The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-03 00:00:00

COLBURAPS UNITED SERVICE. The perusal of the opening article in the number for the present month will yield considerable interest to the reader. We cannot, however,altogether coincide with the clever writer of" Prospects of Europe" in his estimate of the conduct and character of the President of the French Republic. It appears less likely that Louis Napoleon sent forces to Rome, because "reckoning upon becoming Emperor ono day, he wished to preserve a Pope to con secrate him; and therefore extirpated the Roman Re public, in order to re-establish the despotism after which be intended to model his own, as well as to ac quire from it the aid which superstition is always ready to lend to tyranny," than because from fe.ling and policy be preferred seeing Father Tiber overshadowed by the pinions of the Gallic eagle to those of the Austrian buzzard. The following few sentences are sound and true:— " There is not a capital city in Fur-pe which does not swarm with emissaries in the pay of autocrats, kings, and emperors, whose sole business it is to destroy Lord Palmer ston's influence by every conceivable modification of ca lumny. In our own country prejudices against him have been so industriously diffused that they have at length found admittance into places which ought to be inaccessible to them ; and some of those who were once his best and staunchest friends are beginning to waver and to think of consulting their own interest by abandoning him. But among statesmen it is not every one who can afford to lose his character, and the act of seceding in Ministerial combina tions from so distinguished a politician and diplomatist, who has effected so much good for the country; who has raised its character abroad; who has impressed foreigners with a salutary fear of its energy, and who, by ad hering steadfastly to an honest course, has sought to bring honesty into fashion among courtiers,—to desert such a man, we say, would be an act of perfidy on which few, with the consequences before their eyes, would venture. However, it is not the less certain that a plot of the kind we describe exists. Its influence has even penetrated into many of the public journals, which, probably not knowing whose cat's paws they were, have, at various times, done the work of the conspirators. " There is an excellent paper on " Our Useless Colo nies," by a writer totally opposed to the disintegration of our colonial empire; a laughable account of " Mr. Pipp's Cruize in the Violet;" a smartly-written, witty, and amusing ballad, " Ball Practice; or, Hints from a Good Chaperone;" and the supplemental contributions are valuable as usual. BENTLEY. In the shape of a notice of the recently published au tobiography of Mr. H. P. Gillies, Bentley this month gives us a most amusing history of the ohauges which li terature has undergone during the course of the last half century, and how the seven volume works which in those days issued from the press, longo intervallo, have been superseded by the daily and weekly publication of fly sheets of condensed information. We have two articles on Kafir Land ; the first, a humorous account of the adventures of a volunteer troop during the course of the last war; the other a most va luable paper by Lieutenant-Colonel Napier, tracing the history of the various Kafir eruptions (for the Kafirs, and not ourselves, have been inva riably the invaders) upon the Hottentot territory, until they came to the white man's territory, proving to demonstration that the person really responsible for all the blood that has been shed since 1846. the real au thor of those Kafir wars, is not Sir B. D'Urban nor Sir Harry Smith, no, nor except secondarily, the Kafir chiefs ; but the real author of these Kafir wars is my Lord Glenelg, who, misled by the gross misrepresenta tions of the missionaries, " with most incomprehensible blindness," instead of supporting the energetic measures adopted by the colonists, actually disapproved of them, encouraged the savage Kafirs, and entered into a treaty with them. Colonel Napier thus proceeds:— " After such a specimen of childish policy on our part, it was scarcely to be imagined by such as knew the nature of the Kafir, that he would now long think proper to' sit still.' " The ruinous war which ' unexpectedly' broke out in 1846, and took us, as usual, unprepared and unawares, was still fresh in the recollection of all, when the last outrage, of which we have so lately received the accounts, has afforded another proof—if such were wanting—of the little reliance to be placed on any treaties' with these treacherous and blood-thirsty barbarians, who, strange to say, still find ready advocates amongst many of our fellow-countrymen at home. It is, however, time that such delusions should have an end ; it is time that all mistaken len'ency towards these murdering robbers should be cast aside; that war should be carried on to the very knife; that they should be hunted out like wild beasts from their lairs, driven completly beyond the Kaye; and, if any fresh ' treaty' be entered into with such incorri gible ruffians, it must be of such a nature as clearly to make them understand that a price will be put upon their heads, and that they will be shot down without mercy, when ever, on whatever pretence, they may be caught within the colonial boundaries." It is a pleasant consideration, truly, for the overbur dened people of this country that they have already had 2,000,0001. to pay, and will probably have to pay 2,600,000/. more, merely for having procured Lord Glenelg the satisfaction of having hybernated at the Colonial-office for four years. Mr. Wolff continues his amusing anecdotes of Spanish life, and Mr. Charles Sumner contributes an excellent biography of the late eminent Mr. Justice Story, of the United States. The story of the execution of Fieschi is well told; but the whole matter is of so disgusting a character that we wonder the editor should have had the bad taste to give the paper insertion. This, and the account of the death of Balthazar Gerard, which also appears in this number, must have been intended originally for Reynolds's, rather than for Bentley's, Miscellany. THE PALLADIUM. Latterly wo have observed a growing vigour in this young but brilliant aspirant for public favour among the magazines. Several et the contributions printed in the last few numbers of the Palladium have displayed an ability sufficient to elevate the publication to a level with some of the most distinguished among its contem• pwaries. One article, especially relating to the great poem," Mystery of Prometheus," reveals, to our think ing, a grasp of thought, a depth of criticism and a com mand of language, such as aro now-a-days but seldom combined in a reviewer. The paper is evidently from the hand of a writer worthy or his subject—the sublime subject celebrated in ancient days by .lEschylus,". and in modern days by Sh e ll e y. The su b sequen t nu mber con tains an i unusual variety of effusions relating to mes merism n Edinburgh, and to Napoleon crossing the Alps, to an argument for Education and a history of Cardinals, to a tale about the Jesuits and a story of Mrs. Crowe; with reviews of such books as Gilfillan's " Bar4s of the Bible," and of Miss Strickland's " Queens of Scotland." For many reasons, therefore, we look upon the Palladium as entitled to very large and earnest commendation. 1851; or, 711 E ADVENTURES OF MR. AND MRS. SANDBOY S. Pares 11. and 111. Henry Mayhew, with his droll narrative of the for tunes, or rather the misfortunes, of the Sandboys Fa mily, has supplied George Cruikshank with a theme congenial to that master of the humorous. Who that has once glanced at his sketches of London and Manches ter during the year of the Great Exhibition can ever forget them? Or, again, in the number for April, his comic cartoon of the Opera Boxes during the same in dustrial demonstration? Lionardo never drew more laughter-moving visages than many of those visible in these same opera boxes. As they say in the Adelphi bills, the whole entertainment is a screamer. Prosperity then, say we, to the celebrants of the Sandboys, but es pecially to George Cruikshank. GENTLEMAN'S. All honour to Peter Cunningham for his elaborate, genial, kind-hearted, and yet most just appreciation of the character of Charles IL, the Merry Monarch, par excellence, who with all hie faults was the best Stuart that ever occupied the English throne, and, indeed, was the only one of his family who was English in feeling, or who understood the English character. The fourth chap ter of the story of Nell Gwynne, which is devoted to the personal character of Charles H. is a delightful piece of historical writing, and proves that Mr. Peter Cunningham is capable of great things. We would suggest to him as a subject the Life of Charles 11. We have no good biography of him, while perhaps there are more materials extant for the preparation of such a work than for that of the biography of any other of our monarchs. In eonnexior with the history of the Smarts we have some most interesting anecdotes from the Day-Books of Dr. Henry Sampson, who having been a preacher under the Commonwealth, adopted the profession of a physician at the Restoration, and attended in that capacity all the notabilities of the Puritan party, among them Oliver St. John, Solicitor-General to Charles 1., and afterwards Oliver Cromwell's Chief Jus tice of Common Pleas, Sampson was in the habit of noting down in his day-books, among hie prescriptions and his accounts of expenditure, any anecdotes he had heard during the day, appending to them his authority. Many of these day-boors are unfortunately lost, but , and it is to be hoped t hey . will be given t o th e pu bli c. A s a sthomateea ere re lo in long t h e British Museum specimen of the information contained in these iday books, and of the wisdom of the g reat Protector, we give iOliver'skeeping meetings observation ly s co to ns M ta r n . t Gunng at Exeter n Hous e , reading, who w as accuse d o f , to Mr. the Common Prayer, and causing a g reat confl uence of the gentry with their coaches and othe ns said tat Oliver hat way disposed." "As for your meetings," Gunning, "it is Maim; aiy principle to Pereeeute gay SUN, LITERATURE. MAXIMS OF LA ROCHEFOLICAULD. Newly Translated from the French. Longman, Brown, Gr een, Surprising and Longmans. as it may appear, it has been reserved for the present translator to produce the first English version of La Rochefoucauld. Every previous at tempt of a similar kind has turned out a miserable failure. Until the volume before us was printed, the wittiest maxims in the world had yet to be introduced to an English auditory. Fortunately the scholar who has at length undertaken the task, has displayed throughout a wholesome knowledge of the require