why does not some Member of Parliament, with bowels, call for a return of all persons remanded, during the past year, from the metropolitan police-offices to the New Prison, and of those subsequently committed for trial and discharged." " Travel and Talk," by Luke Roden, is a.little dif fuse but readable ; he gives a fearful instance —the man revenging the suffering of the school boy on his brute of a master, in the portion of his paper in which he treats of the school system of the good old times. " The Philosophy of News papers," by Angus Reach, is well written, but opens no new reflections on the subject ; some space is de oted to a discussion of the practice of anonymous editing. Mr. Reach is a strenuous advocate for the opposite system, attributing to it the higher position held by the political writer in France compared to his status in this country. We question if anything would be gained to the conductors of the press here, by the change. Nor is the prac tice in France so different from our own; the only contributions to the French daily press that are acknowledged are the feuilletons, and they are often written under feigned names ; the articles in their reviews have the writers' names appended to them more frequently than with us ; but did Macaulay, or Sydney Smith, or Brougham, or Wilson ever pen an article that was not at once as well known_to be theirs, as if they had added their signature? Again, the editors of the daily journals are most of them well known, so that the different po sition of the press in the two countries does not arise from the publicity of the names of the conductors of it. There are many other influences at work here to produce the result of which the writer of the article complains. Almost every road to power and emolu ment is commanded here by the aristocracy, with their immense wealth and political influence, and with these, mere talent, if they contend, must do it at fear ful odds. Were public writers to put their names to everything they penned, it would improve their posi tion in no one respect, and make it much worse in many. But the question is too intricate to be discussed here. The liveliest article in the number is " Embalming a House," as practised in Dublin forty years ago ; the process is ordinary enough, but it is described with much gusto—that relish for mischief which is a main ingredient in Irish fun. We have only space to give the names of the remaining articles—they are the " Adventures of a Scamp," the " Past, the Present, and the Possible," a paper on " Whittington," and a review of Grantley Berkeley's pamphlet on the game-laws, of portentous length—indeed, out of all proportion to the merits or importance of the work itself. .._. ~~„~ _._ ~ti `%k‘, DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE—No. I. The time seems fast approaching when not only every political party, but every religious sect will have its organs of the monthly as well as of the weekly press. Dolman's Magazine is evidently intended to be the monthly organ of the British Roman Catholics; and, judging from this, the first Number, we are of opinion that the task of representing the thoughts and feelings of the Roman Catholics of Great Britain, of defending their faith, and of seeking redress for their grievances, could not have fallen into abler hands. The great purpose of this magazine is evidently the propagation of the Roman Catholic doctrine ; and although its con tents are of the most varied character, there is not one article—nay scarcely one sentence—throughout the Number, which is n - A made to subserve to this purpose We extract the following hit at the pedantic puppy ism of the Puseyites with regard to dates, from a very ably written article on the subject of Tractarianism, in the shape of a review of a Pusey ite serm.)n, by Mr. Browne. " Mr. Browno dates his sermon on the ' Feast of St. Andrew, Apost. and Mart. 184445.' This is the style in use among the Oxford Tractarians : and this style their friends amongst the English Catholics have had the weakness to copy. That is to say, they have adopted a system of dates unintelligible to the community at large; so inconvenient to themselves that they are obliged to add to their almanacs explanatory calendars to which they . may refer ; and different from the style followed by their co religionists in every part of the world. We have seen as many letters from Popes and Cardinals as most Englishmen ; but they all signed their letters like —like Christiaas as if their object was to be generally understood, not to point themselves out as members of a sect—however pious and learned. We well remember some years ago, the amiable jocularity with which the late lamented Bishop Baines told us of a skimish he had just had with a correspondent. The latter, who, it should seem, was a copier of the Tractarian plan, had dated his letter to the Bishop with the name of the saint on whose festival it was written. In answering the letter, Dr. Baines had dated his reply Marsh Mallows.' This had produced an indignant remonstrance from the corre spondent, with a request to know why the letter bore so strange a date. I replied to him,' said the Bishop to us, • that I gathered, from his own style of dating his letters, that the days of_ the nunth were to be no longer used as heretofore, and that each one was, theref Re, at liberty to follow his own ideas in the matter ; that he, my correspondent, had dated his letter a ith the name of a saint of whom I had so seldom heard that Iwas obliged t) take the trouble of referring to my breviary to see when the festival had occurred : that I then remem bered a little monkish volume which gave, opposite to each day of the year, the name of some flower or matter of horticultural interest : that referring to this when I dated my reply to him, I had found the day marked as that on which Marsh Mallows' blossomed : that I should be sorry if my new plan put him to any inconve nience ; but that as the old system of dates was to be superseded, I intended, for my,own part, to follow that of my little book." THIRD EDITION OF “ THE SUN." 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In distant parts of the country, the Third Edition contains news TWELVE HOURS IN ADVANCE, a matter qi importance to those who want early 14 those places where the evening mail anises in the middle of the night, the " MORNING SUN," containing ALL the &Wes, dc. &c., will answer best, and Subscribers can suit themselves accordingly. Respectable Agents trill always supply the proper paper; but where any wilful neglect is experienced, we recommend parties to write to " The Sun" Via., 112, Sh.cutd, where prompt attention will be paid to their represcatakone. 13, Great Marlborough-street. VOL. 11. of the NELSON LErfEltS AND DISPATCHES IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS. Ilenry Colburn, Publisher. MRS. lIOWITVS NEW WORK. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post Svo., THE IMPROVISATORE; Or, LIFE IN ITALY. .From the Dani - By Mlts : HOWITT. }klitor of "The Neighbours," " The President's Daughter," &e. " A production of singular originality and beauty. It is a tale of intense feeling and deep pathos."—Atlas. "Full of beautiful pictures and genuine feeling."—Young England. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1845. THE POLYTECHNIC REVIEIV. Though the useful in this work prevails over the amusing, yet it generally contains much that may be perused to advantage. For instance, the series of papers (concluded in this number) oa "Projectile .Weapons and Explosive Compounds," have been the best we have seen on the subject, and do the greatest credit to the research of Mr. Scoffern, the author of them. The feature this month is a paper on Austin's patent fur raising sunken vessels, which is to he used by a company for the purpose of rescuing from old _Neptune some of the many rich morsels he has en gulphed. We heartily wish the plan success. The following paragraph furnishes a tempting precedent for the speculation, which may serve to b alance the unfortunate business of Lo Telemaque and the French adventurers " In the year 1683 (about a century after the first exhibition of the diving• bell in Europe before the Em peror Charles V. of Germany) William Phipps, founder of the noble he= of Mulgrave and Normanby, formed a subscription, to which the famous General Monk, Duke of Albemarle, largely contributed, for searching and unloading a Spanish galleon, sunk about forty-five years previously, on the coast of Hispaniola, (St. Do mingo.) After one or two failures, Mr. Phipps suc ceeded, and returned in 1687 to England, with treasure amounting to 300,0001. sterling. The tenth part accrued to the King: the Duke of Albemarle's share was 90,000/. and subscribers of 1001. received 10,0001. each from the adventure." GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S TABLE BOOK. The frontispiece of the present number, entitled " The Folly of Crime," is a work of the very highest order of art, and is alone worth double the price of the book. The letterpress illustration, although good, is scarcely worthy of the picture; but it -would re quire the pen of a John Bunyan to do justice to the genius displayed by Cruikshank in this picture. The remaining illustrations are redolent of fun—such sketches as Cruikshank alone can produce—witness his Alexander on Bucephalus, hi; illustration of the Stage Ladies'-maid, and of the Music-master in China. The best literary artiches of the number are the New Edition of Lempriere, by the Editor, and the sketch of the Stage Ladies'-maid. THE INSTITUTIONAI, ADVOCATE. This monthly publication is intended to be a common medium of communication between the numerous literary and sicentific institutions now existing throu.rhout the country. 'The plan and purpose of the work is good, and, if they are well worked out. it will succeed. The present is the third number. WADE'S LONDON REVIEW. There is some sound information in this Magazine, especially in the articles on the " Rise and Progress of British Industry," and " Scotland a Model for Landlords." The work is evidently improving. FISHER'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. This number opens with a paper intended to prove the " Prosperity and Splendour of England not dis crepant with the Power and Jurisdiction of France." The article is a good one, but the difficulty is to get both nations to be of one opinion on the matter. The other papers are varied, but all bearing on colonial matters, emigration, &c., are not so generally interesting. SIMNIONDS'S COLONIAL, MAGAZINE. Lieutenant Thomas Latter, of the 67th Bengal Regiment, contributes to this Number a paper on the " Colonization of Algeria by Prance," which is re plete with information of a most valuable character, and is well worthy the study of all who take an interest in the subject of colonization. Mr. M'Combie's " Sketches of an Australian Chief" is interesting, as the portrait of the physical and in tellectual `eatures of a raoe which is rapidly becom ing extinct. The remainder of the papers are of the average degree of merit. DRURY-LANE. The chef d'cruvre of Meyerbeer, Robot le Diable, was produced here on Saturday evening. This is the first time that Robert le Diable has been presented to an Enzlish audience in an unmutilated form, and Mr. Bunn deserves the highest praise for the manner in which this opera has been put upon the stage. The scenery was truly superb, and the costumes gorgeous and appropriate, and the 'groupings picturesque and beautiful. Nothing could exceed the brilliancy of the opening scene. The chorus of knights not only sang but acted; and the stage presented all the life and bustle of a camp. The revivification of the nuns too, was admirably managed, and nothing could be more excellent than were the scenic effects throughout the piece. The following was the cast : Robert Bertram Mr. Stretton. Raimbault Mr. D. W. King. Alberto .. Mr. Weiss. Alice Miss Romer. The Princess Isabella Miss Rainforth The Robert of Mr. Harrison was wanting in spirit. Even the dicing song w, nt flatly off. It was evident that be was not at his ease. The part of Robert requires talents, both histrianic and vocal, of the highest order, and it appeared to us as if Mr. Harrison. beautiful as he is as a ballad singer, felt scarcely equal to the task he had undertaken. We have no doubt, however, but that he will improve as he gets more at home in the part. He should, however, practice the music assiduously, for we remarked on some occasions a defect of intonation at which we were rather surprised. Stretton's Bertram was very fine—always correct, frequently excellent—at times even sublime. Mr. Stretton has added greatly to his well-earned fame by his performance of this very arduous part, and has shown that he possesses powers of the existetice of which, even his warmest admirers had no idea. Miss Romer's Alice too was exceedingly beautiful. We never heard the delicious aria in the second act more exquisitely given. It was perfect, and was of course rapturously applauded. We never saw Miss Romer to greater advantage. The Princess Isabella does not ap pear until towards the conclusion of the opera. She has but two airs to sing, " Idole de ma vie" and " Robert toi que j'aime," but they are the two gems of the opera, and they were given by Miss Rainforth with exquisite expression and pathos, and with a purity of intonation that was delightful. Raimbault has one op portunity, and one opportunity only, of showing ° the spirit that is within him," and that is in the second act in the solo, and the duet with Bertram. Mr. King ably availed himself of this, and proved himself an excellent musician and an accomplished artist. Mr. Weiss had but little to do as Alberti, but that little was done well. At the conclusion the principal performers were called for and honoured with the usual ovation. The house was crowded to the ceiling. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic house hold, attended Divine Service yesterday morning, in the private chapel, Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on the Duchess of Kent. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Equerries in Waiting, took equestrian exercise in the riding-school, on Saturday. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on Saturday. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meek lenburgh Strelitz visited Prince Albert on Saturday. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in a carriage on Saturday. His Royal Highness the Princeof Wales was taken an . . airing in - the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace on Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma- jesty on Saturday. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Danish Minister and the Countess Reventlow, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Camden, the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, the Earl and Countess of Listowel, Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, Lord Ernest Bruce, and Sir George Anson. TIIE GRAND DUCHESS OF BADEN.