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COLB URN'S SERVICE. One of the :twit promising articles in point of en tertainment which has appeared in the pages of this Periodical is " A Reminiscence of Cuba," commenced ha the number for the present month; " Pencillings ()t. the Prairie," " Sketches of the War in Hungary," a nd " Reminiscences of a Voyage to Canada," are concluded, as well as that excellent series of papers on the present construction of the French army. There a a capital notice of the farewell proceedings of the gal lant hero of Meanee on the termination of his connexion W ith the Indian army ; an interesting account of a viit to the Danish army during the siege of .Friede tiehstadt in S'.ptember last, and several pages of the 11 , s ual sterli ng wor th. Th e open i ng contribution on The Relations of Great Britain with Siam," is emi nently worthy of considerate perusal. It is exceed ingly well written, and pregnant with important utter, which deserves to be prominently urged upon Public notice. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY Ti l tefreshed a ft er his February nap, " Maurice er caY” re-appears this month with considerable graphic power, especially in the sketch of the veteran of x otaten o y Of Wilde's "Boyne and Blackwater" l e _have long,. ere this, spoken favourably in our co th"-Ins ; and, agreeing with the magazine reviewer, 4 t we know " no book so well calculated to popu- Lirfte Irish hi s t ory and to exhibit the attractions of Irish scenery," it affords us much gratification to find tha th a a second and enlarged edition of so admirable a ook has appeared. We are next introduced to the 'r Lusitanian Parnassus, in an account of the most h i Tired poet of his time, and one even still held in 4 8 " Consideration, Bernardine Ribeyro, some ex tracts from from w h ose mu s e , rendered with great of fiance and perfect ease, are given in the first number Leaves from the Portuguese Olive." There is also an ellent critique, penned with vigour, taste, and Im partiality, on Mr. Johnston's " England in the v i lddle of the Nineteenth Century," and another of ti '7Y great m er it, u p on four of the highest produc:: 21,11°:lS of the female novelists of the day : " Olive, j a . "e the Avenger," "Evelyn," and " Nathalie." nathan Freke Slingsby is, for once, songless, but h °thin i g can b e more simply sweet and touching than 4 3 Prose contribution, " A Legend of St. Valentine," be autiful little t a le of the early days of Christianity in lmperial Rome, when the golden roofs of Nero, the mighty Flavian Amphitheatre were yet un- L' ur edi when she was yet the peerless city of the st!‘r th s —not the ruined throne whereon " the Ghost sfe Old Roman Empire" (as the Papacy was de- JaatEd by llobbes) sits crowned; "ere the Goth tthe Vandal had sacked her palaces, or h u gs of Christendom, more destructive than e b arbarians, filched away her precious monuments, ti marbl es , an d h er s t a t u ary ; ere the fury of the t u iLt r i b ed on s we pt i n a d e solating tide over all that Aia ,rle and G enser i c h a d spared, that Charlemagne ep)bert o f Si c ily had left uninjured." The papers " Ireland—The Past and the Future," and ti "l 'Lle Papal Aggression," the latter of which is based t P° l l the vi ews pu t f orwa rd in that clever and tlerti e!t lit t l e volume, the " Vindicin Anglicanas, are of a very hi g h order, and deserve a more particular 1 , , , -e ' t ,iee tha n our li m it s wou ld a ll o w at present. Ever ti 9el conle are " Leaves from the Portfolio of a Ma thi4er." It is true we were no parties to any of the w ib r ee desp era t e th ea t r i ca l r i o t s o r " ructions" in the "tdan metropolis therein commemorated, nor Were ever p resent a t any o f th ose agr eeable " breezes,:: fil ch are k nown t o f ame as the " Mahomet Row," , b he "Dog R ow ," and the " Bottle Row ; ' of We do remember that unparalleled triumvirate 44d e V nicalities, Mick Fullam, Ned Williams, s tr . Om Johnson, were in the house in Hawkins en the night when the former literally died in tpea n ic e 's o and have a perfect recollection of the un two /rle mirth created by the impersonations of the romios by the latter pair, which ,Mr. Calcratt ti ' o s cribes with so muc h t ru th an d g usto. The men to 11 of all these matters by the talented writer recalls e y ttletnory sc ene s now approximating to antiquity— b,„erl so far back as '24, when Rob Roy, with the "‘ Alacready as the Highland hero, and Miss °vv ard now Mrs. Keeley), as Di. Vernon, made a 4 rst and ineffaceable impression on our juvenile mind. ,_,ln ere amusing or interesting production anent I,l4tters theatrical than these contributions by Mr. 1 1 % Iic . r aft will present, when completed, cannot exist ; specie there any author better qualified in every re pie to handle such subjects. He has materials in n tY) and need never apprehend becoming tedious. Th BENTLEY. i p i ri ,e current number of Bentley opens with a aAd cctirring history of the campaign of Edwardes e curtland against Moo'raj, before the siege of is and of the final capture of the fortress ; it h' lu strated with a portrait of Sir Henry Lawrence. last ar ti c l e in the Miscellany is also on Indian Go' and is a continuation of the series on Lord i s I's ugh's victories. The subject of the present paper aid much criticised " Battle of Chillianwallah," " the writer pr ov es satisfactorily that Lord Gough NI . ail obliged to fight that battle, that he had no other al ternative. " zoological Notes and Anecdotes" are c ontinued, and in the present instalment we may have 41 11cla curious information as to the natural history 4t1 ,( 1 habits of wolves. Mr. Wilkie Collins's story, The Twin Sisters," is most interesting, and ; 11 , 6 3' justifies his warning to the reader the conclusion, to quote the story of The Twin Sisters" whenever he may be told h uman wh a t i s i mpress i ve an d pathetic in the drama of "lan life has passed away with a past age of chi yvklr.Y, Mr. Drummond Wolff continues his amusing re m of Madrid, and one of the " dilettanti', rea a diverting history of his adventures during a D i ll 3 to Gottingen to hear Jenny Lind. " The Wig irs'a Musical Party " is an amusing drollery, and of e ," Churchyard Bride " a very mediocre imitation t ne glorious Ingoldsby legends. We have also ItiN'eral reviews of recently published literary works, i o d s the programme of her Majesty's Theatre for lBsl t he present number of Bentley. FRASER. ). I\l : a twithstanding February is the month in w hich 4' r 'iament o p ene d, no twithstanding since the last num- Sl°lFra3er was published we have had the Q ueens tr r • een, the Papal aggression measure, and the Minis 'al crisis, F raser has no political article t his °lihth. This is the more remarkable, as it is gene- Y understood that Fraser is the organ of the turl. eY:ite section of the Peelites. The lov ers of the osities of literature will turn with curiosity to an "dited ?th letter of Edward Gibbon, dated London, May hig.'„ 76 , and addressed to M. D'Eyverdun at Leip hoic Was engaged in translating the first volume in Decline and Fall," then recently published, of Verman. Gibbons' description of the reception th e work is very amusing ;it bad succeeded with it l( lies, he said, like a fashionable novel, and both pro e nson and Hume had praised it highly. He then eeds • besides, I have had the good fortune to avoid the which is the most dangerous in this country. A. rap an is always to a certain degree a political cha seeker', and eve r y reader according to his private opinion tq l , i 3 in the most remote ages the sentiments of the his lg upon kings and governments. A Minister, who e( )% g r !mt friend to the prerogatives of the Crown, has the Plimentvd me on y having everywhere professed I Boundait doctrines. m r. Walpole, on the other hand, and my Lord lie — "en, both partisans of liberty, and even of a repub- Ti l i t , ir e Persuaded that I am not far from their fleas. ae " a proof, at least, that I have observed a fair Utt a r , ity. in,,,tet us now look at the reverse of the medal, and pl eu F e et the mean s which Heaven has thought fit to em - Si t I ° bumble my pride. Would you think , my dear th4tuuraitty of inj my injustice has been carried so far as to attack a faith? The cry of the bishop s, and of a gre at number of ladies equally respectable for the i r 11 63 mid und ers t an di ng , h as been raised against me. It been maintained that the last two chapters of my r t Pjliled History ' are only a satire on the Christian u ti ,i 4te 'n—a satire the more dangerous as it is concealed th e " a veil of mo d e ration and impartiality; and th his t re ad et biisary of S a tan, after having long amused it tc3 e rti with a very agreeable tale, insensibly leads them thi s the internal snare. You perceive all the horror of sh all a ccusation, and will easily understand that to ° Plaose only a respectful silence to the clamours of Th enemies." rei:eadmirers of Isaac Walton, as well as the ad gest; s of Alexis Soyer, the anglers as well . as the A °n. omists, will be delighted with an article on 1 4 ali ti titn ote i n , t Fishing and Fish ;" and the hater of will find matter to his taste in the paper iq of " The Force of Fictions." The most sinus " 1,, (4 the articles in this number is, to our thinking, F rench History of French Journals and Biography of Rn f 9eh Journalists." The writer, however, does not urther back in his biographical notices than the whales of the Empire, and writes with a bias ; he does more than justice to the Bertins, ,t o St. Marc Girardins, and the notabilities of the i t b„ l4l. ,noi des Deb a t s , he speaks in the most vulgarly 3le terms of Armand Marrast, whom he calls hi t ? , vulgar-bred, and reptile-minded," and yet he Vi t i If had just before characterised this " low, q ue g a r - bred, and reptile-minded" person as " un vip,stionably a writer of point, brilliancy, and e lt ." His account of the quarrels and the mutual (i,,P_usures of those quondam associates, Emile de t, stain and Granier de Cassagnae, is excessively rich. h/x.rvt. a utoms and Realities" is continued ; and we v a well-w r itt en " Bi ograp hy of Alfieri," besides eral reviews. R E SUICIDE AT CHARING-CROSS 11 , 0SPITAL.