ments necessary for the fulfilment of his intentions, and not only a knowledge of them, but an actual Possession of them into the bargain. He has been iteral almost to the limits of slavishness, and yet, in spite of a ll t hi s, he has tranformed the original words into a language equally idiomatic. As in the French so in th e English --every sentence is an epigram. In this consists the value of the achievement. What constitutes • the splendour of these maxims, sen tences, and moral reflections, is their intensely and essentially epigrammatic character. Not a truth is uttered but in the utterance it comes to l ight —a witticism ! It is as if the speaker were like th e Princ ess i n th e or i en t a l romance, whose words were p recious stones, and from whose lips as she talked fell perpetually a shower of diamonds, and pearls, and r u bi es, and amethysts, and sapphires, and garhets, and e meralds. La Rochefoucauld, scrupulous IV' his sear c h after truth—truth, alas ! as bi tter as h is wh°lesu me—vvas, if possible, yet more solicitous about the manner in which he spoke than the verac i ty sitely I the thi ng spoken. Hence, we repeat, h i s exqui ePigraininatic character. Depressing as most of the maxims indubitably are, there are some never theless of a lofty and generous tendency : and if only becaus e of these we are thankful on behalf of many hundreds of Engli s h rea d er s to this the latest and best o f t h e translators of La Rochefoucauld. How .noble for example is that exclamation—" It belongs only to great men to have great faults." That is the most touching and most rational, as well IS tbe mo s t magnanimous, ex t enua ti on o f the faults attributed to our Caesars and our Napo leons. Again, what truth lies in that sentence, "As, We grow old we b ecome more foolish a n d more Wise." W hat a key, that, to the character of Polonius! Sometimes we light upon an old friend in the form of a saying attributed elsewhere. Thus one maxim commendes "Nothing is impossible," a saying by many fathered upon the modern Sesostris. How ex quisite again that utterance—" Youth is perpetual intoxication; it is the fever of reason." And what adroitness of expression there is in the opinion," Ab sence diminishes moderate passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes tapers and adds fury to fire." Never was metaphor more judicious. The unknown translator has added very considerably to the charm, and with that also to the value of his volume, by foot-notes revealing either plagiarisms or kindred thoughts in other writers, ancient and modern. It is especially interesting to contrast in this manner the way in which nearly the same ideas are differently expressed by the Duc De La Rochefoucauld and other authors of distinguished reputation—ranging from Seneca to La Bruyere, from Tacitus to Sterne, from Theophrastus to Bulwer Lytton. Such is this complete and admirable version of a work which Dr. Johnson eulogized, although it was penned by a man of fashion, a work which Rousseau calls " livre triste et desolant," and Voltaire has commended as having contributed largely to form the taste of the French nation and to give it a spirit of justness and precision. _ THE MAGAZINES, &c. NEW MONTHLY. Progress is made rather amusingly in the serial story commenced under the title of " All the World and his Wife, or what brought everybody to London in 1851;" so that we are obtaining information of the " doings" during the Great Exhibition even prior to its commencement. Much entertainment we doubt not, will be derived by the subscribers of the New Monthly from these facetious contributions. The adventures of M. Adolphe Coqueliot will assuredly, at least, provoke their laughter. His idea that the English language is summed up in the monosyllable "Yes," and the horrid consequences of his indulging in a plentiful use of mus tard with his " biff," are humorous to the extent of ex travagance. Is the author Mr. Jolly Green? And if m, w hy suppres s th e o l d familiar, and, we may add with "GO LD " ill Yt favourit e soubriquet? An elaborate article upon is conspicuous among the miscellaneous papers, and is enough to make the mouth water even with the least varicious. Several remarkable works lately Published are reviewed at some length, such, for elta h tn P l° . Mr. Dennistoun'a delightful " Memoirs • t he bake s of Urbino" and Mr. Borrow's extravagant „tog:I:lodge entitled' L'Avengro." We regret to see from t t r i k uslace, in the New Monthly Magazine, of papers nish e d7 h and of a contributor who has already tar most e long of t most 11 l- Pa, g as with articles scarcely admissible in th he French feuelletons. Those who revelled b in the helter-skelter race run during beis"frltY famous " Chapter, Y Soapey Sponge, in the narration of Sporting Tour," will regret its conclusion In the present number for pril. The spirit of the per toralance, protracted as the tale has been during so months. has not fl agged up to the last, so that the twhriter is enabled to wind up his story with his old en anrl- Altogether, the series has proved the wittiest leasPan test, upon m a t ters relating to the turf. published for t% t ime " Dandy Nat'a Courtship," considerable p ast, throw t., though somewhat silly in parts, and vulgar i7ntbout is still provocative of risibility in its denoue • Another of the powerful papers on " Russian mii)l°,rnacYt" already naticed as adorning the IVew "'"i'd.Y, brings the current number of the magazine to a very ardisfactory conclusion. FRASER. number f or achieved that which, until we had read his for April, 1851, we had considered to be an im possibility, he has produced a Budget which is even more absurd and more obj ec ti ona bl e t h an t h at " prec i ous " _uc.Pr odu ction which h as procured f or Si r Ch ar l es W oo d unenviable no t or i ety. This Budget i s propoun d e d ",t t he concl us i on of an elaborate paper on the various Sir ncial projects and calculations of Lord Stanley and of Chan ts Wood, in th e course o f w hi c h th e writer de nounces in indignant terms the proposition of Lord Stanley for a fi ve - sh i lling duty on corn, " as open to several serious objections; that it would enhance the Price of th e 41b. loaf by at least a halfpenny; that it Would impose on the consumer a tax of upwards of three Millions; that it would cheek the progress of improve- Ment in agriculture; that though it were to benefit the farmer by the enhanced price of corn, it would injure him by lessening the demand for other produce of the soil; sod that this injury he would share/with the mannfacturer." Ile then proposes that a 28. 6d. duty should be im- Posed on the importation, which 2s. 6d. is as complete a surrender of the principle of free trade, and is as ob noxious to all the above objections as a ss. duty could Possibly be; but we will give this model Budget of the Young Englanders in extenso :- "Proposition 1.---That in all future measures of finance, all exemptions, whether of any constituent part of the United Xingdorn, or of members of a class, should be carefully avoided, and that the new taxes imposed should be so mode rate in amount as not to require speedy revision and re duction. "IL That the window- tax should be abolished, and a new distinct and uniform house-tax of 6d. in the pound should be imposed. 111. That the income-tax should be modified as follows : T he Per centage under Schedules A and C to continue at 7d. duthe pound ;the per centage under Schedule B to be re eed to 3d. in the pound; and the per centage under schedules D and E to be reduced to sd. in the pound. t IV. Thaine of the duy of 5. on the quer oer of' wheat, t by w h i ch the pr es e nt e d uty t would s be raised from ZrPer cent. on a price of 50s. to 10 per cent., and the price be 41 b. loaf be increased by a duty of 2s. 6d. should P°sed, by which the duty would become 5 per cent. on I t i t rei of 50 5 ., an d th e pr i ce o f th e 41b . l oa f b e ra i se d l ess an a farthin. g u V. That a duty of 5 per cent. should be also imposed Pon live animals, and on fresh, dried, and salted meat. fThat the excise on soap and paper should share the ate of the i ndoor tax and be forthwith abolished. " VII. Th at i n order to meet the deficiency in the reve nue which these reductions would occasion, and to provide , 0 r surp ,'lus in fut ure years, t h e f o ll ow i ng new taxes s h ou ld !s im ;sed, or alterati in g taxes made The p paper-make r s lice nce to existin be raised from 41. 4s. to 101. The soap-maker's licence to be also raised from 41.45. to 10/. a . A brick-maker's licence (in consideration of the recent r emission of the excise duty on bricks), to be imposed to 4. t ..41 ile amount of 10/. glass-maker's licence (for the same reason) to be im 5. Ev er y to the same amo of 10/. vendor of paper unt and every bookseller, every vendor o f glass and every vendor of soap (in consideration also tha remission of the excise on these articles) to pay a licence of the same amount as that now paid by appraisers, game, namely, 6. tedicine vendors, and dealers in ; i he tax upon armorial bearings to be raised to 5/. ss. ' ll the case of baronets, ard to 101. los. in the case of all titled persons above that rank; to 31. 3s. in the (Ilse of untitled persona keeping a coach or carriage ; to 21 . 