The Sun. — London, England, 1850-02-07 00:00:00

c141,_ _ --lINAL COURT.—(TIIIS DAY.) OLD COUI?7'. ,r, ee(l3lfore 1%4 i, . Commissio ner BuLocx.) , W flirts Aug i . i .s . , named Ann liii.'l , ,.Muiggret Willis, and who,in Lean, - end who were all described as sp i net rp, ' 6 allus varied from 1 - t i 19, were indicted fJF a ro bber • ' fro Y, with violence cn William Doyle, ca hi ' oth er in a purse, containing five half-sovereigns and i tealitig and , 111012E•ye of his. v . " al:Te al-Ed from the evidence that the prosecutor, who q°llS an Irish tailor, a short time ago met the three pri 44:trs a" low public-house in Rosemary-lane, _ and it i treating them most liberally, they all adjourned to tot gin g, - house in Shadwell, and the prosecutor went tio,-,.' R,-house *Lean with whom he agreed to pass the th !". lle raid 1 5. ' 6-1. for the roam; and shortly after Ill4:attic! the apartmeLt tEe prosecutor examined his t b :1 and found his property and purse quit tiv e o r sc arcely, however got into bed before the other i i ~ males came into the room, and baying put the . eo g te ut par r, they j(dned the prosecutor and their th e • , c'n In bed. In the course of tEe night tri,e!!,B thiashed the prosecutor, and, then having pe r sa" theinselves they decamped with his as :, and money lie pursuedand, with the litig d ne ! c'fa police-offic-er, he succeeded in overtaking wer e "..,F_ l n e g them safely in a station-house, where they te,, io " , n tied, and eleven half-crowns found in the pos tir4 fif one of them. traets;dl:tilittr defended the prisoners, and having ex 4sie 1. 4641 the proiecutor an admission that Le was berg. w h ust the worse for liquor on the night cf the reib too;euekurged upon the jury the danger of at . tichiug drunkenc" cau l and importance t.) the recollection of a man ill, c • theie onunissioner BuLLocx, in summing up, said . it th e w as simply a question of fact involved in the ease, e eci i.3' believed the prosecutor, the case was made out, ert it " `Yas their duty to convict the prisoners, but if they 84frieji.",1 any doubt as to tho prosteutor havin been Ali kt -1114 3' sober to enable him to remember accurately kohel,42ed between him and the accusad, they were I'6? krve the prisoners the benefit cf it. tliet of TY, afte r a short consultation, returnedaver 46:laitted" G uilty, and th e p r i soners were accordingly NEW COURT. The (Before th e R ECORDER .) the r r e asos bro ug h t before this Court were none of T he o ' s ufficient i nterest to merit a report. _ . Mr. .. telleekT bird Court a lso sat this morning before ' and disposed of several petty cases. hA 11 5ee................. -.„.... Ai3;14,..1140'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) brought Fie ior, venEeSING CASE.-Eleanor Lee was occasion, to ieuw*niughara under remind from a formerl t .i. that taeer the charge of illegilly pawning. appeared p timie dEfendant, under the extreme dietr a e n ss_ a d a want of ehai4.o._ceasioned by her husband's ill Fess ehlich.reut, and the misery. of beholding, live ls h n el s p o l r e e ss . 4,11 wanting bread, had been induced to pa aPhoislte'es entrusted to her in her business as a working Pad di stress At the former hearing her case of .s p r Ck a y t e e rty n kili tt; reBB had been submitted to the magi t I e otai,9 ll of the offence, and Mr. Bin ;ham, under . the Ildaj:(jr,l°ll of the truth of the representation, adjourned 'uni ty Oaent to afford the poor woman time and oppor rt Teet ec l ° rs,deurn the property. She hal in 42/.18 t ois, but there remained an great amountpa e 0414 S t ' to be paid, and this sum with all her effort she kh e IT- make up. An appeal was made by a solicitor_ tri k rohalf, but the same was oppote I by the Prosec.ue. teadantakaPPeared strong in her desire that the a 4,..1.,,iTti1d be punished. i li aee tj, is , a er, who now appearel for the defendant, said .. et 01, --' last hearing he had conferred with the laa e d 441 er. : ith whtt articles had been pledged, an :thee:leh-°tepanied him to the lodging of the prisoner, ' ll lll '`e t, him i apartment almost void of tu r , n a wretched k seer l •', surrounded by five young childree. He ha I Qeor.silled that she had just returned from the Sc. IltaS tioapital, where her husband was lying in a „ t reso h ° P, e lesa of rec v r -notwithstanding which dIS- I ' n er rJ'ai s ucceed ° ed e i Y n raising 9s. towards the fur- Il ittl ii:";rePtion of the articles pledged. This sum she farth4,4lred t.) the pawnbroker, and she now prayed fir A sol!' il ? l e to raise the remaining sum. . ell k , eitoe ~v h }itir rtl er indul omap6epeared for the prosecutrix opposed h t- I, S a re . , l l3 ti x e N r oß!.?igregretted he could not further postpone k t P th an lie had done all he could, and more, per -11;414 - h " e ouc'ht except under the very distressing E' s the -Q e as 6 e. ' Il - ust now order the defendant forYth:,alisount required, to redeem the property, and them, and, in etei t h Q ueue() of illegally pledg i ng k . T he'e ° should commit her for fourteendays. re tipvtai7nbrolter, Mr. Dobree, immediately ffered to li kt 4 lteek Pro perty, and to enter into . any se a n rra o ngement wa, prevent the poor woman bt to rison. 4kf ens nt tillder stood thatsuch object was ein eff g ected, and the re stored t suoo her wretched family. 4:1 ...._ .......,................................ li,ZitjlNG INTELLIGENCE. t 4 ARKET COURSING MEETING. It n, Exv,.. WEDNESDAY. tt r k4llh., -`LAG FIELD -THE PORT STA , KES. . 1% l'iech',!'s,,,'Oulliver bt Mr. Bu , ckworth s Bruce. •Py 6o uan( zoo bt Mr. B. Smyth's Somerset. le 14 5h.„ 4 , 4 Parley bt Mr. King's Racer. . ker,', Nero , • Mr. B a e e ' s Tulip. r , &r o b ed ,te s Mirth bt g' , lit • P y , 3o ,! 6 Drift, bt Mr. R. Bagge s Timothy.. k r . b,i, 11 , 3 Flaurette bt Mr. B. Smyth's Scotia. r . I.l4o.e'e'a Desperate bt Mr*. Moody's Rattle. 4wrth's Baroness bt Mr. Gillett's Gertrude. T h e . i) 4•THE EXNING STAKES. ‘ o r ' D:'sbite"''s,bonald bt Mr. 13? kworth's Bessie Bell. it tr i 4Li. ith s Sally bt Mr. Gillett's Garnet. r _ nen. r. P h kibrok o's Manto b 4 Mr. Fyson s Fair y , t.,/ , 11, 04's Field Marshall agst Mr. R. Bagge s Titus. at 1 le a , THE DERBY-FIRST TIES. rti,,. ugee, te 3 in Re f " • Forerunner bt Damian; Seville ra, ',H, Caesa r ran a bye. . 4 4 , , r1 (t, TRE CUP-FIRST TIES. 11 R bt b 4 ent bt Turquoise ; Diamond bt Liberty ; I,GI • te r m Faithful ran a bye. 4 tll 44 4 lA_ T HE OA -FIRST TIES. °/141 ; iieeSWing B KS id bt Dewdrop Tints bt True Love bt Littl arma ego. ; t li C ROXTON PARK, 1850. h 4144; °Dlinations for the Granby Handicap. Doe, 5 L Il ' 5 y r Th 'n arth 3 yrs-Black ;ehs,,e el lisia le n 6--. ~r 1 g ' 5 yrs-King Ha l, 6 tt.OA-I;tl4otratcW, yrs-ulearaara, yrs-Pelham, 4 yrs-Seaman, 3 yrs klyi-,0ri,,i7. yrs-Iron Crown, 5 yrs-The Fiddler, 5 v Lady l' it ra, G G. a g e d - Rodney, 4 yrs-Dover, 6 / ‘ ,.. 5. 411 t, 1, 31.8-siOdeSty 3 yrs-Quiz, 6 yrs -Mrs. g 4.1/44"--Drakelow, 4 ' yrs-Chorister. 5 yrs-b 1 1'. 111 al e t tis ' 4 Y r s - Gulliver, 4 yrs-Melford, 6 4 y .r r s s - - nvick°". a g e d - Priestes., 4 yrs-Mantle, ) Plume, 5 1tca10,'0,386 Yrs-Difaul ter, 5 yrs-E . ag o ie s e,s 3rs_ tr 41 1 17, ag ed 6 yrs-Alp, a d yrs j. - ao G k i .. ln f. hi c all-Trades, 5 e ... R 1-I,,:itat-.trap \" 4 1 .2 Y k' ronation, o a u g t e LlProcf p .... ri a nt, 4 3 rs )0111n :(I s- New Forest Deer, aged-W note, 6 yrs . ;1144.0.titirch, 6 yrs-Vests, 6 yrs-Reversion, 4 4 e 1.4.. `%, tillu4 ', 6 yrs-Yard-arm, aged-tockermouth, ll'' PL - L C '4lte itY, 6 yrs-Cardinal's Man, 6 yrs-Wren, 101,1ii.haf-mQtti4ford Lass, I 5 y rs-Collingwood, aged ka "ale tra y rs•- •Norrnaudy, 6 yrs-Sunnysirle, 5 yrs.. e tip,' Neir:i,keti thus * havin been entered without le - ‘ l Pre' . " ° L their own will he struck out at the , 1 4erillmed, un le - ss r ;p c e r e s ially ordered to be life in. hi kebiter."ousinations for the Gold C , u . r.. ,s i s : lt c , Yt.! 5 Yrs- Wanota, 6 yrs-Eagles , Plume, 5 4 yrs_ Ale' r inee sl ,Oat 4 yrs-Yard-arm, aged-Rodney, ~trpt ~-,."tu, 4 yrs-Quiz, 6 yrs-Mrs. Taft, 5 yrs 869uineer,~St•%ren, qe 4 ,, (11 : 4--- vr l e he , Wren, rs- - li •hmincs, 6 yrs-Lady a ' p ih atn 4 yr5(14414 (14414 ,---Sre Aa.tonie 5 yr - e , 4 -'.yra-- Ballintifi ' d, 6 yrs-King Hal, 6 yrs. e il ital . .I'll% CESIREWITCH STAKES. . ti4lll:.enatin has been received from tie Russian . I'4 ktligherileral. that the annual donation of . his Impe to,. t " lit ( r s s tho Grand Duke Cer areaitch will hence- Ittt‘ lt tit - (llb ai l e se n ' l l . till ued• It is the intention of the Stewards 4 4 " kh a p 4 . '° the Jockey Club that the Cesarevp_tch 3 ' the ,; h t run as usual, with the addition of 3UO w (itraace being rivied to 2 sous. }la y e uro r , TIIE EGYPTIAN CHALLENGE. l'4 4 l‘ 4 ‘l r : ta i tlji that the Jtewards if the Jockey Club of t i 3,13`1,,e match proposed by his Highness the , 7,nllU6SPirin v. I' ARNrip:°l4D. tokhs.t '',.7111-11 EDITO OF T--- L!ititt, th 4 419 notic e of this case your i reporterthe principal 'Met t e t oost ira n t t fact , v-z., that , rschner l ' l ti lic ) b° dete .r • P r " h„her Mr ' Ke SUN. omitted :tihtkettbt,4ll9fetht ls, t t h e ill y decided th d at f , ldinistatt s a : d a f s t l h h e e w i u p r a; t n e r i h ip h contracted isas he titi thtYttitiving thtir ve'rdict in favour of tL© e d:cision, ttillaliledl,°!t teaterial issue; the resuTt of which aau to ß i : is, t i t h the fact of the judge refusing to _c t e! , t n ify_fo es r 4 4, Nltt;t Ilit)Plaintiff is liable to pay t hi , the dc the d .p t eoat,lt tbi t .ri g ko the proof of the pa:: -- : -le !s to pay any 11 11 11 1 ti th, 1 % . : i lt u o t nifratad from all liability tbl"(11 chtliliell of this, letter will inform theatricalthe r,re yours leiltly.. truo hearing of the case,,TacFlopbAlthi, er° 4 -130,tt a ilY for 111 s F G. Y 'r a ' rn S o:d, the defendant. '''' Chamber's F eb. lam 5. k k All _ ttp„_ 8: r and Lady b?, f'1"1013 t T 1 e Lord Mayor . dinner to til V l - all 8 ."