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness on Saturday, at the residence of the Duke of Hamilton, in Portman-square. The Grand Duchess, attended by Baroness de Strumfeder, and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, dined with their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Saturday, at Cambridge House. In addition to their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the following were present:—His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, the Marquis of Douglas, Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, the Earl and Countess of Lincoln, and Lord and Lady Beauvale. In the evening the following joined the illustrious circle, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, the French Ambassador and the Coun tess St. Aulaire, Count and Countess d'Harcourt, the Ba roness Brunnow, the Saxon Minister and Baroness Gers dorff, the Earl and' Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, Lord and Lady Mahon, and Lord and Lady Leveson. The Grand Duchess visited her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley- street. A deputation on window, crovpi ' and sheet glass con sisting of Lord Ingestre, Mr. Ord, Mr. Bell, Mr. Metcalfe, Mr. Muntz, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Ross, Mr. Wawn, Lord Sandon, Mr. Liddell, Mr. A. Nichol, Sir Howard Douglas, Mr. Wort ley, Mr. Pilkington, Mr. Wadland, Messrs. R. L. Chance, W. Chance, J. Chance, John Cookson,. Shutridge, Christie, Ridley, 0. Crathupe, and C. T. Crathupe, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing street. Dlr. Colvile and a deputation respecting sugar had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. A deputation, consisting of Mr. W. Featherstonhaugh, and Mr. Horn, of Sunderland, Mr. Ridley, of Newcastle, Mr. Christie, of Dumbarton, and the Hon. Henry T. Liddell, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with Sir Robert Peel. Mr. Ralph Price, Mr. John Eccles, and Mr. John Johnson, on behalf of the turpentine manufacturers of London, had an interview with Sir George Clerk on Saturday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong were sent off on Saturday from the Colonial-office. Mr. Wallace, M.P., Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., and a deputation, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the West India Colonies. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The Duke of Wellington attended the early Service yes terday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated. The 11iarquises of Anglesea and Salis bury, Ladies Palmerston and \Vharncliffe, Lords Palmerston, Bective, and Ernest Bruce, attended the daily Service. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the Communion Service by the Bishop of London and the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The Sermon was preached b 3 .• the Bishop of St. David's. The anthem, was— " 0 Lord give ear," (Greene). The Sacrament was admi nistered by the Bishop of London assisted by the Rev. Dr. Sheath. EXPORTATION or VALUABLE HORSES.—A gentle man of the name of Robinson, from Poland, purchased last week the following mares for exportation :—Pantomime, by Pantaloon, out of Souvenir; Lady Sale, by Sheet Anchor; and Ebony, by Muley Moloch; Mortgage, by Bedlamite ; and Mineral, by Muley Moloch. The first three from Mr. Kirby, of York ; and the last two from Lord Wenlock, besides some valuable stallions. Mr. Winkworth, now Landing Surveyor at Barns gate, is to be Comptroller at Portsmouth, and Mr. George Gwythir, First Clerk at Milford, to be promoted to the vacancy at.i3letasgate. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that this THEATRE WILL OPEN on SATURDAY, MAUCH 8, WLen will be produced (first thne in this country), Verdi's new Opera, ERNANI. With new scenery by Mr. Marshall, Enfant, Signor Moriani; Roy Gomez, Signor Fornasar Carlo Quinto, Signor Botelli ; and Elvira, Madame Rita Borio. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; on, LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor I'ugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. In which will appear Diddle. Luoile Gralin, Mdlle. Louise Weiss, .Mdlle. Ferdinand, Mdlle. Deinelisse, Mdlle. Casson, Mdlle. Moncelet, &c. M. Toussaint, M. Gosselin, 31. Di Mattia, 31., Bertrand, Perrot. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, FOIL THE BENFEIT OF R. BUNN. THIS EVENING Will be performed L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Nemorino, Mr, W. Harrison ; Doctor Dulcamara, Mr. Stretton : Belcore, Mr. Iturdini ; Adina, Miss Romer. After which, a SOIREE DANSANTE, for the support whereof Monsieur Jullien am! Herr KAcnig have most obligingly given their valuable services, and with their Private Bands of their Court Balls and Nobilities' Soirees, added to the strength of the Drury-Lane. Band will present an Orchestra of Eighty eminent Artistes. This performance will be followed by a CONCERT, and the even ing's amusements will terminate with the celebrated ballet of LA GISELLE, which will be producA (first time on the English stage), with great splendour, for the occasion, and in which Mdlle. Maria, Monsieur H. Vestris, Monsieur and Madame Finart, and the whole corps de ballet will appear. Private hoses, stalls, and tickets, to be had of Mr. Bunn, 11, Fitz roy-square, and of Mr. Parsons, at the box-office of the theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Extraordinary Attraction for One Night Only, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. BUNN, On which occasion the following Artistes will have the honour to appear:— In the Opera and Concert—Miss Rainforth, Miss Romer, Miss Smith, Mr. W. Harrison, .Alr. Stretton, Mr. Burdini, Master Adolphe Simon (an extraordinary Violinist, just arrived from V Lnna), Mr. Distill, with his Four Sons, and Mr. Harley. In the Soiree and New Ballet—Mdle. Maria, M. 11. Vcstris, M. and Madame Finart, O'Bryan, and Madame Giubilei ; the numerous mid unrivalled Corps de Ballet, with M. Jullien and Ilerr Private Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be had of Mr. Bunn, Fitzroy-square ; and of Mr. Parsons, at the Box-othce of Theatre, where places may be secured. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. • LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repe-ited a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Humby, Miss Julia Bennett, ik.c. In the course of the Evening Mr. John Parry will give his De scriptive Scene, " Cinderelia." After which, SPEED THE PLOUGH. Sir Abel Handy, Mr. W. Farrell ; Bob Handy, Mr. H. Holl ; Sir Philip illandfird, Mr. Stuart ; Farmer Ashfield, Mr. ••Vebster ; Miss Blandtbrd, Miss Julia Bennett ; Susan Ashneld, Mrs. Edwin Yarnold ; Lady Handy, Mrs. W. Clif ford ; Dame Ashfleld, Mrs. Glover. To conclude with HOW TO PAY THE RENT. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and one Guinea and a-Hail each. Tickets and laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-othce, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE, THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; 'duster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yale. ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. ritzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. To be followed by a New Dramatic Anecdote, entitled THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE; or, The Irish Settler. The Duke of Anjou, Miss Woolgar ; Captain 011orke, Mr. Hudson ; the Baroness Beaupre, Miss Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of M.ALCBETIL Mac beth, Mr. Forrest ; Macduff, Mr. Graham ; Banquo, Mr. Menry Wallack ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Cushman. To conclude with a New Drama (from the French), entitled THE CARBONARI ; or, The Bride of Parma. In which Mr. Compton, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Emma Stanley will perform. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Private ll,xes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the celebrated Play of TRENTE ANS ; ou, LA VIE I)'UN JOUEUR. George de Germain, AI . Frederick Lomaitte ; Werner, M. Oudinot ; Amelie, Mdllc. Clarisse. - THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT O!