2s. in the case of persons not k eeping a coach or Carr iage, but keeping a male servant; and to 11. Is. i n a ll 7.other cases. A sta mp of ld. to be a ffi xed to every cheque drawn upon 8. banker. A d uty of Id. to be levied at the pit's mouth on every ton 9. Coals. Coals. t j" du ty of ld. to be levied at all gasworks on every hun relatives 10. red cubic feet of gas. 411 Burns left bypersons dying intestate, and having no great more nearly related than half-brother or sister, ell grandson, great nephew, or fi rst cousin, to be es ., to the Crown. VIII. The entire surplus revenue which shall accrue till eat , Year 1815 inclusive, to be devoted to the remission of kuouwt,axatien as bears most directly on the diffusion of the Whole surplus which shall accrue from the year 1856 to iear 1860, both inclusive, to be devoted to the reduction tileusee National Debt." litap ees P. r oPositious might, under ordinary circurn terah fli.ii)se treated with th at con t em pt w hi c h i s th e na of th _ l of the lu cu b ra ti ons o f ama t eur Ch ance ll ors p ot ,_ ? Exchequer, did they n o t a pp ear a t thi s 'War org an crisi s in a periodical which is the th e e nh o se f the. Gladstone and Puseyite section of ly e rvattves; and judgin g f rom th ese p ro p os iti ons de rr i ntle that i th , e2 of t would be less un sa f e t o en tr u st the th an to th the empi re to even L ord Stan l ey hi mse lf would ose who, like the authors of this proposition, wild es Cre oar legislation upon the principles of the pt uoctri nes of 4 , 1 c0 d Socialism. The tenth alteration itt "uue t t tr . d proposition seven, goes much further „-roa d to _ ir w • confiscation than do the propositions .49449 0494ia1ts $O4 eau ealy be parelleltg by THE some of the most ultra-proposals of M. Proudhon. If that scheme were carried irlto effect we might see a peer of the realm inheriting his title, indeed, from his great grandfather, but absolutely stripped of the pro perty with which to support that title, because his father and his grandfather had died before his great grand father. Then again, what can be more absurd than the attempted development and extension of the annoying, unstatesman-like, and unjust system of licenses; or what more suicidal than the imposition of a tax upon coal, the only effect of which would be to check the full development of the industrial resources of the country? But these bungling attempts at financial legislation are all indicative of the Socialistic tendency of their pro posers; they are all taxes upon capital, they are all in tended to act as " heavy blows and great discourage. manta" to mercantile and industrial enterprise, and to ruin the merchant and manufacturer, who is an object of equal hatred to the Young Englander, who exclaims with my Lord John Manners,— " Let laws and learning, wealth and commerce die, But give us still our old nobility ;" and to the idle, labour-hating Socialist, anxious to prey upon the industry of others, who c xclaims with M. Proudhon—La proprictd c'est le vol. We therefore draw the attention of the mercantile and manufacturing community to those propositions, and leave it to them to decide whether they think the Gladstones, the Card the Smythes, and the other Young Englanders, of whom Fraser's Magazine is the avowed organ, fit and proper persons to be trusted with legislative power. The others papers in Fraser are of an interesting character, and among them the " Episodes of Insect Life," and the review of Cipriani Potter's edition of Mozart's " Piano forte Works," are worthy of especial commendation. LONDON, for their religion, but if they be still affronting the Go verument under which they have protection, I must and will lock to it.--fo. 42." " This from Mr. Howe, and he from Mr. Steward Maydston, who beard the discourse." It would be well that those who now-a-days contend that parties, under pretence of developing their religion, may "affront" with impunity the Government under which they have protection, should study well these words of the greatest statesman which England has ever produced. They declare the true theoryof religious liberty, which we take to be equality for all religions under the supremacy of the State. THE BRITISH GAZETTEER. Part XXIV. The present number of this truly national work fully maintains its high character for accuracy and copiousness of information. It is illustrated by an engraving of the Reading station, and by a map of Liverpool, beautifully engraved on a largo scale. THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF SEAKSPERE, from the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed ; with Glossarial Aotes, Life, 6-c. Vol. I. Edited by William Hazliti, Esq. George Routledge and Co., Soho- square. A small-sized and cheap edition of the works of our great dramatic poet has long been wanted, for all the good editions that bave as yet been published have been large volumes, with ponderous foot-notes. Mr. Hazlitt, in this edition, has made a judicious selection from the va rious readings of the principal commentators of Shak• spere, and only given foot•notes to explain those words which have now either become obsolete or entirely changed in their signification. The work is to be com pleted in four shilling volumes. The first volume con tains The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth bight, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Measure for Measure. THE CLASSICAL GAZETTEER ; a Dictionary of Ancient Geography. Sacred and Profane. By Wil liam Bailin, Barrister, of the Middle Temple. Whit taker and Co., Ave Maria-lane. 1851. This is a most carefully compiled dictionary of all the name of the provinces, cities, towns, and nations that are met with in the classics, giving their situation, their modern appellation, and a short account of their history and the remarkable circumstances connected with them. The compiler tells us in his preface, that the materials for the work "were not ready at hand, subsisting in some similar form of combination, but had to be col lected, by laborious researches, extending over several years, from works as various in period and language as they were different in their plan, and, to a large extent, contradictory in their general theories, and in their par. titular definitions, allocations, and identifications." It will be evident that great labour and research were ne cessary to produce a work of this description, but the task could not have fallen into better hands. Accustomed from early life to literature and literary pursuits, having learned from his professional studies the art of weighing evidence, Mr. Hazlitt possesses peculiar qualifications for the proper performance of such a task, and he has produced a work which will henceforth take its place by the side of Lempriere as the great authority in all matters relating to classical geography. FINE ARTS. THE ART JOURNAL. No less than three splendid engravings are devoted by the Art Journal of this month to the illustration of the Vernon Collection. Lee's delicious woodland scene, called " The Cover Side," is, for, one, admir ably copied by the graver of Cousen, Egg's capital painting of " The Victim" from an incident in the story of " Asmodeus," by that of Sangster, and Rip pingille's " Reflection," by that of Hunt. The last mentioned seems to us somewhat inane withal; but the second is in the true spirit of Le Sage, and of a delightful humour. Theodore Gericault is the " great master" whose features, career, and performances are here either recorded or pic torially depicted. Among other sketches, we have an exquisite woodcut of his famous " Wreck of the Medusa." Karl Girardet's picture of " The Huguenot Service Interrupted," is also powerfully represented. Among the drawings illustrating " The Domestic Manners of the English," we fancy, if we mistake not, that we recognise some engravings familiar to us long since in " Knight's Pictorial His tory of England." The examples given for April of " The German Artists" are from Jager, and some of them in the highest degree commendable —as, for example, " Joseph Acknowledging his Brethren." The literary portion of the number arrests the atten tion as of more than usual interest, and deserving of very general circulation. THE PICTURE GALLEIII 7 . Part 11. Richcird Bentley. A very milieus engraving, - taken from the original painting at Hampton Court by Honthorat, leads off the second instalment of The Picture Gallery, with a re presentation of the family of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. As in most Flemish pictures, the baby is pourtrayed as the most venerable in coun tenance. Never was there such an old-fashioned little oddity of an infant depicted in bib and tucker. Sir William Becchey's admirable portrait of the old Earl St. Vincent is the subject of the next plate, which is every way wonderfully characterised. The likeness, as it is pretended to be, that follows, is, to our thinking, little less than a caricature, and a caricature of one of the grandest heads mortal ever had, that of the great Ludwig Beethoven. " Henry VIII.," as he appeared the year before his death, namely, according to the painting pre served in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, is the personage displayed in the last illustration. What is meant in the letter-press by describing Beethoven's house as " glisten ing all over with a species of green sunshine?" We should like also, to know, very much why the writer quotes— " 'Twas love that taught a monarch to be wise, And Gospel light first beam'd from Boleyn's eyes," as an " elastic couplet"—why " elastic?" COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKSPERE. Part VII. Willoughby and Company. Measure for Measure is the play given in the last in stalment of this admirably cheap and excellently edited edition of Shakspere. The ❑otes are masterly in their condensation and completeness. All that we regret in the publication is the very glaring meanness of the em bellishments. THE ARABIAN IVIGHTS' ENTERTAIN- MENTS. Part 111. A considerable improvement is visible in the wood cuts contained in the present number of this reprinted periodical. One or two of the illustrations, indeed, are not unworthy of Cham, partaking more of the French than of the English style of embellishment. ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE. Part X. _ _ A profusion of indifferent engravings scattered through a capital reprint of the masterpiece of Cervantes. We suspect the wood blocks have been already over-used, otherwise they would do a little more credit to the ori ginal designs of Tony Johannot. PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. No. XIV. The present number of this exquisitely got up bo tttnical work, by Lindley and Paxton, contains beautilul coloured plates, of the false scarlet sage, the Barbadoes cherry, and the three-coloured vanda, besides numerous wood engravings. MEMOIRS OF HORACE WALI'OLE. EDITED BY ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq.—The new work entitled " Me moirs of Horace Walpole and his Contemporaries," edited by the distinguished author of " The Crescent and the Cross," has just appeared, in two handsome octavo volumes. " The biography of Horace Walpole (says Mr. Warburton in his Preface) is now for the first time presented to the pub lie. There are few names with which we are more familiar, and yet there are few public persons with whose private life we are less acquainted, though there are abundant mate rials to render his biography as instructive as amusing. The biography of Walpole is inseparably connected with that of his associates and illustrious contemporaries. The import ance as well as the interest of his memoirs is thereby consi derably increased. The social life of the period must be passed in review before we can fairly estimate the man who, more than any other, embodied its peculiarities, its graces, and its defects. Society created his fame, and at the same time sapped its best resources. Walpole was like Voltaire, l'enfunt gate du monde qu' it gata." WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.