-- icterday MrsPital. Bedford held an inquiry at Charing.cross on the body of Samuel Bridge, aged thirty-two, 0, destroyed himself by jumping out of a window oton e Zute wards on the third floor of the building, a height of . oat forty feet, on Sunday last, about two o'clock. His 41 _ 411 Was dreadfully fractured in consequence, and he died tv`il(i)ht immediately in the area below. After bearing the I t „Z a ce , the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary IMPORTANT FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES WITH THE KAFIRS.-LOSS OF LIFE. We have received Graham's Town journals to Ja nuary 4. Hostilities had commenced in Kafraria. The Graham's Town Journal of Jan. 4 says " On the 24th December a patrol of nearly 600 men, under Colonel Mackinnon, was inveigled into a narrow and difficult pass by the native police (since deserted), who up to that time remained faithful to wards the colonists. In this defile the Gaikas mus tered in great force, and without provocation com menced a most murderous onslaught upon the troops, wherein 38 men and officers were placed hors de CO7ll. bat. This, surely, is enough to prove that the pre sent is a war of the Kafirs upon the colonists. They fired the first shot, and having obtained a slight ad vantage, flushed with success, rode on to greater enor mities. The military villages were next attacked— Woburn, Auckland, and Johannesberg reduced to ashes, and the whole of their male inhabitants cruelly butchered. Within five days of the first affair another engagement took place between 250 of the colonial forces and the enemy, at the Chuinie Hoek, wherein the British loss was 20 men and _2 officers killed, and 11 rank and file wounded—the Kafirs in this instance also being the first to rush on to the attack, giving still further proof of their determination to act upon the offensive. The following is an official dispatch from Colonel Somerset:— Fort Hare, 30;h Dec., 1850. Sir,—Having had a severe action with the enemy yes terday in an attempt to open a communication with the Commander-in-Chief, I felt it necessary to transmit to you the substance of my report to him in order to pre vent unfounded exaggerated reports being circulated of the facts. Having on the night of the 28th and morning of the 29th instaht, before day light, forwarded dispatches to his Excellency the Commander-in Cnief by a party of the Cape Mounted Riflemen, this party were intercepted by the enemy, and very properly returned and made their report to me. _ _ _ Feeling the importance of holding an early communi cation with his Excellency, and at the same time being desirous of ascertaining what was actually in the front, I detailed a party of 150 91st Regiment under Lieut.- Colonel Yarborough, 70 Cape Mounted Rifles, under Major Somerset; accompanied by a small 3-pounder gun Royal Artillery, lay object being to take up a position on the ridge above the Umnazie stream while I sent a party of Cape Mounted Riflemen forward with the mail to Fort Cox. This object was, however, defeated by the enemy showing themselves in considerable force ou our right on the Yellowwood river, about six miles from this post, who attacked us as wo were advancing up the hill towards the Umnazie, whom, however, we drove back, and for a time established ourselves in position; from the large body of the enemy whom I observed collecting, I saw at once that I could not effect the object I had in view, I therefore directed the troops to retire towards Fort Hare; at this time a very large force of the enemy was also observed coming over from the mountains of the Amatola, and others assembled in the Chumie Hoek. The troops continued retiring in admirable order, con testing every foot of ground with the enemy, whose numbers increased out of every valley, as we passed the successive heads of the various kloofA. The day was most oppressive. I was able to open the gun upon the enemy several times with good effect. After retiring about three miles, while holding a small valley on a hill, in firing a shot from the small gun, the trail unfortu nately broke short off, which rendered the gun com pletely unserviceable. I had it brought on until, when passing a valley with rugged banks, the gun fell over, and could be no longer got forward. At this time we were attacked by a very superior force in a thorny valley, the troops having a hand-to-hand encounter with the enemy. Here, lam sorry to say, several of our brave soldiers fell, including Lieutenant Melvin and Lieutenant and Adjutant Gordon, 91st Regiment; En sign Borthwick, 91st, was wounded; also several men 91st and C. M. Riflemen were woundd, and several troop horses ; also Major Somerset's charger was wounded. Having forced themselves from this difficulty, the troops continued to retire in perfect order, when they were met by 100 men, most judiciously snit out in sup port by Major Forbes, 91st, whom I had left in command at Fort Hare. The heat of the weather was most oppressive; nothing could exceed the steadiness and gallantry of the troops throughout this most fatiguing and trying service through a most difficult country ;—I am greatly indebted to Lieutenant-Colonel Yarborough, commanding 91st, and to Major Somerset, commanding Cape Mounted Riflemen, for the able assistance they afforded, and the way in which they led their men, and to all the officers and troops for their steady and gallant conduct. The loss of the enemy was considerable, our fire being steady and well-directed, having contested the ground with the enemy for upwards of four hours. The gun I have had brought in this morning. I have, &c., 11. SOMERSET, Colonel Commanding Frontier. FRONTIER DISTRICT ORDERS. Fort Hare, Dec. 30th, 1850. Colonol Somerset desires to express to Lieutenant- Colonel Yarborough, Major Somerset, and the officers and troops engaged with the enemy yesterday, his high sense of their exertions and gallant conduct. Deeply does the Colonel Istnent the loss of those gal ant officers and soldiers who fell in the action. The communications. with Fort Cox having been in terrupted it became the Colonel's duty to endeavour to communicate with the Commander-in-Chief for many important reasons. _ The result has proved that it was not possible to effect this object, the troops having to contend against such superior numbers in most difficult ground for four hours. The troops had to contend against the enemy (retiring, however, in perfect order) who brought large bodies of fresh troops up on both flanks from each successive valley as it was passed. Notwithstanding these obstacles and tho advantage on the side of the enemy, the steadi ness of the troops was admirable; contesting every point of ground, and eventually reaching the post iu the highest order. Major Forbes, 91st Regt., commanding in Fort Hare, having with great judgment sent out 100 men in sup port of the retiring force, whose timely aid was of the greatest assistance. Colonel Somerset also de,ires to express to Captain Carey his thanks for the able manner in which he con ducted a forced march to afford aid and protection to a weak esoort, which was said to be on the road from Fort Peddle, through the country occupied by the enemy. This responsible duty was conducted with judgment, energy, and success. Captain Carey, and the officers and troops under him, merit the Colonel's thanks and approbation. Colonel Somerset will not fail to bring the conduct of all these troops under the favourable notice of his Ex cellency the Commander-in-Chief. H. SOMERSET, COL Coen. Frontier. (By command) C.D. BELL, Lieut. C.M.R., Act. Adjt. Major Burnay, R. A., Com. The following is from a supplement to the Gra ham's Town Journal of December 31. The following particulars, contained in letters re ceived this morning, could not be extracted in time for our first edition, the post having been ordered to leave Grliham's Town three hours before the usual time. Extract of a letter dated : Block Drift, 27th Dec., 1850. I doubt not you have already heard that war has com menced up heree were er ee roused arnest. and tCohldritshtamtatshemKoarnas hadirng, attacked at four r the o'clock, w troops, and that we were to hold ourselves in readiness for what might take place. In the atter noon we received information of an attack on Johannes- Berg, and of the murder of three of the settlers. Shortly afterwards news was brought in that Woburn had shared the same fate. Supt. Stacey and Supt. Phelps (of Ely) were killed. Stevenson was also there to dine with them, but on seeing the Kafirs approaching he sprang on his horse and rode off to Gwali. Both the above places are burnt to the ground. Auckland has likewise been attacked, and it is reported that all are killed; but another report says that a few are still alive, and are defending themselves in a small fortification made on the night of the attack. On the same night sixteen of the Kafir police decamped from the fort, taking their arms with them. About three o'clock next morning their station was in flames, and by daylight was burnt to the ground. Yesterday morning the whole of the police at Junction Post mutined and took possession, but they allowed Lieutenant Wahh and his sergeant to leave un molested. Yesterday a company of the 91st went out to the relief of those at the Giveli, and where engaged with the Kafirs the whole way back; six of the enemy were seen to fall, three of whom were supposed to have been policemen. While I am writing the Cape corps are engaged with the Kafirs in sight, close to Wynne's house, part of which has just been burnt. A company of the 91st have just passed the door to scour the hills. The 91st that were out yesterday behaved gallantly, they extended themselves in skirmishing or der, and called out to the Kafirs to come on. None of our men were hurt. We have been expecting an attack hourly. A few of the settlers who have escaped have come in; the women, also, that escaped have had to make the best of their way through the bash. The scenes that have taken place are too horrible to relate. The Cape Corps are still fighting. I can now see a large body of Kafi rs on t h e r id ge from W yn ne's house, which is still smoking, Twelve o'Clock — The fighting is still go ing on very near the fort. The whole of the p o li ce have d eserte d Davis, and I have just heard that those at Davis's Post have gone over to the enemy. The Kafirs say we may expect them to-night. Extract of a letter dated Fort Hare, 26th Dec., 1850 : Our Christmas has been a very unhappy one. Poor Dr. Stuart is killed, and Major Btssett wounded; also Catty of the 6th. 16 men of the 45th killed, and some of the 6th; but I do not know at present how many. They have burnt down the military villages near Fort Hare, viz., Auckland, Woburn, and Johnnesberg—Ely only at present being left. At Johnnesherg the scoundrels killed 26 men, 8 women, and 11 children,* an d 3 men killed at Woburn. These numbers we are certain of, and perhaps there are many more, but their number is not known. The Kaffir police have deserted in this dis trict, with their arms, and were engaged with the C. M. Rifles this day. You must not be alarmed, as I do not think many Kafirs can enter the colony at once, but they are very saucy. The C.M.R. have behaved very well ,ndeed. I have just been informed that the 6th lost 10 men killed and 10 wounded; also about 20 men, supposed to be the 73d regiment, killed, and 5 rou!e waggons taken, with drivers, &c. All this is horrid, but we must Look forward to better Another hand writes : A party of 15 of the C. M. Rile=, and a party of abz - gut 30 of the 91st were engaged from one to three o'clock yesterday. The C. M. Rifh are spoken of in the highest terms. Nine o'Clock.