•' MRS. KEELEY. Last Week before the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE PRISONER OF WAR. C a pt a i n Chan nell, Mr. Emery ; Pallrnall, Mr. Keeley ; Clarina, Miss Walcott ; Polly Pallinall, Mrs. Keeley. After which, THE LEGION OF HONOUR ; or, The Veteran and his Progemy. To be followed by VALENTLNE AND OR ON Principal Cha- Kialoch, Yarnold, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Mi ss A r d en, Miss racters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, wig", Collier, Turner, Fair brother, Miss Grove, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss J ames, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled A MODEL OF A WIFE Principal Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Matth e ws, and Mea lows ; Miss Walcott, and Miss Fairizother, ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. (Under the Direction of Miss Davenport.) THIS EVENING Will be performed LA DAME DE ST. TROPEZ ; or, The Poisoner. George Maurice, Mr. Waldron ; Charles D'Arbel, Mr. Binge ; Hortense, Miss Davenport. After which, BEAUTY : or, Cupid and th e S a t yr. To conclude with THE ROMP. Priscilla Tomboy, Miss Davenport. DAVIDGE'S THIS ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Will be performed JANE SHORE. Richard, Duke of Gloster, Mr. Dale ; Lord Hastings, Mr. H. Hughes ; Dumont, Mr. N. T. Hicks ; Jane Shore, Mrs. Flonner ; Alicia, Mrs. Henry Vining. After which, a New Ballet Divertissement, enticed LA PETE DE TER PSICH ORE . To be followed by SUDDEN THOUGHTS. Impulse, Mr. Seaman ; Jack Cabbage, Mr. Yale. In the course of the Evening a variety of Singing and Dancing. To conclude with BATTLE ; SLAVERY AND SHIPWRECK ; or, The Poor Little Child of a Tar. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 3. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 38 ; Noon, 40. BAROMETER, 29.61—W1ND, W. Narr..—Tice figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the ilermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All he other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 21 minutes after 6 I Evening ..:48 minutes after 6. . •,. '"," ' ,' ,/, ..**,,,..7.m41, -.., - ', `t), f- P . - ..,, . , 1g..',>51:•:7),..*, „„ippitroi* A ZlM'., b ...I, ' Niiik: -"- , ' .rap L. A. at k A..1N.... 'l4‘. is 7 SECOND EDITION.. 011ang ,- - ,r) nit LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1845. The debate in the House of Commons, on Friday night last, elicited by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE'S motion for calling to the bar certain officers of her MAJESTY'S Post office department, with a view to their examination in reference to the charge of opening letters addressed to that Honourable Member,—terminated as we had anti cipated. A majority of 75, in a House of 301 Members, negatived his motion. It results that, to-day—to-mor row—at any time between the present moment and that at which the felony-indemnifying statute of Queen ANNE shall be repealed,—the most private and confidential correspondence of every man who was a constituent element of that majority may have its seals broken, after being forged by remodelling ;—its contents pe. rused, transcribed, and communicated to third parties, may be with impunity violated, surreptitiously resealed, and fraudulently forwarded to its original destination, without any intimation or evidence to the parties ad dressed of the fact of its having been so tampered with. Entertaining the strong opinions we have never hesi tated to avow on the criminal nature of the delinquency which her MAJESTY'S Government have, in effect, pleaded guilty to, we cannot help saying that we should be well pleased if every one of their supporters on this memorable question should be placed in the position of having his own letters experimented upon by the Home office and Post-office authorities, after the same fashion by which Mr. DUNCOMB E h as b een a s ufferer. The plea relied upon by Sir ROBERT PEEL, and other Members for refusing the very reasonable application which Mr' . DUNCOMBE'S motion, if carr i e d, wou ld have enforced, was, as on former occasions, of a kind the most unworthy and even puerile, to which a public man could be supposed, at this time of day, capable of resorting. In fact, it amounted to little more than the stale clap-trap of throwing himself upon his cha-. racter—the course of official precedents—the impos sibility of a Minister, in his position, being su guilty of pandering to the appetite of foreign courts for con traband news. There was no indignant repudiation.— such as would have.well become the Prime Minister of a constitutional Government—of au odious and detestable espionnage, such as should be tolerated only under the most corrupt or the most unmitigated of despotisms. There was no generous expression of confident r, liance on the cordial attachment to the institutions of their country of the people which, in its recent cheerful acquiescence in the imposition of extraordinary burdens to meet extraordinary deficiencies of income at an ad vanced period of a protracted peace ; an attachment that surely supplied the best argument against the necessity of such atrocious inquisitorial powers as those embodied in the Act of ANNE. We have not been slow to bear our testimony to the merits of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S ad vances in the right direction of free-trade and fiscal reform, as a finance Minister. But on all occasions, where there is a great constitutional principle to be vin dicated—a large scheme of national policy with regard to our foreign relations to be discussed—a claim of equity or justice to be determined against suggestions of official convenience or Exchequer expediency—we must own that he is too apt to fall beneath the level of even subaltern mediocrity. Bis statesmanship is without philosophy ; his philosophy without statesman ship. lie argues like a functionary more or less immediately interested in the issue to be tried by the Legislature. He seldom or never risers to the enlarged and comprehensive views of a legislator, whose business it is to devise and preseribe the rules which shall govern the conduct of public fund tionaries in the various departments of the public ser vice. On Friday last the feebleness with which he me the flagrant charge established against the Home De partment on a former evening, and evaded the just and reasonable appeal of Mr. DUNCOMBE—was almost piti aLle. A majority of 75, at the price of such an exhi bition, was dearly purchased. The failure of the Right Honourable Baronet to gainsay the general axiom we have so often contended for, and which we perceive was powerfully enforced both by Mr. DUNCOMBE and by Mr. D'IsRAELr, was still more signal. That principle was thus put by Mr. D'ISRAELI; — " You have a popular government, you have a strong local system ; you may, by not prying into the correspondence of individuals, be subjected to great calamities. You may have Bristol burnt, as Bristol was burnt; you may have Birming ham assailed, as you had it assailed—but the country strikes the balance. It agrees to suffer these great injuries for the sake of a popular Government, instead of a Government of police; and the country, after all, must decide it.—(Cheers.) Now, Sir, I believe that is the impartial view as regards the general question." In short, the axiom that your Government should possess no such authority for violating the integrity of this important department, was not even touched by the opponents of Mr. DUNCOMBE'S motion. The moral im putation on the conduct of her Majesty's Ministers in this affair, and of the Right Honourable the Home Secretary in particular, remains not only unremoved, but absolutely unnoticed by those whom it most concerns. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, indeed, is brought at last to ac knowledge that a warrant was issued in every case where letters have been opened, whilst he has been in office, so that Mr. DUNCOMBE may conclude that his letters were opened under warrant. But Sir JAMES GRAHAM, on commencing his address, and in dealing with the spirited protest of Mr. DISRAELI against the politi cal ilicotinetism of Sir ROBERT with any of his sup porters who presume, on large questions, to have an opinion of their own, he spoke with the atrabilious astonishment of an usher astounded at the demonstra tions of a rebellious boy on the upper forms against the aristocratic majesty of the head-master. His reproof was in the very spirit of an angry pedagogue. It was a melan choly specimen of the obsequiousness of political col leagueship, which an apostate from the politi cal creed and associations of the far larger por tion of his existence may be brought to mani fest under so exacting a master as the Premier. The speech of Mr. DISRAELI was, certainly, the hap piest and molt successful effort he has yet made in Parliament. It was well calculated to fortify the strongest presumptions of serious divisions in the Ministerial camp, or between the Ministerial staff and the Tory rank and file. Spirited, caustic, and epigramatic, it was received probably by every person in the House, except the two Right Honourable Baronets, Sir ROBERT himself, and Sir JAMES, with visible favour, being more cheered than any other address delivered throughout the evening. If Sir ROBERT can retain, under the excitement of such a castigation, that self-possession to which he is so often indebted for learning prudence from his dangers, and for deriving advantage from his own errors, he will do well to profit by the unpleasant lesson which the Member for Shrews bury has read to him. It does not follow that because he has for some time past managed to lead the House, not only without, but in despite, to some extent, of his party, he will always be able to employ the same tactics with the same success. It may be prudent, therefore, for him to pause before he again strains the cord of leadership too tightly, where its stress is to affect those who are among the ablest and most intelligent of his champions whilst they are in the ranks, but are among the most formidable and harassing of his antagonists the moment they have fallen out of them. Mr. DISRAELI was very sparkling in touching upon the " sic vos non vobis" sort of fortune that established the present Government in power on the ruins of its predecessor, exactly because (it should seem) the present men were (luckily fortunate) to do that, which the others for merely proposing to do were expelled for. The figure of the spoliated bathers was capital. The simile of PETRUCIIIO scarcely less striking:— " The Right Hon. Gentleman has only exactly to remain where he is. The Right Hon. Gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.—(Much cheering and great laughter.) He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal position, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.—(Continued cheers and laughter.) I cannot conceive that the Right Hon. Gentle man will ever desert his party ; they seem nevert to desert him. There never was a man yet who had less need to find new friends. I, therefore, hope all these rumours will cease. I look on the Right Hon. Gentleman as a man who has tamed the shrew of Liberalism by her own tactics. He is the political Petruchio, who has outbid you all.—(Cheers and great laughter.) If we could only induce the Right Hon. Gentleman, therefore, to takea larger and more liberal view of his Parliamentary position than he seems to adopt in mo ments too testy for so great a man to indulge in, he would spare us some imputations which, I assure him, are really painful." But there is a chapter in the past political life of Sir ROBERT PEEL, to which we think it is well that the public mind should be now and then referred, although with the view of working some abatement of the prestige which a long career of Parliamentary and of Ministerial success has thrown around that Minister's reputation. his deportment to Mr. CANNING in the ascendant—his utter want of generosity and confidence towards his early friend and political comrade,—his ready and somewhat overeager adhesion to the most bitter and unscrupulous enemies of that great statesman,—the coincidence cf this remarkable estrangement from the companion and fellow partisan of so many political campaigns, with that illustrious individual's attainment to supreme rank in the Councils of the SOVEREIG:4 ;—these are recollections which we doubt not are not those that are dwelt upon with the greatest degree of complacency by his successor in that supreme position. With the very neat allusion to this epoch in the public history of Sir ROBERT, with which the llon. Member for Shrewsbury concluded Lis address, we shall conclude this article :--- "He never refers to any author who is not great, and sometimes who is not loved—Canning for example.—(llear, hear.) That is a name never to be mentioned, lam sure, in the House of Commons without emotion. We all admire his genius. We all, at least most of us, deplore his untimely end; and we all sympathise with him in his fierce struggle with supreme prejudice and sublime mediocrity—(Cheers anti a laugh)—with inveterate foes and with candid friends. —(Loud cheering.) The Right Hon. Gentleman may be sure that a quotation from such an authority will always tell. Some lines, for example, upon friendship, written by Mr. Canning, and quoted by the Right Hon. Gentleman The theme, the poet, the speaker—what a felicitous combina tion ! Its effect in debate must be overwhelming ; and lam sure, if it was addressed to me, all that would remain would be for me thus publicly to congratulate the Right Hon. Gentleman, not only on his ready memory, but on his courageous con science."—(The Hon. Gentleman, afteriseconding!the motion, sat down amidst loud cheering.) In the pamphlet embodying Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY'S " Reply to the Press," to which we have adverted, on the game-laws, there is a pervading error which is com mon to the defences sot up by the advocates of that offensive branch of class legislation. Country gen tlemen are prone to assume that the game-laws are ne cessary—expedient—of public utility, and that the case for their existence being thus established and admitted, the only question to be settled is, whether they are the best sort of laws that can be devised for their object, or may not, by remote possibility, be susceptible of some amendments ? On this account it is, we presume, that Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY imagines that in his former enterprise on the character of game-law champion, " he stood forth to the field, not as the first challenger —not as a wilful assailant," but simply in succour of the dis tressed." Both these propositions are false. Every game-preserver (a class with which our author ostenta tiously announces his own identification), is the "chal lenger" in the " first" instance; and betakes him to the oppression, NOT tl the succour of the distressed." He challenges the reprobation of public opinion : he assists the action of statutes of grinding tyranny upon the most friendless and impoverished members of society. The public, as a body, is act interested in the secondary question of the degree in which the game-laws may be excused or reformed ; but it is in the general issue, game-laws or no game-laws. All Mr. BERKELEY'S ad vocacy turning upon the apology and defence he thinks he can make for the game-laws as they are, his argu ment is addressed, in fact, to that very small minority in the empire who are fur game-laws " at all ;" not to the great bulk of the population, who are clearly in favour of " no game-laws." The real majority of Mr. BERKELEY'S compatriots, therefore, cannot enter into the merits of his personal squabbles with cool-headed magistrates, or g,ann.