-AB estate of 24 acres, at Reigate, Surrey (making about 130 allotments), has just been purchased for this society. It is admirably adapted for building purposes, and it is expected that each allotment will pay the member from 7 to 10 per cent. In the borough only the society has nearly 100 mem bers, and in a political point of view the purchase is most important, as so many new voters will be added to the registrar as to counteract the great influence of Lord Somers. It is confidently asserted that the "independent" electors will be enabled to return a liberal after the next general election. eafETROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL.—The anniver festival of this truly catholic and most useful charity took place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, yester day evening, the chair being filled by Mr. Alderman Salo mons, in the absence, from indisposition, of Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. The objects of the institution are to provide gratuitous daily medical and surgical advice, and appropriate medicines and treatment, for poor sick persons, of all creeds and countries ; and an important feature in the management and one which is said to be almost peculiar to the society —is, that, even without a governor's recommendation, the necessitous sick have only to present themselves at the doors of the institution at once to receive all the advantages it affords. Mr. Alderman Salomons made a warm and ener getic appeal to the numerous company by whom he was sur rounded on behalf of the hospital, and the toast of prosperity to it was drunk with much enthusiasm. In the course of the evening the Secretary (Mr. Nash) announced a list of dona tions and subscriptions which amounted to nearly 1,5001. A selection of songs, duets, &c., was performed by Miss Thorn ton, Mr. Genge, Mr. Sporle, and Mr. Buckland. None of us stand alone in the world; none of us can sink into an abyss of misery without dragging others after us..—Eliza Cook's Journal. THE LATH BOILER EXPLOSION AT STOCKPORT.— WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The jury empanelled to inquire into the cause of the deaths of the 20 individuals who lost their lives on the above occasion, re-assembled at the Warren Buckeley Arms Inn, Bridge-street, before Charles Hudson, Esq., coroner, to resume the investigation, and also to re ceive the report of two professional gentlemen engaged by the jury to examine the construction of the boiler, and to give their opinion upon the probable cause of the explosion and the serious destruction of human life. Considerable interest appears to have been taken in the matter, many of the principal manufacturers and scientific gentlemen in the town and neighbourhood being present in the jury room. Mr. Oldham, solicitor, of the firm of Coppock and Oldhatn, ap peared to watch the case on thepart of Mr. H. Marsland, the proprietor of the mill; and Mr. R. B. B. Cobbett, barrister at law, Manchester, attended on the part of Mr. Morris, the maker of the boiler. Several witnesses were examined, and ita moral wore mailloci to bo so, tlio japed wall adjaniod. TH URSD AY PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the V. tes and Proceedings of tle Houre of Commons WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2. COUNTY FRANCHISE BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made and Ques tion put, " That the Bill be now read a second time." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 83. Aglionby, H. Hastie, Alexander O'Connell, M. J. Alcock, Thomas Headlam, T. E. O'Connor, Feargus Anstey, T. C. Henry, Alexander O'Flaherty, Anthony Barron, Sir H. Heywood, James Pechell, Sir G. Bass, M. T. Hepworth, Lawrence Pilkingten, James Blake, M. J. Higgins, George Power, Dr. Bright, John Hobhouse, T. B. Reynolds, John Brown, H. Hodges, ,T. L. Sadleir, John Chaplin, W. J. Hodges, T. Twisden Salwey, Colonel Clay, James Horsmau, Edward Scrope, G. P. Clifford, H. M. Howard, P. H. Scully, Francis Cobden, R. Keogh, William Shafto, R. D. Copeland, Ald. Kershaw, James; Sidney, Alderman Corbally, M. E. Lawless, Cecil Somers, J. P. Cowan, Charles Laniard, T. B. Staunton, Sir.G. Crawford, W. S. M'Cullagh, W. Strickland, Sir G. Devereux, John T. Megan, W. H. Sullivan, Michael Divett, Edward Maher, N. Tenison, E. K. Duke, Sir James Meagher, Thomas Trelawny, J. S. Duncan, Lord Milner, W. M. Wakley, Thomas Duncombe, T. Moffatt, George Wall, C. B. Evans, Sir De Lacy Molesworth, Sir W. Walmsley, Sir I. Fox, W. J. Morris, David Wawn, J. T. Gibson, T. M. Mowatt, Francis Williams, John Granger, T. C. ,Munta, G. F. Williams, W. Greene, John Nugent, Sir Percy Grenfell, C. Pascoe O'Brien, J. TELLERS. Hall, Air B. O'Brien, Sir Timothy King, P. J. Hardcastle, J. A. O'Connell, John Hume, J. MAJORITY—NOES, 299. Acland, Sir T. Egerton, W. T. Moody, 0..... i. Adair, Hugh E. Ellice, Edward Morgan, 0. Adair, R. Shaft° Ellice, E., jun. Morison, Sir W. Adderiey, C. B. Emlyn, Viscount Mulgrave, Earl of Anson, Colonel Ferrer, James Mailings, J. R. Anton, Viscount Fellowes, E. Mundy, William Arbuthnott, H. Fergus, John Mure, Colonel Arkwright, George Ferguson, Colonel Naas, Lord Armstrong, Sir A. Ferguson, Sir R. Napier, Joseph Ashley, Lord Fitzpatrick, J. W. Newdegate, C. N. Bagge, W. Fitzroy, Henry Newport, Visct. Bagot, Hon. W. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Noel, Gerald J. Bagshaw, John Forbes, William Norreys, Sir D. Bailey, Joseph Fordyce, A. D. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Baillie, H. J. Forester, G. C. Ogle, S. C. Baines, M. T. Forster, Matthew Ord, W. Baird, James Fertesc . ue, Chichester Ossulston, Lord Baldock, E. H. Freestun, Colonel Owen, Sir John Baldwin, Barry French, F. Packe, C. W. Bankes, George Frewen, C. H. Paget, Lord A. Baring, Sir F. Fuller, A. E. Paget, Lord C. Baring, Thomas Gallwey, Sir W. F. Palmer, Robert Barnard, E. G. Gaskell, J. M. Palmerston, Via. Barrington, Viscount Gilpin. R. T. Parker, John Barrow, W. R. Glyn, G. C. Patten, W. , Bell, Ja.cob _ . Goddard, A.IL. Pigott, Francis Bellew, R. M. Gooch, E. S. Plumptre, J. P. Bonnet, Philip Goold, Wyndham Ponsonby, C. F. Beresford, William Gore, W. 11.0. Portal, Melville " Berkeley, Admiral Gouiburn, Henry Price, Sir R Berkeley, Henry F. Grenfell, Charles W. Pugh, David Berkeley, C. L. Greene, Thomas Rawdon, Colonel Bernard, Viscount (Ironicll, Cnarles W. Repton, G. W. Best, John Grey, Sir G. Ricardo, Osman Birch, Sir T. Grey, Ralph W. Rice, E. R. Blair, Stephen Grosvenor, Lord R. Rich, Henry Biandford, MarquiS Guernsey, Lord Richards, Richard Boldero, Henry Gwyn, Bowel Hominy, Colonel Booth, Sir R. G. Hall, Colonel Rumbold, C. E. Bowles, Admiral Hallyburton. Lord Rushout, Captain Boyle, Colonel lialsey, T. P. Russell, Lord J. Brumston, T. W. Hamilton, Lord C. Fussell, E. rireruridge, Richard Harris, Richard Russell, F. C. H. Brisco, J5l. Hatchell, John Sanders, George Broadley, Henry Hawes, Benj. Sandars, Joseph Brooke, Sir A. B. Henley, J. W. Scott, F. Brown, W. Herbert, Sydney Seymour, H. D. Bruce, L. C. Berries, J. C. Seymour, Lord Bruen, Colonel , Hervey, Lord A. Blaney, R.*A.,..."" Buck, L. W. Hildyard, R. C. Smyth, Jcian George Bulkeley,Sir R. B. Ilballey, Charles Smollett, A. Buller, Sir Y. , Hodgson, W. N. Somerville. Sir W. Bunbury, Edward Hope, A. Sotheron, T. H. S. Burghley, Lord Howard,tE. G. Spearman, H. J. Burke, Sir T. J. Hudson, George Spooner, Richard Butler, P. S. Inglis, Sir R. H. Stafford, Augustus Buxton, Sir E. Jermyn, Earl Stanford, J. F. Campbell, W. F. Jocelyn, Viscount Stanley, Edward Carew, W. P. Johnstone, Sir J. Stanley, E. H. Cavendish, C. C. Joiliffe, Sir W. H. Stanley, Ny, O. Cavendish, G.ll. Jones, Captain Stanton, W. S. Cavendish, W. G Knightley, Sir C. Stuart, Lord J. Cayley, Edward S. Knox, Colonel Stuart, H. Charteris. Francis Knox, W. S. Stuart, John Chatterton, Colonel Labouchere, Henry Start, Henry G. Chichester, Lord J. Lacy, 11. C. Taylor, Thomas E. Childers, J. W. Langston, J. H. Thompson, Colonel Christopher, R. A. Lawley, B. R. Tollemache, F. J. Clerk, Sir G. Legh, G. C. Tollemache, John Clive, R. H. Lemon, Sir C. Towneley, John . Clive, H. B. Lennox, Lord A. Townley, E. G. Cocks, T. S. Lennox, Lord G. 11. Townshend, Captain Coke, Edward K. Lewis, Sir T. Traill, George Coles, H. B. Lewis, G. C. Trevor, G. R. Compton, H. C. Lewisham, Viscount Tufnell, Henry Cowper, W. F. Lindsay, Colonel Tyler, Sir G. Craig, Sir W. G. Littleton, E. R. Vane, Lord H. Cubitt, William Lockhart. W. Verner, Sir, W. Dalrymple,lCaptain Long, W. 'Villiers. Viscount Darner, Colonel Lopes, Sir Ralph Vyse, R. H. Davies, D. A. Loveden, Pryse Waddington, H. S. Deedes, W. Lowther, Henry Walpole, Spencer Denison, Edmund Lygon, Gen. Wegg-Prosser, F. Denison, J. E. Mackenzie, W. F. Wellesley, Lord C. Dick, Quintin Mackinnon, W. A. Westhead, J. B. Disraeli, B. , Macaghten, Sir E. Willcox, Brodie Dod, J. W. M'Neill, Duncan, Williamson, Sir H. Dodd, G. , , Drummond, Home Mahon, Viscount Wilson, Matthew Duckworth, Sir J. Manners, Lord G. Wodehouse, E. Buncombe, A. Marshall, J. G. Woodlkir Charles Buncombe, 0. Matheson, Sir J. Worcester, Marquis Duncuft, John Matheson, Colonel Wrightson, W. B. , Dundas Admiral Maule, Fox Wynn. H. W. Dundas, George Maunsell, T. P. Wynn, Sir W. Dundas, Sir D. Maxwell, J. P. Wyvill, Marusaduke Dunne, Colonel Molgund, Viscount Yorke, E. T. Du Pre, C. George Mena, Sir Henry East, Sir J. B. Miles, P. W. S. TELLERS. Ebrington, Viscount 31ilaes, B. M. Hayter, W. G. Edwards, Henry Mitchell, T. A. Hin t Lord M. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited the Queen yesterday morning, at Buckingham Palace, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and Prince Albert. . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Ne mourd visited her Majesty yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday af ternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the Pro motion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations. His Royal Highness arrived at the Exhibition Building in Hyde-park at a quarter before three o'clock. The Commissioners present were Earl Granville, Sir R. Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyell, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gib son, Mr. Pusey, M.P., and Mr. Hopkins (president of 'the Geological Society). Mr. J. Scott Russell, secretary to the Royal Commission, attended. Colonel Reid, chairman of the Executive Committee; Colonel Lloyd, Special Commissioner; and Dr. Lyon Play fair, Special Commissioner, were in attendance. The it oyal Commissioners received a deputation from Sheffield, consisting of the Mayor of Sheffield, Mr..Bouverie, and Mr. Dunn. The meeting broke up at a quarter past five o'clock, when Prince Albert and the other Royal Commissioners received the Queen, who arrived at the gxhibition Building at that hour. Her Majesty was accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and was attended by the Countess of Desart and Colonel Buckley. The Queen was conducted through the galleries and other parts of the building, and afterwards returned with Prince Albert to Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, took a drive yesterday, in an open carriage. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family, took their usual pony and walking exercise yesterday in the Royal garden. The Earl De Grey, the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, Lord Edward Howard, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, and the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday evening, at Buckingham Palace. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt held a quarterly meeting yesterday, at the official resi dence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing street. The Commissioners present were the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy-Governor. Sir Alexander Spearman, secretary and comptroller-general to the Commissioners, was in at tendance. _ A deputation respecting the Morayshire Railway, consisting of Mr. Anton (Parliamentary agent), Mr. Burns, Mr. James Grant, and Mr. Martin (Parliamentary agent), had an inter view yesterday with the Railway Commissioners, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. R. Sallaman had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his officialresidence in Down ing-street. LORD BROUGHAM.—Lord Brougham, of all public men, is now rendering the best service in the country, While party politicians are striving only for their own per sonal ends, the indefatigable Brougham is labouring in the cause of law reform, with a zeal and energy that remind us of his best days. Age cannot wither his energies, nor labour wear him out. His recent Bill far the extension of the jurisdiction of the county courts is one of the best and most beneficial measures that has ever been proposed. It surely must shame the Ministry, if they have any sense of shame remaining, to find every good and useful measure started by private Members. Nothing in the shape of law reform or financial reform, has been as yet exhibited by the Govern ment, though we are premised some striking plan for Chan cery reform, which, however, we may very likely never see propounded. Brougham, too, by his attacks upon the un fairness of the operation of the income-tax, and upon the iniquities of schedule D, has a claim to the gratitude of the country, and quite throws into the shade Lord John Russell and the whole tribe of his colleagues. In fact, he has done more than them all altogether to promote the cause of re form ; and he is now by far more creditably occupied than the Premier, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Home Secretary, or his particular Friend, the Lord Chancellor. Advertiser. TESTIMONIAL TO A GREAT RAILWAY CONTRACTOR' —Yesterday a festival in honour of Mr. Brassey, the emi nent contractor, and for the presentation to him of certain tokens of the esteem of the profession, was held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill ; Mr. Burt in the chair. Amongst the company present were Messrs. Bidder, C.E., Bendel, C.E., Brunel, C.E., Mowatt (secretary Great Northern), Fox (Crystal Palace), Errington, C.E., Gooch (Eastern Counties), Dockray, C.E. (North-Western), Locke, M.P., W. Jackson, M.P., W. and I. Cubitt, C.E., and H. Robertson, C.E. On the right of the chairman sat Mr. Brassey; on the left Mr. William Cubitt. The cloth having been removed, the Chairman, atter the usual loyal toasts, proposed the presentation to Mr. Brassey of the portraits of himself and Mrs. Brassey, with the other testimonials 'of the esteem of his coadjutors and the assembled company. He eulogised that gentleman in his various capacities,lamidst the prolonged and enthusiastic cheers of the audience. Mr. Brassey having returned thanks, various other toasts were proposed by gentlemen of, deserved celebrity; amongst whom were Messrs. Locke, M.P., Errington, Cubitt, &c. all spoke in the highest terms of the individual in honour of whom the festival was held. Mr. Harker officiated as toastmaster. THE FRIMLBY Munnsn.—Yesterday morning, in put suance of the official orders, the two prisoners. Levi Har wood and James Jones, were removed from the gaol at Kingston, in custody of several officers, to the Surrey county prison. They were conveyed in a post-chaise and reached Horsemonger-lane shortly after one o'clock, where only a few persons had assembled in front of the gates. The vehicle was driven into the court-yard in front of the magistrates'- room, where Mr. John Keene, the governor, formally took charge of them. They were placed in separate cells, and the necessary attendants were directed to watch over them night and day. Shortly before two o'clock the approver, Hiram Smith, was brought from Kingston in the prison van to the same gaol, in charge of three constables, where he will remain until further orders. The other prisoner, Samuel Harwood, still remains in the custody of Mr. Merton, of the Illubridge-wells Mice. EVENING, APRIL 3, 1851. SPORTING NOTES: No XXVII. METROPOLITAN MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,—The movetnentsonthe - Epsom events up to mid night yesterday, and early this morning, have not been characterised by any violent change in the state of affairs, but considerable sums on commission and for private specu lation have been added to the already heavy amounts in vested on the cracks. Out of the twelve entries for the Trial Stakes, nine will go to the post, including Simplicity, Cran berry, Miss Letty colt, and Constance, among whom, in my opinion, the race will lay--the first and last for choice. The betting on the Two Years Old Stakes is at present confined to The Old Lad, at 2 to I (offered), Prince Rupert, and the Pelerine filly, at 5 to I, Miss Conyngham and Apostate, at 6 to 1, and Chaffinch, at 8 and 6 to 1 ; Freedom, a doubtful starter, the Hetman Platoff filly, and Fli r t h ave been backed, but for the last sixteen hours have not been in form As it seems likely that Chaffinch will represent Messrs. Payne and Greville's interests, she is a dangerous nag to be against. For the City and Suburban Handicap Windhound and The Incurable still remains in immense force, 4 to 1 being the outside price against either. The Empress colt was sup ported rather stiffly last night at the West-end, not more than Bto 1 being obtainable at the close. Maid of Team Valley found friends at 8 and 7 to I ' • and Dulcet, Castanero and Brington were:looking up. Elthiron was rather un steady, layers forming the strongest party. The field will amount to full sixteen. The Licensed Victuallers' Pet, the Great Metropolitan Handicap, has kept the metallics at work vigorously. Ru mour, with her hundred tongues, has been very busy. Old Dan Tucker has accomplished wonders in private, and is sure to be somewhat about the mark; 8 and lu to 1 is con sidered a good price about him this morning; 12 and 15 to 1 was laid the day before yesterday. Dawson is coming with his couple, at the last moment, as usual. Brother to Dough is also reported to be en route; I left him out of my cal culations yesterday ; at his present price (20 to 30 to 1) be is worth a small investment, just by way of keeping on the right side. Sunrise at 4, and emus at 7to 1, are still at the head of the poll. Sauter-le-Coup was backed yesterday for a great sum at 12 to 1 ; 10 to 1 may be considered his price. Hesse Homburg is said to be amiss, but not knowing for a certainty, nothing official having come to hand up to post time this morning, can't say. Estafette's running is very problematical. The following, according to my ac-- counts received this morning, are not likely to be found at the post, in fact, are pretty certain non-starters, viz :—Russ borough, Clincher, Elthiron, Windiscbgratz, colt by Drome dary, William the Conqueror, Rhesus, Damask, Zenobia colt, The Sweep, Little George, Estafette, The Ban, Mils Etty colt, Brother to Truthteller, and Pandemus. Three or four others may be added to this list. Kathleen has been much inquired after, and backed to win a large stake; she will be in front at the finish, and will run altogether much better than her enemies imagine; 10 to 1 is her present price. My opinion remains unaltered, SUNRISE or CNIEUS to win! oLD DAN TUCKER next, with Kathleen, Yam pyre, and Brother to Dough in attendance. My remarks on the first meeting at head quarters, yclept, The Craven, will appear to-morrow. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 3, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CROXTON PARK RACES—WEDNESDAY. Farmers' Handicap of 50 says., and 5 to the second horse, heats once round, was won in two heats by Mr. Pinder's Minx, beating Folly and several others. The Gold Cup, added to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Two miles. (36 Subs., 12 of whom declared.) Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 5 yrs, list 11lb Mr. Cheney na The Baroness, 5 yrs, Itlst 131 b..... 2 General Sale and same others ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Clothworker, and 2to 1 agst General Sale. Won cleverly. No race for the Melton Plate. The Forced llandicapof E;ovs. each, one mile, was won by Warwick, beating General Sale and Lysimachus. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1851. In the subjoined outline of the engagements for to-day and Friday, we have included the entries made yesterday afternoon. THE STEEPLECHASES.—Tits DAV. The Beddington Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added ; the winner to pay 10 so's& towards expenses. About 3 miles from Newton Wood Post—Trust-me-not, Ilst 61b— The General, list 21b —Anglesey, B. et 71b—Don Juan, 1 Ost 71b—Miss Mowbray, lest 61b—Mind your own Business, lOst 61b—St. George, lOst 51b—Viscount, lOst 21b—Legislator, 9st 121b—Buscot, 9st 71b. The Grand Metropolitan Handicap (Steeplechase) of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 5 ft only if declared, with 1001. added if start;five the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 sovs. towards expenses. Twice round and a distance, over the usual steeplechase course, about four miles—Sir John, list 121b—Lord George, list 51b—Vainhope, list 21b —Sir Peter Laurie, 1 l s t—B r iti s h Y eoman , lO st 121 b —Maria Day, lOst 121b—Spring Buck, 10st 31b—Rattrap, lOst 31b— Rendsburgh, lOst 21b—Jerry (late Revolution), lOst—Mul ligan, lOst—Spectator, 9st lOW—Scavenger, 9st 101 b. Three others declared forfeit. The Free (hurdle race) Handicap, of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added; twice round and a distance, over the new hurdle race course, about two miles : Sir Peter Laurie, llst 71b— Lord George, list 41b —Vesta, lOst 131b—Little Q seen, lOst 101 b Fazelev, lOst 81b—Miss Collingwood-1( st 81b— Cogia, lOst 71b—General, lOst &lb—Combatant, lOst 51b— Bedford, 10st 41b—Lady Frances, lOst 41b - Defaulter, lOst Martingale, 9st 121b—tinlucky One, 9st 101b—Cowslip, 9st 81b—Loddington, 9st 71b—Beaumont Oates, Oat 71b. The Scramble (steeplechase) Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added ; about two miles : —lrish Lass ( 201. )—Spring Buck— Rate-in-Aid—C iwslip—Gulnare (201.)