—The Kafirs have burned a house within sight of the post, about a mile off. A party of the C. M. Rifles and the 91st went out yesterday. The Kafirs kept them hard at it for two hours. The Kafirs were never known to fight before as they fight now. Extract of a letter, dated Fort Hare, 26th Dec. The whole of the military villages have been de stroyed. A patrol is now going out to ascertain what damage is done. The Kafirs also have burned the police station, only 300 yards from the fort. Eleven o'Clock.—A report has just come in that the troops have been fighting the whole of the night at Fort White. It is supposed that twenty men have fallen on our side, and that some more have fallen in Colonel Mackinnon's division. The murders that have been committed at the military villages are teuly heart rending —men, women, and children share alike. A girl of twelve years of age was hanged by the Kafirs. * This is doubtful, subsequent information stating that the women and children were spared.—Editor of Graham's Town Journal. THE ADVERTISEMENT. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) " Now, Laura, my love, write as I dictate, and take care of your stops." " Yes, mamma, I am quite ready." " Well, begin. Wanted a Governess; that is the usual heading of such things, I believe. Let me see— comma after Governess—then go on ; to instruct three young ladies in French, (comma) Music,"— " Oh, mamma," interposed the writer, " We muse have Italian too." " ' " Well, put down Italian before Music, with a comma between, then go on—Singing, and the ordinary branches of a sound English Education (full point). She will be expected to take the entire charge of the wardrobe (full point). She must be of an amiable and social disposition, (comma) and—now what shall we say here?" " Of genteel manners, mamma." " Well, you may set down—accustomed to genteel so ciety—l think that will do. Oh, yes—add, as she will be treated as one of the family." " But these people, mamma, expect something to be said about salary." " Ah, true; I had almost forgotten that part of it. What shall we say? We gave your last governess fif teen pounds: I think for twenty we ought to get quite a superior person. Add—Salary twenty pounds per annum. Ample references must be given. Apply to—add the ad dress, my love; and now, Harry, will you be good enough to get that advertisement inserted in the l imes and Herald." Harry Ferrers, who bad been sitting in an adjoining room during the dictation of this remarkable advertise ment, was the only son of the gay Mrs. Ferrers, who WAS now on the look out for an accomplished governess for her charming daughters. He was the eldest of the family, and had succeeded to the eminent banking con nexion of his father, now several years deceased. He was still young, not yet twenty-five, but he gave indica tions of considerable business talents, and his tastes had been well cultivated in his early years, by a liberal edu cation. On being appealed to by his mother, he replied that he would see the advertisement inserted, and pro ceeded to read it over before placing it in his pocket. " French, Italian, Music, Siaging, a sound English Education,—to take charge of the wardrobe,—amiable and sociable,—accustomed to genteel society! Why, such a woman would be a treasure: I too am just look ing out for such an one," observed the youth. " How? And for what? asked Mrs. Ferrers. " Why, for a wife, to be sure! If you find any lady that at all comes near to this standard, I hope you will let me know of her. I have never been able to meet with such a paragon as this." " Oh, Henry, how you do talk." " I can find beauty, but without the amiable disposi tions; most generally it is allied to conceit. Then, I find many young ladies sufficiently familiar with French and Italian, but without anything like a sound English culture; acquainted with music, but quite ignorant, I dare to say, of the care of a wardrobe. But one, in whom all these are united, where, oh! where is she to be found?" " Well, there will be applicants enough, I can assure you." " What! Can there be more than one such woman upon earth?" " Why, only last time we advertised, we had above thirty applications." " And were they such paragons as you have described here?" " Oh, we selected what we thought the best of them. You remember Miss Fribsby?" "Ah!" " But this time we may be more fortunate." " True; your high salary may induce some gifted be ing to enter the lists." " High do you think it; why"— " Oh, don't lower the salary on any account—let the figure stand as it is; seriously, it seems to me that you hold the languages, the graces, and the virtues very cheap: that is what I really mean." " we offered more we should be positively inun dated with applications. You have no idea of the number of —" "Of paragon young women—l see. But I shall have the advertisement properly inserted," placing it in his pocket and leaving the room—" Adieu; au renoir." The advertisement appeared in due season, amongst a long list of similar announcements, in the leading journals. Ah! many are the palpitating hearts that beat over these invitations to hard work, a slender sa lary, and the vision of a home! Daughters, retaining the delicacy of past affluence, but now condemned to the privations and trials of poverty; orphan girls, bred in luxury and ease, but whom a sudden bereavement has rendered penniless and destitute; young ladies, full of accomplishments, and endowed with all the learning that the most fashionable schools can bestow, but unable with the aid of these to relieve the almost insupportable tedium of a poverty-stricken home—hang eagerly over the Governess columns, and proceed forthwith to indite their applications, fearful lest, through the slightest de lay, they should incur the risk of another disappoint ment. The day after the appearance of the advertisement in question, a host of letters lay on the boudoir table of Mrs. Ferrers, which she proceeded to deal with in a most business-like manner. In the course of less than half an hour she bad sorted the letters into three several lots, namely, those decidedly rejected, on account, some of defective punctuation, others of ungraceful diction, and a few because of bad grammar and writing. A second, and much smaller lot, consisted of applications tram persons " likely to suit," and a third consisted of doubtful applications, wanting in proper references as to character, qualifications, &c. Having at length finally selected six of the most likely applicants, she proceeded to address notes to those, requesting the favour of a per sonal interview. The next morning the great hall-door knocker of Mrs. Ferrers was disturbed by the timid tat-tats of a succes sion of young ladies, to whom the honour of a personal interview had been conceded. The first who presented herself was a slender girl, dressed in black, in appear ance scarce over eighteen years of age. The deep crape upon her garments indicated a recent family loss, and her pale cheeks and heavy eyes showed that grief had not been a stranger to her. The interview held with her was brief and unsatisfactory, as appeared by the struggling tears she could not conceal, and which dropped from the long, black eyelashes upon her cheeks, as she emerged from the hall-door. She was "too young," and Mrs. Ferrers decided that she was incom petent to undertake the office of finishing governess to her daughters. The next that appeared was a thin, hectic-cheeked girl, in a faded silk dress, and plain straw bonnet, neatly trimmed. She hesitated before she ventured to lift the massive knocker, and seemed scarcely to have nerve enough to raise it. She wrung her hands, half turned to go away; but summoning up her courage anew, she . at last lifted the knocker, let it fall, and a p lush-livened footman appeared, answered her inquiry, and ushered her into the house. In a few minutes she re-appeared, with her head bowed, her shoulders stooping, and she seemed to stagger, rather than walk away down the street. Mrs. Ferrers had found her" shabbily dressed," and not at all a likely person to impart proper ideas of gentility to her daughters. A third came up, knocked without hesitation, and in quired " whether Mrs. Ferrers were at home?" The answer was " Yes, ma'am." " I desire to be shown to her?"