--- 1 cards of invitation f the ~ttlikso just iss.ued ea the 43:), 0 .1 t , t tliraot 20ttl-sr t. ins'., to their ladies, as w INtpltiellctB tfParrltarnent for Surrey. a large proportionen tot SHANGAT, llitit t.l44l;4Tlotit or BRITIS H SILK FR :d m through her ~111..itstrs'''(7,,--There have just been passed through silk from tot) elie‘is.,-nstotns some samples .0 tli kll an t (Itt, north of Shanghai, in tue ht—n'lhent practical SpitAlfields manufacturer, style and clic- IN'4l'il q ascert ining whether the Of core,l not b a - the English consigned for Aj ed a keiii_ adaptA to 11 13 oor siik,4l:ldidthh, and are made through a .r,n_nntee, yet of t'l e looms.m ost d - u l s r s a s h b e i l n e . tlisreetic,tllq, an tffecatlhZgd been produced similar to, is the 4 1. .4 iretZl than, that of the Dimas antique. i This h h I , " L 3'. t n'attull iIHO Bnglanri, and of which purchasers. I'le btkiigent-tstreep, have become article of most 3 tl 'a4 allliting l' hitherto been an t r , . si ve • I • I the Messr s. Iliall3, ri c h `tiattrY. andswe Understand that these, 4,1/11 , ate considerably lower,, in rice.p By THEIR While tt0:1111 tii,,Alturtrt Or 1 W h O w e li t l LD Exeter HE on AlondL:! 414 bodies oni:rtriveat Bradford, aged seven Yesaup'_ toam ,l'abtth Bradford aged nine years, who motherwelle on trhp hare been wilfull drowned by their 4143' sight el/11 , 4 , 3'1 - A rod deal of evt as in 1,114 !te kt ciNI, which ahawe_ that tut, poor woman %Dhulteak, and had lately talked very ineehere mind. wa ntl; „hQie tliltad irs man r t- rite one out of her Nap t . •wils n n i s c %pee s i that she had rut he tt th e ltl f g to de4.l3,neltllttleune "rove I doubt could exist ttttlltietriicaet t.ntlJndoeur ttihae,?tr °reoigwrchunmostman°erftes, the jury returned ' • ans they the" NO taetkr Water, tae ned, but by wnat un jurors had no evidence b.fore THE SUN, LONDQN, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1850. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. The other papers are "The Orangemen of Iceland and the: Quarterly and Edinburgh Review-," and " Free-trade and the Poor-laws Incompatible." (From the Yotes and Proceedings of the House of COMMAS./ EDNFSDAY: FEB. 6. CEYLON. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the grievances c-m -plained of in Ceylon, in connel ion with the administration an,l government of that Colony, and to report their opinion whether any measures can be aeopted for the redress of any grievances of which there may be sh wu just reason to com plain; and also whether any measures can be adopted or the better administration and government a that depen dency :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word "That" to the end of the Question, in orer to add the words, "in assenting to the re-appointment of a Committee to inquire into the grievances complained of in Ceylon, in connexion with the administration and government of that Colony, and to report their opinion whether any measures can be adopted fur the redress of any grievances of which there may be shown just reason to complain, and also whether any measures can be adopted for the .better admi nistration and government of that dependency, this House deems it expedient to express its disapprobation of the manner in w hich her Majesty's Government have evaded the understandirg cf last session for the further production of witnesses in this investigation," instead thereof:— Ques tion put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 140. Abdy, Thomas N. Fortescue, J. W. O'Connell, M. J. Acland, Sit T. D. Fox, Richard M. Ogle, S. C. Adair, it. A. French, F. Paget, Lord A. Aglionby, 11. A. Gibson, Thomas M. Paget, Lord Clarence Alison, Colonel Graham, Sir James Palmerston, Yis. Anstey, T. C. Grattan, henry Parker, John Armstrong, Sir A. Grenfell, C. P. Pechell, Sir G. Armstrong, R. B. Grey, Sir G. Pelham, D. A. Baines, W. T. Grosvenor, Lord R. Fendarves, E. W. Baring, Sir F. T. Hallyburton, Lord Pilkington, James Bellew, R. M. Hanmer, Sir John Pinney, W. Berkeley, C. L. G. Harris, Richard Plowden, W. ii. Blackall, S. W. Hustle, Alexander Power, Dr. Blair, Stephen Hastie, Archibald Rawdon, Colonel Bowles, Admiral Ilawes, Benj. Reid, Colonel Bright, John Hayes, Sir E. Ricardo, J. L. Brocklehurst, J. Ilayter, W. G. Rich, Henry Carew, W. P. Heald, James Richards. Richard Caulfeild, J. M. Henry, Alexander Hominy, Sir John Chaplin, W. J. Hervey, Lord A. Russell, Lord J. Clay, James llobhouse, Sir John Russell, F. C. Clay, Sir W. Ilobhouse, T. B. Sanders, Joseph Clenients, Charles Howard, Lord E. Scrope, G. I'. Clerk, Sir G. Howard, C. W. G. Seymour, Lord Clifford, H. M. Inglis, Sir R. Sidney, Alderman Clive, R. 11. Jervis, Sir John Simeon, John Cocks, T. k. Jocelyn, Viscount Smith, Vernon Compton, H. C. Kershaw, James Smith, John B. Copeland, Aid. Labouchere, Henry Smythe, G. Cowan, Charles Lacy, 11. C. Somerville, Sir W. Craig, W. G. Langston, J. H. Stanfield, W. R. Crowder, R. B. Lewis, Sir T. 'ferment, R. J. Cubitt, William Lewis, G. C. Thompson, Colonel Dalrymple, Captain Lindsay,:Colonel Thornely, Thomas Davie, Sir Henry I.oveden, Pryso - Tuthell, Henry Davies, D. A. S. M'Neghten, Sir E. Turner, G. J. Duckworth, Sir J. 31'Cullagh , W. T. Welpole,:S. H. Duncan, Viscount Mahon, Lord Watkins, Colonel Duncan, George Marshall, William Wellesley, Lord C. Duncuit, John Westerman, John Willcox, Brodie Dundas, Sir D. Matheson, Alex. Williams, John Dunne, Colonel Matheson, Colonel Wilson, James Ebrington, Viscount Maule, Fox Wilson, Matthew Elliot, John Weigand, Viscount Wood, W. P. Enfield, Lord Milner, W. W. Fagan, William Monsell, William TELLERS. Ferguson, Sir U. Morris, David Hill, Lord M. Fitawilliam, G. W. Norreys, Sir D. Grey, R. W. CHEAP PUBLICATIONS. CRICUTOIV. 1 Vol. By W Harrison Ainsworth. In due succession another volurne of Mr. Ains worth's popular romances has appeared—hke its pre decessors, " Crichton" being characterized by remark able compactness, and a cheapness quite as extraor dinary. he next volume promises, however, to be yet more singular for its cheapness, comprising as it will the whole of the novel of the " Miser's Daugh ter." embellished with an engraving from Daniel Maclibe's celebrated portrait of Harrison Ainsworth. The circulation of this, we doubt not, will be com mensurate with the amount of enterprise evinced in its publication. But turning again to the book now under consideration, we find ourselves precluded from any detailed criticism on " Crichton," from the circum stance of our repeated references made to it, from month to month, on the occasion of its late repub lication in the pages of Ainsworth's Magazine— that reprint having on its completion, more over, been again collected together in a substan tive form, illustrated pi', fusely by the pencil of " Phiz." Besides possessing many other attrac tions, the story of " Crichton" cannot fail to enthrall the reader's attention throughout his description of the career of the admirable Scott, and beyond that, the fascinating prose of our author being prodigally sprinkled with his musical, and in their way, inimi table lyrics. From these, had we space, we might cull many in testimony of the truth of our pane gyric; but as it is we are compelled to content our selves with briefly but earnestly commending this charming volume alike to the lovers of lyrical poetry and of genuine romance. were immediately issued for the regiment to turn out, armed with muskets and balled ammunition, and in less than ten minutes after the first report had I e.n made, we were " doubling" in full force ater the enemy. On arriving at the Sp( t to which we had been directe.l, we found him quietly engaged in making a meal on the branches he had stripped from a young msngoe tree; and as he appeared docile, some of us ventured to ap pre ach within a few yaids, thinking to secure, without injuring him; when suddenly he wheeled round and tore through the midst of us in a moment, tossing his trunk and stamping hi. fa, t at an awful i at', but not attempt ing to hurt any one. The men were now, however, ordered t ) fire, and poured into him a volley, which had no other effict than that of accelerating his paca, though at least a hundred bullets must have toP. Off he went like an arrow through the field cf oats which bor dered the race-course, and across the plain, now going to the right, now to the left, occasionally stopping for a moment to take breath, and kok back at his pursuers (all of whom were far behind hire, with the exception cf these on horseback, while even these could only now and then get near him). We followed ou, however, aad managed for some time to keep him in sight; at length we could do even this no longer. But it required not the keen optical or nasal powers of an Ojibewa to trace him; the impression of his feet on the sand, the broken reeds, the crushed grass, pointed out the way he had taken; and when, after a chase cf two hours, we again obtained sight of him, we determined if possible to lose it no more. The men forming in skir mishing order, and the officers on horseback directing and assisting, began tba sport. We chew near our now tired quarry, who stood Perfectly still when he saw us approach, as if to offer himself to us for a target. From every side the ,shots were now