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VIOT - At TO Society, Ich w 65 Ashby‘ ire .rona he; Lord I:eritetb, Rev. F. asalemp day be. DECREE BY THE MEXICAN Itex►co, Feb. 22, 1845. CO' 1 . 160 ied• •iot)' ; .(r'b ijr• pi 11* ipr ° . cs g, st 91u- Sit" ) 4.4 t to 1 Aria 3 1 , 0° le 0 11 ' 4 '0 0 tber, ;tevia" t h•d e ' 0 0 1 ) ~dtbe ge,s'ear' Tn .° de 0 ,0 0 o trs , ..... 3 a de ,• rePl 51 , )', 0e to i ° ' ( e„.01 6 1 , d e r Fo` „. ;Joe' Pe 4 to 1 „ l it, flay i orei to deu i 0,3 • ) forP, 6 3 p o ll! , „ if ,"" S )0 0 o c , [es"' 1 1 1 ur 0 e lls 5 4 0 dr 0 dr • ' 4tV S' 11;g1 A r ' i'be os• ,•.• 6° • 1 40 3 20 0 10 1 5° 1 5° 15 1 1(1 , , ••••• 2 7 " 1 5 4 ° ,3ij 10°‘ ort GOVERNMENT. ----- Ofßee of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, • Whitehall, May 10, 1845. Sir am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Priry Council for Traci'', to transmit to you, for the in -I.43rrnalinn of th e merc h ants trading with Mexico, the inclosed copy of a translation of a decree published by the Mexican Government on the 22d February last. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. Dobson, E (Signed) J. NPGREGOR. Es beerertry to Lloyd's. (copy.) Department of Finance. Sectio n Department Excellency, the President ad interim of the Mexican Republic, has been phased to address to rile the followini) decree Joaquira Herrera, Gi ni ral of Division and•Presi nent tant ad s interim o f t h e M ex i can R epu bli c , to i ts in habi. %low v t eluthil":.adlan Nt* by ih e 1 hat ation e 4l Congress has decreed, and the Ex ist e toned the following:- 1643:Osec°11d th. contribution of one per cent., iinposed , article of the decrue of the 10th of March, mothern toe tran.:it of money from one department to , i s , articles no longer •o be collected, and therefore the , i _ . 42 ? rendered April"vvre of ei the , Iccree of the 11th of July, 10th of the 28th of December, and the order of the 3d of 14t2rashte of the same year, relating to said . contribution, are ntlll and void. , forced loan decreed on the 15th of May, ese ' . 4th. Therh 2 1 " ' Executive contribution decreed on the 21st O f August, IR4I also ceases. will prop •se, in . t' the ' the second month ner and Se cond period of the ordinary sessions, the ter man or Iris on which the parties have paid the hole to f art °f their quot , s, by virtue of the imp , sts alluded . 4,1 ) 4 2 6 2 d anu 3d articles of the dor.,e, may: be ref . ursed, PIETRO F. DEL CASTILLO, President of the Chamber of Derutivs. N OSE R. MALO, Prefid en t of tho Senate. %JOSE GUADELUPE COBARRUBOAS, De. • - puty-S ecr et ar y. • Thereforea- JoAquim DE ROSAS, S ena to r , S ecre t ar y. eui, I order it t o b e print.-d, published, a nd cir i l lti, and duly carried into « ff. ct. I t oj t el in th e P a l ace of the National Government • Mexico, on the 22d of February, 1845. AM T JOSE JOAQUIM DE HERRERA. . c ommunicate it to you for your guidance. God and Liberty. ECHEVERRIA. THE SHERIFFS' FUND. 8,,.... A 20 TIIE EDITOR OF TIIE COURT GAZETTE. them -,,,_ Afton the eorporators of the City of London ien l t k pe no t w . ee ts y"c 'same highly hcnourable, wealthy, and benevo nohly and user:Hand it affords me a great pleasure to witness how . atlsp_oetY_ and mute e ex o t. these men devote t . heir a t n i d m t e . a e n ru d i th in e s i t r it -Ratak., ~,_ NI the many charities means tiona i i n o anti, to „tr.°... metropolis Indeed, I have only to refe b r f *salty ;,,—,I. advertising pages to show their exertions in behalf UDR Mr i - Otr i : t aci t ev ery - form - . I . beg, however, to call the atten although not of re tina %l oin . era to an institution, whichimportant Will t m o n 11,usingHun.o, Hon n o d ! In d. atm ' li.ene its nature and cbject of the most Ille s Ih •ati. .1 % l ei) :tin not, perhaps, have come previously befor , e , ieri s U -a t mo t ez - the "SI 'IP Fnd for Middlesex and London. Rho 1,,_ cellent and benevolent man, whom Providence has his', 7" I With . kr , i e z : ' ‘ l ‘Orthy ; i n ; h i e a r i m t a e b a l e n s c , o I A I e a l d g eur ems,anshJereihffn I VY .4t7rht.erifr Thomas Sydney, with their ex W c j e oi l hl l Cooper, are, I am aware,l and I t rti tte st rl i si tir ri er e t i to n Y : trlfa t i l : P: . this institution largely, practica y, stippo rt „,, .„ eu . It has hitherto not e tizzie bei iable rule With th-"*, 'Leery friend of humanity must, I feel convinced, go b en duly known or e a Inv: 114 Spirit, and aid them to the fullest extent. It has been for the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs . for the sloe 's _ net° subscribe largely to this fund. The now Sheriffs have tl, o ate I believe I can, as a part of the Corporation of tii ei s t an a d ta r e that the can, Lord Mayor has not done so ; this City - a eery larg e Personage is allowed by the Corporation . of thee the y ko spiten t . ge !Lennie to support the charities, the dignity,. and s. _l44P ao . a r"the CilY ; and it is well known that the charities,.the Itit'llthn admirable charities of the City, which are anything `wit fief , have not been subscribed to or supported by the pre. "40 4 inaghl rale, As a citizen I feel wounded and insulted to n on... e the princely incotne of the present occupant of the Man reore°l4 chair un ai , propriated to any of these charitie . s, mi l d the. 4 "Pee iallY to that (the " Sheriffs' Fund") which is uniform on h is a _rst to which the Lord Mayor usually devotes a large sum o illnat ption of office. The Corporation of London have been sti shp ue rny to hlrn—they have bestowed on his son, tte, 2' City benefice of some hundreds per annum I and in return, a young clergy s,,,,„.._°a. the Rev. Mr. Gibbs has, I am told, offered to preach a ).„--i:Ort for the benefit of the ~ Sheriffs* Fund.o_a am, Mr. -.'" 11..70um faithfully,. A COMMON COUNCILMAN. fev,„ .Intl give insertion to the above letter, having soo! . te a n s 1,11-Zr.i.Y mated a hope that Mr. Alderman Gib . bs was that as the /,: ' ,,,,,„ e d against as sinning" —and we are yet of opinion azh.....c_ iodalowanyotra of the great City of Londoo, let hia be will wa l t udable posterity, as one refusing to aid a me h s . t s a hn.e. 41st, .rhtiart cause, when funds so ample also, arc at 1 clisPOsal.....ED. C. G.] TRb '' I RISH ACAD in E s 1,114 t... PRO,* Till MORNING BILL. with the precedents of the O M F SA TURDAY. IE S leng are ` 1 he new academical r a i P nstitutions announced for Ire. last r e _ e too t horoughly in accordance . Wit h :Years • ettled point, So h .' erfett t ' ' It appears to be a s . ‘. .o excite any surprise, or, we should think, to meet kdeh th ~.. Jai opposition. the / l eld--. e n'hllls have fought for, and the Conservatives have .L 4 ... 11 , that whatever the State does for the education of ~... :2! be without respect of religious differences. Session laity, • sna - 7 5 °0, and almost week after week; seems to remove further front at 44 7 : 8 that once common spectacle of a British statesman willing ran outvetnhts't'oontend Tor this point. Existing Institutions may • and -legislators •of the tat Itish7 or centuries. cheat time be it for eara ßut the rulers emopetent to round new toile erspire no longer avow . on the. roun d prinel jofeed the heart of Mr. W se . ges and s chools of general learning W eiser. of Usher, or of °f themselves Laud WYkehatal and Waynti eete, of that preferred religious unify vrotioE.ll4l:l3.-- Sir JarnPii Grab airliae The Pledge which last year ro t could not be redeemed with an y p e l n a t n to 1 ; b :- 1 : Plan of academical education f riaasrty a.nd scienti i fi n c ed im at p l r e o n v g e th the -- or in i g r i Cl t a e n z et Pla The plan is, almost retorntneenttcter, that which we have more than once most earnestly We can, therefore, give it our unqualified appro. tfAil..°.rslt, Witt:den. t incurring the suspicion of merely flattering a ini erl4l proposition . •-114.13VBRTISER Sir James Graham last night brought for : ~Larat_d.Tes.Govererne.; plan for academical education in Ireland. The ortatataltianiireple, and has the great re commendation of being free from llot ti , __ Ha . • It aPPeared to give the greatest satisfaction to the 44 , .:, a, it.will, we doubt not, to the country. Ignorance is one wilr_ greatest of Ireland's evils, and the education of her people • 1, 0 0° 4. farther M ameliorate their condition than any course of “clll,2_llislation which could have been devised. *hick 4."),1CLE.--Notwithstanding the general approbation with 1 104 '4 Ole atatement of Sir James Graham was received ty the 'llatit ~._ef rionanaons last night, we cannot anticipate any very bril biessu'ru..eet;ifs for his scheme, either as a meastsre of conciliation or tb a W hich must , oa th toe his improvement. He refuses positively hi e , _ Roman Catholics the higher advantages of that University always take rank in Ireland above every other, and ktisidth.:*lll continue, let Parliament do as it may, to form the tiitTlittatitt really upon a • Ihettio7ll °Pinions of the bulk of the educated class. He refuses, l 'r e, to adopt the only means of placing Roman Catholics and par in the matter of education. He * 244 14) ,,. 41 ° Positive good by the establishment of provincial Et's% %," the hostility of the Roman Catholic clergy does not , 74 11 : stheir establishment; but the good, at the utmost, will 41 all, b y 7, l :t_ of proportion to the evil inflicted upon society in Ire 5 4. otter, althou • .„"ePntinuance of the exclusive system of Trinity College. th e as.., abroad, o give the Government credit for good intentions' gh not for the statesmanlike boldness which the • l e . t he t t l r r i e e d. and we would not give a particle of encouragement 4 atir th al opposition with which they are likely to be met; • silte d i;° resolution to resist alteration in Trinity College be per. ' L illpo letin! e allY think i t will become a question whether the Bill —Neliki...7,4, n',reformpon the wh o l e, attain any of theireet objects of an „ p h • 1 . 19 t 1, ............,.......„...........„........-- 4h tber tII°IINING Alarts.