—and she presented her card. The footman cast his eyes askance at her, and wondered—" can this be another guvniss?" This lady had no doubts nor mis givings. She was evidently accustomed to plush foot men; she was not abashed in the least, and was ushered into the presence of the lady of the house with perfect self-possession. Indeed, you could scarcely infer from the expression of her features, when she left the house, whether she had been successful in her application or not, so indifferent and thoroughly self-satisfied did she seem. Another and enother followed—and at last the sixth applicant draws near. She looks timid and hurried, as if too late, and she walks rapidly up to the door and gives a double knock. Let us describe her as she waits there, anxious and tremulous. She is tall, round, and graceful; dark-haired and dark-eyed, a clear, beaming sweetness mantling her features, and almost speaking from her delicate ripe lips. Her complexion is fair; and a warm, rich colour mantles in her cheeks, almost heightened into a blush by the exercise of her walk, and the agitation of the moment. She is carefully but plainly dressed in black silk, her neat mantilla falling down her back only serving to reveal the outlines of her finely turned figure; and a little collar, of the finest point lace, sets off to the best advantage the pure white of her taper neck, along which float a few glossy curls of her waving dark hair. But here comes the footman, and to the young lady's inqniry of " whether Mrs. Fer rers was at home?" his answer was—" She is, walk in;" when she flits through the doorway, passes through the vestibule, in which two other footmen in livery are in waiting, is ushered up the grand staircase, treading upon piled carpet, soft and mossy under foot; then entering a drawing-room full o f classic bijouterie and ornaments, porcelain and vases, profusely decorated with drawings, mirrors, bronzes, and pendent chandeliers, she is intro duced through a door leading oat of the further end of this apartment, into the boudoir of. the stately Mrs. Ferrers, where that lady s its reclining in a superb fauteuil, waiting to receive her. mo T y h em e y en o t un a g m l o a n d wed among her bhoer,and Mrs. letters. she F t e o r o r k er t s h m e made slight was handed to her by the servant— " Ah, Miss Vernon, you are late! I appointe d twelve o'clock in my note to you, but I see (gg at the THURSDAY EVENING, ormolu eloA .on the chimney -piece) it is now full ten ml nutel p?..st the hour." "I ask pardon, Madame; but I have been detained mach to my regr, , r, in consequence of not being sufficiently ac quainted with the localities about town." " You are from the country, I believe?" "My family has been livine. in the neighbourhood of Loudon for a short time past." " And you consider yourself competent to undertake the education of my daughters in the branches which I have specified?" " I have a complete knowledge of French, from having resided abroad for some years; and have sufficient ac quaintance with music, to be able to impart instruction in that department. I do not feel so thoroughly grounded in Italian, but I can read it with ease, and have no doubt I shall be able to impart a sufficient knowledge of it to my pupils." "You have observed, that I also require that my go, verness should be able to impart a sound English educa tion. What are your capacities in that respect?" "It scarcely becomes me, Madame, to speak of my own culture; but I may say, without vanity, that I have received a most careful education, at the best schools"— " Ah! I'm afraid that sort of thing is becoming far too general among your class. It is quite astonishing. what a number of young persons apply for these situa tions: here have I bad letters (tossing the pile from her) from I do not know how many people." The aspirant for place hung down her head, and was silent at, the remark of the distinguished lady, whose lot it was sot to go a governessiug. - " Have you been at all accustomed to take charge of a wardrobe. My daughters have been accustomed to very superior service from their last governess, and I wish every attention paid to them in this department." "I shall do my best, Madame; and having bad con siderable experience in this way, I feel greater confidence than in some of the other branches. "Pray what experience have you had?" "I have entirely managed the clothing and wardrobe of my own family." " Slender enough, perhaps, if that be all your expe rience;" and she glanced at t h e d ress o f the candidate. " I t been better with us than it is now," she an swered with a sigh, and her eyes filled. "I meant no offence, young woman; but let me ask, how em Ito know that you can do all you say?" The young lady stept forward—for Mrs. Ferrers had not bethought herself all this time to point her to a chair—and presented a letter. "I have the honour to present a testimonial from a lady to whop I am well known." " Ah! Lady Lovemore; I see. A lady of distin guished rank. I wish I had known this sooner. The fact is, I have been induced to engage a young person of high recommendation, who waited upon me this morn ing, and who, I think, will quite suite me. lam very sorry; but should I be disappointed in her. I shall let you know. I think I have your address. Yes, hero it is. Good morning, Miss—l shall not detain you longer. Good morning!" And the young lady turned, with a heavy heart, and left the boudoir, walked through that gorgeous drawing room, her small foot sinking amid the pile of the rich Persian carpet at every step, scarce glancing at the precious statuary and artistic works with which the place was fills d—for the hollow grandeur struck a chill to her heart—then proceeding down the grand stair case, she passed again the livened footmen, and had nearly reached the half-opened door, when a young gen tleman, who had just dismounted from his horse in the street, brushed into the hall, without knocking, and en countered her full in the face. There was a recognition; a blush mantled her cheek; and making a hurried bow, she proceeded quickly towards the door. "Miss Vernon! This is unexpected. I regret that I should not have been within at the time of your making this visit. I was not aware"— And ho hesitated. " There is some mistake, Sir. I have only been ap plying about the governess situation which was adver tised in the papers"— " Oh! I remember! Some young person in whom you are interested, I suppose?" "No, Sir, I was applying for myself; but I was quite unaware that I should meet you here, or that you were connected with the lady of this house." "Indeed. For yourself! How can that be? I had no idea of such a thing. Your connexions"— " Connexions go for little, Sir; we must live. My family has been plunged into poverty, and there is no alternative for us but to take our place among the hired labourers for bread ;—but I detain you. Sir; and it is not fitting that I should;--- Adieu, Sir." " One word—allow me to ask your address before you go. I cannot understand all this." " I have left my address with Mrs. Ferrers; but should now feel most reluctant to enter upon the engagement which I had proposed with her. Adieu." And she left. Harry Ferrers—for it was he—felt that a light had departed from the place, as the door closed upon her. Why, this was the face which had haunted him ever since he had last encountered her, like some beautiful vision, at Lady Lovertiore's soirée—to whom he had learned she stood related. And now—that she should be a supplicant at his mother's, for the situation of governess!—he could not comprehend it. He sprang up stairs, and met Mrs. Ferrers on the landing. She was about to give her orders, in passing, to bring their gathec forenoon arriagerou drive. round, that she and her daughters might " You have had a young lady here?" Harry asked of his mother. " Young lady? I have had six young persons inquiring after this situation ; and I might have had fifty. There seems to be no end of governessee now a-days." " But the young lady I met just now—Miss Vernon I mean. Surely, you cannot have had six, far less fifty applicants like her." " Harry! I think you are foolish. What should you know of such people?" " I have met that young lady at Lady Lovemere's. wish to know her address. 6he told me she had left it with you." " The address! My dear child, have such things to me. You may be competent for many things beyond my reach; but leave me to choose a governess." " I am not thinking of a governess, my dear mother." " Then, what can you be thinking of?" " By-and-by I shall tell you." Harry succeeded in obtaining the address, with many misgivings on the part of Mrs. Ferrers; but she had faith in the prudence and integrity of her son; and, be sides, he was his own master. We must explain the mystery of the rencontre between these two young persons in the hall of Mrs. Ferrers' mansion. Many months before, Miss Vernon had moved in society equal to that of the Ferrerses. The father was a merchant, carryi ng on an ex t ens ive trade with all parts of the world, and was deeply engaged in large speculations in Eastern markets. But the war with China threw all his affairs into confusion, and involved him in sudden and unforeseen ruin. He withdrew from trade, a broken man, with scarcely a wreck of what had before seemed a gigantic fortune: such casualties are of every-day occurrence in the mercantile world, in seasons of reverse and disaster. He retired, with his family, into a suburban district, where they found the limited means which h a d b een save d f r om the general havoc insufficient for their maintenance. Old Vernon was poor, but still proud, an d hi s sons a nd daughters in herited his spirit. They had relatives of high rank, but could they consent to live upon the pittance they could beg from them? No! the sons would carve their own way in the world, as their father had done before them, and meanwhile, the daughters, each of whom had re. ceived a first - rate education, would endeavour to main tain themselves. Lady Lovemore, related by blood to Mr. Vernon, deplored this change in the fortunes of her friends, but was unable to dissuade them from the reso lution they had formed. It was at her house that young Ferrers had met Miss Vernon, slwrtly before her father's reverse; he had been suddenly s t ruc k by her—haunted by her face — and his heart had been secretly touched to the quick. He had returned to her Ladyship's house, mixed in her sotrOes, joined her parties, but had never her, until sudd en ly and unexpectedly his mother's h a ll. It was her first ex periment in the career sht, had resolved upon; her first n cou h n e t r e r i e n d unsuc cessful attempt to obtain a s it ua tion as a governess. And it was also her last. Henry Ferrers' soul was moved with pity for the position of this beautiful girl— and "pity againke k had e met is akin to love." eT sought her at her home: he wooed and won ber honourably; they were fitted for each other —in intell igence, heart, beauty, and love; and when these are in harmony, the disparity of mere worldly fortune will never be felt as an obstacle. Henry Ferrers again introduced bliss Vernon to his mother—but not as Miss Vernon—and not as a Gover ness for his sisters! DUNDEE AND PERTH AND ABERDEEN RAILWAY. — shareholders of the Dundee company, presided. From the report of the held on Friday, in the office, half-yearlyPertha m A e b e e t r i d n e g en of R th a e ilway 18s. 4d., being an increase over the cor-: Junction Company was Dundee. Lord Kinnaird, chair man of of th e 151 o l f the previous year of upwards of 1,5001., di rectors, it appeared that the revenue for passengers and goods tra ffi c on the Dundee and Perth line, for the half year, respondingamounted year. The working or 3,0001. a , expenses and other charges amount to 6,8281. 