poured in, but the huge cr, aturo evidently deipised our puny efforts to finish him. At length, however, he became angry, and made a sudden charge at one of the horsemen, but from this ho was immediately diverted by an attack on the oppc site quarter. Now he rushed to the right, now to the left, now forward and now backward, dashing many to the malt with his trunk, but ere ho could inflict any further injury, provoked to chase others. At length w e thoroughly wearied him, but it was not until after up wards cf 300 balls had penetrated his body that the mighty brute fell, and these had no share in his death. This was effected by a fellow sub who had just joined from Ceylon, where he had been accustomed to the sport in which we were engaged. Af er amusing him self with witnessing our ineffectual efforts to dispatch our majestic prey, he felled the creature with one ball, re minding me of the gallant son of Jesse who slew the Philistine with a single stone." Passing over, though not unadmired, another beauti ful song, " The Battle," we move, as bidden, forward, and omitting, for want of space, the interesting ac count of an incident illustrating the daring courage of a mother's love, as also a variety of minor, yet very entertaining anecdotes, we reach the " Great Tumasha," a delightful military narrative, free from the horrors of positive warfare, and come to more extraot from , the author's diary. But we must now take a leaf out of our author's book, and halt. . . . Enticing as our progress has been to the Himalayas, and though another very beautiful song, page 230, invites us to digress, we must come to the return, reach the finale, and wishing the 'author and his work all possible success, express the hope that we shall, ere long, see him again in print. A NEW MODE of TREATING DEAFNESS, when attended by Partial or Entire Loss of the Menzbrana Tympani. By James Yearsley, Sur geon to the _Metropolitan Ear Institution. This valuable little brochure is a reprint of a paper by Mr. Yearsley, which appeared some time since in the Lancet. The following passage explains in what manner the attention of Mr. Yearsley was first at tracted to this subject :-- "In 1841, a gentleman came from New York, to con sult me under the following circumstances had been deaf f&om an early age, and on examination, I fund great disorganization of the drum of each ear. On my remarking this to him, he replied, How is it, then, that, by the moat simple means, I can produce in the left ( ar a degree of hearing quito sufficient for all or dinary purposes; in fact, so satisfied am I with the im proved hearing which I can myself produce, that I only desire your aisistance on behalf of the other ear.' Struck by his remark, I again made a careful examina tion of each ear, and observing their respective ern ditions, I begged him t' show me what he did to that ear, which I should unhesitatingly have pronounced beyond the reach of remedial art. I was at once ini tiaLei into the mystery, which consisted of the insertion of a spill of paper, previously moistened at its extr, mit) with saliva, which ho introduced to the bottom of the passage, the effdct of which be said, was •to open the ear to a great increase of hearing.' This improvement would sometimes continue an hour, a day, or even a week, without requiring a repetition of the manipulation." ➢lr. Yearsley tried this plan in several instances, but without success, when, on reflection, he was induced to modify it in the following manner : " Instead if adopting my American patient's plan, it occurred to me to try the effect of a small pellet or moistened cotton wool, gently inserted and applied at the bottom of the passage, so as to come in contact with the small portion of membrane which still re mained. The result was astoundingly successful." This simple plan has succeeded in - every instance in which it has been tried in relieving a species of deaf ness which heretofore has been considered as in curable, and Mr. Yearsley's name may now take its place in the list of the benefactors of the human species. BRITISH INSTITUTION. Replete as the present exhibition is with excellence of very various descriptions, we, nevertheless, have reason to regret its deficiency in many particulars. Accustomed as we have so long been to witne3s the contributions to the walls of the British Institution of the masterpieces of Mr. Turner, of Mr. Etty, and of Mr. Landseer, we cannot fail to miss the gorgeous landscapes of the one, the mythological representa tions of the other, and the animated portraits from the stud or the kennel, in which the third great artist still continues unrivalled. Alas ! that we should have cause to regret the irrreparable loss sustained by the world of art in the second instance, dEath having removed Etty from his labours, not however before he had matured and secured his re putation. With regard to the secession of Mr. Edwin Landseer and of Mr. J. W. M. Turner from the band of contributors, we can derive some satisfaction from the reflection that they have thereby been enabled to dedicate their genius exclusively and more effectually to the decoration of the walls of the Royal Academy. With these more illustrious artists, however, we observe also with regret the simultaneous disappearance from the catalogue of the name of Mr. Inskipr, hitherto most indefatigable in his efforts and most pretentious in the character of his productions. With his departure is likewise observable a very perceptible dimi nution of power in the works of Mr. Cooper. Notwithstanding these great drawbacks, however, to our pleasure, we have not visited the gallery without experiencing very considerable gratification. _ . .Stveral brilliant successes have been achieved in the different departments of the art by some of the yet remaining contributors ; and a large amount cf merit may be there discovered successively in land scape painting, in historical painting, in animal painting, in humorous and domestic painting, in sacred, imaginative or mythological painting, and in the other miscellaneous branches of this most exquisite profession. Oa the achievements effected in tlatsee• various departments we shall comment in due suc cession. . If the gallery of the British Institution is rich at this moment in any particular class of pictures, it is especially rich in landscapes. Nor can this circum stance be any matter of surprise, when it is con sidered that among the principal competitors are enumerated Mr. Creswick, Mr. Linnell, Mr. F. Denby, Mr. \Voolmer, Mr. Holland, Mr. Linton, Mr. Havel!, and Mr. Branwbite. Each of these ap pears, as ever, to be more or less ambitious. Mr. Linnell's " Purchased Flock," although admirable for its animation, is greatly inferior to his " Opening the Gate," a production of extraordinary beauty, re presenting as it does most vividly a sunshiny day over an English meadow. Again, Mr. F. Dan by 's sketch of Welsh mountains in the glow of a sun set, though singularly felicitous, is in no degree com parable with his delicious picture, entitled" A Golden Moment." Here the atmospheric effect is produced in like manner by a sunset, but it is a ruby sunset, behind luxuriant masses of the richest and brownest umbrage, instead of being a reflection of yellow light from the marly verdure of an un wooded aclivity. Mr. Woolmer's " Sirens," unlike those of Mr. Frost in the last exhibition of the Academy, are placed in conspicuous subordination to the landscape, yet still in spite cf this, we have little to regret,- seeing that it results in scenery , of voluptuous enchantment. One of Mr. Bran white's snow scenes is especially clever ; and the fol lowing successful efforts are also noticeable :—Mr. Havell's " Rhaddlan Castle," admirable in its per spective ; Mr. Linton's " Borgo Castello," although marred by its massive clouds, anything in aspect ra ther than vaporiform ; and Mr. Holland's " Piazetta di San. Marco," a painting of remarkable, though somewhat eccentric, ability. Foremost among the historical works in this year's exhibition are the " Meeting between Jemes IV. and Murray," at one extremity of the Gallery, and the dictation of a dispatch by " Oliver Cromwell to John Milton," situated at the other end of the opposite apartment. The latter production, although the most ambitious, is also the most simple in com position, promising largely for the future adventures of the artist, Mr. Newenham. Nevertheless, while we are ready to acknowledge the pervading power of the picture, we cannot close our attention to its striking demerits, conspicuous among which are the absence of anything approaching to energy in the figure of Milton, and of anything at all approxi mating to dignity or grandeur in that of Cromwell. The poet is characterised chiefly by an expression of " softness," while an exaggerated uncomeliness is the prominent token of the Protector. In the absence of Mr.Ed win Landseer, Mr. Herring, and Mr. Ansdell shine forth more brilliantly than heretofore. The former appears, as he always does, miraculously felicitous in his sketches from the farm yard—in one picture of this kind, introducing together the cart-horse and the ragged little pony, the pigs, and the fowls, and among the whole litter a peacock trailing its beautiful plumage through the stubble. The study of young kids,. by the same distinguished hand, is also capital. Mr..Ansdell repeats himself in his painting of the " Regretted Companion," though few will regret this from the charm with which he has invested both of the figures of the dead ass and that of the old man mourning over its remains. Best of al], the