—ln consequence of Ow 11 • e a. r • altsi b... alloays that are now established throughour the kart ,taalldern, the Po stmaster-General, the Right Hon. the ree ility th llkl ale, has taken advantage of this public benefit by the " Nth Us afforded for the transmission of morning as well as sh. , . I. r oc's to I ZutreL ittt .... near y every town in Great Britain, Scotland, 1,. - "Ieli tit ' she following is the official List of post towns to 711 eac h " e . r, and newspapers can now be forwarded by the morn ` t ik love r ~.,_ , I is "ted on Friday • —Abingdon Acctington, Alnwick, • 'l'll4,..:44Kiesto,Appleby, A,hfOrd, Banbury:, Bangor, Bath, Barns. Ls _ vois uipi. _ .e, Battle, Ileaurnaris, Bedford, Belper. Berwick, : ;,/yoltZa(l._. Bilstone, Birmingham, Bishops.Stortford, Black. water. gristoissradford (Yorkshire), Brad ley, Brampton, Bridge- B Burton ta'' litiry ,'' nrighton, Brough, Buckingham, Burnley, u •sath, -. kotiffolkCarebrid Canterbury, Carlisle, Carnarvon, :•,.. tftAtjr. CheNtow C,. . Ciii„„_ . . Cbeltengliaeim, Chester, Chester-le-street, Ches. ' ,-von norn,Cirencester, Clitheroe, Cockermouth,Conway, plity.bi Cos•ttes,Cranbrook, Cuckfield, Darlington, Dartford, Da.. ah. 411.4 ° 'lbli'Dag. Dover, Dunmow, Durham, Dursley,Exete r r, 7,„ -re, i,„ agreed, Farringdon, Felton, Fenny Stratford, Fever- 14,41,4,;'4, (Tone, Gateshead, Godalming, Gloucester, ospo Ito, %Yitaiv .ilrid rave"nd, Guildford, Guernsey, Halifax,Hastin g s, ,, . ~ 4Nekt on ile. Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Higham, Highwrir c , * , 4:1144,1', ksbtdlhead, Holywell, Huddersfield, Hurst green, L Hy h h . ,. • p„.. e i Lilth,'ls• Lancaster, - Leeds, Leasnington, Leicester, '. .. 01, ft4,4:utoolluzzard, Lewes, Liverpool, Loughborough , Male:en ' IlO tlara.„„ . ae Manchester, Margate, Maryport, Melton Mowbray, ... I,•letssossi7. Mold (Monmouth), Morpeth, Newcastle.on-Tyne, ‘pt o , j'. Nesvport (Isle of Wight), Newport.Pagnel, Nort - N ee '4°l.lh Shields, Nottingham, Northalletton, Oxford, Penk. litr e ce arith p • . 4 4, 4, b . ortarnouth, Preston, Preston Brook, Pwllhell, • . I ' : the er i :tecling, Reigate, Riekmanswolth, Ripon, Rochdale, ks tellteld, sl.rtherham, Rugby, Ryde, Saffron Walden, Sevenoa , Lederlk„,,n4fnell, Sittin bourre Shoreham, Shrewsbury , Slough, -"' Al) -"' South Shiekig . ' 44,.. _ an's, v ,. ~ eo s, Southatnpton, Staplehurst, St. Asaph, T et la, s ts ' ll "; % 1 - t nerd's, Stafford, Stockport, Stockton,. Stone, bl,2tY. Thirst, ratford, Stratford-on -Avon, Swinton, Taunton, .• * "aton e, ~,_ Towcester, ' bring , Tunbridge, Tunbridge Wells, ; 4 4rttninennridge, Wakefield, Wallingford, Walsall, li: Cile ..leith, w W 1 .4 wick, Watford, Wednesbury, Weedon, Wes Ware t , W v o „, - ". -Wig.: h , n ,,g t ° ,, (Salop), Wellington (Somersetshire), White s„..-`''011.11,,,,, ,vigton, Winchester, Windsor, Wolverhampton, t 7u,i reirtrid e et pa ~—"ge, Workington, Wortley, York ; all Scotland 4;Pving.h,.... 4 vor all the above places the letter-boxes at the re .ylettsr:u. 'e Will be open from 7 A M. for newspapers, and 8 A.M., 0451'44h:star" those at the branch offices, Charing.cross, Old oL - Fts, until '', L et ? and the Borough, for the reception of news t,74ll po it :: a lf-Dast 7 and for letters until 8 a.m. At the ' c btra t v " 1 e. St. Martin's-le -Grand, and the Branch-office in Sit, .. '' Seet, th ,-, sA v. boxes will close for newspapers at 45 minutes ,e , and f or 1 t 8_ Okt ioN e e ters at 30 minutes after 8 a.m. • tflivi,.,.. A:ITLE AND PR ovIsIONS.—The General Ik' t d °t ° hou'se"" Company's ship Giraffe, which arrived off the it , Z.. R 7 ex._ on Thursday evening, from Rotterdam, had on trtilart.oos. si X te ! . il one coo, 43 packages of fish of different de. Ah h ‘ I tY of ~.: 590 Packages of butter, 700 of cheese, besides a IDZlaeture.".4,,Yeast, and other articles of Dutch produce and st t rs ag e , of V'e Tourist, reported the same day from Calais, had n% e 81. kath rencli I)°iiiirY l and the Rainbow, which arrived bil tilL e _° board arine's Stearn.wharf, had nearly 100 packages of Zs t 'er of p si ' "'"ldes a Aill cargo of merchandise, and a large ' ltt is tliesk an ' i e . ogers e ra _ ... Havre, after a very quick passage. . . 14., Y ork 1, .1).e.0f-packet ship Westminster also brought from '!tlig in , _„ 3 o tierces of beef, 150 barrels of pork, and about 2,100 7 411;yela heese. besides a large 191.41 l' P r Odlioe --- . cargo of every other description 1 ete4 sd to La` • rile importation of foreign provun n ttitt lit I,ou ry great extent. de, 10 1 4 la th e nft. ConIIUISSION.—A vacancy has oc . 1., 1 / 4 or k r. G O . M . ber of Assistant Poor.law Commissioners by the tesZ r e t in hollbtrrervt,otshich event took place on Wednesday at his W t en staye d r '. caunlY Down. Ilia decease, caused by a It,,,..'veh ar'e raoderate nr •o ~ th 4ktri duration is stated to have been most unexpected. •th seek 4 El b CORNjut, the.rateS 19 0 arrivals •KET, .AY ur _..., . ‘ , 4 t -,. trad e 4 d -- a. articles. There is better feeling in ° Ms ~,: al arley'i s n i, ef this day se'nnight - are rather ex. lA a lte t ill ° ste skeare.e, andfiesh Parcels Is. per quarter dearer. s t ',tine"tilttls sells at 9s. per load. Beans do not uti abut the demand is ' ' variation in `9lV.Zetcl. as More 'united. No van 74•Cretor, i ROYA I, AC rIDEMY The Royal Academy Exhibition of this year con sists of no less than 1470 works of art, so that what ever may be said of the quality of the productions of English artists, no one can have just cause to corn [lain of their quantity. Among these, however, there are a great number of portraits, of which, 33, Lady Sale, by J. Sa n t ; 81, O'C o nnell, by N. J. Crowley ; 293, Sir William Nott, with Candahar in the back ground, by 'P. Brig..tock ; 496, another portrait of Sir. W. Nott, by B. R. Faulkner, and 452, Sir Ro bert Sale, by G. Clint, are the only portraits worthy of observation, inasmuch as they possess an his toried interest—of the remainder of the portraits we observe, in the words of the law reporters to the newspapers, that " they are of no interest ex cept to the parties more immediately concerned." Having thus disposed of the portraits, we will confine our attention in the present notice to the pictures in the east-room. On entering it, the spectator will observe a crowd collected at the far end of the room, immediately opposite the entrance. They are ad miring Edwin Landseer's only contribution to the Exhibition this year.—No. 141, The Shepherd's Prayer. This sukect is a shepherd kneeling before a rule crucifix, • his flock gathered around him, guard€d by his d ogs, in the distance an open country. The execution of the sheep is marvellous—as regards the dogs, it is sufficient to say they are painted by Edwin f,andseer ; the crucifix too is admirable, bur the shepherd has evidently assumed an attitude before it for the purpose of having his picture taken. He is clothed in purple, and his eyes elevated to Heaven, and his hands stretched exactly in the attitude of a saint expecting the crown of martyrdom. There is nothing about the expression of the figure of "Let me with lowly voice a blessing crave, On these my anxious charge." The expression is rather that of one in the actual en joyment of the beatific vision, than that of a bumble shepherd craving a blessing on his flock. The attitude is the attitude of triumphant resignation, if we be allowed the expression, rather than that of humble supplication. In supplication the hands jc inel are uplifted towards Heaven—the face averted, is cast down towards the Earth. The extreme of supplica tion is prostration. There is nothing of this expres. sion in the figure of the shepherd. The picture, not. withstanding, is one of the gems of the exhibition, but the shepherd is a mistake. Eastlake, like' Edwin Landseer, contributes but one picture, No. 222, illustrative of the concluding lines of Comus. This is an exquisite picture—the expression of the features of every figure—the group is that of the most serene calm—and albeit the expression of se renity borders occasionally upon weakness, yet upon the whole the picture is exquisitely poetical—so har monious that it might almost be termed musical, for as there is a harmony of sounds so is there a har mony of colour, and who shall venture to affirm that these harmenies are not cognate. Etty has several pictures in this room, all miracles of colouring, all worthy the pencil of him who has been not unaptly called the English Titian—No. 12; Aurora and Zephyr, by Etty, is a magnificent specimen of colour ing, and of graceful beauty of design. The figure of Zeph‘ r, however, is not that of a youth, it is that of • a girl. In one who studies the nude figure as does Etty, this mistake is surprising. His flower girl, 185, is not unworthy of the pencil of Murillo, while 186, the Votive Offering, is perhaps one of the most beauti ful specimens of colouring and drawing that Etty has et produced. In expression and form, how ever,-his best picture is "the Indian alarmed," No. 97, an American Indian roused by a ditant noise. Every sense is awake. Sight, hearing, smel ling are acutely on the watch—the expression of the features is that of anxious acuteness, and the muscles seem all strung, so that he is ready to spring on a being in a moment. The colouring is very fine. No. 109, " Cupid interceding with his mother for Psyche," by the same artist, is also a very beautiful picture. In this room Turner has four pictures, 50 and 77 "Whalers"--the last by far the best picture of the two ; 117, Venice, Evening—going to the Ball; and 162, Venice, Morning—returning from the Ball. These two last pictures are miracles of colouring, and aerial perspective. Look at them closely they are the veriest daubs in existence—mere palettes on which colours have been coarsely spread—but give them distance; as you retire, the colours begin to separate into masses. Now, they harmonise—order arises out of chaos ; and now the picture bursts upon you as the most gorgeous specimen of colouring, the most miraculous specimen of aerial perspective that the pencil of artist has ever produced. To appre ciate Turner, however, the connoisseur should go early in the morning, before the exhibition is crowded. It is impossible to attain the proper " point of view" for his pictures after the rooms are filled. In contrast to Turner, is Clarkson Stanfield, the successor of Calcott, the painter, whose works are so beautifully fini-died, that they will bear the closest inspection. In this room we have three gems from the pencil of Stanfield, 65; the Mole at Ancona, a beautifully finished painting; 205, Dutch Boats run ning into Saardarn—Amsterdam in the distance—a picture full of life and animation, as all Stanfield's sea pieces are—and 254. The action and capture of the Spanish xebeq.ne frigate "El Game, of 32 guns and 319 men, commanded by Don Francisco de Torris; and H. M. sloop Speedy, of 14 four-pounders and 54 men, . commanded by Lord Cochrane (now Earl Dundonald), off Barcelona, On the 6th of May, 1801. As a work of art this last pic ture is certainly one of the most exquisite pro ductions of Stanfield's pencil. As a historical pic ture—a pictorial record of the most gallant achieve ment of one of the most gallant officers of the most gallant navy in the world—it is invaluable. This picture ought to be purchased by the nation, and pre sented to Greenwich Hospital. 