-keepers who deliberate before they "punch people's heads." The whole system of game-laws is on its trial at the tribunal of public opinion, on the great principles of natural, and even of social, law, which we enunciated ly. Mr. BERKELEY does not appear to suspect that his views are all based upon, and referable to, mere local aspects under which tl - .e operation of this system has presented itself to his observation in given localities. He must be prepared to learn that there is a world, beyond the topographical circuit of his experiences, as to be rude enough to discard all considerations of the extent and manegfment or game-preserving establish ments, even if they belong to Berkeley Castle—and whether they be found in Gloucestershire, or Sussex, or H:.iinpshire. The public at large is now disposed to c insider whether any degree of indulgence with which it might be inclined to regard the sports of coantry gentle men, by throwing a greater ora less rlegree of protection around the game which is the ohjr et of so many of those sports, will not be much too dearly granted at the cost of leading to so many outrages, offinices, crimes, convic tions, and the county expenditure consequent on the legal proceedings tin reby occasioned, which our game laws have heretofore entailed in a continuous and fearful succession. It will be a mournful day—a day of agrarian humiliation and quarter-sessions sackcloth, to be sure, when the exclusive rights of property on the game, of preserving, and (dearest of all !) of exterminating it, with all the mysteries and qualifications of certificates, and deputations—informations and convictions—night watches and captions of poachers, with all the incidental luxuries of battaes for the exclusive friends of the game owner—shall be put down by the repeal of the statutes we are contemplating. But many calmly-thinking men, of judgment, crscretion, and talents, perhaps even of as much experience as Chairmen of Quarter Sessions as Mr. BERKELEY himself, have expressed their conviction that it may be better to repeal the game laws altogether than leave them to reproduce, year after year, their constant cycles of petty oppression and insolent persecu tion on the one hand—of perjury, treachery, violence, crime, and bloodshed, on the other. We cannot flatter Mr. BERKELEY by saying that he has in his last pamphlet approached the true gist of the game-law question. We can as little compliment him on his talent for controversy. His style is the oddest imaginable. A species of private-theatrical, stilted declamation, seems to be the " vein" in which he is most given to indulge. But there is one yet more favourite purpose which he is'bent on establishing—namely, the announcing to all whom it may—or may not—concern, that he is of the aristocracy. "If we, the aristocracy, the landed gentry, and the preservers of game" (p. 3)— " that we, the upper classes, make the criminal" (p. 6) —" the class to which I belong" (p. 19)—" we, who are taunted with calling ourselves the nobility" (p. 22) " I completely repel accusations against my order" (p. 24). The inverted commas and italics, being Mr. BERKELEY'S, not ours, may serve to point the va lue which that gentleman attaehts to these im cortant hints of his quality. But they are not even satis factory to this extent. The darling sin of being figurative is another of his infelicities. Be rushes into similes and expatiates in metaphor, the parts cif which have no more relation to one another than those of the nonde script suggested by Honnee, in his epistle, "Ad Pisonem." He writes (page 2), " Not even a rivet of my armour—or an outer defence—has been won by the enemy." The rivet would have been a treasure among the spolia opitna of a defeated antagonist. Addressing certain opponents of the game-laws (page 14), he says, "You are at such loos for argument, and so Vs, eadbal e in your ,ourees of real arrangement." What kind of sources " threadbare" ones may be, has never been deter mined by those who have tracked the Nile or the Ganges," or the Burhmapoota to its fountain head. But this is mere geographical rhetoric. Mr. BERKELEY can call in the aid of chemical illustration :—e. g., " Does this lessen the turpitude of an offender in the one instance, or neu t^alize, by a vi: taous soda, the filthy acids of the vice so violent in the other ?" Henceforth, on the scale of pharmaceutical morality, let potass take precedence of tartme salts. But if Mr. BERKELEY sometimes is thus careless, he is at others more guarded ; for at p. 46, when he has a topic to handle with which he is better acquainted than the principles and operation of laws, his caution and solemnity are edifying. " The present price of cheese (I am speaking advisedly, and of the pre sent year, 1845) does not remunerate the maker in the vale." The present price of absurd pamphlets (we say it " advisedly") will never remunerate Mr. BERKELEY. So we leave him, with his cheese in the " vale," from which he will do well not readily again to ride forth on such adventures as he has undertaken on behalf of the game-laws. Madrid journals of the 23d have been received. Ac cording to accounts from Valencia a serious collision had taken place in the garrison of that place between the infantry and artillerymen, in which one officer and four men were, killed. It was said that General RONCALI had hastened to the spot, and after some inquiry appointed a commission to try the offenders. The Clamor Publico states that QUEEN CHRISTINA had resigned the pension of 3,000,000 reals granted to her by the Government. The rumour requires confirmation, though, according to the following list of revenues, she can well afford to make the sacrifice. " The Queen-Mother," says that journal, " could not pos sibly continue to receive a pension of three millions wrested from a suffering people. when she is so rich, and the owner of the salt-works of Drenu in the Jura mountains, of the magnificent palace of Malt - liaison, near Paris, of the fine estate of Vista Alegra, of the lucrative gas-light works at the Havannah, of enormous sums invested in England and France, and above 130,000,000 roals, the sum to which the pension she has hitherto received amounts, not including King Ferdinand's legacy." The Three per Cents. left off on the 22d at 331 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 24i for cash, and 24i at 60 days; and the Debt without Interest at 7 for cash, and 7i at 60 days. The Paris papers bring further details of events in Switzerland, which may be considered on the whole as s:ttiifactory. There appears on the part of the public authorities in general a disposition to settle disputes amicably, and make allowances for the excitement caused by the restless spirit of the Jesuits. The Extraordinary Diet which assembled at Zurich on the 24th, as stated in The Sun of Saturday, proceeded to verify the returns of the Deputies from the different cantons. That from Vaud excited some discussion, but, on a division, the Members elected by the new Council were admitted by a majority of twelve and a half to nine. It may be ne., cessary to mention that some of the small cantons have only half a vote. The Deputies from the following can tons voted against the admission of the Deputies from Vaud :—Uri, Unterwald, Zug, St. Gall, Valais, Neufchatel, Fribourg, Schwitz, and Lucerne. The President of the Diet, M. BoussoN, Burgomaster of Zurich, made a peaceful and judicious address to the Diet. After adverting to the resignation of the consti tutional "Authorities at Lucerne, he said, " It is super fluous to dwell at greater length on the imminent dangers that threaten the federal alliance, if questions of the greatest moment be settled, not by the proper autho rities and after mature examination, but by violent deci sions. To remedy the evils of the country, to restore and consolidate profound peace between the confederacy, such is the principal task of the supreme federal au thority. It