domestic or humorous paintings in the Gallery, are three contributed by Mr. F. G-oodell, by Mr. Frank Stone, and Mr. George Cruickshank. Each in its several way is inimitable, and all, we doubt not, will prove favourites—favourites to be perpetuated and diffused through the medium of en gravings. The picture by, Mr. Goodall entitled the " Post-office" represents in the best style of Wilkie the arrival of the mail with an account from the field of a campaign. The grouping, colouring, and expression of the whole work are ad mirable; and the story of the painting is crowded with incidents, droll or touching. Here is a sort of half contention between a little tiny puppy and a little tiny child about an india-rubber ball. Here is the young widow, bowed down in sudden sorrow on hearing the news of her widowhood. Here is the old pensioner listening to the joyfully read letter from the son who's gone a-soldiering. Here in another quarter is an eager group gathered with curious eyes and ears all a-cock with expectation round an old fellow reading alma from an open newspaper. Mr. Frank Stone's " Sympathy" is the beautiful delineation of a beautiful sentiment, being a portraiture of two lovely girls communing with each other about their sorrows, and inter changing at once their affections and their confi dences. The costumes and the expression of the two charming countenances are altogether exqui sitely painted. What shall we say of Mr. George Cruickshank's picture, entitled " Disturbing the Con gregation?" What, but that it is worthy of our master-caricaturist; a piece of rich humour, provo cative not of a smile, but of boisterous laughter. There is the row of culprits—boys—from one of whose pockets has rolled the apple which has trundled almost to the august feet of the beadle. What a beadle! What malignity in his eye ! What a world of offended greatness in his glance of mingled astonish ment and indignation! Then the surprise of the gentleman whose look is just visible over the ledge of the pew ! The whole sketch is admirable from its ridiculous truthfulness to nature. Among the rest of these kind of pictures, besides a grotesque group, representing a cobbler keeping a customer waiting while he plays out a tune upon' his fiddle ecstactically, and a hideous sketch of an " Irish Piper"—the mere production, not to say the exhibition of which, is to us wholly incomprehensible—there is a spirited illustration of an old Scottish song by Mr. Alexander Johnston, the only blemish in which is the absence of all comeli ness, either in the shepherd or his lady-love. From the length to which our criticism has already extended, we are compelled more briefly than we could have wished to notice the imaginative, scrip ture!, and mythological paintings in this year's exhibi tion, at the British Institution. Sir George Hayter's picture of " Our Saviour after Temptation," though wanting in solemnity, is elegantly grouped, and agreeably coloured. Mr. Dicksee's "Lady Mac beth" has power of expression, but not one particle of beauty in her countenance. Mr. Sant's "Rivals" are droll without symmetry, unlike the very different "Rivals" pourtrayed by Sheridan. Of Mr. Gilbert's elaborate composition, illustrative of the " Plays of Shakspere," we could speak with more satisfaction had we failed to recognise so many important omissions and such an erroneous disposi tion of the characters introduced. In spite, however, of these glaring blemishes the work is really very felicitous as a whole, and several of the figures, such as that of Shylock, pencilled with true Shaksperian forcefulness. Brilliant, admirable, pro-eminent among all the mis cellaneous paintings in the gallery, are the produc tions of the gifted hand of Lance, the very Prince of Fruit Painters. Witness this his charming sketch of "Art and Nature," contrasted in an open casket of jewels and in a luscious jumble of grapes and other blooming productions of creatior. Such, then, are some of th . e more prominont productions now on view at the British Institutions—productions worthy in several respects of the genius of the artists of England. SOHO THEATRE.—At this theatre, last night, a company of gentlemen amateurs performed the First Pa!t of henry I V., and the farce of The &ape Goat. The general rule is hich exempts rerformanceA of this kind from particular criticism scarcely applit s Lere, as the mise en scene was ex( client, the costume correct, the dresses very splendid, and the acting more than reskect able. The best sustained part was tspur, represented with force and spirit; and in ats order of n.erit follow the King, Prince Henry, Bsrdolph, Worcester, and Douglas. Tlie trifling parts of Francis and Mrs. Quickly were acte.l with so much ease that we suspect the performers must have been prcfessional. The theatre (Miss lielly't) was crowded. MINORITY-NOES, 68. Adderlcy, C. B, Vreenall, Gilbert Idolesworth, Sir W. ArchdalLCaptain Greene, John Morgan, 0 . Arkwright, George Grogan, E. Mußings, J. R. Bagot, William Guernsey, Lord Naas, Lord Baillie, 11. J. .1 Gwyn, 'towel Napier, Joseph Bateson, Thomas Raiford, Sir Henry Newport, Ylsct. Bennet, P. halsey, T. P. Parke, C. W. Bernard, Viscount Hamilton, G. A. Prime, Richard Best, John llamilton, Lord C. Spooner, Richard Bremridge, Richard Henley, J. W. Stanley, E. Brisco, M. Hildyard, R. C. Stuart, H. Broadley, Henry Itodgson, W. N. Stuart, J. Brooke, Lord Hood, Sir A. Sullivan, Michael Buck, L. W. Hornby John Tollemache, John Chatterton, Colonel Horsinan, Edward 'Verner, Sir W. Conolly, Thomas Hume, Joseph Walmsley, Sir J. Cotton, W. It. Law, C. E. Walsh, Sir J. B. Disraeli, B. Long, W. Wegg-Prosser, F. i)odd, G. Lopes, Sir Ralph Welby, G. E. Farrer, James Mackenzie, W. F. *Willoughby, Sir 11. forks, W. Manners, Lord C. Forester, G. C. Manners, Lord G. TELLERS. Fuller, A. E. Meux, Sir H. teresford, William Gaskell, J. M. Miles, William liewdegate, N. Another Amendment proposed, to add at the end of the Question the words " and that Cionel Braybrooke, Lieu tenant Henderson, E. S. Waring, Esq., and John Selby, Advocate, be summoned to attend the sa.i.d Committee ;" Question pur, " That those wards be tivare added." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 10Q. Adair, Hugh E. Frewen, C. H. "Napier, Joseph Adderley, C. B. Fuller, A. E. • , rewdegate, C. N. Austey, Thomas C. Gaskell, J. M. :Newport, Viscount Archdall, Captain Gibson, T. M. l'acke, C. W. Arkwright, 9. Greenall, G. I'ilkington,•James Bagot, Hon. W. Greene, John Prime, Richard 13 /011ie, H. J. Grogan, Edward Acid, Colonel Bateson, T. Guernsey, Lord ltepton, G. W. Bennet, Philip Gwyn, Howel :Sidney, Alderman Beresford, William Halford, Sir 11. :Simeon, John Bernard, Viscount Halsey, T. P. Smith, J. Benjamin Best, John Hamilton, G. A. Smythe, George Blair, Stephen Hamilton, Lord C. Spooner, Richard Breinridge, Richard Heald, James, Stanley, Edward Bright, John Henley, J. W. Stuart, H. Brisco, M. Henry, Alexander Stuart, J. Broadlcy, 11. Hervey, Lord A. Sullivan, Michael Brooke, Lord Hildyard, R. C. Taylor, T. E. Buck, L. W. Hodgson, W. N. Thompson, Colonel Carew, W. P. Hood, Sir A. Tollernache, John Chatterton, Colonel Hornby, John Trevor, G. R. Cocks, 1 homas S. llorsman, E. Turner, George Coles, 11. B. Inglis, Sir R. 'Verner, Sir W. Compton, 11. C. Kershaw, James Valaisley, Sir T. C o nolly, Thomas Lacy, Henry C. Walpole, Spencer Cotton, W. 11. Law, C. E. 'Walsh, Sir J. Cubitt, William Long, W. Wegg-Prosser, F. Disraeli, B. Mackenzie,' W. F. 'Welby, G. E. Dodd, George' Manners, Lord C. 'Williams, John Duckworth, Sir T. Manners, Lord G. :Willoughby, Sir H. Duncuft, John Meux, Sir Henry Fagan, W. Miles, William Ferrer, James Morgan, 0. Forbes. Wm. Mailings, J. It. Forester, G. C. Naas, Lord XZLLLZI. Xltune, J. 7ikfolesworth. Sir W. MAJORITY—NOES, 109. Abdy, T. N. Fox, Richard M. O'Connell, M. J. Adair, It. Shafto French, F. Otle, S. C. Aglionby, 11. A. Graham, Sir James i'aget, Lord A. Anson, Colonel Grenfell, C. Pascoe 3'aget, Lord C. Armstrong, Sir A. Grey, Sir G. I'alinerston, VI& Armstrong, It. B. Grosvenor, Lord R. Parker, John Baines, M. T. Hallyburton, Lord J. ''elham, 1). A Baring. Sir F. Hanmer, Sir J. Xendarves, Edward Bellew, It. M. Ilarris, Richard Pinney, William Berkeley, C. L. G. Ilastie, Alexander Plowden, W. H. Bernal, Ralph Hastie, Archibald Power, Dr. Blackall, S. W. Hawes, Benjamin Res wdon, Colonel Bowles, Admiral Hayter, W. G. :Melt, Henry Brocklehurst, John Ilobhouse, Sir John Itichards,;Riehard Caulfeild, J. M. Ilobliouse, T. B. Itonailly, Sir John Cayley, Edward S. Ilollond, Robert Itt,ssell, Lord John ChaplinZW. J. Howard, Lord E. Russell, F. C. Clay, Sir W. Iloward, C. W. Sandars, J. Clements, Charles Jervis, Sir John Scrope, G. P. Clerk Sir George Jocelyn, Viscount Seymour, Lord Clifford, Henry M. Labouchere, Ilenry Smith, Vernon Clive, It. 11. Langston, J. H. Somerville, Sir W. Copeland, Alderman Lewis, Sir T. Sotheron, T. 11. S. Craig, W. G. Lewis, G. C. • Stansfield, W. lt. Crowder, It. B. Lindsay, Colonel Tennent, It. J. Da.rymple, Captain Loveden, Pryse Thornely, T. DaN le, Sir it. M'Cullagh, W. T. Turnell, 11. Davies, D. A. Mahon, O'Gorman Wall, C. B. Duncan, Lord Marshall, W.. ..; Wellesley, Lord C, Duncan, George Masterman, John , Wilcox, Brodie Dundas, Sir David Matheson, A. Wilson, James D unne,.Colon el Matheson, Colonel Wilson; Matthew Ebrington, Lord Maule, Fox - Wood, W. I'. Elliot, John E. Melgund, Viscount Enflelci, Viscount Milner, W. M. . TELLERS. Ferguson, Sir It. Monsell, William Bill, Lord Marcus Fitzwllliam, G. W. Morris, David they, R. W. Fortescue, J. W. Mulgrave,:Es.rl THE EXHIBITION L 1 