—Victress (201. ) The Colonel (601.) —The Painter (3'l.)—Tom Tough (201.) THE FLAT RACES. FRIDAY, 1 o'CLocK.—The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added. One mile—Simplicity, 3 yrs—Cranberry, 4 vrs—Musician, 4 yrs—Duster, 3 yrs—The Swede, 4 yrs— Terpsichore, 3 yrs—lrene 3. yrs—br c by llercules out of Miss Letty, 3 yrs—Bullfinch, 4 yrs—Crystal Palace, 4 yrs— Edward of York, 3 yrs—Constance, 3 yrs. QUARTER TO Two o'CLocK.—The City and Suburban Handicap, of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 150 sovs. added ; the second to receive 20 soya. ; last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. (57 Subs., 24 of whom declared.) Yrs at lbi Yrs st lb Mildew Pitsford Elthiron The Swede 4 7 103rington „ 4 6 4 Hagley .. . 6 7 81Flare- up ... 4 6 2 Maid of Team Valley 5 7 The Swindler .... .... 4 6 2 Woodlark Knight of Gwynne.. 4 7 2iTightwaist Dulcet a 7 01Britannia 3 5 2 Gladiole ... ..... ..... 4 7 0, Cheorem ... Zadoc ......... ......... 4 7 0B cby Sir Hercules, Windhound ... 4 612 out of Empress ... 3 5 0 Cottinghatn...... ...... 4 6 12 Pandemus Eva ... ........ ...... 5 6 9 The Incurable 3 4 8 The Two years old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added ; colts, Bst Glb, and fillies Bst 41b ; the second to save his stake. Hal a mile. (20 Subs. )—Count Bathyany's Queen Bee, Mr. T. Brown na b c by Jasper. Mr. Carew's Little John, Mr. Carew's The Nun, Mr. F. Clarke's Sabra, Mr. Death's Fire Queen, Mr. C. Dorrien's Carinetta, Mr. J. S. Douglas's Miss Giddy, Mr. W. Edwards's Old Lad, Mr. W. Etwall's f by Slane out of Pelerine, Mr. Gratwiclie's Flirt, Mr. Greville's Chaffinch, Sir J. Hawlec's Skulda, Mr. Higgins's Apostate, Mr. Morris's f by H. Platoff d by Sircingle, Mr. Payne's Freedom, Mr. Russell's Prince Rupert, Mr. S. cott's Swipes, Mr. B. Way's Conyngham, Mr. Whieldon na Launceletta. The Great Metropolitan Handicap of 25 soya. each 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 350 added ; the second to receive 501. The Great Metropolitan Stake Course, two miles and a quarter. (101 Subs, 68 of whom declared.) Yrs st lb' Yrs st lb Peep-o'-Day-Boy ... a 8 10Mouse Glauca..... .. ......... 5 8 8 Agis .. 6 6 8 Russborough Clincher Elthiron Windischgrat z Snowstorm Vatican c by Dromedary, (1 by Ondine 4 6 0 Mulatto ... ...... ... 4 7 8 Valentine........ 4 5 12 Vampyre a 7 7 Aristocrat Raby William the Con- ch c by John o' queror Sauter-la-coupe Rhesus 5 7 oCnmus 3 5 0 CEdipus ....... ....... 5 6 12 Hesse Homburg 3 4 10 Minimum . 5 6 12Sunrise '3 4 10 Damask ch c by Gladiator, out Pandemus of Zenobia ..... ... 4 6 10 b c by Sir Hercules, Dulcet ... a 6 10 out of Empress . . 3 4 6 Bro. to Dough The Sweep 4 6 10 Don Pedro Kathleen 4 6 9 The rest pay 5 sous. each. The Railway Plate of 501., for all ages, three-quarters of a mile :—Grist, 6 yrs—Britannia, 3 yrs—Ferule, 5 yrs —Torpor, 4 yrs—Forest Flower, 6 yrs —Terpischore, 3 yrs—Thornhill, 5 yrs.—Ondine, 4 yrs—Bullfinch, 4 yrs—Escape, 6 yrs— Crystal Palace, 6 yrs—Warwick, 4 yrs—Marquis of Coeyng ham, aged—Lady Frances, 6 yrs—Cora, 4 yrs—Constance, 3 yrs - Diligence, 4 yrs—Castanero, 4 yrs—Mogador, aged— St. Patrick, 3 yrs. The Selling Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 25 added. One mile :—Grist, 6 yrs (30/. )—Rosewood, 4 yrs (80/0 —Torpor, 4 yrs (300—Zogri, 3 yrs (30/.)—Fernande, 4 yrs (801.) — Forest Flower (300 —Thornhill, 5 yrs (80/0 —b c by Slane, out of Odessa, 3 vrs (301. )—Ondine, 4 yrs (30/. ) Bullfinch, 4 yrs (301.) —Pavilion, 3 yrs (80/0 —Marquis of CJnyngham, aged (30/0 —Walbrook, 5 yrs (3010-31ogador, aged (3010 ARRIVALS FOR THE STEEFLECHASES, THURSDAY..—Triat me-Not, Legislator, Lord George, Rendsburgh, Miss Mow bray, Maria Day, British Yeoman, Jerry, Viscount, Spring Buck, Rattrap, Mulligan. FOR THE FLAT RACES, FRlDAY.—Elthiron, CastiTero, Teeswater, Agis, The Swede, Brington, Empress colt, Grist, Eva, The Incurable, Mouse, Torpor, Miss Letty colt, Odessa colt, Ondine, Fernande, King of Oude, Simplicity, 1: Queen Bee, Glauca, Old Dan Tucker, Cnceus, Kathleen, Valentine, Marquis of Conyngham, Chaffinch. tate' The following, besides others, engaged in the Plates and Selling Stakes, are reported to be on their road:—Raby, idt-TRa e: b i ) Snowstorm, Brotherr to Dough, Pitsford, Maid of Team Valley, Windhound, Selina, Hesse Homburg, Miss Conyng ham, three of E. Jones's, and three or four of Mr. Drinkald's. FLEGIIAS wiII take GRAND STEE 7, place d s u oo P f. / n, near N onant A steeplechase for a prize of on the 7th of April, at the Tiaras (Orne), for which several English horses of high repu thaattt, attractin g repu tation will contend. This pr ize has been offered by the claiming horses iming French Government, in thehopredrseot of this class from England, in o such as they think fit—whether successful or not in the race, at a fair and liberal price, they may continue to maintain t he efficien cy of their National Ltaras. For this purpose, therefore, it will be seen that the race is confined exclusively to stallions, which will account for the smallness of the entry, when compared with the steeplechases that took place a few seasons back at the Croix de Berny, which were open to horses of every description. Considering the great expense attending so long a journey from England, however, the present entry must be considered a very good one, and wo have no doubt but that the race will attract a large at tendance at the Hams du Pin, where is to be seen one of the finest breeding establishments in the world. The following are the conditions and entries:— " A prize of 7,5001., given by the Administration des flares, for stallions not exceeding twelve years old, of every breed, and from any country (except winners of steeplechases in France in 1850, and every horse which shall have been rejected by the Administration des tiaras), added to a sweepstakes of 125 f. each, to go to the second Wm. French 'gentlemen,' never haviog ridden the winner of a steeplechase, shall receive an allowance of 4 kilos.; and every Englishman who shall have ridden the winner of a steeplechase value 1001., to carry 5 kilos. extra. The ground will be shown to the riders twenty four hours before the race, on foot. Any horse going over it before the race will be disqualified. Every horse which shall start may be claimed within twenty-four hours of the race, by the Administrator des Hares, under the following conditions:— If the winner, carrying 84 kilos. for 10,000 f. Ditto ditto 80 kilos. for B,ooof. Ditto ditto 76 kilos. fur 7,000 f. If beaten, carrying 84 kilos. for 13,000 f. Ditto ditto 80 kilos. for 10,500 f. Ditto ditto 76 kilos. for 9,000 f. The horses were entered in London and at the Hares du Pin on the 19th inst., and the following is a com plete list: — Lord Lurgan's b h Subduer, by Slane, aged. Mr. T. Mason's ch h Rattrap, by Ratcatcher, aged. Mr. Present's ch li Bridegroom (late Lustrum), by Hark away, 5 yrs. Mr. King's ch h Shinrone, by Ishmael, aged. Mr. Tilbury's b h Sir Benjamin, by Lanercost, out of Queen of Beauty. Mr. Rea's ch h Saucy Boy, by Arthur, aged Mr. Phillipps's br h Multum in Parvo Mr. Phillipps's b h Young Superior Viscount A. Talon's ch h Detritus, by Giges, 5 yrs M. G. de Montecot's ch h Agitation, aged M. M. Loyer's Prince Eugene, aged. Large and comfortable boxes w ill be prepared at the Hares for the use of the horses engaged in the steeple chase, and the race-course will be opened for the purpose of exercise. The whole of the arrangements have been entrusted to M. de la Motto, the special commis sioner of the races in Normandy. The line of country over which the steeplechase will be run is close to Pin, extending over beautiful meadows, with thirty jumps, all of which will be visible to the spectators. The fences are said to be re markably "stiff," and include a wall, five feet high, and several brooks of considerable width. In all probabie lity there will be a second race, a Poule d'Amateurs, after the decision of the great event, which is fixed to take place at twelve o'clock precisely, and for which the whole of the above are expected to start. The affair excites considerable interest in sporting circles here. —Galignani. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 2.—The Birkenhead iron steam troop frigate, Master-Commander Salmond, sailed this morn ing for Woolwich, to embark troops for Halifax. The flag ship Victory, Captain F. P. Blackwood ; Britannia, 120, Captain Yates; Blenheim, 60, Captain Henderson, C.B ; and the Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, got up their lower yards and topmasts and sent up topgallantmasts this morning fur the summer. The Penelope, 22, steam-frigate, Captain Lyster, hauled off to the stream to-day to adjust her compasses. She will go to Spithead about the 9th inst. _ By the death of Rear-Admiral of the Blue John Toup Nicolas, C.B. K.H., Captain Sir John Hill, Superintendent of Deptford Victualling yard, attains his flag; Captain Sir Richard Grant (1828) is placed upon the 14s. 6d. list ; and Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, of the Meander, is placed upon the 12s 6d. list. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 2.