2s. Du., being a decrease as compared with the previous year, and thus making the present clear surplus upwards of 2,0001. above that of the corresponding half-year t to periodls , ending 31st January, 1850. The report was approved of. On the motion of Mr. Kennedy, it was unanimously agreed to present Mr. Anderson with the sum of one hundred gui neas for the time and valuable se rv i ces he had g i ven to t h e co mpany as an engineer. LORD CAMPBELLS BILL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE. — Lord Campbell's Bill to Improve the Administration of Cri minal Justice, now in the House of Lords, has been printed. It contains 34 clauses. The object of this Bill, as expressed in the preamble, is to prevent offenders escaping conviction by technical strictness in the proceedings. A criminal court may amend any variance not material to the merits of a case. In indictments for murder and manslaughter the man ner and means in and by which the crime was committed need not be specified. In trials for felony, if the offence be not completed, the parties may be found guilty of an attempt to commit the same, and in that case are to be liable to the same consequences as if they had been indicted and convicted of the attempt to commit the felony only. Among various alterations contemplated is one of a novel character on the arraignment of a defendant either for felony or misdemea nour. He is not to be called upon to plead " guilty," or "not guilty," but shall be asked, "whether be wishes to plead ' guilty,' or any other plea, or to be tried?" If he shall say he wishes to be tried, then the officer shall enter a plea of " not guilty," and when a refusal toe lead is apparent then a plea of" not guilty" is to be record SENSIBLE H ORS ES.' —Laing', in his Travels in Norway, says that the horses in that country have a very sensible way of taking their food. Instead of swilling them selves with a pailful of water at a draught, no doubt from the fear of not getting any again, and then overgorging themselves with dry food for the same reason, they have a bucket of water put down beside their allowance of hay. It is amusing to see with what relish they take a sip of the one and a mouthful of the other alternately, sometimes only moistening their mouths as a rational boing would do while ' eating a dinner of such dry food. A broken-winded horse ' is scarcely ever Seca in Norway. MINISTERIAL CRISIS. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. CHRONICLE.- - Lfrd Juan Russell appears to be slowly arriving nt certain sound coticlusion with re— spect to the aggression business. He is reported not only to have informed the meeting of his supporters on Tuesday that he is opposed to unnecessary 1 , -I4ilation, but to have raised again:t Lord eitautey's proposal the wel;-founded objection that inquiry by a cownaitLe t , wouid only tend to prolong an agitation which it is on all accounts desirable to terminate. It is true that he nevertheless announced his intention to proceed with the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill in a modified form; and, he entreated his adherents to waive their objections to the measure, in order to secure the country against a change of Ministry, and a consequent return to Protection. The Ecclesiastical Titles Bill must be considered on its own demerits, whatever may be the form of vexatious tri viality which, from time to time, it n;tay successively as sume. It is unfortunate that its author was not earlier impressed with the evils of " unnecessary legislation." The virtual repeal of the Charitable Donations Act in Ireland, and the gratuitous persecution of the Scottish Protestant bishops, can scarcely have formed part of the vengeance which may have seemed neces sarily called forth by the blustering language of the Pope and of Cardinal Wiseman. Almost the whole force of the measure will fall upon persons entirely un connected with the recent aggression. A powerful body in Ireland, and a harmless community in Scotland, will bear the brunt of the "necessary legislation," to which provocation has been given only as respects England. It is true that the only necessity which originally occa sioned the introduction of the Bill still, in some degree, compels the Minister to proceed with it. The party ne cessity of seeming to follow up the Durham letter, and of humouring the late agitation, still forces Lord John Russell to alienate Ireland, and to interrupt the business of the Empire; but it is satisfactory to observe that the Premier's enthusiasm has subsided into an unwilling as sent to some undefined minimum of persecution. As the rapid subsidence of the recent popular agitation becomes generally recognised, we do not despair of seeing the evanescent zeal of the Premier dissipate itself into entire forgetfulness of the whole subject. His prudent protest against a continuance of the contest implies a still more rapid return to sobriety. The popular feeling—which was correctly indicated in the Speech from the Throne as the origin or excuse of an unstatesmanlike attempt at legislation—has almost ceased to afford an apology for the perpetuation of the blunder. The Durham letter has collapsed into the Aggression Bill—the Attorney-Gene ral's statement of its provisions into the clauses as they actually appear—and the printed terms of the Bill into some unknown formula, constructed to suit the taste of a Roman Catholic archbishop without irritating the Bri tish lion, who is becoming slightly ashamed of his re cent " alarm and indignation." The country at large was indignant at finding that a measure which was offered as a satisfaction to Protestant seal was repre sented, however untruly, by its authors, as a contriv ance for the benefit of the Roman Catholic laity. Every fresh oscillation in the conduct of the business has tended still further to alienate general sympathy; and we believe that the revolution in public opinion foretold by Lord Aberdeen will be completed in a shorter interval than that which he may probably have assigned for the change. We have little curiosity as to the changes which may be promised by Sir George Grey in his statement tomorrow. The pretext that the Bill interferes with the consecration of prelates or the ordination of priests is too absurd to be repeated, after a week's conside ration of Lord John Russell's singular announcement to that effect; but it may be presumed that, on some more or less plausible ground, the provision of the third clause will be virtually abandoned. The second clause, which renders void proceedings which were never recognised by law as valid, may be retained or omitted at pleasure. The concluding provision for the discovery of illegal trust deeds will probably be left in the Bill, when it has been determined that there can be nothing to discover. The false recital in the preamble, as to certain imaginary , "doubts," will no doubt he inserted as a congenial in troduction to the penal fictions which will fill up the clauses. The 1001. penalty, to be sued fur by the Attor ney-General whenever an existing Government may be disposed to persecute either Roman Catholics or Scotch Episcopalians, will no doubt figure in the foreground of the Bill. Yet this silly and insincere farrago will give the Government and Legislature as much trouble, and will consume as much of the time of the country as would a genuine and effective scheme of active persecu tion. The Irish opponents of the measure must be a singular body of politicians if their resolution is weak ened by the marked success which has hitherto attended their cause. The Aggression Bill has broken up the Government, and has prevented the formation of a stronger Ministry. With singular infelicity, the wishes of a Roman Catholic prelate have been recognised as the basis of legislation, without any serious attempt to meet them. If Archbishop Murray's remonstrances are entitled to any degree of attention, they extend to the whole principle and to all the details of the Bill. There is no excuse for any penal legislation whatever against the Irish Hierarchy; and any modification of a measure introduced for the purpose of committing this injustice is only an admission of weakness and of error, without in any way removing the objection. Lord John Russell already stands convicted, by his own admission, of having attempted " unnecessary legislation;" and, in admitting that whatever is unnecessary is also inexpedient, he condemns his own recent policy. It is more than probable that, at the next check in his career, the Minister will reel oil into the course so strenuously urged upon him by many of his present or late supporters. The restriction of the Bill to this country will get rid of some difficulties, and will stave off others for a time. Yet even in this case the final passing of the measure will remain as uncertain as ever. Tho ultra Protestant feeling of the country will scarcely assent to that virtual recognition of the Pope's authority in Ireland which would be implied in express restrictions imposed upcn its ,exercise in Eng land; nor could Lord Stanley, with any regard to con sistency, allow the establishment of a legislative distinc tion between the rights of the Crown on this side of the Irish Channel and on the other. The Government is involved in an inextricable labyrinth, and it can only escape by retracing its steps. The applause of those whose clamour induced it to enter the maze is every mo ment becoming fainter and fainter; and those who warned it of the danger, while there was yet time to stop short, will yet be found to have been its most prudent friends, though they may probably meet with but little gratitude. ADVERTISER.