34. Ruins of Kar nak is a magnificent picture by David Roberts. The subject is treated in a most masterly style, and the manner in which the rays of the setting sun are re flected from the columns of the ruined temple is one of the most splendid efforts ever produced. Taken as a whole, this is perhaps the landscape of the exhibi tion. 87, Peter the Great, Teaching. his Subjects the Art of Shipbuilding, is by Sir W. Allan. This pie. ture has scarcely sufficient dignity to be called an historical picture, although most likely it is a very accurate portraiture of the transaction it represents, as it actually took place. It would not, however, have been the worse as a work of art, if it had a little less of the real, and a little more of the ideal. 131. The Heiress, by C. R. Leslie, is one of those delightful illustrations of existing manners which Leslie alone can produce. He is the Watteau of his age, and, as illustrations of the costumes and manners of the nineteenth century, his paintings will, ages hence, be eagerly -sought after. 200. Fetch. ing the Doctor, by Collins, is an admirable painting of the Wilkie school. It is a night scene, and a chubby boy has just knocked up the village doctor, who appears, half-dressed, to answer the call. The bewildered expression of the doctor's coun tenance, neither asleep nor awake, is admirable. 105. The Greeting, Worthington, is the return from market of a Welsh farmer's wife, who is met by her husband :and family at the entrance to the farm-yard. The grouping is very beautiful, and the picture altogether is excel , ent. 277. The Water Cart, by Lee, is a land scape, in the true Gainsborough style. 125. View of Caen, by Fowler, is a small cabinet picture of great merit; and 126. Ventner Undercliffe, Isle of Wight, W. Col lins, is a beautilful picture of some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. We were turning to leave the room, when our attention was attracted by a picture close to the door--No. 11, The Governess, R. Red grave—a- little piece of domestic tragedy that goes at once to the heart. The scene is a school-room in a gentleman's mansion, opening upon a lawn. Th e governess sits at her daily drudgery, her attitude, her features, betokening That despairing resignation which springs from he utter annihilation of hope. She is friendless and broken-hearted. Admirably contrasting w ith this expression of passive grief in the governess, is the expression of active grief in the features of the little girl seated on the bench, who is conning her lesson, and endeavouring to concen trate her attention to her book—her endeavours are however in vain—her attention wanders to her ,wo sisters, who are leaving the school-room for the lawn, and who in all the joyousness of youth that knows no care, have already begun their sports even before they have quitted the school-room. This one picture tells the story of a whole domestic drama—and a very sad story it is. We fear it is an over true one. We must defer our notice of the other pictures of the exhibition to ano ther opportunity. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—There was a general rehearsal of the new opera of The Enchantress, written for Madame Thillon's debzit, on Saturday last. But finding some of the effects to be produced not sufficiently advanced, Mr. Bunn has prudently postponed its per- formance until Wtdne&day. We are given to under stand that the preparations are on a scale equally novel as costly. MADAME ANNA THILLON.—We are requested to contradict a statement which has appeared in some of the Sunday papers to the effect that this lady is the daughter 'of Mr. Ilunt, the vocalist—Madame Anna Thillon is not in any way related to that gentleman. The authorship of the beautiful lines on the death of it John Moore was claimed by half-a-dozen persons, and we believe the authorship of " Cecil" has been ap propriated by as many. Whoever may be the writer, however, no one denies his great talent. " The charm of ' Self' (says a new critic) is that it contains a lively por traiture of aristocratic English life. It introduces almost every character now taking a part in public life, and dis cusses with wit and humour almost every folly, frivolity, and soul.der and better qualities of the leading characters of the age. Perhaps it deals a little too much in satire, and points too strongly to' individuals, many of them 11 living, and some of them only recently dead. 'But in too many cases the - satire is only the just and well merited, and in others it is not sufficiently particular to give just cause of offence." LITERATURE. SYBIL ; or the TWO NATIONS. In 3 Vols. By B. D'ISRAELI, M.P. A year has not elapsed since the author of " Coningsby" announced the advent of "a new generation"—the dawn of brighter hopes, and better feelings. His work was received with enthusiasm, his glowing thoughts found a ready echo in the hearts of men, glad to turn from the gloomy present to contemplate a bright futurity. " Coningsby" became the idol of the hour. Its praises were hardly exhausted, when the announcement of a " new work, by Mr. D'lsraeli," aroused the eager expectation of his numerous admirers. It is not often that our hopes are destined to be fulfilled, but in this instance the most sanguine anticipations must have been realised. High as is Mr. D'lsraelis lite rary reputation, " Sybil" will add a brighter laurel to his wreath. Here he comes forward in the noble character of the champion of the poor. He has conse crated his brilliant talents to the sacred cause of truth—he has &voted his energies to the regenera. tion of the people : in such a cause genius shines with redoubled lustre—such a cause is sufficient to inspire great thoughts. " Coningsby" sougl t to expose the state of parties— "S 3 bil " de scribes the condition of the people. "Coningsby" was the novel of the season, a mirror of the political characters of the day—" Sybil " is the history of the age, a picture of the sufferings of the country. Perhaps " Coningsby " will afford more amusement to the superficial reader, but "Sybil" is not written to amuse—its object is_ not to dazzle the fancy, but to touch the heart. He must be cold and stern indeed who can peruse this work unmoved. It is no idle tale of fiction ; it is the voice of a suffering people calling upon their fellow-men—it is a history of the sorrows of the poor, drawn with all the nervous eloquence of truth, adorned with all the graces of a poet's fancy. Though differing from some of the political allusions, we must admire the generous spirit which animates the whole work. Scorning the narrow views of this "age of infidelity," Mr. D'lsraeli looks upon the youth of the nation as the champions of the people's rights and the re generators of their country. The cold breath of sel fishness has not had time to " Freore the genial current of their soul." Their hearts are warm with kindly feelings, their youthful ardour is not damped by adversity. Surely, then, they will hear the voice of lamentation ; they will exert all their intelligence, all their genius, in the cause of the oppressed. If such be the feelings of " Young England," then, indeed, is that name a proud title for the party, a source of hope for their country. Sybil is the history of two nations—the rich and the poor—and these his tories are written in a style as widely different as the nations themselves. In describing the faults and follies of the rich, the political intrigues, the empty pageantry, the petty jealousies, and the narrow views that mark the character of the proud and great, IYlsraeli indulges in that quiet sarcasm which, he knows so well, barbs the dart of truth. But when he tells of the sufferings of the poor, " A change comes o'er the spirit of the dream." He is all feeling, all pathos; he speaks of their sorrows till he melts, the heart ; he tells of their wrongs till he fires the indignation ; he calls forth the tenderest sympathies of our nature, and bids us " gently scan our brother man," and devote all our energies to redeem the people. The following conversation between a proud " Lord of the lund" and a delegate of the people, places the relative posi tions of rich and poor in mutual dependence : " ' I am not so clear about that,' said Lord Valentine ; • that is the very point at issue. Ido not think the great majority are the best judges of their own interests. At all events, gentlemen, the respective advantages of, aris tocracy aid democracy are a moot point. You are de mocrats ; lam an aristocrat. My family has been en nobled for nearly three centuries ; they bore a knightly name before their elevation. -They have mainly and materially assisted in making England what it is. They have shed their blood in many battles ; I have had two ancestors killed in the command of our fleets. You will not underrate such services, even, if you . do not appre ciate their conduct as statesmen, though that has often been laborious, and sometimes • distinguished. The finest trees in ngland were'planted by my family ; they raised several of your most beautiful churches ; they have built bridges, made roads, dug mines, and con structed canals, and drained a marsh of a million of acres which bears our name to this day, and is now one of the most flourishing portions of the country. You talk of our taxation and our wars ; and of your inventions and' your industry. Our wars converted an island into an empire, and at any rate developed that industry and sti mulated those inventions of which you boast. You tell me that you are the delegates of the unrepresented working classes of Mowbray. Why, what