1851. TO MR .E.DITOR OF THW SUN. Corweir, Feb. 4, 1850. SIB,—It occurred to me last year, that the propcsed Exhibition would be a most excellent opportunity for supplyinc , that great public want, " a National Gallery," and I therefore brought the subject under the attention of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Since the formation of the Commission, I have ad dressed to them the following letter, an doubtless they will take the subject into their considers.tion; but it has occurred to me, that, as the Commissioners have so properly thrown the expenses of the Exhibition on public donations, it would be right the public should say whether they approved of the suggestion. Of course the extra expense beyofld what is fitting for the proposed Exhibition, would come from the Chan cellor of the Exchequer; but a National Gallery must be built sooner or later, and the quesifion for the public to consider is, whether it would not 'be better to incur that expense at once, and thereby save about 50,0004., or half the cost cf the National Gallery -, besides accuring the best election fur the proposed Exhibition. The following is the letter I sent the Commission:— " To the Right Hon. the Commissioners for the Promo tion of the Works of Industry of all Nations. "My Lords and Gentlemen,—l had the honour to bring under the attention of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, a suggestion relative to the building for the prc posed Exhibition; and was informed by his secretary, That his Royal Highness bad directed my letter to be referred to the Executive Committee of the Society of Arts for more consideration.' " The suggestion was that the proposed building should be of a permanent character, to servo hereafter as a National Gallery, but as I did not (falter into de till, I trust you will now permit me to lay before you, as shortly as possible, the reasons which induce me to con sider that the suggestion is worthy of adoption— " lit. A National Gallery is very mina'. wanted. " 2d. The very best and most commodious building for the proposed Exhibition would also be the best for the National Gallery. " 3d. It will be very difficult to provide so effectually fir the safety o f th e immense concourse of people in a bui.ding of a temporary character, as in one of a per manent character. " 4tb. It will he impossible to provide so effectually for the con firt and accommoth.tion of the r o Tie in a tem porary building. " sth. It would, therefore, give the public the most suitable building both for the Exhibition, and for the National Gallery, at the minimum of expense. " 6th. It could preserve in a becoming manner the memory a so useful an undertaking, and the Albert Gallery would remind future generations of a Prince who duly appreciated the value of industry. " 7th. The site I proposed, while sufficiently central for the inhabitants of the metropolis, is removed from the principal thoroughfares, a great desideratum in an exhibition which is free to the public and is well siiusted for visitors by the railroad. "Bth. Considerable architectural advantageswould be gain( d by selecting the proposed site, for any lofty buildings in the immediate vicinity of the Palace would assuredly have a very bail effect. " I have the honour to remain, " My Lords and Gentlemen, " Your very obedient and faithful servant, JA I3 IGBY WA SON, " Corwar, Jan. 8, 1850." The Right Ilon. Sir lt,bext and Lady Peel and Miss Peel left town yesterday for Drayton Mai.or, Sta fordshire. MAGAZINES, Scc. (CONTINUED.) ----- ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE. Edited by J. Bernard Burke, Esq. The present is an excellent number of the St. James's. The article entitled " Pairy,Land" is most gracefully written. The " Garland of Bishopbrick Blossoms," and the " Popular Rhymes, &c., of the Manx People," contain much interesting legendary lore; and the " Ihraldic Register" is, cor.tinued. We commend the following passage from " Rambles i❑ Cornwall" to the attention of those who have the care of providing for our national defences. The Scilly lilands in the hands of an enemy would be to them, as regards the British at,d St. George's Chan nels, what Gibraltar is to us as regards the Medi terranean : The importance of the Scilly Isles to a maritime people like the English was seen and appreciated so early as the thno of Athelstan, who, when he had subdued Cornwr..ll, undertook the conque.t c f these rocks so ut terly valuecss in every other respect. In truth they de serve a much more elaborate and effective defence than the Government has thought proper to bestow upon them, for steam has done much to cqulize matters, and with all our maritime superiority it certainly would n scarcely even difficult, for a foreign power e impossible, ofany magnitude to make itself master of them." THE BRITISH POLITICAL, COMMER _ CIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND HISTO RICAL GAZETTEER; Travelling Road Book and County Atlas. This usefal and instructive work progresses steadily and satisfactorily, in giving to the public the most minute and extensive information, upon all subjects within the province of a gazetteer. The present number, which concludes the first volume, contains two well-executed and well-defined maps cf the counties of Cumberland and Durham, and is embel lished with an accurate and beautiful engraving of the Liverpool Custom-house. LATTER-DAY PAMPHLETS. Edited by Thomas Carlyle. N o . I.— Th e P resen t Ti me . Acknowledging the g en i us o f t hi s grea t thi n k er , we yet do aver that the perusal of this, the first of his Latter day Pamphlets, is like the having ,had a nightmare. The tone assumed at the very outset is provocative of despondency. As the reader advances he feels that not only the age but that the book is one of "endless calamity, disruption, dislocation, confu sion worse confounded." As he closes the produc tion he arrives at the conviction that its pages, as well as the days upon which they comment, if not breath ing "of endless hope, too, then they are those of utter despair." The voice of Mr. Carlyle is raised in the awful wail of prophecy, and sinks in the dismal cadence of lamentation. It has throughout the monotony and resonance, the sadness and the agony expressed in the mingled groans and shrieks of the pibroch. had it continued through more than those 65 pages we w ill no t wager but that it might, in many instances, produce an effect like that said to result from the Highland bagpipe, " singingy the nose," according to Shskspere. Fright having oc casionally the same result it might, in truth, have so happened, seeing that the whole of this Latter day Pamphlet is calculated, to excite sentiments of blended horror and dismay. " Not long a go ," says the prophetic pamphleteer, by way of inductior, " Not long ago the world saw, with thoughtless joy, which might have been very thoughtful joy, a real Miracle not heretofore considered possible or conceivable in the e. - orld, a reforming Pope. A simple pious crea tare, a good country priest, invested unexpectedly with the tiara, talits up the New Testament, declares that this hence firth shall be his rule of governing." This occurrence Mr. Carlyle appears to look upon as the origin of those wars and insurrections which have turned continental Europe topsy-turvy, reveal ing to the profaning gaze of the multitude the official holy of holies," and leading, in fact, to a convulsion such as is here designated the universal bankruptcy of im posture. While condemning in terms neither fseble nor measured the " stump oratory" which is said to have governed the world through the first four or five months of the revolutionary movement, our author takes occasion to sneer at M. de Larnartine—at de Len]artine, who, while Mr. Carlyle was cosily smoking his pipe of tobacco at home, was imperilling his life to vindicate humanity and to save civilization ! We certainly have a profound admiration for this comfortable school of back-parlour criticism. But on, on, on, goes Mr. Carlyle, not on the back of Pegasus, for Pegasus is winged, and so is not the style of our, pamphleteer—on, on, on he goes, floundering about in the " slough of despond," —capable of seeing, and showing that all has been overturned and dislocated, that society has been razed to its very foundations ' and so forth, b u t w h o lly and totally incapable of pointing out the method or the materials for its reconstruction. It is because the book is, for these reasons, a barren work, that we are deprived of any inclination whatever to enter further upon its scrutiny. It is as if a jagged gleam of lightning flickered over the ruins of a world plunged back into pritnecval chaos and darkness. Any such bugbear of the imagination we recoil from as deserving only forgetfulness, as being empowered to effect no beneficent purpose. Therefore it is that we rise from the consideration of the pamphlet with the same satisfaction that we would rise from a couch where we had been tortured by the nightmare. THE ECONOMY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Under this title a statistical publication is making its appearance in periodical instalments, in which the author, or we should more properly say the editor or compiler, T. C. Banfield, E,q. ) is about to produce a condensed tabular survey, with appropriate:descriptions, of the territories, population, resources, and govern ment of the British empire and its dependencies. From its national importance the work cannot fail to attract a very large amount of attention and patronage. THE COSMOPOLITE. Baying assumed this