—It has been the subject of great and general regret for many years past, that England has no poet. Byron was the last of the race, so far as his own country is concerned. Nor do we know that other coun tries are in this respect much better off than our own. Everywhere there is a dearth, if not an absolute destitu tion of real poets. It is true, that there is no lack of persons pretending to the name. If versifiers were synonymous with poets, we should have the latter in abundance. They would be plentiful as blackberries—a fact which is abundantly testified by the intolerable quantity" of lines which every year ushers into exist ence. There is, we fear, an equal paucity of another class of men, who for all practical purposes are much more important than poets. The country is sadly in want of Premiers. The race of real ones seems to be ex tinct. As true poetry died with Byron, so real Premier ship appears to have perished with Sir R. Peel. The sorry figure which the present possessor of the office has cut ever since be crossed its portals, must make the coun try feel more sensibly by contrast every succeeding day, the magnitude of the loss which England sustained in the death of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Had that illustrious statesman been spared to us, we should not have been domed to witness the humiliating spectacle which this great country has presented for the last fort night. The Queen and the country would have simul taneously turned to him, as the individual destined to extricate the nation from its difficulties, and to restore England, as if by magical agency, to the place she had so long occupied as the greatest country on the face of the earth. The adage is in everybody's mouth—that we do not know the real worth of great and good men until wo lose them. Never did the saying apply with greater force, than in reference to the death of Sir Robert Peel. It is only now that the nation begins to realise the loss of the Right Hon. Gentleman in its full extent. But regrets are unavailing. He has been snatehed from us, and cannot be recalled. Though we cannot help mourning hie departure with, if possible, a greater depth of sorrow than before, we know that we must mourn in vain. We must now look to the living, not to the dead—to those who aro still among us, not to those who have been wrested from us. But to what par ticular quarter shall we look for the man who can bring the country safely through the perils of the present crisis? Not, certainly to the Whig Premier. lie has been tried and found wanting. It is he who has brought us into all our difficulties, and it would therefore be unreason able to expect him to extricate us from them. He is wholly unfit for his office. It is one to which he ought never to have been called. It is one to which he never would have been called, but from the lamentable paucity of qualifications for the Premiership, to which we have alluded. And yet there the Noble Lord is. He is the First Minister of the Crown. The destinies of the greatest empire on which the sun ever shone, during the six thousand years he has run his course, are committed to the hands of a man who is wholly incapable of pro perly guiding and controling them. This is a melan choly reflection. It is a lamentable fact. What is to be done? No one can answer the question. No one can point out a person, among all the men who make pretensions to the character of statesmen, to whom the reins of government could be transferred with confidence. They are in bad hands; and yet the universal conviction is, that they might be in worse. This is certainly sorry comfort; end yet we are compelled to consider it as com fort in its way. In all the great conjunctures which we read of in the history of other countries, and in all we have witnessed in our own land, there has arisen some master spirit suited to the emergency. With the hour there has come the man. The storm has thrown up to the surface men of great genius, who had been before buried in the depths of obscurity. Not so in this in stance. We see no indications of a coming man—no symptoms of the advent of some person of mighty mind, fitted to take the helm of affairs—qualified to discharge efficiently the functions of the Premiership. The coun try does, indeed, still cling to the hope that such a per son will suddenly burst, like a brilliant luminary, on our benighted political world. The nation will not forego the satisfaction of thinking, that the day of deliverance from our troubles is near at hand. We would not, if we could, extinguish this hope. We would nott e o share exchanged for despair. Rather, by far, wheel "' it with our countrymen. But wo can not farol without round for s we can ground. And, certainly, there never, o discern the signs of the times, was less g hoping than there is at present—th at we are on the eve of seeing some mighty g o denly start up, to bring us out of our troubles. The crisis in whic h the c ountry is placed has been greatly aggravated by the infidelity to his principles of MARCH 6, 1851. the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. If he hed been hones., and ecthisteet hi= incapaeity erotilel ro' have bee.ii productive of such disastrous core ale i.. It is chiefly t i the, betrayal of the cause hit whic:: . he c.eistiteted htiuself the champion, and of hitnufa,tet-el nese to the interests he undetteok to defend and pTo mete, that we are to ascribe the difficulties into wfaien the ceuetry has been plung , :d. Unhappily, - will nut extricate the country from its difficulties. ;,„re y mere inte- It requires capacity, it needs genius to do that, Lord John Russell has neither. Nature never meant him for the Premiership; and circumstances have not made up for nature's niggardliness to him. As then great mental capacity, if not genius of a high order, is indispensable towards extricating the country from its present per plexities, and as the Noble Lord at the head of the Go vernment is confessedly wanting in capacity, the question again recurs, whether we will or no, " What is to be done?" It will be inferred, from what we have already said, that we see no appearance of the war advent of any such master spirit as tne crisis requires. Consequently we see no reason to expect that we are at once to come triumphantly out of our great and manifold difficulties. But we do discern some glimmering of hope. Though no idividual mind be equal to the crisis, a combination of men of fair capacity, acting honestly, and with energy and in accord, may very greatly mitigate the evils of the "situation." Such a combination, we can state, with con fidence, is in contemplation. But, at present, it would be premature to enter into particulars. Suffice it for the moment to say, that there is a fair prospect of seeing, before many weeks have elapsed, a new Government, which, if not remarkable for the brilliancy of its indi vidual or collective talents, will certainly be remarkable for its business capabilities--a Government not only pledged, head and heels, to a thoroughly free-trade policy, but prepared to make concessions on the question of Parliamentary reform, which, though not so large as we and the country could desire, will still be worthy of the people's acceptance, as an instalment of that which they have a right to claim. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty received yesterday the melancholy in telligence of the death of her Serene Highness the Princess Elise of Hohenlohe Langenbourg. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided, yester day afternoon, at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations. His Royal Highness arrived at the building in Hyde park shortly before three o'clock, attended by Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Colonel Bouverie. The Commissioners present were—Earl Granville, Lord Stanley, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyell, Mr. T. Baring, M.P., Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. J. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. Stephen son, M.P., and Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P. Mr. Scots Russell, secretary to the Royal Commis sion, and Mr. Edgar Bowring, acting secretary, were in attendance. Lieutenant-Colonel Reid, R.E., chairman of the Executive Committee; Dr. Lyon Playfair, Special Commissioner; and Colonel Lloyd, Special Commis sioner, were also present. The meeting broke up at twenty-five minutes before six o'clock. The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow (Fri day), at Buckingham Palace. Summonses were issued yesterday from the Privy Council-office to the Ministers and officers of State. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Brough ton, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. The Council sat four hours. The Marquis of Nornaanby had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing -street. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Fresaly, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence iniDowning-street. Mr. Duncan, Mr. Fenton, and Mr. Price, being a de putation of the Caledonian Railway directors, bad an interview with the Commissioners of Railways, at the office of the Board of Trade, yesterday. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.—Lord Clarendon is still Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland. The preparations for his Excel lency's departure, have all been suspended, and the usual dinners and evening parties at the Castle are to be resumed forthwith. DUBLIN, UNIVERSITY.