would Mow bray have been if it had not been for your aristooracy and their wars ?' • " My Lord,' said the delegate, 'it is well known that you come from a great and honoured race. But the great question,iiihich your Lordship has intro duced, not usos not to be decided by a happy instance. Your ancestors may have done great things. What wonder I They were members of a very limited class which had the monopoly of action. And the people, have not they shed their blood in battle, though they may have commanded fleets less often than your Lordship's rela tives ? And these mines and canals that you have ex cavated and constructed, these woods you have planted, these waters you have drained—had the people no hand in these creations ? What share in these great works had that faculty of labour whose sacred claims we now urge, but which for centuries have been passed over in contemptuous silence ? No, my Lord, we call upon you to decide this question by the result. The Aristocracy of England have had for three centuries the exercise of power ; for the last century and a half that exercise has been unc.mtrolled ; they form at this moment the most prosperous class that the history of the world can furnish ; as rich as the Roman senators, with sources of conve nience and enjoyment which modern science could alone supply. All this is not denied. Your order stands before Europe the most gorgeous of existing spectacles ; though you have of late years dexterously thrown some of the odium of your polity upon that middle class which you despise. and who are despicable only because they imitate you, your tenure of power is not in reality im paired. You govern us still with absolute authority,— and you govern the most miserable people on the face of the globe.' " As might be expected, the conduct of Sir R. Peel is not the subject of encomium; he is spoken of as a " Minister, who has changed all the policy which you were elected to support, but who expects your vote and confidence all the same." The following account of the reception of a deputation may be a v arning to those who may be honoured with an audience with the " gentleman in Downing-street " : " And now for these deputations,' said the gentle man in Downing street, of all things in the world I dislike a deputation. Ido not care how much I labour in the Cabinet or the House; that's real work; the ma chine is advanced. But receiving a deputation is like sham marching; an immense dust and no progress. To listen to their views! As it I did not know what their views were before they stated them! And to put on a countenance of respectful candour while they are de veloping their exploded or their impracticable systems. Were it not that at a practised crisis I permit them to Fee conviction slowly stealing over my conscience, I believe the fellows would never stop. I cannot really receive these deputations. I must leave them to Hoaxem,' and the gentleman in Downing-street rang his bell. " Well, Mr. Hoaxem,' resumed the gentleman in Dovvning-street as that faithful functionary entered, there are some deputations, I understand, to-day. You must receive them, as I am going to Windsor.' " have no doubt you will get through the business very well, particularly if you be frank and explicit;' that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.'" Sybil Gerard, the heroine, is the daughter of one of the " leaders of the people" at the time of the riots. Her character is the most beautiful example of lofty enthusiasm and pure simplicity. The bright ideas she had formed of the virtues of the people are dissi pated by the stern lessons of experience, while the prejudices she entertained against the aristocracy give way to the calmer dictates of reason. She learns that no State is perfect in itself; rich and poor have alike their faults and virtues, and it is the duty of those who are most favoured by fortune to lead the way to peace and happiness. At a time like the pre sent, when the faint indications of a better feeling are manifest, a work such as this will tend to " fan and feed the flame," and call forth a spirit irresistible and universal. We subjoin the remarks with which Mr. D'lsraeli concludes this interesting work : " In an age of political infidelity, of mean passions and petty thoughts, I would have impressed upon the rising race not to despair, but to seek in a right under standing of the history of their country and in the ener gies of heroic youth, the elements of national welfare. " It is the past alone that can explain the present, and it is youth that alone can mould the remedial future. The written history of our country for the last ten reigns has been a mere phantasma, giving to the origin and consequence of public transactions a character and colour in every respect dissimilar with their natural form and hue. In this mighty mystery all thoughts and things have assumed an aspect and title contrary to their real quality and style. Oligarchy has been called Liberty; an exclusive Priesthood has been christened a National Church ; Sovereignty has been the title of something that has had no dominion, while absolute power has been wielded by those who profess themselves the servants of the People. In the selfish strife of fac tions two great existences have been bl o tt e d out o f t h e history of England—the Monarch and the Multitude; as the power of the Crown has diminished, the privi leges of the People have disappeared; till at length the sceptre has become a pageant, and its subject has dege nerated again into a serf. " That we may live to see England once more possess a free monarchy and a privileged and prosperous people, is. my prayer; that these great consequences can os;ly be b cought about by the energy and devotion of our youth i my persuasion- We live in an age when to b e y oung and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous.. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the future are represented by suffering millions; and the youth cf.!z nation are the trustees of posterity." TER SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1845. TILE CONQUEST OF SIADE, WITH SOME INTRODUCTORY PASSAGES IN TB ii LIFE OF SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER. By Major-General W. F. P. Napier. Pa t IL In the present volume we have a brief historical account of the state of Sinde, about the period when Sir Charles Nat ier assumed the command of the army of occupation—details of the intrigues and plots of the Ameers, in conjunction with their allies, the Affghans and Beloochees —and the final results, in cluding the latzles of Meanee and Dubba, and the conquest of Sinde. The work will be found of deep interest, because its object is to show (and in that the author has been successful) that whatever might have given rise to the first British connexion with Sinde, whether our interference was right or wrong, neither Sir Charles Napier nor Lord Ellenborough had any , thing to do with that part of the question. They found the country in the possession of British troops, or at least such parts of it as could command the whole; 'hey found also certain treaties entered into with the Ameers, and all they had to do was to see that these treaties were observed, and that the Anglo -Indian army suffered no wrong. Wicked attempts have been made, both by writers in India and this country, to throw the blame of the whole transaction, if blame it can be called, on the government of Lord Ellenbo rough, for the purpose of screening Lord Auckland and extolling the merits of Major Oatram. The at tempt has been defeated in the most triumphant man ner, and these men have " fallen into the pit that they had made." Never did General display more patience, more forbearance, more reluctance to decide the contest by battle, than Sir Charles Napier, and never did any negotiator, whether styled ambassador or minister, , or commissioner or political agent, not excepting even Mr. Frere, so notorious for mislead ing Sir John Moore, bring an army so near the verge of ruin as did Major Outram, while at Hyderabad. Sir Charles Napier, the life and soul of the Sinde di vision, for it could not be called an army, was saved from an ignominious death by a miracle. Some would say no—he was saved by his own far-seeing mind —by comparing circumstances—by making himself acquainted with the-character of his enemies, and be lieving neither their solemn oaths nor the equally solemn asseverations of the English Commissioners, when he found them controverted by indubitable facts. While the negotiations were going on, he dis covered beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the proceedings of the Ameers were deceitful. They only thought of gaining time for the assembling of their whole army, amounting to at least 70,000 men; and to delay the war till they could be brought toge ther, no falsehood, no intrigue nor fraud was spared. His correspondence with Major Outram was through their instigations, stolen ; the Ameer Roostum and his sons wrote letters and made statements as to their troops, and their intentions, designed to mislead Outram, and they did effectually mislead him ; but the statements which Sir Charles received through paid native agents, in other words spies, were clear, distinct, and positive—all in contradiction of the Ameers and the British Commissioner, and all in accord with each other. About the beginning of February 1843, the troops of many tribes were marching towards Hyderabad, the Ameers were in close alliance with the Affghans and Beloochees, and all that was required to accomplish the annihilation of the British forces was to keep them at a distance from the capital of Lower Sinde till the preparations were completed. Major Outrun did every thing in his power to stop our troops on their march ; he wrote repeatedly from Hyderabad conveying advice to that effect, nay he aetually invited Sir Charles Napier to leave his army and come down the country alone to settle affairs by negotiation, when the train was actually laid for destroying himself and his small division of 100 men, apd they merely delayed the explosion till the Com mander-in-Chief could be brought within the range of destruction. No intentional mischief, of course, is ascribed to Major Outram, it was merely a defect of judgment—a want of prudence—a complete miscon ception of the character of the Ameers, and a fatuous blindness to palpable events which were passing around him. Had sir Charles yielded to this advise, the Cabul tragedy would have been repeated at Hyderabad, and Napier and Out ram would have suffered the fate of Burnes and M'Naughten, and probably not one man of the army would have been left to tell the tale. This was about the first week of February, and the dreadful battle of Meanee took place on the 17th of that month. Sir Charles Napier, however, had too much skill and foresi , zht to fall into the snare; and when the Ameers found that he could not be caught, they unravelled the plot, attacked the residence of the British Commissioner at Hyderabad, and the fearless courage of Major Outram and the determined bravery of his small band of British troops alone saved thein from utter destruction. The Commander in-chief then saw on what a precipice he stood, and, with a moral courage never surpassed, resolved at all hazards to save, if not his life, at least his honour, and that of his brave army. He prepared for the contest without a moment's hesitation; and to most men such a contest would have appeared utterly hopeless. After detaching a few troops in different directions, to preserve his communications, he had 2,000 of all arms, officers included; the rank and file were 0n1y . 