as the title of their new perio dical, the entrepreneurs of the present enterprise have adventured upon the task of its periodical production with wide and comprehensive sympathies. Among the more noticeable papers in the instalment for February 15 the acute and serious essay on " Crime and Education." THE PEOPLE'S REVIEW. "Another new periodical, so called, has st:trted into existence simultaneously with many similar ad ventures—the present being a bold undertaking, somewhat in the style of the quarterly publications. As a first number it promises well for its continuance. THE BANICEI?S' MAGAZINE. The present number contains a continuation o f " The history of Opinion on the Currency," an exposition cf th e pu b lic revenue of Russia and the new Russian loan, and the usual r• - nount of well-arranged statistical and monetary in 'orma tion. It is illustrated by an engraving of S unuel Rogers from Sir Thomas Lawrence's picture. PENDENNIS. By nr. Tkaekeray. Fart XIII. In th's which commences the second volume, we find Pemjennli established in London society as a litteraf.: , :zi• c,7tznce, the author of a successful novel, the soi/g3t ricer of the booksellers, the petted of so ciety, a d ft 2 admired of his uncle the Major, who endea4ours to per sua d e h i m of the propr i ety o f re r. ewing his addresses to Miss Blanch Amory, seeing that that young lady will have " thirty or forty or fifty " thousand pounds. Pen, however , is proof against the temptations of the money or the fascina tions of the flirt, but not so Mr. Henry Poker, who is hooked by thQ coquettish Blanche, and played like an overgrown gudgeon. These love passages in the life of Mr. H enry F oker form a mos t amusing por tion of the p resent number. THE DUBLIN" UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. The number for the present month of this usually able periodical scarcely reaches its accustomed standard of excellence, though containing many well written and important papers. " Canada," the open ing paper, is evidently written by one well acquainted with the recent revolutionary spirit manifested in that portion of our colonial settlements. The second paper, " A Few more Random Records of a Ra m bl e in the East," is a dashing and agreeable narrative, fully sustaining the interest created by a perusal of the preceding part, and will amply repay the atten tion of the reader. "The Life Insurance" is well told, and most strange if true. "Irish Tourists —Cuiraldus Cambrensis," this i subject is con tinued, and con t a i ns much to interest the scholar and historian. The next paper is an able review of " The Vicissitudes of the Eternal City, or Ancient Rome ; with Notes, Classical and Historical," by Mr. Whiteside, the eminent Irish barrister. " What's in the Wind," a little fragment " fancied on New Year' s E ve ." The next is a short an d spi rited paper on an important subject" The Li nes con necting the Atlantic and Pacific," by Major L a k e Smyth O'Connor. "The Mysterious Lodger" is continued and, we are happy to say, concluded, for a more dark and unnatural tale of horror we never read, and we could heartily wish that the writer, before he again draws on his fancy, would take a generous dose of " civet," - or some other sweetener of the imagina tion. The next paper is "A Review of the Life and CorreTondence of Robert Southey," edit e d b y hi s son ; and if the odour of merited praise can reach and be felt by the spirit of disenthralled genius, how sweet and grateful to Smithey must be th e e l oquent tribute of his warm hearted Irish censor. W e can not avoid extracting the glowing yet graceful com pliment with which he opens his critical remarks : " IIonour«1 be the memory of Hobert Southey! Ilis name call 1 ing preserve its sweet savour in the re jo n,„. tion of the wi, e and good, w ho admired him not more for his transcendent genius thsn they lovel him for his gentle worth; and whose mature productio ns w ill go down to posterity with the singular commendation Cita they contain not one single line which a good man, upon his death-bed, could wish unwritten." A CRITICISM ON THE PICTURES AND STUDIES OF WILLIAM ETTY, B.A. This is a reprint of the excellent and elaborate notice of the Etty Exhibition of last year, which ap• peared in the Eclectic fur September. We are glad to find that it is reprinted in this form, and would recommend it to the careful perusal and study of every artist and of every art critic. NEW MUSIC. 1. Remember thy Creator. Sacred Cantata. Com posed by E. Reinhold. 2. Bid me Live. Ballad composed, and dedicated by permission to his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, by E. Reinhold. E. Reinhold is a composer w ho i s at pr esen t c o m • partitively unknown, but who will not long remain in obscurity, if we may judge from the works now be fore us. The sacred cantata is a work of genius ; the sublime spirit of the words has been faithfully and feelingly translated into the only universal language, music. The composition is marked by originality and by an intense devotional feeling. It would, we are certain, become a great favourite at Exeter Hall. The ballad, " Oh ! bid me Live," is a very pleasing composition ; the music is flowing and graceful, and it expresses the meaning of the words (and unhke the ordinary run of songs, the words of this ballad have meaning) of this most exquisite ballad. The melody is full of pathos and feeling, and the accompaniments are exceedingly clever. This elegant composition can not but become a favourite in every drawing-room. The Rhineland Waltzes, as performed at Almaeles, and by Air. John IVeippert's Band. Composed by Wellington Guernsey. _ _ The Mite c f the fashrunable world cannot fail to be charmed by this graceful set tf waltzes. They are sweet, flowing, and melodious, and will please every accomplished votary of " the light fantastic toe ," they are composed :in the happiest style that art and experience could suggest to the accomplished musician. Sweet Summer gales., Ballad written and composed by Wellington Guernsey. One of the thOA !elEigant and original songs we have met witli'fcif aqdng period; the melody bang so strikinglAtjciuirrop fail of a most extensive popu larity Oh ! what days of Gladness, Willie. Ballad vritten by Heyward J. St. Seger, Esq. Music by Mrs. J. Passingham. A sweet flowing ballad in A major, wiLhin the compass of any moderate voice; the words breath a sentiment that will find a re-echo in every feeling heart. EXETER HALL. The sixteenth Wednesday Concert was given last night at Exeter Hall, and the bills described it as being for the benefit of Herr Ernst. The unparalleled violinist had an abundant amount of patronage, f)r every pat t of the immense area was filled, as well as the galleries and the choral seats of the orchestra. The chief interest of the evening was naturally centred in the per fort:canoes of the beneficiaire, who played four times, and never, we appre hend, with greater excellence. His first piece, the only violin concerto cf poor Mendelssobn, was a musical re past of no ordinary kind. The andante in C, one of tie most exquisite movements that ever emanated from the gifted composer, was developed with a grace and feeling that no eulogy cen do justice to ; while the opening allegro in E minor, and the fantastic finale in E major, were signal examples of rich and brilliant executancy. his second performance was the " Luduvic" fantasia. He rendered this clever and ingenious work with undiminished ability, and was en cored in the pizzicato variation, which, although it is ad dressed to the popular taste, possesses vast constructive merit. In the second part he performed his Prrata solo. and the whimsical veriLtions on the Carnaval de Venice. He was throughout the evening applauded to the echo; and who could help participating in the acclamation The vocal incidents were supplied by Mrs. A. Newton, Miss Poole, Miss Fyles, Mr. B. Frodsham, and Herr Formes (for whom an apology was made on the score of hoarseness). The orchestra etas led by Mr. Willy, and deserves more than ordinary praise for the careful and discriminative manrer in which it executed the accctr.- paeimen's to Mendeissohn'i concerto. GENERAL TUEATRICAL FUND.—A meeti ng o f t h e directors and subscribers was held yesterdayat the Lyceum, Mr. 11. Hughes, of the Adelphi, in the chair. The secretary tl the fund repotted that the capital &ready invested exceeded 5,0001. Her Majesty had been graciously pleased to become an. annual donor of 100 guineas. There were at pretext five annuitants on the fund, whose alloaarxe had been increased from 251. to 301. per annum. The board then pr ocee d ed tl make arrangements fir the ensuing anniversary festival in aid of the institution, at the London Tavern, at which Mr. Benjamin Webster would preside, supported by Mr. Charles ICean, Mr. Charles Manby (the Haymarket and Adelpbi), and a host of literary and drarnatio talent. COURT CIRCULAR. WIN 1)S011, WEDNESDAY. Tho Queen v. - allicd this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park: Tin, Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the gn unds a ;j4cent to the CaAle. His Royal flightless Prince Albeit went out hunting this morning, aitt.ndcd by LieLt.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. The Earl of Aberdeen i: expected to arrive at the Castle this evening on a visit to th e Quernand the Prince'. The royal dit:ntr party this evening included her Royal Hightess the Duchess of Kent, Lady Funny Howard. Baroness de Spt th, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Colonel the Hop. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. The Queen's private band will attend after dinner. Her Disjesty's private band was in attendance on in the C ast l e, and performed the follow- Tuesday gpec eveningit e s:— Overture, "Ruins of Athens" Harpsichord ] essons ..... Selection, "Joseph" ..... Hungarian March. Herbsttlumen Wa!z.)r .................. Beethoven. .................. Handel. ...................... Meba ...................... Labitzk Viscout t Bernard, M.P., Colonel Chattertoa, M.P, and Mr. W. Fagan, M.P., had an i nterview with Lor d John Russell yesterday, upon the subject of railway tension in Ireland, and the improvemen t of the harbours and lighthouses of the western coast of Ireland; an 4.40 .0 to present a memorial from the county and city of Cork. Mr. Ewart, MX., Mr. Borthwick, Mr. Ingram, M r . Spicer, Mr. Francis, Mr. Pratt, Mr. M'Enteer, Mr. Pittman, and several other gentlemen, representing a large and influential portion of the London and provin cial press, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, on the subject of the repeal of the advertisement duty. A Sub-Commtteeof the Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, consisting of the Right Lion. L 3. Laboucbere, Earl Granville, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. Jones Loyd, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Mr. Alderman Thompson, met at the Board of Trade yesterday. Mr. George Drew and Mr. Francis Fuller, members of the Executive Committee, conferred 'with the Sub-Committee. Tt►e Commissioners for inquiring into Smithfield Market, and tie markets in the City of London for the sale of moat, had a meeting yesterday at the ROME office. There wero present Mr. George Cornewall Lewis. Sir James Duke, Sir Harry Verney, Professor Richard Owen, and the Hon. Frederick Byng. A deputation, including Sir Augustus W. Hillary, Bart., Mr. W. J. VouleF, and Mr. W. Andrews, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Mr. Willcox, MP., had also an interview yesterday with the Right lion. Baronet, at his cfficial residence in Downing -street. Colonel Reed transacted business with the Csmaris sioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. Sir Richard Keane had an interview with Earl Grey esterday. Colonel Malcolm and Major Blacken had also interviews yesterday with the Noble Earl, at the Colonial-office. Viscount Bernard, M P., and Colonel Chetterton, M.P., had an int.3rview with the Right Hon. H. Labou chere and Earl Granville yesterday, at the office of the Lloard of Trade, on the subject of the lighthouse dues in Ireland. Thy Earl of Glengall had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russel!. A dcepAation consisting of Messrs. Canell, Broighton , Dennison, Wilkinson (churchwarden), and Salter, from the perish of St. Paul, Covent-garden; Messrs. Mayes, John R. Taylor, Saunders, Hopwood (Chairman of Go vernors and Directors), Southey, and Humphrey, from St. Andrew, Holborn, and Sr. George the Martyr; Mr. Flight, from Sr. S ephen, Walhrook; Messrs. Stephens and Hutchinson, from the Lile:ty of the Rolls; Mr. Smith, from St. Cie:Lent Danes; Mr. Emerson (Guardian JI the Poor), from Christchurch, Newgate-htieat; Mr. Winch, from Clerkenwell; Mr. Thwaites (Chairman of the Huard a Guardians), and Mr. NewsoL, from St. S4viour's, Southwark; and Mr. Daniel, Honorary Srerc- Lary ; had an interview yeltyrday with the Chancellor of the Exchcquer. Mr. Matey Wigram Lad an interview with the Presi dent and Vice-President of the Board cf . Trade yester day. SLATER'S' SHILLING SERIES. Among the most recent additions to this cheap, and therefore, most accessible library, we have especially to direct attention to the reprint of some of the latter essays of Emerson, and some of the poems of Longfellow. One of these volumes of the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson comprises his celebrated essay on Nature, followed by lectures on the Times and on War. Another volume comprises his eight essays beginning with the "Poet" and ending with the "Realist." The reprint of the ear lier poems of Henry Wordsworth Longfellow consists, as might be anticipated by those acquainted with the progress of his poetic genuis towards its develop ment, of his " Voices of the Night," kis juvenile verses, and his translations. Both these and the essays already referred to, by Emerson, only require from us, we might even say only admit from us, a simple announcement. Their large and lasting popu larity renders criticism almost superfluous. Besides the books already particularised, there has also re cently appeared, in the same series of volumes, one containing certain ingenious " Thoughts on the Poets," the said thoughts being penned by the author of "The Characteristics of Genuis," Henry Tucker man. The mere title of the volume ensures its cir culation. LITERATURE. SKETCHES OF NAVAL AND MILITARY ADVENTURE. By One in the Service. It does not often fall to Our lot to meet with a book the first impression of which is so favourable as that which bears the above title, and so likely to repay the reader for the very little trouble requisite in order to make himself acquainted with its contents, by an amount of satisfaction and pleasure at variance only with its modest size, and the extent of amusement and occasional positive information it contains ; only one volume. of some 300 pages or so, some of which are devoted to very honourable and praiseworthy pu poses, no doubt, but forming no part of the " Sketches." Yet, we must admit, that to some of these very pages the author is indebted for a certain portion of that good opinion which we would gladly impart to others; so much so, that we will plead guilty to the foible, or- fault, or merely to the fact, that despite the stern propensity of our nature, con trary to the laws of sound criticism, and in opposi tion to the dictates of experience, we antlered ourselves to be rather more favourably impressed than is our wont, with the book, as a mere book, with its very preface, with its un pretending inscription to "Friends," under circum stances of which the record, however brief, is an honour to the feelings of the writer, with its de dication, so unassuming yet so cordial to his "Mates," and with its introductinn, simple, natural, yet poetic, or rather poetic because it is simple and natural, and, we felt ourselves impelled to like a book ushered in under such [auspices. We need, how ever, scarcely add that we assumed our task with a proper determination to do justice to our subject, and right pleased we are to say that our feelings will not have to suffer from our sense of justice ; nay, more, we like our justice the better for being in harmony with our feelings. There is about the first, or nauti cal part of the work before us, an air of earnestness and simplicity, which, while it seems to reveal a first attempt at authorship, pleases us the more on that account, and we deem it no disparagement to the abilities of our unknown friend, to say that if his style is not always equal to itself, it often exhibits traits of genuine pathoi, and rises to positive descriptive elo quence, as in the narrative of a truly stirring in cident, at page 69. Of the tale which immediately follows we scarcely know what to say, not having made up our mind whether its very moral termina tion does or does not destroy its pathetic character— let the reader decide. Nor are we quite disposed to agree with our author upon two points ; first, we doubt whether having introduced in his pages so eminent a personage as Napoleon, he should have dis. missed the NIGHTY FALLEN with so slight a notice ; secondly, we are not quite certain that the Latin in terpretations in the first voyage, however humorous, will be deemed either very classical, or in keeping with the characters introduced. Pass we on to the second, or military part of the " Sketches." Here we must, at the risk of incurring the blame which at taches to a twice-told-tale (not even the rhyming power of our friend Jack Pool, in the first voyage, would be re quired to name the consequence), say that we greatly commend the author's taste in pre facing his subjects, and as a match for his beautiful introduction in the first part, we have now an equally beautiful song. So then we have another touch of the sea, and we reach Calcutta! Well, we must admit we never before had the capital of India so s completely before us, and our author has done us an essential service, by removing for ever - from our mind, so vividly does he pourtray the peculiarities of that city, the wish of journeying so far, in search of the scene he depicts, save on one condition, that we are sent there to assume some de cidedly - ative (of course honourable) civil pos: - -but, thi3 is our concern, not his. We are nu% quits disposed to agree with the wish exprs—ed by bim, page 133, and pro bond publico, are content to have, instead of a bona fide picture, the following description of a preparation for a march— " I have often wished I were a skilful painter, that I might depict the breaking up of a camp in the morning, preparatary to the march. Such a picture would require a master's band, and would be worthy of it. Let me pourtray with the pen what I cannot with the pencil. The camp stands in a grove of tamarind trees. It is three o'clock, and the sky is quite dark. No one is stirring, save the sentries, who are to be seen pacing to and fro beside their watch fires, placed at short distances all round the camp. Suddenly the tap cf a drum is beard, lowed by a regular beat up,' and the sound of a bugle. In a moment all is life and action. The