behoves the concurring cantons alone to devise suitable measures and to enforce them." Lord ABERDEEN in his dispatch to Mr. MortrEn, the English Envoy, to the Swiss Cantons, which we have given in another place, states the view which the British Government takes of the question, and re commends, as the only means of preventing foreign inter , ference, the adjustment of differences without destroying the constitutional compact, and forming a New Switzer land, which would necessarily involve the intervention of the foreign Powers which, in 1815, sanctioned the ori ginal compact. A letter from Zurich, of the the 25th, states that a long discussion arose in the Diet, whether they should proceed first to the question of the Jesuits, which was affirmed by a majority of thirteen States to ❑ine. These papers announce no collisions between the contending parties, but the people ihrough out the federation take a deep interest in the decision of the Diet, and look to it with anxiety. The Jesuits themselves, true to their cautious policy, seem anxious to withdraw from the contest, at present, under the advice of the POPE. " The Swiss journals," says the Journal der Debuts, " announce that, in conse qunce of an intervention of the Court of Rome, the company of Jesus has rescinded the compact entered into with the Government of Lucerne, and that the Jesuits have renounced the idea of making an appeal to the canton. We have reason to believe that the statement is correct, but we must confess that we do not think that this wise,and conciliating step will be accepted in the same spirit by the Radical party. The men who wish to revolutionize Switzerland will in all probability try to urge matters to extremities ; they will require that the other cantons which have hitherto been open to the Je suits shall b' closed against them." The other Ministerial paper, the Globe, says in jest, but there is much wisdom in the advice:—" If we were the general of the Jesuits, we would transport the whole order to America, and thus make the charivarists of the Vaud and the ConsOutionnel of Paris die of chagrin. Let us acid that there, where there is much to correct and civilise, the Jesuits may do great things. In Europe there is little or nothing left for them to do. The Jesuits, by coming to this resolution, would bosides render I real service to the cause of religion; for it would b e saved from attacks under the pretence of attacking them• This would prevent the whole clergy of France froze being confounded with the order, which, whether right fully or wrongfully, excites mistrust." Affairs in the French Chamber of Deputies go on rather unfavourably for M. GuizoT. On Friday the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Monthly Com mittees were elected, when only five Ministerialists wer e elected out of nine candidates. At the commencement of the session Ministers had seven votes and the orro• sition only two. On Saturday the Finance Minister at' tended the Budget Committee, and stated the i n tentien 9 of the Government r e l a ti ve t o th e convers i on o f the Five per Cents , and it was understood that he was in tiv° lll* of the measure, though at p resen t i t wou ld no t be carve' , into effect. THE BOURSE- —SATURDAY, MARCH 1. fist Highest Lowest cast Price. Price. Price. .t", 4 6 French Five per Cents— •• 121 GO .. 121 60 .. 121 30 .• Three per Cents.—.• 85 10 .. 85 10 .. 85 14 ••,,,,,7, Rank of Franco 3240 ..3210 . 3240 ••""" Golan Bank, I,ooof. Shares 1090 ..1090 ..1090 •• 1090 50 Iselai 8ank........ 652 50 .. 652 50 .. 652 50 65 i 2 L ; 11.1gian Fives, 1840 .. 104!4 .. it 104! ** !!„IC 1842 ....•• 10fl .. 106 4 .• Two-and-a-Half.. 62 15 .. 62 23 .• 62 •• Spanish Threes •• •• 40 1 8 .. 46 1 ,4 .. 404 •• Portuguese Five per Cents 60.74 .. 604 •• v" - 100 tO Neapolitan kn Roan 105 105 y, .. 10534 .• wa RAILWAY SHARE,. St. Gema Versailles, r 11.11 a —. 1 5 1 6 75 0 .... 1 5 17 60 5 . ... 1 5 1 6 75 0 I L L : 00 L. 8....... •• 381 25 .. 381 25 .. 377 50 .0 Rouen •• •• —1125 —1127 §0 — 1125 ..11 27 Rouen to Havre. Orleans ......... •.•_ •.....1228 75 ..1232 50 ..1228 75 .• 1232 Strasburg to Bale —.... •• •. 325 .. 325 .. 323 76 .. 325 Avignon Marseilles.... ..1070 .. 1070 —lO7O ..1071 Bordeaax to Teste ........ 225 .. 240 .. 225 .• 240 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Marten 16.•• 1167 St. Germain ..........1175 -.1177 50 ..1167 50 Versailles, R. 13 .... ••• • • • 560 .. 560 .. 560 • • 5 „ 6° 2 ~ L.8.............382 50 .. 382 50 .. 375 •• "' Rouen •• • •••••• • • .. • .1123 75 ..1128 75 .. 1122 50 • •11 2 Rouen to Havre.• .• •• •• •• -. 940 .. 947 50 .. 940 •• 945 ` ' i5 Orleans •• ..•••1132 50 ..1236 50 ..1230 •• 1232 Strasburg to Bale— 326 25 .. 25 .. 325 • 325 Avignon to Marseilles•• •• —1063 75 —1072 50 ..1060 ••• ,„ 60 50 Bordeaux to Teste • .... • 225 .. 232 50 .. 225 • • 20` THIS DAY'S NEWS• LATE MURDER AT HAMPSTEAD ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST• (THIS DAY.) A tbe This morning the Coroner, the Deputy Coroner, an- o f jurymen impanelled to inquire into the a t roc i o us mulde, r rhe James Delarue, met at the Yorkshire G r ey, H am pstead , crowd, winch had been gradually increasing from al oe t early hour, was, at half-past nine, the time of meeting , 7 :10 , dense, and the confusion was worse conf o u n ded, in con quence of the mode in which the Coron er ' s or ders, that, r . strangers should be admitted until the C our t had been l ici e mally opened, had been carried into eff ec t. Consider % chagrin was excited in the unsuccessful applicants for adfil, sion, by observing that to the few, favoured by local imi lee ance, an aristocratic name, or an acquaintance with the Spector, the door was at once opened. The prisoners were both in attendance, and the prine e r l h prisoner, in whom the interest is con cen t ra t e d, seemed 1, most cool person present. The elite of th e n eighbourh o° '" were, as usual, in attendance. a Joseph Shackell sworn—l am inspector, statione the Scotland-yard. I have taken no person into custody fer ire d. murder, but I saw two in custody for that crime on 1 ` nesday, the 26th. The circumstances having been es2 at municated to me, I went to the place, and found ti t er murder and robbery had been committed. I wenterfat wards with Inspectors Haynes and Partridge, to 55, t he tlebury-street, Euston-square, on Sunday. I examine' se i premise, the drawers, &c., and in a drawer, among al o e obscene prints and books, found a roll of paper; among t f it. found the " bill" for a watch, giving a description of It ran thus : " Jno. Curtis, Esq., " May 28th, 1844 ' " To H. Finer, 48, High Holborn, " 1 watch, arc £7 7 ° " May 28, by cash £7 7se„ af ee I took the necessary steps, and oa Wed nes d a y morni n b ee tof shown the witch. The watch was sh own me by IneP Partridge, at the Police-court, Marylebo ne . After the mination had been finished before Mr. Rawlinson, l rto ceeded in company with inspectors Haynes and Partria No.ll, Victoria-terrace, Portland-town, to a small back 'T e e which was the lodging of Thomas henry and James W e lee e, I did know either of the prisoners. I examined the P ew and found an old flock bed, and the room in a miserable_no dition ; a quantity of letters and papers, and two olo.:e prints. Saw Mr. Partridge find in the same room , t ee cupboard, the wristband of the right arm and part 0 find sleeve of a shirt covered with blood. Saw Mr. flaynesoa a button, which he took charge of. It appeared to be to o coat, and was a silk button. The room ers' l peso locked, and I proceeded to the father's resw e fe ell situate at No. 17, Charles-street, Portland-town, the ""I loom, first floor. That was on Wednesday aftertid. jere told him who and what I was I then asked him if heee o the position in which his son Thomas wa s pl ac ed ? 