1,780, but they were of sterling stuff, and among, them were 500 of the Queen's Regiment, under the command of the Gallant Colonel Penne father—all Irishmen, " strong of body, high-blooded, fierce, impetuous soldiers, who saw nothing before them but victory, and counted not their enemies." But their numbers nevertheless were apalling to ordi nary minds. The Beloochees of Lower Sinde, 30,000 strong, were assembled on the plain of Meanee ; the princes of Upper Sinde had 7,000 at Khoonpera ; the Chandians, 10,000 strong, had crossed the Indus in rear of the British camp ; Shere Mohamed had 10,000 at Merepoor ; and thousands of the hill tribes were hastening down to th e I n d us. N o t a moment was to be lost, and Napier, tru e t o hi s f a mily motto," Ready, aye, ready," rushed a t once against this combined host of 30,000 brave t roops. -B u t we will allow his brother to describe th e onset : " When the line was form e d the General gave the sig nal to advance, and rod e f orwar d himself with his stab; and his interpreter, Ali A c b ar, an high race and true A ra b courage, w ho has never left his -an chief's side in any danger. Arab gentleman of ger. Constant and heavy was the fire from the Belooch guns ; and though few men could be discovered, the rapid play of the matchlocks indicated the presence of numbers, and marked the position. "The Ameer's right was found to be strengthened and covered by the village of Kattree, which was filled with men ; the flank offered no weak- point. But in the Shikargah on their left the General instantly detected a flaw. It has been before said this argah was covered by a wall, having only one opening, not very wide, through which it was evident the Beloochs meaned to pour out on the flank and rear of the advancing British line. The General rode near this wall and found it was nine or ten feet high ; be rode nearer and marked it had no loop-holes for the enemy to shoot through ; he rode into the opening under a play of matchlocks, and looking be hind the wall saw there was no scaffolding to enable the Beloochs to fire over the top. Then the inspiration cf ge nius came to;the aid of heroism. Taking the grenadiers of the 22d, he thrust th e m a t on ce into the op enin g , tellin g their brave Captain (r ew ), that ho was to block up that entrance ; to die there if it must be, never to give way ! And well did the gallant fellow obey his orders ; he died there, but the opening was defended. The great disparity of numbers was thus abated, and the action of scale as to num of only eighty. It was, on a smaller which won hers, a stroke of generalship like that six thousand men paralysed by the more skilful action Blen heim for the Duke of Marlborough. "Now the advancing troops, formed in columps of regi ments, approached the enemy's front. The British right passed securely under the wall of the Shikargah, cheered and elated as they moved by the rattling sound of Tew's musketry ; the left was somewhat refused,. to avoid the fire from the village of Kattree, which it was designed Clibborne should storm with his Sepoy grenadiers. Meanwhile the dead level of the plain was swept by the Belooch cannon and matchlocks, which were answered from time to time by Lloyd's battery, yet not frequently, for rapidly and eagerly did the troops press forward to close with their unseen foes. When the 22d had got within a hundred yards of the high sloping bank of the Fullaillee, the columns opened line to their left ; and as the companies formed in succession, they threw their fire at the top . of the bank, where the heads of the Beloochs could be just seen, bending with fiery glances ever the levelled matchlocks. The formation was still incomplete, when the voice of the General, shrill and clear, was heard along the line commanding the charge. " Then rose the British shout, the English guns were run forward into position, the infantry closed upon the Fullaillee with a run, and rushed up the sloping bank. The Beloochs having their matchlocks laid ready in rest along the summit, waited until' the assailants were within fifteen yards ere their volley was delivered ; the rapid pace of the British, and the steepness of the slope on the inside deceived their aim, and the execution was not great ; the next moment the 22d were on the top of the bank, thinking to bear down all before them, but they staggered back in amazement a t t h e f orest of swords waving in their front ! Thick as standing corn, and gorgeous as a field of flowers, stood the Beloochs in their many-coloured garments and turbans ; they filled a t sun, their shouts dark shields, shields, they shook the broad deep be d of the Fullaillee., they c l us t ere d on both banks, and co vered the p lain be yond. Guarding m a large d in r rolled like a pea l of thunder, as with frantic gestures they rushed for wards, and full a g ainst th e f ront of the 22d dashed with demoniac str. ngth and ferocity. But with shouts at l oud, and shrieks as wi ld and ti er c e a s t th he e i ir r shleiaadrps with swords, t heibrea l theirs, and hearts as big and arms as strong, the Irish soldiers met them with that queen of weapons the mus ket, and sent their foremost masses rolling back in blood. " Now the Beloochs closed their dense masses, and again the shouts and the rolling fire of musketry and the dreadful rush of the sw ordsmen, were heard and seen along the whole line, and such a fight ensued as has seldom been known or told of in th e recor d s of war. For ever those wild warriors came close up, sword and shield in advance, striving in all the fierceness of their valour to break into the opposing ranks ; no fire of small arms, no push of bayonets, no sweeping- discharges of grape from the guns, which wero planted in one mass on the right, could drive the gallant fellows back ; they gave their breasts to the shot, they leaped upon the guns and were blown away in twenties at a time ; their dead went down t! a steep slope by hundreds ; but the gaps in their masses were continually filled up from the rear, the survivors of the front rank still pressed for wards with unabated fury, and the bayonet and the sword clashed in full and frequent conflict. " Thus they fought in this fearful struggle, never more than three yards apart, and often intermixed, and several times the different regiments, aye, even the Europeans ! were violently forced backwards and pushed from the line, overb, - )rne and staggering under the might and passion of the barbarian swordsmen. But always their General was th re to cheer and rally them. At his voice and intrepid denaeanour their strength re turned, and they recovered their ground, though nearly deprived of regimental leaders ; for fast those leaders had gone down, dying as British officers should, and always will do, Where they cannot win. "The noble soldier Pennefather (I use his General's words), the noble soldier Pennefather fell on the top of the bank, deeply, it was thought at first mortally, wounded, and his place was taken by Major Poole. " Major Teasdale, animating his Sepoys of the 25th regiment, rode violently over the ridge into the midst of the Beloochs, and was instantly killed, by shot and sabre, dying with a glorious devotion. " Major Jackson, of the 12th, coming up with his regiment, the next in succession, followed the heroic example, as if the succession of death had been also in his orders. Two brave Ilavildars kept close to him, all three in advance of their regiment, and all fell dead to gether, covered with wounds ; but not p•issively ; several of the fiercest Beloochs were seen to sink beneath the strong arm and whirling blade of Jackson, as crowding around him they tore his body with their ;riding weapons. _ _ " Nearly all the European officers were now slain or wounded, and several times the Sepoys, wanting leaders, slowly receded ; but the General, a skilful horseman, and conspicuous from his peculiar headgear, half helmet half turban, was always at the point of greatest pressure, and then manfully the swarthy soldiers recovered the lost ground. Once he was assailed by a chief, but on the instant Lieutenant Marston of the 25th Native Regi ment was at his side, and slew the Sirdar, whose tomb has been raised by his tribe since on the spot where he fell. At another period of the tight he was alone for several minutes, in the midst of the enemy; they stalked around him Kith raised shields and scowling eyes ; but whether from some appearance affecting their minds, for the Beloochs are very superstitious, or from some other cause, none lifted sword against him, and he returned to his own people unhurt. The 22d soldiers seeing him thus emerge from a crowd of foes, called to him by name, and gave him a cheer heard distinctly above the general din of the battle ! And there are men who think the murmur of their factious calumnies can stifle that heroic sound !" It is needless to extract more. The battle now had lasted for three hours, but was far from being won. A skilful manoeuvre, however, of the General and the unabated energy of his troops finally pre vailed, and in one hour more the victory was com plete. The remainder of the work we will notice at a future period. In the meantime, it may he instruc tive to state that, although all the troops fought well, Senoys and Sindians, as well as tho , e of the line, the mainstay was the little brave Irish division of 500 men ; they were led on by an Irishman, Pennefather ; Captain Tew, who contributed so much to the vic tory, and fell in defending his post, was an Irishman ; and the General himself belongs to that nation. To Irishmen we owe the conquest of Sinde—the rank and file were Irish, and chiefly Irish Catholics. We allow these Catholics to gain victories for England, and, by one of the most glorious battles on record, to raise her name to the highest pitch of glory, yet we grudge their priests a grant of 17,0001. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS; a Digest of the . Productive Resources, Comme? vial Legislation, Customs, Tariffs, Navigation, Port and Quarantine Laws and Charges, Shipping, Imports and Expo? ts, and the Monies, Weights and Measures of all Nations, ?cc. eye, By JOHN MACGREGOR, Author of "British - America," and one of the Joint Secretaries of the Board of Trade. 3 vols, large Bvo. No publicist of our times has rendered more signal services by his contributions to the statistics of British and universal commerce than Mr. Macgregor. The wonderful production before us is an epitomized treasury of all the information necessary for the duly understanding not only the present condition of our mercantile and fiscal relations with other states, but of the natural and political causes which have led to their establishmt nt. In this respect it is more con venient, and more instructive, because far more inte resting than the very valuable compilation annually produced by Mr. G. Porter, under the title of the " State and Progress of the Nation." The plan of Mr. Macgregor's work—far from being limited by a strict tabular arrangement, after assuming an admira ble methodical development, illustrates and combines the voluminous data which it incorporates by copious references to the domestic history of each state, wherever events have happened therein, that controul or bear upon the international regulations subsisting between it and our own country, touching the trade maintained between them. From the careful fidelity with which Mr. Macgregor (in his " Commercial Statistics" of Turkey, Austria, Russia, &c. &c., from time to time presented), preserved those portions of original treaties and agreements that re x)rd the pri mary and rare ancient stipulations agreed upon be tween our own Ministers and th ise of foreign govern ments, on the origin of all existing branches of our commerce, we were prepared to expect the very im portant feature we find embodied in the present work. lie gives us all the modern and effective treaties applicable to these regulations. These commercial papers form part of the general collection we are new presented with, and they are modestly alluded to by Mr. Macgregor in connexion with a just tribute to the memory of the late Lord Sydenham, and a hand some acknowledgment of the liberal co-operation and encouragement of his Lordship's successors in office. In the same very interesting preface in which these acknowledgments occur, mention is made of a gentle man, now no more, in terms which will find a ready echo in the breast of every man, who has enjoyed (as it was the fortune of-the writer of this notice to do) the advantage of frequent personal intercourse with him, and the ready communications to which that was sure to lead, of the abundant stores of his gifted mind, imparted with a simplicity and epigrammatic force peculiarly his own. We allude to the late Mr. Deacon Hume. It is a melancholy pleasure to fall upon such a reminiscence, where one might least have expected it, and a sincere gratification to learn that he had earned additional claims to the respect in which he was universally held, by having been, it should seem, the principal cause of Mr. Macgregor's really admirable labours in the same wide field of public usefulness. " The whole customs laws of the United Kingdom have been consolidated in one octavo volume by my pre decessor and intimate friend, and the friend of the whole human race, as well as the indefatigable benefactor of his own country, the late James Deacon Hume, many years comptroller of the customs of the Port of London, and afterwards for thirteen years one of the joint secre taries of the Board of Trade. That volume was pro claimed by Mr. Huskisson in Parliament to be the per fection of codification. When it is considered that about 2,200 Acts had been passed by Parliament to regulate the customs and navigation of the United King dom and British possessions ; and that in 1815 more than eleven hundred of those ambiguous and conflicting statutes were in force, it was not surprising that, not only the merchants, shipowners, and manufacturers who had to regulate their commercial and shipping transac tions by such a heterogeneous mass of laws, but that those, also, who had to execute them, acted generally in almost utter ignorance of the legislation formed to govern the trade and navigation of the empire. Mr. Hume, therefore, in consolidating, under the 'Treasury and Board of Trade, the whole customs and navigation laws of England within the compass of one octavo volume, rendered the greatest service to his country. Mr. Huskisson, who relied implicitly on the knowledge, acuteness, judgment, and above all, on the uncompro mising honesty of Mr. Hume, said, on bringing forward that volume in Parliament, in February, 1826, the task' (consolidating the customs laws) was of great magnitude, but we did not shrink from it. But I am free to admit, that we never could have succeeded in our undertaking without the assistance of an official gentle man, in the service of the Customs—a gentleman of the most unwearied diligence, and who is entitled, for his persevering exertions, and the benefit he has conferred on the commercial world, to the lasting gratitude of the country. Of the difficulties of the undertaking the House will be enabled to judge, when I state that there were no fewer than five hundred statutes, relative to the Customs alone, to wade through, independently of the numerous enactments concerning smuggling, warehous ing, the plantations, &c. In the pertormance of this duty we had innumerable difficulties to encounter, and battles without end to fight. And now, Sir, in one little volume, which I hold in my hand, are comprised all the laws at present in existence, on the subject of the management and the revenue of the customs, of naviga tion, of smuggling, of warehousing, and of our colonial trade, compressed in so clear and yet so comprehensive a manner, that no man can possibly mistake the meaning or the application of them. Mr. Hume continued in the intimate confidence of Mr. Huskisson until the lamentable death of the latter, and among a collection of private papers and correspondence, which Mr. Hume. a few months before his death, committed to my care, to make such use of as I might judge fit, Mr. Huski.sson's private letters to Mr. Hume sho w the great . confidence he placed in his judgment. To Mr. Hume confidence and fri..ndship I certainly owe th e confirmation of those principles, and that ambition to labour, through all the difficulties, at my sole expense, of collecting in Europe and America the materials of the work which I now venture to present to the public." No better notion can be afforded of the enormous ap plication and energy which ou r compiler's task de manded and received at his hands, than what he states in the following passage : " I consulted Mr. Hume on the subject: but the com plete accomplishment of such work was considered too arduous, from the circumstance of our scarcely pos sessing any one foreign tariff, nor any of the foreign revenue or customs laws (except those of the United States), printed in the English language. I, however, had previously arranged nearly all those then in force in America, and had also prepared the way to obtain all subsequent information relative to the commercial re sources and legislation of each of - the North -and South American States. In 1832, being then disengaged from any official employment, I visited France with the view of collecting the materials for my contemplated work. In the following summer I travelled over Belgium, Holland, and the principal States of Germany, for the same purpose, and in 1834, 1835, and 1836, travelled over several other Europ -an states, returning during the winter of each year to Paris to arrange the materials I had collected. The years 1837, 1838, 1839, I spent chiefly in the Austrian States and in Italy, and last autumn I revisited Germany and Holland, in order to complete:l my researches. With the exception of the commercial laws and tariffs of Russia, which I employed a very able f;)reigm gentleman (who, from having for a long time held office in the finance department of that country, uader. , :ood the subject well) to translate ; and with the exception also of the tariffs of Sweden and Denmark, I translated or super intended the translation of all the other tariffs and commercial regulations, in this work, into English from the French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese languages : the labour of which was not, however, so much that of verbal trans lation, but of arranging the tariff's alphabetically, after wards, in the tabular form which I considered necessary, and in the weights, measures, and monies of England, as well as in those of their respective countries." And again— " In the progress of my researches, the natural re sources, and the agriculture and manufacturing pro ducts of foreign countries, the prices of corn, and the wages of labour ; the trade and the navigation ; the taxation, and the revenue of foreign countries, consti tuted a principal object of collection and arrangement ; and I for some time considered that these should form a distinct work from the mere commercial treaties, tariffs, and customs laws of Europe and America. My view of carrying into execution this separate plan was over ruled by the mature opinion of Mr. Deacon Hume, and by a letter to me while I was in