—Yesterday being Shrove Tuesday, the Spring commencements were held at Trinity College. Among them was that of LL.D., pre sented to the Right Hun. Lord Gough. His Lordship appeared in the examination hall in the full uniform of a general officer, and wore the insignia of the Order of the Bath. Joseph Napier, Esq., M.P., and G. A. Hamilton, Esq., M.P., were also raised to the dignity of LL.D. REPRESENTATION OF KILKENNY CO UNTY. —The friends of Mr. Sergeant Shee, in anticipation of a gene ral election, have commenced an active canvass 01 the county Kilkenny. Mr. Patrick R. Welch, one of the defeated candidates at the last general election, has ad dressed the constituency, which will amount, tinder the new franchise Bill, to upwards of 5,000 electors. MR. JOHN O'CONNELL -It is said that Mr. John O'Connell has come to the final resolution of withdraw ing from Parliament and public life. The universal te.ling of indignation expressed by the people of Ire land at the conduct of himself and connexions, on the occasion of Mr. Disraeli's motion, has led to the most desirable consummation. The Conciliation Hall delu sion will also be abandoned. An advertisement, an nouncing the suspension of the meetings, by order of Mr. John O'Connell, appears in the Freeman's Journal of this morning. GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.—The annual meet ing of the subscribers to this fund took place yesterday, in the saloon of the Lyceum Theatre, Mr. Buckstone occupy ing the chair. Mr. Cullenford, the secretary, stated that having determined upon application for a royal charter of incorporation, the directors had prepared a memorial to the Home-office, which was presented to Sir George Grey by Mr. Justice Talfourd. It afterwards appeared that the power of granting the prayer of that memorial rested with the Queen in council. A second memorial, together with a draft of the required charter, was consequently in preparation. A ques tion had arisen as to the defraying of the funeral expenses of deceased annuitants, and it was resolved that the repre sentatives of deceased annuitants should be entitled to 101., as the portion of the quarter's annuity due at the time of death, but not to both. Their finances were in a flourishing condition. After defraying the expenses of the year, there remained of its income, which was 8421. 18s. Ild., a balance of 4031. Os. 3d. Their general assets were as follows :—ln vested in the funds, 5,545/. ss. 7d. ; in the bankers' hands, 1,280/. ; ready cash, 691. 3s. ld. ; making a general total of 6,903/. Bs. Bd. Mr. Hoskin was elected in the place of Mr. Lyon, one of therfive retiring directors, Messrs. Cullenford, Lacy, Attwood, and Lewis being re-elected, The other offi cers were re-elected, and thanks passed to them for their services. It was resolved that a special general meeting should b. held on the Wednesday in Easter Week, to revise the rules and consider the charter. Mr. Worrell proposed the thanks of the meeting to Mr. C. Mathews for the use of the saloon, and the usual compliment having been passed to the chairman, the meeting separated. FIRE IN OXFORD-STREET.—Yesterday afternoon, at o few minutes before two o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Smith, perfumer, No. 1, Prince's street, Oxford-street. The building, including the base ment, was five floors high, and was adjoined on one side by the premises belonging to Messrs. Thomas and Robert Mar tyn, silk-mercers, which formed the corner building of that portion of Regent's-circus. The property of Mr. Os borne, a jeweller and silversmith, flanked the other side of Mr. Smith's establishment. The fire mounted terrifically, igniting, not merely every floor of the premises in which it commenced, but also the adjoining property of Messrs. Martyn. From inquiries made on the spot the reporter learned from Mr. Smith that a bottle, containing some per fumery spirits, had been placed on the mantelpiece in the counting-house. There being a fire burning in the grate, it is supposed that the heat must have altered the temperature of the spirits, and made them expand, fur all of a sudden the bottle burst, the contents ran into the fire below, and then arose an immense sheet of flame, igniting the counting house and every other room in the building in rapid suc cession. In a very brief reriod the engines of the London Brigade, West of England, and St. Marylebone parish were on Lthe spot, and copious streams of water were scattered over the flaming premises; but, in spite of the indefatigable exertions of the firemen, the work of devastation continued and it was nearly five o'clock before the flames could be subdued, and, not until the whole of Mr. Smith's valuable stock-in-trade, his furniture, wearing apparel, and other effects, were entirely destroyed. The extensive property of Messrs. Martyn is also severely damaged. Mr. Smith was not insured to one-half the extent of his actual loss. Mr. Osborne, the silversmith and jeweller, who has also sus tained great damage by water, was uninsured, but, fortu nately, Messrs. Martyn were insured in the National Mer cantile Fire-office. THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—FOREIGN ARRIVALS. —The arrivals of three days from abroad have included the following for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in Hyde-park, viz.-52 packages by the Antwerpen, from Antwerp; 5 by the Albion, from Boulogne; 10 by the Fyenoord, from Rotterdam ; 6 by the Fame, from Calais; 15 by the William Jolliffe, from llavre ; 31 by the City of Rotterdam, from Dunkirk; 44 by the Countess of Lonsdale, from Hamburgh ; 80 packages by the Governolo, from Genoa; 30 packages by the Ranger, from Amsterdam 265 packages by the Earl of Auckland, from Dunkirk' and 11 packages by the Sir Edward Banks, from °swtehnicdch co mprising altogether the largest number of arri v :! s thin so have taken place from abroad for the Exhibits 25 2 packages short a space of time. In addition to these,. have arrived by a Spanish ship at Plymouthbition building; and which have been forwarded to the Exhi India, for the East several arrivals at Southampton, from _lowarded to their ware- India Company, which have been .om Santander, n r to their destination. The pri vilege from the Treasury, houses in London, under special P for examination and transm t i-s t s ! ° of very valuable jewels from the Government of India latter have included a qua: en ie by i l E a late c e Lahore, which have East India House. O N T e T v, I , N ark ll i A n m th su e were sent direct to the ~. for the Exhibition, and which, for the purpose of security, o T f H Lo N rd and re ceived the THE canvassSOc contest with Dlr..Barrow, his Lordship met an intelligent ANECDOTDEuriOnrg farmer In the . neighbourhood of Loughborough, and ac costed him with the inquiry, " Are you an elector ?" ceived an answer in the affirmative. The farmer was then told who his Lordship was, and learned that he was the aristocra tic candidate for his suffrage, which was then most earnes tly solicited. " No," said the worthy farmer, "we have had plenty of boys, we are going to h ave a man this time." His reply proves now to have been a pretty true prophecy.—Nottinglun Mercury. REFORMATION IN DUBLIN... --On Sunday four per sons renounced and abjured the errors of Popery, under the spiritual direction of the Rev. Thomas Scott, and subse quently received the holy communion in St. Thomas's Church. One of the converts had been a student for the Romish priesthood in St. Jarlatk's College, Tuam, under the auspices of the most Rev. Dr. DlSale, and is now a pastu lant for admission to the care of the Priests' Protection So -1 ciety.—Dublin EtTninu /kW. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, 7"- - tryvsnLY.—Sorge geed shot abed lit/twice aftez.n9o:l on b P Exe2llemy Capt%in. 11 - ; D. Ch in the preLeneJ ot Rear-Adrziral F. li a .lbr't C. 8., M.P.. one of th e Lo r diof Aclmirairy.r6lo44l4 ttii; Lion. T. Dundas, and Captain Sir Thornag as ' of the Ordnance department, and other d _ sifat ..• _ officers, wore pr esent . Th e pract i ce took rt.! 43 -# : O2 A •/j: stage alongside the Excellent, the old but' Top..ae 'nuik forming the targets. Captain shell seemed to be the best tried yet. The pl be continued during the week. Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Cape', - nozndsr-in-Chief, struck his flag last evening at sunset and went on leave until Friday. The Cumberland, 70, Captain G. H. Seymour, thg of Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8., arll the will o r n ece s i t v e e am advance for their cr ews on M on d ay . troop-frigate, Master-Commander Penn,Vulc R The Penelope, 22, steam frigate, is receiving her anchors, painting down, &c., and will be ready in a few days for re-commission. The Fairy Royal yacht, 1- aster-Cemmand'er Welch, proceeded out of harbour this morning to try her screw. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, MARCH s.—Lieutenants Frank K. Haw kins (1845) to the Impregnable flag-ship at Davenport; Edward Marshall (1843) to the Penelope, 16, steam frigate, at Portsmouth. _ _ _ Mute Frederick Pyne (1850) to the Prince Regent, 90 , at Portsmouth. Second-Master Frederick William Rea (1849) to the Victory, flag ship at Portsmouth. Midshipmen Stratford Juke and H. C. Wogan to the Prince Regent. _ . Master'-Assistant Samuel Sibby to the Banshee steam-vessel, at Woolwich. Clerk William S. E. Freeman (1849) to the Alecto steam-sloop, at Woolwich. The armament of the Alecto steam-sloop, Commander Larie, consists of four 32-pounder broadside guns of 32 cwt. each; one 32-pounder long gun of 40 cwt. mounted on {pivot-carriage; two 12-pounder brass howitzers of 6 cwt. each; one 6-pounder brass gun, and one 12-pounder brass howitzer mounted on field battery carriage for service on shore. The Shearwater steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Turnonr, was paid off here to-day, and will be taken into the basin to-morrow on the Alecto and Banshee steam-vessels being taken out. In the navy estimates for 1851-2 a vote is to be taken for 7,0001., and a further estimate of 9,5001,, or a total of 16,5001., is calculated as being required for the erec tion of a new cable-store and rigging -house at the west end of the dockyard immediately adjoining the basin. The remarks on the necessity for this outlay are that " the present cable-store and rigging -house is riot only in very bad condition, but being situated at the extreme end of the yard, every fathom of rope or rigging returned to or issued from store has to be carried 900 yards to and fro. A new cable-store and rigging -house was pro jected 12 years ago, but has not yet been carried out; it is most urgently required." LONDON HOSPITAL.