soldiers, who just now seemed to be wrapt in sleep, are hurrying out with their arms, piling them together, and while some pack their beds on the baggage carts, others are loosen ing the ropes of the tents, and pulling them down. The elephants approach from their station in the rear, pour ing forth a merry scream, and the camel-driver leads forward his unwilling beasts. Camp (Mowers are run ning to and fro, and officers, half aeloep and half awake, are sitting outside their tents drinking huge cups of coffee, and smoking Manilla cheroots. Now look again! The elephants bend at a word to receive the loads wich the soldiers hoist on their backs, and now the latter, hastening to collect the straw they have laid on during the night, and the loose wood of the forest, make up blazing fires, and circle round them. The growling and groaning of the surly camel is heard, as his master forces him down on his knees, and slips a rope round his forelegs and neck, which keeps him prostrate while being loaded. Dogs are seen running about, barking, howling, and seeking their owners; grooms are getting their horses ready for use; bearers are taking the ladies' palanquins to their tent doors; and the guides are lighting their torches. All are seen in full relief against the huge and numerous fires, around which the soldiers stand chatter ing and warming themselves, and which illumirtre the grope, presenting to the eye a rich contrast between the sombre hue of the trees and their foliage, and the red coats and,bright arms of the troops. And now the bugle again sounds, the soldiers slip on their knapsacks, catch up their arms, and hurry off to the parade; the L,flicers buckle on their swords and march down to the place of assemblage; the names are called over; the regiment forms up; the elephants, camels, and baggage carts fall in behind it; tLe word • March!' is given, the band striks up a lively tune, and all, with the exception of the rear guard, move off. In a few minutes these, too, fol low, and now the scene which was just before so lull of life and bustle and activity, is solitary and sib nt, and but for the )et smoking embers here and the e sea), it might be supposed had never been the site o! a camp.' " The following graphic narrative of the pursuit after, and death of, a rebellious elephant, will be read with interest : "Some three months passed away, during which no thing of importance occurred, and the monotony of can tonment duty tad, with the daily incl.( acing heat, become more and more fatiguing and insipid. One morning, however, just as we had finished breakfast, intelligence was brought that an elephant belonging to the Honour able Company, which had for some time been confined in irons as a punishment for ill conduct, had broken loose, killed his keeper and one or two other persons, and vt as now running wildly about the statior, tearing ip and battering down all that opposed him. Orders A 7 RU.E 11 , 71) 0 I VER. " We may now enjoy Leif an hour after the fashion if our country, Mr. .Sl, ale," said Richard: "bc/e is a fie."' bottle of wine. By the by, I can hardly ptfixade myself that 3ou are au Englishman, do you know ? I have tften thought of asking you." " 01. l—yee, certainly," teplied Mr. Sloake; I OM Anglais-1 am native tf England —yes, cettsinly." "But you lave lived a long time out of the country ?" "Yes—yes—l have never live there." `• Never? liuw is that?" `• Why, I was born at Londcn," said Mr. Sloake; " but when I was tour, five yews I came to live et France. My father died and left me to myself, and I have never been at England sincc'. " But do you consider yourself an Englishman?" "Oh !—yeF, certainly,' rejoined Mr. Sloake; "my heart is English—l love English—..l would fight for English—cerfainenient, I would spend my last blood at England —yes, I am Anglais." "How is it, then, that you have lived all your life here?" "Ab! you stall know—l am buried here—yer, Dir. Ltawlings, I must die here." "Die here ?" " it is true; I can die nowhere cite My Eugenie lies in the old cathedral. It is all that is left to me in this wide world, to go there every day, once, twice, three times, and say my prayer for Eugenie. England is never for me no more." "Eugenie?" exclaimed lklrF. Rawlings; " what a pretty name!" " Y( r, madame," said Mr. Sloake, " ahe was my dear wire. I was then very gay and proud, bi.t I am broken up wid down now. blieia dead these seven 3 - ear, and I would die too, but for my little Eugene. She lives still for me in him, pauvre petit !" " A cad story, Mr. Sloabe," observed Richard. " I must live for Eugene—volla tout! I have my affaires—not much now—n'inipotte; a little mikes fer Engel e and me. We are only two in this world—only two! But when I open my windows I see the cathedral, and lam happy. And my dear child go with ma= to pray, and we ure both happy. No—no—l cannot never go to my country. lamin my grave with Eugenie!"— he " Ladder (If Gold" in Bentley's Miscellany. NE W SANITAR Y COMMISSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ls it not rathertoo bad of the last Sanitary Com mission to make a large trap and bait it wall ei:h blarney, so as to* entice upwards of eighty foolish engineers into it—l among the rest to walk into said trap, plans and all—and now to find a new commission take up and push forward one of their own body, newly appointed, and shove him on ? Having, as all commis sions ger erally do begin, voted 800/. for a secretary, 1,400/. for au engineer; and then Captain Vanity, li.E., A.S.S., takes upon himself the whole credit of the united brains of the vii timised or the entrapped engineers, who trusted to their "good faith," which, as usual, turned out like pie crust," made only to be broken. Study, by all that is fair, one of their own Commissioners should be the last to take and put his hand in the " dirty mesa" of sewerage job. Why dots% Le publish his plan, said to be given in be fare all the others ? Let us see it for it is easy to make au egg stand on end when you know the way and have sten it done! And there are many Government Jacks-in-effiee 11,E. and R.N, &e., who have risen upon the brains of others; and even the fitndell stems to stand as bottle-holder or bolsterer up f this new tub, thrown out to bait the whales. I trust for the credit t f the engineering profession, he will stand aside and give theat rope—they will soon find their level—though, as usual, the public wrill.pay sweetly for their folly.—l am, Sir, &e., ONE OF TIM VICTIMISED • piIIGINE ERE. N.B.—Your castigation of Swik. B. was well received by a discerning public. We have too main theorists in it e new commission. Pal as the old..weepthere was fn oro shrine' of fair play to the proles-3**i . January 30. COLD.—The Cold was so intense in Khamtschatka about the end of December, that the governor of the drovince was compelled to leave his customary residence at Petropawlosk, and retire to his subterraneous palace Thchewskoi. This abode, which is built about twenty metres underground, affords accommodation for the go vernor and his suite, comprised of 200 persons. Is con tains all the necessary comforts of ordinary life; its tem perature is mild and salubrious; the absence of day light is suppli e d by a num b er o f lamps which are coe smutty burning. It seldom occurs that the weetler is so severe as to compel the governor to take refage at Thchewskoi, but, when such is the case, he generally passes two entire munthr, sometimes three, in that reit:- &nee. The wealthy inhabitants el' the country take up , their quarters in similar abodes. EFFICT OF THE LATE GALES ON THE BELL ROCK tiLcIrG:ItTh c llO se u a sE r . o — se D u u n r t il h )g the o Bell la ß t oc e g k al L e ig uf h I t h he ou 2 s e e th Dcc tothe e t z ; of the la. terr, which is about 110 feet above the level of the rock, and 07 feet above high water. Several large stones were thrown about and injured the iron gaugwey which leads alotg the reef to tee tower at low water; and after the gale had taken off; a portion of a ship's scupper was found J) lug in one of t h e crevices of the reek. On the 3ttb, a large 1 ChOCLCr, whos e sete7rintgs and r bulwarks had teen carried away, was the Frith of Forth.—Scotsmun. A NEW CLIME.-IMPORTANCE OF A In a return received by t h e ch i ef -constable cl Denbigh by our police authorities, which contains the dismissal ' o o ' ft? hone e ‘' i tt e l l en l e p s ti ug P°ll t7 L n. ‘ ili a c : h t is wife he cr i , e b i e s i n s g t a t e e l d i v t e o ." b — e, Preston Ptict. TUE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE.--7t Cow alp arty net fain that the Duke of Wellington wets born in Dublin, and not ft the old fitfully mansion if Dan , tin, county Mei.th, for the fAlosting entry has been traced in the parish book of St. Pt tar's Church, under the head of •• CitristeningF," 17G9 —A r ril 30, Arthur, son of the Right Honourable Earl and Countess of Mof.• nington—lstiao Mann, Archdeacon. _ _ _ ihe California mania, which had cooled down a good Cell, has revived is all its fury in New York. no Cherokee had arrived with some 150,0001. Her pal, senger, it is said, confirm all previous accounts cf the ini xhaustible stores of wealth. The sacrifice of huzaw We is, however, tremendous. The scarcity of vegetables has produced Ecui vy, which, with diaraceas and ca:- centures, was thinning the population. New victims were, howeva, daily_arrivieg. CHESTER ArD IioLTHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic ftr the Wcek ended Feb. 3, 1850:—C. and IL Alaia Line, 1,0541. Is. 4d.; Mold, 871. 31, Od.; 4leatu-boats, 961. Bs. (4.— r ercotal, 1,2374 lb. 4d.