00 Alas! I do. I asked him to give me the clothes which 11 ! of had left. But, before that, I asked if he had seen 11 ' James? The (o a l t n o d N le t— std rh h a e t h t a iln d j e u i s v t as le t ft h . at ? Witness—S°ll l three o'clock. I asked for the clothes, at the B ° l %o picking up a macintosh. I said, is this your son Thel e eil macintosh ? He said " yes." Seeing that it was 0/ 4 00 with blood and mud, both back and front, I asked hilt a) he had worn this last? He said he had gone out With 'eV Friday night last, at seven o'clock. (The m ac i ntos h les s duced, and was in the state described by witness.) „ c oed° The Cortoerest—Did you ask when Ire ret urn ed? ~""e is es ' He did not again see him till Saturday mor n i n g. (T`l. o o intosh was passed round to the jury.) It was I Y i 34 t, sofa quite openly. No attempt was made to coaeee" o " the then asked for the body clothes. There were in the 1 that ) father, Inspectors Haynes, Partridge, and inyselte id hl asked for his linen, which the mother gav e me, and d VA' had worn the shirt on Saturday morning. The wristbsa part of the sleeve was torn off, as it is now. The DEPUTY CORONER—Off which arm ? Wit the right arm. I examined it, and found on the le"' •E o uSti band blood, and comparing the shirt with the steev, e e ' e e an: a mending in the sleeve exactly correspond. (The ait t ske' wristband were passed up the table.) The shirt qbe out of a cupboard. It was lying with other IiLIFT Or" mother herself selected it, and said this was the shire Puget, off by him. I asked for the stockings. Th y were b r° with and found to be stained with blood. I compered tbel l oo d tO the drawers and trousers, and found the marhs of t„ . . 4 , he correspond in all. I told the father I shonla coop As things away, and he said, " It is only what I expeet„ e mi I was going down he called me back, and told me, Ed true' Thomas told me that he had borrowed 121. of Mrs.": tt ru, 4/ s• N 0.6, Bath-place, New-road, but lam afraid it is ° f it, Ids Ile said I had better go there to ascertain the truth , „°, to les lead got a sovereign, and he would in that ca se give i t WOO • e I inquired of him before I left wheth er his son had ThiS stick with him on Friday night. He said " Yese ene on e * the stick he took with him," producing a black et-w o i' el et / (The stick was produced). It was standing in a e c that the room. I then went to Mrs. Edwards and fouti. ney . was not true that she had lent the prisoner any r a erni c told her the circumstances and she gave me the lette rs ° I produce. Di e Cono - -zEtt—This stick is cracked at the be act ioe lf you mention that to the father ? Witness—Yes- Ed' grs. nothing about it. I received two letters whi oo ,_ em viol; wards received from the prisoner, and compared the e , or 7 the letter in the possession of Inspector Gray. et l ter peer u signed "J. 11. Hocker, Hampstead-road." (Th e l e i n g 11.4r ea, shown to the Coroner.) The paper and everytee.„ e et sponds with the letter signed " Caroline." Anwel ogee papers and letters found at prisoner's lodgings.lfounu from Mrs. Edwards in answer to one of them. es` The CORONER—That is of no consequence. sus ~tri That is the whole of my evideece. There is 00 , " Caroline," but there is allusion to a young la r b , Jane Phipps, under the protection of Mrs- E d " A ith whom the prisoner kept company. an/ The CORONER (to the prisoner Thomas) --( •`p p° question to ask the witness? Prisoner—None, Si r e e i e ed 1 1; Inspector Partridge was next examined--I reseeen et formation from Sergeant Scotney, and the PrL es ien. brought to me by him on the night of his apprene'e,,, scot. went from Gardener's-lane in company- whir. Sergen,"' es oef• net- and Bickerston to the father's house in the first _ That was on the Tuesday night. I went with t i c a tsoOf geants in a cab to Portland-town. I was told that .7.l .r, ce d e ley wife could give important information, and that t °." en' to go to 'Watson's house first, at 17, Charles-streq_ bed ' fo r deavoured to see Watson's wife, but she had beenl n n , e w in' two hours. I knocked at the glass of Mrs. %Valor, The dow. lam now speaking of the residence of the Scotney ce des' the , man Watson gave information to Sergeant Sco n tri c edes first instance. At last Mrs. Watson spoke, a? no t, se: voured to make her open the door, but she would siare el ing, "Tell e what yon have got to say." She becameieoleed Out of the window, and asked me what I wa nted fa in and went up to Hooker's room. The father theennted._wieso I had to say ? I told him I had a Me,77told 0 7 Watson to his wife, and wished to see her. e l 7 .s gre: to say what I wanted. I then replied I want, to ic in d fes ing that an alarm might be communicated to e elf, watel ee, Watson a letter, but I'll call again in the morn k i e ng e i her eolLoe' e4 in Victoria-terrace, we, that is Bickerston and TY s -terra the house. Soon after I went towards the victoria 1 00 0 The distance t o ne. and met Scotney coming towards me. minutes P as but 100 yards. I met Scotney at twenty behind hiril ' bed • James Hocker, the brother, was a few yards wishe d not in custody. The prisoner had on slippera,,_%" o , vibe Drof to change them for a pair of boots. Ido n e o s t n i d i" s you have got down about a watch du at produced t le o t r t i e a r . s I did, Sir. t he ? James Meeker— e Conoeree—Who knocked terrace w t h by t le S eo ° t t l ' i l e c r Y s . . the father op n' ot re' Witness—llocker knocked, and yout of r° ri• collect that he spoke. He threw the Scotney and the tivolo I went up stairs to the room with _fatber in the salve c r"; 10 window. He could see us all about the door. one. soners. A light was struck by the I returnedlic them to 11, V and the bed is west out of bed also. There is only one room, that I te ll y e o c . I said to the father, " It is unnecessary afterwards th rti n e + t ee your son is in custody for." I told them .e. _ of !nu zi b n e tt that I afterwards visited with Shackell. The mothertiiere. for which he was in custody was on s pi ion 4te d and fs.n - - bort. I was but a v no remark was made by any one. n -thing was ea , • time there. Ido not recollect that madeanything nothing' Delarue. The father seemed to be alarmed erz Thomas Hocker—No remark was the Inal - os e I did not examine the cupboard, did l n d o id not open the en n l!... e ad I looked for weapons merely. with the two prise draw er ' Witness—l examined everythingrtherei e'en fan - eaetosh - I then returned to Victoria-terrace _ letters in a table - roo m Scotney. I found there a number of , not relate in an t them up, and came away. The letters the whole of them. ae° _ to this inquiry. I have examined_atn James 0. Leee ,,,, Searched different parts of the roodnei then took the prisoner Thomas to .1! l3 ,l_ e _ a c " oneme ence, ° V II ; panied us a part of the way, and left i" but he could 1 , 1 he liked, • bet ter saying that " he might go if .. l did and be • tool'. • • with his brother it he , convey- communicationlocked the v way come next morning." He then on tnY' r i b mores' m • for one was nld - place between the , I had le e h„. u° de and the other on the left, on, and was ere in Hockey. He had no handcuffs n and ScotueY Twee no restraint, but sergeant Bickersto I told . afternoon wter the rear close to him. On the same to Vic t°r " 0 5 ' - left. No . n.h how: were two OP race. We searched the room in which the shirt ivri s n " iv be tors Shackell and Haynes, In the right-hand cupboard I found it could 0 n Y - with a portion of the shirt attached to it. I did t9e the found on minutely examining the cupboard. _‘ found .f. and we went Ins , it on the first occasion. In another cuph .o ,ra e e o arks wol s shoemaker's pincers.. (They were handed .) he lf. blood are on them. They were lying openly mo ts no effort at concealment seemed Iv be made. 4 " on g s's -- 01 M 4, NJ'