Germany, from the late Lord Sydenham, of whose friendship, for several years before his death. I must speak with gratitude, and under whose auspices it was then intended that the work, when completed, should have been presented by her Majesty's command to both Houses of Parliament. I am bound to state this in honesty, and in justice to the memory of the late Governor-General of Canada." And here, in justice to Mr. Macgregor, we subjoin the acknowledgments of which we have spoken above : "If I have felt myself bound to acknowledge my ob ligations to the memory of Lord Sydenham, I am justly comrelled to declare—that the several commercial tariffs, regulations, and statistics of Europe and America that I prepared, in the form in which they have been presented by her Majesty's commands to Parliament (and which are embodied in, and constitute a great por tion of these volumes), were brought out under the prompt and kind auspices of the Earl of Ripon, the late President, and of Mr. Gladstone, now President of the Department of which I have the honour of being one of the joint secretaries. In statin g thi s p u bli c l y , I must say further, that on no occasion have I known any but the most liberal willingness on the part of not only the Earl of Ripon and of Mr. Gladstone, but also on the part of Mr. Labouchere, when President of the Board of Trade, to have statistical, and all really useful returns Kepared for the information of Parliament and the public." The Introduction is divided into three sections, which treat, respectively, of " Commercial and Financial Legislation," " Interchange of Commodities," "Taxes and Consumption." The first and second volumes in clude the Commercial Statistics of the Austrian Em pire ; Belgium ; Denmark ; France ; the Germanic Union of Customs, Holland; the Italian States, Gib raltar; Malta, and the lonian Islands; Ottoman Empire in Europe; Greece; African States; the Russian Empire ; Sweden and Norway ; Spain; Por tugal. Each of these divisions treats of the geographi cal position, boundaries ; area and population ; com mercial legislation, tariffs, revenues, &c. ; agriculture, trade, navigation ; seaports, shipping ; products and their prices, conventions and agreements with this country ; exports, imports ; manufactures, wages, fairs, &.. In short, there is no information which can be gleaned from any authentic source on all these topics, that Mr. Macgregor has not fused into his compilation. How agreeable and interesting some portions of this excellent work are to the common reader, who may be absolutely innocent of all com mercial and fiscal curiosity, some extracts that we have marked for future notice may suffice to show. Altogether, Mr. Macgregor's work is one of the most remarkable, and, what is more, one of the mos t use f u l works which has been published since the commence ment of the present century. THE LOCK ANCHOR. A CHRONICLE OF OLD DUBLIN CITY This is a narrative of old Dublin some hundred and fifty years ago, bearing the name of a celebrated public-house, supposed to have flourished about that period. It is not a tale that will amuse, but it is one that will afford both interest and instruction. It is a history of tre gradual progression of crime, showing as the French say, " le nest que le premier pas qui coute." It is easy to deviate from the right course, but a false step once taken, it is not only impossible to recede,—it is impos sible to pause. Fault follows fault, like the steps of a laddder, till by imperceptible degrees the hapless victim finds himself from the borders of virtue fallen to the depths of vice. The hero, in whose history this lesson is conveyed, is Henry Ashwoode, a young baronet, of moderate fortune, and proud and passionate disposition. His faults having increased by bad education and bad example, he is the willing slave of his own passions. Step by step, he advances in the path of sin. First, his love for play leads him into bad company, then, by his pride, he insults his low companions, and thus creates a powerful enemy. Ruined by gambling, ke is induced by cunning representations to forge a sigrinture to a bond which shall free him from danger. This bond falls int.) the possession of his enemy, who now has an opportunity of gratifying his revenge. Through the fear of exposure the haughty Ba ronet is compelled to obey the caprices of his cruel tormentor; till at last his pride gets the better of his fears, he refuses to submit, and then—but we will not destroy the interest of the story by giving the conclusion ; suffice it to say, that it conveys a moral lesson well worthy of attention. It is written in a hold and vigorous style, adapted to the characters and the subject. The gentle Mary Aswoode, the sister of the gambler, forms a beautiful contrast to the gloomy pictures of her brother and his companions The description of her escape from the power of Blarden, her brother's enemy, is one of the most inte resting passages in the book. Among the various scenes we are introduced to the Vice-Regal Court during the Lieutenancy of the profligate Marquis of Wharton, the father of the celebrated Duke Philip ; here we see Addison, Swift, and others, but we have only a passing glimpse of these important charac ters, the chief interest of the story following the for tunes of Ashwoode. The following remarks on the anierate pursuit of gaming are full of melancholy truth : " With the immediate urgency of distress, any thoughts of prudence or retrenchment which may have crossed his mind vanished, and along with the command of new resources came new wants and still more extrava gant prodigality. His passion for gaming was now indulged without restraint, and almost without the in terruption of a day. For a time his fortune rallied, and sums, whose amount would startle credulity, flowed into his hands, only to be lost and squandered again in dissi pation and extravagance, which grew but the wilder and more reckless, in proportion as the sources which sup plied them were temporarily increased. At length, after some coquetting, the giddy goddess again deserted him. Night alter night brought new and heavier disasters ; and with this reverse of fortune came its invariable accompaniment—a wilder and more daring recklessness, and a more unmeasured prodigality in hazarding larger and larger sums ; as if the victims of ill luck sought, by this frantic defiance, to bully and browbeat their capri cious persecutor into subjection. There was scarcely an available security of any kind which he had not already turned into money, and now he began to feel in downright earnest, the iron gripe of ruin closing upon him. "He was changed—in spirit and in aspect changed. The unwearied fire of a secret fever preyed upon his heart and brain; an untold horror robbed him of his rest, and haunted him night and day." M A GAZINES-CON TINUED. SIMMOADS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. In the present number there is an interesting ac count of "Agriculture in Hindostan," with particu lars relating to the cultivation of the sugar-cane. " A Few Hints on Foreign and Home Coloniza tion " is written by " One about to Emigrate," and he seems desirous of inducing others to follow his example; attributing the general distress felt in so many parts of the country to over popula tion, he recommends emigra tion as a sure and certain r e medy. Although some of his suggestions are wo rthy of attention, he seems t o for g et that, while he blames the League and others for offering but one panacea for so many evils, he himself falls into the same error. Colonization may be a useful auxiliary in ameliorating distress, but it cannot effect any improv e ment by itself. " . .1 he defencele ss condition of Jamaica" forms the subject of a letter written to Lord Normanby, when Colonial Secretary • it is introduced at the present time in conseq uence of the disputes with America. " Great B r it a i n and the Ue i s inevitable t a 171 eb,j subject t t h h a e wt r n iis i t t e e r, d , ttehe S en t ld a s t u e tt s oy " t n s t o h at ontear th it of England to reduce Amenca to submission, to divide the States, and loosen the bonds of slavery." FISHER'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. This magizine is almost entirely devoted to matters of foreign and colonial interest. The first article is on the subject of the " Trade and Commerce of Western Australia," from which it appears that the last report from that colony was less favourable than usual. There is an interesting description of the " Neilgherries" or blue mountains of Coimbatore, and also of a "Visit to the Cape of Good Hope." In the account of the " New Zealand language," the writer ex presses a regret that the adoption of the English language has been so long delayed, observing, " that the only way to really, and not nominally, christianize the aborigines, is first to teach them our language ; by degrees, they will adopt our habits, they will amalgamate, civilisation will follow, and Chri stianity, and probably our own form of worshi p, will . all occur as a matter of course ." The most interes t ing article in this number is on the subject of " Harbours of Refuge ;" it contains a minute description of .the floating breakwater off Brighton, from which we subjoin the following extract : " The mechanical construction of Captain Tayler's floating breakwater is so simple, that a very concise de scription of it will be sufficient. In appearance it re sembles two prisms, united at their bases, the lower prism being equilateral, and the upper isosceles, .the angles at the base being 30 degrees, that being the de sired angle of the sloping top upon which the sea will break or become dispersed. The extreme dimensions are as follows:—namely, 60 feet long, 24 feet broad, and 27 feet deep. The structure is wholly of fir timber ;in certain parts, between the double beams, cork is intro duced, to adjust the floating depth to its locality, and prevent oscillation. " It is impossible to contemplate this useful invention, without being convinced of its efficiency; nor can. we help feeling surprised, that a plan so simple, in compari son with the vast importance of its object, has not long since suggested itself to scientific men, whose minds have been directed to improve the commer cial interests and naval resources of this country. The