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Rha damanthus arrived on Tuesday morning from Sheerness with arms and ammunition for the Cape. She will take on board here specie for the payment of the troops. Her Majesty's brig Nautilus went down into the Sound on Tuesday. The main piece of the rudder of her Majesty's steam frigate Retribution having been sprung, the rudder is under going repair at the dockyard with all possible speed. Rear-Admiral John Toup Nicolas, who died at Windsor terrace,Citadel-road, Plymouth, on Tuesday morning, the let of April, at three o'clock, was the eldest of five sons (four of whom held commissions in the navy). He was born at Withen, near Helston, Cornwall, Feb. 22, 1788, and was consequently in his 63d year. He entered the profession in 1797, and was, in 1799, midshipman of the ship Edgar, Captain Buller, until the peace. In 1803 he rejoined Captain Buller in the Naiad, and in May, 1804, being made lieutenant was appointed to the Malta. He removed to the Queen in 1807, and subsequently joined the Canopus until 1809, when Lord Collingwood gave him an acting order to the Redwing, 18, frcm which he was subsequently promoted by the Admiralty to the Pilot, 18, and sailed in her from Spithead, April, 1810, with a large convoy of merchant shipping, under Captain Dundas in the Euryalus. Captain Nicolas, i❑ the Pilot, did very great service to his natio❑ while on the east and west coasts of Calabria, where he captured and destroyed alone upwards of 130 of the enemy's vessels. On the 17th of June, 1815, the Pilot attacked the French man-of-war Legiate, mounting 23 guns, and caused her to run. On this occasion Captain Nicolas received post rank. On the 4th of June, 1815, the Prince Regent conferred on him the companionship of the order of the Bath, and on the 4th of October in the same year his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies conferred on him the small cross of the royal and military order of St. Ferdinand and Merit, and on the 26th of April, 1816, he was raised to the rank of Knight Commander of the order of St. Fer dinand. In March and April, 1816, the Pilot accompanied Lord Exmouth to Algiers and Tunis, when all the Neapoli tan and Sardinian slaves were liberated, and in July she was paid off. Captain Nicolas, while actively employed in the navy, was the inventor of several highly valuable appliances for the service, and gave some useful information to the Ad miralty on the subject of the Mediterranean charts. In carrying out the improvements and :embellishments of his ship he appears to have been utterly regardless of his own finances; the Pilot was fitted with brass guns and other costly gear; and it is stated that 12,000/., gained by prizes, and 15,000/, the value of a private estate, all went, in the warmth of his zeal for his profession. In August, 1818, Captain Nicolas married Frances Anna, eldest daughter of Mr. Nicholas Were, of Landcox, near Wellington, by whom he had several children. The last active appointment held by Captain Nicolas was that of Captain-Superintendent of the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth. During the holding of this office Captain Lord John Hay, a junior officer, was appointed, over the head of Captain Nicolas, Commodore-Superintendent of the Devouport Dockyard in the same port. This circumstance seems to have galled the vigorous spirit of the hero of the Pilot, and appears to have weighed him down to the hour of his death, to which he gradually declined for the last four days. In consequence of his devotion to the service several of his younger chil dren are unprovided for; and it is hoped that the Admi ralty will do justice to the descendants of one of the most active and zealous officers who ever graced the Nary List. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, APRIL 2.—Lieutenant Richard H. Risk (1811), to the command of the Tartarus steam-vessel, of 136-horse power, at Woolwich. The gallant officer has hoisted his pendant, and commenced entering men to-day, for service in protecting the fisheries on the north coast of Scotland. DESCENT OF THE DUKE OF BRUNS , WICK IN all. GREEN'S BALLOON. HAsTiNcs, Arum 2.—Mr. Charles Green, who left in the Victoria balloon, with the Duke of Brunswick, on ➢londay afternoon, for France, arrived here again last night by mail. It appears from the statement of the aeronautic veteran, that the balloon, which left Hastings at about twenty minutes past one in the afternoon, retained a south-easterly course till about twelve miles from the English shore. The wind then carried them southward. When somewhat short of mid channel the balloon was almost becalmed, and took a low level, so that by means of a speaking-trumpet the occupiers of the car could converse with the crews of some fishing boats which appeared beneath them. On getting further from the English coast the balloon again got into a current setting to the south-east. The gas at this period became much expanded by the action of the sun's rays, and the balloon ascended to a height of 4,000 feet. The safety-valve at the bot tom of the balloon then began to act, owing to the great ex pansion of the gas, and the escape which ensued caused a gra dual descent, till the appendages to the guide-line, styled by Mr. Green the "compensating weight," and which we de scribed in our account of the ascent, came upon the surface of the water, whereby the downward progress was checked, owing to the diminished weight depending upon the machine. Before arriving at this point, the aeronauts had enjoyed a magnificent view of the English coast, extending from Dun geness point to Beachy Head—the long line of coast glowing in the vivid rays of a resplendent sun. When about 20 miles from the French coast they obtained a view of a portion of the shores of France. At length the land appeared so near at hand that the grapnell was lowered. The shore was found to have been left by the ebbing of the tide, and the sands were o bserved to be of great extent. Two men were seen uponwalkingithits the sands, and as the balloon passed over them, and w was guide line trailing behind, one of them caught at h the forthwith per rope got under the feet of his companion,. w and immediately seen to be dashed violently uponn e e i a t 'rth. The ,however, were formed a complete somersault in the air placed hors de combat. The unfortunate eventually seen to regain their legs, doubt less convinced of the fallacy of endeavouring to catch a balloon. The land in the vicinity of the shore was observed b y M r. Green to be of an undulating character, apparennly ill. adapted for the purpose of a descent ; he, th ere f ore, pro ceeded onward till he surmounted a lofty hill, th e summit of which he cleared at an elevation of about 50 feet. Ile then descended rapidly. In the valley appeared a village, from Duke seen to emerge. Th e p in sp g e t e r d u i m ly pet, and shouted direc tions h l s a c i o d r h e s e l o d f e p f e o h p i l s e e w sae r k to the peasantry how to act. The balloon reached the earth almost without a shock, and abundance of attendance being promptly rendered the aerial visitor was soon made fast, and the Duke and Mr. Green alighted, finding them selves in the fields near Neufchatel, about 10 miles south west of Boulogne. A. railway station appeared half a mile off, situate on the Boulogne and Amiens Railway. His High ness proceeded at once to the station, and almost imme diately took his seat in a train en route for Paris ; while Mr. Green, having discharged his gas, got the balloon packed up and proceeded therewith in a cart to Boulogne, where he arrived at about 10 o'clock at night. The descent was made at a few minutes after six o'clock, the voyage having occupied nearly five hours, while the dis tance traversed was reckoned at full 60 miles. Mr. Green styles his trip as an "aqua-aerial" voyage, and describes it as having been most delightful not only to himself, but also to his Highness, to whom one great recommendation was the absence of all sensible motion. The gas, furnished by the Hastings:Gas Company, is stated by Mr. Green to have been of excellent quality, the clerk of the works, Mr. Ginner, and his foreman, Mr. Inkpen, having carried out the wishes of Mr. Green to have a supply of gas as free from carbon as possible. THE TEETH.—How often do we find the human face divine disfigured by neglecting the chiefest of its ornaments, and the breath made disagreeable to com panions by non-attention to the teeth! Though perfect in their structure and composition, to keep them in a pure and healthy state requires some little trouble; and if those who are blessed with well-formed teeth kn ew how soon decay steals into the mouth, making unsightly what otherwise are delightful to admire, and designating unhealthiness by the impurity of the breath, they would spare no expense to chase away the se fat al blemishes. But although most ladies are careful, and even particu lar in these delicate matters, yet few are sufficiently aware of the imperative necessity of avoiding all noxious or mineral substanc es of an acrid nature, and of which the greater part of the cheap to o th- pow d ers o f the present day are composed., It is highly satisfactory to point out Messrs. R owlands Odonto, or Pearl Denti frice, as a preparation free from all injurious elements, and eminently c alculated to embellish and preserve the dental structure, to impart a gr a t e f u l fr agrance t o th e b rea th, and to embellish and perpetuate the graces of the moutb.--Court Journal. THE INCOME TAX. A proceeding has been mentioned in connexion with the income-tax more objectionable than anything that has yet transpired. It appears that the City Comfnissioners, through one of their officials, have actually begun to ask the heads of mercantile establishments the amount of salary paid to each of their clerks, in order, as he said, to " check " the returns made by those gentlemen themselves. In the instanee which has come to our knowledge the application WAS made to a partner in one of the highest and most , re spected City firms, and when the object of it was made known it was instantly and most properly re fused. The chances are, however, that in other cases the information will b e given hastily, before the nature of the inquiry is fully appreciated, and that thus a system of espionage will come into vogue, the principle of which may be extended to all other persons. If secret in quiries are to be made of employers there is no reason why also information should not in turn be extracted from clerks or assistants. In this way a bookkeeper may be asked the profits of a house in order to " check" the statements of its members, and the assistant of a professional person, or the servant of a tradesman, may be adroitly worked upon to the same end. Once admit that these Com missioners have a right to obtain a knowledge of people's affairs through any other than public sources, and there is no end to the machinery that may be set to work for the purpose throughout the country. All that they are entitled to demand is the duly-signed return of the party to be taxed, and if from fair and open causes they hare rea son to distrust that ret urn , they may increase the assess ment at their pleasure, and let him resort to his right of ap peal. Th e p ower t h us con f erre d i s unpopular enough, and good management and discretion are e ssen ti a l t o con d uct t h e p r ocess and to prevent it f rom b ecom i ng so o di ous as to cau se a public clamour that shall render im possible a continuance of direct taxation, and there is consequently no condemnation too strong for those who risk the destruction of the advantages which that mode of taxation confers by such conduct as seems now to be pursued. By maintaining its unfair exemptions and its flagitious scale, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has done his best to provoke its being swept away altogether; and it only requires a few instances such as the City Commissioners ap pear likely to furnish to render its doom unavoidable. The cry will then be that direct taxation has been tried and of their t p a rkejeudice, and to s h ow th a t it was no t a c fa o i m le m d, un a i n ty d waste of years to disabuse the the principle itself which resulted in failure, but the in justice and incapacity with which it was sought to be ad ministered. JOSEPH 11. AND THE MONKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, Srh,—The following may serve