—The quarterly court of the governors of this institution was held yesterday, at the Hos pital. The secretary, Mr. Nixon, read a report of the ope rations of this society for the past quarter, which stated that during that period 471 in-patients had been cured, 387 re lieved, and 64 had died. The number of in-patients remain ing in the hospital is 306, and the number of out-patients now on the books 1,934. Notice had been received during the quarter of two legacies to the charity, one from Captain Bean, amounting probably to 800/., the other 50431., from Thomas Corey, Esq., of Bristol. The governors have also received a life-governor's benefaction of thirty guineas from the son of an accident patient, in acknowledgment of benefits received by his father. The report having been adopted, some routine business was disposed of, and the court then adjourned. A JUDICIAL OPINION ON " THE SOFTER SEX."— At the Northampton Assizes, the other day, in the course of a trial for poisoning, before Baron Alderson, several interrup tions took place in consequence of the over-crowded state of the court. The crowd consisted chiefly of women, two of whom fainted, upon which the Learned Judge expressed his surprise that women should be so anxious to be present at such dreadful investigations. It was, however, a matter of taste. They were called " the softer sex," but he thought incorrectly. MONEY MARKET—The quotation of gold at Paris is 3 per mille discount, which, at the English Mint price of 31. I;s2loid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.10 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.021, it follows that gold is 0.30 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Earn burgh the price of gold is 4244 per mark, which, at the Eng lish Mint price of 31. 17s. wid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13,4 k; and the exchange at Ham burgh on London at short being 13.61, it follows that gold is 0.76 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. About a week since M. Salto, a rich proprietor, a native of Perugia, died at Rome, aged seventy-two, and was interred there. On opening his will, which was in his own handwriting, at the top of that document, instead of the pro. fession of religious faith generally used in such cases, there was a note to the following effect :-=" As I have always doubted of the existence of God, I omit here the ordinary preamble to a will." The cardinal vicar of the diocese of Rome being informed of this atheistical declaration, imme diately ordered the body of M. Salto to be disinterred and removed to the corner of a cemetery set apart for the burial of criminals who refused religious succour at their execution. —Galignani. ARRIVAL OF HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.—On Tuesday the Sardinian brig Arpia, Captain Bartholetto, arrived in the Mersey with the expected Hungarian refugees. The vessel is direct from Constantinople, and brings 262 passengers. These people are confided to the care of the authorities here, who have made arrangements with Mr. Sabell, of the Emi grant's Home, in Moorfields, to receive them. They will be landed to-day and taken to the refuge. Though the vessel which brought them over is small, there has been no sick ness on board, and they speak in high terms of the treat ment they have met with on the voyage, and also of the conduct of the Turkish people during their stay of 18 months in that country. They consist chiefly of Poles, mixed with Italians and Hungarians, and they are of all grades in rank. They are exceedingly poor, though healthy and in good spirits. An attempt will now be made to further their in terests by opening a subscription in this town, with the ob ject of forwarding them to America. The costumes of the refugees are various, and we believe that they will be found to be a fine set of men. These refugees have appealed to us in distress ; they have been unfortunate, but they are brave men, and there can be little doubt that the appeal to English sympathies will be liberally responded to.—Liver pool Courier. A deputation from the Seamen of the Port of London, consisting of Mr. George Riddle and Mr. John Ka vannagh and Mr. Mollie, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, at the office of the Board of Trade, when they presented him with the memorial of the Master Mariners' and Seamen of the Port of London, relative to the new Mercantile Marine Act of 1850. The Right Hon. Gentleman received the deputation with great courtesy, and promised them an answer to their memorial to-morrow. BOYS' MAnnr.Es.—There is something ingenious in the manufacture of these toys. The greater part of them are made of hard stone found near Coburg, in Saxony. The stone is first broken with a hammer into small cubical frag ments, and about 100 to 150 of these are ground at one time in a mill somewhat resembling a dour mill. The lower stone, and which remains at rest, has several concentric circular grooves ; the upper stone is of the same diameter as tho lower, and is made to revolve by water, or other power. Minute streams of water are directed into the furrows of the lower stone. The pressure of the runner on the little pieces rools them over in all directions, and in about one quarter of an hour the whole of the rough fragments are reduced into a nearly accurate sphere. MANUFACTURE or STEEL AND GAS BY ONE PROCESS. —Mr. William Dick, of the Veterinary College, Edinburgh, has just obtained a patent for improvements in the manu facture of steel and gas, enrolled Feb. 22. The patentee's invention consists in the manufacture of steel and gas at one and the same time. His process is as follows : —Heat an or dinary gas retort (that made of fire-clay preferable) to the temperature required for the manufacture of gas, and having placed a layer of small coke on the bed of the retort, lay thereon the bars of iron to be converted into steel. These bars may be of any length; but it would be better they should be of the same length as the retort. Then charge the retort with coal, as in the ordinary method of manufac turing gas; work off each charge in the usual way; and when the coke from each is successively withdrawn, turn over the bars of iron, so that each part may be fully sub mitted to the cementing action of the coke. Continue the process until the required degree of cementation is obtained, which may be ascertained by testing the bars in the usual way—by withdrawing them from the retort, cooling sud denly, and breaking them, when, by the appearance of the " pith" it will be ascertained whether the conversion of the iron is complete. The patentee does not claim the manu facture of steel by means of carburetted hydrogen gas , as that is not new ; but he does claim the man ufacture, of gas and steel at one and the same time.—Minin.9 • kurn . 6 A other flare* THE SON OF MARSHAL JUNOT.--• • dist in guished persons of has to be added to the obituary of distl Of the most popular the present year. That name was I 1 coeval with that of to be found in the military annals ofo one of Revolution and the Empire, and whose fame almostis_ ake of Abrantes, the elder a Pht lu e natic asylum near Paris. Marshal, has just died in Bonaparte. ofui etwo son N s a w po h l o eo s n o J rv lo ne t , d tending the great irregularities of e ntric career of the deceased are thus twiths l be explained bypartial insanity, the on y accounted the . filth y fo e r a : r — o f ,.. his o e age possessed talents of no mean inative facult' h T i ll s e l i i f v e i , l d wofh youth ijchsu nci a , tu l e a g published several pieces as of p p o r e e t domin h ant order. As the son may be supPo ry w lc ha d considerable merit notwithstanding, or perhaps because He was also of their eccentricity. the author of several fie comp " d dra matic pieces, and published a considerable number of ro mances separately, or in literary periodicals. He was also All excellent musician ; he spoke and wrote with much correct ness the English, Spanish, and Italian an excellent .classical scholar. For the last few years of his life, and during the intervals of his malady, he devoted himself to the produceion of what he considered his most important work—a translation of Shakspere, in verse and prose, into French. The work is, it appears, considerably advanced, and it is curious that it was while he was em ployed on the tragedy of Lear that the most decided symP• toms of his mal a d y appeared. The only surviving b r other of the deceased, and the inheritor of his title, is now a captain on the staff of General M'Mahon in Africa. INTENDED DUEL BY LADIES.—Great sensation has been lately caused at Florence by an intended duel with pistols between two countesses, in consequence of i a e political an dispute. One of these ladies had taken the active other is part in a fair the war of It a li an i n dependence, and tv daughter of the North, whose name is well known in the on the ground, and di plomatic world. The combatants w ere ' husbands ar- the pistols charged, when, fortunately, their rived, and put a stop to the affair. THE SAILORS' STRIKE —Upwards of 400 sail ors two da y s have been in Manchester these tsso past collecting money to support the strike a gainst the Mer can til e Marine Act. They have been very peaceable, but the p o li ce h ave kept an eye upon their movements, to see that no sor t o f produced by men moving• intimidation was .. numbers, as they usually d 0.... It is stated that, at dinner, no one is ever per mitted to sit at the same side of the table with Carding Wiseman, and that the dishes are presented to him on bends knee. THE IRISH LINEN TRADE.—The exports during the past week were as follow :—Linen, 649 boxes, 231. packages ; yarn, 9 packag es; th rea d, 260 boxe& — Beliast A r co; Later. tt ituff titti2: - • 9144Orsotte14' t'';'s _ ~ the ,O/ <,,, )ra tine will l ., , :\>{ tii.\,---