extraordinary eject of the cork between the double immersed beam, prevents the horizontal waves break ing over the breakwater, and enables any weight of chain being used to moor it. This trial proves that it does not ride with the third of the strain exerted on a ship's cable at anchor, owing to the disposition and effect of the cork." , WADE'S LONDON REVIEW. In the present Number there is a long account of the Royal Society of England, chiefly relating to their Council and Committees. There is an interest ing account of the irreat Duke of Marlborough ; and an article on the " Increase of Crime and Pauperism," in which the writer observes, that crime increases with prosperity, not only because where there is more wealth there is more temptation, but from the fay..t that " commerce leads to luxury, and causes sudden vicissitudes in men's fortunes, thus producing ex treme inequality of rank, avidity of gain and con tempt for poverty." lie also remarks, that while robbery, forgery, swindling, &c., increase in England there are fewer capital crimes—" our offences, like our pursuits, are mercantile " " A Glance at Eng lish Literature and Academical Learning" is written by one who laments the utilitarian feelings of the present day ; he is disappointed to find so few men of real learning and genius, at a time when literature is diffused far and near ; he attributes this, in a great measure, to the Universities, observing, among other things, that " Greek literature has at present .no existence in England." THE CHURCH OF E.VGLAND MAGAZINE This is an interesting combination of serious and instructive reading. The present number contains sermons by eminent divines, sabbath meditations, and sacred poetry. There are also " Wanderings by the English Lakes." a description of Barnard Castle, and an account of the Pantheon at Rome, with an illus tration. " Sketches from Natural History," are ap propriately introduced into a work of this description ; there is no subject more fitted to display the wonders of Providence, and to lead the mind " from Nature up to Nature's God." CONSTITUTION OF JERSEY. LETTER 111. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—There is, perhaps, no law which strikes so effectually at the root of all commercial faith, and is so well calculated to injure tl - e prosperity of the Is land, as the custom which I mentioned in my second letter, of "separation quart aux Liens;" for were it universally known, but very few would be found willing to trust any one here with their goods upon credit. By this act, the parties are considered in law as strangers, neither being liable for the other—they can not only eliter into separate contracts, but those between themselves are valid—aye! to the pre judice of the creditors. I have already told you that their position as man and wife is not affected in anything else but property—they live together as usual, and their business is apparently carried on as before. Now, let us assume that a man has traded largely, has hitherto paid all his engage ments punctually, and thus his credit being good has succeeded in obtaining an immense stock in trade— that moreover he afterwards becomes so much behind in his payments (no matter whether purposely or not), that some one is induced to levy an attachment upon his goods ; then comes the fruit of this precious Norman law, for it turns out not only has he sold the property to his wife, but the house even is taken in her na.ne; and notwithstanding the whole of the property may hare been, up to the time of arrest, under the management and in the occupation of the husband, not a fraction of it is liable for the payment of his debts, as it is the property of his wife. Although this transfer is fraudulent it is valid, and as nothing but the body of the debtor is thus left to liquidate the claim, and that will not satisfy it, the creditor is obliged to accept whatever terms the wife chooses to offer, in order to free her husband from per sonal arrest. Methinks yeu will say that no better or easier mode of swindling could be devised than this legal one of separation quart aux Liens. Let us, how ever, see whether we cannot match it. He who is declared " tenant" under a " decret," upon satisfying all prior claims, and paying the expenses, is entitled to a:I the surplus however great. Suppose a bank rupt's estate is worth 10,0001.—that his liabilities in the Island are only 5,0001., but for which judgment ha , . been obtained, and they are registered according to law—that he is also indebted to creditors in Eng land to the amount of 10,000/. who may perchance have supplied him with every article of his stock in trade, but who, for want of notice, have taken _ no step to recover; _ in such a case, the first creditor on the list would declare him self tenant, pay the rent in full, and after deducting the expenses, receive a surplus considerably greater than would suffice to pay the English creditors 25 per cent. upon their claims. After learning that a man can legally receive even thousands cf times more than the amount which is owing to him, at the ex pense of those whose claims are either of a subsequent date to his own, or for which no judgment has been obtained, it cannot excite any surprise to find by law he can also swindle those of a prior date. Now, m2rk well, although his own claim may be a paltry 51., and it is notorious that he himself is insolvent, it is no bar to his becoming tenant. His accounts are not subject to any inspection, and the law calls for no security that he will fulfil the very c inditions upon which it has awarded him the estate. He does not hold it in trust for the benefit of those whom the law declares to be participators, but is bolui fide the uncontrolled master and owner of it. He can therefore sell it when he chooses. 'Tis true he may perchance find some difficulty in disposing of the landed estate, as the purchaser buys it at the risk of losing it, but as this does not apply to the personal property, he can either remove -it beyond the jurisdiction of the Court, or plat with it, and abscond. You will naturally inquire why he cannot be arrested if any suspicion attaches to him ? a ß c e t e a o u f s e s ~ aa r is n d i if ionng,purposea w m re a n k d e e s r c a o n m p m l e v t i e d t i o h u i s g s great tinction between a landed proprietor, and one who is not so. The latter, as I told you in my first letter, is liable to arrest of person or property at all times, however small the amount of 'his debts, but the former being exempt from both, and als? from all proceedings out of term time, can only be'-ae.4ioned for the amount of his liabilities, however great they may be ; the tenant becoming im mediately entitled to this privilege upon being awarded the bankrupts' landed estate, can contest any actions brought against him by the prior claimants for his non-payment of them ; these actions, by the practice of our Court, he can delay, from time to time, and before judgment is obtained against him, can be beyond the reach of the laws of an Island which have given him the power to be so. B. L. THE NAIL TRADE IN STIRLINGSHIRE.—This branch of trade has long been in a very depressed state, chiefly arising from t t i h o e n use s m o o n f g m t a h c e h n orn e. p iri l o a y d e e r su nails,T The e n d av a e l r s a o ge fr o e m arn a i n s g p s i r i of o f t c h o e m p n e a t i t makers in this quarter, for some years past, have not exceeded 7s. a week; for though in some few instances Bs., 10s., or even 12s, have been realised, yet these sums were only got by extra labour, w or or p k er in h e a n ps ob a t b ai e n tt e e d r apia,iednnkyindmoidfitwbonrkal. forAmboauktinsgixl7ooonothnsailasgio sad e after some agitation on the part of the workmen, several of the em ployers have this week very handsomely advanced another 3d. on the same quantity. This will have the effect of raising the nail. maker's weekly earnings to about Ss. 6d. or 95., or from 20 to 30 per cent, on their wages, which, though still a small pittance, must be productive of a little more comfort to this long depressed body of men. —Scotch Paper. ANOTHER COLLISION OFF THE EDDYSTONE. —0 n Wednesday afternoon, the 7th inst., at two o'clock, when about four leagues to the S.S.W. of the Eddystone, Jasper Burt, the skipper of the trawling sloop Reindeer, descried a large East India. man coming down Channel, with topmast.studding.sails set, having the wind from N.N.E. It is usual with fishermen to corn. rnunicate with outward.bound ships, and accordingly Burt and one hand went into their boat to ascertain if the commander wished to send anything ashore. They pulled about four miles before joining her, and were at first dismissed, but when about half smile off re called, to convey to the post.office a letter which the clerk went into the cabin to write. While waiting alongside they informed an officer (supposed to be the captain), that the sloop had her trawl.net down, and that it was therefore necessary to be cautious in approtching her. However, notwithstanding this caution, and although hailed by John Hill, who, with the boy was left in charge of the sloop, the helmsman ran the ship so close-that her studding. sail boom took the Reindeer's peak halliards, and this bringing her up the ship's foreyard caught the leach of her mainsall,and top ping.lift and carried away her boom and gaff. Her taffrall, two stern timbers, and knees, and part of mainrail and bulwark are damaged, masthead gone, mainsail torn, and gafitopsail past repair, besides other injuries. Hill and the boy first ran below to avoid the falling wreck, but, fearing she might go down, got on board the ship. Burt and the other hand in the boat let go immediately, lest they should be crushed between the vessels. The seamen cut ' away the wreck, and the fishermen, finding their sloop did not sink, went aboard. A sudden squall of heavy rain came On. and t T h h e e s h ß i e p i ,n Reindeer was is with h cal l ed sometbe R difficultyo be Robert Sma ll , b rought . tzv d h ; az " bu _Y The Robert Small is said to belongs o T * am poSawoutb. London and Newcastle,.74s tons eit „., ' and bound to t b e gaselndleg- - the Caroline, 49, Colonel Vandeleuz. A regatta lti O'Grady, and C ork Yacht the Club et , f 4 o 3 r the deentsenuialui'nhseesedflascloe.nt I of t e t r h s e R o y al es sC,