to show what Joseph 11., of Austria, thought, of monks. In 1781 that Em peror (born, as they say, in Austria, half a century too soon) thus wrote to the Archbishop of Salzburg : — "My Prince,—The interior administration of my states exacts from me a prompt reform. An empire over which I reign must be governed according to my prinei pies. P re j u di ces , f ana t ic i sm , d espot i sm, an d t h e slavery of mind must disappear; and each of my subjects must resume the exercise of his natural rights. " Monachisna has attained an intolerable excess in Austria. " I have appointed a commission, charged with the duties relative to the suppression of superfluous convents. When I tear off the mask of monachism, and transform the useless monk into a productive citizen, I then hope that more than one of those factious slaves will speak otherwise than they now do of my reforms. "My task is difficult. It is no inconsiderable affair to reduce this army of monks, and to make men of these fakirs, before the shorn heads of whom the vulgar pros trate themselves with respect." In another letter he says— " Since the time I have succeeded to the first diadem in the world, philosophy has regulated my actions. Austria must assume another than her present form. • • . As I detest superstition and h er Phari sees, I will give freedom to my people. For this pur pose I will drive out the monks—l will suppress their convents." In 1784, Joseph wrote Pius Vl.: " I have suppressed the superfluous convents, and congregations still more superfluous. Their revenues are appropriated to maintain useful curates and primary schools," &c. Joseph (adds the author from whom I quote) was in deed a great man; but the bigotry and selfishness of the world would not appreciate him when he lived, &c. I am, Sir, yours, &c. March 25. WATCHMAN. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent frost the General Pest-dace by the night—and Id by the morning—dispatch.] • ' When made up in I From what When PLACES. General Post-office port dis- Londoa. patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N April 4 .. .. Liverpool .. April 7 America (by U.S. pkt.) N April 8 .. •• Liverpool .• April 13 America (by U.S. pkt.) M April. 23 .. .. Southampt. April 10 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth April 2 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. April 1$ Belgium .. .. •. N Daily .. .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. • .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. April 12 Buenos Ayres .. .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. April 12 California(viaChagres)M 17th of month ISouthampt. Apr 1 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.• April 3 Constantinople* .. • • 2417th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. April 10 Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. ISouthampt. April 5 Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri.lSoutkampt. Tn. Th.S a Chili .. .. .. . M 17th of the month Southampt. April 20 France .. .. 31 & N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twieedally Greece* . • .. • • N7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover • • April 10 llamburgh .. .. N,Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland .. • • .. hi IWednes. & Satur. London .. MOPI.Thvr Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the meatb,Southarnpt. April 20 Ireland .. ••31 & N Twice daily .. .. !Holyhead .. Twicodally India (via Southamp.) M,2oth of the month Southampt. April 28 India (viaMarscilles) K7thlk, 24th ofmontlOover • • April 23 Mediterranean (via I I Southampton) .. 21'20th of the month Southampt. April 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. .. N,7th& 24th of month Dover • • April 23 Mexico .. .. .. 33'2d of the month.. ISouthampt. April 5 Madeira •• •• .. Ml9th of the month (Southampt. April 12 i Malta . .. .. 21 f 711,1107t1h0,1f9mtho,n27fitihi } Dover April 10 Naples* .. •• •• N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover •• April 2 Papal States* .. .. .N sth 15th 2.5 th ofmollovPr .. April 2 Peninsular.. •• .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. April 5 Peru .. .. • • .. It 17th of the month Southampt. April 20 Tuscany* .. .. .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • April 2 West Indies .. .. M 17tk of the month I Southarapt. (April 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 3.1 1 2 d of the month .. I Southampt. !April 5 Naples* .. Papal States* N Peninsular.. • • Peru • • Tuscany* .. West Indies .. West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month . * The mails to those c ountries thus mar French packet via Marseilles. CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and from Califon( are now despatched and due by every Amer] Southampt. April 5 ed ('►) are conveyed by fa, via the United States lean packet. The first manufactory for spinning by machinery, in Austria, has just been founded at a place called Eipel, on the frontier of Bohemia and Silesia. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAT, APRIL 2.—The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Dee,Cap tain W. Allan, sailed this afternoon at three o'clock with the usual mails for the West Indies, Spanish Main, and Gulf of Mexico, in charge of Lieutenant Brown, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Dee takes out 77 passengers, among whom are Commodore M‘Quhae, for Jamaica, and Lady Alleyne, for Barbadoes, also a good general cargo, and specie value 23,500/. sterling. The United States' mail steamer Hermann, Captain E. Crabtree, was to leave New York on the 29th of March, and may be expected to arrive off Cowes on her way to Bremen, about the 13th inst. The steam ship Franklin, Captain J. A. ootton, was appointed to leave New York on the sth inst., and may be looked for here about the 17 th or 18th inst., en route to Havre. NURSERY TALE Fos NoVICES.—Lit-tle Red Ri ding Hood had a large I'or-tion. It was ve-ry rich and fat. ye was a w s with her Li t great-tl e p l o t r e_d t ° l n t i d n "ow do you de ?" a-long, a large Wolf met her, andsai well, I thank -di n- ( t l le v l e ra t s-k ou et t . for et. go-ing Lit-tie Red Ri-ding Hood 'said, "V ery you, Sir." She did not know the Wolf was a Wolf, for he did o lf in Sheep's Clothing. But Lit-tle R e d so he WAS a W not look like one. He had on a long black wool-len Gown, Lit-tle Red Iti-ding H od thought b e was a ho-l y M an. The Wolf said, Ri ding Hood said, "I am go-in , g to play." "Ah 1" said the Wolf, "take care. Here comes the Old M an to run a-way °` Where are you go-ing my lit-tie De ar ?" Red with you." Then Lit-tle Pi -ding be-gan to cy, he- cause she was a - fraid. Then the W o lf sa i d, " Lome along with me, my Dear, and I will hide you in my nice lit-tle House, where you will be safe from the Old Man. So Lit-tle Bed Ri-ding Hood went a-long with the Wolf, and the Wolf took her to his Den. And when he had got her there, be made her give him her Bas-ket, and go into his Den. And then he shut her up in his Den, and went a-way to his Tiro-ther Wolves, and the Wolf and the o-ther Wolves ate up her Por-tion be-tween them. Lit-tle Red Ri-ding Hood a 3 ne-ver seen a-ny more, and no one knows what be-came of her, on-ly that the Wolf kept her in his Den till she died. Lit-tle girls should not lis-ten to Wolves in Sheep's Clo-thing, for fear they should be served like Lit-tle Red Ri-ding hood.- Punch. REPAVEMENT OF LONDON-BRIDGE.—In Conse quence of the anxiety manifested by the Bridge-house Es tates Committee, connected with the Corporation of the city of London, that that important thoroughf are- the ca riage-way of London-bridge—should be repaved as rapid ly as possible, Mr. Chadwick, the contractor, has, in obedience to their wishes, put upon the work a large number of hands. Although the breaking-up of the ,roadway wa s not Com menced until Monday morning last, above two-thirds of th e paving stones, on the western side, have been removed, and a considerable portion of the track tilled in with granite blocks of excellent quality. Larger ones, similar to kerb stones, being laid longitudinally fret" the southern to the northern shores of the Thames. The surveyor to the City , Sewers' Commission having reported ths_it during the tempo rary and but partial stoppage of the tra ffic on this great line of way it would be desirable that_ the pavement of King William-street should be rela id .during the progress at the works at the bridge, an order h as been made thereupon, tecle win Lon dbe ear ' which order it is exec tied out ously with the great work at n-bridge, now simult ao aatisene - faetarily proceeding under the e superintendence of the con tractor and his pr incipa!,,loreman iss Cleave.r. lt is ex pected that the work be completed by the Ist of May next. OxroaD, APRIL a convocation held this day, the SUM of 4001. was granted out of the University chest to t h e Professor of Botany, towards the cost of erecting two new conservatories for the cultivation of tropical, aqua tic, A nd orchidaceous plants, with the incidental expenses. LIFE IN D.EATIL—Some twelve years ago the son of a respectable file-manufacturer, carrying on business in the parish of Norton, near this town, had occasion, on matters of business, to proceed to the continent, and while there, he, along with two or three of his compatriots, paid a visit to the celebrated field of Waterloo, bringing away with him, as a souvenir of the battle, a skull. This relic after having undergone various vicissitudes, was a year or two ago placed in the garden of the above-mentioned manufacturer, where it has lain, comparatively little heeded, until about a fort night ago, when a fine healthy primrose plant, in full vigour, and bearing several beautiful flowers, was discovered grow ing in the cavity of the skull,—Sheffield Independent. DISTRESSING AND FATAL OCCURRENCE ON THN FRITH OF' Fotatt.— On Tuesday week a fishing-boat, with 22 persons on board, proceeded up the Frith to gather shall-fish. In the evening about eight o'clock, the boat suddenly , struck on the rock off Abe r dour, known as the " Haystack,' when it instantly filled with water, and the whole party were in the utmost danger. They remained in the boat immersed to a considerable extent in the water till three o'clock next morning, when providentially their cries ware heard from the shore, and assistance being immediately obtained, they were brought to the land. Two of the children on board died from exposure to the wet and cold, while the others were in a wretched condition. It is expected that Captain Milne, one of the Lord, of the Admiralty', will succeed Captain Sir John Bill tin, path:l3ooot vf Poptfo4 Victualling glut DQqii 1.4140, ~~~ .....0 0 83% (2 ,--- % d. 39 1 A 5 0 36'A LY.) K. ees, to le f°l' d ! 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